LUNG, FEMALE, 
AND 
Chronic tliscascs, 
BY 
SYLVESTER S. STRONG, M. D., 
SYLVESTER E. STRONG, M. D., 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
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REMEDIAL INSTITUTE. 
ESTABLISHED IX 1855. 
While there is a general and just disgust with the advertisements of quacks, 
atruthful statement of our Institute can not be regarded as unprofessional, 
but rests upon the same basis as the advertisements of medical schools and 
colleges. The invalid will find it necessary for his protection, to carefully 
distinguish between true and false testimony, as ignorant pretenders do not 
hesitate to make merchandise of life, by great assurance and vaunted cures. 
On the following pages may be found such information as the sick may desire 
in regard to our Institute—its design, mode of practice, success, and general 
reputation. 
The public has long felt a growing necessity for an Institution combining 
the most approved remedial agencies, with a practice based on correct physi- 
ological, pathological, and therapeutical laws, and embracing facilities that 
are unavailable in general practice. The great increase of chronic diseases ren- 
ders an apology unnecessary for calling attention to the superior advantages 
of our Institution. We have chosen Saratoga because of its invaluable 
medicinal springs, healthfulness, beautiful drives, pleasant walks, and numerous 
means of amusement. 
The Institute is a commodious brick building on Lincoln Avenue, formerly 
Circular Street, unequaled for beauty of location, between and near to Con- 
gress and Empire Springs, which in chronic maladies. Our 
rooms are large, very pleasant, and well furnished. 
After graduating at the New York Medical University, we devoted years 
to the study of the different systems of medicine, and carefully observed their 
operation in private practice, hospitals, dispensaries, cliniques, hydropathic 
and other Institutions. We have given special attention to the diseases of 
Women ; also the Throat, Heart, and Lungs—we are familiar with the various 
modes of practice adopted by those who make these maladies their specialty, 
and have made discoveries which are invaluable in their treatment. Of all 
diseases none are so little understood or so badly treated by practitioners 
generally. 
One of the principal causes of medicinal failure is a want of skill in diag- 
nosis, or ascertaining the nature of the disease. We have speedily cured 
those who have sought health in vain for years, because we detected their 
affection. 2 
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CONSUMPTION. 
The quiver of death has no arrow so deadly as'Consumption. Insidious in 
the commencement, and generally fatal in its termination, it is manifested by 
Loss of Flesh, Cough, Debilitt, Pain in the Chest, Chills, Night Sweats. 
Frequent Pulse, Difficult Breathing, etc. The trouble is usually referred 
to the throat, and the disease neglected until too late. Consumption con- 
sists in the deposit of a bluish gray substance in the lungs, called tubercle. 
Tubercles iDflame the lungs, and cause a destruction of their tissue. This 
abnormal substance is deposited because of an enfeebled state of the system, 
or a vitiated condition of the blood. Persons who are pale, weak, bloodless, 
dread exertion, have pains in the chest, may or may not cough, may or may 
not lose flesh, are frequently in that state in which tubercles are being depos- 
ited, or in the first stage of consumption. Those persons whose health is 
failing without apparent cause, who have any of the symptoms of consump- 
tion or hereditary tendency to it, should give early attention to the condition 
of their lungs. 
We have generally cured consumption in the first stage, occasionally in the 
second, but rarely, if ever, in the third. In a majority, of cases the earlier 
symptoms are disregarded, or referred to some other disease. The invalid 
is doctored for general debility, dyspepsia, disease of the liver or throat. 
A scientific examination of the chest by auscultation and percussion, which 
is of rare attainment, would reveal to a certainty the disease and its pro- 
gress. The physical examination of the chest is of the nature of an exact 
science. The ignorant pretender may make a flourish of instruments, and 
pass through the ceremony of chest examination, with no benefit to his 
patient; but a critical knowledge of auscultation and percussion enables 
us to discern the stage, as well as the nature, of the malady, and, therefore, 
to select the appropriate remedy. Three-fourths of all the cases we see 
of consumption have neglected the disease until it is incurable. Of all 3 
complaints, delay in this is most dangerous. It is so insidious it does no t 
generally interfere with the pleasures of life until it has passed the first stage. 
While on the one hand many persons, especially young ladies, are said to be 
dying of consumption when their lungs are sound, and they are suffering from 
a female disease, on the other hand physicians in general rarely discover con- 
sumption until it has passed the first stage, and he who runs may read. 
The first object in the cure of consumption is to arrest the deposition of 
tubercles ; the second to prevent the inflammation aud ulceration which they 
so generally induce ; and, finally, to cause their metamorphosis, toleration , 
or removal from the lungs. 
By inhalation we directly apply remedies to the affected part of the throat, 
bronchial tubes, and air-cells, without disturbing the stomach, or reaching the 
local affection through the indirect way of the circulation. In consumption, 
which is a constitutional as well as local disease, both inhalation and con- 
stitutional remedies are beneficial. The remedies which are most approved, 
in this country and in Europe, are used in our practice. 
It should be remembered that it is not inhalation merely, but the remedy 
inhaled, that is curative or destructive, according to the wisdom of the prac- 
titioner. We have recently introduced into our practice an instrument 
whereby we are enabled to carry medicines through all parts of the lungs, as 
well as the throat and nasal passages ; the remedies come in direct contact 
with the diseased organ. Medicated air has been introduced into the lungs 
for years, but the introduction of remedies themselves is new, and of value in the 
treatment of catarrh, throat, and lung affections. It is frequently more the 
stage than the nature of lung diseases that resists remedies. Let, therefore, the 
first symptoms receive the attention of a physician of known skill in chest 
affections. 
The limits of pur circular forbid a description of Laryngitis, Bronchitis, 
and other diseases of the throat and chest, which we are daily and successfully 
treating. 
Our location is well adapted to lung disease. The late Dr. North, in his 
book, says : “ Independent of other powerful attractions for invalids at Sara- 
toga, the pines and balsamic atmosphere should induce many to make a trial 
of its location.” Large towns and cities should be avoided. None are 
encouraged to remain with us without the probability of being benefited. 4 
DISEASES OF FEMALES. 
' When we consider the frequent violation of the laws of health, in servile 
obedience to the mandate of fashion—nervous excitement, congestion of the 
womb in menstruation, child-bearing, abortion, and liability to cold in various 
amusements—we cease to wonder at the organic and functional derangements 
of the uterus, and the prevalence of chronic diseases among women. 
