Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-27
IN NATURES LABORATORY,

Buried deep in our American forests,
many years ago, Dir. Pierce found a
beautiful, blooming plant the root of
which possesses wonderfully ethcaciOus
properties as a stomach aud general
tonic, also as an alternative or blood
purifier and liver inNgorator, having an
especial affinity for all mucous surfaces
upon which il eXerls most salutary,
soothing and healing influence,
This sturdy little plant ia known 10
botanists as Hydrastls Canadensis, bnt
has several local English names, being
generally known rs Golden Seal. Or.
Pierce found the root Of this common
forest plant 20 possess medicinal prn-
ciples of great potency, especially when
combined, in flst the right proportions,
with Queens root, Black Cherrybark,
Stone root, Mandrake root and Blood
root, the properties oi each being eN-
tractcd and preserved in chemically
pure glycerine OF proper strength,
This compound Dr. Pierce named
his Golden Medical Discovery" in
honor OF the sturdy little Golden Seal
plant. So little used was the root OF
this plant by the medical profession at
that time, that il could be purchased
in the open markets for from fifteen
cents to twenty cents pound. The
use OF many tons OF this root every
year in DR., Picrce's two leading medi-
cines--for it enters into both Golden
Medical Discovery" and also into Dr..
Pierce's Fayorite Prescription as one Of
their most important lngredients-has
caused the price OF the root TO advance
until to-day it commands upwards Of
o dollar and hall a pound.
DIR. PIERcE's FAITH,
DR.. Pierce believes that in our native
forests are to be found an abundance OF
most valuable medicinal plants for the
cure Of many distressing and most
fatal maladies, II We would only sccl,
them ont, test them and learn bow
and for what diseases TO use them.
Furthermore, he believes that the veg
etabIe kingdom is the one 90 resort 10
for tine most harmless remedial agents.
They act most kindly upon the hui
man system and are eliminated or car,
rcd out of the body by the natural
functions without injury even In cases
where tits necessary TO make protracted
use Of them in order 10 experience per-
manent cures DR., Pierce's medicines
being purely vegetable, are perfectly
harmless. In other words, while they
are potent TO cure, being purely yege.
table in composition and containing no
alcohol, they leave no bad effects bc,
hind This is not generally true wher
mineral medicines and those containing
large percentages OF alcohol are taker
into tie system and their use protracted
over considerable periods Of time,
Many years ago, Or, Pierce discov
cred that chemically pure gycerinc, Of
proper strength, is better solvent and
preventative of the medicinal principle,
residing in our indigenous, or native
medicinal plants than is alcohol and
furthermore, that IL possesses intrinsic
medicinal properties OF its own, beinl
demulcent, nutritive antiseptic and Z
most efficient anti-ierment
THEY STAND ALONE
The fact that neither Dr. Piercc'i
Golden Medical Discovery, the grea'
stomach tonic, liver inygorator, hear
regulator and blood purifier, nor hii
"Fayorite Prescription for weak, nery