The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-29

He who saves a life has accomplished deed
worthy of all praise. He who by his skill
saves many lives becomes benefactor to his
race. The physician who gave to the world
the Electro Magnetic Pad has performed a
service 10 humanity that will enroll his name
with the modest that shall be handed down to
future generations This remedy creates a
revolution in the treatment of disease, and is
deserving of greater description than our space
will admit
A "Pad" Is called so from its shape-being
made Of cloth and filed with combination of
medical properties. The Pad is worn next to
the skin over the stomach, and the little alb
sorbing vessels, of which there are many mil
lions under the skin, absorb through the pores
the medical or other properties of the Pad.
Any person who has ever been poisoned with
ivy or other noxious plants, can bear witness
to the absorbing powers Of the skin. If any
one is skeptical on this point, let them bind a
leaf of tobacco over the pit Of the stomach and
they will soon have a practical demonstration
of the power of absorption. Every physician
who has in his practice applied Blisters, Plas-
tiers or Poultices, has been treating disease
through the skin. But until recently they did
not pause to consider that if one remedy could
be applied by this method, others could be
likewise equally as well. !. :. 20
What is the peculiar value of this system?
1t consists first, in the fact, that remedy
transmitted by this method has about six
times the power over an equal amount taken
into the stomach. Second, its action is regu-
lar and constant instead Of being irregular and
spasmodic. as it is where doses are admins
tered at stated intervals Every intelligent
physician will tell US that the superior value
OF mineral springs consists in their medical
properties being diluted by water, SO that
they cause less irritation and injury to the
stomach than would follow the use of the
IN no fNof o6
form; therefore, the Pad is superior,
because it relieves the stomach entirely
from the task Of digesting powerful drugs and
chemicals.
Another reason which will possess great
weight with many persons is that by this
experience Of swallowing all sorts OF prescrip
TONS As the best authorities agree that
medical properties may be introduced into the
blood through the skin as readily as through
| the stomach, we may consider that question
settled and proceed to the next What is the
| upon the system of absorption? We find there
are many Pads, all claiming great merit, and
| all doubtless possessing more or less. The
| fault with some is, that to be able to under
| sell competitors, they have reduced the
| power and quality to such an extent as to rem
der them of little, if Of any value. They have
acted upon the mistaken theory that the sicl
wanted the cheapest remedy they could OBJ
tain instead Of the best. and the repeated fail
ures Of those cheap productions have thrown
/ much discredit on the system Of practice it
self; people forgetting that there is as mucl
difference in the quality Of Pads Is there is in
the qualifications Of physicians, or in the
strength and virtues Of ordinary remedies.
The Electro Magnetic Pad Is made under thu
personal supervision Of regular physician o.
thirty years practice; many Of those years q
surgeon IN the army, and they combine the
best and most expensive remedies known te