Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-06
MODERN PRESCRIBING,
Doctors Methods Better Than
They Were Years Ago.
Tle Patients Lot Also Much Improved.
Large Doses of Nauseating Medicine
No Longer Necessary.

Our forefathers did not have such a de-
iightul time. after all. Just think of the
roundabout way they were obliged TO ac-
compiish 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
iheY were sick. Lucky was the man who
was not pounced upon by doctor and
often literally bied TO death.
That was only a starter of what was
soon TO follow. Long. deep draughts
brewed from horrible-,astins herbs were
continually admins; cred. Remedies with
out number, each worse than the other,
fo.-owed 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.
IT, day of barharsHl in trea tn1ent is
n over. No longer does the doctor
we the patient of his very life's blood
r-ef1t at a time when he needs every par
ticie or strength. no longer does he COM
pei tie poor sufferer TO absorb untold
amounts OF barks. hc~bs. and mineral So
lutiors right at the time when Nature
should be left 10 herself 10 straighten out
what might only be slight trouble.
The modern physician knows that he
remedies in a concentrated form. You do
no. find your doctor brewing tea or ask
ing you to chew huge quantities Of Gin
chona Bark where Quinire is necessary.
No longer Goes he administer a boIus Of
Opium to dcaden pain. Not much. a by
podernlic 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 q
recent discovery that viii undoubtedly
prove TO be the most valuable one yet
made. 1t is that of Vinol, Wine of Coo
liver Oil. which is nothing more or less
than 4 concentrated extract of the active
medicinal 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 its Objectionable fea-
lures. Every one realizes that there arr
many cases Of wasting diseases that could
have been cured by the use Of cod liver
oil, had ii been possb- e to administer the
obnoxious remedy; but every one does
not know that when they were tak:n:
cod liver oil in its old form, they were
absorbing into the system a vast amour.
of vi!e-snelling. misunderstanding grease
mat was absolutely powerIess of doing
them any good. but were simply taking
Il because il was vehicle that conveyed
the peculiar medicinal principles that it
was the intention Of the doctor to give TO
them.
Here is where this new discovery VIII
benefit the world. Th-se principles. sepa-
~ated from the fat and all other unneces
sa-T features, dissolved in a delicious
table wine. can now be administered even
30 the most delicate patient without its
1,cinG apparent that cod liver OF! or any
Ing connected with it is being taken.
The greater strength of the new pTepsra
ton VIII also enable the patient to receive
a greater amount Of necessary medicine
hat was possible to administer before.
The consequence viii be that the good for
Ehicfl the medicine is desired will be ac-
conlp;istcd in a much quicker time. The
harm that was formerly caused 10 stoin-
achs already weakened by disease will
We entirely aTerted, and tie resi,t vii; be
tl1at Einol in but a few Years VIII en-
,jrelv sUrcrsa6e. rs medicine, cod liver
OIL in any other known form.