The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-13

EMBRACING the several modes of trent
Lment, rs practced by the different schools
Oh fhysicions, so that person may select the
method that may be pfeferred,. or the one
most convenient, oreven resort to second
or third, or to a combination of two or more,
whenever desirable. The work forms thor.
oughly reliable guide to the detection and
treatment OF all diseases that can either be
checked in their career, or treated entirely
without the aid Of physician. Il would be
preposlerous 10 claim that by the use Of any
book, the necessity OF sometimes calling
physician, can be done away WITH for here
are many cases that require the application Of
professional skill and large experience, but It
must be perfectly plain to any one. that
large majority Of the minor ailments and
some of the more severe ones to which flesh
Is heir, can be treated with complete success
by the lad, ot sueh a treatise as this; while
some diseases run their course with such ra.
pidltS that no time is left to send for physi.
clan. The remedy must be at hand, aud the
application made at once, or il Twill be too late
The first requisite in case of sick ness is to
know what is the matter and secondly, what
to do. To this end IN thswork;
lSt. Rrerythtng that does not strictly
pertain to the subject is excluded.
ID. Everything that necessarily per-
tdtns to the subject is included.
3d. an inder Of symptoms is given,
6y comparing 'chich, rith the symptoms
as manifested in the patient, the true
character Of The disease can reality be
detected, and the proper remedies ap-
piled,
BY thus leaying out everything that does
not strictly belong to such a work, 1t Is found
practicable 70 give fuller and more satisfac-
tory presentation of the subjects in one mod
est little volume that retails for $3.50 or So 90,
than can be found in any of the bulky vol.
umes that sell for twice or three times as
mueh' Some people seem to estimate the
value of abook by its bulk; they do not stop
to think that diamond Is worth q million
times its bulk of IRON.
lfagents have been able to dispose Of im-
mense editions OF similar works thawng much
to recommend them, perhaps, but quite inleri.
or to this0 at from IS TO $40 per copy, it is MOI
to be won iered at that there should he a wide
spread demand and ready sale for. book like
this that gives more information In one fourth
the space and at one-third the cost.
Itrequires no argument to convince per-
son that It is we'll worth the small sum of $3.50
or IS to have right in ones own house, relia.
bic Family Physician, always al hand, ready
to be consulted, and to give the very best OF
advice, free Of charge, The Doctors bills
saved by the use Of this book, would amount to
more every year. in my ordinary family. than
several times its cost, to say nothing of the
amount Of suffering saved, and the possible
saving Of life ITSELF But recently a, gentle.
man wrote ".Your book has. not only saved
me large doctors bib but the life Of my boy, ;
while according to his own statement, he lost
the little brother of the boy saved, by not hay
ing the book in time. ,,.,....
Itlsafac that a great many who had previ.
ously IN vested % or slOiu any one ofthe bulky
volumes alluded to above, buy this also; and
fol the same reason that tie. thrifty. enter
prising farmer casts aside the cradle bought
years ago for cutting his wheat, for the mod.
ern reaper and mower. ,pt.,y
True economy dictates the adoption and use
Of the best tools and most approved machin-
cry that can be had, in the operation of the
farm, 1t certainly none the less Eeanires the
employment of the best attalnabIe means for
the preservation Of ones health and the treat.
ment Of the diseases incident 10 himself and
those dependent upon him.