In every neighborhood may be found invalids silently struggling with 
disease, because they know their physician does not understand their case, 
and therefore can not cure them. Unsuccessful as doctors generally are in 
female diseases, none are more certain of cure if skillfully managed. They 
are generally overlooked, and the invalid doctored for spinal disease, general 
debility, or left to suffer until death gives a happy release. For the success- 
ful treatment of these diseases, it is necessary that the invalid should be 
relieved of the cares of a household, and be under the daily supervision of a 
physician. So true is this, that a number of physicians, leading men in their 
profession, send us their patients afflicted with female diseases. 
Baths, Gymnastics, and the Spring Waters we have found valuable aids in 
the treatment of female diseases. Certain forms of these diseases are wont to 
cause consumption, and aggravate the disease when established. 
On the following pages will be found observations on some of the female 
maladies which have been successfully treated by us, that those who suffer from 
any of them may know their disease and where they may be cured. All of 
the symptoms must not be expected in any one case, as each has its own 
peculiarities. 
Eeucorrhcea, or Whites.—Of all diseases peculiar to the sex, none 
is more common. The health of the sufferer may be affected according to the 
cause and degree of the disease. The discharge may become abundant and 
acrid, and, through neglect or bad treatment, it may produce sterility, falling 
of the womb and vagina. There is a loss of appetite, indigestion, languor, 
and failure of the general health. The beauty and charms of the admired 
fade away. 
Ulceration of the Neck, of the Womb.—We know of no dis- 
ease of women more frequently misapprehended by physicians. The patient 
is frequently doctored for spinal disease, leucorrhoea, or general debility. 
The symptoms are pain and heat in the back and region of the womb, irritable 
bladder, and painful menstruation. There is also a creamy or white of an 
egg discharge. It is often attended with dyspepsia, spinal irritation, pain in 
the head, prolapsus, and difficulty in standing or walking. We have cured 
those who have been under the treatment of professors and other distinguished 
physicians, of various schools of medicine, nor have we been unsuccessful in 
a single instance. 
Menorrhagia, or Excessixe Menstruation.—In this the 
loss of blood is too great, or too frequent, or too prolonged. It may cause 5 
dizziness, pain in the head or back, palpitation, paleness, exhaustion, and gen- 
eral derangement of the nervous system. Unless the hemorrhage proceeds from 
tumor, cancer, or a corroding ulcer, it is quickly remedied. This is one of the 
most frequent causes of fatal disease, and is generally produced by some 
affection of the generative organs. 
Deficient Menstruation.—Here the loss of blood is less than na- 
ture requires. The symptoms are very similar to those:in excessive menstru- 
ation, producing an affection of the head, heart, and nervous system. De- 
rangement in the menstruating functions is often the beginning of other serious 
maladies, and should receive timely attention. How many beautiful flowers 
perish through neglect I 
Amenorrlioea, or Suppression*—As in deficient menstruation, 
there is pain in the back, head, or side ; but in suppression, the symptoms 
are more grave, constitutional disturbances more severe, loss of appetite and 
failure of the vital powers more marked ; and unless the function is established, 
often fatal organic disease may be expected. 
Dysmenorrhcea, or Painful Menstruation.—It may arise 
from neuralgia, or inflammation, or stricture of the neck of the uterus. It is 
a great tax on female comfort, frequently causing sterility. Of the multitude 
who have been under our care, not one has failed of a cure or of essential 
relief. 
Uterine Displacements.—These embrace prolapsus, or falling of 
the womb ; Anteversion, in which the uterus falls forward on the bladder, 
causing frequent passing of water ; Retroversion, when it falls backward on 
the rectum, sometimes producing distress in the movement of the bowels, and 
constipation. Procidentia, in which the womb protrudes from the person and 
comes down between the thighs. There are other forms of displacement, but 
the symptoms of all are very similar ; such as, bearing down, dragging about the 
hips ; heat, pain, or distress in the back and groin ; Leucorrhcea, and inabiliity to stand 
or walk much; “ goneness ” at the stomach, palpitation of the heart, irritable bladder, 
and general nervous derangement. Not all, but a part only of these symptoms are 
usually found in any one case. Physicians, in general practice, can not find 
time to give the requisite daily attention to these diseases, even though they 
should know how to treat them. The patient should be relieved from domestic 
cares, and have the daily attention of a physician whose skill and experience 
is beyond doubt. Our patients, in all instances have been enabled to lay 
aside all supporters and pessaries, and walk with ease. We have cured many 
who had been invalids for many years. Let none despair. Those who have 
been bedridden for years recover by our mode of practice. We have made 
some recent discoveries which are invaluable in the cure of displace- 
ments. 
Tumors*—These are of several varieties. The more common are ovarian. 
They occasion pain and heat in the groin, and often painful, profuse, and fre- 
quent menstruation. They at length enlarge, so as generally to be detected 
by the patient and imperil life. We have cured those we have seen timely ; 
and greatly lessened those far advanced, without the knife or pain to the 
patient. 6 
BloOcly Tumors.—This may be "detected by the patient as a red, 
Cherry-colored growth, at the water passage, giving pain in urinating and in 
sitting down. We have always readily removed this rare trouble. 
Ovarian Dropsy and Enlarged Womb.—In these very 
grave affections, we have had success beyond reasonable expectations. 
Polypus of the Womb.—This often causes hemorrhage, or an undue 
menstrual flow. The patient complains of pain in the back and hips, weari- 
ness, mucous discharge, etc. They are generally easily removed, with but 
little pain or danger, after which the patient recovers her usual health. 
Pruritus.—This is known by an intolerable itching of the genitals. 
We have cured those to whom life was almost a burden. 
Prolapsus of the Vagina.—The patient feels as though something 
was protruding from her person, and has a bearing down sensation in stand- 
ing or walking. We find it no uncommon malady, and often overlooked by 
medical advisers. 
Vaginitis.—In this, there [is leucorrhoea, heat, and soreness of the 
vagina, causing nervous irritability. It yields in a few weeks under proper 
remedial agencies; but, if badly treated or neglected, may cause serious evils. 
Sterility or Barrenness.—It depends on various causes, and not 
unfrequently on some disease or displacement of the uterus, which remedied, 
all obstacles to pregnancy are removed. 
Uterine Neuralgia.—This is characterized 'by severe pain in the 
pelvis, loins, back, and uterus, and sometimes it extends down the thighs. 
Inexperienced physicians are very liable to err in the management of this 
painful affection. 
