Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-09
From the New York Evening Express,
Our Reporter in Buifa,O.

1t has been my privilege, while sojourning
in this place. and during short respite from
my labOrs, to pay visit to the " medicine
man of the "Queen City of the Lakes"
Wine the medical world teens with com
noners in skill and commonplace remedies,
the most of which rise into notice, live a brief
period, become obsolete, and are lost in OBJ.
scurity or pale beneath greater brilliance, the
truly worthy-those who, by dint of severe
application and close investigation, are able
to rise above mediocrity-impart to the world
useful information, utilize the developments
made, and place before the afflicted specific
remedial agencies for the ills suffered, are
blessings TO be ppreciated-objeats worthy
of honor. They are the beacon lights to
guide the mariner over the tempestuous sea
of life, the star of hope towards which the
unfortunate turn their eyes for safety and de-
liverance. l would not eXaggerate the merits
Of this medical gentleman, or the agents of
his hands. From a small beginning, and of
recent date, yet after long and patient toll
and conviction that the Eureka had been
found, Dr. R. v. Pierce, the subject of this
article, announced to the world his
discoveries in medicine, and the posi-
tive influences they manifest in disease.
Upon their specific properties rest their
merits. Their virtues are worthily extolled,
and the tidings of their efficacy have gone
from mouth to mouth, until his name is
heard in every habitation and echoed from
every hill, valley and plain, while his medi-
cines are sought for and scattered over the
whole continent. 1t is by directing intuitive
faculties and the whole mental and physical
energies in certain direction, that excel
lence is reached and proficiency worthy Of
public confidence attained. In this science,
as in others, we find the few who lead the van
of followers make all the investigations and
discoveries for the rest. found DR.. Pierce
in his consultation parlors, surrounded with
patients, and amid piles of books, papers,
manuscripts and letters, a large library, a
cabinet of curious looking instruments,
another of anatomical, pathological and
other specimens, maps, pictures and diplomas,
which he has received from different colleges
and hospitals, upon the walls, with assistants
passing here and there, that at once conveyed
the idea of an immense business of which he
was the central figure, and it diverging in all
directions. Although in rooms thus furnished
and decorated with surroundings characters.
VIZ VI lhlOnI anu ledThHg, also indicative OF
life crowded with cares and duties, with an
appreciation of valuable services by an afilict.
en- public, l was most agreeably entertained,
both by his conversational and business apti-
tudes and the exhibition that his establish
ment affords, which he very kindly placed at
my disposal. As further evidence of scho.
lastic attainments, and an indomitable zeal in
the investigation of the nature of chronic
diseases and their successful treatment, his
many monographs contributed to medical
journals and several late exhaustive treatise
on special chronic diseases, which were writ
ten in the intervals between business cares,
fully attest. We see patients at his rooms
from all parts of the continent, afflicted with
all kinds of chronic disease, who have come
to avail themselves of his superior skill, and
those associated with him, making Council
of Doctors who have devoted lives to this
speciality. Besides this, an endless number
make known their malsdies by letter, all of
which are very carefully considered by DR..
Pierce and his medical eounselors, the neces.
sary prescriptions, advice or medicines being