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• '•physician The 
Household Physician. 
A BOOK OF POPULAR 
INFORMATION ON 
HEALTH AND DISEASE. 
ORIGINATED, 
COMPILED AND EDITED BY 
EMINENT PHYSICIANS AND ABLE 
MEDICAL WRITERS, 
PRICE, S2.OCW 
Published by 
The Household Medical company, 
BOSTON, MASS. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1905, by 
The Household Medical Company, 
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
All rights reserved. Preface. 
The supreme end sought for in the preparation of 
this book is usefulness. It is intended to have it a 
volume of practical knowledge. No intention is 
herein implied to supersede the attendance of phy- 
sicians upon persons who are seriously ill or injured. 
The greatest amount of information in the smallest 
possible space has been our constant and ever- 
present ideal. It is a privilege to put so many 
valuable suggestions and items of information di- 
rectly into the hands of the people. In the care of 
the body it is pre-eminently true that an ounce of 
prevention is worth a pound of cure. This fact has 
been a guide to the authors in writing these pages. 
There are hundreds of homes in which sudden ill- 
ness or accidents occur when no physician can be 
obtained perhaps for hours. It is then very desir- 
able that some one in the household should know 
what to do and do it promptly, as a delay has often 
made the difference between life and death. "A 
stitch in time" in this book has been a watch-word 
and a by-word. We have accepted gratefully the 
privilege which this book affords us of conveying 
specific information in regard to the prevention and 
cure of diseases into thousands of homes. It is the 
opportunity of a life-time to enter into the lives and 
destinies of so many people. Introductory. 
Every Household should contain our Household 
Medical Cabinet as it contains every remedy needed 
to preserve health and it is usually a source of much 
economy. Thousands of cases occur daily where 
the intelligent use of our Household Remedies will 
prevent a long spell of illness. Families who have 
our cabinet in their homes soon find it as great a 
necessity as any other article of household use or 
consumption. 
Ready for Use.- This cabinet in many cases 
saves calling a physician and paying heavy doctors' 
bills. It will often save the annoyance of getting 
up in the night and going out in a storm. Our 
remedies are the best that modem science can de- 
vise and skill prepare. They save suffering, they 
prevent and cure disease, and their use at the right 
time will often save life by reason of having the 
right remedy on hand for instant use when needed; 
otherwise perhaps a friend or loved one would die 
while waiting for a doctor to reach them. 
Emergencies.- In case of accidents, free ban- 
dages and plasters will be found in our cabinet 
ready for immediate use. In emergencies the proper 
remedy has only to be taken from its place and the 
directions given in this book and upon the labels 
followed. Each cabinet is furnished with lock and 
key so that it is not accessible to children. It can 
be kept in any part of the house, in fact it is an 
ornament to any room and is the cheapest health 
insurance that any family can carry, as a few cents 
worth of the right remedy given at the proper time 
will save many dollars in doctors' bills. introductory. 
V 
Round Bottles.- Every bottle is a round one, 
containing honest measure. A round bottle may 
look smaller than a flat one, but if you will examine 
a flat bottle you will usually find it paneled and that 
it will not hold nearly as much as the round bottle, 
which is of greater capacity all around and contains 
good honest measure. 
One Profit Only.- You do not have to pay both 
the druggist and the doctor. Our remedies are 
furnished direct from the laboratory to the home, 
but one profit being made and that a very small 
one. The remedies contained in our cabinet there- 
fore will give you greater value for your money, 
and being prepared from the purest ingredients 
they are always safe, sure and reliable. The quality 
and curative properties of our remedies you will 
always find far superior to the ordinary proprietary 
remedies made or sold by druggists. 
Free Medical Advice.- Every member of the 
household which contains our Household Medical 
Cabinet is entitled to office consultation with our 
physicians absolutely free. This Company furnishes 
competent, intelligent and successful physicians 
whose advice can be obtained without expense, the 
only proviso being that the home shall contain our 
cabinet. 
In the Majority of the common ailments of hu- 
manity, the use of our remedies as directed and 
advised in this book will always be followed by 
prompt and successful results. There are, however, 
many complicated and deep-seated maladies which 
can only be successfully treated under the direct 
care and personal attention of one of our physicians, 
whose advice will cost nothing, the only expense 
being the actual cost of the medicines required. Contents. 
SEE INDEXES IN BACK OF BOOK. 
Health and Home 1 
Advice About Eating 8 
Advice About Care of the Bowels 12 
Advice About Ice Water 16 
Advice About Disinfectants 17 
Advice About Sunshine and Health 19 
Advice About Care of the Eye 20 
Advice About Care of the Ear 23 
Advice About Care of the Nose 25 
Advice About the Teeth 27 
Advice About the Hair 30 
Advice About the Feet 32 
Advice About the Skin 36 
Advice About Bathing 38 
Advice About Sleeping 39 
Advice About Clothing 41 
Advice About the Healthful House 42 
Advice About Children 44 
Advice About the Sick Room 50 
Precautions About Health 53 
Food and Drinks for the Sick 56 
Antidotes for Poisons 63 
Emergencies and Accidents 65 
Poultices and Their Uses 73 
Special Health Notes 74 
Personal to Every Reader 80 
Homoeopathic Cold Cure 82 
Homoeopathic Fever Cure 82 VIII 
CONTENTS. 
Household Grip-Cold Cure 84 
Household Cough Syrup 86 
Antiseptic Catarrh Cream 87 
Household Catarrh Cure, etc 88 
Catarrh of Head, Nose and Throat 88 
Antiseptic Throat Tablets 92 
Household Toothache Drops 93 
Antiseptic Eye Drops 94 
Crystal Eye Tonic 95 
Household Bitters 96 
Household Dyspepsia Tablets 98 
Vegetable Stimulets 102 
Compound Gly hypo phospites 104 
Perfect Circulation Tonic 108 
Feel-Fine Tablets 110 
Lazy Liver Pills 112 
Tonic Laxative Pills 114 
Household Sanitary Cathartic 116 
Household Pile Cure 118 
Household Headache Tablets. 119 
Household Kidney Pills 120 
Blood and Skin Remedy, No. 1 124 
Blood and Skin Remedy, No. 2 126 
Red Blood Makers 128 
Rheumatism and Neuralgia Tablets 130 
Household Tonic Pills 134 
Household Pain Cure 138 
Household Liniment 140 
Household Salve 142 
Household Colic and Cholera Tablets 143 
Castoria Soothing Syrup 144 CONTENTS. 
IX 
Children's Cough and Croup Syrup 145 
Children's Worm Tablets 146 
Household Toilet Powder 147 
Antiseptic Germicide Tablets 148 
Oriental Invigorants, for Men and Women .... 150 
Diseases of Women 152 
Female Health Pills 154 
Uterol Tablets 156 
Nerve Power Pills, for Women and Girls 158 
French Nympho Pills 160 
Monthly Pain Relief 162 
The Ideal Monthly Regulator 164 
Ovarian Balm 168 
Hygienic Treatment for Women 170 
Bust Development 172 
Compound Galega Bust Pills 172 
French Bust Cream 172 
White Rose French Toilet Cream 176 
Diseases of Men 178 
Nervous Debility 178 
Hygienic Rules for Men 181 
Nerve Power Pills, for Men and Boys 182 
French Restorative Pills ; . . . 184 
French Developing Cream 186 
Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment 188 
Catarrhal Deafness and Chronic Catarrh 191 
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 194 
Index of Diseases xi 
Index of Remedies xv 
Index of Miscellaneous Items xxi 
Price Rist xxvr The 
Household Physician. 
HEALTH AND HOME. 
Health in the Home lies at the very foundation of 
happiness and good cheer. A home which contains 
healthy parents and healthy children excites the 
envy and the admiration of the less fortunate and 
should be the ambition of every thoughtful person. 
Good health is preliminary to the very best success 
in all forms of work and to the highest attainment 
in material things. Without it there is sadness 
among the loved ones, there is silence and heart- 
aches instead of cheerfulness, happiness and con- 
tentment. When disease enters and becomes a 
permanent visitor, a poisonous influence like a mala- 
ria seems to penetrate and permeate the very atmos- 
phere. What is fortune and honor when health is 
lost and the vigor and happiness of our loved ones 
impaired? 
Presence of Disease.- It was originally believed 
that diseases were caused by an evil spirit, or a so- 
called fatima, which was supposed to enter the body 
and derange its harmonious action. In the olden 
times a person who could not hear was said to be a 
"dumb-devil" or a "dummy." Among certain 
superstitious people like the fabled Indian of the 
plains, dances, incantations and mystic ceremonies 
were constantly practised to drive out the evil 
spirit or the spirit of disease. 2 
DISEASE AND HOW TO AVOID IT. 
What then is Disease? - It is not a thing, a tan- 
gible presence, but a state or a condition. It means 
something either being or acting wrong in the body. 
When the food is properly digested and the system 
appropriates the same in a natural way, when the 
waste matter is properly carried out by the excre- 
tions, and when all the organs work in harmony, 
then we are well or at ease and said to be in health. 
When derangement of any of these organs such as 
the kidneys, liver or stomach occurs we are said to 
be sick or diseased, but sickness only means absence 
of ease or health. 
The body is somewhat like a piece of machinery. 
If any of its parts are abused or injured, the balance 
cannot perform their accustomed work in a healthy 
way. The body then must suffer the penalty of 
the abuse or the injury. Effect must necessarily 
follow a cause. 
Can Disease be Avoided?-The larger proportion 
of the ills which affect humanity, which rob us of 
time, enjoyment and health, could easily be avoided. 
If people understood and observed the sanitary and 
hygienic laws there would be few cases of pneumo- 
nia, consumption, catarrh, rheumatism, or fevers. 
To Avoid Disease, keep your body clean, eat only 
plain nourishing food, drink pure water, keep the 
air you breathe fresh and your heart action strong, 
then you are safe from disease. 
People who dwell in cities usually die at an earlier 
age than those who reside in the country. In the 
city, children die before they reach the age of five 
years in such large numbers as to almost reach one- 
half of the total population. In almost every in- 
stance the death of a child is a direct result of igno- 
rance of health laws and violation of necessary 
hygienic or sanitary rules. MEDICINE - FOOD AND HEALTH. 
3 
Why Medicine is Needed.-The first thing to do 
in curing disease is to observe health laws - to 
obey the hygienic and sanitary rules of health which 
have been violated. Then if medicine is taken, it 
is not to simply break up or destroy the disease (for 
such a thing cannot be destroyed) but it is to keep 
the diseased condition in check until Nature can 
repair the damage and bring the system again into 
harmonious action. It is a provision of the Divine 
law and intent, all other things being equal, that 
Nature herself could repair the damage, provided 
the laws of health were again observed. It is known 
that physicians have the greatest confidence in med- 
icine in the cure of disease when the surroundings 
of the patient are strictly sanitary in every way. 
Medicine, therefore, is intended to assist Nature 
in curing and preventing disease from gaining an 
entrance, to assist in restoring a weakened system 
to health and activity, to aid Nature in repairing 
the damage which a violation of health laws has 
brought upon us. Therefore remember that a single 
dose of the right remedy taken at the proper time 
will often prevent a long and costly illness. 
Good Food makes good blood for the body. Bad 
food makes bad blood. Bright, red, pure, nourish- 
ing blood is essential to the maintenance of life and 
the enjoyment of good health. The same is true of 
clear, pure water. The blood is a compound mix- 
ture, its elements are derived from the food and 
liquids which we take into our systems. The nutri- 
tious part of food, after being taken into the stom- 
ach, is converted by the process known as digestion 
into the elements fit for food absorption, in which 
it loses its identity, becoming really liquid flesh that 
builds up healthy, living tissues. 
FOOD AND HEALTH. 4 
FOODS AND DIGESTION. 
Foods We Should Use.- Essential food elements. 
Nitrogen, carbon and mineral matters as well as 
water. Food is needed to produce the heat and 
latent forces the body requires. We must eat some- 
thing with which oxygen can combine, so as to pro- 
duce the nutritive elements which the body appro- 
priates and makes into tissue and blood. 
The nitrogen which the body needs is found in 
eggs, milk, meats which are lean, and in gluten the 
viscid substance which has a tendency to make 
dough tenacious. Then again we need carbon such 
as we find in sugar, fats, and vegetables of various 
kinds. The minerals we require, are such as iron, 
potash, salt, sulphur, etc., combined with phosphorus. 
Every adult individual needs about two pints of 
water every day to dissolve the food, to carry it 
through the circulation, to absorb and remove the 
waste matter, to act as an oil to the tissues and to 
cool the system by being thrown out by the skin. It 
is said that a person weighing 150 pounds, contains 
almost 100 pounds of pure water. Only one third 
is actual solid matter, the balance being water. 
How Food is Digested.- The food is taken into 
the mouth, chewed and mixed with the saliva and 
then swallowed. It is acted upon immediately by 
the gastric juices of the stomach; it then passes into 
the bowels where it receives the bile from the liver 
and other secretions which completely dissolve the 
food, fitting it for assimilation by the whole system 
through the circulation. 
Healthy Diet.- Beef and mutton possess the 
greatest nutritive values of any of the meat foods. 
Lamb is less strengthening and more delicate. Like 
the flesh of all young animals, lamb must be thor- 
oughly cooked and at a very high temperature in 
order to bring out its flavor. 5 
FOODS AND DIGESTION. 
Pork contains much carbon, hence it contributes 
largely to bodily heat. People who are delicate and 
of a sedentary habit should never use pork. The 
impure flesh of the hog contains a parasite which can 
be transferred into the human flesh and which quick- 
ly produces disease and death. When pork is eaten 
at all, it should always be thoroughly cooked. 
Fish is rich in phosphorus and is especially com- 
mended as food for brain and nerves. When fish 
has been salted it loses a part of its mineral constit- 
uents, because of the chemical action which the salt 
produces. Oysters and clams are highly nutritious; 
to get the most out of such foods they should be 
eaten when raw. 
Nuts as Articles of Diet.- Almost all kinds of 
nuts are suitable to persons of strong digestive 
powers, but when the stomach is weak, when it is 
difficult for the same to properly digest simple 
foods, then nuts should be very sparingly used. It is 
always a good plan fora person to use them very spar- 
ingly until they find out if their system will readily 
digest the same. A little salt put on nuts before 
they are eaten will aid very much, assisting their 
digestion in a remarkable way. Nuts should be 
avoided by people with whom they disagree. 
Milk, when pure, is a model food and contains not 
only albumen but starch, fat and mineral matters. 
People with whom milk does not agree and assimi- 
late properly should consult a physician as the liver 
or gastric secretions are in an abnormal condition 
and need attention. 
Cheese.- One pound of cheese is equal in nutri- 
tive value to two pounds of meat. People should 
bear this in mind. It is not only economy to use 
cheese instead of meat, but the cheese itself is indeed 
very nutritious. 6 
FOODS AND DIGESTION. 
Eggs are hard to digest when cooked for a long 
time, but when soft-boiled or almost raw, eggs are 
digested very easily and are an article of great value 
especially to invalids and children. 
Onions are Healthful. - Onions possess peculiar 
nutritive qualities. A diet almost exclusively of 
onions has been known to cure lung and liver com- 
plaints, and the free consumption of onions, either 
cooked or raw, will always benefit bronchial troubles, 
chronic coughs, etc. Do not be afraid of onions. 
While it may be true that onions cause the breath 
to be offensive, if they are used at night the offensive 
breath will usually be gone in the morning; but the 
good effects will often amply compensate for the 
annoyance. If used once a week with regularity, 
raw onions greatly promote the health, especially 
of the lungs and of the digestive organs. However, 
in using onions you should always consider their 
annoyance to your friends, as many good friendships 
have been broken up by onions and it is much better 
to give up onions than to lose a friend. 
Tomatoes.- This most healthy of all vegetables, 
is one fortunately which is relished more than any 
other. Its qualities do not depend upon any mode 
of preparation for the table. It can be eaten at 
each meal, hot or cold, uncooked or with salt, vine- 
gar or other seasoning and in any quantity with 
perfect freedom and always with great advantage. 
The tomato is slightly acid, which together with the 
seed it contains is valuable in overcoming consti- 
pated conditions. It has been said with a great 
deal of harm that the use of the tomato renders 
cancerous conditions more severe and may indeed 
be the cause of cancer. What folly! It is wrong 
for anyone to make such a claim for the very oppo- 
site is indeed the fact. GOOD BREAD. 
The Body Requires the elements of nutrition 
contained in bread food. Good bread must be rich 
in the amount of gluten it contains, for it is from 
this element that the nerves and muscles receive 
much of their strength. In good bread there should 
not only be the grain of the wheat but also the other 
elements. Though the bran of the wheat is not 
necessary in bread to maintain health, yet as it con- 
tains the muscle forming material in large propor- 
tions it is needed by all workers. When well made, 
Graham bread is especially healthful for dyspeptics 
from the fact that the bran takes the place of more 
active measures where there is a tendency to torpid- 
ity of the liver and bowels. 
Fruits Used to Advantage.- It is well known 
that the use of fruit as a food is conducive to good 
health. Fruit is not a solid element like beef and 
bread, as it contains a large percentage of water. 
Still it does possess special merit, and in this 
connection needs special reference. Fruits contain 
the acid elements that are needed to give tone to 
the system when it is most required, but no fruit 
should be eaten unless thoroughly ripe or cooked. 
The time to use fruit is in the morning or early in 
the afternoon. It should not be eaten just before 
the hour of retiring. Moderate use of fruit is always 
of advantage but there is danger of eating it in 
excess. Care should be taken not to take into the 
stomach unripe or over-ripe fruit as it contains free 
acids and other principles which undergo fermenta- 
tion. It is for this reason that during the summer 
season our children have cholera morbus, bowel 
complaints, cramps and such troubles, which can be 
traced directly to the improper or unwise use of 
fruit either unripe or partially decayed. ADVICE ABOUT EATING. 
A Healthy Person should always have a good 
appetite. Many regard a hearty desire for food as 
something indelicate and unrefined and to be dis- 
couraged. This is a great mistake. A good appe- 
tite is a good thing and it is just as necessary to the 
man who works with his brain as it is to the toiler 
who earns his bread by hard manual labor. 
Not an Infallible Guide. - The opinion often pre- 
vails, that if a person is fond of a thing it may 
be eaten without harm. This is a great mistake. 
People may use highly seasoned food or drinks or 
eat candies or other things containing injurious 
substances, which they will eat readily without 
detecting danger. Animals are guided in their 
selection of food by instinct and by a very peculiar 
sense of smell, while human individuals are often 
lacking in such instincts, yet their intelligence should 
be to them a true guide. 
Rapid Eating Our National Evil. - You should 
eat slowly, thoroughly masticating the food. It is 
a deplorable evil to eat rapidly, and hence one of the 
chief causes of dyspepsia. If you eat rapidly, the 
saliva cannot be readily mixed with the food so as 
to promote digestion. Coarse pieces of food are 
often swallowed which resist the action of the diges- 
tive juices. If the food is washed down with drinks 
which dilute the gastric juices, the digestive process 
will be impaired or hindered. If you eat rapidly, 
you will rarely taste the good qualities of food and 
you may think it lacking in flavor, and to make up 
for this, many resort to the use of condiments, such 
as mustard, pepper, spices, etc., which have a ten- 
dency to irritate the digestive organs. In this way 
the system is overworked, the tone of the stomach 
is affected, and a foundation laid for dyspepsia. ADVICE ABOUT EATING. 
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Regulate the Quantity of Food. - If food is swal- 
lowed no faster than the gastric juice is mixed with 
it, the hunger or the desire for food will cease when 
enough has been taken, but if you crowd your food 
down too rapidly, or drink freely with it, you will 
continue to eat until too much is taken. Bear in 
mind, that the appetite will only cease when the 
secretion of the gastric fluid ceases. Hence you 
should eat slowly, or you will be apt to eat too much. 
Rapid eating always causes irritability, dyspepsia, 
or other diseases of the digestive organs. 
Thoroughly Masticate Your Food. - A simple 
rule to follow and one which will go far toward se- 
curing the full benefit of what you eat is that the 
food should be thoroughly masticated (chewed) 
before being swallowed. It may be said that the 
more nearly you reduce the food to a fine state in 
your mouth, the less work will be left for the stom- 
ach to do. The more completely you chew your 
food, the more perfectly will the same be prepared 
for its purpose-the formation of blood and the nu- 
trition of the body. 
Only Take Small Mouthfuls. - A child will be 
instructed wisely if only permitted to take a small 
mouthful. They should be early taught the habit 
of eating in that way and of chewing their food well. 
The same holds good for people of all ages, especially 
in the aged ones, because the teeth in older people 
are imperfect, and because they cannot properly 
chew the food which is taken. This principle or 
rule properly observed will be of great benefit to 
the health of every individual and contribute much 
in the preventing of dyspeptic conditions and at the 
same time will greatly increase the pleasure of eat- 
ing and exert a wide influence upon both the com- 
fort and activity of the body as well as the mind. 10 
ADVICE ABOUT EATING. 
How Much Should One Eat? - Never eat as 
much as would be necessary to cause an uncomfort- 
able feeling. If you take more food into your 
stomach than you need, much of it will remain 
, undigested and become a source of oppression. The 
quantity one should eat, necessarily, will vary with 
the age and habits. Food for a child should be 
abundant and principally of a vegetable character. 
If you follow a sedentary occupation, you will re- 
quire less food than if you lead an out-of-door life. 
Another point, which you ought to consider and 
remember, is that depression, worry and grief are 
foes to digestion. A light heart and a bright face 
should always be taken with you to the table; as it 
is one of the best remedies known for dyspepsia. 