Change of Life.—We have had many cases which had been treated 
for Change of Life, but the true malady was a disease of the womb, the cure 
of which stopped hemorrhage and restored the general health. 
There are many other forms of female diseases which are cured by us, 
such as enlargement, congestion, and inflammation of the uterus, etc., etc. Also, 
various affections of the vagina. 7 
CHRONIC DISEASES. 
Spinal Diseases.—Spinal irritation and curvatures are very com- 
mon, and have been invariably benefited or cured by us. Several months 
are usually required in correcting deformities. Young persons should seek 
timely relief, as curvatures can be easiest remedied before adult age. 
Dyspepsia.—No disease is more common. It is the fashionable malady 
of the nation, and drugs alone will not cure it. A personal experience of its 
evils has compelled us to become master of the atfection, as many patients 
would testify. 
Diseases of the Skin.—Cutaneous affections have received but 
little attention from the profession in this country. We have cured, by our 
various forms of baths and other agencies, the most horrid varieties, which 
were of long standing. 
Falling of the Bowels.—This may arise from a relaxed state of 
the muscular system, and from improper modes of dress, etc., giving origin to 
numerous functional derangements. It is not as common as dealers in sup- 
porters represent, and can be more quickly cured without such annoyances. 
Liver Complaint.—It is denoted by tenderness or uneasiness in the 
side, sallow skin, emaciation, depression of spirits, constipated bowels, and 
indigestion. 
Beware, lest you poison yourself by patent medicines, containing calomel 
in disguise. The Spring Waters are valuable remedies, in connection with 
other remedial agencies. We have succeeded with cases of many years stand- 
ing, which had resisted the usual remedies, and the skill of a large number of 
distinguished physicians. 
Rheumatism.—This is a dangerous malady, because of its strong tend- 
ency to produce heart disease, of which so many die suddenly. We have had 
patients from various parts of the country, and in every case have effected 
great relief or a perfect cure. Recent discoveries have given us great con- 
trol over this painful affection, especially that form which is worse at night. 
Seminal Weakness.—Many unfortunate sufferers who had de- 
spaired of recovery, after spending much time and money in the hands of 
various physicians, under our treatment have been restored. In no case have 
we failed to effect a radical cure. No disease is more prolific of evil results. 
List of some of the maladies to which we give special attention : 
PHARYNGITIS, 
LARYNGITIS, 
BRONCHITIS, 
ASTHMA, 
PNEUMONIA, 
PLEURISY, 
PHTHISIS PULMONALIS, 
HEART DISEASE, 
LIVER COMPLAINT, 
GALL-STONES, 
JAUNDICE, 
SPLENITIS, 
NEPHRITIS, 
DROPSY, 
CONSTIPATION, 
DISEASES OF THE SKIN, 
DISEASES OF THE EYE, 
SICK HEADACHE, 
FEMALE DISEASES, 
RHEUMATISM, 
GOUT, 
INFLAMMATION OF STOMACH, 
DYSPEPSIA, 
DIARRHOEA, 
ENTERITIS, 
PILES, 
AGUE AND FEVER, 
NEURALGIA, 
PARALYSIS, 
CHOREA, 
HYSTERIA, 
SPINAL DISEASE, 
CHLOROSIS, 
SCROFULA, 
ULCERS, 
Etc., Etc., Etc. 8 
While ours is not a Water Cure, yet water is one of our valuable remedial 
agents. The invalid will here find a good Gymnasium, and ALL the facilities 
of a well-conducted Water Cure, with very great additional curative ad- 
vantages, TO BE HAD AT NO OTHER INSTITUTION IN THIS COUNTRY. Water is 
one of the most powerful of all remedial agents, and but few require more 
discretion and practical wisdom in their application. 
There are many invalids who will not recover without being removed from 
the cares and anxieties of home, and subjected to those remedial agencies 
which are impracticable, except in an institution. 
We shall spare no effort to make our. Institute a happy retreat for gentle- 
men and ladies; a Model Institution, unsurpassed in its remedial and social 
character. 
Weekly scientific and practical lectures on Physiology and Laws of Health 
are delivered when practicable. 
With our mode of practice, facilities for exercise, 
and means of comfort, patients will find the Winter 
quite as favorable as the summer mouths for their 
cure. No season of the year should cause delay, lest it 
retard or prevent recovery. Many err, to their serious 
injury, by waiting for warm weather. 
JULY and AUGUST are the most expensive months. 
Inasmuch as many have made merchandise of health and life, by false state- 
ments, we insert a few extracts from letters, and give distinguished gentlemen 
as references, that such as are interested to know the character of our Institu- 
tion, and the truthfulness of our statements, may be fully satisfied. 
N. B.—Delicacy forbids the publication of certificates on certain female mala- 
dies, but private reference will be given if desired. We devote to no class of 
diseases more thorough and successful attention. 
TESTIMONIALS. 
Since publishing our last Circular, our son, Dr. S. E. Strong, has been as- 
sociated with us in the management and practice of the Remedial Institute. 
He is thoroughly acquainted with the peculiarities of our practice. His suc- 
cess, his eminent advantages and experience in the Island Hospital, New York 
City, where he had ample opportunity of learning the practice of the most 
eminent physicians and surgeons of the city from daily consultation with 
them, with his subsequent rare opportunities in the army, and three years’ 
practice in our Institution, renders him worthy of the highest confidence of 
those who seek restoration to health. 
S. S. STRONG. 9 
Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., November 24, 1858. 
To Sylvester S. Strong, M. D., Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
My Dear Sir :—It may be a matter of interest to you to hear from my sister- 
in-law, your late patient. From the time she left your house, two months 
since, she has had no relapse, and, we are happy to say, may be pronounced 
well. Her recovery is a marvel to all her friends. A short account of her 
case may be of use to those who are afflicted as she was. 
The foundation of her troubles was laid about that most critical period of 
woman’s life—the time of puberty. Being away from home, at school, the 
necessary precautions which her case required were neglected, and she became 
a confirmed invalid. The ordinary means of relief failed of success ; and in 
the spring of 1855 she was taken to Brooklyn, and placed under the care of a 
well-known physician, skillful in the diseases of females. Here she remained 
more than seven months, but without benefit. Leaving Brooklyn in January, 
1856, she became the patient of an eminent New York physician, residing in 
his house, which was used as a private hospital for females. At the end of a 
year she was no better, but rather worse. 
