The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-17
A DEEP MYSTERY SOLVED.
Women Blinded by Science.

The Doctor writes his prescription in
Latin and the patient shuts her eyes 10
what she Is swallowing. She takes that
much on faith. II ii should cure her she
doesn't know what cured her. IL the
prescription Injuries her she doesnt know
what did the Injury. The physician is
experimenting with different preScrip-
tiOns all the time. Sometimes his medi-
cine is successful in the case but often
not. This mystery Of a concealed pre-
scription Is intended 10 mystify and To
blind the patient. One physician Of wide
not believe In mystifyng the public. nor
does he grasp at the stars, but believes
that Nature provides that which Is neces-
sary for our health ana happiness.
When the womanly system is deranged
beyond the stage where IL will respond
to sunshine, good air. cheertulness and
proper rest; when the balance OF health
Is seriously disturbed this doctor believes
that Nature has placed at your hand
the balance OF power for good. Hidden
lin our American forests are many plants
which correct and cure those distressing
! ailments which cause women TO suffer
VITA backache. bearing-down pains. pain
in the back or front Of the head, nervous
/. ness and lasstude. Most all women who
. love Nature, who like 10 wander through
the woods. have at one time or another
picked the beautiful blossom OF the
only beautiful but very useful plant.
! The root OF this plant when treated
properly with glycerihe TO extract its
medicinal virtues IS valuable in all cases
Of nervous excitability or irritability,"
says Prof. John NJ. Scudder, VI. ID. An
other authority. Prof. r. Ellingwood.
NJ. d., says OF this plant: Exercises
special influence upon nervous conditions
! depending upon disorders OF the female
organs" Another plant which Is fire.
Quently found In our American forests is
Helonias, or Unicorn root The AMERI-
. CAN DIsPESsAToRY saws OF this plant,
that IL possesses decidedly beneficial
influence In an enfeebled condition OF
the general system, with weakness or
dull pain in the renal or lumbo-sacrsl
(small OF the back region. In dis
eases OF the womanly organs. II IS one OF
our most valuable agents. acting as
uterine tonic, and gradually removing
abnormal conditions. while at the same
time it imparts tone ana VigOr 20 the
organs" Hence, II is much used in ca
tarrhal, pelvic drains, Irregularities and
painful periods. Prof. King further says,
OF Unicorn root "A particular phase
removed BY IL Is the irr!tabilty and
dependency that often attends these
troubles (referring 10 the ailments Just
mentionedl. II has been found especially
adapted 70 those cases In which pelvic
fullness, and the aching. bearing down
>
The BODY
DR.. Pierce. chief consulting physician
TO the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti
tute OF Buffalo. N. Y. says, that a com
bination OF the active principles of these
two. native plants together with Golden
Seal root, Black Cohosb and Blue Cohosh
roots when extracted by the use OF pure,
triple-refned glycerine Of proper strength
(Which is used instead OF alcohol. will
almost invariably cure. those peculiar
weaknesses and maladies incident TO
women. That Is WHY DIR. Pierce, nearly
forty years ago, decided 90 put up In
ready TO use form, Prescription y
which he had found so useful In his
large practice.
DR. Pierce Is frank and open about
his ready-prepared medicine. called DIR.
Rierce's Favorite Prescription he tells
just what Is contained In it-he says
II Is not a eure-all, as II serves only a
singleness OF purpose, being for women's
peculiar weaknesses and maladies. the
only medicine put up for sale through
druggists for the cure OF such maladies.
all the ingredients OF which have the en-
dorsement Of leading medical practi-
TONERS and writers. as being the very
best known remedies for the ailments for
which "Favorite Prescription" Is advised
All this will be learned TO the readers
full satisfaction by perusing q booklet OF
extracts. compiled by Or. Pierce from
a0tnDitbito VI bnt SoNcI al NCuDpls
OF practice, and which will be sent free
TO any address on request for same,
mailed 70 DR.. r. Y. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
IL stands alone. DR.. Picrce's Favorite
Prescription is the only medicine for
woman's peculiar weakness and affec-
tons, oil the Ingredients OF which arc
printed upon the bottie-wFapper "a plain
Englfsh, so that all who take IL may
know exactly what they are using.
A further reason for the Unprecedented
popularity OF the rFavorite Prescription
OF DR.. Pierce for the special use OF women
IL 70 be found in the fact that IL contains
not a drop OF alcohol. He does not be-
lieve that an alcoholic compound Is bene-
fetal for those affections peculiar 10
women because the after-effect OF spiritu-
Gus wines or alcoholic medicines Is harm.
fol for weak, invalid, nervous women.
What rFavorite Prescription" has done
for others Il will no doubt, DO ron roc, IN
similarly Afflicted. and you give IL q good,
fAAx and faithful trial