The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-04

ana scientists - They AoIxnovVl-
edge tie 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.
''I have a 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 a 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 so obstinate as
to yield to none of the ordinary reme-
dies, by my advice her father took her
20 two celebrated Physieiang in st.
Louis; but after treating her two
months she returned home In no We
spect improved. AT this time abe was
almost blind. When she attempted to
concentrate her sight on any object il
would be 1t first all darkness, then ten
thousand stars of every color would
appear, but she could distinguish
hardly anything. Hex nervous system
was all upset, and she was unable 70
sleep more than ave minutes at a time.
She suffered all the pains and aches
imaginable. At times Q Wavering Of
her mind was indicated and feared
her intellect was about 10 be unseated.
Without my knowledge, her father
commenced giving her 'McElree's
Wine of Cardui,' which had been
4 1fa.R,IxP N 70 HIM hvy
one. She had been taking 1t only q
week when saw her, and was reioiced
to find her symptoms greatly inn
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 advised the
continuance of the regular doses daily.
am greatly opposed to the use of
Patent Medicinal but when three
weeks later found this young lady
able to read ordinary print without in
convenience, able to sleep soundIy ten
hours out Of twenty-four, free from
pain, and had had return Of men
Strual flow, I became convinced that
McElree's Wine Of Cardup was an as
tOnishing remedy, whatever it might
contain. / write this hoping that your
rules will allow you 30 send me the
formula for making the medicine, so
that may know In what cases to pre-
Bcribs it"
The question suggested to ply
sicians and scientific men by this
case, and thousands Of others
squally 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
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-
6easion 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
tect by repeated experiment.
We searched for twelve months and
treated every case of menstrual de-
Eangsment that we could discover free
Of charge in case we were unsuccessful
In accomplishing cure, to satisfy our
selves as to the efficacy of MoElree's
Wine Of Cardui. Of about seven
thousand cases thus treated, over six
thousand Ave 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 its action was magical
as regarded any arrangements of the
menstrual organs, it caused invalids ia
-. L ~ a. o1 -
blood, increased their flesh, sometimes
twenty lunds in Q few weeks, and
literally caused them to 'shOut fol
Joy" Ladies' who had become con
armed invalids were restored to robust
health In q comparatively short time
Observing these results which have
been m lie known In hundreds of let
tera fru..s grateful invalids, we no lon.
ger care To- Inquire hos the wine 40
sOmblishes fts work. Not single per
sou has reported any deleteF1Ous effect
hOm it's usa. It Ii "powerless for harm
lut giant for good"
Whether the astonishing cures o
menstrual arrangements come from 1t
power to strengthen the functions O
the body, or whether its action is direca
on the menstrual organs, we do no
venture an opinion. The cures art
established fGcts, and it will be onlJ
the foolish invalid or physician wht
will refuse to use the sure relief W,
offer, because we are unable to tell how
we accomplish the result.
The course adopted by some ply
sicians who use the Wine of 0ardu
in their practice is to write a pre-
scription eouehed in Latin, which
instructs the druggist to put TIT
Wine in 8 plain bottle, labelled
with written directions. For thi
prescription the doctor gets fee o
- k1.O0 or $500, as the case may be
and the druggist fifty cents.
10 The patient gets for $3.50 or 81. 81
about one-Eourth as much of tn,
Wine as could be bought from thu
same druggist for one dollar, if b.
l@ weQA1B him and asked for both
Of McElree's Wine of Cardui, with
m cut the prescription. It would b
well for ladies to procure from thei
m druggist, or from the Chattanoogl
- Medicine Company, of Chattanooga
Tenn, who viii send il free O
y charge TO any one, pamphlet Of
Female Diseases, Their Causes
Symptoms and Treatment, fron
which they can get ell requisite Ia
formation regarding this astoniss
a lnR Dsw remedy.