The herald., 1898-02-27
CONSUMPTION CURED
A UNIQUE BARGAIN
All Persons Afflicted With Consumption, Poor and Rich Alike
Interested in the Remarkable Reduction IN Cost of
Treatment at the Koch Medical Institute

How o'ten is heard the exclamation from
those who are unfortunate enough to be a
ficted with consumption: II would give all |
possess ii could only be pcrmanentl. cured
If this terrible disease" In the past this long
ing Tor relief from the then assured iatal re-
suits of the dread malndy was but question
OF hopeless desire. There was no known cure,
and death alone ended the paint ul struggle
when nature could no longer resist the inroads
of the in idious foe Then, only those who
were wealthy enough to incur the expense
of climatic changes could even expect The
temporary relief incident to such n ct ur Sc
6f treatment, while the great majority OF
poverty to Simply suffer and die The shame
of it is all too well known, too often endured,
to be enlarged upon, and were 1t necessary
for those who have consumption to keep on
suffering with no hope OF relief, then indeed
would this world deserve the full measure Of
pity which angels are said to extend to it.
judge The present by. Patient investig alton.
scientific research, practical application and
personal skill have changed all the old beliefs
that con sumption was incurable into the posi-
tive certainty that there is method of treat
ment which will not only relieve, but abso-
lutely cure, tuberculosis, and tn method is
Institute, this city, and hundreds of grateful
p. ople stand ready to give their unqualified
testimony to the actual cures which have
been wrought in them at this piGneer life saw
ing station. Not only is DR. Whitman effect
ing cures OF ofconsumption, which in themselves
have no parallel in medical annals, but he is
DOING IL fOr Such moderate compensation that
the poorest victim need not now consider the
great question of expense, and the wealthy
should be so convinced that all who wi NAV
come and be cured. The course of advanced
treatment which former y cost $50 q month
and was certainly reasonable at that charge
is now reduced to $40 a month, an advantage
which many will not be slow to grasp. when vt
is known that this offer is made by the Koch
Medical Institute tor the express purpose of
demonstrating that consumption can be cured.
This reduction in the price of treatment is
made Tor several good reasons. The i'm
proved facilities for the manufacture of Ozo.
tubercutn (Whitman) have so greatly lessened
the cost that this practical method of treat
ment is no within the reach aud means of
every person needing it-and how many there
are who debut who have thus far felt tuat
they could not afford 1t In fact, there is now
no longer any excuse Tor those who have con.
sumption to allow the disease to reach an ad-
vanccd stage, since, beginning with Monday,
February 28, patients Can be examined and
have a correct diagnosis of their condition
made for the small sum of $2. including a
mcruscopical examination of the sputum, un-
der the guarantee that such diagnosis will be
absolutely correct To those who are suffering
with consumption, the Koch Medical Institute
any applicant require the services connecte l
fully in operation, such service will be rem
dered for $40 per month, and those who desire
the new largely used "Home Treatment" will
be supplied at the same low price, This treat
ment is precisely the same in every particular
as TINT which has been so successfully used at
this well-known life-saving station, and is
rapidly growing in tnvOr with those who prefer