How to Recover the Appetite which may be 
lost through excessive stimulation, use of hot foods, 
liver disorders, and by keeping too much indoors. 
The first duty is to remove the cause. Exercise, 
change of air and diet will often prove all that is 
needed to enable you to recover your appetite. 
With children you should enforce regularity of 
habits and see that they are only supplied with 
plain, nourishing foods If the appetite is impaired, 
a week's use of our Household Bitters will prove 
quickly effectual, fully restoring the appetite and at 
the same time giving new vitality, strength and 
energy to the whole system. 
Never Eat Between Meals.- Another of the caus- 
es of dyspepsia, the foundation of which is often laid 
in childhood, is eating too often or between meals. 
When the usual meals are taken with regularity and 
sufficiently near each other, nothing should be taken 
into the stomach between meals, and this rule holds 
good as to the use of fruits, which rob the stomach 
of its needed rest. ADVICE ABOUT EATING. 
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Eat Early in the Morning.- The breakfast should 
be taken directly after rising. If this is not con- 
venient, one or two of our Vegetable Stimulets will 
remove that feeling of faintness giving you new 
strength and energy. 
The dinner should be eaten at a regular fixed hour 
and should be the principal meal of the day, and in 
order that it may do you the most good you should 
never be in a hurry, nor permit anything to inter- 
fere with the same. 
Luncheon or supper is a meal that is often abused, 
for rarely is sufficient time taken, and furthermore 
too much food is liable to be taken at that time. 
One point which you should always keep in mind is 
that your meals should always be eaten at regular 
hours. 
Variety of Foods.- There should be several kinds 
of food, especially one or two vegetables at the same 
meal, as they are more easily digested than other 
food elements. If your work is indoors you will 
find it unnecessary to eat meat oftener than once 
per day, which should be always at the dinner hour. 
If your work is out of doors, some form of meat 
could be used at the supper hour, although this is 
not absolutely necessary for good health. 
Stout or Thin. - If you are too fat and wish to 
reduce your weight, take one or two Feel-Fine Tab- 
lets one-half hour before each meal and live as much 
as possible on meat. Bat only a small evening 
meal as that is the meal which piles on the fat. 
If you are too thin and wish to increase your 
weight, take a dose of Household Bitters one-half 
hour before each meal and eat eggs, sugar, and food 
that contains lots of starch; eat hearty suppers and 
take a good drink of rich milk or cream before going 
to bed. ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE BOWELS. 
Purpose of the Bowels*- The lower bowel or 
rectum receives and removes two kinds of waste 
matter, the imperfectly digested particles of food 
and the effete matter which is excreted by the glands 
of the bowels from the blood. This material is the 
most offensive of all materials that escapes from the 
body. 
Waste Must Be Removed.- No matter what kind 
of food we eat, unless the waste products, the un- 
digested portions of the food, and the foul material 
which the blood throws out, is not promptly removed 
from the body, it becomes quickly decomposed and 
reabsorption of the putrid matter takes place. Even 
in sick people the bowels should move daily, even 
when they are lying quietly in bed and taking little 
or no nourishment. 
Bowel Movements.- One daily emptying of the 
lower bowel is natural. There are few exceptions to 
this rule. Occasionally there are people whose 
bowels move twice daily while in perfect health. It 
is a good thing to acquire the habit of a movement of 
the bowels every day. Most people arrange for this 
right after breakfast; some just before retiring at 
night. Remember that good health demands this 
duty be attended to with clock-like regularity. 
Results of Constipation.- One of these is irrita- 
tion of the bowels which may develop into a serious 
inflammation. Another is the formation of piles 
near the outlet of the bowel, which are often pain- 
ful, sometimes bleeding, and always troublesome. 
The straining at stool to overcome constipation has 
been known to cause hernia, or rupture. Neglected 
constipation may cause such a collection of hardened 
material in the bowels as to obstruct them alto- 
gether, but the worst result is blood poisoning. ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF BOWELS. 
13 
Affects Other Organs.- When the lower bowel 
becomes disabled or lacking in proper tone, the head, 
liver, organs of generation, nervous system and 
stomach sympathize with it. Then we have ner- 
vousness, headache and biliousness, as well as a 
general tired feeling, languor and malaise. This 
condition often comes to dyspeptics. 
Effect Upon the Blood.- Want of action of the 
bowels is sure to allow the blood to be more or less 
tainted or poisoned by the retention in it of waste 
matter. This acts invariably upon the brain, and 
the whole nervous system works to a disadvantage 
for want of fresh, pure blood. Bowel poison is many 
times the active cause of slow fever, nervous prostra- 
tion, insanity, and a long list of frightful conse- 
quences, such as piles, anal fistula, sexual decay, and 
many other urino-genital troubles. 
Regularity of the Bowels.- Never, if you can 
possibly avoid it, wait even five minutes after you 
are aware of the need before you relieve the lower 
bowel. If you are inclined to be costive, besides 
taking active exercise according to your strength, 
you should eat fresh, wholesome fruit every day. 
Our Household Sanitary Cathartic is a sure, reliable 
and easy physic, and its well advised use is abso- 
lutely certain to produce satisfactory results. Anoth- 
er remedy worthy of special mention is our Tonic 
Laxative Pills, two or three of which taken at bed- 
time are certain to be followed the next day by a 
complete unloading of the entire contents of the 
bowels. For the purpose of toning up the condition 
of the bowels, nerves and muscles, no remedy will 
give as complete satisfaction as our celebrated 
Nerve Power Pills. It would be greatly to the 
advantage of our friends for them to consult one of 
our physicians in regard to these matters. 14 
DIARRHEA. 
What to do for Diarrhoea.- Babies and young 
children need to have the bowels move several times 
daily, especially while they are teething. We do 
not call it diarrhoea in such cases unless there are 
several liquid passages a day. If a baby has a sour 
stomach and watery stools, give it a little lime water 
every hour and a few doses according to directions 
of our celebrated Castoria Soothing Syrup. On 
account of the spices in it, this splendid remedy does 
not produce any bad influence and it is sure to soon 
set things right again. If the diarrhoea occurs in a 
child between five and ten years of age, give it one- 
half teaspoonful of equal parts of subnitrate of bis- 
muth and prepared chalk each four hours, and our 
Castoria Soothing Syrup night and morning, which 
will prove quickly effectual. If the diarrhoea is 
the result of eating unripe fruit and is accompanied 
by cramps and great distress in the bowels, give 
the child a dose or two of our Household Pain Cure, 
together with from three to four teaspoonfuls of our 
Castoria Soothing Syrup. In adults a diarrhoea 
which has become watery and is accompanied by 
straining and general weakness, should be checked 
at once with our Household Colic and Cholera Tab- 
lets. Read carefully the article in reference to this 
remedy. It is important in all cases of diarrhoea 
that the diet be restricted for a day or two, no fruits 
of any kind should be eaten, and all forms of bread 
food should be taken very sparingly. A diet chiefly 
of milk or other light substance will be all that is 
required in connection with the treatment to secure 
quick and satisfactory results. 
Summer Diarrhoea can be avoided by taking a 
dose of our Tonic Laxative Pills once each week 
during the hot weather, this will keep the bowels 
regular and in a good, strong healthy condition. COLIC AND APPENDICITIS. 
15 
What to do for Colic.- Colic often affects children 
and grown people. It can be quickly overcome in 
babies by the use of our Castoria Soothing Syrup, 
and this is equally true of children up to the age of 
twelve years. In adults, however, a more active 
remedy must be employed, and we recommend for 
this purpose our Household Pain Cure or Colic and 
Cholera Tablets, which act quickly and contain 
ingredients that will fully restore the irritated mem- 
branes to a healthy condition. In severe cases, 
our physicians should be immediately consulted and 
proper advice obtained, which is always free at our 
agent's office in your city. 
Appendicitis. - This inflammation is one of the 
most dreaded of all bowel troubles and needs prompt 
and heroic treatment. Add one-half pint of glycer- 
ine to one gallon of hot water and use as a rectal 
enema to clear out the lower bowel. Then give 
internally two tablespoonfuls of castor oil, and apply 
externally Household Liniment or mustard until 
the abdomen is almost blistered. Remain in bed 
until out of danger, or fully recovered. 
Wind in the Stomach.- This is generally due to 
fermentation. It often produces faintness, palpi- 
tation of the heart and a sense of fullness and distress 
all through the stomach and chest. For quick 
relief use Household Pain Cure, but to cure it our 
Household Dyspepsia Tablets should be employed 
with regularity for several weeks and in connection 
with the same our Household Bitters used also as 
directed. The observance of these instructions will 
cure in the majority of cases. Sufferers from any 
disorders of the bowels should bear in mind that it 
will be greatly to their advantage to consult our 
local physician in their home city. ADVICE ABOUT ICE WATER. 
Ice Water Delays Digestion.- If the water is 
iced the food is dissolved less rapidly. The same 
principle applies to the fact that cold air is a better 
preservative than warm. Ice water taken into the 
stomach chills the lining membranes as well as the 
contents of that organ. Drinks of all kinds should 
be taken sparingly and especially does this apply 
to iced drinks. There is such a direct connection 
between the stomach and the brain, that to pour an 
iced drink into the stomach and thus drive the blood 
out, there must necessarily be an influx of blood 
directly to the head, which is very dangerous. 
Iced Drinks Injurious. - People should eat ices or 
take iced drinks sparingly if they wish to preserve 
the teeth. They should also have in mind that it is 
necessary at the same time to protect the stomach 
and guard against sudden attacks of indigestion 
and biliousness. Many have the habit of slowly 
drinking a cup of hot tea or coffee at a meal and 
then at its close, drink a glass of ice water which is 
very unwise and injurious. 
Summer Drinks.- Lemonade is a grateful bev- 
erage, but there are many persons who cannot use 
it because of an excess of acid in the system. It 
is a bad practice to eat the peel of the lemon because 
it contains an injurious principle and hence should 
be avoided. For an invalid a cooling drink of lem- 
onade used sparingly, or sipping the juice of the 
lemon, is always grateful and of marked benefit. 
Orange drinks are also in much favor and are an 
efficient substitute for the more highly acid lemon 
drink, yet persons should always be careful not to 
eat the yellow peel of the orange because of the 
oily constituents it contains. ADVICE ABOUT DISINFECTANTS. 
Fresh Air and Sunlight are conducive to healthy 
conditions. Always let the fresh air and sunshine 
into your rooms that they may purify every portion 
they may reach. This applies also to cellars and 
vaults which should be kept clean and dry. 
Water as a Disinfectant.- Fresh water rapidly 
absorbs poisonous elements. It may be placed 
about a sick room to great advantage, care being 
taken to renew the water frequently. Cold water 
for that purpose is best. In a newly painted room 
a pail full of cold water will quickly take out the 
sickening offensive odor of the paint. Try it and 
you will be pleased with results. 
Charcoal is a splendid deodorizer as it promptly 
absorbs gaseous substances and foul odors and 
renders the same harmless. Charcoal finely pow- 
dered has long been used as a filter for impure water. 
The reason is easily explained. The pores of char- 
coal which has been exposed in the open air contain 
a condensed oxygen gas which rapidly absorbs and 
removes all impure matter. It is well known that 
if an offensive substance is covered with charcoal 
powder, it will quickly prevent the escape of offen- 
sive odors from the same. 
Lime placed in damp places such as drains, sewers, 
cellars, etc., is a good absorbent and may be used 
with great advantage, preventing decomposition 
and disinfecting the same thoroughly. 
Carbolic Acid in a weak solution may be used 
with splendid results. It can be placed in saucers 
or other dishes, or cloths can be wrung out of the 
solution and hung about where offensive odors are 
suspected. It is an excellent antiseptic and disin- 
fectant and can always be used with safety and 
satisfaction. 18 
advice; about disinfectants. 
Roasted Coffee is a powerful means of rendering 
harmless any animal or vegetable effluvia. The 
best mode of using coffee is to grind it up to a fine 
powder and then roast it on a hot plate or in a small 
pan until it becomes thoroughly browned. Then 
sprinkle it about your sink or sewer or expose it 
on a plate in a room which you wish to be purified. 
A Good Disinfectant can be made of common 
salt four parts, oil of vitrol one part, water three 
parts. This mixture can be placed about a sick 
room or any portion of the house and good effects 
will quickly follow, the air being purified and offen- 
sive odors removed. 
To Fumigate a Room and purify the air, there is 
no more simple way than to take a common iron 
shovel, heat it hot and pour a little vinegar upon 
it. The steam which will arise will be pungent and 
of a disinfecting character; windows and doors should 
be open at the same time. Sulphur burned in a 
closed room will rapidly cleanse and purify it. 
To Disinfect Water Closets.- Chloride of lime 
will prove quickly effective because of the chlorine 
gas which is liberated and which is a deadly enemy 
to germs and foul elements. 
To Kill Disease Germs. - The best way to thor- 
oughly disinfect a sick room and kill all disease 
germs after the patient has been removed, is to get 
a large sulphur or brimstone fumigating candle, one 
that will burn for an hour or more, put it in an iron 
pail or other safe place in the room, then light the 
candle and close the room up tight for three hours; 
at the end of which time all disease germs that 
were in the room will be dead. Then air the room 
for several hours before occupying it. The Power of Sunshine is recognized throughout 
all nature. It is necessary to the growth of vege- 
tables and to the maintenance of animal life. To be 
deprived of sunshine is one of the greatest mis- 
fortunes in the home or in the workshop. You 
know that you cannot grow healthy vegetables 
underneath a tree or in the shade. The vines would 
be sickly in appearance and out of proportion, nor 
can you rear children in a parlor or bedroom to 
which the sunlight cannot penetrate, without injur- 
ing their health and making them sickly, pale and 
nervous. No vegetable or valuable plant can be 
grown well except it be visited at times by the direct 
rays of the sun; the fruit of the plant could not 
ripen, nor could the seed mature. Any vine or 
vegetable grown in the shade or in dark places is 
pale and lacking in strength. Grass, flowers, or 
grain of any kind will not thrive in the shade of a 
tree and the same is true of children. You must 
get them in the sunshine if you would have them 
happy, active, healthy and vigorous. 
The Sunshine Cure.- Plenty of sunshine or sun- 
light will go a long way toward curing a person of 
sickness. This is true especially of bronchitis and 
lung troubles, or paralysis and nervous troubles. 
If the habit is cultivated of spending an hour or 
two in the open sunshine every day, medicines will 
have a quicker influence and health will be more 
rapidly regained. A sick person or invalid should 
lie down near a large window where the sunshine 
will reach every portion of the body for from ten to 
thirty minutes every day, increasing this time grad- 
ually until several hours each day can be passed in 
the sunshine without discomfort. Rheumatism 
and dyspepsia are greatly benefited by plenty of 
sunshine. 
SUNSHINE AND HEALTH. 20 
Sunshine in the Sick Room.- If you go into a 
sick room where the shades or blinds are always 
kept closed, you will soon feel a sense of depression. 
You will feel as if you were constantly breathing 
polluted air. An odor, offensive and musty, will 
quickly convince you that healthful conditions are 
lacking. What is needed is the purifying effects 
of sunshine. It takes out the mustiness from dark 
rooms and dark corners. It imparts cheerfulness 
and is always useful in the cure of diseases. You 
would not expect your house plants to thrive and 
bloom if always kept in the shade, neither could 
you expect the invalid to gain in strength and vigor 
if subjected to the same unhealthy conditions. 
Children Need Plenty of Sunshine.- They will 
thrive under its influence the same as flowers will 
thrive. The most beautiful flowers in the world 
would not be one-half so attractive unless they had 
been reared for days and weeks in the sunshine. 
Plenty of light and plenty of sunshine for children 
will make them bright, healthy, happy and beauti- 
ful. Let the nursery be on the sunny side of the 
house. Rear your children, not where it is dark 
and shady, but where it is light, cheerful and sunny. 
ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE EYES. 
ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE EYE. 
The Eye is regarded as the most delicate and 
sensitive organ in the body. It is closely connected 
with the brain. It shares with the brain in all the 
various conditions of excitement or depression, labor 
and rest. If affected by irritation or irregularity 
of the circulation, it quickly becomes evident. The 
whole body suffers when the eye is injured or lack- 
ing in general health. Our Crystal Eye Tonic is a 
great remedy to keep the eyes bright, strong and 
healthy. Our Antiseptic Eye Drops will cool and 
est the eye when they are tired and nervous. 21 
ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE EYES. 
Look After Your Children's Eyes.- You should 
pay as much attention to the eyes as to the teeth. 
Parents will often send their children to the dentist 
to have their first teeth filled, when they are only 
four or five years of age, instead of having those 
teeth extracted. It is a mistaken notion that the 
teeth must be kept in the jaw to favor its develop- 
ment, while the eye which is the most useful and 
the most sensitive of all the organs, receives scarcely 
a passing thought and seldom is subjected to exam- 
ination or treatment until much damage has been 
done. 
The Eye as an Educator.- Through it the child 
gains its sense of methods and the ways of existence 
of others and through it the child's brain receives 
its first sense of external things. It should be kept 
clean, and for this purpose a little gland is provided 
from which the tears flow. It is a watery fluid which 
is spread out over the eye by the lid and which runs 
out through a little hole in the bone to the nose. If 
it were not furnished with this liquid to wash it and 
the lid to protect it, things would often appear 
cloudy and you would see things as through a dusty 
glass. It can be washed with great advantage every 
day with our Antiseptic Eye Drops. 
The Eyelashes.- If your eyelashes are irregular 
or short, you can remedy this by cutting off the 
split ends once or twice a month. You should never 
write or undertake to sew in a partial or imperfect 
light. The practice of sitting in the twilight and 
undertaking to read the newspaper or peruse any 
form of print is harmful. You should never under- 
take to read, write or sew except in the full day- 
light or artificial light equally as good. Parents 
should be particular to guard children against this 
error. 22 
ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE EYES. 
A Foreign Body in the Eye*- If a cinder or a bit 
of sand or an eyelash gets into the eye, it should be 
quickly removed before inflammation takes place. 
If no doctor is around the eye should be closed so 
that the tears may accumulate in sufficient quan- 
tity, then with the point of a clean handkerchief 
the offending substance may be removed, on open- 
ing the eye so as to turn back the lid. The popular 
idea of an eyestone is a delusion. A grain of flax 
seed would answer equally as well. If the foreign 
body cannot be removed in that way, the eyelid 
may be turned back and a little warm water injected 
into the eye which will quickly wash out the offend- 
ing substance. 
What to do for a Sty.- A sty is a little boil which 
protrudes from the eye lid. It will pass away of 
itself in time but a cure may be hastened by applying 
a little poultice of bread and water in a little bag. 
It should be freshly applied several times per day 
and at each change of the poultice the eye should be 
washed out with warm milk and water. 
If the eye is inflamed you can use to great advan- 
tage our Antiseptic Bye Drops found in our cabinet. 
This remedy will always remove soreness, inflam- 
mation, redness and weakness of the eye. Anti- 
septic Eye Drops are especially good to remove 
a cold or inflammation from the eye and can be used 
in any quantity without fear of any bad effect. 
Woman's Eye. - The window of her soul, the 
most beautiful and fascinating object in the world. 
It is man's absolute master, it can make or mar his 
whole future and bring him in subjection to her 
feet; therefore ladies take good care of your eyes, 
keep them clear and bright and learn how to use 
them to the best advantage to give you power. ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE EAR. 
Sound Waves are caused by one body coming in 
contact with another so that sound waves are pro- 
duced. These waves are similar to those which 
appear when a stone is thrown into the water. The 
waves of sound come in contact with the ear drum, 
which vibrates and sends the motion along the little 
chain of bones in the middle ear, carrying the sound 
to the delicate nerves which convey it to the brain 
and thus give to the mind the idea of sound. Perfect 
hearing is one of our greatest blessings. 
Careful Attention and Treatment of the Ear 
Important.- Cold water should never be allowed 
to remain in the ear. If wax has accumulated you 
should not try to remove it with a hard instrument, 
but first soften it with a little warm water, and then 
let it run out by turning the head downward. In 
this connection parents will do well to bear in mind 
that the hair about the ears of a child should never 
be left wet or soggy, as it may chill this sensitive 
organ and thus impair the hearing. 
Insects in the Ear.- If an insect gets into the 
ear, pour a little sweet oil into the ear and kill it, 
then remove the insect with warm water. If this 
does not succeed take a little piece of absorbent 
cotton, saturate it with a solution of salt or vinegar 
and plug up the external ear. In a few minutes the 
insect can be killed and removed as stated. Often- 
times on removing the plug you will find that the 
insect will come out with it, having been caught on 
the fibres of the cotton. To remove small bodies 
you can direct a stream of warm water gently into 
the ear with a syringe. Be careful about putting 
any metal substance or probe into the ear. Many 
times the drum of the ear has in this way been per- 
forated and the hearing destroyed by such a process. 24 
ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE EAR. 
To Relieve Earache.- The steam of hot water 
or vinegar applied to the ear will often prove quickly 
effective. You can also take a little piece of cotton 
wool, dip it in a little warm sweet oil or Pain Cure 
and place it in the ear and the pain will be almost 
instantly relieved. A warm poultice or warm oil 
may also be applied to the ear. If there is a foul 
discharge from the ear of a child, syringe with warm 
water and milk, but be careful about putting in any 
medicine that will do damage. The Household 
Liniment found in our cabinet is a sovereign remedy 
for earache. A few drops placed on a little plug of 
cotton in the ear will secure almost instant relief. 
