The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-09
MODERN PRESCRIBING.
Doctors Methods Better Than
They Were Years Ago.
The Patients Lot Also much I'm
proved.
Large Doses Of Nauseating Medicine
No Longer Necessary.

Our forefathers did not have such a de-
lightful time after all. Just think Of the
roundabout way they were obliged to
accomplish the many things that are done
by US every day, almost without thought,
by means of modern inventions. Then
think Of what happened to them when
they were sick. Lucky was the man who
was not bounced upon by a doctor and
often literally bled to death.
That was only q starter Of what was
soon to follow. Long, deep draughts
brewed from notwithstanding herbs were
continually administered. Remedies with
out number. each worse than the other,
followed quickly. No wonder SO many
OF our ancestors died young. No wonder
life insurance statistics show that we
come from a short-lived race.
1t Is in medicine like everything else.
The day of barbarism in treatment is
nearly over. No longer does the doctor
deprive the patient of his very lfe's blood
right at time when he needs every par
ticle of strength. No longer does he COM
pei the poor sufferer to absorb untold
amounts Of barks, herbs and mineral So
buttons right at a time when Nature
should be left to herself to straighten out
what might only be a slight trouble.
The modern physician knows that he
can administer the vital principles of his
remedies in a concentrated form. You do
not find your doctor brewing a tea or ask
ing you to chew huge quantities Of Gin
cbona Bark where Quinine Is necessary.
No longer does he administer a bolus of
Opium to deaden pain. Not much. A
hypodermic syringe charged with the ac-
tive principles of opium; morphine does
the work better and does not do as much
damage for Nature to repair.
Right on this line comes news of a re-
cent discovery that will undo lbtedly prove
to be the most valuable one yet made. It
Is that of Vinol. Wine Of Cod Liver OIL,
which Is nothing more or less than
concentrated extract of the active meGf-
clnal principles found in the liver Of the
live cod.
The above explanation is about all that
is necessary to give one, in order that he
may understand the full value Of this
discovery. Every one knows the uses for
which cod liver oil has been prescribed
Every one knows it's Objectionable fea-
lures. Every one realizes that there are
many cases of wasting diseases that could
have been cured by the use OF cod liver
oil, had 1t been possible to administer the
obr oxious remedy; but every one does not
know that when they were taking cod
liver oil in it's old form. they were absorb
ing into the system vast amount OF Vile
smelling. misunderstanding grease that
vas absolutely powerless of doing them
any good, but were simply taking II be-
cause II was vehicle that conveyed the
peculiar medicinal principles that 1t was
the intention of the doctor to give to
them.
Here Is where this new discovery will
benefit the world. These principles, sepa-
rated from the fat and all other unneces-
sary features, dissolved in a delicious ta-
BILE wine, can now be administered even
to the most delicate patient without its
being apparent that cod liver Oil or any
thing connected with 1t is being taken.
The great strength of the new prepara-
ton will also enable the patient to re-
ceive a greater amount of necessary med
icine than was possible to admiDister he
fore. The consequence will be that the
good for which the medicine Is desired
will be accomplished in a much quicker
time The harm that was formerly caus-
ed to stomachs already weakened by dis
ease will be entirely averted and the re-
suit will be that Vinol in but a few years
will entirely supersede. as a medicine, cod
liver oil in any other known form.