St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-07
A FAMOUS INSTITUTION.
The Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
Stitute of Buffalo, n. Y.
From the Boston Herald.


What can be accom- plished by iudicious en-
terprise. when backed up by ability and pro-
fessional skill. is shown by the magnificent
buildings oF the Invalds Hotel and Surgical
Institute at Buffalo. This model sanitarium
furnishes of the sights OF Buffalo, not
alone for its architectural beauty, but on ac-
count of the worldwide fame OF DR.. Ray V
Pierce. who established the institution many
years ago. and is today its managing di-
rector and president. A beautiful hve-story
building situated on Main street, the princi-
pal business street of Buffalo, the Invalids'
Hotel can we'll be said TO surpaSs any insti
tuition of its kind in the country.
Sixteen physicians form the medical staff
the patients in the building. and to cores
pondence by letter with patients who con-
suit them from all over the Uni ed States.
Each physician or surgeon is chosen for his
skill and proficiency in curing one class of
chronic disease. Thus the patient has for
his physician an experienced specialist who
is thoroughly familiar with the case. ma
terial aid TO the medical treatment are the
machines for giving mechanical move
ments" or massage, electrical apparatus.
Turkish baths, etc, with which the hotel is
thoroughly equipped. Large and airy rooms,
other conveniencies make this
PLEASANT REMEDIAL HOME,
and far different from The private hospitals
as commonly known, The Worlds DisPens-
is president, is the owner OF the Invalids'
Hotel, and the large laboratory, called the
the same lot, which runs through to the next
street back, is the huge laboratory, six
stores IN he1Sht, w men furnishes ample room
for manufa curing DR.. Pierce's FavOrite Pre-
scription. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy, DR.. Pierce's Ex-
tract of Smart-Weed, Water Pepper.
These are proprietary remedies which have
been sold for over quarter of a century all
over the United States, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Carloads of these medicines
shipped every day from Buffalo to points
East, West and South. An idea of the ex-
tenSive business carried by this ASSOcia-
ton be gained by what is said of it by
the post office authorities at Washington,
D. c., who report that this one firm spends
annually for stamps more than all the banks
and newspa pers of Buffalo combined, over
100000. The mail matter amounts tic
from 10000 to 10000 pieces daily. The
first story of the Worlds Dispensary build
ing is occupied by the shipping department;
the second floor is devoted to the large news
paper advertising department and the mail
ing; third floor, printing room and bindery;
fourth floor, drug mills and paper ware
rooms; fifth floor, bottIiug, wrapping and
packing department; on the sixth floor is
one of
THE BEST-PLANNED LABORATORIES
in the country, in charge of a thoroughly
scientific chemist. formerly of the Harvard
medical school laboratory. In fact, the
equipment, the machinery and the system
with which these large institutions are
equipped, and the marvellous manner in
which everything works along as though by
c1ockwork, would we'll repay a visit to