The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-26
Little Journeys
To the Homes of
Great RestOrers.

We have all been charmed with the
sincerity of the woman who called to
her neighbor, How are ye? Not that
l care hang, but just TO make little
conversation
There is one sort Of communication
that does not belong to the conyen-
tional, forced type. 1t is the call of
the wild, the prayer Of the sufferer, the
letter OF the sick to the trusted ply
sician.
If one is i'll enough TO admit It, he or
she wants direct, personal, immediate
help, not vague, experimental, general
dosing. Coffin varnish proved to be
the last remedy in the world for Mr..
Peck's rheumatism, and it is only one
of q thousand cases on record whore
they had TO guess again. There is
indiscriminate taking, as well as indis-
criminate giving, and the weak and
helpless are the victims. Two-thirds OF
the graft OF the world is being looted
from the sick.
This little journey is to the home
office of q physician who has broken
the worlds record for the number OF
patients examined and treated. Is this
doctor with thousands OF patients, with
a mail large enough TO require special
mail serSice, giving the world a,square
deal2 Is he giving each case individual
attention? Is he able to give the sui
ferer who has placed his life in his
hands the latest and most improved
treatment that science oilers? Does he
hold the record for the number OF cases
actually cured?
This is big scientific question and it
should be approached with the true
scientific spirit of faithful inquiry, free
from cant.
DIR. K. V. Pierce, head Of the famous
Worlds Dispensarv Medical Associa-
ton at Buffalo, would tell you that he
does not attempt the superhuman feat OF
reading the hundreds OF letters that are
sent to him day in and day out, year after
year. Marshall Field, the great Chicago
merchant, would make clumsy work OF
personally taking care of all his mail
orders. In great concerns the work is
systematized, with each detail in the
hands of an expert. When Samantha
Allen went to the New York stores she
insisted upon buying OF the proprietor,
but Mr.. A. T. Stewart happened to be
out. DR.. Pierce has built up a great
scientific bureau OF medical experts,
anu "llCAl yOu rttib VI 81 W NM IVA
advice you get the prompt, direct, per-
sonai help your case demands. II you
have locomotor ataxia you are net set
upon by an important parsonage who
has specialized on the ear in some for
eign hospital. You get 3n expert upon
your special trouble ii you apply for
help III letter this letter is carefully
studied and Immediately submitted to
the physician who has devoted his life
to fighting your particular trouble. If
you come yourself you are put in
charge OF doctor who has specialized
for years upon the disease that threat
ems you. Which is the scientific way
to go to one doctor and demand almost
omnipotent knowledge, or to depend
upon carefully organized bureau of
experts?
Which is likely to be of the greatest
help in time OF trouble, one lone doctor
passing upon twenty diseases, or twenty
doctors ready TO give their best advice
upon one case
1t is the day OF the specialist, and
the World Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, with ITS staff of eminent physi-
clans, with its dispensary and spien-
didly equipped hospital, with its world
famous medicines and its honor and
care in dealing with the public, has
fairly won the largest patronage that
medical history records.
Thus endeth this little journey to
great life-saving station. The cures are
On record. He who runs may read.