Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-04-26

The following letter, published in
1882, has occasioned much com.
niens and investigation by physi.
clans and scientific men. 1t was
written by an old and reliable
practitioner residing in Missouri.
The report is known as
CASE NO. SO
81 have q very interesting patient In
the person of young girl who was
suffering from the effects of entirely
suppressed menses. Her father Is q
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
meut. Finding them so obstinate as
10 Weld to none of the ordinary reme-
dies, by my advice her father took her
To two celebrated physicians in st,
Louis; but; after treating her, two
months, she returned home III no re-
spect improved. At this time she was
almost blind. When she attempted to
concentrate her sight on any object 1t
would be at first all darkness, then ten
thousand stars Of every, color would
appear, but she Gould distinguish
hardly anything. Her nervous system
was all npset and she was uiiable to
sleep more than five minutes at q time.
She suffered all the pains and aches
imaginable. At times a waverlng OF
her mind was Indicated and feared
her intellect wis about to lie unseated.
Without my knowledge, her father
commenced giving her 'McElree's
Wine of Cafdui,' which had been
highly recommended to him by some
one. She had been taking it only d
week when saw her; and was rejoiced
to find her symptoms greatly Inn
proved. Her father then told me what
he was giving her. l examined the
bottle of Wine, and believing no harm
would result from its use l advised tho
continuance Of the regular doses daily.
| am greatly opposed to the use OF
Patent Medicines, but when three
weeks later I found this young lady
able to read ordinary pritit without in.
convenience, able To sleep soundlyp ten
houn out IF twenty-f0ur, free from
pain, httli had had a return of mem
strual flow, | became convinced that
'McElree's Wine Of Cardui' was ali as
FINISHING remedy, whatever 1t nfght
contain. I write this hoping that your
rules will allow you to send me the
formula for making the medicine, 80
that may know In what cases to pre-
scribe It,"
The question suggested 10 ply
sicians and scientific men by this
ease, and thousands IF 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 fcmediGI elements
To the thousands of inquiries Of
This kind the Chattanooga Medicine
Company eotrld return but one
reply
1--WE pn NOT KNOW"
| The following is an extract from
Che circular letter that they pre-
barred a7d mailed in reply TO Oh,
many thousands of inquiries tha'
they received:
Alniost universally the medical pro
ksssiorf recommend vaccination as ,
preventive of smallpox. Is there on
of them who can tell what constituent
element Of Bovine Virus causes tn
phenomena? They only know the 81
feet by repeated experiment.
9 We searched for twelve months ant
treated every case of menstrual de
rangement that we could discover fro
~ charge in case we were unsuccessful
In accomplishing cure, to satisfy our
selves as Il, the efficacy OF McEiree'
Wine OF Carlui. OF about seve
. Thousand cases thus treated, over 81
Thousand five hundred were cured.
Tire reports received from these case
Indicated that the wine was an aston
hhing tonic, as we'll as ON emmena
: goyue. Wife its action was mngics
As regarded any arrangements of til
, menstrual organs. It caused invalids
gain strength and vitality, purified tn
blood, INCREASED their flesh, sometime
twenty FUNDS in few weeks, an
. ilterall, caused them to shout re
!. ioy.r Ladies' who had become cor
firmed invalids were restored to robui
health in comparatively short tim
! Observing these results Which ha,
been made known in hundreds OF lie
9 terra from grateful invalids, we no lor
= srt care to inquire ho,U the wine o.
e er'splishes its work. Not q single pc
snf lfas reported any deleterious effe,
r Gom its use. II Is "powerless for harm
>. ,eft a giant for good."j
Whether the astonishing cures
menstrual arrangements come from !
r bower to strengthen the functions
O the body, or whether its action Is dire
:, on the menstrual organs, We do M
T" venture an opinion. The cures a
(, established facts, and 1t will be on
:. the foolish invalid or physician WI
a will refuse to use Gre stife relief v
: offer, because we are unable Co tell ho
: We accomplish the result.
:, The course adopted by some ph,
t. sicians who use the Wine Of Card,
y in their practice is to write pr
scription couohed in Latin, whic
instructs the druggist to put Il
Wine in q plain bottle, labcllt
with written directions. For III
prescription the doctor gets' fee
IF s1.0O or s2.e0, as the case may b
and the druggist fifty cents. =
X The patient gets for $50 or 81 |
about one-fourth as much of Il
K Wine as could be bought from Il
e. same druggist for one dollar, if
went to him and asked for. a bott
4. of McElree's Wine Of Cardui, wit
out the prescription. 1t would
"A well for ladies' to procure from The
:. druggist, OF frpm the Chattanoo
81 Medicine Cumpshy, of Chsttanooe
:, Tenn, who viii send it free
IL charge GO AIRY ore, pamphlet ,