AND AIL PEOPLE: Who appreciate the valne of keepiner a memorandum of bnsincss transactions, daily events, and items of interest or importance, for future reference. A PRESENT FROM THE WDRID’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION BUFFALO, N. Y., and LONDON, Eng. Hitered according to Act of Cmuress. in the year 1888, by the “ World's Dispensary Medical Associationm the office o] the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. RATES OP POSTAGE. I'IRST-CIiASS. Tetters to any part of the United States, two cents per ounce, or fraction thereof, if prepaid. Unpaid letters are sent to the Dead Letter Office, at Washington. SECOND-CEASS.—One cent a pound, for publishers and newsdealers only. Transient newspapers and periodicals by others, one cent for each four ounces, or fractional part thereof. THIRD-CEASS. — Books, unsealed circulars, and all printed matter, except newspapers, one cent for each two ounces, or fraction thereof. FOURTH-CEASS.—Merchandise, types, cuttings, roots, seeds, metals, ores, and minerals, and all mailable matter not in first, second, or third-class, one cent for each ounce, or fraction thereof. CHARGES FOR MONEY - ORDERS. — Money- orders can be obtained only at designated Money-order Offices. Money can be sent to any part of the country with absolute safety, by obtaining a Money-order, for which the fees are: On orders not exceeding $5, 6 cts.; over $5, and not exceeding $10, 8 cts.; over $10, and not ex- ceeding $15, 10 cts.; over $15, and not exceeding $30, 15 cts.; over $30, and not exceeding $40, 20 cts.; over $40, and not exceeding $50, 25 cts.; over $50, and not exceeding $60, 30 cts.; over $60, and not exceeding $70, 35 cts.; over $70, and not exceeding $80. 40 cts.; over $80, and not ex- ceeding $100, 45 cts. A single Money-order may include any amount from one cent to one hundred dollars inclu- sive, but must not contain a fractional part of a cent. POST ITEMS.—It costs 10 cents extra, besides the reg- ular postage, to register. Letters may be registered aft any Post-office. If our medicines did not possess superior merit, do you suppose that dealers would offer and try to press upon you something whose only claim is that “ it is just as good ” as ours? Of course such fraudulent imitations pay the dealers larger profits than ours. But if such parties are so unscrupulous &>nd dishonest as to try to steal the well- earned reputation that our medicines have earned, by com- pounding, or purchasing and offering poor imitations thereof, styling them “nou-secret” remedies, or whatever you please, are they likely to be more honest in compound- ing and furnishing a good medicine to their patrons? If they attempt to wrong the honest manufacturer by imita- ting or counterfeiting his productions, are they likely to deal squareiy with the sick and afflicted? Remember, there is no honor among thieves. They can quite as honorably take your money for a worthless medi- cine, as to attempt to steal the reputation of a genuine and good medicine, that has gained its standing by its merits, backed by a large expenditure of money by its owners, who are justly entitied to all the benefits naturally accruing therefrom. Therefore, always buy the genuine medicines of Dr. Pierce. They have stood the test of many years, and are to-day more popular than ever. Never take some- thing said to be “just as good.” Our standard medicines are sold by druggists the woild over. NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES. “Till! SLOUGH OF DESPONDENCY.” Smith — “ I know ’tis a sin to, But I’m bent on the notion, I’ll throw myself into The deep, briny ocean.” Brown—“Fie, fie, my good friend, don’t give way to /our ailments so easily, and settle down into such gloom md despondency. There’s no excuse for such conduct, when it’s a well-known fact that all your bad feelings, terrible headaches, poor appetite, sense of fatigue, and assitude, low-spirits, and hypochondriacal condition are iue to torpid liver and consequent indigestion, and debil- ity, which will all give way and disappear, as the dew Oefore the morning sun, if you but make use of that world-famed anti-bilious medicine known as Dr. Pierce’s Solden Medical Discovery. It cured me when I was in a much worse condition than you are, and if you will only try it you will soon be singing— “ But my spirit shall wander Through gay coral bowers, And frisk with the mermaids It shall,, by the Powers 1 ” Qoldin Medical Discovery is guaranteed to cur®. 1 REJUVENATE D. Not long ago this old gentleman was a sour, despondent dyspeptic, invalid, with torpid liver, sallow complexion, irritable temper, and was Indescribably miserable, both mentally and physically. Now, as the result of taken Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, he leads the boys at the running jump, and makes himself a pleasant companion generally. Moral.—If you feel dull, tired, languid, low-spirited, lifeless, and indescribably miserable, experience a sense of fullness or bloating after eating, with coated tongue, bitter or bad taste in mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, fre- 3uent headaches, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or isturbed and unrefreshing sleep with a constant, inde- scribable feeling of dread, or of impending calamity, take the world-famed “ Golden Medical Discovery.” It is equally good as an Alterative, or blood-cleansing agent and also aa an Invigorating, Restorative Tonic. It infuses new life, spirits and vigor into the debilitated and despondent; ban- ishes that “tired feeling ” of which so many complain, and builds up both flesh and strength when reduced below the usual standard of health. It is the only medicine of its class guaranteed to benefit or cure, or money paid for it will be refunded. 2 1889. 1890. a .. « is jo 17 x .. r 14 n 28 T 1 8 1* U 29 W 2 * 1* 22 30 T 3 10 17 24 31 F 4 11 18 26 .. H 5 12 19 26 .. JANUARY. WHAT 18 DOTTXD DOWK HKRB WILL BK CSXFDL IK ATTKK YKAKS. H . 5 12 IS at M.. 6 13 20 tl T .. 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 IS 22 2S T 2 8 16 23 30 F 5 10 17 24 SI H 4 11 18 28 .. 3 Only a few months ago these romping, rosy-cheekeo asses were puny, delicate, pale, sickly girls. By the aid of Dr. Pierce’s world-famed Favorite Prescription, they have blossomed out into beautiful, plump, hale, hearty, strong young women. “Favorite Prescription” is an invigorating, restorative ionic and as a regulator and promoter of functional actior at that critical period of change from girlhood to woman hood, it is a perfectly safe remedial agent, and can pro- duce only good results. It is carefully compounded, bj an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted tc woman's delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in any condition of the system. It imparts strength to the whole system. Foi overworked, “worn-out.” “run-down,” debilitated teach ere, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, “shop-girls,’ housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women gener- ally, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. It Is the only medicine for women, ■old by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been faithfully carried out for many years. HEALTHFUL EXERCISE. 4 i*a». 1690, ft .. 3 10 17 24 M .. 4 11 18 25 T .. 6 12 19 26 W .. 6 13 20 27 P .. 7 14 21 28 PI 8 15 22 .. ft 2 a 16 23 . FEBRUARY. a .. s si* & M .. S 10 IT & T .. 4 11 18 ft W .. 5 12 19 ft T .. 6 13 20 gf F .. 7 14 a ft » 1 8 IS 22 .. this book will remind ME OF MY OBLIGA- TIONS. 