GOOD NE'WS 
-FOR- 
Weak, Debilitated Men. 
The Particulars of a Simple and Certain Means of Home-Cure for 
those suffering from the Effects of Imprudence, Excesses, Wast- 
ing Weakness, Urinary Diseases, Lost Vitality, Nervous Debility, 
Early Decay, Loss of Memory, Despondency, Gleet, and 
Premature Old Age. Showing Clearly how any one 
thus Afflicted may Speedily, Cheaply and Perma- 
nently Restore Themselves to Health, Strength 
and Vigor, by the use of 
DR. RUDOLPHE’S 
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The Particulars oI a Simple and Certain Means of Home-Cure for those 
Suffering from the Effects of Imprudence, Excesses, Wasting 
Weakness, Urinary Diseases, Lost Vitality, Nervous Debil- 
ity, Early Decay, Loss of Memory, Despondency, Gleet, 
and Premature Old Age. Showing Clearly how 
any one thus afflicted may Speedily, Cheaply, 
and Permanently Restore Themselves 
to Health, Strength, and Vigor, 
by the use of 
GOOD NEWS FOR WEAK, DEBILITATED MEN. 
DR. RDDOLPRFS SPECIFIC REPIEDY 
This treatise is intended for those suffering from the above- 
mentioned diseases, who, having no knowledge of medicine, but 
being sick, desire a speedy cure. To these I wish to impart, in 
the clearest manner, an intelligible statement of their case and 
the best remedial treatment. My wonderful success in thousands 
of cases, some of which were regarded by the best physicians of 
Europe and America as incurable, as well as my desire to benefit 
my fellow-men, at least entitles me to a fair hearing on the part 
of those afflicted. My long experience, extending over a period 
of thirty years, devoted entirely to the treatment and cure of this 
class of disorders, in no single case of which, from the most simple 
to the most aggravated and chronic, did I fail to cure or give great 
relief with the Specific Remedy, at least give me a claim to the 
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1884, by Prof. F. C, Fowler, 
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 2 
attention and confidence of the public as well as the profession. I 
have more than justly-earned pride in this statement, and feel that 
I am doing suffering humanity the greatest and most lasting benefit 
by making my wonderful curative agent as widely known as possible, 
and to that end I have written this pamphlet, hoping that its plain, 
common-sense truths may be spread broadcast throughout the land: 
knowing that none, however remote or however hopeless their case 
may seem to be, into whose hands it may fall, but may rest assured 
that in consulting me they will find not only relief but a positive cure. 
MY SYSTEM OF TREATMENT. 
How few physicians understand the treatment and cause of 
these diseases! Hardly one physician in a thousand makes a study 
or specialty of Nervous Debility, or possesses a medicine which can 
permanently effect its cure; consequently, sufferers living at a dis- 
tance from large cities (their own physicians not understanding the 
necessary treatment) would have very little chance of getting cured, 
thus leaving an open field for quacks and their patented nostrums, 
which ruin thousands annually, which makes it the duty of some 
educated physician to check their wholesale slaughter. 
Who is better fitted to do this than a really successful spe- 
cialist who has given over a quarter of a century to the study and 
successful treatment of this one particular class of disorders? To 
the afflicted, such a one needs no apology. I have none other to 
offer. I desire to benefit my fellow-man, and to assist in the 
recovery of his vanished health. My purpose will be served if I 
can be the means of rescuing the unwary and unfortunate from the 
hands of unprincipled quacks, charlatans, empirics, venders of 
poisonous patent medicines, and unprincipled practitioners, and to 
place in their own hands not only the means of relief but of positive 
cure. 
I consider it honorable to advertise, though some physicians 
profess to consider it not professional, and I am sometimes asked 
why I do it. I advertise in order to make my remedy known, and 
have cured thousands who have first heard of me in this way. It 
multiplies my opportunities to cure the afflicted a hundred fold, and 
this reason should be sufficient to a person with one spark of 
humanity. 
The more useful the enterprise, the more it ought to be made 
known to mankind; any “ code of ethics,” among uneducated or 
selfish medical men, which would forbid this is contrary to humanity 3 
and wholly unworthy of a conscientious man. I have never re- 
gretted advertising, and have been amply repaid in learning that I 
have, by the use of my remedy, cured hundreds who, but for me, 
would be either in their graves, in a state of idiocy, or else inmates 
of an insane asylum. 
I make no claim to infallibility, but I honestly believe that I 
can cure any case of the diseases before mentioned that has not 
reached the grade of insanity, and in such cases can afford the 
patient great relief (if my advice is faithfully followed), if not 
ultimately effect a cure. 
I have treated an enormous number of patients, with a success 
never before equalled on the face of the earth. The patients 
embraced both sexes, and almost every age and condition of life, 
many of whom had previously tried nearly every other treatment 
and advertised remedy without benefit. I do not claim that my views 
of these diseases are infallible in every instance, but I do honestly 
assert that they are both rational common-sense and in accordance 
with the laws of nature. As I have stated before, one of the 
most important parts of medicine is the right understanding of the 
causes, nature, location, and extent of the disease, and the properties 
of the medicines which will act most powerfully, healthily, and 
speedily in removing it. Here is where so many physicians grope 
in the dark and utterly fail, where the ignorant and superstitious 
pretender steps in with his poisonous compounds, dealing out suffer- 
ing, despair, and death. 
DR. RUDOLPHE’S SPECIFIC REMEDY 
is the result of years of patient study and experiment on the treat- 
ment and profound observations of the cause and nature of Nervous 
Debility in general. It is perfectly safe, never weakens the patient, 
never obliges a person to neglect his business; it exercises the 
most healthy influence upon every nerve, muscle, and blood vessel, 
on the brain, the spinal cord, glands, and lymphatics; every portion 
of the body pertaining to the vital organs is awakened into new 
life and vigor, thereby soon regaining their natural healthy condition. 
In fact, it acts with the most potent and remedial effect upon every 
filament, tissue, and nerve that, united, form the body, allaying all 
irritation, eradicating every morbific agent, every poison, invigor- 
ating the debilitated organs, enriching the impoverished fluids, 
building up the flagging nervous energies, imparting vigor to body 
and mind, and bringing every healthy faculty into play. 4 
to public confidence are founded on the most extensive and thorough 
education, study, and observation, which have been confined exclu- 
sively to disorders of the bladder and urinary organs, and the thou- 
sands of eases which I have treated successfully. Besides these, my 
reputation and standing in the community in which I live, as daily 
evinced in the unsolicited testimonials, letters, and encomiums given 
me by the most distinguished people and prominent press of the 
country, confirm me in the right to assert my claims to honest confi- 
dence on the part of the afflicted. If all these stand for naught, 
then reputation and character are of no value to any one. 
MY CLAIMS 
DR. RUDOLPHE’S SPECIFIC 
is not a Patent Medicine, and I shall never patent it. If any one 
can make a remedy which will excel it in curing Nervous Debility, 
no jealousy of mine shall stand in their way, and as we are growing 
more enlightened the older the world grows, it would be strange if a 
new discovery was not made in this direction; but I challenge the 
world to produce a medicine or a physician that has cured as many 
cases in twenty years as I have with my remedy during the last year. 
I am often asked the question: “ How many packages will it 
take to effect a cure?” To which I will answer that some patients 
need more, others less. One package will cure any ordinary case, 
and many of my patients, after having paid out hundreds of dollars 
without receiving the least particle of benefit, have taken my treat- 
ment and have been cured by a single package, at the small cost of 
$3.00. These patients tell other sufferers who seek a like aid, and 
thus I get my remuneration from thousands of patients annually. 
My treatment never injures any one, but in all cases affords great 
relief, or a radical and permanent cure. My medicine is compounded 
in the most careful manner, from the finest and purest chemicals, 
with the truest knowledge of their therapeutic properties and 
physiological action, so that it is standard in every particular. 
