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weeks; Henry Pierson of Titusville, Pa., had large Pile Tumors, cured in ten days; James Parker, of Parker's Landing, Pa., had large and painful Pile Tumors, radically cured in ten days. The foregoing are fair samples of over seven hundred cases of Fistula in Ano and large Pile Tumors that have been perfectly cured.

KIDNEY DISEASES. - Ward Coachman, Principal Chief of the Muskogee Nation, Indian Territory, cured of Bright's Disease; Capt. B. P. Clifford, Banker, Clarksville, Mo., cured of Bright's Disease; Henry C. Armstrong, of Philadelphia, cured of Bright's Disease, after he was so bloated with dropsical effusion that he weighed over 300 lbs.; Mrs. Thomas C. Fulton, of Jersey City, N. J., cured of Diabetes in advanced stage. The foregoing are fair samples of over 1,500 cures of Kidney Diseases.

Additional Facts Shown by our Trustees' Report for 1879

MISCELLANEOUS. - Over 200 cases of Varicocele have been operated upon and cured during the past year. A much larger number of milder cases have been cured without operation. In 43 cases, stones have been removed from the bladder. 75 cases of Deformity of Genital Organs, constituting, in most cases, impediments to marriage, were operated upon and fully relieved. 93 cases of Hydrocele, or Dropsy of the Scrotum, were cured during the year. 446 cases of Abdominal and General Dropsy were cured. 176 cases of Valvular and other diseases of the heart were discharged cured. 327 cures of Spinal Diseases are reported. 242 cures of Fever Sores and White Swellings are reported. Over 9,000 cures of Impotency, Spermatorrhoea, and kindred affections, are reported for the year's work in that department. 4,392 cures of Catarrh, or Ozaena, are reported. 6,596 cures of Dyspepsia and complicated and obstinate Liver Disease are reported. 3,218 cures of Gravel, Inflammation of Bladder, Enlarged Prostate, and kindred affections, are reported.

ADVICE TO INVALIDS. - Patronize experience and success. Members of our Faculty have traveled many thousands of miles during the past year to visit important cases, and to perform surgical operations.

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A MAN OF THE TIME. Speaking of Dr. R. V. PIERCE, The Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial says:- "Hardly a dozen years ago he came here, a young and unknown man, almost friendless, with no capital except his own manhood, which, however, included plenty of brains and pluck, indomitable perseverance, and inborn uprightness; capital enough for any young man in this progressive country, if only he has good health and habits as well. He had all these great natural advantages, and one thing more, an excellent education. He had studied medicine and been regularly licensed to practice as a physician. But he was still a student, fond of investigation and experiment. He discovered, or invented, important remedial agencies, or compounds. Not choosing to wait wearily for the sick and suffering to find out (without any body to tell them) that he could do them good, he advertised his medicines and invited the whole profession, of every school, to examine and pronounce judgment on his formulas. He advertised liberally, profusely, but with extraordinary shrewdness, and with a method which is in itself a lesson to all who seek business by that perfectly legitimate means. His success has been something marvelous - so great indeed that it must be due to intrinsic merit in the articles he sells, more even than to his unparalleled skill in the use of printer's ink. The present writer once asked a distinguished dispensing druggist to explain the secret of the almost universal demand for Dr. PIERCE'S medicines. He said they were in fact genuine medicines

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-- such compounds as every good physician would prescribe for the diseases which they were advertised to cure. Of course, they cost less than any druggist would charge for the same article supplied on a physician's prescription, and, besides, there was the doctor's fee saved. Moreover, buying the drugs in such enormous quantities, having perfect apparatus for purifying and compounding the mixture, he could not only get better articles in the first place, but present the medicine in better form and cheaper than the same mixture could possibly be obtained from any other source."

From the New York Independent. LAURELS FOR TRUE WORTH.

"A wise physician skill'd our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the public weal."

To be honored in his own land is the crowning blessing of the man who has been "the architect of his own fortune" -- the man who has made for himself, with his own hands and brain, a princely fortune and an enduring fame. From Comley's History of New York State, containing biographical sketches of the men who "have given wealth, stamina, and character," to the Empire State, we clip the following brief sketch of the distinguished physician, Dr. R. V. PIERCE, of Buffalo "Every nation owes its peculiar character, its prosperity, --in brief, every thing that distinguishes it as an individual nation, --to the few men belonging to it who have the courage to step beyond the boundaries prescribed by partisanship, professional tradition, or social customs. In professional no less than in political life there occasionally arise men who burst the fetters of conventionalism, indignantly rejecting the arbitrary limits imposed upon their activity, and step boldly forward into new fields of enterprise. We call these men self-made. The nation claims them as her proudest ornaments --the men upon whom she can rely, in peace for her glory, in war for her succor. Of this class of men the medical profession has furnished a distinguished example in the successful and justly-celebrated physician, Dr. R. V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, N. Y., and any history treating of the industries of the Empire State would be incomplete without a sketch of his useful and earnest work. * * * Specially educated for the profession which he so eminently adorns, he early supplemented his studies by extensive and original research in its several departments. He brought to his chosen work acute perceptive and reflective powers, and that indomitable energy that neither shrinks at obstacles nor yields to circumstances. In physique, Dr. PIERCE is an ideal type of American manhood. Of medium stature, robust, his appearance is characterized by a healthful, vigorous vitality, while the full lofty brow and handsomely-cut features are indicative of that comprehensive mental power and remarkable business sagacity which have combined to place him among the distinguished men of the age. * * * As an earnest worker for the welfare of his fellow-men, Dr. PIERCE has won their warmest sympathy and esteem. While seeking to be their servant only, he has become a prince among men. Yet the immense fortune lavished upon him by a generous people he hoards not, but invests in the erection and establishment of institutions directly contributive to the public good, the people thus realizing, in their liberal patronage, a new meaning of that beautiful Oriental custom of casting bread upon the waters. Noted in both public and private life for his unswerving integrity and all those sterling virtues that ennoble manhood, Dr. PIERCE ranks high among those few men whose names the Empire State is justly proud to inscribe upon her roll of honor."