5 AN HONEST DRUGGIST, ytaen asked for the best blood-purifier, always recom aaends Dr, Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, because he snows it has by far the largest sale and gives the beet satis- faction to his customers, and, besides, it is tlie only medicine of its class which is guaranteed to benefit or cure in all diseases for which it is recommended, or money paid for it is promptly returned. “ Golden Medical Discovery” cures all humors, from a common Blotch, or Eruption, to the worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases caused by bad blood are conquered by this powerful, purifying, and invigorating medicine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign influence. Especially has it manifested Its potency in curing Tetter, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Disease, “White Swellings,” “ Fever-sores.’ Skntre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands. “FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE.” If you would preserve your health, thoroughly cleanse ih« blood, by the use of “ Golden Medical Discovery,” and ffood digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength and bodily health will be established. 6 1*89. i*»0„ * 3 10 17 24 31 M .. 4 11 18 25 .. T .. 5 12 19 26 .. W.. 6 13 2() 27 .. * 7 14 21 28 .. !T 1 8 15 22 29 .. 3 2 9 16 23 30 .. MARCH. THIS WILL REMIND MB OF MY DAILY EXPENSES. 8 .. 2 9 16 23 3C M.. 3 10 17 24 31 T .. 4 11 18 25 .. W .. 5 12 19 26 . T .. 6 13 20 27 F .. 7 14 21 28 . 8 i 8 16 22 29 . 7 THE NEW PRIZE STOSf is eagerly sought for, read with pleasure or disappointment Is then tossed aside and forgotten. But ladies who read o: Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, read it again, for the} discover in it something to prize—a messenger of joy tc those suffering from functional derangements or any of the painful disorders or weaknesses peculiar to their sex Periodical pains, internal inllammation and ulceration ieueorrhea and kindred ailments readily yield to its won- derful curative and healing powers. It is a soothing and strengthening nervine ana induces refreshing sleep, re- lieving mental anxiety and despondency. When taken in connection with the use of Dr. Pierce’s G*- .den Medical Discovery, and small laxative doses of Dr. Pierce’s Purga tive Pellets (Little Liver Pills), “ Favorite Prescription ’ cures Liver, Kidney and Bladder diseases. Their com bined use also removes blood taints, and abolishes can cerous and scrofulous humors from the system. “Favorite Prescription” is the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in everj case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee ha* been printed on the bottle-wrappers, and faithfully car ried out for many years. 8 tags. » 7 14 21 28 MX 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 SO W 3 10 17 24 .. T 4 11 18 25 .. V 6 12 19 26 .. B 6 18 20 27 - IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE YEAR CAN BE NOTED IN THIS BOOK. APRIL,* • S IS 20 g M.. 7 14 21 * T 1 8 15 22 » W 2 9 16 25 £S T 5 10 17 24 .. F 4 11 18 26 .. 8 5 12 ID X .. 9 ASLEEP ON THE RAILROAD TRACK. A little child, tired of play, had pillowed his head on a rail ussd fallen asleep. The train was almost upon him when a 5aming stranger rushed forward and saved him from a hor- rible death. Perhaps you are asleep on the track, too. You are, if you are neglecting the hacking cough, the hectic tush, the loss of appetite and growing weakness and lassi- tude, which have unconsciously crept upon you. Wake up or the train will he upon you I Consumption, which thus Insiduously fastens its hold upon its victims while they are anconscious of its approach, must be taken in time, if it is to be overcome. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery ias cured thousands of cases of this most fatal of maladies But it must be taken before the disease is too far advanced In order to be effective. If taken in time, and given a fair trial, it will cure, or money paid for it will b« refunded. For Weak Longs, Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Chronic Catarrh in the Head, Bron- chitis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred affec- tions, it is also an efficient remedy. 10 isst. iSS®. « .. 5 12 19 25 sm .. 6 13 20 27 * 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 » 4 11 18 25 .. HOW OFTEN WOULD I BE MISTAKEN WERE IT NOT FOR MEMORANDA IN THIS BOOK. MAY. 8 .. 4 U 18 U M . 5 12 19 26 V .. 6 IS 20 27 W .. 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30 8 3 10 17 24 51 11 JENKS' DREAM. Jenks had a queer dream the other night. He thought he saw a prize-lighters’ ring, and in the middle of it stood a doughty little champion who met and deliberately knocked over, one by one, a score or more of big, burly- looking fellows, as they advanced to the attack. Giants as they were in size, the valiant pigmy proved more than a match for them. It was all so funDy that Jenks woke up laughing. He accounts for the dream by the fact that he had just come to the conclusion, after trying nearly overy big, drastic pill on the market, that Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or tiny Sugar-coated Granules, easily “ knock out ” and beat all the rest hollow 1 Sick Headache, lSilioiis Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, Billons Attacks and all derangements of the stomach and bowels, are promptly relieved and permanently cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. They are gently laxative, or Strongly cathartic, according to *1Z* of dose. 25 cents a vial, by druggists. 12 1889. 1890. 8 .. 2 9 16 23 30 M .. 3 10 17 24 .. T .. 4 11 18 25 W .. 5 12 19 26 .. T .. 6 13 20 27 .. F .. 7 14 21 28 .. 8 1 8 15 22 29 . THIS BOOK WILL SAVE THE LABOR OF LOOKING UP DATES. JUNE. H 1 8 15 '22 29 M2 9 IB 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 . \V 4 11 18 25 .. T 5 12 19 26 .. F 6 13 20 27 . H 7 14 21 28 .. 13 As au invigorating tonic or strength restorer, for debili- tated females generally and especially for nursing mothers, who need a reliable restorative. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription has absolutely no equal. Its beneficial effects are two-fold, for it not only builds up the mother’s strength but also exercises a most salutary invigorating effect upon the nursing infant. Sit pregnancy, “ Favorite Prescription ” is a “ mother’s cordial,” relieving nausea, weakness of stomach and other distressing symptoms common to that condition. If its use is kept up in the latter months of gestation, it so pre- pares the system for childbirth as to greatly lessen and many times almost entirely do away with the sufferings of that trying ordeal. The only guaranteed cure for women, sold by drug- gists, is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. Every Invalid Lady should send for “The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser,” in which over fifty pages are devoted to the consideration of diseases peculiar to women. Illustrated with numerous wood-cuts and col- ored plates. Contains over 1000 pages. It will be sent, post-paid, to any address for $1.50. A large pamphlet, on Diseases of Women, will be sent to any address foe ten cents in postage stamps. THE MOTHERS’ FRIEND. 14 8 .. 7 14 21 28 Ml 8 16 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 T 4 11 18 25 .. F 5 12 19 2C .. 8 6 13 20 27 - 18 8 9. JUI*YT. 1 »!*<>. S .. 6 13 20 27 M .. 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 W 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 31 F 4 11 18 25 . H 5 12 19 26 .. FROM THIS BOOK I CAN LEARN THE AMOUNT OF MY PERSONAL EXPENSES. 15 THE CRUSTY OED MAN. “ I wonder Grimes has any friends, His manner grows so surly; No matter where we chance to meet. Or whether late or early, ’ Tis just the same: he cannot stay , And barely answers a ‘ good day.’ ” Now this is a sad case of misconception. It is not Grimes' disposition which is at fault, but his liver. He can’t appear jolly when he feels miserable. If he would take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, the great liver, stomach and bowel regulator, he would soon be the same happy fellow as of old—agreeable to himself and the world generally. