The Washington times., 1904-04-06
HUMAN BAROMETERS
A Rheumatic rIystery

Here are some marveis of medicinei
A dose of aconite will climax at 3
O'Clock in the morning.
AlOes will operate at . o'clock a. m.
and sulphur at II o'clock.
No matter what time, in the preceding
day. GU have taken these medicines.
they win climax at the fixed hours here
stated and reveal certain symptoms al
ways.
How do you account for this2
How account for a Rheumatic person s
ability TO predict d coming storm "A
hours ahead, by the peculiar ache in his
bones?
rheumatism is simply Uric Acid in
the blood. Can Uric Acid have its time
limit. like other chemicals, but rejecting
backward like a barometer?
Uric Acid is due TO a lack of Alkaline
material in the blood. This Acid abb
serbs the debris, or waste matter of
the system.
1t carries this waste matter into the
blood when there are not enough Aka
line elements Qi1e salt or soda to neu-
tralize the Uric Acid. and to free the
debris before 1t reaches the kidneys.
AS the blood circulates through the
system, it then deposits small particles
u NAALS ndSLt matter III AAlN JC4AANS anu
muscles.
These particles are like graduated
sugar. or sand, and they grind between
the joints and muscles at every move
ment
This grinding causes intense pain and
Inflammation, frequently. If the disease
be not checked. the Inflammation Will
cause the Uric particles to be coated
with a fieshy cushion, which in time
grows TO be joints as well. Then ''bony
Joints" and crooked limbs easue.
The only way 10 cure rheumatism is
10 convert the Acid condition OF the
blood into an Alkaline Then, to dis
solve, and carry away the deposits in
joints and muscles.
Then, to get the digestive organs mo
a normal condition. so they Will secrete,
without further help. less Acid and more
Alkalines. Upon this condition depends
cure, and the permanence Of cure. But
it is useless TO kill rheumatism If we
also Kill the stomach in doing So
Few drugs powerful enough to dissolve
Uric Acid deposits are safe to take into
the stomach. This is why so-caTled
''quick-cures' are dangerous.
Rheumatism is slowly acquired, and
so a cure cannot be expected In a few
weeks treatment, and never by exter-
nal applications. The first essential in
a Rheumatic cure is safety-the second,
effectiveness-the third. permanence.
In a medical experience OF thirty years
l have known but one remedy which
combined these three qualities It took
nearly ten years OF my life to discover
anu perfect that remedy.
The chief ingredient l found I'm Ger
many, and to this 1 added, subtracted
from, and combined until 1 now have a
prescription on which l daily stake foE-
tune and repute.
After ?, 900 test cases found that DIR
Shops Rheumatic Cure" succeeded in
80 out OF each 40 cases. Then l decided il
was safe 10 supply II on a month s
trial, at my risk, TO Rheumatic sufferers
everywhere.
If II fails. the treatment and six bot
ties Of DR.. Shops Rheumatic Cure cost
you not faTthinB. and / bear the whole
cost myself without question.
II IL succeeds, the cost TO YOU Is but
So so. This Is no mere sample PROPOSE
ton, but a practical guarantee of sue
cess or no pay. Write me today-before
you forget it-fOr my free Treatise on
rheumatism.
Address. DR.. ShOop, Box 2766, Racine.
WIS. Simple cases often Yield TO one
bottle Of DR.. Shops Rheumatic Cure.
druggists 81 But all druggists do not
supply II on a months trial You must
write to me for that