When I take hold of a case, I exert my whole mind, energies, 
and skill to perfect a cure, irrespective of any money consideration, 
and bring to bear on it all that science, honesty, knowledge, and 
experience will accomplish, knowing that the exertions of these 
never fail to bring their just reward in due time. 
To those who are debilitated through ignorance of nature’s laws 
in youth, or from the excesses of more mature years, the signs of 5 
which are very evident by the sunken eye, the sallow color of the 
face, attenuated form, aversion to society, but, above all, the haggard 
look which the consciousness of premature decay of the vital forces 
stamps on the countenance. (Premature decay, the curse of man- 
kind, which has caused more to commit suicide and rush unbidden 
into the presence of their Maker than all the misfortunes of life.) 
To these I recommend my Remedy. By its use the sparkling eye 
and bloom of health will again adorn and bedight you, and the noble 
works of a great master again with tenacity will cling to life, and, in 
his proper sphere, become the natural concomitant to a mutual 
enjoyment; for when life is divested of some of its pleasures, days 
are looked forward to as years, and years as to eternities. 
This little work is the outcome of my firm and honest belief 
that it is time to set aside all scruples on the ground of false delicacy 
and meet this momentous question face to face. At the same time, 
in this pamphlet I have purposely refrained from using broad terms 
or going into useless details regarding these diseases. My larger 
treatise (which will be sent free of charge to those applying for it) 
is exhaustive iti its description of these debilitating troubles. This 
pamphlet is intended for individual distribution, and its issue is 
prompted by a heartfelt desire to furnish that important information 
so essential to forewarn the ignorant and careless, and induce them 
to stop and consider to what end their course is leading, and to 
guard them against the inevitably fatal results, more terrible than 
those attending any other career of sin or degradation, viz., complete 
corruption of the physical being and hopeless imbecility, insanity, or 
perversion of the intellectual faculties. Better death of the body 
and rest in the grave than a living death of life-long idiocy. 
To that class, also, to whom words of warning come too late, 
who, through ignorance or folly, have already sinned, and, hopeless 
and discouraged, look forward to a life of wrecked hopes, seared 
ambition, blighted career, and bodily suffering, keenly intensified by 
shame and remorse, I feel both proud and happy that, as the result 
of years of chemical research and special study of this class of affec- 
tions, I can offer hope and salvation, promising to those who will 
sin no more, to place them again in possession of that robust health 
and mental vigor that the good God gave them and that they so 
foully abused. 
LET NO ONE DESPOND. 
Do not be deterred from seeking my advice because, after having been treated by many who failed to cure you, you have become dis- 
couraged. This is the very time that you should make one more trial. 
Many write me that they have tried different physicians and 
invested in various kinds of medicines, and, having received no relief, 
are discouraged, and have made up their minds to doctor no more. 
Is this right ? I know that the whole country is cursed with quacks 
and unprincipled men, claiming to be physicians, who know no more 
of medicine than they do of English grammar, who seek only to fill 
their pockets, regardless of all other considerations. But I cannot 
be responsible for their evil doings; I can only be responsible for 
my own actions. 
I am regularly educated for my profession, and licensed by the 
Connecticut State Board of Health as a reputable physician in gen- 
eral practice, and have devoted my entire life to the treatment of 
these disorders, and am not a mere patent-medicine pretender, seek- 
ing to deceive and swindle the poor and afflicted. 
I will guarantee to cure every case I undertake, unless I 
inform the patient I can only benefit it. Failing in doing this, I 
will refund all money I have received. Can any one act fairer? 
I submit this little pamphlet to the careful inspection of the 
honest, unprejudiced public, feeling confident that the common-sense 
truths contained in it will receive their cordial support, as well as be 
the means, if they are afflicted, of restoring them to perfect health. 
•> I would again impress it on the minds of all, that no form of 
Nervous Debility or Vital Weakness will go away of its own accord. 
It can only be removed by the most positive remedial treatment, 
such as I have so long and successfully used. If not checked, 
sooner or later the disease may end in Idiocy or Dementia, which is 
worse than death, if not death itself. 
Kind Reader, should this Treatise hold out any promise of relief 
to you, rest assured that it will be fulfilled to the letter, if you 
properly avail yourself of the remedial aid referred to herein. 
But if it holds out no such promise, because you are not a 
sufferer from any of the diseases mentioned yourself, thank God for 
your exemption from a scourge, the horrors of which none can fully 
realize but those who have felt its withering power, and at least earn 
for yourself a blessing by sending this pamphlet’ to any friend, rela- 
tive, or acquaintance who groans beneath this dreadful curse for 
want of the relief which my treatment can permanently give; or, if 
you wish to keep it, write me his name and address, and I will 
cheerfully send one to any such sufferer. 7 
TREATISE UPON THE EFFECTS CAUSED BY IGNO- 
RANCE OF NATURE’S LAWS, VITAL 
WEAKNESS, ETC. 
The general effects of Vital Weakness, Premature Decay, 
Nervous Debility, etc., from ignorance in early life or excesses of 
more mature years, if not relieved by medical treatment, are most 
deplorable. This affection is one of the most widespread and 
destructive of modern times. Few, except physicians, have any 
conception of the prevalence of these debilitating diseases and their 
deplorable effects on both mind and body. These affections, accord- 
ing to the experience of the ablest medical men, “ degrade man, 
poison the happiness of his best days, and ravage society.” They 
are certainly “ among the most destructive diseases ever visited upon 
fallen man.” Its victims are found among people of both sexes in 
every city, village, and hamlet, for unfortunately many people living 
pure lives are sufferers from their ravages. Many who perish from 
the effects of these debilitating diseases are supposed to die from 
other causes, such as consumption, chorea, epilepsy, heart disease, 
debility and failure of vital powers. They destroy the mind as well 
as the body. In their milder form they produce loss of memory, 
melancholy, evil forebodings, timidity, loss of spirits, and loss of 
energy; in their worst form, idiocy and insanity. Many maniacs 
owe their loss of reason to no other causes. In the tabulated reports 
of every insane asylum are a great number of cases in which the 
cause of insanity is set down as “Vital Weakness.” No affection 
so completely unfits for either the duties or pleasures of life. 
Unlike the quacks, I do not wish to convey the idea that all 
persons who suffer from these debilitating diseases (usually in igno- 
rance of the consequences) are doomed to suffer to this extent. 
These results, it is true, are the end to which they are tending, if 
they do not conquer their excesses and obtain proper medical treat- 
ment ; but if they do so before the last sad stage is reached, there is 
good hope for them yet. Many think that all they have to do is to 
abandon their excesses, live a pure moral life, and that nature will 
restore without medical aid; but experience teaches me that it is 
very doubtful if, when the disease has been existing for any length of 
time, the physical frame will ever be built up again without proper 
treatment. The almost universal tendency of the disease is to grow 
worse, and unless the cause is removed, the haggard appearance, 8 
the sunken eye, the downcast expression which seems to arise from 
a dread of looking a fellow-creature in the face, will be carried to the 
grave. In the severer form of the complaint, even with the aid of 
the most skillful remedies, if we save the mind at all, as I have said 
(in my work on Nervous Diseases), we do well, and even then the 
mind is apt to be enfeebled for several years. 
Among the other effects of the disease are aversion to society 
and love of solitude; dots and webs before the sight; pain in the 
back, left side, or breast; frightful dreams; sensation of falling in 
the sleep; bashfulness and timidity, especially with ladies; palpita- 
tion of the heart; flushes of heat; chilly sensations; rush of blood 
to the head; restlessness; cold feet; at times voracious appetite, at 
others loss of appetite and indigestion; dryness of the skin; pale, 
sallow complexion, with dark rings under the eyes; pimply erup- 
tions and blotches on the skin; dimness of the eyes; indisposition 
to study, exertion, or to concentrate the faculties on one subject for 
any length of time; a constant dwelling on their disease in the mind ; 
often causeless anxiety and dread of death; despair of recovery, 
etc. Some of these symptoms are present in some cases and not 
in others. 
CAUTIONARY ADVICE. 
