The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-03-05
WHO! WHAT! AND WHEREFORE!

n FEW FACTS FOR RTI1EINNALID.
Have onr readers ever heard of Professor
Holloway Undoubtedly they have, JUS, as
they have heard of Humboldt, Arneo, Ocrst-
cd, SiiiItnan, Agas>iz, and other notable men
"f learning But have they ever asked Them.
selves mho ami rhai he is If they have no
dciiaitr information on that matter, we will
pr"cccd TO enlightened them. The Prorcs.
SCR Is An English physician, a native Of that
country which produced Harvey, Hunter,
Ahrrnrthy. aud other MumiLan of d,rdical
scirncc. So much for the WHO; dnd now
for the WHAT. He IS 10 other physicians
what Clay, Webster and Calhoun were to
statesmen, what nston-revercd name!
was To Patriots and scncrals-wl,at Shaks.
pore was TO dramatis,s, and Irving and Cl,al-
mers to prcachors-viz the gre,test Of h,s
age and profession. His reputation has
penetrated the cncrustations oY"prriudce.
snrn ountcd the barriers of malice, ana avow.
cdly stands alone, the MEDICAL COfIIOS-
SUS Of the world. So much for the what.
! Wherefore do We speak of him here. It.,
when our counirymen were dying by thou.
sands. Of yellow fever, at Norfolk and Ports.
month. we had heard Of a remedy which
would arrest the progress Of the disease, and
stay tie f3btstcps of the spoiler, and we had
neglected to communicate it, what would
have been our desert Truly, very sum.
mary punishment by Lynch law. For if
there be- duty more imperative than anoth-
err It Is this,-"to visit the sick in their af.
Fiction" and to use every means for their
rtsf"ration TO health. This is why we speak
Of Professor Holloway. This Is our answer
to the wherefore -, . - ..
Years ago, when the Professor was n
younger man than he il at present, his a,tcn.
lion VAS objected to the great dsproportion
between the cures performed by the Physi.
clans. and those which they undertook to
perform. lie observed that not once in a
score Of eases were they successful. 1t
seemed TO him, either that medicine was not
worthy the name Of scicncc;-tl,af it was
merely n thing Of ckanc,, and therefore
positive injury TO mankind, or that the ply
sicians were ignorant Of the true healing art
Having embarked on the s,ndy of human
physiology, and understanding the patholo.
ey OF Diseases, he alightcd upon the true
reason Of want Of success, and made that
discovery whish will iInmortaiize his name,
TO euro disease, doc.ors treated IL locally,
topicsIly. Was Il the RidncyA that weir: dc.
ranged Or III. liveP! Scjr the stomach,
Or rhs fungs! 'straightway they proceeded
To P'tacrit'efor kidncys, liver, lungs, or sto.
mack, not knowing that the evil was con.
t.'ncd in the blood, which fed those organs
with its lifs giving stream. and that to ar.
rest the disease at its very scat and centre,
they should purify that vital fluid, and leave
the rest to nYture. This is the secret Of DR..
Iolioway's astonishing success, in al parts
Of Tho world. iio puri6es the blood and
Let any sick person. who has suffered
many things Of many physicians" and o5-
taihcd no benefit, give heed to these
words Of ours, and try Holloway's Pills-if
he Il internally afflicted. or 1Yolfoway's Oint-
ment, if he /, suffering from wohnd; or sores.
iIe will thank US for our advice, Mud raj6icses
that the Professor has arrived in this eoun-
try. and opene4 an extensive establishment
In New York, which promises TO rival his
mammoth ono in I.ondon.--U. s. Journal.