Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-12

Energetic, persevering action is gener-
ally necessary to overcome the obstacles
and attain great and noble ends in lie.
So, too, Ii one Is afflicted with 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 1t may be, must be long continued
in order to be effective In old established
and therefore obstinate cases, how i'm
portant that the remedial agencies en-
ployed be of a harmless character. To be
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
duced into the system in any considerable
QuaL,,lsy 1t will lodge in the brain, liver,
kidneys and other parts and there remain
as q foreign body to set up irritation and
disease for long period OF time II death a,th
true Of most mineral medicines.
With medicines of vegetable compost
tion 1t Is different. They do their work
by aiding the natural functions of the
several organs of the body for which they
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 a long period OF time. Espe-
cially is this true ii the medicine taken is
free from alcohol. Tt is well known. how
ever, that even small portions of alcohol
taken for considerable period of time
will do serious injury to the bodily organs
ala q, l,NI ,.ni
How Important then, in choosing med
icine for treating malady of long stand
ing, and when medicines must, in order
to cure, be preseveringly taken for con-
siderable period of time, that those only
should be used which are kllOlGn to be free
from alcohol and of vegetable compost
tion.
With most medicines put up for family
use and sold through druggists, their
composition is kept a profound secret,
known only to those who compound and
put them out for sale. Any afflicted
person who buys and uses then, does so,
as 1t were, in the dark, If not indeed at his
or her peril. They may and generally do,
or cheap whisky which thoroughly units
them for protracted use. But this is not
the worst fault of many of them. objec-
tionable though 1t Is. Narcotics and
mineral poisons, which we have shown to
be so harmful. especially when used pro.
secret compounds.
To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections Of the more intel
ligent to the use of secret, medicinal com
pounds, DIR. r. v. Pierce, of Buffalo, N
Y, some time ago, decided to make bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers of put-up medicines for do
nestle use, and SO has published broad
cast and openly to the whole world, a full
and complete list of all the ingredient.
entering into the composition of his widely
celebrated medicines. Thus he has taker
his numerous patrons and patients into
his full confidence. Thus too he has re.
moved his medicines from among secre,
nostrums of doubtful merits, and made
them Remedies Of KnO,Cn Composition
BY this bold step he has shown that hi.
formulas are of such excellence that h,
is not afraid to subject Thorn to the fulles
scrutiny. He has come to believe, and il
willing to concede, that his patients ant
al who take his put-up medicines have ,