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and through that great blood-purifying organ, cleanses the system of all blood taints and impuri- ties, from whatever cause arising. It cures all Skin and Scale Dieases, Salt-rheum Tetter, Boils, Carbuncles, and Scrofulous Sores and Swellings. It is equally efficacious in acting upon the Kidneys, and other excretory organs, cleansing and strengthening them and healing their dis- eases. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes digestion and nutrition, thereby building up both ffesh and strength. In malarial districts, this wonderful medicine has gained great celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases. 16 1889. 1890. H .. 4 11 18 25 M .. 5 12 19 26 T .. 6 13 20 27 W .. 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30 H 3 10 17 24 31 THIS WILL REMIND ME OF ARTICLES TO BE PUR- CHASED. AUGUST. S .. 3 10 17 24 31 M~ 4 11 18 26 .. T - 5 12 19 26 .. W 6 13 20 27 .. T .. 7 14 21 28 ... F 1 8 15 22 29 . M 2 9 16 23 30 .. 17 “ I am weary of life,” moaned poor Mrs. Black, “For I’m fairly worn out with the ache in my back; My nerves are a chain Of weakness and pain, And my poor head is aching as if it would crack.” “Now, don’t be discouraged,” cried good Mrs. White, “ It is never so dark but there’s promise of light; I can tell you, in brief. What will give you relief— Pierce’s Favorite Prescription will soon set you right.” As a soothing nervine, “Favorite Prescription” is une- qualed. It is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous irritability, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attend- ant upon functional and organic disease. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de- spondency. As a powerful, invigorating tonic, “Favorite Prescrip- tion ” imparts strength to the whole system. For feeble women, it is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. It im- proves digestion and cures dyspepsia. It is purely vege- table and perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition Of the system. DESPAIR. 18 1889. 1890. SI 8 15 22 29 M2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 .. W 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 ft’ 6 13 20 27 .. S 7 14 21 28 .. SEPTEMBER. ALL CONTRACTS MADE BY ME ARE REFERRED TO IN THIS BOOK. 8 .. 7 14 21 28 Ml 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 .. X 4 11 18 25 .. F 5 12 19 26 .. S 6 13 20 27 .. 19 Don’t give up, my poor, sick friend, While there’s life there’s hope, ’tis said; Sicker persons often mend; Time to give up when you’re dead.” Purer, richer blood you need; Strength and tone your system give; This advice be wise and heed— Take the G. M. D. and live.” " These letters stand for ‘ Golden Medical Discovery ’ (Dr. Pierce’s), the greatest nutritive, tonic and blood-purifier of the age. You have been told that consumption is in- curable that when the lungs are attacked by this malady, which is scrofula affecting the lungs and rotting them out, the sufferer is past all help, and the end is a mere question of time. You have noted with alarm the unmistakable symptoms of the disease; you have tried all manner of so-called cures in vain, and you are now despondent and preparing for the worst. But ‘ don’t give up tne ship ’ while Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery remains untried.” If taken in time, and given a fair trial, it is warranted to benefit or cure, or money paid for it will be returned. THE FRIEND’S ADVICE. 20 1 8K». 18 9 V. H .. 6 13 20 27 M .. 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 W 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 31 F 4 11 18 25 .. 8 5 12 19 26 .. OCTOBER. 8 .. 5 12 19 26 HI.. 6 13 20 27 T .. 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 F 3 10 17 24 31 8 4 11 18 25 .. A GENTLE REMINDER TO KEEP MY APPOINT- MENTS. 21 Most women naturally look forward tc matrimony as their proper sphere in life, but they should constantly bear in mind that a fair, rosy face, bright eyes, and a healthy, well-developed form, are the best passports to a happy marriage. All those wasting disorders, weaknesses, and functional irregularities peculiar to their sex, destroy beauty and attractiveness and make life miserable. An unfailing specific for these maladies is to be found in Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing at monthly periods, painful tion, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak back, anteversion, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries, accompained with ‘’internal heat. “Favorite Prescription” is the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. This f uarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrappers, and aithfully carried out for many years. CUPID’S HARNESS. WARRANTED. 22 1889. 1890. ft .. 3 10 17 24 M .. 4 11 18 25 T .. 5 12 19 26 W .. 6 13 20 27 T .. 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22 29 8 2 9 16 23 30 NOVEMBER. MEMORANDA THAT WILL SAVE DISPUTES WITH MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. 8 .. 2 9 16 23 30 M .. 3 10 17 24 .. T .. 4 11 18 25 .. W .. 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 .. P .. 7 14 21 28 .. 8 1 8 15 22 29 . 23 The old-style pills! Who does not know What agony they caused—what woe? You walked the floor, you groaned, you sighed, And felt such awful pain inside. And the next day you felt so weak, You didn’t want to move or speak. Now Pierce’s “Pellets” are so mild They are not dreaded by a child. They do their work in painless way And leave no weakness for next day; Thus proving what is oft oonfest, That gentle means are always best. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets are unequaled as a Liver Pill. Smallest, cheapest, easiest to take. One tiny, Sugar-coated Pellet a Dose. Cures Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the stomach and bowels. 35 cents a vial, by druggists. THE OLD AND THE NEW. 24 1»8». 1890. 8 1 8 15 22 29 M 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 31 W 4 11 18 25 .. T 5 12 19 26 . r 6 13 20 27 .. 8 7 14 21 28 - DECEMBER. THIS WILL ASSIST THE MEM- ORY IN RECOLLECTING DATES. H .. 7 14 21 28 Ml 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 T 4 11 18 25 .. F 5 12 19 26 .. 8 6 13 20 27 .. 25 LONGFELLOW’S MAIDEN, who is— “ Standing, with reluctant feet. Where the brook and river meet. Womanhood and childhood fleet! ” is a type of thousands of young C'irls who are emerging from the chrysalis stage of their existence, as they enter upon ■'•heir “teens.” Nervous, excitable, irritable, stirred by strange, unknowable forces within them, each a mystery unto herself, our girls need the tenderest care, the most loving, patient oversight, and the aid of Dr. Pierce’s Favor- ite Prescription, to safely carry them through this critical period, during which, in too many lives, alas, are sown the seeds of distressing forms of diseases peculiar to the female sex. But this boon to womankind will prevent all such diseases, or cure them if they have already seized a victim. Woman owes it to herself, to her family, and to her social station, to be well and strong. Let her then not neglect the sure means of cure. “Favorite Prescription” is a legitimate medi- cine, carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman’s delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. As a regulator and promoter of functional action, at that critical period of change from girlhood to woman- hood, “Favorite Prescription ” is a perfectly safe remedial agent, and can produce only good results. It is the only guaranteed cure. Read guarantee on bottle-wrapper. 26 Memoranda. 