In view of the deplorable effects of Vital Weakness, etc., my 
advice, as the result of thirty years’ experience is, that every person 
who has ever suffered through ignorance or excesses, or who is sub- 
ject to vital weakness, should take a course of treatment to remove 
the effects from the system, however mild the case may be, whether 
conscious of any bad effects or not, to prevent future trouble, which 
is liable to occur years afterward unless this precaution is taken, for 
the terrible effects of these debilitating diseases hang to their victim 
like an accursed mantle all his life, unless counteracted by skillful 
treatment, paralyzing every energy and blighting every hope. 
True Spermatorrhea, or “Vital Weakness,” as it is commonly 
called (General Debility and Lost Vitality are merely different 
degrees or stages of the same disease), may be conveniently divided 
into three stages, but it must be borne in mind that there is no well- 
defined line of demarkation between the different stages, one insen- 
sibly merging into the other. 9 
FIRST STAGE. 
The main, if not the only, trouble, is in vital weakness. 
The patient, after having suffered in ignorance for some 
little time, has generally discovered the pernicious nature 
of his disease and at once abstains from all excesses and 
injurious habits, hoping by temperance and frugality to 
outgrow its evil effects. But the injury once having been 
done to the delicate nervous organization, he is sooner 
or later surprised and alarmed by an unseen drain upon his system, 
producing a feeling of weakness and indolence. These feelings of 
lassitude, in the first stage, occur sometimes at considerable inter- 
vals ; at others, several times a week. These deposits in the urine, 
etc., are a terrible drain upon the system ; they impoverish the blood 
and rob the body of the precious elements of manhood. For some 
time no other serious effect is observed, the general health being 
good, the vital powers vigorous. When these symptoms are present, 
treatment should be resorted to at once, for if the evil is not reme- 
died it soon passes into the second stage. 
Before using 
the Remedy. 
The feelings of weakness and depression now be- 
come general and the patient suffers with a thousand and 
one indescribable bad feelings, both mental and physical. 
Among them low spirits, nervousness, weariness, lifeless- 
ness, weakness, dizziness, feelings of fullness or bloating 
after eating, or sense of “ goneness ” or emptiness of 
stomach in the morning, flesh soft and lacking firmness, 
headache, blurring of eyesight, specks floating before the eyes, nervous 
irritability, poor memory, chilliness, alternating with hot flushes, lassi- 
tude, throbbing, gurgling or rumbling sensations in bowels, with heat 
and nipping pains occasionally, palpitation of heart, short breath on 
exertion, slow circulation of blood, cold feet, pain and oppression in 
chest and back, pain around the loins, aching and weariness of the 
lower limbs, drowsiness after meals, but nervous watchfulness at 
night, languor in the morning, and a constant feeling of dread as if 
something awful was about to happen. 
The sufferer now begins to experience a gradual failing of the 
usual strength and powers of endurance ; in some cases there is loss 
of flesh and various abnormal symptoms, headache, dyspepsia, low 
spirits and melancholy, weak back, gloomy forebodings, etc. ; and, 
SECOND STAGE. 
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although from various reasons he may not observe it, there is a per- 
ceptible weakening of the vital powers. In an advanced degree of 
this stage, urethral complications set in, the urethra becomes relaxed 
and weakened. There is a low degree of chronic irritation, which 
produces uneasy sensations in the passage at times, a burning sensa- 
tion on passing water, and a dribbling of urine afterwards. These 
are always bad symptoms, as they denote an advanced stage of the 
disease and debilitate the vital organs and impair the health. This 
is followed by nervous irritation, restlessness, lack of energy and 
ambition, loss of memory and want of self-confidence. If from neg- 
lect or improper treatment the disease has been allowed to reach 
this stage, appropriate treatment should be adopted at once, as, if 
not remedied, it generally passes into the third stage, making a con- 
siderably longer course of the remedy necessary. 
THE THIRD STAGE, 
or physical decay and sterility, “Loss of Vitality,” as it 
is termed, the vital powers continue to gradually fail; 
the urinal drains are now less frequent, because the 
secretions are less active. The nervous energies, how- 
ever, suffer the same. Inclination for either work or 
pleasure is irregular and feeble, the secretions are slow, 
weak and imperfect, and no longer under the control of 
the will; when the urine escapes it is often accompanied by a burn- 
ing sensation, owing to the unhealthy state of the urethra. In time 
all vital power is wholly lost. A gradual but steady decay sets in, 
strength and vitality ebb away. He is nervous, tired, weary, loses 
ambition, is not benefitted by his food or rested by his sleep, becomes 
round-shouldered, hollow-eyed, stooping, uncertain in his gait, with 
listless eye, coated and flabby tongue, irregular bowels, slight cough 
and expectoration, and sooner or later is told by some ignorant phy- 
sician that he has consumption, and they let him die for want of 
properly understanding and rationally treating his case. If married, 
the patient discovers himself but a poor companion for a gentle and 
loving woman, and many under such circumstances have committed 
suicide in despair. The general health is often still more impaired, 
although on the gradual extinction of the vital functions, a person 
will sometimes become fleshier, and to outward appearances look 
w'ell and healthy. No one knowrs better than himself, however, wrhat 
a fraud he is to the world. His vitality is lost, his secretions are 
imperfect, containing no elements of reproduction, and he is sterile 
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and incapable of transmitting life to posterity. The tendency of 
nature in most diseases is towards cure, but here it is towards deteri- 
oration. There is no chance here of the evil “ wearing itself out,” 
save in madness and death on the one hand, and on the other by the 
salutary intervention of the most vigorous, cautious and enlightened 
treatment. Towards the latter part of the second stage, and during 
any part of the third stage, the mind is liable to become diseased 
as well as the body; then comes mania, insanity—a grave consulta- 
tion of friends and physicians—a hurried removal to the confinement 
of an asylum—and he is entombed alive—a few months, or at most 
years, of mad delusion follow—and all is over! This is the sad end 
of many a once ambitious and promising life, recklessly sacrificed by 
vice and ignorance. 
DR. RUDOLPHE’S SPECIFIC REMEDY. 
This Remedy cures the weakness and relaxation, and 
removes the granular irritable condition of the vital ves- 
sels ; under its use the tissues of the ducts and vesicles, 
which are often in a granular, injected, or puffy state, 
empty themselves, contract, and become healthy, the 
morbid irritability is removed, and by its anodyne, heal- 
ing and tonic influence the relaxed ducts are closed and 
the vital drain, whether nocturnal or diurnal, speedily arrested, and the 
organs restored to a natural, healthy condition. There is no other 
remedy known capable of arresting these debilitating drains and of 
relieving the condition of irritation from which the vital organs are 
suffering. This unnatural drain in the urine, etc., the ruin of so 
many otherwise fine constitutions, is generally arrested the first week 
or two the Remedy is used. Its good effects are thus felt at once, 
and all suspense and anxiety as to the result speedily banished. A 
complete and permanent cure is rapidly effected, the drain arrested, 
and the whole system restored to health and vigor. In all urinary 
diseases, including Gleet, this medicine is an infallible cure. It is 
also highly beneficial for persons of advanced years, who may be 
suffering from a loss of vital power, or ailments common to old age. 
It has long been a settled axiom that for every disease, Nature, 
in her bounteous storehouse, has provided a sufficient remedy; and 
it was in support of this theory that from my earliest college career I 
devoted my entire time and study to the discovery of which particu- 
lar means was applicable in these diseases, and my conclusions, after 
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treatment. 12 
years of experiment and research, are simply that these terrible dis- 
orders and diseases have never been studied in their proper bearings ; 
and, further, I positively assert that Nervous Debility is as amenable 
to skillful treatment as any other disease of which I am acquainted. 
Let the reader bear in mind, however, that these are not merely 
boastful, hastily formed utterances, but the result of years of investi- 
gation in the dissecting-room, the hospital, at the bedside of private 
patients, and in the laboratory ; hence none can more fully appreciate 
the discouragements and trials attendant upon the treatment of the 
disease which I have made my specialty. 
