The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-15
An Endless Chain
of Sickness.


There are upwards of one million deaths
each year in the United States. In qeq
OF cases the people who die are less than
sixty -hve years old. The evils that are
due 10 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 cured by the
Physician who has made one line OF dis
case a speciality.
1t would be just as absurd for the Pro
fessor in medical college presuming 10
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.. Il. 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
ist devotes his entire time, study and
attention.
The sick who have been treated at DIR.
Pierce's 1nvalids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y,
have much to say in regard to this Won
derfully equipped Sanitarium, where all
water baths, Turkish baths, static cleo
trio machines, high-freQuency current.
end 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 a 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
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embraces eases from every State and Ter
ritory of the Union as we'll as from foreign
lands. Many thousands are annually
treated, either through correspondence
or at DIR. Pierce's institution IL 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 incurable
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 most
valuable aid. When applied TO some Of
| the less fatal chronic ailments of germ
| origin it has proven very effective as a
curative agent
Another interesting proceeding is the
| violet-ray treatment produced by concen-
trating the violet or chemical rays from
an arc light with a 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 az
times be accurately determined) freQuent-
ly find immediate relief from single
treatment and usually with a little per-
sistence in the use of this aid, comfortable
health or perfect recovery is obtained.
The incandescent light bath, consisting
of a cabinet in which the patient Is
bathed I'm the com bined rays OF many
electric light globes, has produced really
wonderful results IN diabetes, sciatica.
rheumatism. obesity, anemia. and come
forms of kidney and heart trouble. II
has also proven valuable in chronic br0n-
chitis, bronchial asthma and various skin
diseases: As general hygienic measure
its efficiency can scarcely be over-esti-
mated.
Hundreds are brought to this Institu-
ton from far distant states and they 60
home in a few weeks well 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 medicine:
> 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 considerable attention
, Great care is exercised not TO over en-
courage those who consult the specialist:
of this institution that no false hopes
. may be raised.
Il Consultation by letter or In person 1:
, absolutely free-no charge whatever-sC
! that the public when afflicted are invited
( to write DR.. Pierce at the Invalids' Hote
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.