The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Wonders of Modern Science.

The perfect accuracy with which scientists
are enabled to deduce the most minute particu-
lars in their several departments, appears al
most miraculous if we view it in the light Of
the early ages. Take for example, the electro
magnetic t~elegraph-the greatest invention Of
the age. Is it notA marvellous degree Of &C
curacy which enables an operator to exactly
locate a fracture in a submarine cable nearly
three thousand miles long? Our venerable
"clerk Of the weather" has become 30 thor
oughly familiar with those most wayward ele-
ments of nature that he can accurately predict
their movements. He can sit in Washington
and foretell what he. weather win be to-mor-
row in Florida and New York, as well as if several
hundred miles did not intervene between
him and the places named And 30 in all de-
partments Of modern science, what is required
is the knowledge Of certain signs. From these
the scientists deduce accurate conclusions re-
gardless of distance. A few fossils sent to the
expert geologist enable him to accurately de-
termine the rock formation from which they
were taken. He can describe it to you as per-
fectly as if a cleft of it we're lying on his table.
SO also the chemist can determine the constitu-
ton Of the sun as accurately az If that lumin-
ary were not ninety-6ve million miles from his
laboratory. The sun sends certain signs over
tho "ininitude Of space" and the chemist
classifes them by passing them through the
spectroscope. Only the presence Of certain
substances could produce these solar signs. 80
also, in medical science, diseases have certain
unmistakable signs, or symptoms, and by res
son, of this fact, DR.. Pierce, Of the Worlds
Dispensary, has been enabled to originate and
perfect a system Of determining, with the
greatest accuracy, the nature Of chronic dir
eases without seeing and personally examining
his patients. He has spared neither pains nor
expense to associate with himself, az tho
faculty Of the Worlds Dispensary, o largo
number of medical gentlemen OF rare attain
ments and skil-graduates from some OF the
most famous medical colleges and universities
of both Europe and America. By aid Of DR..
Pierce's system Of diagnosis, these physicians
and surgeons annually treat, with the most
gratifying success, many thousands Of invalidS
without ever seeing them in person. In recog-
nizing diseases without q personal examina-
ton Of the patient they claim TO possess no
edge of the patients disease by the practical
application Of we'll established principles Of
modern science to the practice OF medicine.
And it is to the accuracy with which this sys-
TEN has endowed them that they owe their
almost world wide reputation for the skillful
treatment of all lingering or chronic affections.
This system Of practice AND the marvellous sue
cess which has been attained through it, de-
monstrate the fact that diseases display certain
phenomena, which being subjected 10 sclcntlnc
analysis or synthesis, furnish abundant and
.unmistakable data to guide the Judgment Of
the skillful practitioner Alright in determining
the nature of diseased conditions. The
amplest resources for treating lingering or
chronic diseases, and the greatest skill, are
thus placed within the easy reach Of every in
valid, however distant he or she may reside
from the physicians making the treatment Of
such affections a specially. The peeuliarities
of this scientific system Of practice arc fully
explained in the appendix Of "The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Advisers book Of
over nine hundred large pages, which is 10
popular al to have reached a sale Of almost
one hundred thousand copies within a few
months of its first publication. 1t is sent
(post-paid) by the author to any address, on
recent Of one q liar and fifty cents. Address,
T.. v. Pierce, u. D., Worlds Dispensary,
Buffalo, New York. 40 -...i -.