The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-20
MODERN i j {: Ii :. PRESCRIBING.
Doctor. Methods Better J., Than !.
They Were Years Ago. Y \.
The PATIENTS LOT ALSO MUCH IMPROVED.
Large Doses of Nau seating Medicine No Longer
Necessary. -~E

q delightful time, after all. Just
think of the round about 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 pounced
upon by doctor and often literally
bled to death. ",
That was only a starter Of what
was. soon to follow. Long, deep
draughts brewed from horrible,
tasting herbs were continually ad-
ministered. Remedies without
number each worse than the other,
followed quickly. No wonder so
many of our ancestors died young.
No wonder life insurance statistics
how that we come from a short
lived race.
1t is in medicine like everything
else. The day of barbaris in treat
ment is neary over. No longer does
the doctor deprive the patient of his
very LIES blood right at time
when he needs every particle of
strength. No longer does he com
pei the poor sufferer to absorb untold
amounts of bark, herbs and mineral
solutions right at time when
Nature should be left to herself to
straighten out what might only be
slight trouble.
The modern physician knows that
be can administer the vital prin-
ciples of his remedies in a concen-
trated form. You do not find your
doctor brewing tea or asking you
to chew huge quantities of Cinchoma
Bark where Quinine is necessary.
No loner does head minister abolus
of Opium to deaden pain. Not
much. A hypodermic syringe
charged with the active 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
recent discovery that will undoubted
ly prove to be tn valuable one yet
made. 1t is that of Vinol, Wine of
Cod Liver Oil, which is nothing
more OF legs than a concentrated ex-
tract of the active medicinal prin-
ciples found in the liver of the live
cod.
The above explanation is about
all that is necessary to give ono, in
order that he may understand the
full value of this discovery. Every
one knows the use for which cod
liver oil has been prescribed. Every
one knows it's Objectionable features
Every one realizes that there are
any cases Of wasting diseases that
could have been cured by the use
of cod liver oil, had it been possible
to administer the obnoxious remedy;
but every one does not know that
when they we're taking cod liver oil
in it's form they we're absorbing in
to the system vast amount of vile
smelling, misunderstanding grease
that was absolutely powerless of
doing them any good, but, we're
simply taking it because it was a
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
will benefit che world. These prin-
ciples, separated from the fat and
all other unnecessary features,
dissolved in delicious table wine,
can now be administered even to the
most delicate patient without its
being apparent that cod liver oil or
anything connected with it is being
taken. The greater strength of the
new preparation will also enable
the patient to receive greater
amount of necessary medicine than
was possible to administer before.
The consequence will be that the
good for which the medicine is de-
sired will be accomplished in much
quicker time. The harm that was
formerly caused to stomach already
weakened by disease will be entirely
averted and the result will be that
Vinol in but a few years will entire
ly supersede, as a medicine COO
liver oil in any other known form.