, 1906-04-04

Energetic, ~persevering action is gener~
ally necessary to overcome the obstacles
and attain great and noble ends in lie;
So, too, il n 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 remedial agencies en-
ployed be OF q 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
of. Take arsenic, for instance, II intro
duced into the system in any considerable
quantity ii will lodge in the brain, liver,
kidneys and other parts and there remain
as a 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.
With medicines of vegetable compost
ton it is different. They do their work
by aiding the natural functions of the
StNttdl OiBdlS VI bnt DOul w WHICH, butl
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 a long period of time. Espe-
cially is this true If the medicine taken is
free from alcohol. 1t is well known, how
ever, that even small portions of alcohol
taken for a considerable period of time
will do serious injury to the bodily organs
and functions n especially to the brain.
How important then, in choosing a med
icine for treating a malady OF long stand
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 knOlCn to be free
from alcohol and of vegetable compost
ton.
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 n
put them out for sale. Any afflicted
person who buys and uses then, does so,
as it were, in the dark, if not indeed at his
or her peril. They may and generally do.
contain a very large percentage of alcohol
or cheap whisky which thoroughly units
them for p]rotracted use. But this is not
the worst fault of many of them, obJec-
tionable though it is. Narcotics and
mineral pOiSonS, which we nave shown 10
be so harmful, especially hen used pro
tr~actedly, are contained in many of these
secret compounds.
To overcome the w~ell-grounded and
reasonable objections of the more intel
ligent to the use of secret, medicinal com
pounds, DR.. r. Y. Pierce, of Buffalo, n.
Y, some time ago, decided to make a 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 ingredients
entering into the composition of his widely
celebrated medicines. Thus he has taken
his numerous patrons and patients into
his full confidence. Thus too he has re.
moved his medicines from among secret
nostrums of doubtful merits, and made
them Remedies of Knotun Composition.
By this bold step he has shown that his
formulas are of such excellence that he
is not afraid to subject them to the fulles;
scrutiny. He has come to believe, and Is
willing to concede, that his patients and
all who take his put-up medicines have