27 COUGH, whether arising from irritation in the throat and larynx, resulting from taking cold, or from an attack of Bronchi- tis, incipient Consumption (Lung-scrofula), or other cause, nothing will allay it more speedily or cure it more per- manently than Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. Whether recent, acute, lingering, or chronic, the “ Discos ery ” is equally efficacious. It will cure a cough in one-half the time necessary to cure it with any other medicine, not by drying it up, but by subduing irritation, and healing the affected parts. At the same time the cough is subdued, by its nutritive, tonic and alterative properties, it builds up the strength and cleanses and purifies the system. No time should be lost in commencing its use, as delay in such cases is dangerous. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Short Breath, Asthma, Consumptive Night-sweats, and kindred affections, it surpasses all other medicines. “ Golden Medical Discovery ” is guaranteed to benefit or cure in all cases of diseases for which it is recommended, or money paid for it will be promptly refunded. 28 Memoranda* 29 ..The above reward is offered by the manufacturers of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, for a case of Chronic Catarrh in the Head, no matter now bad or of how long- standing, which they cannot cure. SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.—Dull, heavy head- ache, obstruction of the nasal passages, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometiraefvprofuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are weak, watery and inflamed; there is ringing in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expectoration of offensive matter, to- gether with scabs from ulcers; the voice is changed and has a nasal twang; the breath is offensive; smell and taste are impaired; there is a sensation of dizziness, with mental depression, a hacking cough, and general debility. How- ever, only a few of tne above-named symptoms are likely to be present in any one case. Thousands of cases an- nually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, result in consumption, and end in the grave. No disease is so common, more deceptive and dangerous, less under- stood, or more unsuccessfully treated by physicians. By its mild, soothing, and healing properties. Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures the worst cases of Catarrh, “Cold in the Head,” Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache. This infallible remedy does not, like the poisonous irri- tating snuffs, “ creams ” and strong caustic solutions with which the public have long been humbugged, simply palli- ate for a short time, or drive the disease to the lungs, as there is danger of doing, in the use of such nostrums, but it pro- duces perfect and permanent cures of the worst cases of Chronic Catarrh, as thousands can testify. “Cold in the Head” is cured with a few applications. Catarrhal Headache is relieved and cured as if by magic. It removes offensive breath, loss or impairment of the sense of taste, smell or hearing, watering or weak eyes, and impaired memory, when caused by tne violence or Catarrh, as they all frequently are. By druggists, 60 cts. 30 Memoranda. 31 OUR TRADE-MARK STAMP. To guard the public against imposition, we desire to say that all medicines manufactured, advertised and sold by us bear upon them a tine, steel engraved trade-mark stump, having the fac-simile signature and portrait of Dr. Pierce upon it, and the words, “ Dr. Pierce’s Genuine Family Medi- cines,” and also the words ” Buffalo and London,” both of these phrases being re- peated, and the whole appearance being substantially the same us the wood-cut which we insert in connection herewith, for the guidance of our customers The finely engraved steel print used on the medicines, is, of course, much more clear and perfect than it is possible to print from the wood- cut here used. Goods purporting to be of our manufacture, that do not bear upon them this trade-mark stamp, may safely be pronounced fraudulent, and not of our manufacture. To cony, or even imitate this registered trade-murk stamp, constitutes a felony, and we shall prosecute, to the full extent of the law, any and all persons thus infringing. GUT THE GENUINE .—Observe the above description of our trade-mark stamp and see that it is found on the outmle wrap- per of every bottle before purchasing;. If you do this you can not be deceived. Never, accept some other preparation which may be urged upon you by an un- principled dealer, and represented to be just as good as ours, because he makes a larger profit on it than on our medicines. If your druggist is out of our medicines, or does not keep them in stock, send us the money by Postal Order on Buffalo, and we will promptly send the medicine desired by express. — World’s Dispensary Medical Association. No one connected with our institutions ever travels to solicit practice, and all persons representing themeselves as formerly or at present in any way connected with our institutions and traveling'about soliciting medical practice, are simply swindlers, and should be promptly arrested for fraud upon the public. We have at all times quite enough business to fully occupy our full staff of eighteen physicians and surgeons at home, and our specialists only travel to visit important cases when sent for, at Buffalo or London, uir uiur un DDiUnUCQ at No. 3 NEW ox- vVl nfliL, nu Dnnnonto, f«r»bt., London, eng. Neither this Association nor Dr. R. V. Pierce, our Presi- dent, has any connection with or responsibility for those who are advertising “ Dr. Pierce’s ” So-called, Magnetic, Elastic Trusses,” nor have we any confidence in such devices. WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. BEWARE OF SWINDLERS. 32 memoranda. 33 invalids’ Hotel and Surgical institute 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, FTtOPDRIETOUG. The Invalid ’ Hotel and Surgical Institute is not a Hospital, but a Pleasant, Remedial Home, organized with A FULL STAFF OF EIGHTEEN PHYSICIANS AND SUItGEONS, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALL CHRONIC DISEASES. We have not the space to speak, individually, of the large number of professional gentlemen composing the Faculty of this old and world-famed institution, but will say that among them are those whose long connection with the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute has given them great experience and has rendered them experts in their several specialties. Several of them had previously dis- tinguished themselves in practice, had held important pro- fessorships in Medical Colleges, and had filled responsible positions in both military and civil hospitals. As the fruits of our extensive practice, many very valua- 34 Memoranda. 35 NOT NECESSARY TO SEE PATIENTS. ble specifics have been developed and perfected, for the cure of different chronic diseases, and a very few of these (only five in ail) have been put up and offered to the public as proprietary medicines; but they have not been lauded as ‘‘cure-alls,” or panaceas, and are only recom- mended as remedies for certain easily-recognized " diseases. The manufacture and sale of these few proprietary or specific remedies constitutes a secondary and very subordinate branch of our business, and yet these medicines have for years been very largely sold by druggists, and have earned great and world- wide celebrity for their many and wonderful cures, which causes their sale to increase from year to year. But we do not adopt the humbug plan of representing that they will cure all diseases. There are many chronic diseases for which we do not recommend any of our proprietary medi- cines, and which, as we know from vast experience, can only be successfully treated by medicines specially prepared and adapted to each individual case. Our practice embraces the treatment of many thousands of suen cases annually, and it is more especially the complicated, obstinate, and difficult cases, and those requiring skillful surgical opera- tions, in which we have won the greatest success and widest celebrity. Not "Cure-Alls” Net necessary to see Patients. By our original system of diagnosis, wo can treat many chronic diseases just as successfully without as with a personal consultation. While we are always glad to see our patients, and become acquainted with them, show them our institutions, and familiarize them with our system of treat- ment, yet we have not seen one person in five hundred whom "we have cured. The perfect accuracy with which scientists are enabled to deduce the most minute particulars in their several departments, appears almost miraculous, if we view it in the light of the early ages. Take, for example, the electro-magnetic telegraph, the greatest invention of the age. Is it not a marvelous degree of accuracy which enables an operator to exactly locate a fracture in a subma- rine cable nearly three thousand miles long? Our venera- ble “clerk of the weather” has become so thoroughly familiar with the most wayward elements of nature that he can accurately predict their movements. He can sit in Washington and foretell what the weather will be in Flor- ida or New York, as well as if several hundred miles did not intervene between him and the places named. And so in all departments of modern science, what is required is ■ the knowledge of certain signs. From these, sci- entists deduce accurate conclusions, regardless of distance. So, also, in medical science, diseases have certain unmistakable signs, or symptoms, and by reason of this fact, we have been enabled to origi- nate and perfect a system of determining with the greatest accuracy, the nature of chronic diseases, without seeing or personally examining our patients. In recognizing diseases without a personal examination of the patient, we claim to possess no miraculous powers. We obtain our knowl- edge of the patient’s disease by the practical application. Sicks of Disuse i 36 Memoranda. 37 ADVANTAGES OV SPECIALTIES. to the practice of medicine, of well-established principles of modern science. And it is to the accuracy with which Shis system has endowed us that we owe our almost world- wide reputation of skillfully treating- all lingering or chronic affections'. This system of practice, and the mar- velous success which has been attained through it, demonstrate the fact that dis- eases display certain phenomena which, being subjected to scientific analysis, furnish abun- dant and unmistakable data to guide the judgment of the Skillful practitioner aright, in determining the nature of diseased conditions. The most ample resources for treat ing lingering or chronic diseases, and the greatest skill, are thus placed within the easy reach of every invalid, however distant he or she may reside from the physicians making the treatment of such affections a specialty. Full particu- lars of our original, scientific system of examining and treating patients at a distance are contained in ‘‘The People’i* Common Sense medical Adviser’5 sent, post-paid, for $1.50). Write and describe your symp- toms, inclosing ten cents in stamps, and a large, illustrated pamphlet, treating on your particular disease, will be sent you, with our terms for treatment, and all particulars. Address all letters to WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAt ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street, BUFFALO, X. V Marvelous Success Advantages off Specialties. By thorough organization, and subdividing the practice of medicine and surgery in our institutions, every invalid is treated by a specialist—one who devotes his undivided at- tention to the particular class of diseases to which the case belongs. The advantage of this arrangement must be ob- vious. Medical science offers a vast field for investigation, and no physician can, within the brief limits of a life-time, achieve the highest degree of success in the treatment of every malady incident to humanity. A distinguished pro- fessor in the medical department of one of our universities, in an address to the graduating class, recently said: “ Some professional men seem to be ashamed unless they have the reputation of universal knowledge. He who falls into the error of studying every thing will be certain to know noth- ing well. The field of medicine and surgery is too large to be cultivated in its entirety by one individual. Hence the advantage of cultivating special studies. It is not possible to know everything; something must be wisely left un- known. Indeed, a physician, if he would know any thing well, must be content to be profoundly ignorant of many things. He must select something for special study and pursue it with devotion and diligence. This course will lead to success, while the attempt to do every thing eventuates unavoidably in failure.” Our institution is the only one in this country in which these common-sense ideas are thor- oughly carried out. 38 OUR F1ELJ3 OF SUCCESS. OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS. Abandoning the treatment of all diseases except those in which we have attained the greatest success, and then still further narrowing and concentrating our study and professional efforts by again subdividing these affections, giving to each member of our Faculty but a single dis- ease or class of diseases to treat, we believe that we there by attain the highest possible degree of success. Recognizing the fact that no greai. institution dedicated exclusively tc the treatment of chronic diseases, and subdivided into well-equippet and thoroughly-organized Depart- ments, would at all meet the needs of the afflicted of our land, without the most perfect, complete, and ex- tensive provision being made fo:- the systematic examination and most improved and sci- entific treatment of diseases of the air-passage* and lungs, such as Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Com sumption, we have made this branch of our institu tion one of the leading Departments, and have not only assigned to its management physicians of th€ most eminent qualifications and mature experience* but have also provided every kind of useful inst.ru ment for examining the organs involved, such as rhi- noscopes, laryngoscopes, stethoscopes, spirometers, etc., etc., as well as all of the most approved kinds of appara- tus for the application of sprays, fumigations, atomiza- tions, pulverizations, inhalations, and all other forms of medicinal applications which a vast experience has proved worthy of our confidence. Our specialists employ only such courses of treatment as are sxactly adapted to each individual case consulting us, and this, many years of the most active professional ex- perience in this Department has enabled us to determine to a nicety. Especially has a vast experience in the treat- ment of Chronic Nasal Catarrh, as also of Pul- monary Consumption, enabled our specialists to ef- fect cures in hundreds of eases annually that had been given up as hopeless, not only by the home physicians, but also, in many instances, by those considerably renowned as specialists. MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION.—If suffer ing from a lingering cough, accompanied by expectoration send a little of the sputa, dried on clean white paper, for microscopical examination. This you can enclose in your letter, and it will enable us to determine whether or nor the substance of the lungs has become affected. We particularly solicit those cases which have been the rounds of the profession at home, without receiving bene- fit, whether suffering from chronic nasal catarrh, asthma, or pulmonary consumption, fully realizing that every such hopeless case that we restore to health is the best possible advertisement which we can have. We never give encour- NmL, Thrgit AND Lung Biseises. 