My preparation is called DR. RUDOLPHE'S SPE- 
CIFIC REMEDY\ from the fact that I procured the 
original formula from a celebrated chemical professor of 
that name, under guarantee that should I subsequently 
think proper to introduce the Remedy to the public, I 
should do so under that title. The Remedy at that time 
seemed to meet every symptom and indication of these 
diseases, immediate and remote, but not with the rapidity 
and thoroughness I wished. It was then that I began to study the 
subject—and there is none more practically important in medicine— 
of special methods of medication for special diseases. Gradually, 
after years of studious work on the leading medical books, by means 
of physiological and pathological experiments, I reached that truth 
which is the great corner-stone of my unprecedented success. Thus 
it was that that which was before the best, became as near perfect as 
anything can become. At first this Remedy was restricted to pa- 
tients in private practice, but as cure followed cure, I listened to the 
advice of my old patrons and friends, and, boldly breaking the tram- 
mels of professional etiquette, I placed my Remedy before the pub- 
lic under the conditions agreed upon, as I conscientiously believe I 
possess the only preparation which sufferers can rely upon for 
permanent relief. It has even succeeded in cases where the pa- 
tients were absolute skeptics and hypochondriacs, and who pur- 
posely neglected many of the rules laid down for their guidance. 
From some of these men I have my highest testimonials, and to me 
they say that they owe a renewed life, vigor, and happiness, the sur- 
roundings of a pleasant home, handsome wife, happy children, and 
successful business. 
Mine is not an experimental remedy, but an infallible cure, the 
result of years of laborious study and practice, each ingredient in its 
composition having been selected for a special and powerful bearing 
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treatment. 13 
upon the cause of the disease, while my specific method of com- 
bining and applying these medical properties results in a permanent 
restoration to health. 
The secret of my success lies in the fact that I practice a com- 
mon-sense treatment; having first ascertained the cause, nature, loca- 
tion, and extent of the disease, I apply to its roots the remedy which 
over twenty-five years’ successful usage tells me will most efficiently 
remove it. 
A profound and thorough knowledge of medicine and chemistry 
enables me to warrant DR. RUDOLPHE’S SPECIFIC REMEDY 
to be the most perfect curative for Nervous Debility, Vital Weakness 
and Premature Decay ever discovered in any age. Cost, study, and 
labor have not been spared in its production. 
It is made with the most assiduous care, from the finest and 
purest chemicals, with a true knowledge of their therapeutic powers 
and physiological effects. 
Nothing cheap or impure has been tolerated in its composition. 
It can be relied on. What may seem almost incredible is the aston- 
ishing rapidity with which it cures cases hitherto considered incurable. 
Every sufferer should understand that these diseases should 
meet with prompt and energetic medical treatment, as if allowed, 
through neglect, to become deep-seated and chronic, the result is that 
a much longer and more expensive course of treatment is necessary. 
Lose no time in placing yourself under treatment, and secure a rem- 
edy that has stood the test in thousands of cases. Lose no time, be- 
cause each day’s delay but increases the difficulty, and renders the 
cure more protracted. 
I belong to no special school or sect in medicine. I embrace 
the best features in each system. I retain that which commends it- 
self to calm, dispassionate judgment, and discard all others. The 
component parts of the medicine are entirely a product of the vege- 
table world. They are, moreover, innocent, as all medicines as well 
as food should be, harmless toward nature, but powerful in op- 
posing disease; restoring health by changing a diseased action to a 
healthy one; leaving the constitution free, healthy, and vigorous. If 
a sufficient quantity of the Remedy is used, and allowed to be taken 
up by the system, my experience teaches me the disease must yield 
and the patient be restored to health. And let me say here to all 
erring ones: do not keep your secret to yourself until it has sapped 
the fountain of your life and left you a wreck of humanity, a curse 
to yourself, and a burden to society; but if entangled in the snare of ignorance, or any debilitating disease or trouble, flee at once from its 
destructive influences, use the Specific Remedy, and be restored to 
health and vigor. 
Any sufferer wishing more information in relation to the use of 
the medicine recommended than is contained in the foregoing pages, 
will please address or call on me, and I will answer their inquiries 
promptly, gladly, and fully. 
14 
In order that all may avail themselves of the bene- 
fits to be derived from its use, the Remedy has been 
put at the low price of Three Dollars ($3.00) per 
package. Sent by mail, post paid, to any address. 
If preferred, the package can be sent by express. 
The Remedy is put up in pill form. Full directions for 
using are sent with each package. It is sent (securely 
sealed) in a plain wrapper, nothing being put on the outside to indi- 
cate its contents. The best way to have medicine sent is by mail; 
and I guarantee its safe delivery when sent in that way. Medicine 
sent by express will go perfectly safe, yet it is a much more expen- 
sive mode of transportation than when sent by the former method. 
The best way to send money is by Registered Letter, Postoffice 
Money Order, Express, Postage Stamps, Bank Draft, or by Money 
Orders obtained from the Adams, American, Wells, Fargo & Co., 
United States, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Denver & 
Rio Grande Express Companies. As a general thing, money will go 
perfectly safe in a common letter; still, I cannot be responsible for 
it if lost when sent in that manner, and therefore prefer that all 
letters containing orders for the medicine should be registered, or 
the money secured in the way I have stated. 
Allow me, in closing, to kindly request every unfortunate 
sufferer to give the Remedy a trial, being well satisfied that if they 
do so they will be more than pleased with the result, and will, in all 
human probability, be restored to perfect health. No matter how 
many other medicines you may have tried, no matter how dark and 
discouraging your case may seem, it is your duty to yourself, your 
family, your friends, and your God to hope on, hope ever, and use 
the means so kindly provided for your restoration. 
PRICE OF THE SPECIFIC REMEDY. 
After using 
the Remedy. 
For many years scarcely a mail has arrived which has not 
CONCLUSION. 15 
brought me the most flattering testimonials from honest and grateful 
patients, who, having been restored to health and manly vigor by the 
use of the Specific Remedy, are anxious to bestow upon me their 
gratitude and heartfelt thanks. Many of these patients had previ- 
ously tried different physicians and invested in various kinds of 
medicines without relief, and I feel that this may possibly account 
for the heartfelt thanks, kind expressions of regard and gratitude, 
and whole-souled confidence they place in my method of treatment 
and remedies; for, having been disappointed so often, they feel an 
excess of gratitude and hope on finding that they have at last found 
what they have so long sought, and that the Remedy is not only 
doing what is claimed for it, but far exceeding the patient’s most 
sanguine expectations. In view of this fact I have concluded that if 
good reference can be given me for their safe return, I will send 
original testimonials, in their officially dated and post-marked enve- 
lopes, to anyone desiring to see them; the names of the writers 
being effaced, as I consider them sacredly confidential. In issuing 
another edition of my treatise, I take this opportunity of returning 
my hearty thanks to the hosts of kind friends and patients who have 
overwhelmed me with their unsolicited congratulations. 
Their gratitude I appreciate, their friendship I esteem ; thank- 
ful to have been the means through a kind Providence of alleviating 
a great source of human suffering; I will cordially grasp each one 
with a spiritual hand and wish them God-speed on the journey of 
life. 
NOTICE. 
Patients will please bear in mind that all communi- 
cations are regarded as strictly confidential. All letters 
are destroyed as soon as they are carefully read and 
the cases strictly examined, consequently it will be 
necessary to give in each letter your full name and 
address. Persons sending for the Remedy should 
write plainly the name to which it is to be addressed, 
the Post Office, County, and also the State. All let- 
ters or orders for the medicine should be addressed 
plainly, 
PROF. F. C. FOWLER, 
MOODUS, CONN. 
P. O. BOX 237. 
In this little pamphlet I have purposely refrained from using 
broad terms or going into all the details regarding the diseases men- 
tioned. My larger treatise [which will be sent free of charge to those ap- 
plying for it) is exhaustive in its description of these debilitating troubles. 16 
Unsolicited Testimonials. 
