The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-13
The OpenDoor
SCIENTIFIC NEW DISCOVERIES.

By the electromagnetic telegraph nj
operator eau exactly locate o fractJtfpein
o ,submarlne cable nearly 400 miles long.
n few fossils sent TO nm expert gcOlnglSt
enable him u accurately determine 1ln'
rock formation from which they are
taken. This he can describe as perfectly
rs II the rocky formation was before Lin
on the table.
So, also, In medical science. Disease
has certain unmistakallp signs or symp'
toms. BY reason Of thls fact the pliyi-
claus aud specialists connected with 1lr.
Plerce's lhyalllsN Hotel and Surgical In
stitilte nj buffalo, arc enabled 10 nccu-
rataly determine the nature OF many
chronic diseases without seeing and per-
SOnally examining their patients. In re
ognlzlng disease Without . personal cxunl-
lnatlOn u the patient, they do not claim
to possess miraculous powers. They ub-
tain their knowledge Of the patients dis.
ease by practical and wcll.oStablislcd
principles Of modern science. Certain
diseases display certain peculiar traits.
Subjected 10 scientific analysis they fur
niSh abundant data 10 guide the judy
ncnt OF the skilllul practitioner. THIS
method OF treating patients ut n distance,
by mail. has been 80 successful that there
Is scarcely 4 city or n village In tho
United States that Is not represented by
one or more eases lipOn the records oil
practice at tho lnvallds' Hotel und Sur
gical Institute. Such rare eases as cum
not DO treated In this way, which require
surgical operations or careful nIter-treat-
ment, or electrical therapeutics, receive
the services OF the oStskillful specialists
at the Institution.
this InvalldS' llutcl aid Surgical lnstI.
tute with u full Stall OF Physicians who
were expert In their sp~rclaltirs. These
physicians may be consulted. by letter,
free and without charge whatever, tyOu
wish 4 specialists advice upon my
chronic mialady. The same system u
"SpecIallteS Is Observed Us In the depart.
mentS Of u medical college. The professor
who would assume to lecture IN oil dclRirt-
ments with equal case and proficiency
would DO severely -ldiculed by his col
leagues, and 1t Is Inst us alSlIred TO sup
pose that tho general practitioner can
keep himself Informed OF the many new
methods Of treatment that are being con.
SANITY devised and adopted In the several
departments OF Medicine and Surgery.
People who have been patients Ut Dir.
PiercG'S Inyallds' Hotel, Buffalo. N. ",
have much to say IN regard 10 thlS1wuIr
derfnlly equipped S%anitarium, where all
the latest electrical apparatus, as well as
electric water baths, Turkish baths, static
electric machines. hlgl-fIrqueney cur
rent, and other most modern and up-tO.
date apparatus are used for the cure Of
chronic diseases. Tile treatment Of the
chronic diseases that are peculiar 10
women have for many years been o large
factor In the cures effected ut the lnva'
lids Hotel aud Surgical Institute.
The vlOlet-ray treatment, which Is
another interesting proceeding, j. carried
out by concentrating the light, rich IN
the vlnlct or chemical rays. from an urc
light with n specially prepared carbon,
tnpVpyany portion Of the body that Hlpy 10
tho seat Of pain. Sufferers from nelifal-
gla, Sciatlcl. rheumatism, strains, srralnS,
also from those obscure ~rXIauStlng Illls
itthei OrigtnS of which canned attttmes he
Immediate relief from a single treatment
and usually with 4 little persistence In
the ltSc OF this aid, comfortable health or
perfect recovery Is obtained.
Then, there Is the incandcScent light
bath. consisting OF o cabinet III which the
patient Is batlled in'the coniblncdgr rays
Of many electric lights. IL has pro-
duced really wonderful results IN diahetes,
sclatlca, rheumatism, Obesity, annmia,
aud some forms OF kidney and heart
tronble. Il has also proven valuable In
chronic bronchitis. bronchial asthma and
the various skin diseases. Asa general
hyglenlc measure Its efficiency can scarce
lily DO oycr-cstimatcd.
In medicine there liAs been rapldtand
real progress during recent years. and DR..
Pierce has Kept up with the times inithat
he has had the manufacture and ingredl
ents III his weli.knOwn remedies Improved
In I modern laboratory by skilled chem
lists, the greatest care being exercised IL