New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14

United States government served notice
that if Peruna intended 20 continue in
business it must take out liquor
license.
This left Or. Hartman the choice be
tween selling Peruna only IN berrooms
or making some radical changes IN its
makeup. He chose the latter.
Yet. although the nostrum has
changed, its claims as "A cure for
coughs, colds, catarrh and grip are still
made on the label. And if any person
can read the advertisement in yester-
days Sunday World" without believ-
ing that Peruna is offered as a cure TO
dying consumptives, that person might
well afford TO take up the study Of
English again.
Testimonials" from Grave.
The makers Of Peruna know just "a
well as all the leading physicians and
tuberculosis experts in the country
that Peruna will not cure tuberculosis,
and they also know that the obtaining
Of testimonials is easy. II they have
any doubt Of il The Tribune will show
them testimonials that owners OF some
consumption cures have published,
signed by persons who wrote that this
or that nostrum had cured them Of
consumption. while the very signers OF
the testimonials were in their graves -
victims Of tuberculosis!
For the benefit Of Peruna's advertis-
ing writer, so that he will not again be
a party 10 a misleading advertisement,
an advertisement that says in so many
words that Peruna win cure tubercu-
losis in An advanced stage, The Trib-
une reprints the following opinion OF
the United States government, as
voiced through its Public Health Bu-
reau:
"There Is no drug known, however
rare or expensive Il may be, that has
any curative value in this disease ltu-
berculosis), and all remedies adver-
/ tsed as such arc TO be avoided Pat
( ent medicines are harmful, radium, the
X-ray or electricity in any Of its varl-
/ Gus forms have no value in tubercu-
/ losis Of the lungs. No serum has yet
| been found that will cure IL; there is
/ no plaster or poultice that has any eff
I feet on the disease ITSELF
, If the owners Of Peruna will state
. how a bottle Of their mixture. costing
r 81. can be Of any value to sufferer
, from lung trouble who has been given
/ up 10 die. The Tribune will gladly print
I their reply.
/ Il is in the manufacture Of Peruna
/ and similar mixtures, whose career is
one fragrant quackery. that more than
| half Of the alcohol In the United States
/ yearly is consumed. the saloons and
/ grog shops selling less than half.
Blow from Government.
The governments refusal to recog-
rice Peruna in the old style as any
/ thing but an alcoholic beverage has
/ been a sad blow 10 many. Now il one
wants to get real jag out Of Peruna
B he is apt to have an unpleasant hour
/ or So due TO the drugs contained in the
I rev mixture.
James =. Atkinson. chief chemist Of
/ the Department of Health Labora-
+ tories, tells this story: "A prominent
physician was called IN 20 attend his
/ cid aunt. He saw she was in need of
4 q stimulant and suggested whiskey.
She rebelled at the very idea. saying
/ that all her life she had refused 10
drink even the lightest wines, and had
4 no thoughts OF beginning now.
The physician said she was right,
and said he would compound a little
/ medicine fo- her lie took some pure
| whiskey, put in some Syrups and a lit
/ tie coloring matter and some fragrant
! herbs and administered IL 10 her three
i times n day-two fingers OF IL in each
/ dose. She took II for week. when
/ she had no more need OF II. and told
/ her uncle. the physician. that IL was
! very good medicine. and II was no won
/ der he was so famous"
Peruna IL only one Of the 10000 pat
ont medicines in the United States
whose almost constant game Of battle