Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-02
The eOpen Door
SCIENTIFIC NEW DISCOVERIES.

BY the electromagnetic telegraph an
operator can exactly locate fracture in
submarine cable nearly 1900 miles long.
A few fossils sent TO an expert geologist
rock formation from which they are
taken. This he can describe as perfectly
as II the rocky formation was before him
on the table.
So, also, in medical science. Disease
has certain unmistakablc signs or symp-
clans and specialists connected with DR..
Pierces Inyalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute at Buffalo, are enabled TO accu-
rately determine the nature OF many
sonally examining their patients. In rec
ognizlng disease without q personal exam
ination Of the patient, they do not claim
to possess miraculous powers. They OBJ
tain their knowledge OF the patients dis
ease by practical and well-esta blished
principles OF modern science. Certain
diseases display certain peculiar traits.
Subjected TO scientific analysis they fur
nish abundant data to guide the judg-
ment of the skillful practitioner. This
method OF treating patients at distance,
by mail. has been so successful that there
Is scarcely a city or q village in the
United States that is not represented by
one or more cases upon the records of
practice at the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gIcal Institute. Such rare cases as can
surgical operations or careful after-treat-
ment, or electrical therapeutics, receive
the services OF the most skfllful specialists
at the Institution.
up DR. R: y, Pierce long ago established
tute with full Staff Of Physicians who
were expert in their specialties. These
physicians may be consulted, by letter,
free and without charge whatever, II you
wish a specialists advice upon any
.l.r r.vxtN las Tl.a rexSv~~ ~
rspecialltes is observed as In the depart
ments Of a medical college. The professor
who would assume to lecture in all depart
ments with equal ease and proficiency
would bo severely ridiculed by his col.
leagues, and it is just as absured to sup
pose that the general practitioner Gun
keep himself informed OF the many new
methods of treatment that are being con-
stantly devised and adopted In the several
departments of Medicine and Surgery.
People who have been patients at DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
have much to say in regard to this won.
derfully equipped Sanitarium, where all
the latest electrical apparatus, as we'll as
electric water baths, Turkish baths, static
electric machines, high-freQuency cur
rent, and other most modern and up-to-
date apparatus are used for the cure OF
chronic diseases. The treatment of the
chronic. diseases that are peculiar to
women have for many years been large
JictDT Ill L0t cures tlIpcIcu HL the u
lids Hotel and Surgical Institute.
The vlolet-ray treatment, which is
another interesting proceeding, is carried
out by concentrating the light, rich in
the violet or chemical rays, from an arc
light with specially prepared carbon,
the seat OF pain. Sufferers from neural
gia, sclatica, rheumatism, strains, sprains,
also from those obscure exhausting pains
tthe origin OF which cannot ut times be
accurately determined) frequently find
immediate relief from single treatment
and usually with little persistence in
the use OF this aid, comfortable health or
perfect recovery is obtained.
Then, there Is the incandescent light
bath, consisting of a cabinet in which the
Of many electric lights. 1t has pro-
duced really wonderful results in diabetes,
sciatica, rheumatism, obesity, anRmia,
and some forms of kidney and heart
trouble. 1t has also proven valuable in
chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and
the various skin diseases. AS n general
| hygienic measure its efficiency can scarce
| ly be over-estimated.
In medicine there has been rapid and
real progress during recent years, and DIR.
| Pierce has kept up with the times in that
| he has had the manufacture and ingredi-
ents in his well-known remedies Improved
In modern laboratory by skilled chem
lists, the greatest care being exercised to
see that the ingredients entering into his
well-known medicines DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription as well as the wGolden
Medical Discovery" are extracted from
the best variety of native medicinal roots,
gathered with great care and at the proper
season of the year, so that their medlci-
nal properties may be most reliable.
Great care Is exercised not to over en-
courage those who consult the specialists
Of this Institution that no false hopes
may be raised.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt OF stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Send 81
one-cent stamps for the cloth-bound
Write the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, DR.. r. V. Pierce, President, at
Ruffalo N v