Extract from Biographical Sketches of New York Senators.

At the age of eighteen, he (Senator PIERCE) entered a medical school, and proved a devoted student, graduating at twenty-three

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with the highest honors. A simple knowledge of the routine of practice as then in vogue was not enough. He sought new means of healing, and explored "schools" of practice that were prohibited by his sect. He denounced errors in the prevailing "schools," and accepted truths belonging to those prohibited. Every one knows how such daring and destructive innovations are regarded by the medical profession generally. Dr. PIERCE was no exception to the rule. But he paid no attention to detraction, pursuing his own way with that energy which proves now to be a most excellent ally of his medical instincts.

The World's Dispensary is to-day the greatest institution of its kind in the World. More than two hundred persons are employed, ten being skillful physicians and surgeons. Each of them devotes himself to a special branch of the profession, all acting together, when required, as a council upon serious cases. The printing department of the Dispensary is larger than the similar department of any paper outside of the New York Herald.

Remarkable Professional Success.

The Republican, of St. Louis, says: "Among the notable professional men of this country who have achieved extraordinary success is Dr. R. V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, N. Y. This large measure of success is the result of a thorough and careful preparation for his calling, and extensive reading during a long and unusually large practice, which has enabled him to gain high commendation, even from his professional brethren. Devoting his attention to certain specialties of the science he has so carefully investigated, he has been rewarded in a remarkable degree. In these specialties he has become a recognized leader."

THE SUCCESSFUL PHYSICIAN.

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: "Dr. PIERCE is a type of a class of men who attain success by careful and well-directed effort, not attempting too much, nor creating false ideas as to ability. The only reliable physician, in these days, is the 'Specialist,' the man who understands his one branch of the business. Such, in his line, is Dr. PIERCE. He has written a 'Common Sense Medical Adviser,' which is well worth reading. With strict business honor, high professional skill, reasonable fees, and a large corps of competent assistants, Dr. PIERCE has made his name familiar as 'household words.' "

WELL-MERITED SUCCESS.

The New York Times says: "The author of 'The People's Medical Adviser' is well-known to the American public as a physician of fine attainments, and his Family Medicines are favorite remedies in thousands of our households. As a counselor and friend, Doctor PIERCE is a cultured, courteous gentleman. He has devoted all his energies to the allevation of human suffering. With this end in view and his whole heart in his labors, he has achieved marked and merited success. There can be no real success without true merit. That his success is real, is evidenced by the fact that his reputation, as a man and physician, does not deteriorate: and the fact that there is a steadily increasing demand for his medicines, proves that they are not nostrums, but reliable remedies for disease."

Dr. R. V. PIERCE, the greatest American specialist, has sent us his new book entitled "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," which is a handsome, large volume, elegantly got up, with hundreds of wood-cuts and colored plates, and a complete cyclopedia of medical teachings for old and young of both sexes. It has every thing in it, according to the latest scientific discoveries, and withal is wonderfully commonsensical in its style and teachings. -- Rocky Mountain Herald.

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Common-sense and the science of Chemistry applied to butter-making. Increases product 6 per cent. Improves quality at least 20 per cent. Reduces labor of churning onehalf. Prevents butter becoming rancid. Improves market value 3 to 5 cents a pound. Guaranteed free from all injurious ingredients. 25 cents' worth will produce $3.00 in increase of product and market value. Genuine sold only in boxes with trade-mark of dairy-maid and words "GILT-EDGE BUTTER MAKER" printed on each package. Powder sold by Druggists, Grocers, and General Store-keepers. Small size, 25 cents; large size, $1.00. Either size by mail on receipt of price. Addres, Butter Improvement Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, N. Y., May 28th, 1879. BUTTER IMPROVEMENT CO., Buffalo, N. Y.: Gentlemen-- Please accept a sample of butter made from "hay-fed" cows with use of your "Gilt-Edge Butter Maker." Without its use the butter was almost as white as lard, while with its use (as you will observe) the butter is of a very beautiful, even, golden color. Several of my neighbor dairy farmers have tried your Butter Maker, and are loud in its praise. The butter passes in market as "creamery butter," and is worth from 3 to 5 centers per pound more than dairy butter.

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