The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13

Energetic. persevering action is gener-
ally necessary to overcome the obstacles
and attain great and noble ends in life
So, too, if one is afflicted with q dread
disease which has fastened itself upon
some of the organs of the body and become
firmly seated as a lingering or chronic
malady, active and persistent treatment
is generally necessary to dislodge the
enemy.
Since any medical treatment, however
good it may be. must be long continued
in order to be effective in old established
and therefore obstinate cases, how i'm
portant that the remedical agencies en-
safe and harmless, when their use is thus
protracted, they should be Of such nature
as to be easily eliminated or carried out
of the system when they have performed
their work, just as the refuse OF food is
carried out of the system. Most mineral
medicines are not thus easily gotten rid
OF. Take arsenic, for instance, II intro
quantity it will lodge in the brain, liver,
Kidneys and other parts and there remain
as q foreign body to set up irritation and
disease for a long period of time If death
does not sooner intervene. This is also
true of most mineral medicines.
tion 1t is different. They do their work
by aiding the natural functions of the
several organs of the body for which they
have an affinity, and like the refuse of
our food, are carried out of the system
through the natural emunctories-the
lungs, skin, kidneys and bowels. Thus
no injury is done to the system in cases
where the use of such medicines Is con
tinued for long period of time. Espe-
cially Is this true if the medicine taken is
free from alcohol. It is we'll known, how.
ever. that even small portions of alcohol
taken for considerable period of time
will do serious injury to the bodily organs
and functions and especially to the brain.
How important then, in choosing med
ing, and when medicines must, in order
to cure, be preseveringly taken for a con
siderable period of time, that those only
should be used which are k71oaD71 to be free
from alcohol and of vegetable compost
ton.
With most medicines put up for family
use and sold through druggists, theil
{ composition is kept a profound secret
known only to those who compound anc
put them outss for SALE Any afflicted
person who buys and uses then, does so
as it were, in the dark, If not indeed at hi
or her peril. They may and generally do
contain very large percentage OF alcoho
OF cheap whisky which thoroughly unit
! the worst fault of many Of them, objec
tionable though it is. Narcotics ant
mineral poisons, which we have shown t,
be so harmful, especially when used pro
i tractedly, are contained in many of thes
secret compounds.
TO overcome the well-grounded ant
reasonable objections of the more intel
ligent to the use of secret, medicinal com
pounds, DR.. r. ". Pierce, of Buffalo, N
y, some time ago, decided to make q boz,
departure from the usual course pursue
by the makers Of put-up medicines for dc
nestle use, and so has published broad
cast and openly to the whole world, a fu!
3 and complete list of all the ingredient
entering into the comp sitfon OF his widel
celebrated medicines. Thus he has take
his numerous patrons and patients int
81 his full confidence. Thus too he has re
moved his medicines from among. secre
nostrums Of doubtful merits, and mad
them Remedies of K7loao,1 Conopos6tto1
S BY this bold step he has shown that h
formulas are of such excellence that b
is not afraid to subject them to the fulles
Il scrutiny. He has come to. believe, and
willing to concede, that his patients an
all who take his Dut-np medicines have