The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-05
Their Value i'll the World of
Medicine Over Drugs In
a Crude Form.
The Discovery of Each New Ele-
ment of This Sort a Conspio-
nous Landmark on the
Road to Progress.
VinoI, the Active Curative Prin cipIes
ofthe Gods Liver the Latest Dis
eovery Of this Nature.

Times have changed, said a mem
Der OF the well known firm of Hall e.
Lyon Co. the other day In talking of
the progress OF scientific discoveries.
and especially those that affected the
| practice OF medicine
There are a good many people alive
| today who remember the awful con-
| coctlons they used 90 be obliged TO take
When they Were sick. Pennyroyal, bon
set tea, sulphur and molasses, and
90 not Know what not, were remedies
that would perhaps do good If the pa
tient only survived the struggle TO
take them. You know the taste of
Qulnine. i have no doubt" said the
druggist. and you probably are aware
mat Quinine has the active curative
pfincipleSof Cinchona Bark. Imagine
being obliged 10 take large draughts
OF an extract of this most bitter Of all
drugs. Yet people used TO have to take
that before Quinine was discovered.
That is why Ninol has taken such a
great hold upon the public for Ninol is
another Illustration of how much good
can he done by taking the active cura
tive principles OF q remedy. rather than
the remedy Itself in crude form.
1T Is the aim of scientific physicians
to administer all drugs possible in as
form, as they know how. For this
reason many drugs that were formerly
given have apparently gone into in
nocuous desuetude. but are still being
administered under different names In
their active principles.
Here Is a letter from a brother
chemist that will explain itself II is
from Mr.. E w. Tho'rpson of New
Britain, who writes i'm regard TO Vinol.
giving To IL its value largely on the
ground that IL contains the active GU
rative principles of the Gods liver. He
writes 10 Chester Kent & Co, as fol-
COWS
You have surely succeeded i'm ac-
complishing that which you started out
to. Many drawbacks have always at
tended physicians and patients alike.
up to the time OF some of our more
recent and important discoveries In
the old days IL must have been a very
diflicult matter, before the discovery OF
Quinine. to administer it I'm its original
form, namely the raw Cinchona bark.
know how difficult Il was in cases
where IL was necessary TO administer
opium. TO obtain beneficial results untii |
the discovery of the active curative |
principles OF this valuable drug, NOR
phine.
There are thousands i'm the land |
who are chemists but who have learn |
ed Dy SAD experience how very hard II K
has been TO take cod liver oil on ac- |
count of it's terrible taste and unfavor-
able action on the stomach. This will |
now be done away with, since you |
have succeeded i'm obtaining the active |
medicinal principles from the Gods |
liver. free from all Objectionable fea-
tures.
" 4 have found that Vinol does stand |
in the same Telation to cod liver oil as
does Quinine to Cinchona bark. NOR
phine to opium, atrophia TO belladonna
and numerous other OF the active prin-
cipies to the old and cumbersome form |
of drugs.
Vinol as far as taste and smell go
Is positive luxury. Its action upon the
system as "A tonic reConstructor Is most
You have my most hearty
Cor your success in |.
this preparation Yours tr1ly,
"'E. w. THOMPSON
1T is just because we can now adj
those very valuable remedial
features for which cod liver oil was al
ways so famous, I'm this concentrated
and delicious form, that people will |
1o Yer cease 10 be thankful for the dis
,overy Of Vinol." said the druggist. as
he turned TO give an order to have
some of the cod liver preparations that
lad stood on his shelf for years. taken |
iown and placed with collection of
'ther back number remedies that have
gone out Of favor with the public in
general.