The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-08-03
Little Journeys
To the Homes of
Great Restorers

We have all been charmed with the
sincerity of Me woman who called To
her neighbor, Glow are ye? Not that
| care hang, but just to make little
conversation"
There is one sort of communication
that does not belong to the conven-
tional, forced t.pe. 1t is the call of
the wild, the prayer ot the sufferer, the
letter of the sick to the trusted ply
stefan.
If one is i'll enough to admit it, he or
she wants direct, personal, immediate
help, not vague, experimental, general
dosing. Coffin varnsh proved TO be
the last remedy in the world for Mr..
Peck's rheumatism, and it is only one
of thousand cases on record where
they had to guess again. There ID
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 physician who has broken
the worlds record for the number Of
patients examined and treated, Is this
doctor with thousands of patients, with
mail large enough to require a special
mail service, giving the world square
deal? 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 offers? Does he
hold the record for the number of cases
actually cured?
This is a big scientific question and it
| should be approached with the true
scientific spirit Vi faithful inquiry, free
from cant.
DIR. X. V. Pierce, head Of the famous
! Worlds Dispensary 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 Or. Pierce has built up a great
scientific bureau of medical experts,
and when you send or 90 to him for
advice you get the prompt, direct, per
| sonal help your case demands. II you
have locomotor ataxla you are not set
upon by an important parsonage who
| has specialized on the ear in some for
eign hospital. You get an expert upon
your special trouble. II you apply for
! help in 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 60 to one doctor and demand almost
omnipotent knowledge, or TO depend
upon carefully organized bureau of
experts2
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 7
1t is the day Of the specialist, and
the World g Dispensary Medical Assoc
citation, with its staff Of eminent physi-
clans, with its dispensary and eplen-
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 a
great lifesaving station. The cures are
on record. He who runs may read.