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The Witche's Fate

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
February
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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Not raany decades ago in this country, the people were excited over withcraft. Persons suspected were thrown into the water; if not witehes they would drown; if they were witches, tney would swim ashore, and would be put to deatht In any event, they were doomed! Not manv years ago if a person were taken sick with advanced disorder of the kidneys, the phyriciau would pronounce the ili-t'a-c Brignt's disease, and when so doclared. he regarded his responsibiüty at an end, for medical authority adniitted that the diseasa yas incurable. When the physician found a patiënt thus afliieted. he would say; "Oh, a slight at' tack of the kidneys; will be all right in a little whilo." He knew to the contrary. Hut if he could keep his patiënt on his bands for a few months, he knew he would derive a ereat revenue trom his case, and then when the disease had progressed to a oertain stage, he would state the facts and n'..:re, exonerated froni all blame. But the error of sii])posing the diseaso incurable, has swayed the public ïniinl. long aftur the fact has ceased to be. But public opinión has been educated to the urn' status of the case by those wlio have discounted the incura bility theory, and the public recoguies and tostiSes to the fact that Warner's safe cure is a speciflc for this disease. Tliis has boen shown with thous ands of testimoniáis. Upon referring to thcm in our ftles we iind th it $5.(0) reward will be given to any one who eau prove that so far as the manufacturera know they are not genuine, nn'i that hundretls of thousands similar in ï'hnpnft-.i'V r-finli) 1 Tinl il i -lu-i t if it n-nrp Tbis condition of things is vary amuing to tho journalist, who looks upon all si des of every qucstion. Proof should be accepted by all. but prejudico ilghts prooi for many years. It scctns Kt rango that when a proprietary medicine is doing the good Warner's safe euro is that tho physiclans do not publicly endorso it. Many oí thom, we are told, privately prescribe ít. A few years ago, as stnted, when a man had Bright's disease, the doctor boldly announoe.l it, because lm thought it re lieved him of rospon-ibility. To day wlipn prominent people aredying (anrl hundreds of thousand-f of conmion Iioople díe of the same disoa-e), we are told that doctors disgiie thn iaet that it is lirifthi 's díñense of the kidueys and siy they die of ]aralysis. of apoplexy, of pneunionia.of oonsuni])tion, of general debility. of rheinnatism. of heart disense, of blood pnisoiiing, or some other of tíie ñames of t te direct effccts of kidney disease. They are not the real disease itself. We Rometimes wonder if they avoid statinf the peal cause of diso ,se for fear they will drive tho public int.) patronage of the nly soientiflc proprietary BpeclO( for kidney diseases and the tbousauds and one diseases that origínate in inactivo kid neys. We do not beliovo every ndvertisemenl we read. Somo people pernapsraay regard thla article ns an advertisemeut and vi i not believe it, but we aro candid enough to gay that we believe tho partios ábov nicntioned havo tated their case and proved it. and under suc-h circumtanco the public; is nnwise if it is longer influenfi ed by adverse prejudice.

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