Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-24
"ON YOUR HONOR"
This is the Condition Upon Which Il
Lady Correspondent Asks Di-
rect Question.

"ls catarrh durable? Answer on your honor
as gentlemen"
Now, this direct and very emphatic question
was the Introduction of u letter which DIR.
copeland and his associates received the
other day from from Il lady in Sharon, Pa. is
catarrh curable! Answer on your honor as
gentlemen"
While the question, implies considerable
doubt as To the durability of cntarrh. or per-
maps an impression that the disease is not eur
able, 1T a SO implies u complimentary rcli-
ance on the truthfulness Of the people to
whom II was addressed, and, FOR that reason.
deserved n fair and square answer. and such
an answer IL shall received
Yes, catarrh Is n durable disease. We have
been demonstrating that fact for years. We
are demonstrating 1t every week In the pub
lished statements of we'll known mon and
women in the community who have been en-
tirely cnrcd. ana who state to the public, over
their own signatures. and In interviews ac-
companied by their portraits, that they have
been cured.
We have been demonstrating it again and
again by referring continually to statements
published IN our advertisement years ago,
and renflirmcd by the persons speaking today,
whe point to their statement OF years ago and
of heir trouble has appeared since their orig
inal statements were made.
ing, intelligent public we have left no room
for doubt OF the truth Of this statement. We
men" and us conscientious physicians every
day in our consultation rooms We deal hon
eestly with our patients and keep faith with
the public.
Intelligent people know this. Even those
who are not specially Interested in our work
do anything. else. Located, rs are, perma-
nentiy IN this city, charging II REGULAR and
uniform fee for medicine and treatment IL
would be the height OF folly to impose upon
the public even If we desired To do so. hd-
Nertlsers VINO impose on the people expect to
charge eXorbitant foes. The specialist who
charges low fees ana sees his patients regu-
larly, is not going to make statements that he
cannot fulGll. This stands TO reason
When we say catarrh is durable, wo mean
exactly what we say. and when we place IL pa
tarrh. we expect to cure him The mrjority
of the eases that we treat are cured some are
not. There are cases where the progress OF
catarrh has extended to the lungs, Tie heart
or some vita organ, and II cure is impossible.
Where the disease !, hqs been SO long neglected.
such cases we are fortunate il we can benefit
the patient, and In these instances We never
Catarrh when IL has dcyelopcd into con-
sumption and reached an advanced stage, can
are other and more frequent cases in which II
failure to obtain n cure Is noted.
In these cases 1t Is not the seriousness Of the
disease that prevents a cure; IL is the care
lcssness, neglect and thoughtlessness of the
patient, For instance, as soon a. he begins to
improve he becomes neglcctfuI in taking his
medicine or in getting his treatment says it's
too much trouble. and I'm II short time comes
TO a standstill rs far as improvement is con-
cerned. and after while blames his doctor
for not curing hun, This is n fair example OF
great many cnses. The impression that ca
tarrh Is incurable Is Increased by such cases
as his, ana Is fostcred by physicians who 40
not treat catarrh nnd know nothing about II.
Catarrh Is n durable disease. Ia cases where
the patient follows our directions faithfully.
regularly ana fJr the prescribed length OF
time, II complete and permanent cure Is NOR
ally certain We are ready to maintain tins
proposition by an abundance OF evidence. and
TO the question with which this article began
we answer In all sincerity and on our honor
as gentlemen I" that catarrh is curuble when
the patient follows regularly ani faithfully
the doctors Instructions, when the COntraC-
ton OF no other disease intcrfercs with the
progress OF the treatment, and when the ga
tarrhal condition itself has n OF been neglected
so long as 90 extend into consumption OF some
other fatal disease.