Her third physician, as well known in New York as either of the former, 
met with no better success after a trial of ten months. During her stay in 
Brooklyn and New York, the most learned professors were called as consult- 
ing physicians, and no means were left untried which seemed likely to afford 
relief. After a residence in Brooklyn and New York of two years and a half, 
she was removed to my house, with the settled conviction in the minds of her 
friends, that, being past cure, it was useless to try further experiments ; and 
it was only through the earnest persuasion of her friend, Mrs. B., that we con- 
sented to try your professional skill as a last resort. She was taken to your 
house in April, upon her bed, without sufficient strength to sit up an hour, 
and came away in September, cured. 
We feel under obligations to you and Mrs. S. for your persevering attentions 
and kindness under many discouragements, which no mere words or money 
can ever repay. Very respectfully yours, etc., 
Jonathan Pearson. 
Union College. December 4, 1858. 
Having read the above statement, and being well acquainted with the young 
lady, in relation to whose sickness, sufferings, and cure, the above certificate 
of Prof. Pearson is given, and being also well acquainted with the facts gen- 
erally contained in said certificate, I do not hesitate to say, and it gives me 
great pleasure to be able to say, that I believe the same to be correctly aud 
truly stated. Ei.iphalet Nott. 
Nearly two years since I was suffering from a very severe lung disease, 
which was generally thought to be a fatal case of consumption. I had a very 
harassing and almost constant cough, frequent pulse, night sweats, rapid 
waste of flesh, and during several weeks raised blood. My expectoration 
amounted to a pint or more daily. With these alarming symptoms, I consulted 
Dr. Strong. On a careful examination of my chest by percussion and auscul- 
tation he assured me that I might hope for a favorable termination of my 
malady. The remedies soon manifested their remedial power, so that in a 
few weeks I was able to give some attention to business, and in three months 
was restored to health. Dr. S. has been very successful in the treatment of 
the throat and lungs, and holds a high position as a practitioner among us. 
C. J. Buell. 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., March, 1859. 10 
Dr. Strong. 
New York City, March 2, 1861. 
Dear Friend:—Hearing that you are about issuing a new edition of your 
circular, I send you a brief history of my case, that you may make use of it 
for the benefit of others suffering from the same terrible disease. Somewhat 
more than a year since, I suffered from frequent and copious bleeding from 
the lungs, followed by night sweats, attended by a distressing cough, profuse 
expectoration, great debility, difficult breathing, and rapid emaciation. Hear- 
ing of your success in the treatment of consumption, in June last, I visited 
your Institute. During a stay of four months I wras fully restored to health, 
having passed a winter in the city in the regular discharge of my business 
duties, 1 feel assured that my health has not been better for years. 
With high appreciation of yourself personally, and of your services, 
I remain very gratefully yours, 
Geo. W. Ketser, 
252 West 22d Street, New York City. 
Drs. S. S. & S. E. Strong. 
Cambridge, N. Y., January 5, 1865. 
Diar Doctors:—Permit me to express my warmest gratitude for your skill- 
ful and successful treatment of my wife’s case. About twelve years ago 
Mrs. McKie gradually declined in health. We sought the aid of many able 
physicians without permanent benefit. Having twice visited Europe for her 
recovery, but still remaining an invalid, and for the last year being confined 
to her bed, I was induced, by friends who knew your skill and reputation, to 
place her under your care. For the unremitting attention to her varied 
wants and successful treatment, I am happy to make grateful acknowledg- 
ments, and more especially to commend to the perfect confidence of my 
friends your Institute, where I know they will find a first-class home, frank 
and reliable opinion, with very marked skill in treatment. Mrs. McKie con- 
tinues to rejoice in the vigor of health, and holds in grateful esteem the 
blessing of the Remedial. 
I regret that public confidence is so often misplaced that much effort is 
required to convince the invalid that your Institution is really what it is, 
and shall feel that I confer a favor upon the sick by assuring them of your 
extraordinary success and the great advantages of your model Institute. 
I am very respectfully yours, E. J. McKie. 
Saratoga Springs, April, 1860. 
I came under the care of Dr. Strong in the summer of 1856, had been able 
to sit up but little for several months, and was constantly failing. My case 
was considered a hopeless one, and I was expected soon to follow my brother, 
who had died a short time previously of consumption. Contrary to the 
opinion of other physicians, Dr. S. said I could be restored to my usual health. 
He found disease of the throat, lungs, and other organs. He succeeded beyond 
my most sanguine hopes, and I am now capable of as great, perhaps greater, 
endurance than at any previous time in my life. Dr. S. manifested great 
skill, both in understanding and thoroughly treating my disease, and I have 
become acquainted with many of the Doctor’s patients, and learned that he is 
as eminently successful in other affections as in lung disease. I would say to 
the invalid, if you wish your case scientifically and successfully treated, apply 
to Dr. S. You will find his Institution a home, and in him a kind frieud, 
Christian gentleman, and skillful physician. Hannah C. Curtis. 11 
The following is from the widow of the late Rev. A. Lee, of New York 
Conference : 
My Dear Mrs. H.:—For six months prior to my going to Dr. Strong’s I was 
confined to my bed with female disease, dyspepsia, violent burning through 
my chest and bowels, diarrhoea, with mucous and bloody discharges. My 
mouth and throat became very sore, and my nervous system was so affected 
that I could get no rest day nor night, which reduced me almost to a skeleton. 
I tried various skillful physicians, not only failing of success, but growing 
worse ; as the last resort, I was carried on a bed about one hundred miles to 
Dr. Strong’s, where I found his skill equal to his high reputation. The first 
week the inflammation of my mouth and stomach greatly subsided, and the 
other affections sensibly improved. The second week I sat up at my meals. 
The third I took gymnastics and walked out. The fourth I went to Congress 
Spring, and the fifth week I walked a mile and a half at one time with great 
comfort. Every remedy the Doctor prescribed had the effect intended, and 
my recovery is only one of many evidences of the Doctor’s great superiority 
in the cure of disease. Surely, the special providence of God directed me to 
his care. It gives me great pleasure to commend Dr. S. to your entire confi- 
dence as a very able and conscientious physician, and his Institute, above all 
others, for the cure of female and other diseases. Special care is given for 
the comfort as well as the health of the invalid. Mrs. Addi Lee. 
Ashland, N. Y., November 15, 1857. 
Ticonderoga, N. Y., January, 1861. 
