Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1882 — THAT RICH EXPERIENCE. [ARTICLE]

THAT RICH EXPERIENCE.

A Free Preaa Interview ktataiHe4 an* 1U S<mrtte tteVenled. [Detroit Free Trees,} A few months ago ui interview with a prominent and well-known physician, formerly a resident of Detroit, bnt now living in New York, appeared in tbe columns of this paper. ThC statements made bjr tbs dOctet and the facts he divulged were of so ttnbSoal a nature as to cause no little oommotkra among those who read them, and many inquiries were raised as to the genuineness or the interview and the validity of the statements it contained. The name of the physician was at that time suppressed at his own request The seal of secrecy, however, can now be removed, as the interesting letter which appears below will abundantly show. In order, however, that the reader may better understand this letter, a few extracts are herewith given from the interview in question. After ail exchange Of courtesies and a few reniinboenoes about the War, In which the doctor was a prominent surgeon, tbe reporter remarked- upon the doctors improved appearance, upon which he said: Yes, 1 have improved in health since you last saw me, and I hope also in many other ways. One thing, however, I have succeeded in doing, and it is one of the hardest things for any one, and especially a doctor, to-do, and that is I have overcome my ptejudioes; You know there are some people who prefer to remain in tbe wrong rather than acknowledge tbe manifest right. Suoh prejndioe leads to bigotry of the worst order. Now, lam a physician, and of the * old school’ order, too; but I have, after years of experience and observation, come to the conclusion that truth is the highest of all things, and that if prejudice or bigotry stand in the way of truth, so much the worse for them—tiny are certain to be crushed Booner or later. Why, when I knew you in Detroit, I would no sooner have thought of violating the code of ethics laid down by the profession, or of prescribing anything out Of the regular order, than 1 would of amputating my hand. Now, however, I prescribe and advise those things Which I believe to be adapted to curs| and whioh my experience has proven to be Such**’

“How did you oome to get such heretical ideas as these, doctor ?” "Oh, they are tho result of my experience and observation. I obtained my first ideas upon the subject, though, from having been cured after all my oare and the skill of my professional brethren had failed to relieve me. Why, I was as badly off as many of my patients, with a complication of troubles, including dyspepsia, and consequently imperfect kldDeys and liver, and I feared I should have to give up my practice. For months I suffered untold agonies. Dull, indefinite pains in various parts of the body; a lack of interest in everything around me ; a loss of appet te ; headaches ; all these disagreeable symptoms were added to pains which were both acute and constant. Sick as 1 was, however, I became restored to bealth in a most surprising manner and in an inoredibly short space of time, and it was this that proved a revelation to me. That was the starting point, and my prejudices faded rapidly after that 1 can assure you. I went to reading extensively, and analyzing more extensively, and since that time I have discovered manv things of real value to humanity. Why, only a few days ago lad vised a lady who was suffering from a serious female difficulty and displacement to use the same remedy whioh cured me. I saw her this morning and she is nearly well; the pain and inflammation are all gone and she is around as usual. We have no right in the medical fraternity to sit baok and declare there is no such thing as improvement or advancement, or that we have a monopoly of the remedies whioh nature has given to mankind. There are great changes going on in every department of life, and there are great developments in medicine as well. Thousands of people die every year from supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other complaints, when in reality it is from trichina, caused by eating poorly cooked and diaeAed pork. Thousands of children are dying every year from dropsy as the apparent si quel to scarlitina. when in reality it is from diseased kidneys which have become weakened by the fever they have just had.” “ Well, doctor, you have got some new truths here, certainly, but they sound very reasonable to me.”

