The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-18
ALCOHOL IN SICKNESS,

At one Of the London pHbIic hos
pitfalls special point is made OF giving
alcohol to the patients rs rarely mud
sparely RS possible; and each time
tina, one Of the physicians does 10 he
submits n special entry OF the reasons
that actnated him. In the thirty-two
years OF the existence OF the hospital
alcohol has only been given seventy.
one times. The cases received are
exactly like those received by all the
other hospitals. For 1904 they NUN.
6ered 1887 in patients only. The
death-rate among these was 7.3 per
cent. For tho same year the average
death rate among the other London
public hospitals was Of per cent.
Therefore the Use Of alcohol in sick
ness is not 10 be regarded rs n neces-
slty. Although mosi physicians pre-.
scribe alcohol in solution with drugs
Tor their patIents-,here was one ply
slclan Of national reputation who did
not believe in using alcohol. Many
years ago when Dr.. r. V. Pierce de.
clded to put up his valuable rPrescrip.
ton" for the diseases OF women in
ready to use" form he used as a
solvent and preseryative chemically
pure giycerine OF proper strength,
which is n better solvent and preserya:
tive Of the active medicinal principles
residing in most OF our indigenous or
native plants than is alcohol. Dr..
Pierce found that the gfycerine, be.
sides being entirely harmless, possesses
intrinsic medicinal properties, OF great
value. =
No woman who is suffering from
Inflammation, from the pains and
drains incident to womanhood can
afford to be without DR.. Pierce's Fa.
vorite Prescription. An honest medi-
cine which has the largest number Of
cures to its credit and deserved popu-
larlty Tor two score years all over the
United States. Or. Pierce tells you
Just what is contained in bis uFayorits
Prescription"
ITS INGREDIENTS ARE:
Golden Seal root (iIydrastis Cana.
densis), Lady's Slipper root (Cypri-
pedium Pubescens), Black Cohosh
root (Cimicifuga Racemosa), Unicorn
root (Helonias Dioica), Blue Cohosh
root (Cauiophylium Thaiictroides),
Chemically Pure Glycerine.
Among the prominent medical men
OF the country who recommend the
above ingredients as superior remedies
for nervous conditions depending upon
disorders OF the womanly system and
for the cure OF those catarrhal condi-
tons in the affected parts are: Edwin
N. Hale, NJ. D., Professor Of Materia
Medica, at Hahnemann Medical Col.
lege, Chicago; Prof. John King, NJ. D.,
author Of the American Dispensatory,
Woman and her Diseases: Professor
John NJ. Scudder, Doctors Hale, Ives,
Wood, Bartholow and others. Address
a postal card to Dr.. Pierce for 4 COM
ptete treatise on the subiect-sent to
you without cost.
DR.. PIERcE's PLEASANT PELLETS
cure biliousness, sick and bilious head.
ache, dizziness, costiveness, or con.
stipation Of the bowels, loss Of apps-
lite, coated tongue, sour stomach,
windy belchings, rhearburn,n pain
and distress after eating, and kindred
arrangements Of the liver, stomach
and bowels. $50 ~.
Persons who are subject to any OF
these troubles should never be without 4
vial OF the Pleasant Pellets" at hand.
In proof OF their superior excellence 1t
can truthiully be said that they are
always adopted as \ household remedy
after the first trial. ESD 5'ffi5'
One little rPelletn is a laxative, two
are cathartic. They regulate, invigor-
ate and cleanse the liver, stomach and
bowels. As a rdinner piti,u 10 promote
digestion, take one each day. To re-:
lieye the distress arising from over
eating, nothing equals one Of these
little rPellets." They're tiny, sugar
coated, anti-bilious granules, scarcely
larger than mustard seedp,