Deafness is often the result of the hardening of 
the ear-wax. Temporary deafness sometimes re- 
sults from inflammation stopping up the Eustachian 
tube which extends from the mouth to the middle 
ear. In such cases a gargle of alum or chlorate of 
potash or simple cold water will often remedy the 
difficulty very quickly. In most cases of deafness 
caused from catarrh our Dry Vapor Treatment gives 
almost instant relief. It will remove all irritation, 
stop discharges and restore the ear to a normal con- 
dition and cure the catarrh which caused the trouble. 
Children's Ears.- A child's ears should never 
be boxed. There is a passage from the ear which 
is closed by a very thin membrane (the ear drum) 
which many times has been ruptured by the injudi- 
cious practice of boxing the ears. At any rate a 
sudden compression of air inside the ear by a quick 
slap or box upon the same will injure the membrane 
upon the inside and cause a shock to the system 
which it will take a long time to repair. Many 
children have been made deaf permanently by 
boxing their ears. ADVICE ABOUT CARE OF THE NOSE. 
The Sense of Smell.- The nose opens at the back 
into the throat and is lined by a continuation of the 
mucous membranes from the throat. The nerves 
which govern the sense of smell enter the nose 
through a little bony plate in the roof of the same 
and the branches are distributed over the inner sur- 
faces. The purpose of the sense of smell is to warn 
us of the presence of impure air and aid us in the 
selection of food and drinks. 
Bleeding from the Nose.-This is caused usually 
by the presence of too much blood in the head or 
by the use of too strong coffee. It occurs often to 
those who are exposed to heat and who eat too 
much and too fast, or it may be caused by violent 
excitement of the mind and the presence of consti- 
pation. The injudicious wearing of tight corsets 
or tight bands about the neck will often cause 
bleeding from the nose. In some cases it is benefi- 
cial, but it may be so persistent as to lead to serious 
harm. In all cases it should be stopped at once and 
cured if possible by removing the cause. 
Nosebleed. What to do.- First find out which 
nostril the blood comes from, then raise the arm on 
that side perpendicularly in the air and hold the 
nose firmly between the finger and the thumb of 
the other hand. At the same time you can lay a 
towel wet with ice water on the forehead. A piece 
of ice or snow ball or a cold wet cloth applied to the 
back of the neck, or on the bleeding side of the nose 
will often stop the bleeding. A good remedy and 
one that seldom fails is that of blowing a little pow- 
dered gum arabic or alumin to the bleeding nostril 
by means of a quill. When a clot of blood is formed 
in the nostril it should be left in for some time. 26 
ADVIC® ABOUT CARE OF THE NOSE- 
Catarrh of the Nose.- This is not as a rule pain- 
ful, but is always unpleasant and offensive to one's 
friends. No person is free from the liability of 
catarrh. Frequent colds in the head are one of the 
causes. Exposure, sitting in a draft of air, getting 
the feet wet or getting the pores of the skin chilled 
too suddenly may bring on a cold, which if neglected, 
will quickly run into a bad case of chronic catarrh. 
When a cold is contracted our Household Grip-Cold 
Cure should be used as directed. It will accom- 
plish in a few hours a wonderful change. Care 
must be given to the condition of the stomach at 
the same time. Your food must be light and of a 
fluid character. Never eat meat foods when suffer- 
ing from a cold. The bowels should be kept open 
by the use of our Household Sanitary Cathartic. 
In the cases of children the cold should be taken in 
time so that complications may be prevented. The 
child should be put into a hot bath and our House- 
hold Grip-Cold Cure or Homoeopathic Cold Cure 
used freely as directed. 
To cure a case of chronic catarrh of the nose our 
Household Catarrh Cure and Catarrh Cream should 
be used as directed. Our Dry Vapor Treatment will 
greatly assist the other remedies and hasten a cure 
by keeping the air passages thoroughly disinfected 
and medicated with soothing and healing balms. 
Foreign Substance.- The simplest way to remove 
any foreign substance from the nose is to close the 
other nostril and then forcibly blow directly into 
the mouth of the sufferer. If you can produce 
sneezing it will quickly dislodge the foreign sub- 
stance. A stream of water carried into the opposite 
nostril by means of a nasal douche, will often wash 
out the offending substance. If these measures 
fail a physician should be promptly consulted. ADVICE ABOUT THE TEETH. 
Number of Teeth.- There are eight teeth in each 
side of each jaw, making thirty-two teeth altogether 
in the adult set. We are provided with two sets of 
teeth. The first or milk teeth are small and are 
only twenty in number. The middle teeth (incisors) 
are usually cut about the age of seven months and 
the other middle teeth at the age of nine months. 
The first molar (back) teeth make their appearance 
at the age of twelve months and the canine (eye) 
teeth at about a year and a half. The remaining 
molars (back teeth) make their appearance between 
two and three years of age. The lower teeth are 
usually first to appear. At the age of six years the 
first or milk set are usually perfect and the jaws 
contain the crowns of all the second set except the 
wisdom teeth. At the age of six years the crown 
of the second set will begin to press against the roots 
of the milk teeth and loosen them so that they can 
easily be removed or drop out of themselves. The 
central permanent incisors make their appearance 
at the age of seven years and the others at eight 
years. The first bicuspids appear at nine years of 
age and the second between ten and twelve years. 
The permanent canine (eye) teeth usually appear 
at the age of twelve years and the back molars 
about thirteen or fourteen. It is common for the 
wisdom teeth not to appear until twenty-one or 
sometimes even at a much later period. 
Decay of the Teeth is commonly caused by food 
which has become entangled between them, where 
the same is decomposed by heat and moisture. The 
saliva often will leave a sediment on the teeth which 
we call tartar that injures the teeth and also causes 
the breath to become offensive. The best way to 
preserve the teeth is to keep them clean. 28 
ADVICE ABOUT THE TEETH. 
The Care of the Teeth.- The milk teeth should 
be cared for and preserved until Nature is ready to 
supply their places with the permanent ones. A 
child should be instructed even at the age of five to 
brush out the mouth and the teeth every morning. 
A little salt or castile soap upon the brush is all that 
is required. After cleansing the teeth in this way, 
the mouth should be washed out in tepid water. 
Twirl the brush about on every portion of the teeth 
so as to thoroughly cleanse them. A tooth which 
is kept clean will not decay. People often inquire 
how often the teeth should be cleaned. At least 
once a day; three times per day if it is convenient. 
A brush as hard as can be borne without distress 
should be used and the best application is salt or 
pure castile soap and water. Tincture of myrrh 
will harden the gums and prevent bleeding of the 
same. It also has a tendency to harden and pre- 
serve the teeth and should be used often. 
Tooth Powders often do injury because they act 
upon the enamel and the gums. If used at all, every 
portion should be carefully removed from the mouth, 
rinsing with tepid water. Some ladies have a habit 
of using a bit of lemon to whiten the teeth, but it 
is fatal to the enamel as are all acids. 
Healthy Gums are as essential as healthy teeth 
and equally so in regard to the beauty of the mouth. 
Excessive use of sugar and candies does great harm. 
It is not chiefly the bad effects of the acids produced 
by the dainties, but because their substance is gritty 
and wears upon the gums and upon the roots of the 
teeth and gradually causes the gums to be livid or 
pale and shrunken and sometimes even ulcerated. 
This is also one of the chief dangers from the use of 
tooth powders. Tincture of myrrh applied daily 
with the tooth brush will overcome this trouble. ADVICE ABOUT THE TEETH. 
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Teething in Children.- Young children while 
cutting their first teeth often suffer from disorders 
of the general health. They have spells of fretful- 
ness and peevishness and frequently have fits and 
the foundation of serious mischief may be laid at 
this time. The remedy lies in cutting the teeth so 
that they may quickly reach the outside. Keep 
close watch and if the gums are swollen or red, have 
them lanced immediately. As a rule, the teeth 
will come through the same day that they are lanced, 
but if they do not the cut will heal and a scar form. 
This is not at all a bad sign, for when the teeth do 
finally appear the scar will give way much more 
easily than the uncut gum. If the teeth do not 
come after two or three days the lancing may be 
repeated and it is especially needed if the child 
suffers much pain. 
Relief from Toothache or neuralgic affections 
which arise from decayed teeth may be quickly 
effected by applying our celebrated Household 
Toothache Drops. A piece of clean, absorbent 
cotton or wool may be wet with the remedy and 
applied directly to the affected tooth. Sometimes 
it produces a very pleasant effect, where a moment 
ago there was extreme suffering and distress. The 
cavity of the tooth should be cleaned out and a bit 
of the cotton wet with Household Toothache Drops 
applied to the cavity. When the pain subsides 
the cavity should be kept plugged up with a piece 
of chewing gum to keep out the food and protect 
the root of the tooth from the air. Decayed teeth 
should have the attention of a dentist at once. If 
only partially decayed, the decayed portion should 
be cut away and the tooth filled, but if the tooth is 
much decayed it should be removed from the mouth 
before it affects the adjoining teeth. ADVICE ABOUT THE HAIR. 
Wash the Scalp Often and thoroughly with soft 
water and soap and dry it with a towel. If you 
wear a hat that is close and tight-fitting lift it often 
to let in the air. You should wear a hat with a 
high crown with ventilators in the sides or top and 
in which there is room for plenty of fresh air. It is 
a great deal better to wear a hat than a close-fitting 
cap. Covering for the head should never be worn 
indoors. Baldheaded women are almost a novelty. 
Although women wear the hair very long and al- 
though it falls out or comes out very profusely, 
women are seldom bald headed. They do not keep 
their heads covered when indoors and when they 
go out of doors their hats are never close-fitting when 
compared with the ones that men wear. This is 
the principal reason why ladies do not become bald. 
Hair falls out because of lack of proper nourish- 
ment. The hair will do just exactly as a blade of 
grass will do in a soil where there is no moisture. 
The hair must have nourishment. The hair bulbs 
and the glands are there, the apparatus is all perfect 
for the production of hair, if properly cared for and 
not abused. 
To Prevent Hair Falling.- The best plan for 
men is to cut it short and give it a good brushing 
with a stiff brush when dry. Then wash it thor- 
oughly in soapsuds and rub into the roots a little 
bay rum or camphor water containing a very little 
glycerine. This should be done once or twice a 
week. Many people think it an injury to put water 
on the hair. On the contrary, if you will moisten 
your hair with water, every time you comb it, you 
will find it to be of great advantage in keeping it from 
falling out and keeping the scalp wholesome. Mas- 
saging the scalp will prevent baldness. ADVICE ABOUT THE HAIR. 
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Avoid Hair Dyes.- All of them have a tendency 
to fill up the pores of the skin and they almost inva- 
riably contain elements such as nitrate of silver or 
some preparation of lead which are poisonous to 
the system. If you use anything upon the hair at 
all, use a mixture of cologne spirits and pure olive 
oil, say one ounce of olive oil mixed with fifteen 
ounces of cologne spirits, perfumed with any per- 
fume that you have preference for. 
To Prevent Gray Hair.-First you must keep the 
head cool and occasionally use a little sage tea to 
wet the hair with. It is never necessary to resort 
to any of the compounds which are so freely offered, 
because they all depend upon mineral ingredients 
for their effects, and are more or less injurious to 
the hair. To nourish the scalp there is nothing 
better than olive oil, which, however, should be 
greatly diluted with cologne spirits and applied 
sparingly not oftener than twice each week. Ten 
minutes' time devoted every night and morning to 
giving one's scalp a thorough massaging will give 
new life and energy to the hair, preventing it from 
falling out or turning gray until a person is well 
along in years. 
To Remove Dandruff.- The head should be 
washed thoroughly and often with pure soap and 
water and brushed until dry. The white of an egg 
can be well rubbed into the scalp with the fingers 
and then washed out with warm water. You can 
dissolve one half ounce of borax in one pint of water 
and apply afterwards. It will act quickly and per- 
fectly but is apt to make the hair stiff when dry. 
Any form of ammonia used for this purpose should 
be avoided. No alkali of any kind, except borax 
can safely be applied to the hair or scalp. ADVICE ABOUT THE FEET. 
Warm Feet are Essential.- Unless the feet be 
kept warm the circulation of blood to the extrem- 
ities is interfered with, the whole system becomes 
deranged and fever of any kind would be aggravated 
as a result. It can be said without fear of contra- 
diction that a large part of the sicknesses in any 
family is to a great extent the result of improper 
care of the feet. 
Cold Feet are a Disease. - To cure this disease of 
the circulation the feet should be placed in a basin 
of cold water every morning for a few minutes, the 
water being just deep enough to cover the toes. 
Wipe the feet dry, dress, and you are ready for the 
duties of the day. Once or twice a week the feet 
should be held for ten minutes in water which is 
made comfortably warm, adding hot water from 
time to time and using a little soap. If at the end 
of this bathing of the feet, they are placed in a pan 
of cold water, just deep enough to cover the toes 
for a minute, it will aid greatly in giving tone to the 
skin, improving the circulation and imparting soft- 
ness to the skin. The addition of one or two of our 
Household Antiseptic Tablets to a basin of warm 
water will make an excellent wash for removing foul 
odors from the feet. Our Perfect Circulation Tonic 
should be taken by all persons who suffer from cold 
feet or cold hands. 
Warm Feet at Bedtime.- Just before going to 
bed, especially in the colder months of the year, 
the feet should be warmed at a fire or hot air regis- 
ter, the stockings being removed and the bare feet 
thus subjected to heat for at least ten minutes, 
constantly moving the toes and occasionally rubbing 
them with the hands until they feel perfectly warm 
and dry. ADVICE ABOUT THE FEET. 
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Cold Feet.- Cold feet prevent sleep. People, 
without apparent cause, will suddenly wake up feel- 
ing that their feet are cold. They experience a 
disagreeable sensation which seems to pervade the 
whole body and the mind and the temper becomes 
fretful and fidgety. This often occurs even in the 
very middle of summer. When this thing occurs 
your circulation is impaired and you should take 
immediately our Perfect Circulation Tonic. 
Dry Feet.- Many ways have been devised for 
rendering the leather of shoes waterproof. It is im- 
portant to keep the feet dry and in order to do so 
it is a great deal better to keep out of the water, 
for whatever will keep water out, will also keep the 
perspiration and odors in. To make leather water- 
proof is to make it hard like a board and as hot as 
fire on a summer day. If it is necessary to wear a 
shoe that is waterproof you can make it pliable and 
softer by applying a little sweet oil or vaseline. 
Chilblains. - Chilblains are simply inflammations 
which occur on the toes or the fingers. They gen- 
erally occur in winter, when the member has been 
rapidly heated when thoroughly chilled. Chilblains 
consist of red and swollen patches of skin, some- 
times associated with blisters, which upon break- 
ing are apt to cause ulceration. The application 
of our Household Pain Cure immediately, will not 
only heal the chilblains but take away completely 
the annoyance which results from the swollen con- 
dition which is present; be sure to apply it thorough- 
ly each night just before going to bed. Another 
way to cure chilblains is to hold the afflicted part 
in the smoke of a few handfuls of cornmeal which 
has been placed over red hot coals. After doing 
this, bathe the affected parts with our Household 
Pain Cure which will greatly assist. 34 
ADVICE ABOUT THE FEET. 
Corns are the heritage of almost every individual 
at some time of their life. You can prevent them 
by applying cold water between the toes every day, 
or holding a bit of ice between the toes. To cure 
corns is often a hard matter, but they can be re- 
lieved and the sufferer made comfortable by wearing 
corn plasters which many times effects a cure. 
Hard Corns may be picked out with a clean, sharp 
pointed knife. They can be removed successfully 
by wearing over the corn a small plaster in which 
there is a hole the size of the corn. This will grad- 
ually loosen the corn from the skin so that it can be 
easily taken out. 
Soft Corns require the use of astringents such as 
alum dissolved in the white of an egg, or the paint- 
ing of the corn with tincture of iodine. The much 
better way is to apply our Household Salve on a 
bit of cotton batting, binding the same on with a 
bandage before going to bed. It is also a good plan 
after this treatment has been used for a few days to 
paint the corn each night before applying the salve 
with gum arabie mucilage. Castor oil applied to a 
soft corn once a day will soften the skin and promote 
the healing process. It is important to have well- 
fitting shoes. Most all corns are the result of fric- 
tion between an ill-fitting shoe and the foot, the 
stocking at each step being moved backward and 
forward over the tender surface until the corn is 
formed. 
Ingrowing Toe Nails are of more consequence 
than is usually given them, and they often give rise 
to severe suffering. The cause is usually small-toed 
shoes and much-darned stockings. To prevent 
ingrowing toe nails, you should wear wide-toed shoes 
and see that your stockings are free from wrinkles 
and from darning around the toes. TREATMENT FOR FOOT TROUBLES. 
35 
Treatment.- To cure ingrowing toe nails, a bit 
of sponge the size of a small pea can be placed be- 
tween the nail and the flesh and held there with a 
bit of adhesive plaster. This will keep the point of the 
nail away from the flesh, which can be readily healed 
if ulcerated, by the application of our Household 
Salve. It is better, however, to slit the edge of the 
nail and remove it. Our Household Salve gives 
prompt relief from pain and tenderness, and if other 
granulations are present they will be relieved in a 
few days. If your feet blister, on going to bed rub 
them freely with our Household Salve. If you have 
bunions it will be necessary for you to apply our 
Household Liniment or Pain Cure two or three 
times per day as it will aid in making a permanent 
cure. 
To Cure Frosted Feet.- Apply our Household 
Liniment freely to the affected parts before going to 
bed, following the same with an application of our 
Household Salve in the morning. It is a sure cure 
when directions are followed. 
To Cure Scalded Feet.- Scalded feet should be 
put immediately into cold water and held there 
quite a while before you remove your stockings 
(which should be done by cutting them off). If 
they are tender as a result of the scald they have 
received, be sure to use our Household Salve freely 
several times every day and bathe them with regu- 
larity in warm or tepid water in which you have 
dissolved one or two of our Antiseptic Germicide 
Tablets. 
Household Toilet Powder.- Household Toilet 
Powder dusted into one's shoes and on the feet 
every morning will give great comfort and prevent 
corns, bunions, chilblains and other foot troubles, 
by keeping them comfortable and healthy. ADVICE ABOUT THE SKIN. 
The Skin.- The skin is simply a covering to 
protect the underlying tissues of the body and 
through which the perspiration pours. The skin 
of a healthy person throws off daily in hot weather, 
nearly two pints of perspiration. Think of it! Al- 
most a quart of perspiration is given off every day 
by a man weighing about one hundred and fifty 
pounds. The skin also possesses remarkable ab- 
sorbing power, so much so that many medicines 
can be administered in that way. 
Keeping the Skin Clean is an absolute necessity 
from a sanitary as well as from a hygienic view. No 
person can enjoy good health unless the skin is prop- 
erly cared for. It should be the chief aim of every 
individual who appreciates bodily and mental vigor 
to keep the pores of the skin open. To accomplish 
this a bath at stated intervals must be taken. Clean 
bed linen and clean fresh clothing becomes a neces- 
sity. This is a matter which should receive very 
careful attention on the part of parents. Our House- 
hold Antiseptic Tablets may be dissolved in the 
bath water to great advantage. 
Skin Warts.- Warts upon the skin can be 
quickly removed by placing upon the warts, with 
a toothpick, a drop of nitric acid three or four times 
per week. Care must be taken not to let it drop 
upon the skin. You can rub the wart with lunar 
caustic and it will disappear gradually. 
To Remove Warts from the hands or face so that 
no scar will be left, take a piece of raw beef, 
steep it in vinegar, and then tie it upon the wart 
over night. It may be removed during the day 
and put on again at night. In two weeks the wart 
will die and peel off. The same process will often 
cure coms. 37 
Chapped Hands and Lips.- Chapped hands or 
lips are a great annoyance. The hands should be 
thoroughly bathed with castile soap and water and 
then our Household Salve or Toilet Cream freely 
applied. You must avoid the use of soaps contain- 
ing potash as they injure the skin. Our Household 
Salve is far superior to glycerine for chapped hands. 
To Remove Freckles which are an annoyance 
especially to young people, take a teaspoonful of 
powdered saltpetre, moisten it with water and apply 
it to the face night and morning. Another expe- 
dient, which is perfectly harmless, is to apply a min- 
eral water such as Vichy to the skin for several 
minutes night and morning. It should be allowed 
to dry on the skin. Freckles are often due to 
exposure in the hot sun. Our White Rose 
French Toilet Cream can be used upon the face to 
take out the irritation caused by such exposure. 
Tincture of benzoin painted on the freckle spots 
with a small brush and left on over night will often 
be found successful. 
Tan and Sunburn are the bane of fastidious 
people. When the face is browned by exposure, 
bathe it with a little cold cream, then wash it with 
tepid water. To prevent tan and sunburn, take 
the juice of a fresh lemon, rub it upon the face and 
allow it to dry on before going out in the sun. At 
night you can apply almond meal upon the skin 
and wash it off in tepid water the next morning. 
Do not use cosmetics because they will close up 
the pores of the skin, and ruin the complexion. If 
you have pimples or sores upon the skin apply our 
Household Salve as often as once every twelve 
hours. At the same time the blood should be 
thoroughly cleansed by taking our Blood and Skin 
Remedies, No. 1 before and No. 2 after each meal. 
ADVICE ABOUT SKIN TROUBLES. ADVICE ABOUT BATHING. 
