Evening star., 1898-12-14

to man OF medical standing. spe-
clalist like DR. r. Y. Pierce of Buff
falo, \. Y You know he's a regr-
larly graduated doctor. You know
he's a good one and at the head of a
great medical institution. You know
he's had thirty years experience, and
has. with the aid OF his staff of nearly
a score OF skilled specialists treated
more than half a million women, who
freely contlded i'll the integrity of the
man and the skill of the physician.
President Garfield once said of DR..
Pierce, he is one OF the best men in
the world, and he is at the head of
one of the best medical institutions
IN the world There's nothing new
about this free consultation by letter,
my dear, it has been a feature of DR..
Plerce's practice for years, in fact,
for more than quarter OF century.
Write to him, because You'll get the
best advice and no string tied to it,
so TO speak
But queried Mrs. Lovcgood,
do YOU think even though DR..
Pierce is qualified physician. and
ranks so high as specialist, he can
treat disease by correspondence"
Il don't see why not" answered
Mr. Lovegood. Medical science is
wheeling into line with everything
else. and dropping the hocus pocus
OF the middle ages. The divinity
that hedged in the priest and phvsi-
clan IS a thing OF the past. A man
Is taken for what he is and what he
can do. OF course the members of
the profession who are not specialists
would naturally fight an innovation
winch took away their patients and
their profits. But when a new idea
makes for public good it can't be de-
stroyed- They used to say no steam
er could he built to cross the At
lantlc. She couldn't carry coal
enough. One prominent English
man, then leader in the house OF
commons, in the heat of debate de-
clared that if ever any steamer cross
ed the Atlantic he'd eat it, machinery
and all | take it that the objections
to treatment by correspondence have
as little foundation in fact as the OBJ
Jectlons to the possibility of steam
ships crossing the Atlantic.
1T reminds me OF that story about
the man who had been arrested for
some offense He sent for a LAWYER.
who, when he had heard the story,
SAID: Why, man alive, they can't ar
rest You for thatr"
But said the prisoner, THEY'VE
done it."
1t does not seem any use to argue
about the possibility OF being treated
successfully by correspondence with
DR.. Pierce when there are thousands
OF people to stand up and say, We
have been successfully treated, we
have been entirely cured by DR..
Pierce and his staff OF specialists.
Then" said his wife, 1T doesn't
follow that any and everybody could
treat successfully by correspondence.
1t Is a movement in advance of or
dlnary practice, by those specially
qualified who have given special
study and special effort to some
branch OF medicine. Is that your
idea?"
Precisely, my DEAR" Mr.. Love
good answered, preparing to continue
his reading. "Yon have got the whole
thing now, 1t isn't because some
one advertlses to give medical advice
by correspondence that YOU can
necessarily assume the advice will be
valuable or helpful. ANYBODY can
make such an offer. 1t is wise to go
behind the promises and the claims
made and see if they bear investiga-
ton. In Doctor Pierce's case the
closer the examination OF his claims
and record the greater the confidence
which he will inspire. DIR. r. V.
Pierce is at the head of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buf-
alo, \. Y, medical and surgical in
stitution. which, in its scientific
equipment, its laboratory, its staff OF
nearly score of experienced physi-
Iocians and surgeons and its variety OF
daily practice, is on a footing with
any medical and surgical institute in
the country
And just here the infant heir of the
house OF Lovegood voiced mes
sage to "a woman who was in every
way qualified to give him the desired
] nttentiOn- which She nronanf1u did