My Dear Friend:—Doubtless you will be glad to hear of my restoration to 
health, and of the Remedial Institute. My friends rejoiced to welcome me 
home, and congratulate me on my recovery, saying that they did not expect 
me to return alive. I had been sick fourteen mouths, very seldom able to sit 
up long enough to have my bed made, being laid, as a child, from one bed in 
another. I was carried to Dr. S. S. Strong's, where I found all the skill and 
home comforts which his high reputation led me to expect. I was soon able 
to sit up ; in four weeks, with help, began to walk ; in eight weeks, went 
down stairs to my meals ; and in fourteen weeks I was regarded cured. I 
have continued to improve in strength, having had no occasion to call a phy- 
sician since. There are many suffering from various chronic diseases, especially 
lung, female, and neuralgic affections, who would find a speedy cure at Dr. 
Strong’s, if they knew, as I do, his Institute. Let not the failure of other 
physicians and institutions prevent you from obtaining the opinion and skill 
of Dr. Strong. The expenses bear no comparison with the benefits which the 
patients receive, etc., etc. Caroline Atwood. 
North Adams, Mass., December 28, 1856. 
Dear Friend:—It affords me pleasure to give you a statement of my case, 
that it may induce you to seek the medical aid of Dr. S. S. Strong, whom I 
know to be a gentleman of rare medical acquirements. For six long years I 
was an invalid, suffering much of the time inexpressible agony, having con- 
sulted twelve physicians, who entertained different views, and used various 
modes of treatment. Hope having nearly fled, I requested an examination 
after death, that the mysterious cause of my suffering might be known. I 
went to Saratoga to consult other physicians, who gave me no encourage- 
ment. I then called Dr. Strong’s attention to my case. Between three and 
four years I had not been able to sit up more than fifteen or twenty minutes 
without intense pain, and at that time I was not able to be up at all. My 
friends despaired of getting me home alive. On a careful examination, the 
Doctor pronounced it a case of gall-stones. Imagine my joy when he fouud 12 
the cause of my affliction, and assured me that, though it was a dangerous 
disease, I might expect to get well. This was more than I had dared to hope ; 
I only asked relief from my distress. Within ten days he obtained three 
large gall-stones, and proved his skill by restoring me to health. In five 
weeks ! returned home free from pain, and have never been troubled with it 
since, which is more than eighteen months, and I have gained thirty pounds. 
While at the Doctor’s I saw many rapidly recovering, who had sought health 
in vain at the hands of the most eminent physicians. From the remarkable 
cures which have been accomplished in lung and female diseases, I most sin- 
cerely advise you to go at once to his Remedial Institute, where kindness and 
health may be expected. Yours truly, H. A. Rider. 
Lewis, N. Y., April, 1860. 
Dear Doctor:—Two years previously to consulting you, I suffered from dys- 
pepsia, liver complaint, and spinal affection, which confined me to my bed for 
more than a year. I could not take a spoonful of broth without it distressing 
me for hours, so that starvation seemed almost inevitable. The success that 
attended your treatment of others induced my friends to take me on a bed to 
your Institute, a distance of more than a hundred miles. After a few weeks 
I could sit up, and in about two months I began to walk. In less than six 
months I returned home in such health as to surprise and gratify my friends. 
It is now five months since I left the Institute, and I have had no relapse, 
but have improved in flesh and strength. Most thankfully would I acknowl- 
edge the Providence of God in directing me to your care. 
Yours, with esteem, Caroline A. Meeker. 
Underhill, Yt., August 29, 1862. 
This certifies that 1 was taken sick in January, 1861, with dizziness, oc- 
casional blindness, and palpitation of the heart, and for more than a year 
was unable to walk, with two exceptions, more than ten rods. Six different 
physicians had the management of my case, and others were consulted, but 
with no permanent improvement. Much of the time I was confined to my 
bed, with no encouragement of recovery. Induced by the reputation of the 
Remedial Institute, I placed myself under the care of Dr. Strong in May, 
1862. His remedies were new and successful. I was under his care about 
three months, during which I was restored to usual health. I am now able 
to walk and perform the ordinary duties of life. 
Mrs. Elizabeth French. 
Broadalbin, N. Y., December 16, 1858. 
Dear Doctor :—I give you a statement of my case, that the suffering may be 
induced to seek the benefit of your skill. I had been in decline of health six 
years, and for the last two and a half years confined mostly to my bed. I 
consulted many physicians without benefit. Learning of your skill in such 
cases, I was taken on a bed to the Remedial Institute, where I had the assur- 
ance of recovery. After being there six weeks I was able to walk about a 
mile ; and in four months was dismissed cured. I had the best of care, and 
all that could be desired for health and comfort. While at the Doctor’s, I 
saw several who came on their beds restored to good health, and rapid im- 
provement was seen in the patients generally. Whatever representation of 
skill or advantages the Doctor holds forth for the encouragement of the inva- 
lid is fully believed and found true by all who know him. Melinda Fox. 
I hereby indorse the above certificate of my wife. R. B. Fox. 13 
Saratoga, SpaJanuary, 1857. 
Since my acquaintance with Dr. S. S. Strong, I have had ample opportunity 
to witness his urbanity and kindly deportment, as well as to assure myself of 
his extraordinary qualifications for treating those classes of disease for which 
his Institute is intended. 
Dr. S. has excellent and ample accommodations for a large number of pa- 
tients; and from personal acquaintance with many of those who were under 
his care, and my knowledge of the benefits which they received, I have the 
strongest confidence in his skill, and the peculiar adaptation of his remedies. 
Dr. S. is a graduate of the New York Medical University, and is thoroughly 
educated in his profession. He has devoted his attention for several years to 
lung, female, and chronic diseases, and sufferers may rest assured that they 
will find that relief at his Institute which can not be derived from physicians 
who are engaged in general practice. I cordially and confidently commend 
him to the confidence of all who have need of his services. 
B. M. Hall, Pastor of M. E. Church, Saratoga Springs. 
My Dear Sir:—It may serve the interest of the invalid to know that your 
skill in the cure of disease is demonstrated in the restoration of those who 
were regarded hopeless. I was taken to your Institute, a distance of a hun- 
dred miles, on a bed, to which I had been almost constantly confined for 
seven months, being unable to sit up for even half an hour. My friends 
feared the journey would prove fatal. Various physicians were consulted, 
but without any permanent advantage, until I tried your skill, which, I am 
happy to say, resulted in my cure. My improvement was surprisingly rapid, 
so that in five weeks I walked about half a mile, and in three months walked 
two miles with great pleasure. My recovery is one of the many remarkable 
cures of various diseases which I saw at your Institute, and which can be 
fully appreciated only by eye-witnesses of such extraordinary results. 