The Object of the Bath is primarily that of clean- 
liness, but it is often indulged in as a luxury and a 
pleasure. Salt water baths act as a stimulant to 
the skin and when convenient they are to be pre- 
ferred. Sea bathing has special value, as seawater 
contains chlorides which seem to impart special 
tonic properties to the system. Furthermore the 
air at the seashore is bracing, not merely as a passing 
sensation but as an actual reality. You take into 
the lungs the excess of oxygen which is found at the 
seashore and with it other ozone elements which 
are a stimulant to the whole system. 
The Duration of the Bath should be governed 
by the health of the individual. Some people can 
remain in a bath longer than others. Young per- 
sons should never overdo in this respect. If they 
find after coming from the water that they are 
tired and languid, they can be assured that they 
have remained in the bath too long. If it has acted 
as a tonic they will quickly recognize it. If it is 
found after coming from the bath that the skin is 
pale, the lips blue, the night's sleep restless, the 
appetite impaired, it will be an indication that a 
few doses of our Perfect Circulation Tonic are 
needed to restore the system and prevent further 
trouble. 
The Best Hour in the day for baths is when the 
stomach is comparatively empty. A bath should 
never be taken on a full stomach. A cold sponge 
bath when first arising from bed in the morning, 
followed by vigorous friction with a Turkish towel, 
will promote the circulation and be consistent with 
good health. If the lips are pale and the skin blue, 
our Perfect Circulation Tonic may be taken with 
great advantage at all times. ADVICE ABOUT BATHING AND SLEEPING. 
39 
The Temperature of the bath plays an important 
part, the cold bath usually acting as a tonic when 
healthy reaction is brought about by vigorous rub- 
bing. Hot baths when used for any length of time 
are always debilitating and rarely beneficial. Hot 
baths when taken to break up a cold or fever, 
however, will be found of great service. Warm 
baths for children are recommended early in the 
day to be followed by a douche of cold water. The 
temperature of a bath for a child from two to eight 
years should be 60 degrees. 
Medicated Baths are often of great value. One 
or two of our Household Antiseptic Tablets in two 
gallons of water will make a suitable solution for 
a medicated sponge bath. The temperature of the 
room for bathing should always be comfortable; 
for invalids it should never be below 70 degrees. 
ADVICE ABOUT SLEEPING. 
Sleep Necessary. - Sleep is an actual necessity 
for every human being. Every thought, action and 
word, every movement of the body, uses up a cer- 
tain amount of nervous energy. To repair this 
waste, sleep is Nature's panacea. The system, ex- 
hausted by any form of physical labor, must be built 
up and strengthened for the next day's work. Noth- 
ing can compensate for quiet, refreshing,undisturbed 
sleep. Sleep will cure many diseases completely. 
Complete rest can only come to the body during 
sleep. The length of time necessary for sleep should 
be jealously guarded and rigidly observed. Strong, 
healthy people do not need as much sleep as children 
and invalids. Old people require from ten to twelve 
hours of complete, undisturbed rest. 40 
ADVICE ABOUT SLEEPING. 
Position During Sleep. - The muscles during 
sleep must be completely relaxed, hence the recum- 
bent position is absolutely essential. Sleep has 
much to do with repairing the vital energies of the 
body. Some people can sleep on a pillow better 
than with the head on a level with the body. Chil- 
dren need a soft pillow to make them sleep well. It 
is impossible to lay down any particular laws upon 
this subject as it varies much with different individ- 
uals and different temperaments. Parents who 
have wakeful children should be very cautious about 
waking them up in the morning. Let them sleep 
until Nature wakes them up. When they have had 
the proper amount of sleep they will wake up. 
Early to Bed. - Do not let a child sit up late at 
night or do any studying after the lights are on. 
A child under ten years of age should be put to bed 
promptly at seven o'clock every night and allowed 
to sleep for twelve full hours. An invalid cannot 
sleep too long; they should never be awakened and 
thus deprived of the greatest support which Nature 
has provided for them. A child should always be 
put to sleep in a happy and contented state of mind. 
Never scold a child after the supper hour nor give 
any lecture, nor do anything to wound the child's 
feelings at such a time. A good-night kiss will do 
much more to promote the healthy sleep of the 
child, and a little hug and a parting tender word 
will often accomplish wonders in that respect. 
Healthful Sleep is as necessary to a nervous per- 
son as suitable food. In such people there is always 
a strong tendency to rush of blood to the brain. 
The circulation is impaired and a few doses of our 
Perfect Circulation Tonic taken through the day 
or after supper will enable the sufferer to quietly 
drop off to sleep and awaken perfectly refreshed. ADVICE ABOUT CLOTHING. 
41 
Admit Fresh Air. - No matter in what part of 
the house you have your bed, be sure that the room 
is properly ventilated. Do not be afraid to open 
your windows. Let the cold air come into your 
room. It is as important from a health view as 
pure water. If you sleep in a close, damp, or poorly 
ventilated room, you are sure to have rheumatism, 
dyspepsia, or nervous troubles and impure blood. 
Ventilation of the body is equally important. Get 
out in the sunshine. Let the air and sunshine pen- 
etrate to every portion of your clothing. 
Healthful Clothing.-In our changeable climate, 
the most healthful clothing the year round is made 
of wool. If worn next to the skin in summer as 
well as winter, coughs, colds, diarrhoea and fevers 
would often be prevented. Sudden deaths of chil- 
dren from croup and lung troubles would seldom 
occur if proper precautions were observed in this 
respect. Wool garments at all seasons should be 
changed often to keep them clean and free from 
perspiration and odors. Do not decide that because 
your underclothing is made partly or wholly of wool 
that it will be uncomfortable in warm weather. As 
a matter of fact coughs and colds are almost un- 
known when light flannels are worn next to the skin, 
although for warm weather they should be very thin. 
Many women object to them because they are bulky 
about the waist but they can be obtained almost as 
thin as cotton garments. Some mothers dread to 
use wool upon their little ones, because they fear 
they will be too warm. Light wool garments are 
the only efficient and proper clothing for a child. 
Do not be afraid, dear parent, to clothe your children 
in a proper manner so as to secure for them the 
greatest amount of protection. 
ADVICE ABOUT CLOTHING. 42 
THE HEALTHFUL HOUSE. 
Dry Clothing. - If you get caught in a shower, 
put on dry clothing just as soon as you possibly can. 
This is necessary because damp clothing will rapidly 
chill the surface of the body. If you cannot get 
dry clothing quickly, give the body a thorough rub- 
bing with a coarse towel as soon as you are able, 
apply our Household Liniment to the body and 
limbs, rubbing it in well, and take a few doses of 
Glyhypophosphites or Household Grip-Cold Cure. 
Follow this advice, put on dry clothing, and you will 
be fully protected. Allow the cold air to get to 
your throat; there is danger of taking cold by wear- 
ing clothing muffled closely about it. 
THE HEALTHFUL HOUSE. 
The Healthful House depends upon its situation, 
construction, and good management. If it is built 
on dry ground it will be more healthful than where 
the soil is known to be damp. It should never be 
near a swamp nor a moist locality, nor where there 
is a filthy pool of water. The foundation of the 
house should be so constructed that dampness can- 
not gain an entrance therein. Hence there should 
be free drainage and damp-proof floors in the cellar. 
Avoid a Damp House. If you are living in a 
section that is known to be damp, get out of it. 
You had better wear out your shoe leather than 
pay doctors' bills. If you live in a dwelling that 
faces on an open street, it is much to be preferred. 
Aim to live in a corner house if you can, for there 
will be more air reaching your home and it will not 
be hemmed in by other houses on either side. It is 
not healthful to have your house completely sur- 
rounded by trees. It should be your aim to so 
arrange the trees upon your lawn as to admit the 
free entrance of sunshine into the house as well as 
allowing a free current of air. TH® HEALTHFUL HOUS®. 
43 
Damp Walls act as absorbents of heat and by 
their evaporation and radiation increase loss of heat. 
Diseases of a rheumatic character, lung trouble, 
catarrh, kidney diseases, etc., are known to result 
from living in damp houses. The cellar of a house 
should be made of stone or brick and the cellar 
floor of cement. It should be kept perfectly dry, 
clean and freely ventilated. If your cellar is cold 
or damp, see if you cannot admit a little sunshine 
or a current of fresh air into it. This may necessi- 
tate the putting in of another window or bulkhead. 
Wetting Coal. - Do not acquire the habit of 
wetting the coal in your cellar. If you do that, you 
can be sure that poisonous gases will get into your 
bedrooms and living rooms and do lots of harm. 
The Kitchen Sink. - Never build a sink near a 
kitchen door. Have it far inside or wholly outside. 
There is nothing about the house which should give 
you greater concern than the kitchen sink as there 
is no one place that can give off more foul odors. 
It should be your aim to keep your kitchen sink 
clean and sanitary and fully disinfected. 
Dirty Water. - Never let dirty water stand in a 
sink or basin or slop bowl. It is a bad practice 
and it is sure to breed disease sooner or later. Look 
out for the dish cloth. If your kitchen girl is using 
a dish cloth that gives off a bad odor, you can be 
sure that it is full of disease germs. Throw it into 
the fire and afterwards wash your dish cloth every 
time you use it. Keep it perfectly clean and have 
a new one for use at least every ten days. It is a 
fact well known to the medical profession that more 
cases of typhoid fever are brought about by germ- 
laden dish cloths than any other source, and the 
same is true of diphtheria. Guard well the back 
door and especially the kitchen sink and dish cloth. ADVICE ABOUT CHILDREN. 
Food for a Baby. - A nursing child finds its best 
and its earliest nourishment from the mother's milk. 
There are exceptions to this rule, such as when the 
mother is suffering from a blood disease or comes 
from a consumptive family or is addicted to the 
use of narcotics. In almost every instance nothing 
more than the mother's milk is needed for the child, 
until the first teeth appear. If the milk from the 
mother's breast is not sufficient, diluted milk from 
the cow will supply the lack. 
Artificial Food. - If a child does not nurse on 
its mother, cow's milk may be substituted. During 
the first month of a nursing babe, it should consist 
of one part of warm milk and two parts of warm 
water in which sugar has been dissolved. If the 
child is given one-half glass of diluted milk for a 
nursing, it should contain about one-third teaspoon- 
ful of pure sugar. Condensed milk, if used at all 
must be diluted in the proportion of one part of 
condensed milk to ten parts of water. It is the 
experience of physicians that condensed milk is the 
first best artificial food and comes next to mother's 
milk. A wet nurse should never be employed 
except under the direction and advice of a physician. 
Important to Train a Baby. - Always train a 
baby to nurse at regular intervals, although these 
intervals in a child from one to six months of age 
must necessarily be quite frequent. It is a mis- 
take not to nurse a baby less than one year old 
oftener than each two hours. When the child is older 
the intervals can be gradually lengthened. Young 
babies need nourishment oftener than each two 
hours. Such a rule might work well in isolated 
cases, but in the majority of homes it will give rise 
to dissatisfaction and great suffering. ADVICE ABOUT CHILDREN. 
45 
When to Wean a Child. - If the mother and 
child are healthy, the weaning should not occur 
within a year. It may be stated as a rule that a 
child should not be weaned until its first teeth have 
made their appearance. If these begin to appear 
in the gums by the time the child is eight months 
old, the child may be gradually weaned. Nursing 
should not cease at once as it might do harm espe- 
cially during the hot months. First wean the child 
from nursing during the day time and then later 
from night nursing. Food may be given consisting 
of a little bread or a cracker soaked in milk or 
sweetened water. You can give a little cooked 
arrow-root or cooked flour made from rice, a little 
sago or gruel or oatmeal may be added. 
Uncooked Food. - If the mother is wise she will 
be careful to see that the food is well cooked and 
neither hot nor cold but just about the temperature 
of the body. Never give a child tea or coffee or 
other highly seasoned food. Do not give a child 
meat or even beef tea, until there are at least six 
teeth in the jaws. A celebrated French physician 
states positively, that a child should not be weaned 
until it has twelve teeth. Such a rule may be better 
than any rule which is founded on the age of the 
child. It is dangerous to begin the weaning process 
if the child is teething. It should either come 
before or after, and should be avoided in the hot 
months of July and August when so many infantile 
complaints are to be feared. The death rate among 
children could be greatly reduced during the hot 
months if mothers would be careful to keep 
children on a low or short diet and allow them 
to drink but little water. If a mother is nursing 
a child during the hot months, she should avoid 
eating much meat and highly seasoned foods. 46 
advice; about chiddrun. 
How to Feed a Child. - Its meals must be as 
regular as possible and children should not be al- 
lowed to eat between meals. Let them come to 
the table with the rest of the family for the habit 
of regularity cannot be too strongly insisted upon. 
If the child is young it may be given food more 
often than the father or mother takes it, but always 
at a regular hour; the mother should arrange a 
regular time for the child's meals and stick to it. 
Nursing Mothers. - Does it hurt a mother to 
nurse? The rule is never. Many women have their 
health improved by nursing. Delicate females have 
experienced the very best results from nursing a 
child, as many of the complaints incident to women 
have been known to be removed or at least improved 
by it. Here is a fact that will interest the mother. 
Very few women die when nursing. The rule is 
that deaths of nursing women are rare indeed. If 
you should ask why, we might say that the spirits 
of a woman during the nursing period are generally 
more lively and even tempered. They are not 
apt to become cross and fidgety. There is a general 
feeling of health and comfort and satisfaction to 
the nursing mother which other women do not feel. 
This is an influence which prevents the mother 
from acquiring any severe illness; it is the influence 
of the growing life of the child and the love the 
mother bears to her offspring that renders her im- 
mune from critical illness. 
What Mothers Should Eat. - The mother's food 
when nursing a child must be easy to digest and 
simple. It is a truth well worth repeating, that the 
food which agrees best with the mother when nurs- 
ing will also agree best with the child. A woman 
nursing her child should eat freely as to quantity 
of food which should be of the very best quality. ADVICE ABOUT CHILDREN. 
47 
About Bathing Children. - To prevent a babe 
from being chilled, it should be washed first in a 
little tub and the whole body except the head im- 
mersed in warm water. To keep the babe sweet 
and thoroughly clean, the bath should be given 
every morning and every evening, during the first 
few months. Not only is this healthful to the babe 
but it accustoms the child to water. The warm 
bath should be kept up until the child is between 
one and two years old, when it can be made a little 
cooler, each time until a cold bath can be given. 
Clothing for Children. - The clothing should be 
quite warm and yet light. During the first six 
months let the clothes be long, then make a change 
not to short clothes but to those that are about one- 
half way between short and long. Then when it 
is about time for the child to walk, change to short 
clothes. Special care must be taken to keep the 
feet warm and dry, and it is well to have soft light 
flannels worn next to the skin, but loose enough 
for comfort upon the body. 
Sleep for Children. - If you want healthy chil- 
dren, see to it that during the first year your child 
sleeps at least two-thirds of the time. When it is 
fifteen months old a child should sleep one-half of 
the time. It should be encouraged to take a nap 
in the middle of the day, but after the age of two 
years it may be somewhat difficult to carry out this 
plan. One point must be rigidly enforced and that 
is regular hours for sleep. The earlier the child 
goes to bed at night the better, and no circumstance, 
whether it be callers in the house or if you are away 
from home visiting, should be permitted to inter- 
fere with the regular sleeping hours of your child. 
Insist upon it, if you value your child's physical and 
mental health. 48 
ADVICE ABOUT CHILDREN. 
How to Prevent Bow Legs. - These are common 
deformities and wise mothers will often say that a 
bow-legged child was allowed to walk too soon. 
Distinguished physicians, however, deny this. They 
attribute it largely to a habit children have of rub- 
bing the sole of one foot against that of the other. 
If you will watch your child you may see that it 
will go to sleep with the soles of the feet closely 
pressed together. They seem to enjoy sleeping 
with the feet in that position. If you will put socks 
or little slippers upon the child, you will see that 
they will no longer have the desire to sleep in that 
position. The remedy, therefore, for bow legs is to 
keep little socks or slippers on the child's feet. 
However, it is not well to teach a child to walk at 
too early an age . 
To Prevent Knock-Knees. - Another habit a 
child acquires is apt to cause knock-knees. It sleeps 
upon its side, with one knee tucked into the hollow 
directly behind the other. To prevent knock-knees 
put a little pad on the inside of the knee so as to 
hold them apart and permit the limbs to grow in 
their own natural direction. 
Watch Children's Feet. - Discomfort, diseases 
and afflictions may be engendered that will last a 
lifetime through inattention or carelessness about 
a child's feet. Never let your child go to bed or go 
to sleep with cold feet. If you neglect this you need 
not be surprised if you find the next day or two 
that your child has a little croup, or a sore throat 
or possibly diphtheria. When your child comes 
home, if the stockings are damp, hold the bare feet 
directly to the fire or over a hot register and rub 
them with your hands until perfectly dry, then put 
on fresh stockings and a dry pair of shoes. Keep the 
children's feet dry and warm, it promotes health, ADVICE ABOUT CHILDREN. 
49 
A Child Needs Exercise. - You cannot get your 
children out of doors too much. If you live in a 
large town, get a baby carriage or jumper and take 
your baby out as regularly as clockwork, avoiding 
of course exposure in bad weather. Be careful to 
avoid violent exercise, hence you should not toss 
your child up and down, nor jolt it, especially during 
the first year. If you carry your child around in 
your arms or in a carriage, let it be in a horizontal 
position, lying down. A child who is allowed to 
run out of doors and to have plenty of fresh air, 
fun and frolic with others, will as a rule have a good 
appetite and excellent health. 
Loss of Appetite. - If you find your children los- 
ing their appetite the fault is probably your own. 
They are probably not regular in their habits. The 
food may not be plain; it may be too stimulating 
and taken too often and too freely. Sometimes a 
child's appetite will be poor from the fact that they 
have too many studies to do at school and when 
they come home they are confined too closely to the 
house. This means that you should permit them as 
much as possible to play outside of school hours. 
Highly Seasoned Foods. - Rich food, candies, 
nuts, etc., should be kept away from children. If 
you fail to observe these suggestions you need not 
be surprised to find your child unhealthy, pale, 
weak and dyspeptic. There is another thing you 
must be careful about. Do not compel your chil- 
dren to eat when they do not want to. If your 
child does not have an appetite, it won't digest the 
food if it eats it. Appetite follows digestion; a good 
appetite usually means a good digestion. If you 
find your boy or girl drooping and refusing food 
give them a few weeks' treatment with our House- 
hold Bitters. ADVICE ABOUT THE SICK ROOM. 
It Should be a Light One. - Except in isolated 
instances, such as measles, etc., plenty of light in 
the sick room is indispensable, but it should not be 
glaring. It should be admitted in large quantities. 
Plenty of light is an element of cheerfulness to a 
sick one and on that account it should be admitted 
as freely as can be borne without annoyance. 
Sunlight has a very powerful influence for good 
upon the human system and its presence in a sick 
room is regarded as a prime necessity. You may 
need a curtain or screen to protect the eyes, but 
there is no substitute for sunshine and light as a 
sanitary agent where a sick person is confined. 
Things Not to be Omitted.-The walls of a sick 
room should be of a cheerful, suggestive tone. The 
patient should lie on a bed so situated as to be able 
to catch occasional glimpses of out-of-door objects, 
even if it is only a tree or a cloud in the sky. A 
sick person, who has lain for days and weeks, look- 
ing only at the tracings of the wall paper or at the 
familiar curvatures of the furniture until every nook 
and turn is familiar, will immediately begin to im- 
prove if you will raise the curtain a little and let 
the outside world in. 
In the sick room let there be a change made of 
some sort every day. Move the pictures about, 
rearrange the furniture, move the draperies, bring 
in some fresh flowers. Do something about the 
sick room that will change its appearance. All 
this has its effect upon the sick person; it takes the 
mind away from the body. 
Do not tiptoe about a sick room. Never whisper. 
If you do you will be sorry. Speak in a natural 
tone of voice and walk even if your shoes do squeak 
just as if you were there for some good purpose. ADVICE ABOUT THE SICK ROOM. 
51 
Reading to a Sick Person* - Trained nurses will 
tell you that reading aloud in a natural tone of the 
voice in a sick room can be better borne by the 
patient than to read in an undertone or in a very 
loud voice. Do not allow a person who is sick to 
read if it cannot be done when sitting upright. Do 
not read to a person who has a fever. There is too 
much irritability of the brain, and the effort of 
listening may bring on delirium. If you read at all, 
do so slowly, so that the sick one can take in what 
you read. Understand that the thoughts of a sick 
person travel slowly. If you cannot read without 
stammering, hurrying or mumbling, do not read 
at all to a sick person. 
A Kind Voice Necessary, - Never speak a harsh 
or loud word in the sick room. Many visitors and 
relatives will often disregard this important point. 
If a person has a rough, harsh voice and neglects to 
control or mellow it, when visiting a sick person, 
it will do a great deal of damage. It will shock the 
system and make the patient nervous and fretful. 
Remember that a sick person cannot endure either 
a rough voice or a loud one. You will find some- 
times a patient requesting that such and such a 
person shall never be allowed to come again. Every 
one who has access to a sick room, should speak 
distinctly when they have anything to say and yet 
softly so as not to produce a shock to the patient's 
nervous system. 
How to Move a Patient, - If you want to move 
a patient from one bed to another, you can place 
one bedstead against the foot of the other, and then 
while the patient is in a horizontal position, make 
the sheet which lies under the patient the cradle in 
which to carry them to the other bed. Roll a long 
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Then you can take up the patient and move from 
one bed to the other quite easily. If you go at this 
in the right way you will be surprised how easily 
you will succeed, and without annoying the patient 
a particle. 