‘‘Well, whether they are reasonable or not. I have demonstrated to my own satisfaction that they are true, and I propose to stand by them, no matter how mnoh opposition I may raise by so. Any man, be he politician, preacher or physician, who is so considerate of his pocketbook or of his own personal ends as to stultify himself by suppressing the manifest truth, is unworthy the name or man, anil unworthy the confidence of the publio whom he serves.” The above are some of the principal points in the interview referred to. Now for the sequel. The following outspoken letter from tbe doctor himself, winch lias just been received, is published in full:

Editor Detroit Free Press: Some time ago a reporter of your paper had au interview with me which he said he would like to publish. I consented on condition tnat you would not mention my name uutil I gave you permission. I have now accomplished the purpose I had in mind, and wish to say to you (which you can publish or not as yon see fit) that I had debated for a iong time whether I would shake off some of the professional fetters which bound me with others for years, and tell tne truth, or not. When I looked back, and thought of the tortures, like those described by Dante iu his trip to the internal regions, whioh I endured from dyspepsia, and recalled how much I would have given at that time for the relief which I have since obtained, I determined that I would take the steD so long meditated, and thereby discharge a duty to my fellow men. If I could thereby save one poor mortal one night of the terrible suffering I endured, I would be fully satisfied,, be the other consequences what they might. My dyspeptic condition was produced by a torpid liver, which did not, as a consequence, remove the bile from the blood. This produced derangement of the stomach, imflammation of its coats, dyspepsia, constipation, headache, depression of spirits, yellow complexion, fat-covered eyes, clmls and fever; in short, I was miserable to the last degree. I appealed in vain to my boobs, to my skill and to my fellow physicians. Tne mystery of my ill-bealtn grew deeper. I traveled everywhere—exhausted all authorized expedients—bat to no purpose!

When in this frame of mind, desperately in need of help, bnt expecting none, one of my unprofessional friends called my attention to some unusual cures wrought by a prominent remedy and urged me to try it. I emphatically declined. But secretly, and with the firm determination that I wonld never let anybody know what I had done, I began its use. It was only an experiment, you know, but, for that mat er, all medical treatment is experimental. Well, to make a long aud surprising story short- I experienced a sort of physical revolution. My skin got a better oolor. My liver resumed its functions* I no longer had to arouse the bowels with cathartics. My headaches disappeared with my dyspepsia • but still I was not convinced. “ Nature d'd it,” I reasoned. But. determined to push the investigation to the extreme* while I was in active work, I tried the effect ot the remedy on my patients afflicted with kid-’ ney, liver and urinary diseases, watching every development oarofully and sudiously. Then I was completely disarmed, for the remedy stood every test imposed! Under such convincing circumstances, the matter of confessing my cure became a question of conscience and of duty to humanity. “Here is a remedy,” I said, “that baa done for-me what the best medical skill of the country could not accomplish ” —and as ah honorable man I will not suppress the faots. I therefore write you and most unhesitatingly assert that for all diseases of the kidneys, liver, stomach or urinary organß .which are amenable to treatment, Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Care surpasses any remedy I have ever known . or used, and since physicians have so much illsuccess in the treatment of diseases of these organs, I am prepared to aooept all the consequences when 1 say that they are, if conscientious, in duty bound to use this pure vegetable compound in their practice. Yours very trulv, *, J. W. Smith, M. D statements so outspoken as the above and coming from such a reliable source are valuable boyoud question. They conclusively show not only the power of the remedy which hsq become so well known and popular, but the great importance of attention in time to the first indications of declining health. When professional men of snch high standing sink their prejudice and willingly declare their belief in that which they know to be valuable, the publio may confidently follow their example*

Serious Labor Blot at Omaha. Omaha, March 13. The militia in the city to protect the nonstriking laborers were annoyed last evening by a gathering of men and boys, who threw brickbats at the officers and hit several. A squad of soldiers charged on the crowd to drive them back from the militia quarters, and several of the assailants were sevtemy wounded by bayonets. One of the wounded. G. P. Armstrong, formerly a machinist, who was wounded in the breast and taken into the guard-house, supposed to be slightly hurt, has died from the wound. He had been slightly under the Influence of liquor, and was abiding the soldiers, Re was inoffensive when