The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-22

Cannot Account fer Them.
! The following letter, published in
1882, has occasioned much com
ment and investigation by physi-
clans and scientific men. 1t was
! written by an old and reliable
| practitioner residing in Missouri.
he report is known as
CASE NO. &c.
II have a very interesting patient In
the person of young girl who was
suffering from the effects of entirely
suppressed menses. Her father is a
wealthy farmer living q few miles from
this place. took charge Of the dauCh-
ter in 1873, believing that her troubles
would readily yield 20 the usual treat
ment. Finding them 80 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-
spect improved. At this time she was
almost blind. When she attempted TO
concentrate her sight on any object il
would be at first al 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 a time
She suffered all the pains and aches
imaginable. At times a wavering Of
her mind was indicated and I feared
her intellect was about to be unseated
Without nay knowledge, her father
commenced giving her 'NicElreef4
Wine Of CaVduI,' which he'd been
highly recommended to him by some
one. She had been taking it only
week when / saw her, and was rei0iCaG
TO ind her symptoms greatly inn
proved. Her father then told me what
he was giving her. ! examined the
bottle Of Wine, and believing no harm
would result from its use L advised the
continuance of the regular doses daily.
l am greatly opposed to the use of
Patent BIejicines,' but when three
weeks later / found this young lady
able TO read ordinary print without in
convenience, able 70 sleep soQndly ten
hours out of tFyeuty-f0ur, free from
pain, and had had a return Of men
stTual flow, [ became convinced that
McElree's Wine of CaTdui' was an as
bOnishlDg remedy, whatever it might
contain, ( write this hoping that your
rules viii allow you to send me the
formula for making the medicine, so
shat / may know 10 What cases to pre-
scribe it."
The question suggested to ply
sicians and scientific mon by this
case, and thousands IF Others
equally remarkable, was not as 10
the wonderful value Of this aston
ishing remedy, which was acknowl-
edged by every one Of them, bat
what were its remedial elements?
To the thousands Of inquiries Of
this kind the Chattanooga Medicine
Company could return bat one
reply
we DO NOT KNOW"
The following is al 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
keSslon recommend vaccination as b
preventive of smallpox. Is there one
of them who can tell what constituent
element Of Bovine Virus causes the
phenomena? They only know the eff
feet by repeated experiment.
We searched for twelve months and
treated every case of menstrual de-
tangennent that we could discover free
Of charge in case we We're unsuccessful
in accomplishing a 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.
The reports received from these cases /
Indicated that the wine was an aston
tshing TONIC, aS well as an emmena-
gOgue. White its action was magical /
as regarded any arrangements Of the /
menstrual organs, it caused invaiids TO /
gain strength aud vitality, purified The |
blood, increased their flesh, sometimes |
twenty sounds IN a few weeks, and /
literally caused them TO SHOUT for
Joy" Ladies who had become con I
Hrmed invalids were restored to robust t
health in comparatively short time /
Observing these results which have (
been made known in hundreds Of let
ters from grateful iuvGlids, we no lon
ger care TO inquire hon the wine &C
composites its work. Not a single pep
son has reported any deleterious effect
Eeom It's use Its .-'powerless for harm,
! ut giant for good"
Whether the astonishing cures Or
arrangements come from It's
power 20 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
sstGbifshed fGcf2, and it wiz be only /
1h5 JOytASfs la FSi+fA OF physician VINO
WiH 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
yicians who use the Wine Of Gardui
In their practice Is to write pre-
5cription couched in Latin, which |
.nstructs the druggist TO put the |
Wine in plain bottle, labelled |
with written directions For this /
prescription the doctor gets a fee Of |
81 90 or $500, as the case may be, /
md the druggist fifty cents.
The patient gets for 81 50 OF 81. so [
about oue-fourth as much Of the /
Wine as could be bought from the /
5ame druggist for one dollar. if he |
vent TO him and asked for "a bottle |
If McElree's Wine Of Cardui. with (
'ut the prescription. IL would be |
veil for ladies to procure from their
iruggist, or from the CHATTANOOGA !
Medicine Company, Of Chattanooga, /
Tenn, who sill send il free Of
.harge 70 any one, a pamphlet on
Female Diseases, Their Causes,
symptoms and Treatment. from
which they can get all requisite in
regarding this astoa;sh-
ng new remedy.