Elizabeth Ingalls. 
Westport, N. Y., December 23, 1858. 
I have been an invalid, suffering from harassing cough and other affections, 
so as to be unable to walk more than twelve rods at any time, for twenty 
years. For five years previous to going to Dr. Strong’s, my life was periled 
every three or four months by congestion of the lungs, and for the last nine 
months I was under the constant care of an able physician, being unable to 
sit up more than half of the time. When I went to the Doctor’s my case was 
generally regarded beyond recovery. I was under his care thirteen weeks, 
and, by inhalation and other remedies, my lungs so recovered as not to have 
another attack, and other affections so improved that I am in comfortable 
health, and able to walk well, to the astonishment of my acquaintances. I 
have not called a physician since I left the Institute, a period of fifteen 
months. Desire B. Martin. 
Porter’s Corners, N. Y., January, 1857. 
Rev. J. M. Sherwood, editor Presbyterian Quarterly, Hours at Home, and 
acting editor of the Eclectic, says, in the Eclectic, October, 1864 : 
We have known Dr. Strong for years; we have carefully observed his mode 
of treatment and his success; we have ourselves tested his skill by months of 
experience in his Institute ; and we unhesitatingly recommend him and his 
institution to those who have need of medical aid. He has recently associat- 
ed with him his son, Dr. S. B. Strong, who, besides a thorough medical 
training, has enjoyed peculiar facilities as Physician and Surgeon of the 14 
Island Hospital of New York, and also as Examining Surgeon ’and Acting 
Medical Director in the army for a considerable period, to fit him for his pres- 
ent responsible position. The various curative agents known to medical 
science are used in the Institution under an enlightened and independent 
judgment. The Drs. Strong are slaves to no school er system, but avail them- 
selves of what is best in all of them. They are both Christian gentlemen, as well 
as men of science, and there is both a home and a religious atmosphere about 
the Institution that is truly grateful to the stranger and the invalid. We 
have for years past used our influence with our friends, in a private way, to 
make known a most worthy Institution, and we avail ourselves of this oppor- 
tunity to bear public testimony in its favor. F. M. Sherwood. 
New York, September, 1864. 
The Rev. D. F. Hallock writes : 
Drs. S. S. & S. E. Strong. 
New Village, L. I., November 15, 1863. 
Dear Sirs :—Permit me to express my feelings of gratitude for the decided 
and great benefit Mrs. Hallock received at your hands during her stay with 
you. You remember that I told you that for more than a year previous she 
had been confined to the house, and scarcely able to walk about her room, 
could sit up but a short time at once, and then only in a reclining position ; 
that she had lost much flesh, was severely afflicted with neuralgia, together 
with an affection of the stomach, which you pronounced gastrodynia, from 
which she had suffered hours of intense pain, followed by much exhaustion 
and debility. When she visited you, she was obliged to be carried on a bed. 
When she left you she was able to walk a mile at a time, was in comparative 
good flesh, had greatly improved in neuralgia, and her gastrodynia was 
almost forgotten. She left you about two months since, and has continued to 
improve. 
With many kind'regards to you both for the care and kindness Mrs. Hal- 
lock received at your home, I am, with much esteem, 
Yours very truly, D. F. Hallock. 
Fallsington, Penn., 1st Mo., 5th, 1857. 
With an ardent desire that this may induce some suffering ones to place 
themselves under the skillful care of Dr. Strong, I give a brief account of my 
past sufferings. I suffered three years from spinal disease and an affection 
of the heart, which brought me so low that my life was despaired of. I was 
unable to sit up but a short period at a time, and had frequently great dis- 
tress in breathing, so that I was heard all over the house. I was also sub- 
ject to chills, which caused more suffering, and was entirely deprived of doing 
the least thing. I had almost despaired of recovering my health, but 
hearing of Dr. Strong’s Institute, I was induced to try it as the last resort ; 
and, from just being able to walk about the house, in four weeks I could 
walk a mile, improving all the time I staid, which was seventeen weeks. 
Those chills, distressing pains, etc., have left me, and I can walk three miles 
at a time without injury. I have had no need of a physician since I left, which 
is over a year. I shall ever feel deeply thankful for the kindness and sympa- 
thy I received from my esteemed Doctor and lady while under his care. 
Lizzie Burton. 
Rev. A. Johnson, of Dalton, Mass., writes : 
Dalton, Mass., March 9, 1859. 
During several months spent at Dr. Strong’s Institute, I had daily oppor- 
tunity to Observe the results of his practice. I am fully convinced that in 
skill in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, especially those of the throat, 15 
heart, and lungs, Dr. S. has but very few equals, and I know of none to whom 
I could commend the sick with so much assurance of their being benefited. 
For candor, medical ability, and success in his practice, the Doctor de- 
servedly has a high reputation, both at home and abroad. Having carefully 
examined his circular, and being personally acquainted with a number of 
the cases therein reported, I can indorse the whole as worthy of perfect con- 
fidence. 
The Institute is, in every respect, entitled to unqualified commendation. 
The benefit I have personally received, and the remarkable cures I have 
witnessed, prompt me to urge my brethren in the ministry to acquaint 
themselves with Dr. Strong’s mode of practice. A. Johnson. 
Rev. L. D. Stebbins, Pastor of the Hudson Street M. E. Church, Albany, 
N. Y., writes: 
Being confidentially acquainted with Dr. S. S. Strong, I can unhesitatingly 
speak of his superior skill in his profession and his entire devotion to it. His 
object is not applause, but to do his fellow-creatures good by curing their 
diseases. His caution, honesty, and kindness are sufficient to secure the confi- 
dence of the public, and recommend his Institute to all who would put them- 
selves in the hands of a safe physician—one who will tell them the truth, and 
will do his best to cure them. It is especially gratifying that he has so ap- 
plied himself to those diseases incident to our wives, mothers, and daughters, 
which have been so much neglected, that he has gained a remarkable knowl- 
edge of and control over them. Having known some noted instances of ben- 
efit and cure, I can express the strongest confidence in Dr. Strong’s method 
of treatment, and can say that, in my opinion, the Remedial Institute under 
his care is one of the very best and safest of its character which our country 
affords. 
Danbury, Ct., June 1, 1864. 
