Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
WONDERS or MODERN SCIENCE.

Inc perfect accuracy with which scientists are
snaoieu 70 deduce the most minute particulars in
tneir several departments, appears almost mirac-
aous II we view il IN the light OF the early ages
Take for example the electromagnetic telegraph
INC greatest invention of the age. Is tnot a
marvellous degree OF accuracy which en- ables an
operator 10 erGcttg locate fracture in submarine
eaole nearly three thousand miles longg Our
venerable CLERK of the weather. has becoms so
thoroughly familiar with those maynard elements
OF nature that he can accurately predict their
movements. lie can sit in Washington and fore
tell what the weather will be tomorrow in Florida
or New York as we'll as il several hundred miles
did not Intervene between him and the places
named. And so in all departments Of modern
science, what is required Is the knowledge OF GER
tain Signs. From these the scientists deduee accu
rate conclusions regardless OF distance. few
fossils sent 10 the expert geolOgist enable him TO
accurately determine the rock formation nom
which they were taken. lie can describe il 70
you as perfectly as If CLEFT OF Il were lying on
MS table. So also the chemist can determine the
constitution of the sun as accurately IS II that lu
minary were not ninety five million miles from
MS laboratory. The sun sends certain signs over
the "inhnitude OF space" and the chemist CLASH
nes them by sing them through the spectre
scope. Only the presence OF certain substances
could produce these certain signs. SO also, In
medical science, diseases have certain unmlstak
able signs or symptoms, and by reason OF this fact
Dr.. Pierce OF the Worlds Dispeueary, has been
ensbed - origIna ate Snd perfect system OF deter
mining, with The greatest accuracy, the nature Of
chronic discaOcs without seeing and personally
examining his patients. lie has spared neither
Faculty Of the Worlds Dispensary, a large number
OF medical gentlemen OF rare Attachments and
undergraduates from some Of the most famous
Medical Colleges Su6 Universities of Europe and
AmerCia- BY aid Of DR. Perces system Of dag.
nOsis, these physicians and surgeons annually
treat, with tie most gratifying success, msny
thousands Of inyzlids without ever seeing them IN
person. In recognizing diseases without a per
sOnal examination of The patient, they claim 10
possess no Miraculous powers. They attain their
know lCdse Of the patients disease by the pract'
cal application Of well established principles Of
modern science 20 the practice OF medicine. And
J Is 70 the accuracy with which this system has
endowed them that they owe their almost world
wide reputation Tor the skiilful treatment OF all
lingering OF chronic affections. This system Of
practice and the marvellous success which has
been al aimed through II, demonstrate the fact that
diseases display certain phenomena, which being
subjected 10 scientific analysis syuthess, FUR
nish abundant aud uumistaSSblc data 20 guide the
Judgment OF the skiliul practitioner Alright IN de
tetm,uing the nature OF diseased conditions
The amVlcst resources for treating lingering or
chronic diseases, and the greatest skill are thus
placed within the easy reach OF every invalid,
however far he or she may reside from the phy sic
aus tna Nug the treatment OF such affections Spcc
Altv The peculiarties OF this scientific ~ stem OF
practice arr FULLY eNplait Ell Ia the Appendix OF
The Peoples Common >tnae Medical Adviser
a book OF over nine hundred large pages, which is
50 popular as 10 have rCsched sale Of almost one
hundred thousand copies within few months OF
It's htst Iubueau n. II is sent postpaid by the
author Co any address on the receipt Oi one dollar
Sud iit, cents. Address X. y. Pierce, NJ. D.,
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