The letters and testimonials received every month by me would 
form a large volume if published, and I doubt whether a book was 
ever written containing so much sad experience, such records of 
despair, such pathetic appeals, and so much of gladness and exulta- 
tion over restored health and vigor, as is contained in each month’s 
correspondence. The appended list of testimonials consists of a 
few very recent indorsements out of the many I have received regard- 
ing the worth of my treatment. For reasons which must be plain to 
every sensible reader, I do not give the names of these people in full. 
They are tokens of gratitude from persons who have been cured by 
me of Vital Weakness, Physical Decay, and all those troubles result- 
ing from the effects of ignorance in youth and more mature excesses, 
and although the writers have given me full permission to publish 
their letters, providing I withhold their names, still many of them, 
while they would not wish to have their names published to the 
world as having been cured of these complaints, feel so thankful 
for their escape from the terrible position in which they -were placed, 
and willing to point out the way to all similarly afflicted, they have 
given me permission to refer others to them by private letter, which 
I am always pleased to do. 
Westerly, R. I., Oct. 17th, 1887. 
Prof. F. C. Fowler : 
Dear Sir—When I applied to you for treatment, in July last, 
my condition was truly pitiful. I had been suffering from Vital 
Weakness for over six years. At first I had trouble at distant inter- 
vals, and seemed to suffer but little from the effects, in fact did not 
seem to injure me in the least, and I thought that either the trouble 
must be natural or would soon cease of its own accord. This theory 
was much strengthened by my visiting a home physician, who 
informed me that occasional troubles of this kind were perfectly 
natural, not to worry over them, that they would soon cease, etc. I 17 
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was satisfied with his explanation and concluded to let nature take 
its course. But the organism grew weaker, and the weakness grew 
more and more debilitating and seemed to gain ground almost im- 
perceptibly. Gradually the nervous system began to give away 
under the terrific drain, the blood became impoverished, and general 
debility and great weakness of both body and mind ensued. Espe- 
cially did the mental faculties suffer. I became morose, melancholy 
and dispirited; without energy, ambition or hope. At this point in 
my case, fortunately, a copy of your valuable little pamphlet fell into 
my hands. I perused its contents and grasped the opportunity to 
try your treatment, as a drowning man grasps at a straw. I was 
skeptical concerning the curative powers, and much doubted whether 
there were any remedial agents that could successfully cope with the 
peculiarities of my case. But my misgivings were quickly dispelled 
when I placed myself under your treatment. At first the remedies 
did not have the beneficial effect which I thought I had reason to 
expect from reading your pamphlet. I persevered, however, in the 
treatment, and finally had the pleasure of perceiving that the super- 
abundant irritation was being subdued, the diseased nervous system 
was eased and quieted, and the weak, nervous, depressed feelings 
became less and less frequent and finally ceased altogether. With 
the cessation of these debilitating drains, health, with its manifold 
blessings, returned, the eye became brighter, the step more elastic, 
and hopes of perfect manhood were established once more. I now 
feel that I am perfectly restored to health and vigor, and tremble to 
think what would have become of me had not your little book fallen 
so providentially into my possession. In conclusion, would say that 
I will be happy if my testimony will guide any poor sufferer afflicted 
as I was once to the health, strength and happiness I now enjoy. I 
will certainly take pains to inform all I may meet, suffering with 
diseases of this kind, of the benefits to be derived from your treat- 
ment, and will kindly answer the inquiries of any poor sufferer you 
may refer to me. Gratefully yours, E. R. S. 
Peoria, 111., Oct. io, 1887. 
Prof. F. C. Fowler. 
Dear Sir—I write you a short letter to express my gratitude for 
the benefit I have derived from your wonderful remedies. 
have written before, but thought I would wait long enough after its 18 
use to see if I would have any return of the symptoms or not, but I 
am permanently cured, thanks to your treatment. I am escaping the 
awful doom to which I was rushing when I commenced to take your 
medicine. I had despaired of ever getting cured, and words cannot 
express my gratitude to you, for I feel that you have saved me from 
an early grave. You may use my letter, provided you withhold the 
name, for none of my friends knew of my condition, and I am de- 
sirous that they should always remain in ignorance of it. Thanking 
you for your honorable and just dealing, and the good, the great and 
lasting good, you have done me, I remain 
Yours, very truly, J. H. P. 
Yonkers, N. Y., Dec. 28th, 1887. 
Prof. F. C. Fowler: 
Dear Sir— Yours of the 23d received and contents duly noted. 
Having used your treatment, I feel satisfied in saying I am entirely 
cured. When I first began taking your medicine I only weighed one 
hundred and thirty pounds, and now my weight is one hundred and 
forty-eight. My bowels are regular, my water is clear and natural; 
have had no more trouble from my distressing complaint since I 
commenced using your medicine. I feel strong and happy once more. 
For four long years I suffered, taking strong medicine without much 
effect. I consulted several doctors throughout the United States, 
but their terms were so heavy that I could not afford to take their 
treatment, and when I found your terms were so reasonable, I sent 
for the Remedy at once; and it is needless to say that I do not regret 
it. Should I ever feel any of the old symptoms coming back, I will 
send for your treatment immediately. But I have no fears that it 
will be necessary for me to use any kind of medicine again. Before 
closing, I must say that 1 feel very thankful for what your restoratives 
have done for me, and can cheerfully recommend them to all persons 
. in need of such treatment. With warmest gratitude, I remain 
Respectfully yours, L. C. B. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 17th, 1887. 
Prof. Fowler: 
Dear Sir—I have taken your treatment as ordered, and can 
thankfully say I am about cured, the weakness and aversion to so- ciety is fully removed. I have not had a single sleepless night since 
I began the second week’s use of the medicine, and since that time 
have been satisfied it would do all you claimed for it. The sounds in 
my ears have stopped, I feel much stronger in every way, circles around 
the eyes not so dark as heretofore, and I may say I feel like a new 
man in every particular. Have gained five pounds during the last 
two weeks. I look upon it as my duty to recommend your treatment 
to all who are suffering from Nervous Debility, etc. With many 
thanks, I remain 
Yours truly, Jno. D. H. 
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 13th, 1887. 
Prof. Fowler: 
Dear Sir—I am very pleased to inform you that your medicines 
completely cured the weakness and lassitude from which I had so 
long been suffering. As you wished me to write to you six months 
after you dismissed me, to give you particulars, I now do so, and, 
believe me, your name I shall always think of with gratitude. I can- 
not tell you what a different man I feel. I am now strong in body, 
and can enjoy myself at my daily employ, which, before consulting 
you, was a misery to me. 
Yours very respectfully, D. L. 
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 24th, 1887. 
Prof. Fowler: 
Dear Sir—I have much pleasure in tendering you my heartiest 
thanks for the cure your advice and medicine have effected, and may 
say I was very skeptical of the issue when I began to use your medi- 
cines, but doubt has entirely subsided, and I have now a confirmed 
belief in their almost miraculous efficacy. Four months ago I bore 
about my body the piteous spectacle of my terrible disease. Now 
I am mentally and bodily a healthy man. If this avowal is likely to 
be of any service to you, and of use to any wretch accursed as I was 
once, you may publish it as the statement of a ■ • student. 
Yours most obediently, G. L. H. 20 
Madison, Kan., Nov. 8th, 1887. 
Prof. F. C. Fowler: 
Dear Sir—My reason for not writing is this : When I finished 
the medicines I felt myself quite well, the nervousness and trembling 
of my hands having ceased, as also the specks I used to see before 
my eyes having gone. I thought, however, I would wait six months 
before I informed you of it, in case I should relapse, but this has not 
happened. You may publish this for the benefit of others, if you 
wish, leaving out my name. May you continue to do good. 
Respectfully, F. R. J. 
Portland, Conn., Oct. 29th, 1887. 