That it may be for the benefit of some suffering one, I make a statement of 
my case. In August, 1857, I had an attack of inflammation of the liver, of 
which I was dangerously sick for one month. After a partial recovery my 
disease assumed a chronic form, and grew gradually worse until the winter 
of 1860, when my physician said he could do no more for me. During all 
this time, until 1 came to the Remedial Institute, in the spring of 1861,1 suf- 
fered terribly for three hours at a time as often as twice or thrice a week 
from inexpressible pain in the region of my liver, bowels, stomach, and back, 
which could only be allayed by large doses of morphine. Soon afler arriving 
at the Institute I was permanently relieved of those distressing attacks, and 
in nine weeks returned home, able to discharge my ordinary duties, and dur- 
ing these three years have never had a return of the trouble. 
G. M. Hoyt. 
E. J. Pershing, A. M., Esq., editor of the Islander and Argus, Rock Island, 
111., in his paper says : 
My only object in writing is from motives of pure philanthropy, to call the 
attention of the invalids of the West to Dr. Strong’s Institution. The Doctor 
is a graduate of the New York Medical University—a gentleman confided in 
as a skillful physician, and honored as a man, by his Saratoga townsmen. We 
are personally cognizant of the great benefits which are derived from his 
mode of treatment—a mode about which there is nothing empiric, but which 
is based upon the soundest and most universally admitted scientific princi- 
ples. Dr. Strong does not profess to work miracles. He is modest in refer- 
ence to bis own great success. I think it so much the more just that, in a 
country where noisy and impudent quacks abound, his merits should be made 
known. I can not too strongly advise the numerous class of invalids at the 16 
West, who have struggled with chronic diseases for years, to give him a trial. 
They will not regret it, if human skill can do aught for them. I trust that 
this notice will be of some service to that “ noble army of martyrs” who 
heroically drag out a weary life, faithfully performing every duty under the 
burden of disease—willing to die, yet resolved never to give up. I have 
witnessed for myself, and have personally experienced the benefit of Dr. 
Strong’s treatment. 
July 24, 1865. 
Drs. S. S. & S. E. Strong. 
My dear Friends :—It gives me great pleasure to place at your disposal a 
brief statement of my case, that some suffering one, seeing, may take heart 
again. I was sick for more than one year prior to coming to the Remedial 
Institute, and for months confined to my bed, suffering great pain in my head, 
back, and limbs, and general derangement of the nervous system, so that ex- 
citement or even slight exertion would induce spasms. For a year I was be- 
ing continually weakened by constant hemorrhage, so that I was so pale and 
thin that I looked like one in the last stage of consumption. I also suffered 
from sore throat and aggravated catarrh. In three weeks after coming under 
your care the hemorrhage was cured, and in five months I was fully restored 
to health. Laura E. Beecher. 
Dr. H. L. Todd’s Views of Dr. S. S. Strong’s Remedial Institute. 
Schcylerville, July 22, 1856. 
Dear Doctor B.;—I wish to call your attention to Dr. S. S. Strong’s Reme- 
dial Institute, at Saratoga Springs, for the treatment of various chronic dis- 
eases, and especially those to which females are particularly subject. I have 
had the pleasure of personal acquaintance with Dr. Strong, and a personal 
inspection of his Institution, and can say that I think the Doctor well quali- 
fied for the treatment of such cases, and the establishment well calculated 
for the accommodation of that very numerous and unfortunate class of suf- 
ferers. Every physician in general practice feels the absolute inefficiency of 
all the means he can bring into use in the management of the cases above 
named, while the patient is still surrounded by the cares and perplexities of 
home and a family, and, at the same time, necessarily deprived of many of 
the useful influences and appliances which can readily be brought into effi- 
cient operation in such an Institution, but which are utterly impracticable in 
general practice. Dr. S. is a graduate of the N. Y. University of Medicine, 
and is well informed in the different branches of the profession in general; 
but, having made a specialty of the diseases of females and ot the chest, he 
seems peculiarly well qualified, and, in such an Institution, well prepared, 
for their cure. I have no doubt that you have patients under your own care 
whom you would be glad to send to Saratoga, could you be sure of their be- 
ing able to secure proper and constant medical advice. If you have any 
such cases, which you have treated till you are sick of them, I think you will 
do well to send them to the care of Dr. Strong. 
Yours, in the profession, H. L. Todd, M. D. 
Dr. Todd’s sister was cured at the Institute. 
Certificates and recommendations are so easily procured, and an undeserv- 
ed reputation made through advertising, while the pretender may be without 
any medical reputation among his own citizens, that we would suggest to 
the invalid the propriety of knowing the home reputation of the physician, as 
the basis of confidence. We give the following from some of our leading, 
well-known citizens: 
For the benefit of those who are interested to know the home reputation of 17 
Drs. S. S. & S. E. Strong, we would say that they are regarded as among our 
most able medical practitioners, and that they are pre-eminently successful in 
the treatment of lung, female, and chronic diseases. 
James B. McKean, 
James M. Andrews, 
H. A. Wilson, 
Howard Miller, 
E. R. Waterbcry, 
P. R. Waterbcry, 
H. H. Hathorn, 
J. E. Hollister, 
Isaac Miller, 
John Benedict, 
Rockwell Putnam, 
P. H. McOmber. 
Dr. J. N. Lowe’s Commendation of Dr. S. E. Stroni 
Dr. S. E. Strong. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., March 18, 1862. 
Dear Sir :—As it has been my privilege, as well as pleasure, to visit the 
“ Island Hospital ” frequently during the past winter, I have felt I should be 
doing you an injustice were I not to express to you my thanks for the many 
generous and gentlemanly courtesies I have experienced at your hands in 
your capacity of Physician and Surgeon at that benevolent Institution. Al- 
low me also to congratulate you, and to express my admiration of the emi- 
nently successful issue of the treatment in a great variety of diseases which 
have been brought under my notice in the wards under your special care 
and control. I trust, Sir, that the remarkable evidence of excellence of judg- 
ment and accuracy of analysis in diagnosticating disease, united with the 
consummate skill you have displayed in the selection, adaptation, and appro- 
priate application of remedies, may make for you a career in the practice of 
your profession, which shall be fraught with rich blessings to humanity. 
With sentiments of true esteem, I remain, Sir, 
Yours as ever, J. N. Lowe, M. D. 
