The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-27
ACTIVE, EARNEST, PERSISTENT EFFORT

Energetic, persevering action Is gener-
ally necessary to overcome the obstacles
ind attain great and noble ends in life.
p, too, IL one Is afflicted with q dread
disease which has fastened itself upon
s0me of the organs of the body and become
nalady, active and persistent treatment
ID 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 Inn
portant that the remedial agencies en-
pl0yed be Of harmless character. To be
safe and harmless. when their use is thus
<erotracted, 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.
duced into the system in any considerable
quantity it will lodge in the brain, liver
kidneys and other parts and there remain
IS foreign body to set up irritation and
disease for long period Of time IL death
true OF most mineral medicines.
With medicines OF yegeta BILE compost
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
where the use Of such medicines Is con-
tinued for long period of time. Espc-
cially Is this true II the medicine taken Is
free from alcohol. It is we'll known. how:
ever, that even small portions Of alcohol
taken for a considerable period of time
will do serious injury the hndfIv n
and functions and especially to the brain.
How important then, in choosing q med
fcine for treating malady OF long stand
ing, and when medicines must, in order
siderable period Of time, that those only
should be used which are k1lo,Dn to be free
from alcohol and of vegetable compost
ton.
With most medicines put up for family
use and sold through druggists. theil
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, II not indeed at his
or her peril. They may and generally do
contain very large Of ale os
them for protracted use. But this is not
the worst fault of many Of them. objec.
tionable though It is. Narcotics and
mineral poisonS, which we have shown x
be so harmful, especially when used pro
tractedly, are contained in many Of these
secret compounds.
To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections of the more intel.
ligent to the use of secret, medicinal com
pounds, DR.. r. v. Pierce, of Buffalo, N
r., some timo ago, decided to make bolt
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, q full
and complete list Of all the Ingredient
entering into the com position of his widel!
celebrated medicines. Thus he has takeI
his numerous patrons and patients int
his full confidence. Thus too he has re
moved his medicines from among score
nostrums Of doubtful merits, and mad
them Remedies OF Kno,un Composition
By this bold step he has shown that hi
formulas are of such excellence that b
Is not afraid to subject Thorn to the fulles
scrutiny. He has come to believe, and
willing to concede, that his patients an
Ill who take his puteup medicines have