Contagious Diseases. - If a person has a conta- 
gious disease, one room must be set apart for the 
sick one or a part of the house must be separated 
completely from the other inmates. You must 
secure proper ventilation of the sick room, seeing 
that the air is always fresh. If you do not give 
the patient plenty of air, if you do not see that fresh 
air circulates freely into every part of the room 
where a person is sick with a contagious disease, 
you need not be surprised to find others becoming 
afflicted with the same trouble. Every article of 
clothing, bedding, utensils and crockery which is 
used by the patient must be isolated. When re- 
moved from the room, such articles should be put 
immediately into boiling water and allowed to re- 
main in the hot water for at least one-half hour. A 
nurse should be restricted to the sick room and not 
allowed to go about other rooms in the house. Re- 
member that a contagious disease can be communi- 
cated by poisoned air as well as by the clothing and 
other articles which have been used or touched by 
the sick one. When the patient is up and about 
and leaves the sick room, the latter must be prompt- 
ly purified and disinfected. You will boil every- 
thing that will admit of being boiled. Every article 
that can be scalded should be scalded and the 
room should be fumigated by burning sulphur in 
it with the doors and windows tightly closed. The 
floors should be scrubbed, the ceilings white-washed 
and the walls newly papered and thoroughly cleaned 
and all wood work newly painted. PRECAUTIONS ABOUT HEALTH. 
Things to Avoid. - Never eat hurriedly, because 
it will lead to dyspepsia. Never dine in excitement, 
because the blood which goes to the brain should 
be used to aid in the digestive process. Never 
swallow food until you have thoroughly chewed it, 
because it will not digest properly. Never eat unless 
you want food, because when you are actually 
in need you will feel like eating. Never sleep with 
your mouth open, because the air which you breathe 
will disturb the mucous membranes. Never go to bed 
without washing the face and hands, because dirt 
accumulates on the skin more quickly in the day- 
time than at night and is absorbed into the body 
during sleep. Never start out on a journey until 
you have taken your breakfast. 
To Avoid Taking Cold. - In winter do not go 
out of a warm room quickly into the cold air. Wait 
until you have rested, if you have been dancing or 
at active work. When you do go out, button up your 
coat, wrap up your neck, put on your overcoat or 
jacket and close your mouth before going outside. 
Neglect of these precautions have been known to 
result in pneumonia and consumption. If you are 
a speaker or public singer never undertake to speak 
or sing when it requires a great effort or produces a 
painful sensation in the throat or larynx. 
About Wet Clothes. - There is always danger 
to health when the clothes are wet. People often 
wonder why wet clothing about the body causes a 
chilly feeling. It is easily explained. Water when 
it evaporates carries off with it an immense amount 
of heat, which is called latent heat. One pint of 
water in the form of vapor contains as much heat 
as ten pints of liquid water and all such heat must 
of course come directly from the body. 54 
PRECAUTIONS ABOUT HEALTH. 
If your clothes when wet are one pound heavier 
than when dry, that one pound will in the drying 
process carry off as much heat as will raise one 
gallon of ice water up to the boiling point. Think 
about it! If you have become sweaty from active 
or unusual exercise, and your clothing has become 
wet, it probably contains at least a pound of per- 
spiration. If you let your clothes dry upon you, 
the drying process will take out of your body as 
much heat as would be required to boil a gallon of 
ice water. You can now see just how damp cloth- 
ing will injure anyone. 
About Visiting the Sick. - Never go into a sick 
room while you are in a state of perspiration, be- 
cause while sitting there you will become cool and 
the pores of the body will absorb the poison more 
freely at such times. Do not sit between a sick 
person and the fire, or go near a person that has a 
contagious disease when your stomach is empty. 
How to Escape Fevers. - If your house is prop- 
erly chosen, well lighted, well ventilated, kept clean 
and your family are thoroughly washed and cleaned, 
there is comparatively little fear of an infectious 
disease entering. You should, however, know just 
what measures to use in resisting and escaping an 
infectious disease and how to avoid taking it. 
Infectious Fevers. - All such fevers as typhoid, 
scarlet fever, small pox, measles, etc., arise from the 
introduction of a poison into the blood, which after 
spreading through the system is given off from it 
usually through the skin and the lungs. This poison 
has been actually condensed out of poisoned air, 
resulting from filth and decay. The poison appears 
in the form of a dirty, half fluid sort of a jelly like 
stuff, which would poison a dog to death or kill a 
cat in half an hour. PRECAUTIONS ABOUT HEALTH. 
55 
To Avoid Infection, ventilation is of the first 
importance. Poisonous infection is lighter than 
air, and hence will ascend. We should therefore, 
permit it to get out of the room at its top. It is 
for this reason that in the wards of a fever hospital 
few cases of actual infection occur. If there were 
no ventilators in the ceiling, the doctors and nurses 
would almost invariably catch the disease and the 
patients would die almost invariably. Keep the 
air fresh by opening the windows at the top, but 
be careful not to expose the patient to a draft. 
To Avoid Fever Poison, - You may breathe it 
over and over without bad results and it will not 
hurt you unless it gets into your blood. The deli- 
cate skin of the lungs or the minute air cells of the 
same, are active absorbents, and whatever is in- 
haled must come in contact with the absorbing 
surface and is then liable to pass into the blood. A 
doctor may be exposed time and time again without 
catching a disease and yet by one act of indiscretion 
he may fall a victim. When the pulse is weak and 
the heart's action feeble, absorption is very active; 
but when the pulse is strong, absorption is weak. 
Regularity of sleep, our Perfect Circulation Tonic, 
strengthening food, and plenty of fresh air, dimin- 
ishes the risk of the poison entering the blood by 
keeping the action of the heart strong and regular, 
while the lack of sleep, hunger, fasting and impure 
air, always weakens the action of the heart and in- 
creases absorption. When the bad air or bad odors 
which emanate from a sick room are not destroyed 
or disposed of by proper ventilation, it adheres to 
the furniture and the clothing, especially to cotton 
and woolen goods, hence everything must be done 
to secure a proper ventilation of these articles as 
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FOOD AND DRINKS FOR THE SICK. 
them stand in scalding water if possible for one or 
two hours before you wash them, and then do not 
fold them up for some time. Black or dark mater- 
ials absorb fever poison more easily than white. The 
best dresses for a nurse are those that are white 
and made of cotton. 
If the air is cold and damp and you feel a shiver- 
ing chillness, you are in danger of absorbing infec- 
tions. It is therefore important to wear light 
flannels next to the skin. Do not fear danger but 
avoid it. The fear of being poisoned is often a 
fruitful source of disease as it weakens the pulse 
and in fact the whole body. Our Perfect Circula- 
tion Tonic strengthens the action of the heart and 
warms a person thoroughly, thus protecting them 
from contracting contagious diseases; always take 
one or two of the tablets as a safe-guard before 
entering a sick room. 
Toast and Water. - Toast a piece of bread crust 
about three inches square till it is of a light brown 
on both sides; then plunge it into cold water, and 
let it stand for half an hour in a covered vessel. 
Barley Water. - Take a cupful of pearl barley, 
wash it in four waters - that is water poured on it 
four times and thrown away so that it may be clean; 
rub two or three pieces of sugar on a lemon cut open 
and put them in a jug with the washed barley and a 
few slices of lemon; then pour hot water on the 
whole and cover it until cold. 
Barley Gruel. - Boil two ounces of pearl barley 
in half a pint of water for five minutes to extract 
the coloring matter, throw this away and put the 
barley into three pints and a half of boiling water 
and let it boil until it is one-half the quantity; then 
strain it for use. 
FOOD AND DRINKS FOR THE SICK. 57 
Oatmeal Gruel* - Take two tablespoonfuls of 
oatmeal, half a teaspoonful of mace, a small piece 
of lemon peel, three quarters of a pint of boiling 
water or milk and a little sugar. 
Parched Corn Gruel. - There are frequently sick 
people whose stomachs reject all kinds of nourish- 
ment until conditions follow that in many cases of 
this kind terminate fatally. In many cases when 
the popular sick-bed nourishments are prescribed 
and rejected, a simple saucer of parched com pud- 
ding or a bowl of gruel will seldom be refused. The 
com is roasted brown, precisely as coffee is roasted, 
ground as fine as meal in a coffee mill, and made 
either into mush, gruel, or thin cakes, baked lightly 
brown and given either warm or cold, clear or with 
whatever dressing the stomach will receive or retain. 
Ground Rice Milk. - This is an agreeable way in 
which to administer rice to the sick. Boil together 
two tablespoonfuls of ground rice with a pint of 
milk. Sweeten it according to taste, adding the 
juice of a lemon. Let the whole boil for half an 
hour over a moderate fire. Eat while warm. 
Bread Jelly. - Take one roll, one lemon, one 
quart of water and sugar to taste. Cut into thin 
slices and toast them to a pale brown on both sides. 
Put them in a quart of water. Let it simmer over 
the fire until it becomes a jelly. Strain through a 
thin cloth and flavor it immediately with a little 
fruit juice and sugar. 
Iceland Moss Jelly. - Wash and crush Iceland 
or Irish moss and soak it all night; drain and boil 
it (putting an ounce of moss to a quart) till it is 
reduced to one-half the quantity of water; strain it 
through a sieve. Take it with milk or flavored to 
the taste. It may be boiled in milk and turned 
into a mould to cool. 
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FOOD AND DRINKS FOR THE SICK. 
Apple Tapioca. - Pare, core and quarter eight 
apples; take half a teaspoonful of tapioca; put it to 
soak and swell all night in water. Put in half a 
teacupful of white sugar and a little lemon peel; 
put this into a stew pan and let the tapioca simmer 
ten minutes, then put in the apples and stew ten 
minutes more. When the tapioca is clear it will 
form a jelly around the apples. 
Tapioca Jelly. - Take four tablespoonfuls of 
tapioca, rinse it thoroughly, then soak it five hours 
in cold water, enough to cover it. Set a pint of 
cold water on the fire; when it boils mash and stir 
up the tapioca that is in the first water and mix it 
with boiling water. Let the whole simmer gently 
with a stick of common cinnamon or mace. When 
thick and clear mix a couple of tablespoonfuls of 
white sugar with half a tablespoonful of lemon 
juice; stir it into the jelly; if not sweet enough add 
more sugar and turn into cups. 
Meat Jelly. - Take half a pound of mutton, 
half a pound of beef and half a pound of veal or 
pork, with a small piece of bone or bacon. Put in 
water enough to keep it from burning and cover it 
close. Let it simmer for three or four hours until 
the juice of the meat is entirely out, and then strain 
it off and let it stand until cold. If there is any 
fat it can be removed. A person recovering from 
an illness should not be left all night without food. 
Some of this jelly within reach is excellent. 
Arrow Root. - Put one teaspoonful of arrow 
root into a basin; rub it very smooth with two 
tablespoonfuls of cold water; pour over this half 
a pint of boiling water or milk in such proportions 
as may be allowed, stirring well the whole time. It 
is generally better to boil it for two or three minutes; 
sweeten to the taste. FOOD AND DRINKS FOR THF SICK. 
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Apple Water, - Slice two large apples and put 
them into a jar and pour over them one pint of 
boiling water. Cover close for an hour; pour off 
the fluid and sweeten if necessary. 
Apple Tea. - Roast eight fine apples in the oven 
or before the fire; put them in a jug with two tea- 
spoonfuls of sugar and pour over them a quart of 
boiling water. Let it stand one hour near the fire. 
Currant Drink. - To a pint of freshly gathered 
currants (stripped) put a pint of water; let them 
boil together ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, 
then strain and sweeten to taste; a few raspberries 
added give a pleasant flavor. The same may be 
produced in winter by simmering two tablespoonfuls 
of currant jelly in half a pint of water. 
Figs and Apples. - Have two quarts of water 
boiling. Split six figs and cut two apples into six 
or eight slices each; boil the whole together twenty 
minutes; pour the liquid into a basin to cool and 
pass through a sieve when it is ready to drink. The 
figs and apples when drained may be eaten with a 
little boiled rice. 
Broth from Fowls. - Take an old fowl; stew it 
to pieces with a couple of onions. Season lightly 
with pepper and salt; skim and strain it. 
Chicken Broth. - Cut up a young fowl into sev- 
eral pieces, put into a stew-pan with three pints of 
cold water, set on the stove to boil; skim well and 
add a little salt; take two tablespoonfuls of pearl 
barley, wash it in several waters and add it to the 
broth together with one ounce of marshmallow 
roots cut into shreds for the purpose of better 
extracting its healing properties. The broth should 
then boil an hour and be passed through a napkin 
into a basin to be kept ready for use. This makes 
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FOOD AND DRINKS FOR THE SICK. 
Birds for Convalescents. - To cook them prop- 
erly, lay them upon the gridiron; broil until they 
have a light brown color; then put them in a stew- 
pan, pour over hot water enough to cover them. 
Let them stew until tender. Season with a little 
fresh butter, pepper and salt. Chickens, birds and 
squirrels stewed in a double boiler are very delicate 
for invalids. If permitted, stuff the fowl and birds 
with minced oysters. 
Mutton Broth. - Take one pound of mutton, put 
it into a sauce-pan with two pints of water and a 
little salt; let it simmer gently for two hours; strain 
it through a sieve, and when cold carefully remove 
every particle of fat. It may be thickened with a 
little arrow root or ground rice, as required. 
A Strong Broth. - One pound of veal, one pound 
of beef, one pound of mutton, a little salt, three 
quarts of water, with a little salt and a few whole 
peppers. Boil it until reduced to one quart. 
Nourishing Soup. - Two pounds of lean veal or 
beef, a quarter of a pound of pearl barley, a little 
fresh celery, a little salt. Boil two pounds of lean 
veal or beef with a quarter of a pound of pearl 
barley in a quart of water very slowly, until it be- 
comes the consistency of good cream. Flavor it 
with a little fresh celery. Strain it, when done, 
through a fine hair sieve and serve. This soup will 
only keep until the next day, therefore not more 
than the quantity required must be made. 
Gum Arabic Cordial. - One ounce of gum arabic 
in powder; mix well with two tablespoonfuls of 
honey; shave a little rind of lemon, clean off the 
white pith and cut the lemon into slices into a jug; 
then stir on it by degrees a pint and a half of boil- 
ing water. This is particularly good in any com- 
plaint that effects the lungs or chest. FOOD AND DRINKS FOR THE SICK. 
61 
Savoy Custard. - A savoy custard much relished 
by sick people is made in the following manner. 
Take the yolks of two eggs and the white of one and 
put in a small basin; add one gill of beef tea and a 
quarter of a teaspoonful of salt; whip the eggs and 
the beef tea; take a small cup which will hold the 
mixture and butter it. Take a small piece of white 
letter paper and butter it, then tie it on the cup; 
set in a sauce-pan with hot water and put it on the 
fire to boil; when the water is boiling up in the cup 
let it simmer for a quarter of an hour and serve hot. 
It is very nourishing to an invalid. 
Raw Beef. - Physicians often administer to con- 
sumptives and persons of frail constitutions a diet 
of finely chopped raw beef, properly seasoned with 
salt, and heated by placing the dish containing it in 
boiling water. This food is given also where the 
stomach rejects almost every other form of food. 
It assimilates rapidly and affords nourishment, 
while patients learn to long for it and like it. 
Some of the severest forms of that distressing 
ailment called dysentery are sometimes entirely 
cured by the patient eating a heaped tablespoonful 
of raw beef at a time, cut up very fine and repeated 
at intervals of four hours until cured, eating and 
drinking nothing else in the meantime. 
Recipe for Raw Beef Tea. - Mince finely one 
pound of lean beef, place it in a preserve jar or other 
suitable vessel and pour upon it one pint of cold 
water. Stir and allow them to stand for about an 
hour so that the goodness of the meat may be dis- 
solved out of it. Next place the jar or vessel in a 
sauce-pan of water over a fire and let the water boil 
gently for an hour. Remove the jar and strain. 
The beef tea which runs through contains a quan- 
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liquid, after being flavored with salt to suit. The 
jar may be placed in an oven for an hour instead 
of in the water as above. Beef tea thus prepared 
represents a highly nutritive and restorative liquid, 
with an agreeable, rich meaty flavor. The old meth- 
od of boiling the beef over the fire in a sauce-pan 
makes a soup or broth, not a tea. 
Diet for Dyspeptics. - Great care is necessary 
in regard to the food a dyspeptic eats. When every- 
thing disagrees the patient is never a good judge of 
what is best. Meat which is tender, especially good 
beef, lamb, turkey, chicken, stale bread, oatmeal 
mush and crackers should make up the bulk of his 
food. A dyspeptic must eat slowly and take plenty 
of time for it, with the mind as much at ease as pos- 
sible. A dyspeptic should never eat any fluid foods, 
pies, pastries, puddings, or any highly seasoned ar- 
ticles. He should also abstain from the use of 
soups. It is better for him to use food that is dry 
that may require the natural saliva with which to 
mix it before it is swallowed The food of a dys- 
peptic must never be washed down with water or 
any other fluid. Fruit of any kind must be very 
sparingly used, and if the appetite demands some- 
thing of that sort a little grape juice should take 
the place of other fruits. The tendency of a dys- 
peptic is to eat too much and too often. Cracked 
wheat, rice, and other cereals may be usually eaten 
without distress, but if these articles give rise to 
fermentation they must be avoided. Our House- 
hold Dyspepsia Cure is an invaluable remedy for 
acid dyspepsia. We can recommend it in the high- 
est terms. In every instance where it has been 
used under the direction of our physician a splendid 
result has followed. For nervous dyspepsia our 
Vegetable Stimulets is the remedy required. ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS. 
Bites of Insects. - Among the symptoms fol- 
lowing the bites of scorpions, tarantulas, centipedes, 
spiders, stings of bees, hornets, etc., are headache, 
vertigo, dizziness, dimness of sight, and feverish- 
ness. Sometimes the wound is not much inflamed, 
while in other cases it becomes red, painful and 
swollen, ending in suppuration. 
Treatment. - Cleanse the wound and sponge it 
thoroughly with a strong solution of ammonia and 
afterwards cover it with a linen cloth wet with a 
solution of ammonia, 
Poison from Bees, hornets, spider bites, etc., is 
instantly arrested by the application of equal parts 
of common salt and bicarbonate of soda well rubbed 
in on the place bitten or stung. 
Poison Ivy and Oak. - The common wild turnip, 
or ''Jack-in-the-Pulpit," as it is called, is an excel- 
lent remedy when scraped and applied to the poi- 
soned parts. When the blisters have flattened apply 
our Household Salve to heal them soon. 
Lead Poisoning. - In cases where people fre- 
quenting freshly painted rooms are affected in a 
disagreeable manner, the poisoning is due to the 
presence of lead in the paint. Painters are often 
poisoned by washing paint from their hands by 
means of turpentine. The turpentine brings the 
particles of lead into such a condition that they are 
easily absorbed by the skin. Lead is also found 
in hair dyes in large quantities and is very inju- 
rious, producing brain and spinal troubles. 
In a Case of Poisoning. - Whatever is done when 
poison has been swallowed must be done quickly. 
The instant a person is known to have swallowed 
poison by design or by accident, give water to drink, 
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at a time, and as fast as vomited drink more. 
Tepid water is best as it open the pores of the skin 
and promotes vomiting and thus gives the speediest 
cure from the poisonous article. If pain begins to 
be felt in the bowels, it shows that part of the poison 
at least has passed downward; then large and re- 
peated rectal injections should be given, the object 
in both cases being to dilute the poison as quickly 
and as largely as possible. Do not wait for warm 
water, take that which is nearest at hand, cold or 
warm, for every second of time saved is of immense 
importance; at the same time send instantly for a 
physician, and as soon as he comes turn the case 
into his hands, telling him what you have done. 
Drinking a gallon or two of simple water will not 
cure every case of poisoning, but it may cure many. 
If the poison swallowed is known to be an acid 
by the name on the bottle or by the discolored spots 
on the dress, or by having a sour taste when the 
tongue is applied, alkalies will be the proper anti- 
dote - such as lime, chalk, magnesia, soda, or whit- 
ing mixed with milk. If on the other hand poison- 
ing has occurred from an alkaline substance such 
as caustic soda, potash or pearl ash; vinegar will 
arrest its progress. The antidote for corrosive sub- 
limate is eggs; and for sugar of lead, epsom salts. 
Arsenic may be rendered inactive in the stomach 
by a dose of hydrated peroxide of iron. 
A poison of any conceivable degree of potency, 
which has been swallowed intentionally or by acci- 
dent, may be rendered instantly harmless by swal- 
lowing one-half pint of sweet oil. An individual 
with a very strong constitution should take twice 
this quantity. Olive or sweet oil will neutralize 
every form of vegetable or mineral poison with 
which physicians or chemists are acquainted. EMERGENCIES AND ACCIDENTS. 
Loss of Blood a Real Loss. - Many deaths from 
wounds might be prevented if the means were im- 
mediately at hand for stopping the flow of blood. 
In any case the loss of blood is a disaster from which 
it takes a long time to recover. The means to be 
taken to save life must be adopted instantly, before 
a surgeon can be called, and therefore ought to be 
very commonly understood. 
Bleeding from Veins. - Ordinary bleeding from 
small cuts or injuries may be stopped by cold water, 
ice, or pressure, until a cloth as had time to form. 
The wisdom of our Maker has made this wonderful 
provision, that as soon as blood ceases to circulate 
in its proper channels or comes in contact with the 
air it will coagulate. By this means a plug is 
formed at the mouth of an open vessel to stop the 
flow of blood. Cold water and various styptics 
like sulphate of iron, tannin and alum, hasten this 
result. 
