The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-24

drug clerk carelessly sells a poison for
a harmless powder, he may say he
didn't know he'd taken up the wrong
bottle" but what a fatal confession
that didn't know is for one who is
in charge of life-giving and death
dealing drugs.
THE PERIL OF IGNORANCE
is one to which all are exposed in a
greater or less degree, and those most
of all who live in the country remote
from the centers whose opportunities
and rewards draw to them the knoWl-
edge and skill of the times. How many
person dies in country places from
medical ignorance. Scattered up and
down the country one may find doctors
of brilliant minds and splendid skill.
They love their profession, throw heart
and soul into it and success is more to
them than fee or fame. But they are
the rare exceptions Ordinarily the
person living in the country must rely
on the care of one who has fallen far
behind the knowledge of his times, or
some fledgling graduate who must gain
his knowledge at his patients expense.
The truth of these statements is evil
dent at once to one who looks over the
daily correspondence of DR.. Pierce, of
Buffalo, N. Y. From all over the coun-
try come letters from men and women
who have taken advantage of his offer
of free consultation by letter, seeking
advice and help. In these letters the
frequency of the statements doctors
failed to help me-" doctors afforded
me no help" doctors gave me up" are
sufficient evidence of the lack of knowl-
edge and skill upon which these patti
ents had to depend for health and even
for life. Diseases may be the same in
variably, having the same origin and
the same results, but people differ. The
question is, not only, does the doctor
understand the disease, but
DOES HE UNDERSTAND YOU?
You are perhaps little more delicately
organized, your temperament is differ
ent from the average person, and you
need different treatment. 1t is in the
perfect adoption Of the treatment of
chronic diseases to the individual lido
syucrasy that DR.. Pierce owes much Of
his success. For more than thirty
years as chief consulting physician of
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, of Buffalo, N. Y, he has devoted
his time and skill to the treatment and
cure of chronic diseases. Around him
he has gathered staff of nearly a
score of medical specialists, whose
skill can be inferred from the fact that
ninety-eight per cent of all who have
received DR.. Pierce's treatment have
been perfectly and permanently cured.
This is remarkable record when it
Is remembered that the patients treated
number hundreds of thousands. 1t is
common experience to find that peo-
pie have for years been treated for the
wrong disease, naturally without the
slightest benefit and having nothing to
show for hundreds of dollars paid out
in fees. Such people are of course as
tonished when after asking DR. Plerce's
advice they are recommended to try
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, which is purely a medicine for
the blood, stomach and organs OF di-
Gestion and nutrition. why" they
may say, the trouble has been with
my heart" or my lungs are weak"
or my liver and kidneys are what need
help, not my stomach" Yet after TAX
ing the medicine prescribed these peo,
pie write invariably, that the heart
trouble" or lung weakness" or dis
ease of kidneys or liver has entirely
disappeared and all are talking of the
wonderful cure.
These are the bare facts of the case;
the plain unvarnished tale supported
by thousands and thousands OF wit
nesses. Take the case of Mrs. N.
Bernier thy way of example), who
lives at Al Elm street, Oshkosh, Wis.
She had been treated without success
by seven Of our prominent doctors"
before she came to DR.. Pierce. Read
the result:
II have received more benefit from
your medicine than anything ! have
taken. l had liver complaint for the
past fifteen years, complicated with
dyspepsia and gall stones. ] have doc
tored with seven of our prominent doc
tors and not one or all of them have
done me the good, nor began to do
what your medicines have. l have