Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1883 — THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY. [ARTICLE]

THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.

Upon n Sutyect of Vital Interest, Affecting: the Welfare of All. The following remarkableletter from one of the leading and best known acientifio writers of the present day la specially significant, and should be of unusual value to all readers who desire to keep pace with the march of modern discoveries and events; "A general demand for reformation is one of tne most distinctive characteristics of the nineteenth century.- The common people. os well as the more enlightened and refined, cry out with no uncertain voice to be emancipated from the ,slavery of conservatism and superstition which lias held the ■ masses m gxyis ignorance during a large portion of the-world's history, and in the (ime of the ‘Dark Ages’ came near obliterating the last glimmer of truth. Dogmatic assertions and blind empiricism are losing caste among ull classes of all countries. People are Beginning to think for theiriselves, and to regard authority much less than argument Men and women are no longer willing that a few individuals should dictate to them what most be their sentiments and opinions. They claim the right to 6olve for themselves the great questions of the day, and demand that the general good of humanity shall be respected. As the result of this general awakening, we ste on every hand unmistakable evidences of reformatory action. People who, a few years ago, endured suffering the most intense, in the name of duty, now realize the utter foolishness of such a course. Men who were under the bondage of bigoted advisers allowed their health to depart; suffered their constitutions to become undermined and finally died martyrs to a false system of treatment. There are millions of people filling untimely graves who might have lived to a green old age, had their original troubles been taken in time or property treated There are thousands of people to-day thoughtlessly enduring the lust symytoms of some serious malady, and without the slightest realization of the danger that is before them. They have occasional headaches, alack cf appetite one day and a ravenous one the next, or an unaccountable feeling of weariness, sometimes accompanied by nausea, and attribute all these troubles to the old idea of ‘ a slight cold 5 or malaria. It is high time that people awoke to a knowledge of the seriousness of these matters and emancipated themselves from the professional bigotry which controls them. When this is done and when all classes of physicians become liberal enough to exchiue all dogmas, save that it Is their duty to cure disease as quickly and as safely as possible; to mantain 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 will be great rejoicing throughout the world, t

"I am well aware of the censure that will be meted out to me for writing this letter, but I feel that I cannot he true to my honest convictions unless I extend a helping hand and indorse uli that I know to be good. The extended publications for thy past few yeais. and graphic 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 j cure them. "It is now over two years since my attention was irst 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 1 hadheard of remarkable cures effected by it, but like many others 1 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 rej cted 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. Aftertrying all the usual remedies, I directed him to use 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, ‘perfectly well,’ and all througn the influence of Warner’s Safe Cure, the remedy he used. yfjjg j 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. They extended over several months and embraced a large number of cases which have proved so sat.sfactory to my 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 «, large class of ailments where the. blood is obviously in au unhealthy state, especially whero glandular engorgements and inflammatory eruptions exist, indeed in many of those forms of chronic indisposition in which there is no evidence of organic mischief, but where the general health is depleted, the face sallow, | the urine colored, constituting the condition in which the patient is said to be •bilious,’ the advantage gained by the use of this remedy is remarkable. In Brights disease it seems to act as a solvent of albumen; to soothe and heal the Inflamed membranes; to wash out the epithelial debris which blocks up the tubuli urlniferi, and to I prevent a destructive metamorphosis of : tissue. “Belonging as I do to a branch of the profession that believes that no one school of treatment of disease, and being independent enough to select any remedy that will relieve my patients, without reference to the source from whence it comes, I am glad ; to acknowledge and commend the merits ! of this rem«dv-thuß frankly. “Respectfully yours, “R A. GUNN, M. D.” Dean and Professor of Surgery. United States Medical College of New York; editor of Medical Tribune; Author of Gunn’s New and Improved Hand-Book of Hygiene and domestic Medicine, etc., eta A crabeed old bachelor 6ays: “When rain falls, if she gets the bigger half of the umbrella they are lovers: if he takes the bigger half they are married. ” To remove pain t: Sit on a freshly daubed cellar door, or wash the rosy cheeks of a sleeping beauty. Mensman’s Peptonized Beep Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing 'As enure nutritious properties. It contains bloodmaking, force-generating and life-sustaining properties; invaluable* for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over-work, or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard A Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. Some people are like a well-used rockingchair: they are always on the go, but never get ahead. Dakdanelle. Ark.—Dr. M. M. Groom says; “Brown's Iron Bitters is the best medicine in the world and is effecting miraculous curea’ ; , A Cincinnati woman knocked her husband senseless with a copy of the Bible. . The old version is good and strong yet Fob aged men, women, weak and sickly children, without a rival Will not cause headache Brown's Iron Bittern The mosquito as a public singer draws well, but never gives satisfaction.