Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1890 — A DOCTOR'S CONFESSION. [ARTICLE]

A DOCTOR'S CONFESSION.

He Doesn’t Take Muck Medicine and Advises the Reporter Not To. - “Humbug! Of coarse it is. ..The socalled science of medicine is a' humbug and has been from the time of Hippocrates to the present. Why the biggest crank in the Indian tribes is the medicine man.” “Very frank was the admission, especially so when it came from one of the biggest young physicians of the city, one whose practice is among the thousands, though' he has been graduated but a few years,” says the Buffalo Courier. “Very cozy was his office, too, with its cheerful grate fire, its Queen Anne furniture, and its many lounges and easy chairs. He stirred the fire lazily, Lighted a fresh cigar, and went on.” “Take the prescriptions laid down in the books and what do yon findl Poisons mainly, and nauseating stuffs that would make a healthy man an invalid. Why in the world science should go to poisons for its remedies I can not tell, nor can I find any one who can.” “How does a doctor know the effect of his medicine?” he asked. “He calls, prescribes, and goes away. The only way to Judge would be to stand over the bed and watch the patient. This can not be done. So, really, I don’t know how he is to tell what good or hurt he does. Sometime ago, you remember, the Boston Globe shnt out a reporter with a stated set of symptoms. He went to eleven prominent physicians and brought back eleven different prescriptions. This just shows how much science there is in medicine.” There are local diseases of various characters for which nature provides positive remedies. They may not be included in the regular physician’s list, perhaps, because of their simplicity, but the evidence of their curative power is beyond dispute. Kidney disease is cured by Warner’s Safe Cure, a strictly herbal remedy. Thousands of persons, every year, write as does H. J. Gardner, of Pontiac, R. L, August 7, 1890: “A few years ago I suffered more than probably ever will be known outside of myself, with kidney and liver complaint. It is'the oldstory—l visited, doctor after doctor, but to no avail. I was at Newport, and Dr. Blackman recommended Warner’s Safe Cure. I commenced the use of it, and found relief Immediately. Altogether I took three bottles, and I truthfully state that it cured me.”