The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-05-21
The Facts About Pe=ru=na.

hPsruna an alcoholic beverages in disguissi Isl possible to us Perm.
!. b5t.s 20 Ehsksyl Do people buy Psuna and use it as a teddy or
It would be the eadsH thing in the world for any one to demonstrate the
hLIy fneh statements Lstsny one 60 to the drug store and purchase : bot.
GsOfPeruna Lethm undertake to use itas a beverage. ortaks his Ts1 e5vin
Sc9n.laersoly larger than those prescribed on the bottle. Wouldt the result
D Ioohohe mtoxicanonl Nothing ofths sort Let any one TN It and see
Fsrnna 81 medical compound quite heavily loaded with medicinal fn0rs5.
Tents II taken In doses larger than prescribed it would produce a positive
- eucL NO one could takei asa beverage Hany one doubts these state
ne7ta try 1t and see. We know that Peruna cannot be used as a bever.
age; that It VIII not htozieats; that it cannot be used as a substitute for
liquors We guarantee that PERUEA CONTAINS no CHEAP WEIsKFY-
o. ANY OTHER WHIsKEY, for that matter.
1t contains a small per cent of cologne spirits, absolutely essential to dis
IoNe au h1 IA solution medicinal ingredients but the drugs contained in
Psruna prohibit its use a. a beverage. 1t would be The easiest tbn0 ii tbs
world for any one 70 demonstrate this if they chose to do So
Peruna Is sold everywhere. THE INGREDIENTS ARE PLATVTy
PRINTED ON Each BOTTLE It has been said over and ovsr agai1 t5.t
chemists have analysed Peuna and found it to contain only cubebs and
TAlskey' NOW We challenge any chemist to demonstrate any such statement
Let any one who has even a smattering knowledge Of chemistry purchase A
botle Oh feruna and see whether or not it contains whskey find out for him.
self whether or not it is composed of cheap whiskey and cnb.bs nj Co..
cubebs is one Of the ingredients of Peruna, but there are nan other ino-s5
least four other medicinal ingredients. To be sure. no chemist oopId q -
g7e Peruna a to be able to identify the various medicinal ingredients This
Is beyond the ability ofany chemist But any ordinary chemist would be AHA
to say that Peruna is heavily loaded with medicinal ingredients Of some lind
In addition to Cubebs.
easily demonstratedi Simply because there is continued hostility toward Pc
on the part OF the medical profession Very likely the magazines which
nc1 ? the crusade against Peruna and denounced it as a o5san ave.
we're misled by statements of the medical profession. Probably they were
unSere IN teer attitude towards 1t But now, after all these things have been
sd and rented, 1t would seem to be in order for such people to use little
fairness and common sense in the matter.
Every time any one says that Peruna is nothing but cbeaD vbi,ksv and
cubebs he ii telling a lie, an absolute faIsehOod' Most nsoDis nv %I1 - ana
the truth. But the prevalent habit Of repeating other peoples statement.
without mVeslgalon a 70 their truth, has led many wen-meaning people to
Used according to the directions on the bottle, PFRUNA Is A sAFE
AND RELIABLE CATARRH REMEDY, but, like any other GOOD + msi e a = =
taken in excess Of those Doses it will produce drug effects very unpleasant to
the person who takes it.
Its therefore up to every honest person to quit making inch. ,ot.m.n4.
concerning Peruna, or acknowledge that he is repeating ISLANDERS abont wh;oh
he knows nothing. One might just as well say that Castor Oil ia AN intovoant.
that if taken in large enough doses it will operate a a 1boozen Tf noorIrS
never tried to see, but simply repeated such statements about Castor MI r.
majority ofpeope would come to believe them. tt Is no easier tn demoDa-a+.
such a statement about Castor Oil than it would be about Peruna.
ANY one who takes Peruna knows that such statements are false To~u
that Peruna is cheap whiskey and cubebs may constitute good material ~ -
jokes on the vaudeville stage, but there is no excuse for any wbo $50
to be truthful saying over again this OftTepoated falehoOd. ~-