San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-17
A GREAT INSTITUTION,

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rious descriptions. Among the fore
most of these is the Invalid's hotel and
Surgical institute, great sanitarium,
founded and presided over by DR.. r.
". Pierce.
Here is the instance of physician
in the practice of his profession, find
Il ing his medicines so successful that he
desired to have them used beyond the
! the limits of a merely personal prac-
| tice, realizing that however large this
might be, 1t was yet a narrow field in
which to confine the use of valuable
remedies. With this idea he advertis-
ed, and their merits became known, un-
til they attained a. worldwide sale.
He received numerous consultations by
mall from those who had received BEN
eft from his medicines, and desired
further professional advice. This de-
partment continued to grow by reason
of successful results, until now he has
eighteen experienced and skilled physi-
clans associated with him, among whom
are specialists on every chronic, or long
standing diseases.
Then the call for personal treatment
from all parts of the country became so
great, that it was necessary to erect
an invalid's hotel so large that under
one roof might be found every comfort
and luxury of life for the guest, who in
the capacity of an invalid would re-
ceive treatment from specialists of the
highest medical skill, assited by fire.
or 70 xuif Tn
president of the faculty. That an in
stitution like this great in conception
and perfect in detail, of large dimen-
sion containing patients from all Sec
tons, that physician practicing med
icine should have, so to speak, extend
ed his practice over the world, by
founding an institution like this, seems
remarkable, and yet that is just what
DIR. Pierce has done. Space will not
permit us to describe this great inval-
ids hotel, but it is complete in every
detail. Reception rooms, parlors, Ii
brary, reading room, magnificent pri-
vate rooms, a bath department sup
piled with Turkish and other baths,
medical, surgical, electrical depart
ments, etc. In passing we will allude
to its bureau of medical correspon-
dence, where from ten to twelve physi-
clans, with their stenographers are
constantly employed in attending to
vast correspondence received from in
valids residing in all parts of the Uni
ted States and Canada Every impor-
tant case receives the careful consider
alton of a council composed of from
three to five of these expert specialists,
before finally passed upon, and pre-
scribed for.
In the rear of the invaIid's hotel is
the Worlds dispensary. This build
ing is one hundred feet square and six
stories high. 1t contains the laborato-
ry where DR.. Pierce's celebrated rem
edies are prepared, and from whence
they are shipped all over the world.
DIR. r. v. Pierce who founded this in
stitution that had no model and seems
too perfect in its appointments for inn
itation, maintains constant personal
over every detail of it's vast
system. He is not yet sixty years old,
is young looking man for his age, and
one of the foremost citizens of Buffalo.
He was elected to the State Senate and
to Congress, but felt
called upon to resign that high and
honorable position to devote his entire
time to his business and the service of
his patients, and this reveals the Sc
cret of his wonderful success, by show
ing the earnestness and devotion with
which he applies himself to his chosen
profession, always seeking new and
improved methods to extend his use
fulness. ,s.srfS
Although a very busy man DR.. Pierce
has found time in which to write
great book of over a thousand pages
entitled, The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, in Plain English, or
Medicine Simplified. Few books prin-
ted in the English language, have
reached so great a sale as has this
popular work, over $4,000 copies nav
ing been sold at $1.50 each. The prof
it's on this enormous sale having repaid
its author for the great amount of
labor and money expended on it's pro-
duction, he has now decided to give
away, absolutely free, 100000 copies of
this valuable book, the recipient only
being required to mail to the Worlds
Dispensary Medical association of
Buffalo, N. Y, of which company he is
president, twenty-one CID one-cent
stamps, 10 cover cost OF naming only,
and the book will be sent postpaid.
1t is a veritable medical library, COM
plete in one volume. 1T contains
,0OS large pages, and over 800 illustra-
tions, some of them in colors. The
Free Edition is precisely the same as
that sold at $1.50 except only that the
books are bound in strong MANILA pa
per overs instead Of cloth. 1t is not
often that our readers have an oppor-
tunity to obtain valuable book on
such generous terms, and We predict
that few will miss awaiting thmeslves