The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-01-11
An Endless Chain
of Sickness.

Ihere are upwards OF one mllllOn QcalnS
each year in the United States. In 500
of cases the people who die are less than
sixty-tiv 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 cll'd ly the
Physician who has made one lire Of dis
ease a speciality.
1t would be just as absurd for the !'rn-
fessOr in a medical college preSumfl!g T.
lecture on all subjects as for the one Ply
stefan to presume to understand the nat
ure and cure of every disease.
That is why Dr. R.V; Pierce established
the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute
many years ago-with full staff of Ply
sicians and Surgeons-who though edu..
Gated to practice in all departments of
medicine are here assigned to special
department only-to which each special
list devotes his entire time, study and
attention.
The sick who have been treated at DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y,
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 1nvalids' 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 we'll they have succeeded may be
Judged from the fact that their practice
embraces cases from every State and Ter
ritOry OF the Union as we'll as from foreign
lands. Many thousands are annually,
or at DIR. Plerce's Institution. 1t Is an
old adage that, Experience makes per-
feet" and the skilled specialists in this
field of practice cure thousands of cases
which have been abandoned as incurahe
by general practitioners.
One Of the most wonderful electrical
appliances is the X-ray used at the 1nsti-
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
kIuucyS, dTc STU" ny WudU dIO
known as X-ray photographs. Internal
tumOrS. and the enlargement of the deep
seated organs, are also discovered by this
means and i'm the diagnosis of tuberculosis
of the lungs this agent has proven 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
viOlet-ray treatment produced by concen'
trating the violet or chemical rays from
an arc light with 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
ing pains (the origin of which cannot al
times be accurately determined) frequent
~ find Immediate relief from q single
treatment and usually with little per
sistence in the use of this aid, comfortable
health or perfect recovery is obtained.
The insa 9 light bath ,s consisting
bathed in the com bined rays Of many
electric light globes, has produced really
wonderful results in diabetes, sciatica.
rheumatism. obesity, anRmia, and some
forms Of kidney and heart trouble. It
has also proven valuable in chronic bron-
chitis, bronchial asthma and various skin
diseases: As q general hygienic measure
mated.
Hundreds are brought to this Institu.
ton from far distant states and they go
home in o few weeks we'll and strong.
Quite as marvellous are the thousands Of
cures annually accomplished through cor.
espondence. while the patient remains
quietly at home. Others consult In per-
son, and after being examined are pro-
vided with especially prepared medicines
and return home to carry out the treat
ment.
Everyone who consults the specialists.
whether BY letter or In person receives the
most careful and confederate attention.
Great care IL exercised not to over en-
courage those who consult the specialists
Of this institution that no false hopes
msy be raised.
Consultation BY letter o. IN person d
absolutely free-no charge whatever. 20
that the public when emicted ere invited
70 write Dr.. Pierce ct the lnvalide' Hotel
and Surgical Institute. Ruhslo. n. Z.