Prof. Fowler : 
Respected Sir—Yours to hand by this morning’s mail, and in re- 
ply am happy to tell you I have recovered full use of memory, the 
pains in the back are gone, and the weakness stopped the ninth day 
after using your medicine; in fact, I am perfectly healthy. Now that 
I am cured, please accept my best wishes and thanks for the prompt 
manner in which you attended to my letters, and also my medicines. 
Yours, etc., C. J. C. 
Wallace, Kan., Sept. 14th, 1887. 
Prof. F. C. Fowler: 
Dear Sir—For four years and a half I have been a miserable 
sufferer from nearly every local phase of those dreadful complaints, 
Lost Vitality, Nervous Debility, etc. I had lost all hope, my consti- 
tution was fearfully shattered, and my spirits failed me. Providen- 
tially I came into possession of one of your useful pamphlets (would 
to God that a copy could be placed in the hands of every young 
man!). I read it, and was amazed at its contents; that moment 
was my salvation; my eyes were opened to the enormity of my con- 
dition. I at once saw the true cause of all my intolerable sufferings, 
which three home physicians could not understand. I had sinned, it 
is true, most grievously, but it was done through ignorance. Under 
these distressing circumstances, as my last resource, I consulted you, 
and the happy result has been a thorough restoration to perfect 
manhood. S. W. M. 21 
Clinton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1887. 
Prof. F. C. Fowler: 
Dear Sir—Yours came to hand on the 18th. I don’t know how 
to express the debt of gratitude that I owe to you, and if it laid in 
my power I would reward you handsomely. I cannot please you 
better than to tell you that I have not the least doubt in my own 
mind but that you have made a perfect cure of my case at very little 
cost. You have given me every satisfaction. I only regret that I 
did not apply to you sooner. The proverb says, “ Better late than 
never.” I now know what it is to enjoy health. I have sweet, 
refreshing sleep, good appetite, my memory is much strengthened; 
in fact, I am astonished at myself. I can perform my daily work 
without half the fatigue that I used to suffer. If ever I suspect any 
one suffering from the same, I shall most assuredly recommend him to 
the place from whence I have derived so much good. I hope to see 
my case among the rest. I beg that the name and address may be 
omitted. I remain yours thankfully, C. H. S. 
P. S.—Before I had recourse to your medicine and advice, I 
was much troubled with retention of urine and a soreness of the 
bladder. I do not know whether these were caused by premature 
decay of the vital forces or from natural debility; neither do I care 
now, for I am quite cured. 
Address all Letters or Orders for the Remedy to 
PROF. F. C. FOWLER, 
P. O. Box 237. MOODUS, CONN. 
No one in Connecticut, under its stringent laws, may practice 
medicine without first qualifying before the State Board of Health, and 
receiving from them a certificate of registration entitling them to prac- 
tice. See third page of cover. 22 
YOUNG MEN! MIDDLE-AGED MEN! OLD MEN! 
If you need Help, Delay No 
Longer; the Remedy that 
will Cure You Speedily, 
Satisfactorily and 
Permanently, 
is Within Your Reach. 
No remedy that has hitherto been offered to the afflicted for 
the cure of all weakness of the bladder and urinary organs has met 
with such unprecedented success, or has been so favorably received 
by the medical profession, as DR. RUDOLPHE'S SPECIFIC. 
It has been thoroughly tested and extensively used for years with 
perfect success, and has proved to be the best and most: effectual 
treatment for curing all forms of these diseases known to medical 
science. In vital weakness, the trouble is due to the relaxed condi- 
tion arising from irritation and weakness about the orifice of the 
glands and their ducts. Once this weakness is checked for a suffi- 
cient time to allow this irritation and relaxed condition to subside, 
the parts regain their normal strength and are thus able to resist 
unnatural drains and a radical cure is effected. 
This remedy cures the disease by removing the irritable condi- 
tion of the ducts and vesicles; and, by speedily arresting the causes, 
it restores the organization to a healthy condition. It does not 
merely afford temporary relief, but its use produces a permanent cure. 
It cures because it arrests the cause of the disease—vital weak- 
ness—restores lost vitality and removes the effects of the disease 
from body and mind. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by Prof. F. C. Fowler, 
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 23 
When all other remedies fail, and where the disease baffles the 
skill of the ablest physician, the Specific Remedy will effect a speedy 
and positive cure. All I ask is a trial of this medicine, which is 
founded upon nature and acts upon nature with natural results. 
I could cite numerous instances in which patients have applied 
to me, after being disgusted by useless, tedious and expensive 
courses of suppositious remedies, who have been quietly and easily 
restored. Very often, indeed, my chief difficulty has been to combat 
the injury arising from previous negligence and want of skill. 
The widespread prevalence of these diseases and their effects 
on the minds and bodies of their victims, has brought out hundreds 
of so-called remedies, but few of which, however, have ever proven 
of lasting benefit to the sufferer. 
The relation of these diseases can only be understood by acquir- 
ing a knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the affected 
organs. Many people—among whom may be found physicians who 
have never thoroughly studied the subject—affect surprise or incre- 
dulity when informed of the terrible effects of such diseases. But 
those who have thoroughly studied the subject, and the poor sufferer 
from these complaints, can easily understand the importance and 
urgent need of a radical cure. 
The true principles of the successful treatment and cure of the 
diseases and symptoms mentioned are the result of years of patient 
study and experiment. And it is a pleasure to me not only to be in 
possession of this valuable remedy, thoroughly attested and approved 
for the absolute cure of the diseases produced by the causes before 
mentioned, but also because I can furnish this remedy which will 
restore the debilitated organs and the impaired and prostrate physi- 
cal system to a healthful condition, a remedy neither painful, dis- 
agreeable nor troublesome to use. 
In 1873 I received an order from a private insane asylum for the 
Specific Remedy, to be used in the case of a young man, whose 
sufferings from Vital Weakness, caused by ignorance, imprudence 
and excesses, had rendered him a mental and physical wreck. By a 
persistent use of the Remedy and careful nursing he was restored, 
not, perhaps, to robust and perfect health, but so far that he is enjoy- 
ing good health and is today happily married. This was my first 
order of the kind mentioned; since which time many of the leading 
asylums of the country have adopted my treatment in cases where 
insanity was due to vital weakness. There are many cases where 
ignorance has not been the cause of these debilitating diseases ; the 24 
weakness may have been inherited, brought on by exposure, over- 
work, or have come about through kidney diseases or other troubles. 
In such cases, cures by the use of the Specific Remedy are generally 
very rapidly accomplished. In cases of gleet the Remedy will effect 
a speedy cure. In the case of aged men suffering from a loss of vital 
power, while no medicine will entirely restore them to the vigor and 
fire of youth, the Specific Remedy will rebuild their nervous organiza- 
tion, tone up and invigorate the system so that they can be fitted to 
perform the duties of life properly and satisfactorily. Ignorant or 
vicious doctors often advise young men suffering from Vital Weak- 
ness to marry for a cure. Such a course always proves disastrous, 
and is the occasion of more divorces than all other causes combined. 
If you value your future happiness and welfare, do not marry until 
you are cured beyond a doubt. 
