The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-28
An Endles Chain
Of Sickne ss.

There arc upwards Of one million deaths
each year In the United States. 1ne9aef
Of cases the people who die arc less than
due TO disclose canibe escaped Just In pro-
portion as the conditions and habits TINT
bring on disease become more widely
understood.
Then too q chronic disease which may
baftie the skill Of the general practitioner
may yet be permanently cured by the
Physician who has made one line OF dis
ease a speciality.
1twould be Just as absurd for the Pro-
lessor In medical college presuming 10
lecture on all subjects, as for the one Phy-
sician TO presume TO understand the nat
ure and cure OF every disease.
That iswhy DR.. R.V. Pierce established
the Inyalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
many years ago-with a full staff Of Ply
sicians and Surgeons-whO though ediI-
Gated TO practice In all departments of
medicine are hero assigned TO a special
department only-to which each specials,
LIST deyotes his entire time, study and
attention. isi.
The sick WHO have been treated at DR..
Pierce's Inyalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. W,
derfully equipped Sanitarium, where all
electrical apparatus. Us well as electric
water baths, Turkish baths, static cleo
trio machines, high-frequ current.
and other most modern and up:t0-date
apparatus aroused for the cure OF chronic
diseases. The treatment OF chronic dis
eases that arc peculiar to women have for
many years been n factor In the, cures
affected at the 1nvalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute. ,gi
The physicians and surgeons employed
nmOnp I'm most n NOR IN Cad n MI cEflt.
fulsin 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
Judged from tho fact that their practice
embraces cases from every State and Ter
ritory OF the Union as well as from foreign
lands. Many thousands are annually
treated, either Through correspondence
old adage that Experience makes per.
feet, and the skilled specialists In this
held OF practice cure thousands OF cases
which have been gaband oned asincurable
by general lpractft ioners. NJ, Nss{i ~
One OF the most wonderful electrical
appliances Is the X-rdy used at the InSti-
tute which may lie used both In, the treat
hento various diseases and In tho dag
hosts OF many, obscure conditions. With
| itS dlu ,tut lIlttIlOT vi Gut Lulluus DOQyAtS
/ no longer the sealed book; IL has been here
totore. Abnormal states fof the bones,
gall stones, stone in tho bladder or In the
kidneys, are shown plainly by what are
known as X-ray. pho tographs.9 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 a most
valuable aid; When applied 70 someio
origin 1t has proven YER. effective as a
curative agent. jig.
Another interesting proceeding Is the
violet-ray treatment produced by concert,
trating the violet or chemical rays from
an arc light with n specially prepared
carbon upon any por tion of the ltody that
may be the scat Of pain. Sufferers from
neuralgia, sclatica, rheumatism, strains,
lsprains, also from lose obscure exhaust
ing pains the origin Of which cannot NJ
times be accurately determined frequent.
| treatment and usually with d little per.
! sistence In the use OF this aid, comfortable
4 health or perfect recovery Is obtained.
The incandescent light bath. consisting
J OF q cabinet In which the patient &
4 bathed in the com bined rays OF many
/, electric light globes, has produced really
kwonderfnl results in diabetes, sciatiea.
rhetimat ism, obesity, anamia, and some
j, forms Of z kidney and heart trouble. 1t
has also proven valuable In, chronic bron.
/ chitis. bronchial asthma and various skin
diseases. Asa general hygienic measure
Its efficiency can scarcely be over.esti-
itmated. Z; 4 F,ii
4 Hundreds are brought to- this Institu-
4 ton from far distant states and they 20
home in q few weeks well and strong.
Quite as mary lous are the thousands OF