Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-11-22
An Endless Chain
of Sickness.

There are upwards OF one million deaths
each year In the United States. In y0%
OF cases the people who die are less than
sixty-hve years old. The evils that are
due to disease can be escaped Just in pro-
portion as the conditions aud habits that
bring on disease become more widely
understood.
Then too chronic disease which may
battle the skill Of the general practitioner
may yet be permanently cured by the
Physician who has made one line Of dis
ease q speciality.
1t would be Just as absurd for the Pro
fessor in a medical college presumng to
lecture on all subjects as for the one Ply
sician to presume to understand the nat
ure and cure Of every disease.
That Is why Dr. R.V. Pierce established
the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute
many years ago-with full sta ~ of Ply
sicians and Surgeons-who though edu-
Gated to practice in all departments Of
medicine are here assigned TO a special
ist devotes his entire time, study and
attention.
The sick who have been treated at DR..
Pierce's 1nvalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
have much TO say in regard to this won
derfully equipped Sanitarium, where all
electrical apparatus, as well as electric
water baths, Turkish baths, static cleo
and other most modern and up-to-date
apparatus are used for the cure OF chronic
diseases. The treatment of chronic dis
eases that are peculiar to women have for
many years been a factor in the cures
affected at the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute.
The physicians and surgeons employed
are among the most experienced and skill
fui in the country, men who have made
these diseases their life study, and whose
highest ambition Is to excel in their
treatment.
How well they have succeeded may be
judged from the fact that their practice
embraces cases from every State and Ter
ritOry of the Union as well as from foreign
lands. Many thousands are annually
treated, either through correspondence
or at DR.. Plerce's Institution. 1t is an
old adage that, Experience makes per-
feet" and the skilled specialists in this
field Of practice cure thousands Of cases
which have been abandoned as incurable
by general practitioners.
One of the most wonderful electrical
appliances is the X-ray used at the Insti-
tute which may be used both in the treat
ment of various diseases and i'm the dag
nosiS of many obscure conditions With
its aid the interior of the human body Il
no longer the sealed book 1t has been here
tofore. Abnormal states of the bones
SuA SJOIleS, SJOllt III bllt DlduutI VI III bil'
kidneys, are shown plainly by what ar
known as X-ray photographs. Interna
tumors, and the enlargement of the deep
seated organs, are also discovered by thi
means and in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
OF the lungs this agent has proven a mos
valuable aid. When applied TO some o
the less fatal chronic ailments OF gerp
origin 1t has proven very effective as Q
curative agent.
AnOthar fntaraafip0 sNSsNaaouAfNa, 10 khf
violet-ray treatment produced by cOncen
trating the violet or chemical rays from
an arc light with specially prepared
carbon upon any portion of the body thai
may be the seat of pain. Sufferers from
neuralgia, sciatica, rheumatism, strains
sprainS, also from those obscure exhaust
ing pains (the origin of which cannot a
times be accurately determined) frequent
ly find immediate relief from a Singl,
|. treatment and usually with little per
SiStence in the use of this aid, comfortable
| health or perfect recovery is obtained.
The incandescent light bath. consisting
| of a cabinet in which the patient /
! bathed in the com bned rays of man,
| electric light globes. has produced reall,
| rheumatism, obesity, an9mia, and som
| forms of kidney and heart trouble
| has also proven valuable in chronic brOn
| chitis, bronchial asthma and various ski
| diseases. As general hygienc measur
| its efficiency can scarcely be oyer-esti
mated.
Hundreds are brought to this Institu
| tiOn from far distant states and they 2
home in few weeks well and strong
Quite as marvellous are the thousands o
cures annually accomplished through cor
| espondence, while the patient remain
| quietly at home. Others consult in per
| son, and after being examined are pro
vided with especially prepared medicine
! and return home to carry out the treat
ment.
Everyone who consults the specialist,
whether by letter or in person receives tn,
most careful and conSideratc attention
Great care is exercised not to over en-
courage those who consult the specialist
OF this institution that no false hope
may be raised.
Consultation by letter or In person (.
absolutely free-nO charge whatever-s ST
that the public when afflicted are invited
to write DR.. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n. Y