Bleeding from Arteries. - Blood may often be 
seen to flow from one small point of a wound. This 
indicates the opening of a small artery. Slight 
pressure with one finger or the ball of the thumb 
over the spot, will stop it as long as the pressure is 
kept up and often altogether even after the pressure 
is removed. 
Bleeding from a large artery is indicated at once 
by its coming in jets at each beat of the heart and 
being of a bright scarlet color instead of purple. If 
the wound be of such a character that the end of 
the artery can be seen, it can be readily taken up 
with a hook or sharp pointed fork (by anyone who 
keeps his wits about him in spite of the sudden 
alarm) and tied with a strong thread. Otherwise 
tie the limb between the wound and the heart, the 66 
ADVICE) ABOUT EME)RGBNCIES. 
simplest device being to bind a handkerchief around 
the limb and running a stick between the knot, 
twisting it up until the requisite pressure is secured 
to stop the bleeding. 
Rupture of a Large Blood Vessel. - In case a 
large artery or vein is cut, especially in a limb, make 
a knot in the handkerchief and tie it loosely about 
the limb, placing the knot on the wound. Then 
with a stick, twist the handkerchief until the flow 
of blood ceases. A pad can be used instead of a 
knot. If an artery is ruptured, apply the pressure 
between the wound and the heart; if a vein, beyond 
the wound. Blood in the arteries flows from the 
heart; the blood in the veins towards the heart. 
Bleeding from Extracting Teeth. - The follow- 
ing is an excellent remedy for hemorrhage arising 
from extraction of teeth. Cut a piece of clean, dry 
sponge into cone shape. This should be compressed 
tightly and introduced into the cavity left by the 
tooth. As soon as the sponge is dampened it begins 
to swell and thus will, in most cases, effectually 
close the cavity and prevent bleeding. 
Partial Fainting. - In mild cases of fainting 
where partial consciousness remains, stimulating 
substances, as vapor of ammonia or cologne water, 
may be inhaled and cold water sprinkled in the face 
and fresh air introduced into the apartment. 
Apparent Insensibility. - No violent measures 
should be used to arouse a patient who may or may 
not be insensible. Lay him in bed, loosen his cloth- 
ing, and let him have a free access of air. Notice 
whether the breathing is quiet or noisy, irregular or 
regular, whether there are any convulsive move- 
ments of the limbs, whether the urine or feces are 
passed involuntary, whether the pupils of both 
eyes are alike or larger or smaller than usual, or ADVICE ABOUT EMERGENCIES. 
67 
whether the patient will bear to have his eyes 
touched and whether he can be aroused at all. In 
all cases of apparent insensibility, the attendant 
should be careful to say nothing to the patient 
within his hearing, for while he can neither speak 
nor move, he may yet be perfectly conscious of all 
that is passing around him and the effort to speak 
may do him great injury. 
Complete Unconsciousness. - Place the patient 
immediately in a recumbent position, with the head 
lower than the shoulders. Remove all superfluous 
clothing from the chest and throat; neckties, col- 
lars, etc., hinder recovery. Moisten the nostrils 
with ammonia. Throw cold water in the face and 
strike the palms of the hands and rub them rapidly. 
Dip a plate or. towel in hot water and place it over 
the stomach and breast bone. Should all these 
means fail try electricity, placing the positive pole 
of the battery at the upper part of the spinal col- 
umn and move the other up and down over the 
back bone and the breast. 
Dislocations. - This is the displacement of two 
or more bones whose articular surfaces (joints) 
have lost, wholly or in part, their natural connec- 
tion, either owing to external violence or to disease 
of some of the parts about the joint. Dislocation 
is complete when the bones have entirely lost their 
connection; incomplete when they partly preserve 
it; and compound when a wound communicates 
with the dislocated joint. The first thing to be 
done is to reduce the protruded bone to its original 
place, then to retain it in that position by means 
of splints ligatured as tightly as the circulation will 
allow. The circulation must by no means be im- 
peded, otherwise mortification will ensue, causing 
blood poison, thus endangering the patient's life. 68 
ADVICE ABOUT EMERGENCIES. 
Sprains* - A sprain is often more painful and 
dangerous than a dislocation. It requires immediate 
attention. The injured parts should be bathed 
with our Household Liniment, then wrapped in 
flannels wrung out of cold water and covered with 
a dry bandage, or what is better, oiled silk. The 
limb should not be allowed to hang down, but kept 
in an easy, elevated position until all pain has ceased. 
Fracture of Collar Bone. - If the collar bone is 
fractured, the attendants must keep the patient in 
bed without a pillow, with the arm on the injured 
side folded across the chest until the doctor comes. 
Fracture of the Ribs. - If the ribs are fractured 
the patient should remain in bed; have a cuspidor 
within reach so that the expectorations may be 
duly noted by the physician when he arrives. 
Reducing Dislocations. - The limb must be ex- 
tended by force, until the contraction of the muscles 
is overcome, when the bone may be readily pushed 
into its proper place. In case of dislocation of the 
jaw, the operator must thrust both thumbs (covered 
by linen cloths) as far as possible into the mouth, 
while the fingers press externally the jaw; then 
press downward and backward until the back end 
of the jaw bone is restored to its place. The sore- 
ness resulting from a dislocation can be quickly 
removed by applying our Household Liniment. 
Clothing on Fire. - Presence of mind is needed. 
Many persons lose their lives by want of presence 
of mind when a small portion of their clothes catches 
fire, and many lives are lost by others in the room 
also losing their presence of mind. The first im- 
pulse of fear is to ring the bell, rush madly about 
the room or into a passage full of draughts, so that 
the fire is fanned and in a few minutes the unfortu- 
nate sufferer is fatally burned. ADVICE ABOUT EMERGENCIES. 
69 
What to Do. - The first thing to do is to snatch 
up a hearth rug or table cloth or any woolen thing 
that may be nearest and roll it tightly around the 
person. This will exclude the air and extinguish 
the flame. If water is within reach, it should be 
dashed over the burning parts. Do not go in search 
of it - a moment's delay is fatal. If a person is 
alone in a room and there is nothing better to be 
had, the best plan is to roll over and over on the 
carpet until the fire is extinguished. 
Make Clothing Fireproof. - There is a very simple 
process by which muslins used for ladies' and chil- 
dren's dresses can be prevented from taking fire. 
Dissolve a piece of alum in the water in which mus- 
lins are rinsed. When dry, if a light be put to them, 
they will smoulder slowly away but not break out 
in a blaze. And this so far from being injurious 
to muslin improves its appearance greatly. 
Cure for Lockjaw. - Take a small quantity of 
turpentine, warm it and pour it on the wound no 
matter where it is or what nature it is, and relief will 
follow in less than one minute. Lobelia has been 
successfully used in several cases of lockjaw. 
Relief from Choking. - To relieve choking, break 
an egg into a cup and give it to the patient to swal- 
low. The white of the egg seems to catch around 
the obstacle and remove it. Often a smart blow 
between the shoulders causes a compression of the 
chest and a sudden expulsion of the air from the 
lungs will throw out the substance. 
If a person can swallow, give plenty of hard bread 
and potatoes, and water to wash it down. Press 
upon the tongue with a spoon, when perhaps the 
substance may be seen and drawn out with a dull 
pair of scissors. If these fail, give an emetic of 
ipecac or mustard water. 70 
ADVICE ABOUT EMERGENCIES. 
Frost Bites. - Frost bites may occur so suddenly 
that you are scarcely aware that you are bitten. 
The blood is chilled and runs slowly and the vessels 
are gradually choked up and become swollen. Keep 
away from the heat. Bring about a reaction grad- 
ually by rubbing the part. Place the patient in a 
room without fire and avoid heat. Rub the frozen 
part with ice, snow or cold water and give internally 
Household Pain Cure, hot tea, or coffee. Wait until 
the part recovers its natural color before going near 
the fire. 
If you find a person insensible from cold you must 
keep him away from the heat. Remove the cloth- 
ing and rub thoroughly with snow or cloths wrung 
out of cold water. Continue the friction, especially 
of the arms or legs, and induce artificial respiration. 
Hot drinks, such as brandy, tea or coffee, may be 
administered. For the inflammation resulting from 
the frost bites, follow directions as advised for chil- 
blains. 
Burns and Scalds. - The first thing to do is to 
protect the injured part from the air. Take a piece 
of clean cotton or lint, soak it in equal parts of lime- 
water and linseed oil, and cover the injured part 
thoroughly. If you do not have this at hand, then 
use sweet oil, olive oil, vaseline, butter, lard, or 
anything of this sort. Apply it freely and to every 
portion of the skin that is affected. If some of the 
clothing sticks to the body do not try to tear it 
away, but cut around it and leave it alone, applying 
grease over it. Slight burns or scalds may be in- 
stantly relieved by applying baking soda, either dry 
or wet with water. If a slight scald or burn is held 
in cold water for a few minutes and then wrapped 
up quickly in a bandage, moistened with salt and 
water, it will probably prevent a blister. 71 
Shock from Injuries, - If the sufferer is faint 
from the severe shock to the system, if he becomes 
pale, breathes rapidly, and shows signs of prostra- 
tion, give him several doses of our Household Pain- 
Cure as directed. At the same time let him have 
from two to three of our Vegetable Stimulets. This 
will rapidly relieve the feeling of weakness and pros- 
tration and will be found an invaluable aid. When 
the pain resulting from a slight scald or bum has 
subsided, our Household Salve should be freely ap- 
plied to aid the healing process. Remember that 
if the scald or burn is extensive or deep a physician 
should be immediately called. 
Treatment of Sunstroke. - While you are wait- 
ing for the doctor be sure to follow these directions. 
The patient should be removed at once to a cool 
room and placed in a recumbent position near an 
open window. The clothes must be stripped off 
and a stream of cold water poured over the body. 
The vessel containing the liquid is to be held four 
or five feet above the patient in order that he may 
receive the benefit of the shock. The stream of 
water should at first be directed on the head, then 
on the chest and abdomen, and finally on the ex- 
tremities, and thus alternating from one part to 
another until consciousness returns. Ice rubbed 
over the body may be also used, but the cold douche 
is preferable. Always apply ice or cold cloths to 
the head. 
Cut Wounds. - If the cut is only slight let the 
blood flow from it and dip it in cold water. Draw 
the edges together closely by the aid of adhesive 
plaster, or by stitches and a bandage, and keep the 
part quiet. A slight cut will usually heal quickly. 
If the cut, however, is severe, check the flow of 
blood as directed on page 65, and call a physician 
ADVICE ABOUT EMERGENCIES. 72 
ADVICE ABOUT EMERGENCIES. 
as soon as possible. If pus forms, keep the cut 
clean and dress it frequently with clean bandages 
and use our Household Salve. If a cut occurs in a 
scrofulous person or one whose blood is out of order, 
the wound will be slow to heal. In such a case our 
Household Blood and Skin Remedies, Nos. 1 and 2, 
should be used as directed to purify the blood. 
How to Stop Convulsions* - A spasm or convul- 
sion in a child may be caused by worms, teething, 
presence of water on the brain, or as a [result of 
diseases, such as measles, or scarlet fever, going to 
the head. A convulsive attack is usually shown by 
strange movements of the mouth or eyelids. Then 
again the lids are fixed, the body gets rigid, the 
breathing irregular, and the skin becomes a dark red 
color. Following this you will notice twitching or 
jerking of the limbs and muscles about the extrem- 
ities or thighs. Place the feet and legs of the child 
in hot mustard water, applying at the same time 
cold cloths to the head. If the convulsion is caused 
by an overloaded stomach, give the child mustard 
and water to cause vomiting. If it is caused by 
teething, see that the gums are lanced at once. If 
it is due to a disease, call the doctor. 
Convulsions in Adults may be due to apoplexy, 
epilepsy, hysteria, or caused by poisoning. The first 
thing to do is to place a cork between the teeth to 
keep the sufferer from biting the tongue. Loosen the 
clothing, admit fresh air, but do not try to hold the 
sufferer rigidly, except to keep him from bruising 
himself. Rub the head and temples with our 
Household Liniment, and as soon as the patient can 
swallow anything give him a good liberal dose of 
our Household Pain Cure as directed. If there is 
no improvement in the course of a few minutes, call 
the nearest doctor. ADVICE ABOUT POULTICES. 
73 
Cramps. - What to do for cramps has often been 
a puzzle. The best thing is to use our Household 
Liniment, rubbing it thoroughly on the limbs once 
or twice a day. If the cramp is in the stomach or 
bowels, take a dose of Pain Cure internally; then dip 
a flannel in hot water and sprinkle on it a tea- 
spoonful of our Household Liniment and lay it 
directly over the affected part. Inladies, sometimes, 
cramps and sharp pains will occur low down in the 
stomach, over the womb or the ovaries. For this 
trouble, peculiar to women, use our Ovarian Balm 
freely as directed. It gives instant relief. 
POULTICES AND THEIR USES. 
Purposes of a Poultice. - The use of poultices is 
to produce warmth and moisture, hence those which 
keep warm and moist the longest are the best. They 
are employed in the treatment of abscesses, sup- 
purating wounds, inflammation and pain. In mak- 
ing them the attendant should have them smooth, 
light, and as hot as they can be made without 
burning in their application. If the pain is great, a 
teaspoonful of our Household Liniment may be 
sprinkled on the poultice with much advantage. 
Bread Poultice.-Cold, light, wheat bread, soaked 
in hot, sweet milk makes good ones; especially for 
inflammations of the eyes or ears; the milk being 
particularly soothing to these organs. 
Beet Poultice.-A beet fresh from the garden, and 
pounded fine, makes an excellent poultice. 
Flaxseed Poultice. - In preparing this, the basin 
in which it is made should be scalded. Pour in 
boiling water according to the size of the poultice 
required. Add gradually sufficient flaxseed meal 
to form a thick paste, stirring it one way until it is 
of the proper consistency and smoothness. Then 
spread it on linen or muslin and apply. 74 
ADVICE ABOUT POULTICES. 
Charcoal Poultice. - Take two ounces of bread 
in crumbs, soak for ten minutes in a pint of boiling 
water, then mix and add gradually a half ounce of 
pulverized charcoal and half ounce of flaxseed meal, 
well stirred together; spread on muslin and apply. 
Used for foul ulcers, proud flesh, etc. Apply when 
cold. 
Salt and Soda Poultice. - This is made like flax- 
seed meal poultice and consists of two parts of flax- 
seed meal to one of salt and soda (equal parts), 
mixed with boiling water. 
Yeast Poultice is made by mixing a pound of 
flour or flaxseed meal with half a pint of yeast, 
heat it and stir it carefully. All poultices are made 
with boiling water, except yeast, and with this the 
temperature should not be over 100 degrees R 
Mustard Poultice. - Take a sufficient quantity of 
powdered mustard to make a thin paste of the 
required size. It should be mixed with boiling 
water, with a small quantity of vinegar added. 
Mustard and Flaxseed. - In this poultice the 
mustard is mixed with flaxseed in the proportion 
of one part mustard to three parts flaxseed meal, 
when a milder form is required than of mustard 
alone. After the use of any kind of a poultice, the 
skin should be carefully wiped with something very 
soft so that no mustard may be left behind. 
SPECIAL HEALTH NOTES. 
Pine Woods and Health. - The pleasant odor 
given off by fir trees in a sunny atmosphere has long 
been thought serviceable to invalids and the vicin- 
ity of pine woods has been declared salubrious. 
A Refreshing Bath. - Sun baths cost nothing 
and are the most refreshing, life-giving baths that 
one can take whether sick or well. Read care- 
fully the article on Sunshine and Health. special health notes. 
75 
When Drinking Cold Water. - It is a very safe 
rule to wet your wrists before drinking cold water, 
if at all heated. The cooling effect is immediate 
and grateful, and the danger of unpleasant results 
may be guarded against by this simple precaution. 
How to Avoid Pneumonia. - Never allow your- 
self to be chilled through. It is this carelessness 
which destroys so many every year in a few days' 
sickness from pneumonia, called by some lung fever 
or inflammation of the lungs. 
Time Required to Digest Food. - The following 
is the time required to digest certain articles of food. 
Meat, three hours; cheese, three and one-half hours; 
milk, two hours; eggs, three hours; veal, four hours; 
fowls, four hours; pork, four hours; tripe, one hour; 
bread, three and one-half hours; roasted potatoes, 
two hours; cabbage, four and one half hours; beans, 
two and one-half hours. 
Cold or Warm Drinks. - Of cold or warm drinks 
the former are the most pernicious. Drinking at 
meals often induces people to eat more than they 
otherwise would, as anyone can verify by experience, 
and it is excess in eating that devastates the land 
with sickness, suffering and death. 
How to Take Medicine. - To swallow a pill or 
tablet, place it under the tip of the tongue and 
take a drink of water. The largest will go down 
almost without knowing it. The taste left in the 
mouth after taking such bitter medicines as quinine, 
aloes, etc., is instantly neutralized by chewing a 
piece of liquorice root. 
Healthful Seats in a Car. - Other things being 
equal, the forward seats in a street or railway car 
are the most healthful. The forward motion of the 
car causes a current of air backward, carrying with 
it the exhalations from the forward passengers. 76 
SPECIAL HEALTH NOTES. 
Causes of Lung Congestion. - The causes that 
produce congestion of the lungs are cold feet, tight 
clothing, costive bowels, sitting or standing still 
until chilled after being warmed with labor or a 
rapid walk, going too suddenly from a close warm 
room into the air, especially after speaking, too 
hasty walking or running to catch a train, damp 
bed clothing, etc. 
Leanness, Cause and Cure. - Emaciation or 
leanness may be caused by indigestion, insufficient 
food or over-exertion, or both. But the usual cause 
is disease; hence you should see one of our physi- 
cians. The vital powers are more occupied in re- 
moving impurities and poisons, and overcoming 
abnormal conditions, than in digesting and assim- 
ilating nutritious material. The patient should 
always go to bed early every night and eat all the 
plain nutritious food he can assimilate. Sugar, 
starch, and hearty suppers will put on fat. 
Cure of Obesity. - The diet advised for fat 
people by the best authorities, consists of food 
containing a large percentage of nitrogen, to which 
some vegetables without starch and cooked fruit 
can be added for the purpose of moderating the 
excitation due to animal nourishment. Beer is 
forbidden. Use very little sugar. Cheese, pota- 
toes, rice, beans, macaroni, tapioca, arrowroot and 
soups are not allowed. The use of sulphate of soda 
is recommended, as moderating the transformation 
of nitrogenous materials and stimulating the oxida- 
tion of fat. Perfect Circulation Tonic taken one- 
half hour before meals and a meat diet will cause a 
decrease in weight of from ten to fifty pounds in 
different individuals in the course of a few weeks. 
If you wish advice see one of our physicians, remem- 
ber you can consult with them free of charge. SPECIAL HEALTH NOTES. 
77 
To Keep the Hands White. - Our friends need 
not suffer from having their hands affected by water 
or soapsuds if the hands are dipped in vinegar water 
or lemon juice immediately after. The acid destroys 
the corrosive effect of the alkali and makes the hands 
white. The daily application of our Household 
Salve or Cold Cream will prevent sores and chapping 
and keep the skin soft. 
A Good Tooth-Wash. - Dissolve two ounces of 
borax in three pints of boiling water and before it 
is cold add one teaspoonful or two of spirits of 
camphor and put in a clean bottle. A tablespoon- 
ful mixed with an equal quantity of tepid water and 
applied daily with a soft brush purifies and beauti- 
tifies the teeth, tends to prevent the formation of 
tartar and induces a healthy action of the gums. 
To Remove Moth Spots. - The principal causes 
of moth spots on the face are biliousness and a torpid 
liver. The use of our Lazy Liver Pills as directed 
and our Household Bitters and doing away with 
tea and coffee is a sure cure. Let this plan be the 
only one used until the spots are removed. 
Pimples on the Face. - Pimples about the face 
are extremely common and very annoying. Our 
physicians should be consulted in regard to this 
condition as it is important to ascertain the cause. 
The regular use of our Blood and Skin Remedies, 
Nos. 1 and 2, will rapidly improve the systemic 
tone and cleanse the blood. Eating in moderate 
quantities, nourishing and simple food, keeping 
the bowels regular and liver active by Lazy Liver 
Pills, regular exercising and sleeping enough, in 
brief, observing the laws of health, are also very 
important. The skin must be thoroughly bathed 
with soap and water and our Household Salve ap- 
plied to the pimples every night on going to bed. 78 
SPECIAL HEALTH NOTES. 
What to do for Boils. - A boil is a small abscess. 
It begins as a red, round, sore, swollen spot on any 
part of the body, and quickly becomes more and 
more painful and tender and then points, growing 
yellow and soft near its center where it will break 
and discharge if it is not opened. If anything will 
stop it, it is by applying our Household Liniment 
freely and constantly at its very early stages. If 
it has really got beyond this stage, then put on a 
flaxseed poultice, which will hasten the softening of 
the boil, and when itcomes to a head it can be easily 
opened. If boils occur frequently and in different 
parts of the body, it is a sure sign that the blood is 
out of order and calls for the regular use of our 
Blood and Skin Remedies, Nos. 1 and 2. The poi- 
son must be gotten out of the system, and there is 
no surer or better way than to use these remedies 
persistently. 
How to Cure Ulcers. - In order to heal an ulcer, 
the part must be kept at rest. Protect the sore 
from the air by a little cotton or soft wool saturated 
with our Household Salve. Spread it on thickly 
and change it every day. If the ulcer does not heal 
with this treatment you should see one of our 
physicians at once. Many times ulcers persist and 
are stubborn because the vitality of the body is low 
and the general condition of the health needs atten- 
tion. People should never neglect ulcers which do 
not readily yield to the treatment above mentioned. 
