Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-19
A TALK WITH A SURGEON.

Talking a few days ago with one OF our
most distinguished surgeons, one OF our
writer's said to him:
doctor, what's the matter with our people
nowadays, that 50 many OF them are COM
planning about their liversa 1t seems to me
that half the people | meet have their livers
out Of order"
Your estimate is a very light one" said
the doctor. Probably seventy-fve per cent
of the people have livers which are not doing
their work fully and properly. You can see
it for yourself In various degrees Of signs on
the skin or in the eyes. Notice it, all the way
from the saffron-colored skin and eyeba LIS Of
the thoroughly j~sundiced victim of liver com
plant to the slightly plmpled face OF the
young lady whose waist is too tightly laced,
and who is crowding her liver into such mar
row quarters that it has not half a chance to
work.
"Well, . said our correspondent, what is
the most general cause Of what we call liver
complaint I:
The causes" responded our eminent medi-
cal friend. are as many as the diversltles of
the disorder. Prominent among them you
may mention greasy food, lack of proper ex-
erclse and ventilation, and irregularlty In
eating. The liver is a wonderful organ. It
has to DO its work in the dark. No process
of surgery can reach it while in the living
body. All the blood must pass rapidly
through it, to be ~cleanse1 Of impurities.
There are great tubes and small ones IN the
Iver-soine so exceedingly small that they
cannot be seen except with the microscope
If any Of these become clogged, there are at
once some imperfections in the grand system
Of filtration. When the liver is out Of order
the bile, which ought to go in proper direc-
lions on its mission OF usefulness, goes astray
and wanderS into the circulation. and tells its
tale Of mischief in the yellow tinge it gives
the skin. The healthy skin is rosy and life
like. The skin which has lost its rosy hue.
and lOokG nc If IT had bean tapnaH or WAC pH-
ing to be, is telling its story Of dlsorde-ed
liver and corrupted blood
But. doctor, you say that no surgical ope-
ration can reach the liver. What is to be
done for the seventy-five livers out of a hun
dred which you say are dlsordered !"
MY dear sir. happily we do not need sur
gerry for this organ. There is a better and
easier way of reaching the difficulty. You
want to enrich the enfeebled and corrupted
blood, and for that you need iron. You want
to administer a tonic to tone up the system
and to invigorate the liver, so as to renew its
diligence in the work Of sitting the impurl-
ties out CT the blood. OF course, you know
that there are all sorts of preparations which
claim to do this work. But be careful what
you use. There is a capital iron preparation
which is made in Baltimore, and is the best
know Of, for it does its work without produc-
ing constipation or headache. The trouble
with most of the iron preparations is tina,
they do mischief IN these directions. My pc
sition as a professional mar make me careful
in speaking Of any proprietary article. But
l may mention that this article is Browns
Iron Bitters.'
why, that's the great popular tonic tina,
the people are all talking about"
And well may they talk about it, for it is
q good thing"
Sauntering away in the direction OF Sprin.
grove avenue. end looking at the new i'm
provements in that direction, he stopped fol
lunch at the Sprln grove Exchange restaurant
and was waited on by its proprietors, Mr.
and Mrs. J. McGee. To these good people
ne began to talk on the subject which was up
pernost in his mind. He found that they
had both been afflicted with liver complaint
and had both found their way out Of it.
Said Mrs. MCGEE: :" had liver complain
for five or six years, and kidney trouble, too
About a year ago | began using Browns Iro,
Bitters, and then l got we'll. | nave had IL,
trouble since. took three or fou, bottles o
this medicine. Some Of my friends hav
taken it, and it has done them q great dea
Of good
Said Mr.. McGee: . have been taking it
too, and arm taking it yet, for I did not beeil
as soon as my wife did. It has done me mucI
good, and | believe It is the right thing 70
people who have any liver or kidney troubles.
There are two cases Of cure right befor
our eyes, and hundreds OF similar cases coui
be named. This is what Browns Iron Bitter
has done in our midst
Frof. h H. Clarkson, Columbia. S. {.
says: | used Browns Iron Bitters in my fan
lily last fall and winter with much beneft
and heartily recommend 1t.
Mr.. S. H. Bunker, Newmansville, Fla
says: Browns Iron Bitters cured me c
chronic diarrhoea- | heartily omm
this justly celebrated medicine.
Mr.. L. R. Butter. La Grange, Ga, say.
!, My wife used Browns Iron Bitters for ger
eral debility and l for dyspepsia with Ii
, most gratifying results.