Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
Brown-ssquurd,. ErlrIr Or Life.

A distinguished French physician by the
name of BroWn-Sequard has recently made
some declarations before the Society of BIZ
ology In Paris which have, with various adj
ditions and distortions, been heralded to
every part of the civilized world. The as
sertions that have created such attention
were neither wonderful nor unusual, and
have gained their chief notoriety from the
source from which they emanated. He
merely claimed that he had discovered a
fluid which he procured from certain glands
of recently killed animals, which fluid, If
injected into the blood of old people, would
produce an exhilaration of considerable
duration, seemingly rejuVenating the de-
crepit and bringing back youthful vigor to
the aged This has been claimed to be true
by many distinguished experimenters, and
the force Of their testimony has been added
to the strength in which this claim has
taken hold on the public mind. Three
is an almost universal superstition that
health depends on some secret entity or sub
stance that it is the good fortune of some to
possess and the bad luck of some to be with
out. That is to say, there resides somewhere
in nature, hidden either in the body of
some beast, bird or reptile, or in the earth,
sea or vegetable kingdom, some potent gas,
fluid or solid, which, if not already .discov-
cred, will be, or at least may be, which,
when discovered, will sustain life indeh-
nitely and cure all diseases. This supersti-
ton prepares the way for the most absurd
claims to enjoy temporary acceptance and
find eager welcome by those who are
expecting some such discovery to be
made, and await Impatiently the announce
ment of it. But all this is undoubtedly the
dream of fanciful speculation ana the
phantom of diseased Imagination. Ex-
L.. L.
will always be doomed to bitter disappoint-
ment, whether they are fed by the
dictums of scientific societies or the
fulminations of quackery. Nowhere
in heaven or earth is there any potent par
ticle or life prolonging elixir that will ef-
fectually secure rs against disease, but at
all times and in all places we will be ex-
posed to the exigency of sickness. The
sooner such hallucinations are destroyed the
sooner will the care OF the body in health and
the cure of the body in disease take the
place ofvague longings and mysterious an
ticipations. There are three remedies that
stand approved by science, experience and
common sense. One provided with these
can afford 10 bid adieu to Vagaries and dis
pense with the use of charms and elixirs.
With the Tonic, Pe-ru-na, that touches into
new life the least onset of tagging strength
or wasted vitality; with the laxative, Man.
a-lin, that deftly stimulates every declin-
ing function or clogged e1cretion, and the
blood-purifier, La-cu-pi-a, that removes the
slightest blood taint or disfguring eruption,
one can enjoy the keen pleasures OF healthy
existence, while others are hazing anxiously
up and down the earth in search of occult
potencies and magic mixtures. In the midst
of ephemeral cures which enjoy brief
regulations andl sink into oblivion again,
Pe-ru-na, Man-a-lin and La-cu-pi-a nave
made steady and substantial growth, until
they are recognized as standard family med
icines, to be found in thousands of homes
from Maine to California. That Pe-ru-na
can always be relied upon in the treatment
of all affections of the throat, bronchial
tubes and lungs, diseases of the kidneys
and bladder, and female weakness, is a fact
too well known to furnish any excuse for a
waste of time and money in experimenting
with new cures for these affections. Mama
lin is so perfectly reliable as a laxative,
curing dyspepsia, bIliousness, constipation,
piles and liver complaints, that few can be
persuaded to use any other medicine for
eases, blood taints and syphilitic poisons,
scrofula, salt rheum, chronic rheumatism
and ulcers, La-cu-pi-a has made such an un-
deviating record of cure, that it is down.
right folly to endure a miserable existence
with any of these affections without giving
it trial. The ellis of Life" a pamphlet
published by the Peruna Medicine Com
pany, of Columbus, Ohio, giving a full ac-
count of these medicines, will be sent free
on application.