Article January 26, 1899 Issue

Has Dr. Douglas Blundered Again

M.S.P.

Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) News-Press

Editor News-Press:—So far the medical profession in the great poison case has not shown itself in a very brilliant light. Or is it one of those rare instances when it stands revealed in its true colors of inefficiency and pretension? For statistics show that, as yet, it is all at sea as to the origin and treatment of such common and fatal diseases as Bright's disease, consumption, rheumatism, and a dozen others that are not self-limiting and curable by nursing alone.

And even if the most fascinating (because convenient) germ theory be true, it has not yet found the individual germicide for each, or, indeed, any disease.

To those acquainted with the awful death-rate of children under five years of age, and even of adults themselves, it would seem that the conscientious practitioner would go about with bowed head (metaphorically), or with the blush of shame.

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