The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-11-02


edge the Wonderful Results. but
Cannot Account for Them.
The following letter, published in
1882, has occasioned much COM
ment and investigation by physi-
clans and scientific men. It was
written by an old and reliable
practitioner residing in Missouri.
The report is known as
CASE NO. SO.
II have a very interesting patient in
the person of a young girl who was
suffering from the effects of entirely
suppressed menses. Her father is a
wealthy farmer living few miles from
this place. / took charge Of the daugh-
ter in 1873, believing that her troubles
would readily yield to the usual treat
ment. Finding them so obstinate as
to yield to none Of the ordinary RENE
dies, by my advice her father took her
to two celebrated physicians in St.
Louis; but, after treating her two
months, she returned home in no re-
almost blind. When she attempted to
concentrate her sight on any object it
would be at first all darkness, then ten
thousand stars of every color would
appear, but she could distinguish
hardly anything. Her nervous system
was all upset, and she was unable to
sleep more than five minutes at time
She suffered all the pains and aches
Imaginable. At times a waveTfng of
her mind vFas indicated and feared
her intellect was about to be unseated.
Without my knowledge, her father
commenced giving her 'MoEIree's
Wine of Cardui, which had been
highly recommended to him by some
one. She had been taking 1t only q
week when saw her, and was reioiced
to find her symptoms greatly i'm
proved. Her father then told me what
he was giving her. I examined the
bottle of Wine, and believing no harm
would result from its use I advised the
continuance of the regular doses daily.
l am greatly opposed to the use Of
Patent Medicines,' but when three
weeks later I found this young lady
able to read ordinary print without in
convenience, able to sleep soundly ten
hours out Of twenty-four, free from
pain, and had had return of men
gtrual flow, I became convinced that
McElree's Wine of Cardur was an as
/ tOnishing remedy, whatever It might
contain. write this hoping that your
rules will allow you to send me the
formula for making the medicine, so
that I may know in what cases to pre-
scribe It,"
The question suggested 10 ply
sicians and scientific men by this
case, aud thousands of Others
equally remarkable, was not as to
the wonderful value of this aston
ishing remedy, which was acknowl-
edged by every one of them, but
what were its remedial elements
To the thousands of inquiries of
this kind the Chattanooga Medicine
Company could return but one
reply
I'VE DO NOT KNOW"
The following is an extract from
the circular letter that they pre-
pared and mailed in reply to the
many thousands of inquiries that
they received:
Almost universally the medical pro-
| session recommend vaccination as 9
| preventive of smallpox. Is there one
/ Of them who can tell what constituent
| element of Bovine Virus causes the
phenomena They only know the ef-
/ feet by repeated experiment.
| We searched for twelve months and
/ treated every ease of menstrual de-
/ rangenent that we could discover free
| of charge III case we were unsuccessful
in accomplishing cure, to satisfy our
selves as to the efficacy of McElree's
/ Wine of Cardui. Of about seven
/ thousand cases thus treated, over six
/ thousand five hundred were cured.
y The reports received from these cases
Indicated that the wine was an aston
Is, hing tonic as well as an emmenar
KogV While it's action was magical
as regarded any arrangements of the
menstrual organs, it caused 1nvalids ia
gain sire Myth and vitality, purified the
blood, Increased their flesh, sometimes
twenty no2nds in a few weSks, and
literally caused them to 'shOSt fol
iOy." Ladies' who had become cS1n'
firmed invallds were restored to robust
health in a comparatively short time.
Observing these results which have
been made known In hundreds of let
ters from grateful invalids, we no IOn-
ger care to inquire hOlU the wine ac-
eomplishes its work. Not single per-
son has reported any deleteriOus effect
aom its use. tits "pOwerless for harm,
nut giant for good"
Whether the astOniShing cures Of
menstrual arrangements come from its
power to strengthen the functions of
the body, or whether its action is direct
on the menstrual organs, we do not
venture an opinion. The cures are
established facts, and it will be only
the foolish invalid or physician who
will refuse to use the sure relief we
offer, because we are unable to tell how
we accomplish the result
The course adopted by some ply
sicians who use the Wine of Gardui
in their practice is to write a pre-
scription couched in Latin, which
instructs the druggist to put the
Wine in a plain bottle, labelled
with written directions. For this
prescription the doctor gets fee Of
s1OO or $500, as the case may be,
and the druggist fifty cents.
The patient gets for 81 80 or 80. so
about one-fourth as much of the
Wine as could be bought from the
same druggist for one dollar, if he
weutEae him and asked for bottle
of McElree's Wine of Cardui, with
out the prescription. It would ba
well for ladies to procure from their
druggist, or from the Chattanooga
Medicine Company, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, who will send it free Of
charge to any one, pamphlet on
Female Diseases, Their Causes,
Symptoms and Treatment, from
which they can get ell requisite In
form atiOn raOardfnn Ahia ostopisBz.