Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-25
he. EXPLAINS,
Mr.. Tragic Tells What He
Knows,
4 Boston Paper Investigates the Rerlts
Of Ylnol.
A Subject That is Agitating the Whole
Country.
/ a Subject That Ia Aoitatinp the Whole
from tho BOSTON Herald.)

I.3Es FROM the boston f1eId io.l 5s2a
There has reached us ruHors OF q, new
discovery Something that Will revo!u-
tionize the practice of medicine. a
remedy that has given sufferers from
wasting disease hopes of renewed health
and prolonged life.
OF enough Importance have these stories
appeared that a special interview Win
Mr. Tragic, OF the Tragic Drug COMPANY,
who is interested himself in this new
preparation which is called Vfnol. was
thought advisable.
Our reporter had no difficulty in finding
Mr.. Tragle's place of business. The 1rst
man he met said "Oh, yes, Mr. Tragic Is
the man who has the wonderful new rem
edy that will cure everything that people
always thought cold liver oil would help.
and he was speedily directed to this enter
prising and busy establishment. Mr.
Tragic is business from the word go,
but rather objected to the fame OF TINS
preparation being spread abroad as
discovery.
why said Mr.ZTregle. "this Is no
more new discovery than was the moon
when 1t was first viewed through g tele-
scope. The discovery existed simply in
the fact of finding out a means OF getting
at the truth we were after. Perhaps the
method might be considered discovery.
but. what We have found has been known
for years, and it j. nothing more nor less
than the valuable medicinal properties
that have always existed in the Gods ilv-
or. and for which cod liver oil has been
prescribed by so many physicians lou
see it is just this way: Cod liver OIL
(perhaps you have taken 1t yourselD, IS
something that is very valuable In all
sorts of wasting diseases. and in itself is
extremely disagreeable. Why J. hrmly De-
lieve that great many cases OF consuInp-
ton, even, could be cured II it We're possi-
ILL., !, cnf q
liver oil to let its virtues become mani
fest. For those who have tendency TO
sore throat bronchitis, coughs, colds for
every one of an anemic disposition, 1t
has always been considered as simply IN
valuable; and yet it has more often Deen
necessary to abandon it's use than 1t mas
been possible to devise way of admin
istering it.
sTwo eminent French chemists started
in and got interested in the matter. and
after years Of study. they have succeeded
In extracting. from the liver of the cod
Just what is necessary. and have left pc
hind that obnoxious, greasy, V1le-tastlns
fatty ma tier, the thought Of which even
has turned the ston1achs of thousands.
That is all over now. We have just the
thing at last. We have found a. way OF
getting the kernel out of the nut.
This vinol thai is SO much talked about
is lust exactly that. It is the concentrated
essence of medicine found in the cod.s
liver that does the good. The grease is
like the she'll Of the nut, absolutely use
less only 1t is different from the shell or
the nut, because besides being useless, 1t
is extremely obnoxious and disagreeab Die
to sight, taste and smell.
I'VE have now taken this extract ana
put a sufficient quantity of 1t in a delicious
tasting table wine. We have also added
a small amount of organic iron rms
heightens the tonic effect of the wine. me
extract of the Gods liver comes IN JUST
the right proportion to do the greatest
amount of good. Here, drink this, said
Mr. Tragic, as he reached for a bottle
and poured forth what appeared to oe,
and which smelled like, a delicious. rich
wine.
The reporter hesitated. The thought OF
Gods lvers. or anything to do with them,
brought back memories of the past,
when he himself had made. heroic strus-
giles to take that awful medicine. 60
ahead and drink it, said Mr.. Tragic. The
reported did SO sand looked up. yes,
know but that is all right. | thought
you were going. to give me some of tina
vinol you were talking about, and did
not know that it was your custom to treat
a man interviewing you to drink like
that"
Mr.. Tragic laughed well, that Is Vim
oil that you have taken. Now you know
that part of what have told you Is true.
1t did not taste bad did it?" And it
surely did not "Now." said Mr.. Tragic,
'.let me tell you something else. You
have just taken, condensed. of the cura-
live principles of the Gods liver, what
you would find in fifty per cent. of Its
volume of cod liver oil. You can there
core imagine that if 1t is necessary to take
shis- remedy, how much easier 1t will be
to derive benefit from it than it used to be
when cod liver oil was administered. DO
you realize that formerly you only obtain
ed small proportion OF these same cura-
tive properties in a whole pint OF that
horrible oil? Doesn't that tell the story
to you?
You will have to excuse me now. for,
as you see, I am more than driven. OF
course I am getting the advantage of the
discovery by being directly. connected with
the Boston house.
The reporter thanked Mr.. Tragic for
his kindness and left him. wondering to
himself whether after all man had to
be born on purpose to be famous, or
whether notoriety and good fortune did
not sometimes come as matter of luck.
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