The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-28
DON'T GO IT BLIND
When Your Health Is Involved. There Is No Excuse for It
 Now.

Why should one resort to the gift en- terprise," give away, trial bottle' medi- cines so lavishly put out for invalids. to experiment with?
 Ones health is a possession too precious and sacred 10 be experimented with. When lost or impaired, why not take medicines of known composition and with long, time record of cures behind them?
 Every bottle of Dr. Pierce's world-famed medicines leaving the great laboratory at Buffalo, N. r.. has printed upon it's wrapper all the ingredients entering into its composition. This fact alone places pr. Pierces family medicines in a class ali by themselves. They cannot be classcd with patent or secret medicines because they are neither. This is why so many unprejudiced physicians now prescribe them and recommend them to their pa tients. They know what they are com posed of and that the ingredients are those endorsed by the most eminent medi- cal authorities
 The further fact that neither Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the great stomach tonic, liver invigorator, heart regulator and blood purifier, nor his "Favorite Prescription" for weak women contains any alcohol. also entities them to a. place all by themselves.
 Many years ago, pr. Pierce discov- cred that chemically pure glycerine of proper strength, Is better solvent and preservative of the medicinal principles residing in our indigenous. or native, medicinal plants than Is alcohol; and. furthermore that 1t possesses intrinsic medicinal properties of its own. being demulcent nutritive and most efficient anti-ferment.
 In natures laboratory, buried deep In the forest Dr. Pierce found Golden Seal root, the now highly prized stomach tonic and liver invigorator. At that time this Al tt, 1t could be bought in the open market for Is to 20 cents pound. It's price now Is upwards of s1.50 a pound so great is tho demand for it since all schools of med- cine have found out its great medicinal virtue. and have come to use 1t very largely.
 Some of our enterprsing farmers are now in fair way to make fortunes out of the cultivation of Golden Seal root since its price has scared to such a high fig- ure and the plant takes kindly to domestic cultivation.
 An equally important ingredient of Golden Medical Discovery" is Stone Root, although not in so general use by most physicians today. This native medicinal root is very highly spoken of by many of the more recent medical writ CTS, notably by Prof. John M. Seudder, M. D., late of Cincinnati, Ohio. and Prof William Paine, NJ D., late of Philadel- 
 tues. especially in cases of bronchial, throat and lung affections and in valvular disease of the heart, accompanied by smothered sensations and severe palpi- tation.
 Queens Root is another most valuable ingredient of the "Golden Medical Dis covery" of which Prof John King, M. D., fin his American Dispensatory says Beneficial in bronchial affections-perma- nently cures bronchitis-relieves irrita- tions-an important cough remedy. coughs of years standing being cured-aids in blood making and nutrition, and may be taken without harm for long period"
 Then besides the above strongly en- dorsed ingredients, Golden Medical Dis covery' is shown by it's published formula to contain Black Cherrypar-S, an agent highly praised for it's curative action in all bronchial throat and laryngeal affec- tions as well as in consumption. The small proportion of Mandrake Root and Blood root no doubt also enhance the potency of the compound. which has now many thousands of cures to its credit
 Dr. Pierce is one to believe that our forests abound in an abundance of most valuable medicinal plants for the cure of our many distressing and most fatal maa dies. if we would ofly seek them out and test them. Furthermore. he believes that the vegetable kingdom is the one to re- sort to for the most harmless remedial agents. They act most kindly upon the human system and are eliminated or rar- ried out of the body by the natural func- tions without injury, even Ill cases where 1t is necessary to make protected use of them in order to experience permanent cures. Dr. Pierce's medicines, being purely vegetable. are perfectly harmless. In other words, while they are potent to cure. be- ing purely vegetable in composition and containing no alcohol. they leave no bad effects behind This is not generally true when mineral medicines and those con- tainng large percentages of alcohol are taken into the system and their use pro- tracted over considerable periods of time.