39 ouk ri*nx> or soccass tgement unless very sure that we can rreatly benefit ox jure the case. For a Complete Treatise on any one or more of these diseases, write, inclosing ten cents in postage stamps, and describe your symptoms, and a complete treatise on your disease will be sent you. So alarmingly prevalent are those chronic diseases peculiar to females, and so famous have our institutions become for their cure, that we were long ago obliged to create a special Department, thoroughly organized, and devoted ex- clusively to the treatment of these cases. The physicians and surgeons in this Department have made these delicate diseases their sole study. Every ease consulting our specialists,whether by letter or tn person, is given the most careful and considerate atten- tion. Not the slightest symptom, or peculiarity of consti- tution, escapes our expert specialists’ attention and delib- erate consideration. Every important case (and we get few which have not already baffled the skill of all the home physicians) has the benefit of a full Council, com- posed of skilled specialists. Our rooms for ladies are so arranged as to be very private. Send ten cents in stamps for our Treatise on Diseases of Women, illustrated with numerous wood-cuts and colored plates. It is always mailed in plain sealed envelope. By our new and improved method of treat- ment, with Electrolysis and other means of our discovery and invention, many Fibroid and Fibro-Cystic Tumors of the llteruft and Ovarian Tumors are readily reduced, and permanently cured, without pain, shock, or risk. These tumors are generally regarded as incurable by the profession, except when removed with the knife. For particulars, send ten cents in postage stamps for our Treatise on Diseases of Women, This Treatise cites num- erous bad cases of both Fibro-Cystic and Ovarian Tumors which have been cured by our specialists without resort to the knife. Our surgeons only operate for the removal of Ovarian Tumors in exceptional cases, that is, when the tumor is very large, is interfering seriously with the health, and when its attachments are not so extensive as to pre- clude the possibility of successful removal with the knife. GOITRE, OR THICK NECK, is also cured by our specialists by means of a new system of treatment similar to that employed in Fibroid and Ovarian Tumors. BARRENNESS, OR STERILITY, is generally due to causes which can be easily removed, yet are not generally understood by physicians, who manifest little interest and often treat ligntly a subject fraught with so much im- portance to humanity. Our specialists have devoted to this subject careful study. By their skill, stricture of the neck of the uterus, and other impediments to the bearing of offspring have been easily and painlessly overcome, and hundreds of homes thereby made happy. Send ten cents in postage stamps for a large, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of Women. Diseases of Women. Ik Boon to Women. 40 OCR FIELD OF SUCCESS. BRIGHT’S DISEASE, DIARE TES. and kindred maladies, have beer very largely treated, and cures effected ir thousands of oases which had been pro- nounced beyond hope. These diseases ar« readily diagnosticated, or determined, bj chemical analysis of the urine, without a personal examin ation of the patients, who can, therefore, generally be suc- cessfully treated at their homes. The study and practice of chemical analysis and microscopical examination of the urine in our consideration of cases, with reference tc correct diagnosis, in which our institution long ago became famous, has naturally led to a very extensive practice ir diseases of the urinary organs. Probably no other institu- tion in the world has been so largely patronized by suffer- ers from this class of maladies as the old ana world famed World’s Dispensary and Invalids’ Hotel. Our spe- cialists have acquired, though a vast and varied experience great expertness in determining the exact nature of eaet case, and, hence, have been successful in nicely adapting their remedies for the cure of each individual case. PlIITiqy These delicate diseases should be carefully UAUI lUn. treated by a specialist thoroughly familial with them, and who is competent to ascertain the exact condition and stage of advancement which the disease bai made (which can only be ascertained by a chemical and tnicroecopical examination of the urine), for medieinei which are curative in one stage or condition are knowi to do positive injury in others. We have never, therefore attempted to put up anything for general sale through druggists, recommended to cure these diseases, although possessing superior remedies, knowing full well from ac extensive experience that the only safe and successful course is to carefully diagnosticate every case by a chemi. cal and microscopical examination of the urine, and adapt our medicines to the exact stage of the disease and condi tion of each patient. iiilQlSIi! Cl rq To this wise course of action we attrib UnrA'iui.L.tlLtU ute our unparalleled success in that im- QiiRnrnn portant and extensive Department of oui duuuCuo. institution devoted exclusively to the treat ment of diseases of the kidneys and bladder. The treat ment of diseases of the urinary organs having constituted i prominent branch, or specialty, of our practice at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, and, being in receipt if numerous inquiries for a complete work on the nature ind curability of these maladies, we have published a large illustrated treatise on these diseases, which will be sent tc my address, secure from observation in plain envelope in receint of ttm cents in postage stamps. INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER, Gravel, Enlarged Prostate Gland, Retention ot Urine, and kindred affections, may be included among those in the cure ot which our specialists have achieved mar- velous success. These are fully treated of in our illustrated pamphlet on Urinary Diseases. It includes numeroui Kidney Diseases. Bladder Diseases. 41 OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS. testimonials from well-known people. Sent by mail for ten cents in stamps. Send for it at once. J1TONE IN TIIE BLADDER, no matter how large, is crushed, pulverized, washed out, ctly removed by our surgeons in the most skill- ful and safe manner possible, and without any cutting, thereby avoiding the great and imminent danger of the old and commonly employed cutting operations lor stone. Send ten cents, in postage stamps, tor pamphlet. Stoke. STRICTURES AND VRINART FISTUIjAS.—Hundreds of cases of the worst form of strictures, many of them greatly aggravated by the careless use of instruments In the hands of inexperienced physicians and surgeons, causing false passages, urinary fistulas, and other complications, annually consult us for relief and cure. That no case of this class is too difficult for the skill of out specialists is proved by cures reported in our illustrated treatise on these maladies, to which we refer with pride. To intrust this class of cases to physicians of small experi- ence, is a dangerous proceeding. Many a man has been ruined for life by so doing, while thousands annually lose their lives through unskillful treatment. In bad cases, when cutting is imperative, we adopt means which render unnecessary any use of bougies after the operation. This is a great relief to the patient, saving him much unneces- sary pain and tedious annoyance, gives the greatest satis- faction, and results in the most perfect and permanent cures. Thousands of men suffer unconsciously from slight strictures, which keep up and perpetuate diseases of the bladder and other delicate maladies. A slight stricture often goes unobserved by the patient, and is entirely over- looked by the physician as well, even when it is the cause of failure to cure lingering, gleety discharges, or nightly emissions of vital fluid, and, perhaps, of serious disease of the bladder and kidneys as well. A vast experience in this field of practice has taught our physicians and sus- geons to look for these slight strictures and promptly cure them. All ordinary cases are cured by us without cutting Send particulars of your case, and ten cents in postage stamps, for a large, illustrated treatise. It will be sent sealed, in plain envelope. Stricture. Epileptic Convulsions, or Fits, Paralysis, or Palsy, Locomotoi Ataxia, St. Vitus’s Dance, In* so mill a, or inability to sleep, and threatened insanity. Nervous Debil- ity, arising from overstudy, excesses, and other causes, and every variety of nervous affection, are treated by our specialists for these diseases, with a measure of success heretofore regarded as impossible. See numerous cases reported in our different illustrated pamphlets on nervous diseases, any one of which will be Et for ten cents in postage stamps, when request for m is accompanied with a statement of a ease for consultation, so that we may know which one of our Treatises to send. Nervous Diseases. 