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wonders Of modern science.

scientists are enabled to deduce the
most minute particulars in their sew.
eral departments, appears almost mi
raculous if we view it in tho light of
the early ages. Take for example the
electro. magnetic telegraph the great
est invention of the age. Is it not q
marvellous degree of accuracy which
enables an operator to exactly locate
q fracture in q submarine cable nearly
three thousand miles long? Our
venerable "clerk of the weather" has
become 90 thoroughly familiar with
those most maynard elements of ma
ture that he can actually predict their
movements. He can sit in Washing.
to and foretell what the weather will
be tomorrow in Florida or New
York, as we'll if several hundred miles
did not intervene between him and the
places named. And so in oil depart
ments of modern science, what is re-
quired is the knowledge of certain
signs. From these the scientists de-
duce accurate conclusions regardless
Of distance. A few fossils sent TO the
expert geologist enable him to accu.
rately determine tho rock formation
from which they were taken. lie can
describe it to you as perfectly a. IL a
cleft oft were lying on his table. So
also the chemist can determine the
constitution of the sun as accurately
% If that luminary were not ninety
five million miles from his labretory.
The sun sends certain signs over the
multitude of space" and the chemist
classifies them by passing Thorn
through the spectroscope. Only the
presence of certain substances could
produce these solar signs. So also, In
medical science, diseases have unmis-
taxable signs or symptoms, and by
reason of this fact, DR.. Pierce, Of the
Worlds Dispensary, has been enabled
to originate and perfect system of
determining with the greatest accu-
racy, tho nature Of chronic diseases
without seeing and personally exam.
lining his patients. He has spared
neither pains nor expense TO associate
with himself as the Faculty OF the
Worlds Dispensary, q large num-
Der of medical gentlemen Of rare IT.
tainments and skill-graduates from
some Of the most famous Medical Col.
leges and Universities of both Europe
and America. BY aid Of DR.. Pierco's
system of diagnosis, these physicians
and surgeons annually treat, with the
most gratifying success, many thou
sands ofinvalids without ever seeing
them in person. In recognizing dis
eases without q personal examination
Of the person they claim to possess no
miraculous powers. They attain their
knowledge of the patients disease by
the practical application of well-cs.
tablished principles OF modern science
to the practice Of medicine. And it 10
to tho accuracy with which this sys-
tenn has endowed them that they owe
their almost world.like reputation for
the skillfnl treatment Of all lingering
or chronic affections. This system Of
practice and the marvellous success
which has been attained through it.
demonstrate the fact that diseases dis
play certain phenomena, which being
subjected to scientific analysis or syn
thesis, furnish abundant and unmis-
taxable data to guide the judgement of
the skillful practitioner Alright in deter.
mining the nature Of diseased condi-
lions. The amplest rccources for
treating lingering or 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 physician making the treat.
ment Of such affections q specially.
The peculiarlsies Of this scientific sys-
4 . xs. -
the Appendix Of "The Peoples Com.
mon Sense Medical Adviser"-a book
OF over nine hundred large pages,
which Is SO popular % to have reach
ed sale OF almost one hundred thou
sand copies within a:few monshs Of lie
first publication. It is sent (postpai
by the author to any address, on re-
ceipt Of one dollar and fifty cents. Ad-
dress r. Y, Pierce, N. D.. Worlds
Dispensary. Buffalo, N. Y.