Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1883 — THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY. [ARTICLE]

THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.

Upon a Sul|ject of Vital Interest, Affecting Hi* Welfare of All. -.*-•-* The following remarkable letter from one o t the leading and 1 est known scientific writers of- the present day is specially significant, and sliou.d be of unusual value to ail readers who desire to keep pace with the l.ii.rch of modern discoveries and events: , "A general demand for reformation is one of t-e most distinctive characteristics of tii" n neceenth century. The common peo- ] le as wc 1 as the more enlightened and refund, «r out with no uncertain voice to i « OH.auci atvd from the s.avery of eoneer- - vim-on tfiil superstition which has held the musses ni gr~ss ignorance during a large port cm of the world's history, and in the rime of the ‘Park Ages’ came near obliterating tee I-rst grimmer of truth. Dogrhatle assertions and blind empiricism are losing caste amo g all classes of all countries. lOopie are I t ginning to think for therhseriesyanu to regard authority much less t tan argument. Men and women are no longer willing that a few individuals should oiotate to them what must be their sentiments and opinions. They claim the right to A sol t c for themselves the gre.it questions of the day, and demand that the. general good of humanity shall be respected. As the result of this general awakening, we see On every hand unmistakable evidences of reformatory uction. People who, a few years ago, endured sutiering the most intense, in the name of duty, now realize the utter foolish - ne sos such a course. Men who were under ihe bondage of bigoted advisers allowed their heaitn to depart: sutt'ered their constitutions to become undermined and finally ched martyrs to a false«ystew of treatment. There are ’millions of people rilling untimely grates who might have lived to a green old age, had their original troubles been taken in time or properly treated. There are thousands of people' to-day thoughtlessly enduring the first symytoms of some serious malady, and without the slightest realization of the danger that is before them. They have occasional headaches, alack ct_ appetite one day and a ravenous one the next, or an unaccountable feeling-of weayi-ne-s, sometimes accompanied by nausea, and attribute all these trouble; to the old idea of ■ a slight cold' or malaria. It is high time’ that peoj le awoke to a knowledge of the scrim.sue s of these matters and emancipated themselves from the professional bigotry which controls therm Wlientfcisis done and when all olasse . of physicians become liberal enough to exclude all dogmas, save that it is their duty to cure disease as quickly and as safely as possible; to ma ntain no other position than that of truth honestly ascertained, and to indorse and recommend any remedy that has been found useful, no matter what its origin, there will he no more quarreling among the doctors, while there wnl be great rejo.oing throughout the wor.d. - I am well aware of the censure that will be meted out to me for writing this letter, but 1 feel that I cannot be 1 rue to my honest convictions, unless I extend a helping hand and indorse all that 1 know to be good The extended publications for the past few years, and giaphic descriptions of different diseases of the kidneys and liver have < awakened the medical profession to the fact that these diseases are greatly increa ing. ,The treatment; of the doctors has been largely experimental and many of their patients have died while they were-casting about for a remedy t > cure them. "It is .now over two years since my attention was f rst called to the use of a most wonderful preparation in the treatment of Blight’s disease of the kidneys. Patients , had frequently asked me about the remedy and Thud heard of remarkable cures effected by it, but like many others I hesitated to recommend Its use. A personal friend of mine had been in poor health for some time and his application for insurance on his life had been nej cled on account of Bright s disease. Chemical and microscopical examinations of his urine revealed the presence of large quantities of albumen and granular tube casts, which confirmed the correctness of the diagnosis. , After trying all the usual remedies, I directed him to use this preparation, and was greatly surprised to observe a decided improvement within a month, and within four months, no tube casts could be discovered. At that time there was present only a trace of albumen; and he felt, as he expressed it,dperfectly well,' and all thronga the influence of ’Warner's Safe Cure, the remedy he used, "“After this I prescribed this medicine in full doses in both acute and chronic

nephritis [Bright's disease], and with the most satisfactory results. My observations were neither small in number nor hastily . made: djiey extended over several months and embraced a large number of caves which have proved so sat sfactory to mv mind, that I would earnestly urge upon my professional brethren the' importance of giving a fair and patient trial to Warner's. Safe Cure. In a Jarge class of ailments where the blood i< obviously in an unh- althy state, especially w here glandular engorgements and inflammatory eruptions exist, indeed in many of thosr forms o: : chronic indisposition in which there ts no j evidence ot.O’gan c mischief, but whe e the j general health is depleted, the f ice the ur.ne'colored, constituting the condition in which the patient Is said to be j 'bilious.' the adv antage gamed by the u e of this remedy is remarkable. 11l bright s disease it teems to act a< a solvent of albumen; to soothe and heal the inflamed membranes; to wash out tbe epithelial debris which blocks up the hth'di . uj)#^#fr; to prevent a destructive metamorphosis of tissue. - ■ - • - . - - of the pg® fess on tna" believes that no one school of , medicine knows all the truth regarding-the treatment of disease, and being independent enovgh to select any remedy that will relieve my patients, without reference to the source from whence it comes. I am tjad to acknowledge and commend the mer.ts of this remtdv thus frankly. “Respectfully yours, “R. A. GUNN, M. D.” Dean and profe-sor of Surgery, United Siates Mcdica; College of New’ York; editor of if'iVrai Tr-huxf, Author of Gunn's New j and Inn Hand-Book of Hygiene and j i'-iiatE is but iitue dii.erence between i. an and a gun. Put more load on than the :galation amount and both will “kick.” — atl TrelzeV* Weekly.