42 OTTR IELD OF SUCCESS. Dyspepsia, “ Liver Complaint,*’ Obstinate Constipation, Chron- ic Diarrhea, Tape-ivorms, and kindred affections, are among those chronic diseases in the successful treat- ment of which our specialists have at- tained unparalleled success. Many of the diseases affect- ing the liver and other organs contributing in their func- tions to the process of digestion, are very obscure, and are not infrequently mistaken by both laymen and phy- sicians for other maladies, and treatment is employed directed to the removal of a disease which does not exist. Examinations of the urine have contributed important aid in ascertaining the real nature of these maladies in oui practice—furnishing, as they do, in this class of affections, unmistakable data to guide the accomplished practitioner aright. While we do not overlook the importance of other aids in forming a diagnosis, or opinion, of the nature of diseases affecting the digestive organs, yet we certainly should not know how to get along successfully without the help of microscopical and chemical examinations of the urine. Our Complete Treatise on Diseases of the Di- gestive Organs will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents in postage stamps. Diseases of Digestion. Pile Tumors.1 PILES, FISTIJLiE, and other diseases affecting the lower bowels, are treated with wonderful success. The worst cases of pile tumors are permanently cured in fifteen to twenty days. Send en cents for Illustrated Treatise. II F It N IA (Breach), or R IT P . TURF, no matter of how long standing’, or of what size, is promptly and permanently cured by oui specialists, without the knife and without dependence up. on trusses. Abundant references. Send ten cents foi Tllnfitinteri Treatise. Radioal Cure of Rupture. Throw Aww There is no longer any need of wearing clumsy, awkward, chafing, old trusses which, at best give only partial relief, which seldom ever cure, but often inflict great in- jury, and induce inflammation and strangulation from which thousands annually die. Organic weakness, nervous debility, pre- mature decline of the manly powers, invol- untary vital losses, and kindred affections are speedily, thoroughly and permanently cured. To those acquainted with our institutions it is hardly necessary to say that the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, with the branch establishment located at No. 3 New Oxford Street, London, England, have, fox many years, enjoyed the distinction of being the most largely patronized and widely celebrated institutions in the world for the treatment and cure of those affec- tions which arise from youthful indiscretions and per- nicious, solitary practices. Trusses . i Geliute Disemes. 43 OUR HTKI.I) OF SUCCESS. We, many years ago, established a Special Department tor the treatment of these diseases, under the manage- ment of some of the most skillful physicians and sur geons on our Staff, in order that all who apply to ut for treatment might receive all the advantages of a full Council of the most experienced medical men. This we have been able to do only at very great expense, as large inducements were necessary in order to secure skillful and experienced physicians, many of whom left lucrative prac- tices, and some prominent hospital positions, to join ouj We offer no apology for devoting so much attention to this neglected class of diseases, believing that no condition of humanity is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best services of the noble profession to which we belong As heretofore indicated, many who suffer from these terri- ble diseases, contract them innocently. Why any medical man intent on doing good and alleviating suffering, should shun such cases, we cannot imagine. Why any one should consider it otherwise than most honorable to cure the worst cases of these diseases, we cannot understand. 01 all the other maladies which afflict mankind there are probably none about which physicians in general prac- tice know so little. Dr. Milton, of St. John’s Hospital, London, says of these diseases, " Indeed, ever since there was such a thing as opinion on this subject, it appears, so far as we can learn from reading, to have vibrated in the profession between something very like intolerance and neglect on the one hand, and an amount of ignorance on the other which afforded only too great facilities for quackery, about the growth of which those who have done so much to foster it, were among the foremost to lompiain.” We fully agree with the celebrated Dr. Bartholow, whe says, “I think it a reproach t© our profession that this subject has been permitted, in a measure by our own in- difference, to pass into the hands of unscrupulous pre- tenders. Because the subject is disagreeable, competent physicians are loath to be concerned with it. The same unnecessary fastidiousness causes the treatment of this malady to be avoided in private practice.” We shall, therefore, continue, as heretofore, to treat with our best consideration, sympathy, and skill, all applicants who are suffering from any of these delicate diseases. By reason of a false modesty, the youth ol our land are kept in ignorance of the baneful and ruinous results which certain solitary, indiscreet practices produce. These vices, when persisted in, eventually undermine the constitution, and induce nervous debility and premature loss of virile power. Among the earliest manifestations which they occasion, is a desire on the part of the sufferer to avoid society — solitude being preferred. The most common symptoms are languor, mental anxiety, gloomy forebod- ings, impaired memory, physical and nervous debility, and Indigestion. A drain of the most delicato and debilitating character is made upon the system. We Offer No Apology. St&rtlins , Wemkess. 