The following is copied from the Saralogian, of Saratoga Springs : 
Another M. D.—Doctors are by no means scarce in this village, and 
the advent of a new one does not often provoke comment or notice from the 
press. But we depart from our usual habit, in this respect, to call attention 
to the card of Dr. S. E. Strong, son of Dr. S. S. Strong, of this place, which will 
be found in another column, mainly because we think it but proper to notice 
the opportunities which this physician has enjoyed, and the responsible posi- 
tions he has filled. Having finished his collegiate course, he pursued the 
study of medicine with his father, who spared no effort, not only to acquaint 
him with the profession in general, but with those diseases he makes a speci- 
alty. The Doctor afterward graduated, at the New York Medical University, 
taking not only the prescribed two courses, but also a third. Subsequently 
appointed Physician and Surgeon of the Island Hospital of New York, he 
had for several months under his immediate charge upward of two hundred 
cases, and was in daily consultation with the leading physicians and surgeons 
of the city. Among those under his care was a ward containing fifty cases of 
consumption, representing every form of the disease; another containing 
some fifty surgical cases; another embracing those afflicted with female 
diseases ; and still others embracing a variety of maladies. In the same 
hospital were some three hundred cases of venereal disease, affording abundant 
opportunity, of which advantage was taken, to become skilled in these 
scourges. He resigned his position in the Hospital, and entered the United 
States service. After acting for several weeks as surgeon of the Third Min- 
nesota, stationed near Nashville, Tenn., he was ordered to report at Louis- 
ville, Ky., to take charge of the surgery of a General Hospital. He was 
afterward, at the request of the authorities of Indianapolis, Ind., transferred 18 
to that post, where he was examining Surgeon for six months, and senior 
surgeon, acting as Medical Director, for the last three months. He hag 
examined many thousands of sick and wounded men, and it is not unsafe to 
say that be has had an experience more valuable in its character, and more 
extensive than ordinarily falls within the scope of a practitioner’s life. And 
what is a little remarkable, none of the important and responsible positions 
which he has held were sought for by him. That his services were very 
creditable to himself, and valuable to the Government, is evident from the 
testimony of the General commanding the District of Indiana, who speaks of 
him as an “ officer attentive to official business* and eminently qualified in 
his profession.” 
(For the Christian Advocate.) 
Rev. Dr. PECK’S LETTER FROM SARATOGA. 
We sought a place for a few days’ rest before sailing for San Francisco. A 
kind friend directed us to the house of Dr. S. S, Strong, Saratoga Springs. 
We find the place much improved. The building and grounds would make 
an agreeable impression upon a stranger. The rooms are neat and comfort- 
able. The table is exactly what it ought to be, amply provided with whole- 
some food, with enough of luxuries to satisfy reasonable guests. The waiters 
are very prompt and skillful. 
Invalids are sure of skillful treatment. Not only will they be wisely ad- 
vised with regard to the use of the various medicinal waters, but be favored 
with necessary medical attention, and with unusual skill and experience in 
special cases, in the treatment of which Dr. Strong has become famous abroad. 
We are pleased to find that his reputation is also excellent at home. He 
enjoys the confidence of his neighbors, and numbers among his patients and 
patrons many of the best families of Saratoga. 
He is now favored with the assistance of Dr. S. E. Strong, his son, who, after 
the advantages of a superior education, general and medical, sustained a 
reputation unusually elevated, as physician to a New York Hospital, and as 
surgeon and physician in the army. 
To these must be added the religious privileges of the house, which give it 
the grace and healthfulness of a Christian home. 
Among the desirable places for repose and enjoyment which abound in this 
delightful town, it gives me great pleasure to call attention to the residence 
of Dr. Strong. Jesse T. Peck. 
Saratoga Springs, June 30,1864. 
TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 
We know that the profession are justly opposed to various hydropathic 
establishments, managed by mere pretenders; yet many admit the necessity 
of an Institution under the care of thoroughly educated physicians, for the 
treatment of a certain class of cases, that require a change in the hygienic 
influences, and the daily supervision and control of a medical man. A phy- 
sician may be well informed in his profession, still he will meet with a class 
of cases with which he can not become familiar, and the more he knows of 
them the more he feels disposed to commend them to those whose opportuni- 
ties and large experience have made them successful in their cure. Physi- 
cians have advised us to address a note to the profession, and call your atten- 
tion to our Institution, assuring us that we only need to becomeimown to you 19 
to enjoy your confidence and patronage. Should you visit Saratoga, we cor- 
dially invite your personal acquaintance. Many of the profession send us 
their patients, and the uniform commendation of those who know tho char- 
acter of the Institution induces us to solicit your attention to the advantages 
which our house affords for those you deem best to send to the care of some 
brother in the profession. 
S. S. Strong, M. D. 
S. E. Strong, M. D. 
Recognizing the advantages of an Institution where invalids suffering from 
various chronic diseases may find a home regulated by hygienic laws, where 
the general management of the patient is under the control of the physician, 
and where remedial agencies may be employed that are impracticable in gen- 
eral practice, we are gratified to be able to call the attention of our brethren 
in the profession to the Remedial Institute of Saratoga Springs. 
Its proprietors, Drs. S. S. & S. E. Strong, are graduates of the New York 
Medical University, thoroughly educated in their profession, and of marked 
ability in their specialty. As institutions for the sick have been so largely 
in the hands of empirics, and have received the merited condemnation of the 
profession, we are the more happy to direct attention to this one, to which 
they may with entire confidence commend those who may be benefited by 
being sent from home for treatment. John C. Ferguson, M. D., 
Prof. Physiology Cltr'd Med. Col. 
TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 
Inhalation, Cold, Warm, Vapor, and Medicated Baths, Galvanism, 
Electro-Chemical Baths, Medicine, Hygiene, and Calisthenics, are 
among our remedial agencies. 
The nature and stage of the disease will indicate the remedy. 
TERMS. 
Depending on the room and attention needed, including board, treatment 
and medical advice. Extra attention subject >to extra charge. Clergymen 
and their families in indigent circumstances received at reduced prices. 
N. B.—There will be a charge for the first examination. 
FROM $10 TO $15 PER WEEK. 
BILLS PAYABLE AT THE OFFICE EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. 
Patients needing water treatment will furnish a woolen blanket and two 
linen or cotton sheets. All patients are expected to furnish their own toilet 
and bath towels. 
This Institute will be open all the year. 
The boarding department is of the highest order. Persons who do not 
desire medical treatment will find first-class accommodations. 
Address in full, to avoid mistake, 
Drs. S. S. & S. E. STRONG, 
Remedial Institute, 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 20 
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