The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

The following letter, published IN
1882, has occasioned much COM
ment and investigation by physi-
clans and scientific men. It was
written by on old and reliable
practitioner residing in Missouri.
The report Is known as
CASE NO. SO.
AZ 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 few miles from
this place. ! took charge Of the daugh-
ter in 1878, believing that her troubles
would readily yield TO the usual treat
ment. Finding them 50 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 10
would be at first oil 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
| Imaginable. At times wavering Of
her mind was indicated and feared
her intellect was about to be unseated
Without my knowledge, her father
commenced giving her 'McElree's
Wine of Cardui,' which had been
| highly recommended to him by some
one. She had been taking It only a
week when I saw her, and was TejOiced
to find her symptoms greatly inn
proved. Her father then told me what
he was giving her. 1 examined the
| bottle of Wine, and believing no harm
would result from its use advised the
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 print without in
hours out Of twenty-four, free from
pain, and had had return of men
strual flow, l became convinced that
McElree's Wine of Cardui was an as
tonishin9 remedy, whatever It might
| contain. I write this hoping that your
rules will allow you to send me the
formula for making the medicine, so
that may know in what cases to pre-
| scribe it,
The question suggested to ply
sicians and scientific men by this
case, and 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 2
To the thousands Of inquiries of
this kind the Chattanooga Medicine
Company could return but one
reply
WE 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-
| eessfOn recommend vaccination as a
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-
eangement that we could discover free
Of charge in case we were unsuccessful
IN accomplishing 8 cure, to satisfy our
| selves as to the efficacy of McEIree'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
lshing tonic, as well as an emmena-
gOgue. While it's action was magical
as regarded any arrangements of the
menstrual organs, it caused invalids to
gain strength and vitality, purified the
blood, increased their flesh, sometimes
twenty rounds in a few weeks, and
literally caused them to shout for
Joy" Ladies who had become con-
firmed invalfds were restored 20 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 lon
ger care to inquire hotO the wine ac-
eompfishes its work. Not single per-
Bon has reported any deleterious effect
from its use. It is "poweVless for harm,
but 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 1t will be only
the foolish invalid or physician who
will refuse 10 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
k1O0 or $500, as the case may be,
and the druggist fifty cents.
The patient gets for $50 or $3.50
about one-fourth as much of the
Wine as could be bought from the
same druggist for one dollar, if he
weptgD him and asked for bottle
Of McElree's Wine Of Cardui, with
out the prescription. It would be
we'll 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, q pamphlet OF
Female Diseases, Their Causes,
Symptoms and Treatment, from
which they can get all requisite In
formation regarding this astonish,
/ l.