The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-22
THE BULLETIN.
Publication OGice. BuiietiD Building.
Washington Avenue.
OUR REPORTER IN BUFFALO,
From NE Ns,e York Brenag Erprcs..


lakes While the medical world teens
with commoners in skill and commonplace
remedies, the most Of which rise into nc
tlce, live brief period, become obsolete,
ana are lost in obscurity or pale beneath
greater brilliance, the truly worthy, those
VINO By dint Of severe application ard
close investigation arc able to rise above
mcdiocrity, impart 90 the world useful in
formation, utilize the developments made,
and placed before the afflicted specific
remedial agencies for the ills suffered, are
blessings t. appreciated, object, worthy
OF honor. They are the beacon lights to
guide the mariner over the tcmpestuous
sea- 81 life, the star of hope towards which
the unfortunate turn their eyes for safety
and dcliycrHncr. ! would not cxuggcrutu
the merits Of TIL. medical gentleman, or
the agents Of his hands. From n small
beginning, aud of recent date, yet after
long ana patient toll and II conviction that
the Eureka had been found, DIR. X. V.
Pierce, the subject of this article, an.
nounccd to the world hi. discoveries ia
medicine, and the positive influences they
manifest in disease. Upon their specific
properties rest their merits Their vir-
tues are wortbly cXtolled and the tidings
Of their efficacy have gone from mouth To
habi,ution and echoed from every hill,
valley and plain, while his medicines are
sought for aud scattered over the whole
continent 1t is by directing intuitive
faculties and the whole mental and phys
zeal cnergie, in certain direction, that
excellence is reached and proficiency
worthy Of public confidence attained. In
this science ~ in others, We find the few
NJ liH Nan IA Al
the Investigations and discoveries for the
rest. found DR.. Pierce ia his consuita-
ton parlors, surrounded with patients ard
amid pile- Of books, papers manuscripts,
and letter.. a large library, cabinet Of
curious looking instruments, another Of
Anatomical. pathological aud other speci-
mems, map, pictures aud diplomas. which
he has received from different college. and
hospitals, upon the WALL, with assistants
passing here aud there that ut once con-
veycl the idea OF an immense bgslnc-s OF
which lie wa. tho central figure, and it d.
yergiug in all directions Although
in rooms thus furnished and de-
COratcd with surroundings characterize Of
talent and learning, also indicative of u
life crowded with cares and duties, with
an appreciation Of valuable services by uu
aiil ictcd public, wus most agrccably enter
tanned, both by hi conversational and busi-
mess aptitude. and the exhibition that his
establishment Afford, which be very kind
~ placed at my dI,po-al \, Il further cy-
idencc Of scholastic uit.iument, and an
indOmitablc zeal ia the investigation OF
the nature Of chronic diseases and their
success tui treatment, his many monographs
contributed to medical journals, and sew
erai late exhaustive treatise on special
chronic disease, which were written in the
intervals between business cares, fully at
test. We see patients at bis rooms from
all part of the continent, afflicted with all
kinds Of chronic diseases, who have come 10
avail themselves Of his superior skill and
those associated with him, making coun-
Gil of doctors, who have devoted lives TO
this speciality. Besides this, an endless
number MAKE known their maladies by
letter, all Ot which are very carefully con-
,idcred 10y DR.. Pierce and his medical
cOunsclors, the necessary prescrip-
tons, advice or medicines being
promptly forwarded by mail or ex-
press, NOTE being neglected, but every in
quiry answered, every want supplied and
every attention paid necessary to establish
health again. Aside from all this, there
are many from his own immediate com
wonderful cures lnade utle,t hI, great skill
in treating chronic diseases. y beautiful
illustration of the instincts and finer feel
ings of true manhood is here exempliicd.
While his specific medicines with knowl-
edge Of their application are being scat
tered broadcast over the land, and placed
at prices within the reach of all, II life de-
voted to the interests of others, and
schooled amid suffering cannot remain idle
to enjoy the fruits of such labor but IN
stead be still lends an ear 10 the appeals
of the sick, Il tender sympathy TO the dis
trcsscd, and cheerful heart and hand to
| all necessities. No poverty, however alb
ject, or adverse circumstances however dis
| couraging, need debar the afflicted from
| approaching him for his services. They
are chccrfully rendered alike to all. 1t
proves also that the mere manufacture
and vending of II medicine does not satiate
the aspirations and impulses ola charitable
| and manly heart. In carrying out this
enterprise the best medical talent is in
voked Every act comedies with system
and discipline, and the most harmo-
| NOUS activity prevails in every depart
nent. Passing into the laboratory, We are
most favorably Impressed with its extreme
! neatness and order, Every mechanism
necessary to facilitate the manufacture of
| his medicine is used, and these are ar
ranged in perfect order. The crude roots
and barks are ground, puIyerized and
| mixed by steam power, and most import
ant of all, the process Of extracting their
virtues is Lot by the stcreotyped and i'm
perfect methods of the past, but an cntirly
new discovery of his own, whereby per-
feet and beautiful medicines are produced
containing all the medicinal qualities Of
the ingredients composing them, and which
are palutablc and without equal. SO per.
feet are their composition, the ingredients
20 nicely proportional and adjusted, 50 SUI
perior the mode of manufacture, that they
are perfectly transparent and not subject
to change in any climate or temperature,
1t is with such means, perfect IN them
selves, and their correct adaptation, that
his skill in disease is partly attributable
and the public are not slow to understand
and appreciate the fact, "a cvlnccd by the
enormous demand for his mcdl-
clnes from all parts OF the conti-
nent' We next pass into the
bottllng room, where TN endless
| quantity of bottles are washed and filled
by machinery, and with exact nicely. Then
INTO the labelling and wrapping room,
where me work is done by girls also fold
ing printed matter, trimming labels, tying
packages, and such other work ms the bus
ness requires. Thence into the packino