The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-18

Bufied deep ID our American forests,
many yeaS ago, Dr. Pierce found 9
6santifuI,, blooming plant the root OF
which Dol seSseS wonderfully effcacious
properties IS q. stomach and general
tonic, also as an Alternative or blood
purifier andliver invigorator, having an
especial affinity for allimucous surfaces
upon which il eIerts q most salutary,
soothing and healing. influence.
This sturdy little plant is known to
botanists q Hydrastis Canadensis, but
has several local English names, being
generally known as Golden Seal. DR..
Pierce found the root OF this common
forest plant to possess medicinal prin-
cipies Of great potency, especially when
combined, in just the right proportions,
With Queens root, Black Cherrybark,
Stone root, Mandrake. root and Blood
root, the properties Of each being ex-
tracted and preserved in chemically
pure glycerine of proper strength. ).
This compound DR.. Pierce named
his vGolden 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 it could be purchased
in the open markets for from fifteen
cents to twenty cents a pound. The
use of many tons OF this root every
wear in DR.. Perce's two leading medi-
cines-for it enters into both "Golden
Medical Discovery" and also into DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription as one Of
their most important ingredients-has
caused the price OF the root to advance
until to-day it commands upwards Of
a dollar and half 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, if we would only seek
them out, test them and learn how
aud for what diseases to use them.
Furthermore, he believes that the veg
etable kingdom is the one to resort to
for the most harmless remedial agents.
They act most kindly upon the hu-
man system and are eliminated or car
ried out of the body by the natural
functions without injury, even in cases
where it is necessary to make protracted
nse OF them in order to experience per-
manent cures. DR.. Pierce's medicines
being purely vegetable, are perfectly
harmless. In other words, while they
Sre potent to cure, being purely vege-
table in composition and containing no
. alcohol, they leave no bad effects be-
hind. This is not generally true when
mineral medicines and those containing
large percentages of alcohol are taken
ibt0 the system and their use protracted
over considerable periods OF time.
Il Many years ago, DR.. Pierce discov-
cred that chemically pure glyCerine, Of
proper strength, is a better solvent and
preservative Of the medicinal principles
residing in our indigenous, or native,
medicinal plants than is alcohol; and,
furthermore, that it possesses intrinsic
medicinal properties OF its own, being
demulcent, nutrtive, antiseptiC and a
most efficient anti-ferment.
THEY STAND ALONE.
The fact that neither DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, the great
stomach tonic, liver invigorator, heart
regulator and blood purifier, nor his
UFavorite Prescription" for weak, nerv-