The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-03
An Endless Chain
of Sickness.

VI OlChkIVSSs
There are upwards OF one million deaths
each year in the United States. In y99
! of cases the people who die are less thar
sixty five years old. The evils that are
due to disease can be escaped just in pro-
portion as the conditions and 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 clled by the
Physician who has made one line Of dis
It would be Just as absurd for the rrc.
lessor in a medical college presuming 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 DIR. r. V. Pierce established
! the Invalds' Hotel and Surgical Institute
many years ago-with a full staff of Ply
sicians and Surgeons-who though edu-
Gated to practice in all departments OF
medicine are here assigned to q special
department only-to which each special
list devotes his entire time, study and
attention,
The sick who have been treated at DR..
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
trio machines, high frequency current,
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 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
full 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, "ExllerhHe makes per-
feet" and the skilled specialists in this
field of practice cure thousands of cases
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 in the dag
nOSiS of many obscure conditions. With
its aid the interior of the human body Is
no longer the sealed book it has been here
tofore. Abnormal states of the bones,
gall stones, stone in the bladder or in the
kidneys, are shown plainly by what are
known as X-ray photographs. Internal
tumOrs, and the enlargement of the deep
seated organs, are also discovered by this
means and in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
of the lungs this agent has proven a most
valuable aid; When applied to some OF
the less fatal chronic ailments of germ
origin it has proven very effective as
curative agent.
Another interesting proceeding is the
treatment produced by cOncen-
trating the violet or chemical rays from
an arc light with q specially prepared
carbon upon any portion of the body that
may be the seat of pain. Sufferers from
neuralgia, sciatica, rheumatism, strains.
sprains, also from those obscure exhaust
times be accurately determined) frequent
ly find immediate relief from a single
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 cabinet in which the patient Is
bathed in the com bined rays of many
wonderful results in diabetes, sciat ica.
rheumatism. obesity. anpmia. and some
forms of kidney and heart trouble. 1t
has also proven valna bic in chronic bron.
chitiS, bronchial asthma and various skin
diseases. As a general hygienic measure
Its efficiency can scarcely be over-esti-
mated.
Hundreds are brought to this Institu-
ton from far distant states and they go
home in a few weeks well and strong.
Quite as marvellous are the thousands OF
cures neutrality-suspicious. through cor
sspondence. while the patient remains
quietly at home Others consult in per-
ION. and after being examined are pro-
,ided with especially prepared medicines
Ind return home to carry out the treat
nent
Everyone who consults the specialists.
whether by letter or in person receives the
most careful and considerate attention.
Great care is exercised not to over en-
those who consult the specialists
# this institution that no false hopes
nay be raised.
Consultation by letter or in person is
absolutely free-no charge whatever-so
hat the public when afflicted are invited
o write DR.. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel
nd Surgical Institute. buffalo, N. Y.