Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-21
A FAMOUS INSTITUTION.
The Invaltds' Hotel and Surgical lnsti-
tute OF Buffalo, Ny.

From the Boston Herald 4
What can be accomplished by judicious enter
prise. when backed up by ability and professional
skill. lAsh0wn by the magnificent building. of The
invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo
This model eauitafium furnishes one of the sights
of Buffalo, not alone for its architectural bsanty
but on account of the world wide fame of DIR. Ray
V. Pierce, who established the Institution many
years ago. and is today its managing director and
president. beautiful five story building situated
on Main Street, the principal business street OF
Buffalo, the Inyalids' Hot,l can well be said to
surCass any institution of its kind in the country
Sixteen physicans form the mcdicsl 9 an of thi,
Institution who devote their time To- the patient,
in The building, and t. correspondence by Letter
with patients who consult them from all over thu
United States. Each ply sician surgeon is cho
sen for his skill and proficiency in curing elias,
of chronic disease Thus the patient has fsr hit
physician an experienced specialist who is thor
ough'y familiar with the case. materisl aid tc
the medical treatment are the machines for giving
"mecllaniea, movements;' or massage, electrical
apparatus, Turkish baths, etc. with which the
hotel ia thoroughly cJuirped. Large and airy
rooms, parlors, residing looms elevate and man
other convcnicnces make this
PLEASANT REMEDIAL HOME,
AMI far different from the private hoepjtaIs rs
commonly known. The Worlds Dispensary Mcdi
cal Association, of which DIR. Pierce IL President,
is the owner o. the Invalids' Hotel and the large
laboratory called the Worlds hi .pcnsarr as we'll
Standing on thu same lot which runs through 10
he next street back, i the huge laboratory. six
stOfles IN lf'igIH. WDcn furnishes Ar5vIe
manufacturing DIR. Pierces' Fayorite PRESCRIPTION.
DIR Pjcrce's oiden dcal Discovery, Dr Pierce
Pleasant Pellets, DIR. Ssgc's Catarrh Remedy.
Dr. Picrce's Extract of Smart Weed, or Water Pep
per. These are proprietary remedies which
nave been sold for over quarter of a century
al over the United States. from the Atlantic "a
the Pacific. Garloa Of these medicines are
shipped every day from Buffalo to points Fast.
West and South An idea OF the extensive bus
iuess carried on by this Associa ion can be
gained by what il ssid Of IL BY the pos,t face
authorities at Washington, d. g., who report
hat this one firm spends annually for stsnps
more Than all the banks ard newspapers OF Bpf
alo combined. or over $4,000. The mail mat
Ter amounts to from 30 900 10 1000 d Gees daily
The first story of the Worlds Dispenssry build
ing il occuoied BY the shiJ ping department; the
econd floor is devoted to The large Lcwspauer
advertising department. and the msilinc third
floor. printing room and b'ndery; fourth floor,
drug mills and paper warerooms; fifth floor,
bottiDg. wrapping ant packing department; on
the sixth floor ia one of
THE BEsT.PLANNED LABOR iToRIgs
in the country, in charge of Thoroughly
chemist, formerly of tine Harvard b cdical school
laboratory. In fsct,the eguiymeot,the machinery
AND the system with which these Isrge Instit1-
lions are equipped. and the ma Vicious manner In
which everything works along as thong, by click
work. would well icpay visit to b. naio.