What to do for a Felon, a Whitlow or Ring-a 
round. - This is an inflammation of the finger which 
usually ends in suppuration. If the matter gets 
under the sheath of the muscles or tendons it be- 
comes very painful. It should be treated early by 
painting the spot with strong tincture of iodine and 
by the application of flaxseed poultices. Physicians special health notes. 
79 
usually insist on opening it very quickly so as to 
get out the matter and prevent its spreading to 
the deeper parts of the hand. If the finger has not 
already become much swollen, wrap it in a cloth, 
saturated with our Household Pain Cure, and this 
will usually give prompt relief. If not you should 
see one of our physicians. 
How to Cure Scabies. - The Itch or Scabies is 
caused by a little parasite and may be communi- 
cated by one person to another. It appears on 
the surface as a little eruption of small vesicles be- 
tween the fingers or on the back of the hand and 
it may often be found on other parts of the body. 
It itches dreadfully and is always worse at night. 
It can be quickly cured by mixing two teaspoon- 
fuls of sulphur with a box of our Household Salve 
and applying freely and often. 
What to do for Whooping Cough. - At the be- 
ginning of the trouble the child should be given our 
Children's Cough and Croup Syrup, which will often 
immediately cut short the attack. If the attacks 
of whooping and coughing occur often and violently, 
more active treatment may be required. One of our 
physicians should be consulted in regard to this 
matter and his advice followed. 
What to do for Croup. - For the ordinary or 
spasmodic croup, there is no better remedy than to 
rub the chest and throat of the sufferer freely with 
our Household Liniment; then give a teaspoon- 
ful every fifteen minutes until relieved of a mixture 
prepared by dissolving a teaspoonful of tincture of 
ipecac in two ounces of water. The hoarseness left 
behind should be treated by using our Cough Cure 
for children, according to directions, and the daily 
use night and morning of our Household Liniment 
applied freely as directed to the chest and throat. Personal To Every Reader* 
Medical Knowledge. - This book is written for 
the personal consideration and benefit of every intel- 
ligent man and woman, the fathers and mothers of 
all generations to come, who are able to appropriate 
to their own use the valuable medical advice herein 
given, which will save them from many a day's ill- 
ness and suffering and many dollars which would 
otherwise go to the doctor and druggist. We would 
therefore advise the careful reading and study of this 
book by every intelligent man and woman who is 
fortunate enough to possess a copy of same. Chil- 
dren should not be allowed to read this book. 
In originating and compiling this medical work 
we have endeavored to make the foregoing as well as 
the following pages clear, comprehensive and easily 
understood. We have omitted medical and tech- 
nical phrases wherever possible, using in their place 
plain English language easily understood by anyone. 
Heal Thyself. - We are the originators of the 
idea of placing a medical cabinet containing a full 
line of remedies in every home together with a 
Household Physician in the form of a medical book, 
with the intention of educating the people in medi- 
cine, up to a point where they will be able to treat 
themselves intelligently for all common ailments and 
simple diseases. 
Owing to the fact that the medical cabinets are 
leased to each household for a few cents rental per 
month and the subscribers do not have to pay for 
having the remedies in their homes until they use 
them, we realize that we have a great and expensive 
undertaking on our hands; we therefore ask for the 
full and hearty co-operation of every intelligent 
father and mother in the country. PERSONAL TO EVERY READER. 
81 
A Medical Education Free, - In every city and 
town where our Household Medical Cabinets are to 
be found, there one of our physicians will go each and 
every week to give free advice on any medical sub- 
ject to every member of any home containing our 
Household Medical Cabinet. By studying The 
Household Physician and asking questions from our 
doctors any intelligent man or woman can in a short 
time acquire a very creditable knowledge of medi- 
cine, which knowledge every father and mother 
should possess. 
Our Remedies. - On the following pages will be 
found a slight description of many every-day ills 
from which the human race suffer, also a fair de- 
scription of the remedies that will cure them, with 
directions how to take or apply same, together with 
rules for health and hygienic treatment for both 
men and women. 
We would advise every man and woman, old and 
young, to read and study carefully each and every 
article on the following pages, which give informa- 
tion that should be in the possession of every intel- 
ligent man and woman on earth for their own ben- 
efit, as well as the good of future generations. There 
is much information on medical subjects which is 
rarely put in print but which should be known to 
all men and women, and can be obtained from our 
physicians, who will at all times willingly give any 
information desired on health, disease or medicines. 
Our remedies are all put up in air-tight glass 
packages and will keep any length of time without 
deteriorating, in fact, they will improve with age as 
all medicines do that are in air-tight packages and 
kept in a cool, dark place. Our Household Medical 
Cabinet is dark inside and if kept in a fairly cool 
place the remedies will improve with age. Homoeopathic Cold Cure and 
Homoeopathic Fever Cure. 
The secret of success in curing sudden colds and 
fevers lies in the fact that the proper treatment 
must be given promptly and at the very start; never 
wait until the symptoms are alarming. The Cold 
Cure is for colds while the Fever Cure is for fever. 
Cases frequently occur presenting symptoms which 
show that there is need for both remedies. 
Coryza. - Cold in the head. The secretions from 
the nasal mucous membrane is abundant and watery; 
the nasal cavities are nearly closed and breathing 
becomes difficult. The sense of smell is usually 
abolished. The flow of mucus from the nose usu- 
ally causes superficial dermatitis and excoriation of 
the upper lip. At the beginning of the attack' there 
may be chilliness, a general sense of weakness and 
soreness of all the muscles of the body with general 
malaise. These two remedies promptly cure coryza 
and prevent pneumonia. 
How to Treat Children. - Every mother should 
know what to do for her child. A few doses of the 
right remedy given in time will prevent long and 
dangerous spells of illness. If the little one comes 
in with wet feet and damp clothes, give it a few 
doses of our Homoeopathic Cold Cure and you will 
prevent the onset of a heavy cold. If you have 
neglected this precaution and the child shows symp- 
toms of a cold, give it the Cold Cure every hour and 
if there is a cough give it the Children's Cough and 
Croup Syrup and the Cold Cure alternately, one- 
half hour apart. If the cold is accompanied by a 
sore throat, give the Cold Cure as directed and apply 
our Pain Cure or Liniment to the throat and chest 
and wrap up in a flannel bandage. COLD AND FEVER REMEDIES. 
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When a cold develops into symptoms of lung 
trouble, with cough, rapid breathing, soreness about 
the chest, flushed face and fever give the Cold Cure 
and Fever Cure alternately each half hour until the 
fever disappears. Then stop the Fever Cure and 
use the Cold Cure every hour or two until the symp- 
toms cease. If the cough persists, give the Cough 
and Croup Syrup every hour or two until the irrita- 
tion is entirely removed. Never neglect to thor- 
oughly bathe the child's chest and lungs with our 
Household Liniment or Household Pain Cure to 
stimulate the circulation and bring about a return 
of normal conditions. The same treatment for 
adults can always be used with the greatest satis- 
faction and success. 
As a Preventative. - Homoeopathic Cold Cure 
will not only cure a cold but will prevent la grippe, 
pneumonia, bronchial troubles, inflammation of the 
lungs, tonsilitis and quinsy. Homoeopathic Cold 
Cure should be taken every hour until the symptoms 
entirely yield. If you have been out in bad weather 
and have become wet or chilled, remove the damp 
clothing, bathe the feet in hot mustard water, rub 
the lungs and chest with our Household Liniment or 
Pain Cure, then get into bed and take the Cold Cure 
once each hour. If fever has already made its ap- 
pearance use the Fever Cure alternately. An ounce 
of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and when 
these directions are followed this treatment will 
prove promptly effective in breaking up colds and 
ordinary fevers. 
These two remedies are prepared for people who 
prefer homoeopathic treatment for breaking up 
colds and fevers; they are less drastic and usually 
just as effective as alloeopathic treatment. Full di- 
rections will be found on the label of each remedy. Household Grip-Cold Cure. 
A Quick, Safe and Sure Remedy for Breaking 
Up Acute or Sudden Attacks of Coughs, 
Coeds, Chiees, La Grippe, etc. 
Colds and Acute Lung Troubles demand attention 
at the very beginning, as they are liable to quickly 
develop into inflammation or congestion and pre- 
dispose to consumption. It is therefore very im- 
portant to give every cold prompt attention and to 
check it before it reaches the lungs. This can be 
done by taking a dose of Grip-Cold Cure every hour 
as soon as the first symptoms of a cold appear. In 
this way this remedy will actually break up the 
worst cold in less than twenty-four hours. 
For La Grippe,-This trouble usually begins with 
a chill, quickly followed by fever and pains in the 
limbs, back, head and other parts. The danger 
from la grippe is the tendency to congestion of weak 
or diseased organs, producing aggravated forms of 
catarrh, throat troubles, pneumonia, heart failure 
and nervous prostration. Our Grip-Cold Cure, taken 
promptly, will positively break up the most severe 
attack of la grippe or influenza in a few hours. 
For Sudden Chills. - Chills are always alarming. 
They may mean only temporary disturbances re- 
sulting from imprudence or exposure or they may 
mean the beginning of a severe illness. The best 
treatment for chills is to immediately get into a hot 
bath or soak the feet and limbs in hot mustard water, 
after which thoroughly rub the lungs, back and 
throat with our Pain Cure or Liniment, taking inter- 
nally our Grip-Cold Cure and Pain Cure alternately 
each half hour until free perspiration follows. In 
case the sweating becomes profuse the body may 
be sponged off with tepid water. HOUSEHOLD GRIP-COLD CURE. 
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To Break up Coughs. - To quickly cure a severe, 
acute or recent cough our Grip-Cold Cure and Cough 
Syrup should be used alternately. A cough means 
an irritation of the membranes of the throat or bron- 
chial tubes. It starts with congestion, which can 
be promptly conquered if taken in time. When 
the chest or throat is sore, the breathing difficult, 
and a painful condition present, rub the throat and 
chest very thoroughly with our Household Pain 
Cure or Liniment, protecting the same from exposure 
by covering with soft flannels or cotton wool. Should 
there be a shivering sensation through the system, 
follow the directions given for chills. 
Prevents Pneumonia. - Many people regard a 
cold as something no fuss should be made about, 
and yet a cold is always the starting point of pneu- 
monia, pleurisy and numerous other affections. 
How clear it must then appear that sickness of this 
kind should be prevented by giving prompt attention 
to a cold. Our Grip-Cold Cure, by quickly breaking 
up colds, positively prevents pneumonia and other 
serious consequences. This cure should be taken 
as directed at the very beginning of the attack. If 
fever is present, our Fever Cure should be used alter- 
nately; if there is a troublesome cough, our Cough 
Syrup should be taken in the same way. 
Prevention is Better than a Cure. - In all cases 
where a person is threatened with a cold or at the 
very first symptoms of a chill, hoarseness, sore 
throat, or difficulty in breathing through the nose, 
a cold can always be aborted or broken up. The 
first thing to do is to take a dose of our Grip-Cold 
Cure which should be repeated every hour four times. 
Twenty minutes after each dose of the Cold Cure a 
Perfect Circulation Tonic tablet should be taken. 
This treatment will break up a cold in four hours. Household Cough Syrup. 
For the Whole Family. 
A Reliable Remedy. - This remedy cures coughs, 
hoarseness, laryngeal and bronchial inflammation, 
loss of voice, rawness and soreness resulting from 
dryness of the throat and air passages. 
Coughs. - For coughs it should be used when 
the cough first makes its appearance and continued 
until complete relief is secured. A hacking, rasping 
cough means irritation about the vocal cords or in 
the throat. Household Cough Syrup rapidly re- 
moves this irritation, securing lasting results. It is 
pleasant to take and certain to give satisfaction in 
all cases of cough or dry sore throat. 
Hoarseness.-This is usually the result of a severe 
cold and should be promptly removed. Our House- 
hold Cough Syrup soothes the mucous membranes, 
tones the mucous glands and heals the tender, irri- 
tated tissues. It cures huskiness and the frequent 
expulsive efforts to remove phlegm from the throat. 
Bronchial Troubles. - This remedy is especially 
effective for bronchial troubles as it possesses re- 
markable soothing and healing properties, which 
quickly cure inflammation in the throat and bron- 
chial tubes. Its use will stop your cough at the 
beginning and protect your lungs from further 
trouble. 
Throat Troubles. - Household Cough Syrup cures 
soreness, clears out the phlegm and mucus and 
makes the breathing free. It strengthens the air 
passages and wards off lung diseases. Parents will 
bear in mind that this remedy is never to be given 
to a child under three years of age; for others, use as 
directed on the bottle. Antiseptic Catarrh Cream* 
For Nasal and Pharyngeal Catarrh. 
Elegant and Useful. - This preparation is an 
efficient remedy in all forms of rose cold, mild attacks 
of hay fever, nasal catarrh, snuffles and running at 
the nose, resulting from severe colds or exposure. 
It is prepared for both old and young and when used 
two or three times per day it gives satisfactory and 
pleasing results. It is to be applied with the finger 
directly to the nasal passages. Its effect is to re- 
store the mucous membranes of the nose and throat 
to a healthy normal condition. In catarrhal troub- 
les, the mucous membranes become congested and 
swollen and throw out secretions which are offensive 
and often poisonous. Our Antiseptic Catarrh Cream 
applied night and morning directly to the mucous 
membranes of the nose reduces congestion, relieves 
the mucous glands from irritation and stops the 
offensive and often profuse discharges. It has also 
a fine effect upon the senses of smell and taste because 
of its healing and strengthening influence upon the 
delicate nerves controlling these functions. It is 
prepared not only for nasal catarrh, but when used 
in connection with our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treat- 
ment or Household Catarrh Cure, it constitutes one 
of the most successful treatments ever prepared. 
Every case of catarrh is curable by healing creams 
combined with our Household Catarrh Cure and 
Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment drawn through 
the nostrils into the lungs, which brings the remedies 
directly in contact with the affected parts. 
DIRECTIONS. - Put a small amount of the cream in 
each nostril, as far up as you can reach with the little finger. 
Repeat night and morning, or as often as required. In all 
chronic cases the liquid remedy should be taken internally 
and the Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment used for inhalation. Household Catarrh Cure and 
Allied Remedies. 
What Catarrh Really Is. - Catarrh in the first 
place consists of an inflammation or congestion of 
the mucous membranes. At its beginning it is gen- 
erally confined to the delicate membranes or tissues 
in the nose, throat and bronchial tubes leading to the 
lungs, stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder, vagina, etc. 
Catarrh, however, is usually spoken of as a disease of 
the nasal cavities, throat and bronchial tubes. When 
this disease becomes chronic it may involve nearly 
every organ in the body, poison the blood and break 
down the general health and the nervous system. 
Catarrh of the Head. - It is needless to describe 
this common disorder, resulting from colds, exposure, 
etc. If neglected it may cause a lapse of memory, 
mental weakness, deafness, and its poisonous secre- 
tions may destroy the bones of the nose and palate. 
Treatment should never be neglected. Our House- 
hold Catarrh Cure should be taken internally, from 
one-fourth to one teaspoonful at meal times, our 
Antiseptic Catarrh Cream should be applied directly 
to the nasal passages. When this form of catarrh 
has become chronic so that the sense of taste and 
smell is partially destroyed, the nasal passages 
partially closed, and there is an offensive nasal dis- 
charge, it may be necessary to employ our Anti- 
septic Dry Vapor Treatment. 
Catarrhal Deafness. - This is one of the common 
results of catarrh of the throat, the disease gradually 
extending backward along the Eustachian tubes to 
the middle ear; these tubes, supplying the air to the 
middle ear; becoming partially or wholly closed and 
the hearing impaired. You may know that this 
condition exists if you experience buzzing, humming, REMEDIES FOR CATARRH. 
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or crackling sounds and noises in the ears. This 
form of catarrhal disease requires the most thorough 
treatment, as otherwise the hearing may be perma- 
nently lost. Our Household Catarrh Cure should 
be persistently used, while our Antiseptic Dry Vapor 
Treatment, should also be directed to the interior of 
the nose and throat, and, if the disease shows itself 
by a discharge from the ear, the vapor should be 
applied to that cavity also. Many cases of partial 
deafness have been fully cured by this modem and 
successful treatment. 
Catarrh of the Throat. - About one-half of the 
total population are afflicted more or less with 
chronic catarrh of the throat. It is disgusting to 
frequently meet men, women and children who are 
constantly hawking and spitting in clearing their 
throats of catarrhal secretions which have accumu- 
lated in the throat. To cure this trouble the blood 
must be thoroughly cleansed and purified by the 
use of our Household Catarrh Cure and the nasal 
passages treated with our Antiseptic Catarrh Cream. 
Our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment is an invalu- 
able addition to these remedies as it brings an anti- 
septic medicated vapor directly in contact with the 
affected parts. 
Bronchial Catarrh. -When catarrh in its exten- 
sion downward reaches the bronchial tubes it results 
in an enlargement and thickening of the tube walls, 
while the secretions formed exhibit symptoms of 
chronic bronchitis. The location of this trouble 
emphasizes the importance of direct medication 
with our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment; which, 
when breathed in with the air, is the most successful 
method that can be employed to reach the diseased 
surfaces. The scientific treatment for bronchial 
catarrh is therefore both local and constitutional. 90 
REMEDIES FOR CATARRH, 
Our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment used locally 
in connection with the internal employment of our 
Household Catarrh Cure for the blood, constitutes 
a treatment, the curative properties of which the 
worst case of catarrh cannot withstand. 
Bad Breath from Catarrh. - People always avoid 
a person whose breath is offensive and foul smelling. 
No amount of personal cleanliness will remove or 
even lessen the disgusting breath from chronic ca- 
tarrh, which is even more horrible than the odor 
from a sewer. Young people or old who have bad 
breath suffer much mortification and heartache by 
being avoided for this disease. No matter whether 
in young or old, it is a most alarming condition 
because of the danger of consumption or other 
serious complications. People who have chronic 
bad breath or bronchial catarrh, are always obnox- 
ious to their family and friends, and if attacked with 
pneumonia or other serious throat or lung troubles 
rarely recover. It is possible by the employment 
of our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment, used in 
conjunction with our Household Catarrh Cure and 
Antiseptic Catarrh Cream, to cure the worst cases 
of chronic catarrh. 
Catarrhal Consumption. -When catarrh has 
invaded the bronchial tubes it is but a step to the 
lungs. Bronchial catarrh, if unchecked, at length 
reaches the delicate lung tissues, after which the 
progress of the disease is usually rapid and destruc- 
tive. Catarrhal secretions coming in contact with 
the delicate air cells and tubes of the lungs obstruct 
them with a thick mucus and pus-like secretion 
Then follows congestion, obstruction, inflammation, 
and the destruction of the adjacent tissues. Cavi- 
ties form, and the material coughed up is thick and 
lumpy. REMEDIES EOR CATARRH. 
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Is a Cure Possible? - In most cases we are happy 
to give our friends such assurance. Our Antiseptic 
Dry Vapor Treatment, together with suitable tonics 
and restoratives, is the best available method by 
which the affected membranes and tissues can be 
reached and radical cures obtained. It is a marvel- 
ous method, a discovery which places within the 
reach of sufferers the most advanced treatment for 
catarrh known to medical science. Remember that 
all forms of catarrh if taken in time can be fully 
cured. This is not only true of nasal, throat and 
bronchial catarrh but equally so of catarrhal con- 
sumption. Bear in mind that the early symptoms 
of catarrhal consumption are mainly of a local char- 
acter, such as coughs, expectorations, shortness of 
breath, etc., while in tubercular consumption (which 
is generally incurable) the early symptoms are of a 
constitutional character, such as indigestion, loss 
of flesh and strength, feverishness, diarrhoea, sweat- 
ing, etc. No matter whether catarrh is in its early 
stages or more advanced, our combined local and 
constitutional treatment here directed is absolutely 
necessary in every case. If afflicted with catarrh 
in any form, never neglect to use our Household 
Catarrh Cure and Antiseptic Catarrh Cream, and if 
the disease has advanced to the bronchial or con- 
sumptive stage, resort at once to the daily employ- 
ment of our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment. Our 
local agent or physician will give you full informa- 
tion in regard to this matter, also special directions 
for using the vaporizer and caring for same. Any 
one of our physicians or agents will give any person 
one treatment of our Antiseptic Dry Vapor, entirely 
free of charge, to convince them of its wonderful 
healing powers, which one treatment will always 
demonstrate to their entire satisfaction. Antiseptic Throat Tablets. 
A Soothing Antiseptic Remedy eor a Dry, 
Irritable, Sensitive or Sore Throat. 
Throat Irritation. - Many people suffer from a 
sensitive, dry, irritable or sore throat, which con- 
dition may arise from various causes, such as chronic 
catarrh, pharyngitis, bronchitis, colds, coughs, or 
from inhaling any irritating substance or vapors 
which may be in the air we breathe. 
Throat troubles should always receive prompt 
attention and proper treatment, because if neglected 
they are sure to lead to serious trouble and many 
times to consumption and death. 
Antiseptic Throat Tablets. - These tablets are a 
soothing, antiseptic remedy, compounded in the 
latest scientific manner for the sole purpose of re- 
lieving throat troubles, such as hoarseness, pharyn- 
geal, laryngeal and bronchial irritations, loss of voice, 
rawness and soreness resulting from dryness of the 
throat and air passages, or from clearing the throat by 
hawking and spitting. No matter from what cause 
throat troubles arise, these tablets will give imme- 
diate relief; but remember that they will not always 
remove the cause or cure the disease, therefore the 
proper treatment should always be sought to remove 
the cause of the trouble and effect a cure. 
