The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

The perfect Accuracy with which scientists are
enabled to deduce the most minute particniats
in their several departments, appears almost
miraculous If we view it in the light oi the ear
ly ages. Take for example the electn,- -masnetie
telesrsph-the greatest invention of the age. Is
IL not a marvellous degree Of accuracy which en :
ables an operator to enacfly locate a fracture in
submarine cable nearly three Thousand mheS
lonpf Our venerable "clerk of the weather
bas become 80 thoroughly familiar with those
n,ost vavvarl elements of nature that he can
accurately predict their movements. He can SIT
in Washington and foretell what tho weather
will be Tomorrow in Florida or New York, as
we'll AS il several hundred miles did not inter.
yepe between him and the places named. And
so in all Il, partments of modern science, what is
required is the know ledge of certain signs From
these the scientists deduce accurate conclusions
regardless Of distance. few fossils sent to the
expert geolocist enable him to accurately deter
mine the rock formation from which they were
taken He can describe il to yon ~ perfectly az
il n cleft Of il were lying on his table. 50 also
the chemist can determine the constitution OF
the sun as accurately as if that lumnary were
not ninssy ssillion miles from his laboratory
The sun sends certain signs over the "inhnitude
of space and the chemist classfes:thenl by pas
sing them through the spectroscope. Only tine
presence of certain substances could produce
these solar signs. So also, in medical science,
diseases have certain unmistakable signs, or
symptoms, and by reason of this fact, DIR. Pierce,
VI tue NoTiu biSprhsdiy, uls ptcH
originate and perfect o system Of determining,
with the greatest accuracy, the nature OF chron-
ic diseases without seeing and personally exam
lining his patients. He has spared neither pains
nor expense to associate with himself as the Fac
ulty of the Worlds Dspensary, large number
of medical gentlemen of rare attainments and
skill-gradnates from some OF the most famous
Medical Colleges and Universities of both Europe
and America. By aid Of DR.. Pierces system OF
diagnosis. these ply sicians and surgeons annual
ly treat, with the most gratifying success, many
thousands of invallds without ever seeing them
in person. In recognizing diseases without .
personal examination of the patient, they claim
to possess no miraculous powers. They attain
their knowledge of the patients disease by the
practical application of well established princl.
pies of modern scisucs 20 the practice OF meii-
cine. And it is to the accuracy with which this
system has endowed them that they owe their
almost world wide reputation for he skillfni
treatment Of all lingering or chronic affections
This System of practice and the marvellous sue
cess which has been attained through it, demon
strate the fact that diseases display certain phe-
nomena, which being subjected to scientihc an
alysis or synthesis furnish abundant and unmis-
taxable data to guide the Judgment of the skill
full practitioner Alright in determining the nature
of diseased conditions. The amplest resources
for treating lingering chronic Diseases and the
greatest skill, are thus placed within the easy
reach Of every invalid, however distant he or she
may reside from the physicians making the treat.
ment Of such affections speciality. The Pecu-
liarities Of this scientific system of practice are
fully explained in the Appendix of "The Peoples
Commen Sense Medical Adviser, "a book of over
nine hundred large pages, which is 80 popular
as to have reached sale Of almost one hundred
Thousand copies within few months Of its first
publication. 1t is sent (post paid) BY the Author
to any address, on receipt of one dollar aud fifty
cents. Address, X. v. Pierce, NJ. D., Worlds
Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y.