Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-01-19
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SCIENTIFIC NEW DISCOVERIES.

By tho electro magnetic telegraph an
operator can exactly locate a fracture in
a submarine cable nearly 5000 miles long.
A few fossils sent to an expert geOlogist
enable him to accurately determine the
rock formation from which they are
taken. This he can describe as perfectly
Is II the rocky formation was before him
IN the table.
So, also, in medical science. Disease
has certain unmistakable signs or symp-
toms. BY reason of this fact the physi-
clans and specialists connected with Ir.
Pierce's Invalids Hotel and Surgical In
stitute at Buffalo, are enabled to accu-
rately determine the nature of many
chronic diseases without seeing and per-
sonally examining their patients. In rec
OgniZing disease without a personal exam.
ination of the patient, they do not claim
to possess miraculous powers. They OBJ
tain their knowledge OF the patients dis
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 a distance,
Is scarcely city or village in the
United States that is not represented by
one or more cases upon the records of
practice at the 1nvalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute. Such rare cases as can
not be treated in this way, which require
surgical operations or careful after-treat-
ment, or electrical therapeutics, receive
at The Institution.
DIR. r. v Pierce long ago established
this InvafidS' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute with full Staff of Physicians who
were expert in their specialties. These
physicians may be consulted, by letter,
r. ! 1 L
wish a specialists advice upon any
chronic malady. The same system OF
"specialites 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 be severely ridiculed BY his col
leagues, and it is just as Assured to sup
pose that the general practitioner can
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 DIR.
Pierce'S Invarids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
derfully equipped Sanitarium, where all
the latest electrical apparatus, as well 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 o.
chronic diseases. The treatment of the
chronic diseases that are peculiar Il
women have for many years been large
factor in the cures effected at the Inva-
lids Hotel and Surgical Institute.
The violet-ray treatment, which Is
another interesting proceeding, is carried
out by concentrating the light, rich in
the violet or chemical rays. from an arc
| upon any portion of the body that may be
the seat of pain. Sufferers from ncUral-
| gia, sciatica, rheumatism, strains. spra ins,
also from those obscure exhaust" pains
| 1.-THE origin of which cannot al tines 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 cabinet in which the
patient is bathed in the combined rays
Of many electric lights. 1t has pro-
dnced really wonderful results in diabetes,
and some forms OF kidney and heart
trouble. 1t has also proven valuable in
| chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and
the various skin diseases. AS a general
| hygienic measure its efficiency can scarce
| ly be Over-estimatcd.
In medicine, there has been rapid and
| real progress during recent years. and DR..
Pierce has kept up with the times in that
| he has had the manufacture and ingredi-
| 1ntS in his well known remedies improved
u a modern laboratory by skilled chem
! sts, 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 Golden
Medical Discovery" are extracted frsm
the best variety of native medicinal roots,
gathered with great care and at the proper
season of the year, so that their medici-
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.
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free ON receipt of stamps
! to pay expense of making only. Send 81
| cne-cent stamps for the clOth-bound.
Write the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute: Or. r. V. Pierce, President, at
Buffalo, N. 7.