The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-08
Their Value in the World of
Medicine Over Drugs in
a Crude Form.
The Discovery of Each New Ele-
lnent of This Sort a COnspic-
nous Landmark on the
Road to Progress.
VinoI the Active Curative Principles
of the Gods Liver the Latest Dis
covery of This Nature.

"Times have changed" said Mr.. James
D. Dolan the other day in talking of the
progress of scientific discoveries, and es-
pecially those that affected the practice
of medicine.
'sThers are good many people alive
today who remember the awful concoc'
tions they used to be obliged to take
when they were sick. Pennyroyal. bone
set tea. sulphur and molasses, and I do
not know what not. were remedies that
would perhaps do good II the patient only
survived the struggle to take them. You
know the taste of t9u1nine, nave no
doubt,'' said Mr. Dolan, land you prob
ably are aware that Quinine has the &C.
tive curative principles of Cinchona Bark.
Imagine being Obliged to 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 Vin3l has taken such great
hold upon the public, for Vinol is anoth-
er illustration of how much good can be
done by taking the active curative prin-
ciples of a remedy, rather than he remedy
itself in a crude form.
cit is the aim of scientific physyicians
to administer all drugs possible in as
small a quantity, but in as concentrated
q form, as they know how. For this rea-
son many drugs that were formerly given
have apparently gone into innocuous
desuetude. but are still being admins
tered under different names in their ac-
tive principles.
Here is a letter from a brother chem
ist that will explain Itself. 1t is from
Mr.. e. w. Thompson of New Britain,
who writes in regard to Vfnol. giving to
it Its value largely on the ground that
it contains the active curative principles
of the Gods liver. He writes to Chester
O. ~ ~
sYou have surely succeeded in accom-
plishing that which you started out to.
Many drawbacks have always attended
physicians and patients alike, up to the
time Of sems of our more recent and i'm
portant discoveries. In the. old days it
must have been very difficult matter,
before the discovery of Quinine, to adj
minister it In its original form, namely
the raw Cinchona bark. / know how
difficult 1t was in cases where it was
necessary to administer opium. to obtain
beneficial results until the discovery OF
the active curative principles OF this val
liable drug. morphine.
There are thousands in the land who
ara not chemists, but who have learned
by sad experience how very hard 1t has
been to take cod liver oil on account OF
its terrible taste and unfavorable action
upon the stomach. This Will now be
done away with, since you have succeeded
n obtaining the active medicinal prin-
ciples from the Gods liver, free from all
Objectionable features.
81 have found that Vinol does stand in
the same relation to cod liver oil as does
Quinine to Cinchona bark, morphine to
opium, atrophia to belladonna and nu-
nerous other of the active principles to
the old and cumbersome form of drugs.
.tVinol Z far as taste and smell go is a
positive luxury. It's action upon the sys
tenn as tonic reconstruction Is most Won
derful You have my most hearty con-
CALCULATIONS for your success in this prep
aration.
Yours truly,
&c w. THOMPSON.
ssIt is Just beca. 40 we can now admin
lister those very valuable remedial feat
ures for which cod liver oil was always
famous, in this concentrated and de-
licious form, that people will never cease
TO be thankful for the discovery Of vi
mol" said Mr.. Dolan as he turned to give
an order to have some of the cod liver
preparations that had stood on his shelf
for years, taken down and placed with
a collection of other back number reme-
dies that have gone out of favor with the
public in general
For the convenience of the public furth-
er down town, Mr.. Dolan has established
branch Vinol Agency, at D. w. Hesel-
tine g Co. IS, Congress, corner Myrtle
streets.