The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-09
HUMAN BAROME IERS.
A Rheumatic Mystery.

Here are some marvels of medicine!
A dose of Aconite will climax at three
O'Clock in the morning.
Aloes will operate at five O'Clock n. m.
and Sulphur at eleven o'clock.
No matter what time. in the preceding
dav. YOU have taken these medicines, they
will climax at the fixed hours here stated
and reveal certain symptoms always
How do YOU account for this?
How account for Rheumatic PERSONS
ability TO predict 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 renectins oack-
ward like a barometer?
Uric Acid is due to a lack Of Alkaline
material in the blood. This Acid absorbs
the debris. or waste matter. of the system.
1t carries this waste matter into tbs
blood, when there are not enough Alkaline
elements Oike salt or soda) to neutralize
the Uric Acid and to free the debris be-
fore il reaches the kidneys.
As the blood circulates through the
system. it then deposits small particles of
this waste matter in the joints and mus
cles
or sand, and they grind between the joints
and muscles at every movement.
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
fieshy cushion. which in time grows to the
joints as well. Then 'bony joints ana
crooked limbs ensue.
tn RbaurDa riSTn is
convert the Acid condition of the blood
into an Alkaline Then to dissolve, and
carry away, the deposits in joints and
muscles
Then. to get the digestive organs into
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
1T is useless to kill rheumatism If we also
kill the stomach in doing so.
Few drugs powerful enough 10 dissolve
Uric Acid deposits are safe to take into
the stomach. This is why the so-called
'quick-cures" are dangerous.
rheumatism is slowly acquired. and so
a cure cannot be expected In few weeks
treatment, and never by external applica-
tions. The first essential in a Rheumatic
cure is safety-the second, effectiveness
the third. permanence.
In medical experience of thirty years
have known but one remedy which COM
bined these three qualities. 1t took nearly
ten years of my life to discover and per-
feet that remedy.
The chief ingredient 1 found in Ger
many, and to this I added, subtracted
from. and combined. until I now have a
prescription on which 1 daily stake for
tune and repute.
After 1900 test cases I found that "Dr.
Shoop's Rheumatic Cure" succeeded in 80
out of each 40 cases. Then 1 decided it
was safe to supply it on months trial. at
my risk, to Rheumatic sufferers every
where.
If it fails, the treatment and six bottles
Of DIR. shoop's Rheumatic Cure cost you
not farthing, and / bear the whole cost
myself without question.
If il succeeds, the cost to you iS but
$50. This is no mere sample proposition,
but practical guarantee of success or no
pay. Write me to-day-before you forget
it, for my free Treatise on Rheumatism.
Address-Dr. Shoop, Box 2645 Racine,
Wis. Simple cases often yield to one bottle
of DR.. Shops Rheumatic Cure. druggists
81 But all druggists do not supply il on
months trial. You must write to me
for that