The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-26
EXPLAINS.
Nj. Tragic Tells What He Knows.
a Boston Paper Investigates the
Merits Of vinol.
a subj. ct That is Ag,tating the Whole
Country.
.fFrom the Boston Herald.l J.

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II (From the Boston Heraldl
There has; reached US rumors of "a new
discovery. Something that will revolu-i
tionize the practice of medicine. A remedy
that has given sufferers from wasting
diseases hopes of renewed health and pro-
lcnged life.
OF enough importance nave these stories
appeared that special interview with the
Tragic Drug Company, who are interested
in this new preparation which is called
Vinol, was thought advisa Die.
our reporter had no difficulty in find
ing Mr. Trasle's place Of business. The
first man he met said: On, yes Mr..
1ragle is the man who has the wonder.
tul new remedy that Will cure everything
hat people always thought cod liver oil
would help and he was specify. airectsa
this enterprising and busy establish
.nents Mr. Tragic is business from the
rorl, 90 hut ra ther@ objected to the fame
81 ttis. nrenar ton being spread abroad as
..Whv,. said Mr. Tragic, this is no
more a new discovery than was the moon
when it was first viewed through me
telescope The discovery existed Simply IN
The fact of finding out means OF getting
~ tho truth we were after. Perhaps the
rnethor3 might be considered discovery.
I,,,1 rvbats we have found has been known
for Years. and it is nothing more nor less
than the valuable medicinal properties that
,,a always existed In the Gods liver, and
for which cod liver oil has been prescribed.
I i,y* so many physicians. You see#tt#1s Just
this way: Cod liver oil (perhaps you nave
taken it yourself Is .ilsse -
valuable in all sorts OF Wasting disease.
and Sin Itself is extremely disagreeable.
sWhv ! firmly believe that%a great many
cases of consumption. even. could be cured
t if ii were possible for the patient TO take
enough cod liver oil to let its virtues pc
come manifest. For those VINO nave
tendency to sore throat broncnltiS cou shs.
Eco!ds, for every one ol!5ali disi'.ic uispo-
ksition it has always been considered as
ssir1pIy inyaluable: and yet it has more
{@ofren# been necessary to abandon its use
/ than it has been possible to devise way
/ of administering 1t.
| .rr,yo eminent French chemists started
in and got interested in the matter and
latter years of study they nave #succeedeo
hin extracting from the liver OF the coo
T iT,st WHAT is necessary, and have left be-
#I,in1 thar. obnoxious. greasy. vile-tastins
fatty matter the thought OF which even
EI,ast4t,Irned the stomachs of thousands
That Is all over now. We have just the
i#thins at last We have found way OIL
getting the Kernel out of the nut
"This vinol that IS SO much talked about
! is lust exactly that. It IS the concen-
ira led 81 essence of medicine found IN the
/ Gods liver that does the good. me grease
f7is3,ike the shell of the nut, absolutely use
i.1ass onIy# IT is different from the shell OF
|! the nut because besides being useless It
| Is extremely, obnoxious and disaSreeaple
Ito sight, taste and smell.
eve have now taken this extract and
nat a sufficient quantity ofitin DELI
I cions- tasting table wine. We nave also
added a small amount of organic IRON.
ssrnis heightens the tonic effect OF the Vine
The extract. of the Gods liver comes ~
t8irst the right proportion to do the great
est amount ofHgood.' Here, drink this
said Mr. Tragic as he reached for bot
| tIe and poured forth what appeared to be.
/ and which smelled like, delicious r1ch
wine.
The reporter hesitated. The thought#of
cod s. livers. or anything to DO Win slas EN-
/ brought hack memories Of the past, When
lsha@himself had made heroic struggles 70
4 @t.,lye that awful medicine. Go ahead and
! drink it,. said Mr.. Ira gle. The reporter
did 60 and looked up. Yes / know. b,I,
That is all right. I thought you were 60
\ ing to give me some of that Ninols you
were talking about, and did not know
4 that it was your custom to treat man
interviewing you. to a drink like that.
4 Mr. Tragic laughed. Nv ell. that Is
i NlnOl Ii you 4silst
lnow that part of what ] have told YOU
I is true. 1t did not taste bad BAG d. ~? Ane
4 i+#e,,ral,, aid not. ow.' said Mr.. Tragic
..;et me tell you something else You have
.ius; taken. condensed. of the curative
/ principles OF the Gods liver what you
j would ind in fifty per cent of Its volume
~ cod liver oil! You can therefore imagine
that If it is necessary to take this remedy
4 how much easier it will be to derive bene.
TT from it than it used to be when CO..
i Ever oil was administered Do you reaiize
! that formerly you only obtained small
i proportion of these same curative proper,
i ia in a whole pint Of that horrible oil
i Doesn't that tell the story to #you2
you will have to excuse me now. 1or
as YOU see. i am more than driven Q
ccurseEI am getting the advantage OF tft
4 discovery BY being directly connected
Vii h the Boston house.
The reporter thanked Mr.. Tragic for nj
blindness and left him. wondering TO MN
self whether after all a mar had to be oor z
4 an sn,lr,oose to be famous. or whether no
+,,-;ntx- and good fortune did not some
lsttn.as come as "a matter OF luck.