Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-11-14

quantity or proportion of any alcohol
morphine, opium, hcron. cocaine, alpha
of beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabrs
indca. choral hydrate, or acetanildc, or
any derivative or preparation Of any
such substances contained therein.
TEST OF "V1Avl"
For some months past patent cure
all medicine known as "Viavi" or the
"Niav Treatment" has been offered
for sale to the people of Burlington,
and In fact to the citizens of nearly
every town in the state. through the
medium agents. who make a house-to
house canvass with the medicine, or
visit homes where there is reported
to be sickness.
Niavi claims to have as it's basis,
an actual. and absolute dependence
upon nature and her everlasting and
Interchangeable laws. 1t is put up in
several forms. and retails at from S..
to SIS a package. and even higher.
Much has been claimed for and against
this medicine. but it has remained for
the state Laboratory of Hygiene in
this city to show the material up In
it's true light.
alysis furnished the Free Press yes
tcrday by the State laboratory, thiA
medicine IS not what it Is claimed to
be On July 26th, 1907, three sample s
of the medicine were received at the
state laboratory for analysis. The
Viavi liquid which is pvt up in small
bottles. and which retails for IS. was
found to contain as its principal in
/ lot
drastis) Clycerinc. and 1928 per cent.
alcohol, but no opium or any deriva
stives
The Viavi cerate was found to con
! tain cocoa butter, tannin, iron Gin ASH
and berberine, while the Viavi nerve
food in capsules, contained about the
same, although the samples were too
small for an extended analysis. This
medicine sells at retail for SO and
even as high as SIS and s35 while
| local druggists who were Interviewed
! by a Free Press representative stated
that this same combination could pro
| baby be put up at cost OF from 81
to $3.50,
Viavi has been stamped by the Of
ficials at the state laboratory as n
preparation of but medium value
The manufacture VINO put the medi-
cine out have issued large book
called "Viavi," in which 1t Is claimed
that nearly every ailment known IL
women can be cured. Physicians who
are strong in their denunciation of the
claims for this medicine. state tina,
this book Is woefully incorrect In ~
statements, and entirely misleading,
The Vermont Medical monthly f)l
March, 1907, in speaking of the Viav
trea tmeIt said:
The treatment" Is apparently in
tended especially for genealogical at
fections but its agents do not hest
tate TO exploit it for the alienation
OF any disease the flesh Is heir to
provided the one affected has tn
money to pay for the service. TIL,
usual method of foisting this cure OF
a town, is for tho agent to identif,
herself with a local church and thei
to arrange meeting for ladies, hell
in the church parlors, at which on ad
dress on health Is givea. This of course
is in such from that every womcl
present finds that she has somethin,
that is not quite right In ncr make VI
The agent then takes good care I
;
, She proceeds to visit the churca wo
men and persuade them that medica
, treatment and physicians are failure
and frauds. but that NiaVi is a sur
cure for whatever real or ina ginar
ailments they may nave. With thes
three packages, the liquid, corat
capsules for which she has paid fror
IS to 500 the afflicted one is no,
. able to cure all manner of disease.
! MISS E A. HALLOCK'S STATEMENT
G Two representatives. of tho Ere
Press called at the rooms Of Miss
y A. Hallock, county manager for tn
+. Niavi company, and told her tho re
suit of the analysis of Viavi made q
the State laboratory.
I'VE always have much to conten
: with" said Miss IIallock. THE proc
of the pudding is in tho eating the
say, and | know personally that NiaN
has done wonders. 1t has made mira
culOus cures throughout the countr,
and hundreds of womea who hay
} been relieved from long suffering al
now counted among the Viavi con
} panY's most enthusiastic workers"
"Thty say that Viavi Is nothin
above the ordinary as medicine
preparation" said one of the report
crs
That is not So" was the repl
"Viavi Is as old as the Rock of Age
and nas stood the test Of years Who
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