Many of the patients consulting me say that: “Aside from 
these troubles, I am apparently strong, healthy and robust. No 
one, to look at me, would suppose for a moment that I am afflicted 
in this way.” True, but the difficulty lies in the fact that suddenly 
this appearance of health will be swept away, unless proper medical 
relief be resorted to, and the patient will be left a pitiable example 
of extreme nervous exhaustion—shattered in body and mind. In 
cases of hidden spermatorrhea, many such patients are known to 
their friends and in the world as sufferers from consumption, indi- 
gestion, hypochondriasis, etc., etc., while in reality they are daily and 
hourly being drained of life, health and vitality, by reason of their 
vital weakness. Indeed, some of these sufferers do not themselves 
know from what disease they are dying by inches, but accept the 
hasty and incorrect dictum of their family physician, and go to their 
graves in happy ignorance of the curse imprudence and excesses has 
brought upon them. In many cases the duct? have become so weak 
and relaxed that there is an involuntary drain with the water, also 
when straining and when under excitement. To test its escape in the 
urine, pass off your water in a clear glass pint bottle and let it stand 
twenty-four hours in a warm place; then hold up the bottle between 
yourself and the light, and if you discover a sediment of a white, 
fleecy nature, resembling cotton, in the bottom, you are suffering in 
all probability from this hidden disease, from which all your present 
ailments come. Many patients afflicted in this way will notice, 
shortly after urinating, a dull pain in the forehead, sometimes extend- 
ing to the eyeballs, causing, as well, a feeling of general debility, as 
if they had no strength or will to do anything. If this weakness is 25 
allowed to go on unchecMffPthe mind will become diseased, the eye- 
sight will be impaired and the vital forces consumed—thereby caus- 
ing partial and complete loss of vitality. This is vital weakness in 
the genuine sense of the term, and is the most dangerous form of 
the disease, because it is not perceived until it has developed its dis- 
astrous consequences. In some cases several of these various forms 
of vital weakness coexist in the same individual, but as a rule only 
one form exists at a time. Generally, however, the influence upon 
the organism is the same in these various cases. These drains, or 
abnormal waste, if continued for any length of time, cause the vital 
organs to be arrested in their growth, imparting to them the appear- 
ance of imperfect development, which is afterwards often followed 
by an atrophy or wasting away. These organic changes are attended 
with sharp, shooting pains in one or both glands, extending up into 
the abdomen. 
Sometimes, in aggravated cases, one of the glands (generally the 
left one) becomes soft and flabby, and atrophies, and often both 
glands, are effected and gradually become soft and waste away. 
The sympathy existing between the weakened organs and the 
mind fully explains the despondency, the gloom and misery, the loss 
of memory, the day dreams, the hypochondria and inclination to 
commit suicide, and other evidences of mental disorder, by which the 
sufferers from this disease are distressed. 
By Varicocele is understood a dilated and tortuous state of the 
cords and veins of the scrotum. It generally occurs in the young, 
and is almost always confined to the left side, because the left vein is 
longer than the right, and more indirect in its course; but mainly 
because the left vein is unprovided with a valve where it enters the 
vena cava, or large vein, so that the blood is apt to accumulate in it, 
and distend it, especially when it is brought to the parts by any ex- 
citement. Whatever may be the cause, the fact is that the walls of 
these veins do give way, become relaxed, as it were, and distended; 
bulging out in places into little pouches, giving the vessel, when full 
of blood, a knotty appearance. The whole vein, in old cases, is di- 
lated, enlarged, tortuous, cordy, and knotty. The disease is one very 
prevalent, and although it has been known to exist for years without 
any serious result, my observation has convinced me that these are 
exceptional cases, and that in the majority of instances the disease 
results in loss of vitality and wasting of the gland, and sooner or 
VARICOCELE. later impairs the general health by constant nervous irritation, in- 
ducing dyspepsia, dragging sensations in the groin, lumbago, or pain 
in the back, and a general depression of the system, despondency, 
hypochondria, gloomy forebodings, etc. The disease comes on 
slowly, with a dull, heavy, aching pain, sometimes extending up the 
cord to the groin and back; there is sometimes a sense of weight on 
the affected side, which is frequently flabby and elongated. The dis- 
eased side is very prone to sweat; the veins are doubled, knotty, 
harder and larger in places than in others, and irregularly dilated, 
some of them being six times their natural bulk. When taken in 
the hand, the affected scrotum feels as if filled with a bunch of earth- 
worms or a cluster of cords. 
It sometimes, if neglected, exists to such a degree as to resemble 
a rupture, the left side of the scrotum hanging down four to six 
inches. In advanced stages of the disease or disorganization, the 
epididymis becomes detached from the body of the gland, and is 
plainly distinguished by the finger. 
The result of all this is, that a considerable diminution of vital 
power takes place, and if means are not adopted to arrest a further 
break-up of the structure, the vital powers will subside altogether. 
By the use of the Specific Remedy, in cases of Varicocele, the 
dilated and sagging veins are emptied of their contents, the gland at 
once begins to grow larger, the parts regain their tone, strength, and 
contractility, relief is instantaneous, pain and dragging sensations 
disappear, the swellings vanish, and in a short time the veins regain 
their former shape. Meantime all the other symptoms improve, the 
weakness is removed, the organism becomes perfect, the glands get 
larger and healthier, and the patient feels that he has at last found 
just what he needed. 
PRICE OF THE SPECIFIC REMEDY. 
In order that all may avail themselves of the benefits to be de- 
rived from its use, the Remedy has been put at the low price of 
Three Dollars ($3) per package. Sent by mail postpaid to any ad- 
dress. If preferred, the package can be sent by express. The 
Remedy is put up in pill form. Full directions for using are sent 
with each package. It is sent (securely sealed) in a plain wrapper, 
nothing being put on the outside to indicate its contents. The best 27 
way to have medicine sent is by mail, and I guarantee its safe deliv- 
ery when sent in that way. Medicines sent by express will go per- 
fectly safe, yet it is a much more expensive mode of transportation 
than when sent by the former method. 
The best way to send money is to send by Registered Letter, 
Express Money Order, Post Office Money Order, Bank Draft on 
New York, or Express. As a general thing, money will go perfectly 
safe in a common letter; still, I cannot be responsible for it if lost 
when sent in that manner, and therefore prefer that all letters con- 
taining orders for the medicine should be registered, or the money 
secured in the way I have stated. 
IN CONCLUSION. 
My office is open from 8 A. m. to 6 p. m., and I am at all times 
glad to see patients. I make no charges for consultation, either in 
person or by letter. If you have carefully read the preceding pages, 
the contents of which may or may not have fully described your 
troubles, and you still feel that you desire further information or ad- 
vice ; if there are any points upon which you are not quite clear, or 
if you are in doubt as to whether the treatment is suited to, or is able 
to reach and successfully cope with, the peculiarities of your case, I 
shall be happy to hear from you at any time, and will answer you in 
an honest, straightforward, and confidential manner. 
NOTICE. 
Patients will please bear in mind that all communications are re- 
garded as strictly confidential. All letters are destroyed as soon as they 
are carefully read and the cases are strictly examined, consequently 
it will be necessary to give in each letter your full name and address. 
Persons sending for the Remedy should write plainly the name to 
which it is to be addressed, the Post Office, County, and also the 
State. All letters or orders for the medicine should be addressed 
plainly, 
PROF. F. C. FOWLER, 
P.O.Box 237. MOODUS, CONN. 28 
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS 
TO 
Patients Ordering the Remedy. 
THE best way to have medicine sent is by mail, and I guarantee 
its safe delivery when sent in that manner. Medicine sent by 
express will go perfectly safe, yet it is a much more expensive 
mode of transportation than when sent by the former method. The 
best way to send money when ordering the Remedy is to send by 
Registered Letter, Post Office Money Order, Express or Bank Draft. 
Postage Stamps will be taken at their face value in payment for 
medicine, if sent by Registered Letter. Express Money Orders can 
be obtained at the offices of the American, United States, or Wells- 
Fargo Express Companies. This is a very safe and convenient way 
to transmit money when ordering the Remedy. As a general thing, 
money will go perfectly safe in a common letter; still, I cannot be 
responsible for it if lost when sent in that manner, as I have lately 
had quite a number of complaints from people who sent me orders 
in common letters, which were never received by me, and I therefore 
prefer that all letters containing orders for the medicine should be 
registered, or the money secured in the way I have stated; there is 
then but little danger of loss, and when sent as I have advised, it is 
at my risk. To order by a Registered Letter is the best way in the 
world, as it gives the patient who sends it a prompt receipt for his 
money, saves me much time and annoyance, and is perfectly safe. 
Any Postmaster in the United States or Canada will always be 
pleased to register a letter when requested to do so. Do not send 
your orders by common letter if you can possibly help it. Always give 
your correct name and address in each and every letter, and write 
them plainly. You cannot be too particular about this. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by Prof. F. C. Fowler, 
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Always order by Registered Letter or Money Order, if possible. 
