The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-02-13
The Facts About Pe=ru=na.

Is Peruna an alcoholic beverage in disguise? Isit possible to use Peruna
a bitsrs, or abracer9
Itwould be the easiest thing in the world for any one to demonstrate the
fasiy of such statements Letany one go to the drug store and purchase a bot
eOfPeruna. Let him undertake to use nas a beverage or take this remedyin
doses considerably larger than those prescribed on the bottle. Would the result
be alcoholic intoxieation? Nothing Of the sort Let any one tv it and see
Peruna is medical compound quite heavily loaded with medicinal ingred-
tents. If taken in doses larger than prescribed it would produce a positive
drug effect No one could take itasa beverage. Ifany one doubts these state
ments try it and see. We know that Peruna cannot be used as a bever-
age; that it viii not intOxeate; that it cannot be used as a substitute for
liquors. We guarantee that PERUNA CONTAINSN NO CHEAP WHIsKEY-
Or ANY OTHER wHISKEY, for that matter
ItoOntans a small per cent of cologne spirits absolutely essential to dis
solve and hold in solution medicinal ingredients but the drugs contained in
Psruna prohibit its use Is a beverage. 1t would be the easiest thing in the
world for any one to demonstrate this if they chose to do so.
Peuna is sold everywhere. THE INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY
PRINTED ON EACH BOTTLE. 1t has been said over and over again that
chemists have analysed Peruna and found it to contain only cubebs and
whiskey. Now we challenge any chemist to demonstrate any such statement.
Let any one who has even a smattering knowledge Of chemistry purchase a
bottle of Peruna and see whether or not it contains whakey, find out for him
self whether or not 1t Is composed Of cheap Whiskey and cubaba Of course,
oubebs is one of the ingredients of Peruna, but there are many other ingre1.
tents 1t contains hydrasts canadensis coydals formOsa, COlinsonia, and at
least four other medicinal ingredients. To be sus. no chemist could so ma
lye Peruna as to be able to identify the various medicinal ingredients This
is beyond the ability Ofsny chemist But any ordinary chemist would be able
to say that Peruna Is heavily loaded with medicinal ingredients of some kind
in addition to Cubebs
easily demOnstratsdl Simply because there is continued hostility toward Pc
runa on the part of the medical profession Very likely the magazines which
took up the crusade against Peruna and denounced its S a cheap beverage
were misled by statements of the medical profession. Probably they were
sincere in their attitude towards it But now, after all these things have been
said and rehtd, it would seem to be in order for such people to use a istls
fairness and common sense in the matter.
Every time any one says that Peruna is nothing but cheap whiskey and
cubebs he is telling lie, an absolute fakehOOd. Most people intend to speak
the truth. But the prevalent habit of repeating other peoples Statements
without investigation as to their truth, has led many welmeaning people to
say these false things about Peruna
Used according to the directions on the bottle, PERUNA is A SAFE
AND RELIABLE GATARRH REMEDY, but like any other good medicine, il
taken in excess of those doses, it will produce drug effects very unpleasant to
the person who taxes it,
It'll therefore up to every honest person to quit making such statements
concerning Peruna, or acknowledge that he is repeating ISLANDERS about which
he knows nothing. One might Just as wensa that Castor Oils an intoxicant:
that if taken in large enough doses it win operate as a booze" If people
never tried to see, but simply repeated such statements about Castor Oil the
majority of people would come to believe them. It'll no easier to demonstrate
such a statement about Castor Oil than it would be about Peruna.
ANY one who takes Peruna knows that such statements are false. To saw
that Peruna is cheap whSkey and cubebs may constitute good material fol-
Jokes on the vaudeville stage, but there is no excuse for any one who pretenSr
10 be truthful saying over again this ~Ohrepeaed falehOOd.