The Press., 1892-06-09
WHY IS IT THAT PATENT MEDICINES CAN
 NOT CURE CATARRH?

THAT PATENT MEDICINES CAN
 NOT CURE CATARRH?
 "oNLY THE TRAINED SPECIALIST, WHO
 NOTES EVERY PHASE OF THE TROUBLE
 AND KNOWS WHAT TO DO AT EVERY
 CHANGE, HAS ANY CHANGE OF SUC-
 CESS. A CLEAR AND CONVINCING STATE
 MENT OF FAGTS."
 It has been stated scores of times in these col umns, and my patients have uttered 1t almost as many times as they have spoken, that patent medicines do not cure catarrh. This has become so common that patients have remarked it, and spoke to Dr. Royce not long since in this way ssDOctOr, I see you claim that patent medicines can't cure catarrh. Now, l have learned by ex- but should like to ask if this be true, why it is true? What mean is this, is there anything in
 the nature of the disease that precludes the pos simply because the right thing has not been dis covered7" These are fair questions, which the and they shall be fairly answered In the first place, to answer broadly between the two queS-
 tions, it can be stated positively that it is not because the right thing has not been discovered, and 1t is because the very nature of the trouble makes it impossible for any single combination Of drugs or Chemicals to cure all cases, or even any considerable percentage of them. Tue Reason StQted. The reasons why this is true are numerous, and when stated will make it l. d constitutional disease, and, of course, requires both local treatment and constitutional reme- | dies All the principal nostrums, advertised as catarrh cures, overlook this tWofold nature of
 the disease, and attempt to it entirely etth-
 CT by local application or by constitutional rem edies. This mistake as to the nature Of the dis
 case is fatal in itself and precludes the pOssibil- l tty of any remedy based on this theory curing any considerable percentage of cases. 2. No two cases of catarrh are in all respects alike. Every case has it's little peculiadties, and re- QuireS some special and Sk1lful attention to cure l 1t. The skill and knowledge requisites to cure
 catarrh only come from long practice in this par | ticular disease, and the opportunity to examine and study every form of the trouble, and all the hundreds of variations and complications that l arise, opportunities and experience such as Dr. I Royce has enjoyed and which alone account fOl
 his remarkable success in the treatment and cure of the disease. A remedy that is adapted | to and would cure one case Of oatarrh would not cure another case in the next hundred, perhaps not in the next thousand, that would try 1t
 Every case is a problem in itself. Every case re. l attention; and here is the great secret of the success of Dr. Royce. Experience teaches ham | exactly what to do at each stage of the trouble No specialist treats any two cases of catarrf l from beginning to end alike, if he did he would not effect cures, Dr. Royce has treated success fully thousands of cases of chronic catarrh. He | also treats all forms of chronic disease, no mat l ter of what name or nature. If you are suffering l from any difhCulty call and consult with him l All consultations free, Permanently located al | 80516 Main street, Abbe's Block, Springfield Mass. Off1ce open from a. m. to D. m. daily except Sunday.