Canadian Currency, Notes and Postage Stamps are satisfactory. In 
ordering by Registered Letter, be sure that you place the correct 
registry stamp on your letter, as quite frequently a Canadian patient 
will fail to put on sufficient postage, and then the letter, instead of 
coming to me, goes to the Canadian clead-letter office, and is held 
there for short postage until I am notified and have sent the correct 
postage. Such errors as this have occasioned great and needless 
delay in the patients getting the remedy, and should be borne in 
mind by all Canadian patients. 
IMPORTANT TO CANADIAN PATIENTS. 
A letter of advice always accompanies each shipment of medi- 
cine, but the package generally leaves here several mails ahead of 
the letter, therefore patients receiving medicine without getting a let- 
ter of advice, and answering their questions, etc., at the same time, 
need not be annoyed, as the letter will come in due time. If there 
is anything you wish to know about your case, do not feel backward 
about writing me, as I will be pleased to answer and give you all the 
information in my power. 
I will now attempt to answer several questions which are cer- 
tain to be asked of me by many people who think of using my 
treatment: 
First — The Remedy is composed of purely vegetable ingre- 
dients, and contains no mercury or other injurious mineral proper- 
ties, and therefore cannot possibly harm the most delicate consti- 
tution. 
Second — The use of the Remedy causes no interference with 
the patient’s daily labor or regular routine of every-day life, and no 
difference whatever need be made on account of taking it. 
Third — All orders are filled the same day upon which they are 
received. 
Fourth — The Remedy is always sent in plain wrappers, securely 
sealed from observation, nothing appearing on the outside of the 
package but the name and address of the patient ordering it. Fifth — It will not in any manner interfere with any other medi- 
cine which the patient may be taking at the same time for other 
complaints. 
Sixth — I send my treatment all over the world wherever the 
mail reaches, with perfect safety and despatch. Moodus is an Inter- 
national Money Order Office, and Post Office Orders can be drawn 
on it from all foreign Post Offices having this privilege. 
Seventh — A cure is guaranteed to every one using this Remedy 
and giving the same a fair trial according to directions, or money 
cheerfully and conscientiously refunded. 
Eighth — C. O. D.’s: I can send the Remedy C. O. D. (collect 
on delivery) when so requested, but it always costs the patient from 
twenty-five to fifty cents additional, as the express company must be 
paid for returning the money in addition to the regular charges for 
transporting the goods. 
Ninth—Although I can do just as well for you at your own 
home, still I would be pleased to see you, and a personal visit might 
result in mutual benefit. 
Tenth — By all means do not marry until you are well, strong, 
and cured beyond a doubt. 
Eleventh — I use a specially prepared Specific for female debility 
and other kindred complaints. 
Twelfth — Am I perfectly responsible, conscientious and reliable 
in all my statements ? Will my assertions and promises be fully and 
faithfully carried out to the letter ? The facts given below will 
reply. To those people who are familiar with my justly earned repu- 
tation in treating these diseases (and in many parts of the country 
my name is a familiar household word as a skillful specialist, medical 
writer, lecturer, etc.), the foregoing questions may seem uncalled for 
and superfluous. I have been treating these diseases for years', as 
evidenced by the back files of all the more prominent newspapers of 
the country; have lectured in every State and Territory of the Union, 
also throughout Great Britain and her Provinces; have had every 
facility to study all forms and phases of the diseases I profess to 
treat, from coming in constant contact with thousands of patients so 
afflicted. As an evidence of my success, and the satisfaction myself 
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and remedies must have given, patients are respectfully referred to 
both of the Standard Mercantile Agency Reports as to my commer- 
cial standing, etc., and if in the past I have been reliable in all my 
dealings, and my numerous patients have been satisfied and grateful, 
it is reasonable to suppose such will be the case in the future. As to 
the estimation that my skill and remedies are held in for treating 
these diseases by the more prominent physicians (who do not make 
a study of these diseases), would say that not a day passes but that 
I am sent more or less patients by them, or my opinion concerning 
some complicated case is solicited, as they recognize that by reason 
of my treating thousands of cases I must naturally grow proficient in 
my specialty. 
RETROSPECTIVE. 
In my little pamphlet the literary critic will detect many errors 
in phraseology, the lover of the sensational will complain of its dull- 
ness, and the chronic fault-finder will pronounce it gross and unfit 
for general perusal. This, however, does not disturb the equanimity 
of the writer, for in its preparation he has been animated by a deeper 
and higher motive than a vain attempt to please the superficial or 
achieve a literary triumph. If its carefully verified statements, its 
fearless denunciation of every disease producing evil and its revela- 
tions of the misery and despair which are produced by ignorance 
and thoughtlessness, and its exhortations to a higher, deeper, richer 
manhood, touch only a few of the many hearts to which its pages 
will certainly appeal, the highest expectations of the author will be 
fully realized, and the world will be the better for it. “To the pure in 
heart all things are pure; ” and when at last the direct rays of the 
sun of wisdom shoot through the valley and over the summits of the 
great mountains of error and ignorance, in whose dark shadows 
humanity has lingered so long, and the paths of safety are disclosed 
by the clear light of perfect knowledge, then there will come an era 
of moral chastity and physical perfection, and mankind, no longer 
trammelled by weakness, or enslaved by passion, will go on from 
height to height in the realm of achievement, until at last there shall 
dwell on earth a generation whose watchword shall be “purity.” 
The general circulation of a carefully prepared treatise on the 
pitfalls which beset the path of youth, setting forth in plain but modest words the relation of the various parts of the body to one 
another, describing the anatomy of the various functions of the body 
and warning the young of the dangers of ignorance and imprudence, 
and the older of the dire results of excesses and revealing in all its 
hideousness the diseases and symptoms that are certain to occur 
from the transgression of nature’s laws, would accomplish more for 
the preservation and elevation of the manhood of the rising genera- 
tion than all the moral influences combined. Into the dark and 
fathomless gulf of hopeless ruin thousands of young men plunge 
every year, cursing that mistaken sense of propriety and bemoaning 
that ignorance which left them to fall an easy prey to these debilitat- 
ing diseases, from which a few candid words of warning would have 
saved them. 
In conclusion, I would say that should this Pamphlet fall into 
the hands of any sufferer afflicted with any of the diseases described 
in the foregoing pages, and they conclude to place their case in my 
hands for treatment, they may rest assured of honorable and consci- 
entious usage, and that my best endeavors will go out in their behalf. 
And let me say here to all erring ones, do not keep your secret to 
yourself until it has sapped the fountain of your life, and left you a 
wreck of humanity, a curse to yourself and a burden to society; but, 
if entangled in the snare of Nervous Debility or any weakening dis- 
ease or trouble, flee at once from its destructive influences; use the 
SPECIFIC REMEDY and be restored to health and vigor. 
Do not cast this Pamphlet carelessly aside, but if not suffering 
yourself from any of the diseases herein mentioned, hand it or send 
it to a friend. He will never be the wiser as to how it came to reach 
him, and you may thus be the means of rescuing some poor sufferer, 
who but for you might never know of a cure, or be warned until it 
was too late. 
Another thing, if several years should elapse after receiving 
this Pamphlet, and you should then feel the need of my treatment, 
do not hesitate to address me, for as I have been here so many years 
in the past, I will in all human probability be here for years to come 
in the future. 
Address all communications plainly, 
PROF. F. C. FOWLER, 
P. O. Box 237. MOODUS, CONN. 
32 Zf)\e CWtfie*, That (f/'ft't+'H'A'. \}?r/nJsC'r is entitled to 
be registered in the town of <£>0 4 / as a Physician 
in general practice. 
Attest, CONN. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 
MEMBE99 OF THE 60**0. 
Connecticut gJoaviT of fjtcaltTt, 
SECRETARY’S OFFICE. 
tv. Officer. 
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