44 OTJB FIELD OF SUCCESS. ilDOEH In many cases the loss occurs unobserved by the sufferer. To this hidden drain upon the system may be attributed the cause of many diseases of the nerves, stomach, heart, kidneys, and bladder. Thus can we account for a large proportion of all cases of epilepsy, palsy or paralysis, apoplexy, softening of the brain, insanity, loss or nervous and muscular power, and similar affections. SYMPTOMS. —The patient experiences languor and melancholy, has an irritable disposition, often cold, dry, scurfy skin, blotches, and other cutaneous eruptions. He has a downcast look, absence of will-power, unfounded suspicions, feeble, trembling limbs, weakness in the back, night-sweats, horrible dreams, offensive smell about the person, haggard and blanched complexion, derangement of the sight, lack of self-confidence, impaired memory, want of energy, and many other symptoms which are in- dicative of the disease. No one suffering from the diseases Induced by these evils will, at any one stage, experience more than a small part of the symptoms enumerated. MARRIED MEN who are suffering from a flagging of their powers, or, in other words, from premature old age, consult our specialists by hundreds and thousands for relief. Knowing that these diseases are sadly over- looked and neglected by the great mass of the medical Srofession, these gentlemen have given special attention to aem, and have developed and perfected a series of most positive remedies for such cases. These remedies restore the wrecked and debilitated organs to perfect vigor, arrest premature exhaustion, impart tone and energy to the whole system, and, like rejuvenating elixers, fully restore the flmriring powers and dormant energies. So positively certain are these remedies in pro- lucing the desired effect, that we regard this class of diseases as being more easily cured than almost any other chronic or lingering affection. The patient is subjected to no operating or experimenting, while the treatment does not interfere with any ordinary occupation in which he may be engaged. These delicate diseases should not be entrusted to physicians who adver- tise under fictitious names, or to those of ordinary quali- fications. The general practitioner may be thoroughly read in these cases, but he cannot acquire the skill of a specialist who annually treats thousands of cases, while the former seldom, if ever, has occasion to prescribe for them. Our Medical and Surgical Staff embraces gradu- ates from some of the most famous American and Euro- pean medical colleges and universities, and the vast ex- perience which they have had in such diseases, together with the discovery of new remedies and modes of cure, has enabled them to succeed in thousands of cases in which others have failed. Most of these cases can be treated by us when at a distanae just as well as if they were here in person. Since our experience has enabled us to judge of the nature and extent of the disease from a written description of the symptoms, and from answers to questions which we ask, we can, therefore, adapt reme- Loss. Positive. Results. Cured it Home. 45 OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS. dies to suit each individual case. Not one out of five hundred of those whom we have cured have we ever seen. All communications are regarded as sacredly confi- dential. Since many are very sensitive lest somebody Should know that they are afflicted with those diseases, great precaution is always taken by us to send all letters and medicines in plain packages, carefully sealed, so that no one can even suspect the contents, or by whom sent. Those persons who desire further information upon this subject, or in regard to the diseases incident to men, are referred to our large, Illustrated Treatise, entitled “ Part VII,” which will be sent securely sealed from ob- servation in a plain envelope, to any address, on receipt of ten cents in postage stamps. Hundreds of the most difficult opera- tions known to modern surgery are an- nually performed in the most skillful manner, by our Surgeon - specialists. Large Stones are safely removed from the Bladder, by crushing, washing and pump- ing them out, thus avoiding the great danger of cutting. Many Ovarian Tumors, not favorable for reduction and cure by electrolysis, are annually removed by our sur- geons, who have acquired a national fame for the extra- ordinary success of their Ovariotomy operations. Especially has the success of our improved operations for Varicocele, Hydrocele, Fistulas in Ano, Ruptured Cervix Uteri, Ruptured Perineum, and for Vesico- vaginal and Recto-vaginal Fistulas, been alike gratify- ing both to ourselves and our patients. Not less so have been the results of numerous operations for Strict- ure of the Cervical Canal, a condition in the female gen- erally resulting in Barrenness, or Sterility, and the cure of which, by a safe and painless operation, removes this commonest of impedimenta to the bearing of offspring. A Complete Treatise on any one of the above maladies will be sent sealed in a plain envelope, on receipt of ten* cents in stamps. Surgical Practise. Although we have In the preceding paragraphs, made mention of some of the special ailments to which particu- lar attention is given by the specialists at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, yet the institution abounds in skill, facilities, and apparatus for the successful treatment of every form of chronic ailment, whether requiring for its cure medical or surgical means. All Chronic Diseases A Specialty. All letters of inquiry, or of consultation, should be addressed to WORLD'S DISPEHS1RY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 663 jnaln SU, BUFFALO, N. V. 46 BU8INESS-L1KE OFFER. A FAIR AND BUSINESS-LIKE OFFER TC THE AFFLICTED. Reader, are you accustomed to think and act for your- self ? Do you consult your own reason and best interests ? If so, then do not heed the counsel of skeptical and preju- diced friends, or jealous physicians, but listen to what we have to say. You perhaps know nothing of us, or our systems of treatment, or of the business methods we employ. You may imagine, but you know nothing, perhaps, of our facil- ities and advantages for performing cures in cases beyond the reach or aid Of the general practitioner. Knowing nothing, then, of all these advantages, you still know as much as the would-be friend, or physician who never loses an opportunity to traduce and misrepresent us, and preju- dice the afflicted against us. Now to the point—are you listening? Then permit us to state that we have the largest, the best, and the finest buildings of any like Association, company, or firm in this country. We employ ne>re and better Medical and Surgi- cal Specialists in our Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Insti- tute than any similar Association, company, or individual, and actually have more capital invested. We have a thor- oughly qualified and eminent Specialist for every disease that we treat. We treat more cases, and absolutely cure more patients than any similar institution in America. In addition to those we treat medically, we perform all the most difficult surgical operations known to the most eminent Surgeons, and so frequently do many of these operations occur with us that some of our Spe- cialists have become the most expert and skillful Sur- geons on this continent. We wish to add further that we are responsible to you for what we represent; we therefore ask you to come and visit our institutions; and if you find on investigation that we have misstated or misrepresented in any partic- ular our institutions, our advantages, or our success in curing Chronic Diseases, we will gladly and promptly refund to you all tlie expenses of your trip. We court honest, sincere investigation, and are glad and anxious to show interested and candid peo- ple what we can do and are daily doing for suffering humanity. Can a proposition be plainer? Can an offer be more fair and business-like? If, therefore, you are afflicted, and are seeking relief, come where genuine ability is a ruling feature, where success is our watch- word and the alleviation of human suffering our mission Whether arriving in our city by day or night, come directly to the Invalids* Hotel and Surgical Institute, 663 Main Street, where you will be hoe pitably received and well cared for. Address all correspondence to World’s Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N, Y. 47 iUPERIOR MEDICINES. American Products. A Source of Success. Peculiarly Our Own. 48 IXR- PIEECll^ are Tie omr Guaranteed medicines. The only Liver, Blood and Long Remedy ever sold, through druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it must either benefit or cure In every case of disease for which it is recommended, or the money paid for it will be promptly refunded—is Dr. PIERCE’S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY. 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