The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-27


l>sly rnost injrrious to- H. menfsl q,i noral
chAhettr Il has been wen ffnan|fA that
fbunnael1 We ae ma tfhnbtfnt ~ the
sight Of our complicated mechanism would
inspire Us with 80 great a fear lest We should
iniurc 20 delicate and intricate 4 machine that
W should ~ affaid b. move Bat practically
We are transparent to the trained eye Of the
sklllfuf pkysieian. saeh u Ne ptriection Al.
tanned BY modern science. lnnumerable A.
are the "ils that h<fh Il heir to-" Il Is mat
yer Of congratulation that there Is also plen.
tiful supply Of remedies, more or less efec.
Fot ne pto6.able and satisfactory trans.
action Of hudncss. toaInd health Is indispensa-
BILE. and we have therefore no hesitation In
bringing the subject 10 which We are about 10
refer before our readers more especially A.
very many q them are subject 10 sxtrems eli
matte inhusncex, and are therefore particularly
liable 10 various forms o. illness, troublesome
enough even when not absolutely serious.
Hot climates almost invariably act upon the
liver, and any invention q real value iof pre-.
venting or curing the distressing ailments
spoken Of In general terms a. liver compliant,
certainly possesses q claim upon the careful
attention Of residents IN India and other eoun-
tres IN which the residents are subject 10 en-.
treme heat, and other climatic conditions Of
an exceptional and trying nature. Such an
invention Is the "Holman Liver Pad, 80 sort
Of condensed or epitomiled remedy fof nearly
all the ills to which aesh Is heir. 90.
Like every other startling departure from
accepted appliances and processes. the Hol-
man Pad has had an inhnity Of prejudice and
distrnsi 10 overcome, but, being based upon
sound scientific principles and being ALSO
lately infallihle In ia operations when once
adopted. u has BY degrees surmounled the
obstacles which al first threatened 10 prove
insuperabls. and may now take rank with the
most successful and widely recognised rene.
dies Of the age. The principle Of the Hol.
man Pad treatment Is the very sale. simple
and convenient one of curing disease by alb
sorption, without the aid Of medicine. l.ike
every new discovery. the full merits u the
Pad did not a, first make themselves apparent.
and in the earlier stages of It's use. ID was en-.
ployed only for the cure Of malaria IN H. va.
rious forms. But As Il became more fully
adopted, daily instances Of cures Of ether kinds
Of diseases were reported. and at the present
moment Il has been ascertained As positive
fact that the Holman Pad, used intelligently
and according to the simple directions
given. will cure nineteen-twentieths Of the Ills
to which either seq is subjected.
To those who may think that absorption l.
a strange way IN which 10 introduce msdicine
into the system, we would remark that no way
Is so agreeable or 30 effective, and II they still
doubt as to the efficacy Of this form Of appli.
cation, we would suggest that they apply a
piece Of wet tobacco to the pit Of the stom-
ach and await results-thatis, Il they are pre-
pared to act the ,u< Of martyrs in the cause of
science. OF their subsequent conviction We
have not the slightest doubt. The Holman
Pad not only supplies the system BY absorp-
ton with the medicinal aid which Il reqpireS.
but BY the same principle and at the sane
time Il ahsorbs from the system al foreign
and hurtful matter in the blood, such As ma
lariai bilious, medicinal and other poisons ID
Is made Of a number Of harmless vegetable
compounds, antidotes TO diseases in the hu-
man system, and contains Just the tonic which
the system requires. Il i claimed for the pad
land a vast array Of testimonials, many from
persons whose statement, are entirely beyond
the reach Of question. support the claim
that Il Is specific for fever ind ague, bilious
disorders. liver complaints. iniermitiens fever,
periodical headaches dyspepsia, jauhdice.
neuralgia, and host OF other ailments.
some people may at lrzi, and not unnatu.
rally. be somewhat skepticai when they scan
the extensive list Of diseases curable BY the
Holman Pad, but the inventor meets such
skepticisms, to our thinking, both boldly and
fairly with the assertion that the diseases re-
ferred TO have a common origin IN the disor-
dered condition OF the liver OF the stomach.
and by remedying the source Of the mischief.
the various forms into which Il may develop
arc also cured with equal facility. The Pad
Is also stated 10 be a sure preventive Of that
very distressing ailment, sea-siekness.
Happily we at present have no necessity to
trouble ourselves about our stomach or our
liver, so that we can not speak Of the efficacy
Of the Holman Pad from our own personal en-.
perienee; but having gone carefully into the
principle upon which IL is based, and the IN
formation Supplied as to what II has done aud
will do, we have no hesitation in asserting
that in our opinion Il promises to inaugurate
new era In medicine, and one Of infinite value
and importance. To colonists. and all who
are exposed TO exceptional climatic influences,
we should say that the Pad will prove invalu-
able as a Kind Of resident physician who
works without fee or risk Of failure. A. use
full, although not absolutely indispensable ad.
juncts TO the Pad, the company also manuiac.
ture some patent medicinal body and foot plas
tiers and absorption salt for use in baths.
A special value Is claimed for the Holman
Pad upon the ground that Il is a remedy 10
periodical drunkenness. the inventors asser'
ing, undoubtedly with very good cause, ths
in numberiess cases Of periodical dfunkennef
the victim is driven to Il by an indehnabl
physical craving which ultimately proves irr
sistble. This craving the Pad Is asserted
remove. II such IS the case, and We sec
cause TO doubt so reasonable a statement, 4
Holman Pad is certainly one o. the most I
nehcent inventions Of an age in which drup
enness may fairly be considered perhaps
most fertile source Of the lamentable prop
ton Of misery which Is to be found In all