Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-07
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SCIENTIFIC NEW DISCOVERIES.

BY the electro magnetic telegraph an
operator can exactly locate a fracture in
submarine cable nearly 5000 miles long.
A few fossils sent 10 AN expert geologist
enable him TO accurately determine the
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 unmistakallc signs or symp-
toms. BY reason OF tliS fact the physi-
clans and specialists connected with Dr.
Pierce's Inyalids' 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
ease by practical and well-established
principles OF modern science. Certain
diseases display certain peculiar traits.
Subjected to scientific analysis they fur
nish abundant data to guide the jndg-
mont of the skillful practitioner. This
method of treating PATIENTS at a distance.
by mail. has been so successful that there
Is scarcely city or village in the
United States that is not represented by
one or more eases upon the records OF
practice at the lnvalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute Snch rare cases as can
not be treated in this way, which require
surgical operations or careful after-treat-
ment, or electrical therapeutics, receive
the services of the most skillful specialists
n i the Institution.
DIR. X. V. Pierce long ago established
this lnvalids Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute with full Staff Of Physicians who
were expert in their specialties. These
free and without charge whatever, II you
wish II specialists advice upon any
chronic malady. The same system of
"specialltes is observed as in the depart
ments OF Il medical college. The professor
who would assume to lecture in a II depart
ments with equal cnse and proficiency
would be severely ridiculed by his col
leagues. and 10 is just as absurcd to sup
pose that the general practitioner can
keep himself informed OF the many new
methods of treatment that arc being con
stantly devised and adopted in the several
departments OF Medicine and Surgery.
People who have been patients at DR.
Piercc's lnvalids' Hotel, Rutlalo. n. v,
have much to say in regard TO this woI-
dcrfully equipped Sanitarlum, where, all
electric water baths, Turkish baths, static
electric machines. high-frcqucncy cur
rent, and other most modern and up-to-
date apparatus are used for the cure oil
chronic diseases The treatment of the
chronic diseases that are peculiar TO
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 are
light with specially prepared carbon.
upon any portion OF the body that may be
the seat of pain. Sufferers from neural
gia, sciatica, rheumatism. strains, sprains,
| also from those obscure exhausting pains
ltI l. Il.
accurately detcrmined frequently find
immediate relief from single treatment
and usually with u 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
| patient Is bathcd In the combined rays
Of many electric lights. 1t has pro-
duced really wonderful results in diabetes,
| sciatica. rheumatism, obesity, angmia,
and some forms of kidney and heart
trouble. II has also proven valuable in
chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and
the various skin diseases. AS general
| hygienic measure its efficiency can scarce
| ly be over-estimated.
! In medicine there has been rapid and
real progress during recent years, and pr,
| Pierce has kept up with the times in that
he has had the manufacture and ingredi-
| ents in his well-known remedies improved
| In a 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 Golden
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 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 N mailing only. Send 81
one-cent stamps for the cloth-bound.
Write the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute. Dr. r. V. Pierce, President, at
Buffalo, N. Y.
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