Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1882 — THAT RICH EXPERIENCE. [ARTICLE]

THAT RICH EXPERIENCE.

. .. M , • . .... . , A Free Press Interview Sustained and Its Senree Revealed. •’ Detroit Free Frees. A few months ago an interview with a prominent and well known physician, formerly a resident of Detroit, but now living in New York, appeared in the columns of this paper. The statements made by the doctor and the facts he divujgea were of so unusual a nkture as to cause no little commotion among those wh° them, and many inquirierwere raised os to the genuinepesshf the interview and validity of tho statements )t contained. Tne name of the physician was at that time suppressed at his own request. The Seal of secrecy, ! however, can now be removed, as the important and 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. v , After an exchange of eburtesies and A few reminiscences about the war, in which the doctor was a prominent surgeon; the reporter remarked upon the doctor’s improved aPF e * ra| * oe i upon which he said: “Yes, I have improved in health since you last saw me, and I hope also in many other ways. One thing, hpwever, I have succeeded in doing, and it is one of the hardest thing for any one, and especially a doctor to do, and that is I baveoVeroonve inyprejUdices. You know there are > ome people who prefer to remain in the wrong rather than acknowledge the manifest right. Such prejudice leads to bigotry of the first order. Now, lain a physician, and of the 4 old school” order, tob; but I have, after yhhfs of experience and observation, dome to the conclusion that truth is the highest of all things, and that if prejudice or bigotry stand in the way ot truth, so much the worse for them, they ore certain to be crushed sooner or later. 'Why, when 1 knew you in Detroit, 1 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, 1 prescribe and advise those things which 1 believe to be adapted to cure, and which my experience has proven to be such.” “How did you come to get such heretical ideas as these; doctor?” “Oh, they are the result of my experience and observation- I obtained my first ideas upon the subject, though, from having been cured after all my care 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 kidneys and liver, and X ffeared I should have to give up my . practice; For mouths I suffered untold agonies. Dull, indefinite pains In various pari* of the body; a lack bf Interest in everything around me; a lose of appetite; [headaches; all; these disagreeable sy in toms were added to pains wbfoh were both acute and constant. Bl,ck as I’ wae, hdwever/T became* restored to health in a most surprising? Mam ner and in an .incredibly short space of time, and it was'tnis that proved a revel Anon to me. That/jvaq the starting point, and my prejudices faded tepidly after that I cab assure you. I went to reading extensively, And analyzing piore extensively, a«d|»inc« that time I have discovered many things of real value to humanity. Why, only-a few,day# ago I advised a lady Who was suffering from a yseriious female difficulty and displacement to use the same remedy which cured me. - I saw . her this morning and she is nearly well; the pain and inflammation are all gone and she is arotind as usual. We have no right in the medical fraternity to sit and declare that there are no such thing as improvement or advanbetnent, or that we have a Monopoly of the remedies which nature has given to mankind. There are great changes going on in every department of life, and there are great developements in medicine as well. Thousands of peoj pie die every year fyom supposed typhoid fever, rheumatisms or other 4£om plaints, wheu In reality it is from caused by eating poorly cooked and diseased pork. Thousands of children are dying every year from .dropsy as the apparent sequel to scarlatina, 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 1 propose to stand by them, no matter bow much opposition I may raise by doing so, Any man, be he politician, preacher or physician* who La so considerate of his pocketbook or of his own personal ends as tostulify 'himself by suppressing the manifest truth, is unworthy tbe name of niau, and unworthy the confidence, ofihe public whom he serves.” The above are some of tbe principal pointA in the interview referred to. Now -for the sequel. The following outspoken letter from the doctor himself which has just been received is published In fail: Editor Detroit Freb Press: v . . ■ Home time ago a reporter of your patfjr had an interview with me which e said he would dike to publish. I consented on condition that you w.puld not Mention my name until I .-gave you, per* mission, t -have Mow aceomniisned publish or not as you see fit) that I had debated for a longtime whether I

would shake Ass some of The professional fetters whjeh bound me with others for years, ana tell the truth, or eot. -When I looked back, and thought of the torture-, like those described by Dante iu his trip toAhe infernal regions, whioh I endured from dyspepsia,and recalled bow much! would have given at that time for the relief whioh I have eiuce obtained. I determined that I would 1 take the step so long meditated, and thereby discharge a duty to my fWllowmen. If I could thereby save one poor mortal one night es tne terrible siifferings I endured, I would bo filUx salfefled, be the other consequences what they might. My dyspeptic condition was produced by a torpid liver, whioh did not, os a cofaseqiuenoe, remove the bile from the blood. Thlstpreduoqd derangement of the stomach, infiapnoration of its Coats, dyspepsia, constipation, headache,depression of spirits, yelloW complexion, fat-ooverea eyas, chills and fever; in short, I was miserable-to the last degree. I appealed in vain,to my books, to my skill and to my fellow physicians. The mystery of my illhealth grew deeper. I traveled* every-where-exhausted all authorized expedients—but to no purpose! When in this frame of mind, desperately Inneod of help, but expecting , none, one of my .u n professional friends called my attention to some- uhusual cures wrought by a prominent reme,ay and urged me to try it. I emphatically declined. But secretly and With the fiftn determination 1 that I wouldinever let anybody know what I bad I began its use, It was only an experiment, you know, but for that matter, all medical treatment is-experimentai. Well, to make a long story short, I experienced a sort of physical revolution. My skin got a better color. My liver resumed its functions, Ino longer had to arouse my Bowels with cathartics. My headaches disappeared with my dyspepsia; but still I w«a not cOnvinoea. . “Nature did it,” I reasoned. Bps determined to push my investigation to the (extreme, while I was in active work. '• I tried the effect of the remedy on my patients aflected with kidney, liver and urina.y diseases, watching every development carefully and studiously. Then I was completely disarmed, for the remedy stood every teat Imposed! Under suoh convincing cirqumßtances, the matter of confessing my cure became a question of conscience and of duty to humanity. “Here is a remedy,” I said, “that has done for ipe what the best medical skill of the country could not accomplish”—and as ap honorable man I will not suppress, the foots. I therefore write you and. most unhesitatingly assert that foi.aU diseases of the kidneys, liver, stomaoh or urinary organs which are Am&fiable to treatment, Warner’s 'Safe Kidney and Liver Uuresurpasses -any remedy I have ever known or qsijd, and since physicians have so much ill success iu the treatment of diseases of these organs, I am prepared to accept ail the consequences when I saV that they are,* if conscientious, in duty pflpndto use this pure Vegetable compound in their practice. , r - Your* very truly, •• J.-W/Smltti/M. D. Statements so outspoJtpn Os the above 1 and coming from such -a reliable flource are valuable! beyopd ques,Upn. Thpy conclusively, only the power of the remedy wnlph has become so well known and popular, but thh greAt Importance of attention ip tints to the first indications fit de.cljnlpg health. When* professional men of such high standing sink their predJUdice and willingly declare their belief in that which they know to be valuable, the public may confidently follow their example.