Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08
fevers and many other diseases of germ

feVers and many other diseases of germ
origin.
If there is a scrofulous condition Of
the system, catarrh or bronchitis, the
germs are sure to attack the weak
points. Once they have foothold in
the breach. they live and grow in
strength and numbers, and at the same
time make inroads into neighboring
parts-constantly increasing their do
main. This is the battle ground for
the individual. Thus it is that in the
beginning consumption is not such
serious matter to the individual.
1t has been held that consumption is
hereditary. and the fact that one men,
her of family had died with consump-
ton was considered a sure sign that
others of that family could not escape
it. This is partly true and party UNI
true \ man with weak lungs is likely
to transmit that weakness to his chill
dren. But there is no reason in the
world why the weakness should be al
lowed to develop. There is no reason
why the lungs should remain weak.
Weak lungs predispose a child to con-
sumption. They provide a place for
germs to settle That is all that is nee
essary. once let the germs of disease
gain a foot-hold, and they increase
with deadly rapidity. Pretty soon the
blood is full of them. and so loses its
healthfulness and its strength giving
qualities. If the weakness is in some
other organ, the disease will show it,
self in that organ. The germs will get
INTO the blood, just the same, and the
,i,- ~ .,-ly 1trth =,
speak particularly of consumption be
cause it is most commandments 1t
causes more than une-sixth of all the
deaths IN The world.
If there is a weak and crumhly spot
N The foundation of a house, the own r
of the house clears out the decayinG
material. SupNants it with new. strong.
stuff That's all there is to do. That
is all that is necessary to do. 1t saves
the house and makes it perfectly solid
again.
This is exactly the thing to do with
the lungs. Keep them full Of rich. rel.
wholesome blood. and the weakness
VIII disapps an DeCaying tissues Will
he thrown off. and new material viii hr
added until the lungs are we'll and per
fectly strong again. This is the thin.5
that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
cuVery does.
Ninety-ei2ht per cent. of all cases Of
consumption can be completely and
permanently cured. There is no doubt
about it. The statement is not made
| recklessly but after the experience Of
thousands has made ii an indisputablc
fact. Consumption is not disease If
/ : h., ;.,.a Of,
which. in Weak-lunged people. mani
! tests itself by the formation of tuber-
cles in he lungs and the wasting away
of lung-tssue. The cure of consumption
! is simple. 1t consists in the admins
tration of a medicine that will assist
| the lungs in throwing off tuberculous
matter. and that Will purify and enricn
/ the blood so that this refuse matter will
| be replaced by strong. healthy tissue.
! That sounds like a Very simple opera
| ton. and Yet consumption baffled the
combined medical skill of the whole
world for hundreds Of years. Consump-
| ton was considered incura bic until the
! advent of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
! Discovery. This great remedy is the
most wonderful blood purifier and
| strengthened that the world has ever
| known 1t is the result of years of
/ study and experiment by a scientific
| physician. and has been tested in every
| way by him for over 30 years. 1t has
| an unbroken record of success It
| cures a great variety Of diseases, be-
| cause almost all diseases have their
! origin and support in impurity and
| weakness of the blood. AS long as 4
| mans blood is rich and ulI1a he * II, ma
danger from disease. The blood is the
| medium through which food is carried
| from the digestive system to all of the
| tissues of the body. If it carries i'm
pure things. or an insufficient quantity
OF good things, trouble will ensue
There is nothing about that so very
hard to understand. 1t is perfectly
| plain and natural and rational The
Golden Medical Discovery puts the
digestive system in perfect order and
thereby purifies and enriches the blood
and so puts the whole body in perfect