These tablets are not a cure-all, but they are a 
regular God-send to any person who is continually 
hawking and spitting or who suffers from a dry, 
irritable, or sore throat If you are a sufferer from 
any throat trouble, try them and you will be sur- 
prised at the immediate and complete relief obtained. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take one tablet and allow it to dissolve 
in the mouth; it may be repeated as often as necessary to 
give full and complete relief. Household Toothache Drops. 
A Quick and Effective Remedy for 
Young and Oed. 
Works Quickly. - This remedy stops pain in an 
aching tooth like magic. The cavity of the tooth 
should be cleaned out, after which a few drops of our 
Household Toothache Drops should be placed on a 
small wad of cotton which should be gently pressed 
into the cavity of the tooth. It gives immediate 
relief. 
Decayed Teeth. - When the decay extends to the 
nerve contained in the pulp of the tooth, it quickly 
gives rise to severe and agonizing pain. Act at once 
and quickly. You should clean out the cavity 
and apply the toothache drops. When the pain has 
subsided you can prevent another attack by putting 
a bit of chewing gum into the cavity to keep out the 
air and food until the services of a dentist can be 
obtained. 
Gum-Boils. - There is usually swelling of the 
gum and the formation at its root of a gum-boil. 
The best way to obtain quick relief is to paint the 
gum with our Household Pain Cure two or three 
times each day and apply to the cavity of the tooth 
our Household Toothache Drops, following the 
instructions as given above. A gum-boil usually 
means that the nerve must be killed and the cavity 
properly treated and filled to preserve the tooth and 
protect the jaw from being damaged. 
Sore Gums. - To remove soreness from the gums 
after a tooth has ceased aching, wash the mouth out 
thoroughly with warm water made antiseptic with 
one of our Antiseptic Germicide Tablets. Then 
apply tincture of myrrh to the sore part with the 
finger or tooth brush. Antiseptic Eye Drops* 
For Weak, Irritable, Sore and Inflamed Eyes. 
Its Purpose. - This remedy relieves and actually 
cures inflammation, soreness and diseases of the 
lids and eyes, protecting them from further damage 
and restoring them to a normal condition. For all 
eye troubles use as directed on the bottle. 
Simple Inflammation. - This trouble is known 
as conjunctivitis, and is accompanied by heat, smart- 
ing, burning, redness, and sometimes by a mattery 
discharge. Our Antiseptic Eye Drops speedily re- 
lieve, and cure by removing the cause and their con- 
tinued use restores the membranes of the lids and 
eyes to their natural velvety condition. 
Smarting and Burning. - Smarting and burning 
of the eyes produces discomfort, varying from a 
feeling of irritation to one of stinging or a hot, 
burning sensation. Antiseptic Eye Drops will re- 
lieve these symptoms, removing the tender and 
congested condition of the lids and eye balls. Its 
antiseptic action destroys germs, removes pain, 
keeps the eye healthy and prevents the formation 
of styes, pimples and ulcers upon the lids. 
Itching of the Eye. - The sufferer experiences a 
grating or scratching in the eyes, which often become 
red, sore and irritable, and they itch to such an 
extent that the sufferer can scarcely resist the desire 
to constantly rub them. The soothing action of our 
Antiseptic Eye Drops allays this irritation and dis- 
comfort but it is necessary to continue their regular 
use for some time to secure a permanent cure. 
Aching Eye Balls. - Many people suffer from 
aching of the eye balls to such an extent that it pre- 
vents sleep producing great nervousness. In all 
such cases this remedy gives immediate relief. Crystal Eye Tonic. 
Makes the Byes Strong and Bright. 
The Eyes. - Of all the organs of the special 
senses the eye is by far the most important. Life 
certainly loses much, if not all, of its charm when 
the sight is lost or badly impaired. Weak eyes, 
like weak arms, can be developed, strengthened, 
made bright, clear and strong and their usefulness 
prolonged or restored by using our Crystal Eye 
Tonic, the modern eye restorative. 
A Timely Remedy. - This remedy is a positive 
cure for weak, watery eyes and failing sight. It 
strengthens the optic nerve, clears the vision and 
protects the eye. 
Watery Eyes. - When the eyes are exposed to 
excessive heat or cold, strong sunlight or wind, the 
flow of tears may become profuse because of weak- 
ness. Crystal Eye Tonic corrects the flow by estab- 
lishing a normal condition. It is gentle in its effect 
but quickly imparts its peculiar tonic properties. 
Optic Nerve Weakness. - Straining the eyes 
makes them tired, and the vision loses its clearness. 
Crystal Eye Tonic strengthens the nerves of vision 
and corrects failing sight. It is a natural eye tonic 
and nerve food. It is absorbed into the circulation, 
and imparts tone and vigor to the optic nerve. 
Bright Eyes. - When the brightness and lustre 
of the eye is impaired our Crystal Eye Tonic will 
restore it to perfect health restoring the lustre and 
brightness. It is not designed to cure diseases, but 
is a great tonic remedy for weakness of vision and 
watery lusterless eyes. 
DIRECTIONS. - It is applied twice per day, night and 
morning, from two to four drops being placed in each eye 
When used in this way it acts as a perfect eye tonic, keeping 
the eyes young, strong and clear. Household Bitters. 
A Scientific Stomachic Tonic and In vigor ator. 
Its Use and Purpose. - Our Household Bitters 
possess special merit in cases of tardy digestion, 
bloating of the bowels, weakness of the stomach, 
belching of wind, bad taste in the mouth and loss 
of appetite. Used at meal times these splendid 
bitters soon set the stomach right and restore the 
digestive functions when weakened or depressed 
from any cause. They will restore the appetite to 
a hearty, vigorous condition, so that any food can be 
taken with a relish and pleasure. 
For Loss of Appetite. - This condition is usually 
the result of loss of tone in the stomach. It may 
result from general debility, prolonged sickness, 
errors in diet or unusual mental or physical exertion. 
No matter what the cause, our Household Bitters 
are promptly effectual. They tone up the weakened 
stomach forces, improve digestive action, and in- 
crease stomachic secretions. These bitters are a 
useful addition to the treatment for dyspepsia and 
as a stomachic are worthy of special mention. 
General Stomachic Tonic. - In the olden days 
it was common to use bitters in the household. They 
were prepared from simple roots and herbs, gathered 
in the fields and forests and used at stated periods, 
especially during the spring and fall, to restore a 
system weakened or depressed from any cause. Our 
Household Bitters are prepared from the same simple 
ingredients as in the olden days and when employed 
for the same purposes they secure the same good 
results. Taken before meals they are an efficient 
aid to digestion because of their special tonic prop- 
erties and bitter principles. They promote the 
healthy activity of the entire digestive tract. HOUSEHOLD BITTERS. 
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Relaxed, Dilated Stomachs. - It is common for 
the stomach to become relaxed and dilated, by 
reason of tardy digestion and fermentation of food. 
Our Household Bitters strengthen muscular and 
digestive activity, so that when the process of stom- 
ach digestion is complete, the contents of this organ 
is promptly carried onward into the bowels there to 
meet with other digestive juices preparing it more 
fully for absorption and nutrition. If the stomach 
is so dilated and relaxed as to do its work in only a 
weak or tardy manner there is special need for these 
bitters. They are the most efficient remedy for 
this purpose known to medical science. 
Belching of Wind. - Within an hour or two after 
food is taken there is apt to be distention from 
accumulations of gas. It may occur in the stomach 
or in the upper portion of the bowels and constitute 
a source of great annoyance or distress. Our House- 
hold Bitters for this condition possess wonderful 
curative qualities. The regular size SI.00 bottles 
may be obtained of our agents, but a generous free 
trial bottle may be found in our cabinet and our 
friends are invited to give the same a thorough trial. 
It should be borne in mind that these bitters are 
different from the old style stimulating bitters or 
cathartic bitters, which act with too much energy. 
Our Household Bitters are most gentle in their 
effect, yet when used with regularity before meals, 
they always produce satisfactory results. They 
promote the general health by toning up the 
stomach to a vigorous condition; they also prevent 
dyspepsia, catarrh of the stomach, heart, kidney 
and bowel troubles by keeping the stomach in a 
healthy condition so that the food is properly pre- 
pared for assimilation thus increasing flesh. 
DIRECTIONS.-Take from one teaspoonful to one table- 
spoonful, one-half hour before each meal and at bedtime. Household Dyspepsia Tabets. 
A Splendid Stomach Remedy. 
They do the Work. - For the relief and cure of 
the common forms of stomach trouble our House- 
hold Dyspepsia Tablets have no superior. These 
tablets are by far the most successful that have ever 
been used and their prompt employment will usually 
cut short the attack and be productive of imme- 
diate results. 
Acid Dyspepsia. - This form of stomach trouble 
is known by various names, such as heartburn, sour 
stomach, water brash, indigestion, acidity of the 
stomach, etc. Cases will vary in intensity with 
different people and at different times. With all 
dyspeptics it may be said that they "feel" the 
stomach. They are always conscious of the exact 
location of this organ. The symptoms vary from 
a slight acidity or heartburn to that distressed 
condition in which large quantities of gas are belched 
up, often sour to the taste, showing that the food is 
undergoing putrefaction and fermentation but not 
digestion. For this form of stomach trouble our 
Household Dyspepsia Tablets invariably secure good 
results. From one to two should be taken directly 
after each meal and their well-advised employment 
in these cases will always give satisfaction. The 
diet should be largely of rare meats and fish, avoid- 
ing starchy food as much as possible. 
Mixed Dyspepsia. - In this form of the disease 
not only are there the usual symptoms of distress, 
distention and fullness, together with belching of 
wind, an unpleasant taste, and a derangement of the 
action of the bowels, but there are in addition the 
symptoms referable to the nerves, such as depression household dyspepsia tablets. 
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of spirits, palpitation of the heart, a languid state 
of the mind, drowsiness during the day, headache 
and dizziness, the existence of which clearly calls for 
the use of one or two of our Household Dyspepsia 
Tablets after eating, together with our Vegetable 
Stimulets before eating to drive away depression, 
gently encourage nervous and muscular activity, 
stimulate the gastric glands to greater secretion; in 
a word to strengthen and invigorate the weakened 
and over-worked stomach and to bring it back again 
to healthy conditions. It is also of special advantage 
to use as a tonic and reconstructive agent our House- 
hold Bitters, a free sample bottle of which may be 
found in our cabinet. The combined action of these 
remedies in cases of mixed or complicated dyspepsia, 
cannot fail to be of the greatest help and aid. Our 
advice to employ these remedies is based upon the 
observation and treatment of many cases. When 
used as directed they have in ninety cases out of 
every hundred led to permanent results. 
Nervous Dyspepsia. - This special form of stom- 
ach disease, though common among the sedentary 
classes, is seldom experienced by those who lead an 
out-door life. The digestive process in these cases 
is carried on with much difficulty. The stomach 
seems to be almost helpless to care for the food which 
is taken into it. The most prominent symptoms are 
those connected with the mind, which is dull and 
languid and the process of digestion is somewhat 
painful, there being great languor and incapacity for 
exertion. At times the depression of spirits is quite 
pitiful, a feeling of helplessness, both of mind and 
body, taking possession of the sufferer. The action 
of the bowels is apt to be irregular, the heart's action 
labored and rapid. The sleep may be disturbed by 
dreams and very unsatisfactory. The skin may 100 
HOUSEHOLD DYSPEPSIA TABLETS. 
become rough and dry and the countenance haggard 
and anxious. Different people will often present 
different symptoms but the one constant feature is 
difficult digestion owing to lack of healthy nervous 
tone and healthy gastric secretions. What is needed 
at the very beginning of the treatment, is a gentle 
stimulant, such as our Vegetable Stimulets, used on 
first arising in the morning and also just before each 
meal. In this way the stomach is prepared for the 
digestive process because of the gentle stimulating 
action of this remedy upon the nerves and glands, as 
well as the muscular tissues. It is also advisable in 
cases of nervous dyspepsia for the sufferer to employ 
a good bitter tonic. We recommend strongly our 
Household Bitters. The stomach and system actu- 
ally needs and demands the elements contained 
in this splendid preparation to assist Nature to re- 
pair the damaged condition of the digestive appa- 
ratus. We would certainly advise every sufferer 
afflicted with long standing nervous dyspepsia to 
immediately employ these two remedies. One of 
our physicians should be consulted often during the 
treatment, as their advice will prove invaluable. 
Catarrh of the Stomach. - By some this affection 
is known as gastralgia, chronic indigestion or chronic 
inflammation of the stomach. Its presence may be 
known by there being but little appetite for food yet 
a great desire for drinks. The stomach seems to 
crave cold drinks especially. If the interior of the 
stomach could be seen it would be found abnormally 
red and coated with a mucus secretion the same as 
seen in catarrhal sore throat. To cure this form of 
stomach disease the sufferer must decide to use every 
effort and every means at hand. Our Household 
Dyspepsia Tablets must be used directly after each 
meal and in connection with the same our House- HOUSEHOLD DYSPEPSIA TABLETS. 
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hold Bitters must be perseveringly employed. Nor 
must the condition of the bowels be neglected. To 
keep them regular and at the same time strengthen 
their action our Tonic Laxative Pills will be of special 
aid. In the treatment of chronic stomach troubles 
it is also of the greatest importance that great care 
be exercised in regard to the character of the food 
used. We have already given special instructions 
in regard to diet and hygiene. Neglect of these im- 
portant matters may mean the difference between 
success and failure. Our friends should also in cases 
of this kind obtain the advice and counsel of one of 
our physicians, whose assistance will usually be found 
of the greatest value. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take from one to two Household Dys- 
pepsia Tablets when required to relieve distress after eating 
or acidity of the stomach; repeat the dose every twenty min- 
utes until relieved. Always crush the tablets with the teeth 
or let them dissolve in the mouth before swallowing. 
For Nervous Dyspepsia take one or two Vegetable Stimu- 
lets whenever the food causes nervousness or distress after 
eating, if not relieved by the first dose it may be repeated in 
twenty minutes. 
Sleep in a room well ventilated, with a window always open 
to let in fresh air from the oustide. Use only enough covering 
to keep from getting chilly, it is not well to sleep cold, but 
very injurious to sleep warm enough to produce perspiration. 
Arise immediately upon awakening. Every morning take 
a cool sponge bath over the entire body before dressing and 
rub the body thoroughly with a coarse turkish towel, to arouse 
the circulation and bring the blood to the surface of the body; 
then apply Household Pain Cure or Liniment over the stom- 
ach to strengthen the pneumogastric nerve. Female patients 
should take a vaginal injection of cool water every morning 
except during the menstrual period. Hot water injections 
relax the ligaments and will cause falling and other displace- 
ments of the womb and should be avoided. 
Eat only plain healthful food, such as meats, vegetables, 
etc., that may agree with your stomach; avoid pastry, spices 
and condiments of all kinds. Late stimulating dinners are 
to be avoided, also the use of tobacco and liquors. Vegetable Stimulets. 
A Safe, Reliable, Never-Failing, Stomach, 
Brain and Nerve Stimulating Tonic for 
Everybody. 
A Splendid Nervine. - Vegetable Stimulets 
promptly increase nervous strength and brain power. 
They sharpen up quickly your business ability and 
give you new energy for any form of mental or phys- 
ical work. You do not have to wait for results. 
They are almost instantaneous in their effect. 
Brain Food. - Vegetable Stimulets are actual 
food to the brain cells and nerve centers by carrying 
to them a fresh and larger supply of vivified blood. 
They supply cerebrin to the brain and new energy 
and vitality to the whole system, so that all the 
duties and pleasures of life may be pursued with 
confidence and pleasure without causing any weari- 
ness or exhaustion. 
Old People. - Many middle-aged and older people 
get tired easily, have aches and pains from slight 
exertion and need Vegetable Stimulets to rest them, 
to stop the aches and pains and take away that tired 
feeling. Vegetable Stimulets never disappoint. 
They are quick in their action yet perfectly safe. 
Female Needs. - Ladies sometimes need a stim- 
ulant that will without injury, cause a happy, viva- 
cious and exhilarating effect. Ladies who use our 
Vegetable Stimulets will find a pleasing and stimu- 
lating effect quietly stealing over them, enabling 
them to get the most out of life. They make the 
eyes bright and sparkling. They are good for a 
weak, aching back and nervous affections arising 
from diseases peculiar to women. 
As a Tonic. - The stimulating effect of this rem- 
edy lasts for hours, after which you experience its vegetable! stimulets. 
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tonic effect, lasting a whole day. It is purely vege- 
table, contains no narcotic or harmful ingredient 
and does not produce any reaction or bad after 
effects. In fact, the longer you use it, the better 
you feel, as its tonic action produces lasting results. 
Removes Depression. - This remedy quickly 
strengthens the action of the heart, thus causing 
the blood to be more rapidly forced through the 
body. The faster the blood flows, the more nourish- 
ment is taken to the brain and nervous system. In 
this way Vegetable Stimulets strengthen every 
nerve and tissue and rapidly remove depression and 
nervous shock. 
Aids Digestion. - For nervous dyspepsia this 
remedy has no equal. If you take one or two tab- 
lets before your meals, your food will digest quickly 
and you will feel fine all day and in excellent condi- 
tion to attend to your duties. 
Use Them Freely. - Vegetable Stimulets will 
often enable you to pass a very pleasant evening, 
when without their aid you would be bored and in 
misery. Sometimes people want to call on their 
neighbors or entertain company at home, but they 
feel quite inadequate to the task. Try them and 
your sense of weariness will disappear and be re- 
placed by a contented, happy and joyous mood. 
They cannot injure when taken as directed and will 
always help. Full directions given on every bottle. 
Insomnia. - People who cannot sleep well will 
find this remedy quick in action. Its use, one half 
hour before bedtime, will enable a nervous sufferer 
or invalid to go quietly to sleep and awaken in the 
morning fully refreshed. It stimulates the circu- 
lation, tranquilizes the nerves and contributes di- 
rectly to the production of that passive condition in 
which sleep, natural and healthy can take place. Compound Glyhypophosphites. 
Curbs General Debility, Neurasthenia, Ner- 
vous Weakness, Indigestion, Anaemia, III 
Effects of Aecohoe and Tobacco, 
Mental and Physical Exhaustion 
A Therapeutist's Victory. - This wonderful reme- 
dial agent is one of the most remarkable triumphs 
of modern therapeutics. It contains chemically 
pure hypophosphites skilfully blended by an ex- 
ceedingly intricate process with other very highly 
concentrated remedial agents, forming an invaluable 
tonic, a reconstructive, rejuvenating and vitalizing 
compound. Experience proves that this remedy is 
a true food for the brain and nervous system; to 
the blood, muscles and vital organs it has a pro- 
nounced special physiological affinity. It has a 
powerful revitalizing effect upon the nervous system, 
toning up the nerves and muscles, furnishing the 
blood the required tissue salts that invigorate the 
depressed nutritive functions. Glyhypophosphites 
promotes harmonious co-operation of the physiologic 
forces so that the entire system resumes its normal 
functional activity. It is therefore an invaluable 
food medicine for the blood, nerves, bones and mus- 
cles ; in fact a genuine body builder. 
The Approach of Puberty. - The transition from 
childhood to puberty is often accompanied by pro- 
nounced symptoms indicative of disturbances of 
the whole system. During this trying period, chil- 
dren both male and female frequently suffer with 
headaches, digestive disturbances, nervous affections 
and numerous cutaneous troubles. The diversity 
of the symptoms indicate how thoroughly the sys- 
tem is disordered. The nervous system, the blood 
and the processes of digestion are impaired in a COMPOUND GDYHYPOPHOSPHITEJS. 
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manner which points clearly to the need of a revital- 
izing tonic. Glyhypophosphites will cure these cases. 
The prompt disappearance of the disturbances of the 
nervous system, blood and nutrition show that this 
compound furnishes exactly the kind of aid required. 
It bridges the chasm between childhood and puberty, 
and makes the transition a safe, easy and comfort- 
able journey for either boys or girls. 
The Demands of School Life, - Young people 
given to excessive study or mental effort are often 
deficient in vitality at a period of life when the de- 
mands of the body are for fresh air, physical exer- 
cise and abundant rest and recreation. Close con- 
finement to school rooms and close application to 
the demands of school work, produce a condition 
of general exhaustion. When young people show 
signs of mental over-work, from too close application 
to school duties, or of impairment of physical ener- 
gies, it is wise to employ such hygienic measures and 
remedies as will effectually restore tone to the body 
in general and the nervous system in particular. 
Physicians usually direct freedom from mental effort, 
together with abundant nourishing food, plenty of 
exercise in the open air and the use of tonics and 
reconstructive restoratives for the debilitated ner- 
vous system. Glyhypophosphites should be the 
first thought of the parent in these cases because of 
its special reconstructive and restorative influence 
upon the whole system and every function of the 
body. This remedy will impart vigor to the diges- 
tive organs, assuring digestion and assimilation of 
sufficient nourishing food to enrich the blood with 
the essential life-giving elements and endow the 
nervous system with a degree of energy and vitality 
never before possessed. When weak, debilitated, 
run down or discouraged it produces grand results. 106 
COMPOUND GLYHYPOPHOSPHITES. 
Vital Waste and Repair. - To establish and 
maintain conditions of perfect bodily health it is 
absolutely essential that waste and repair should go 
hand in hand. Every thought, movement and im- 
pulse uses up or wears out a certain proportionate 
part of vitality and energy. To compensate for 
this loss there must be new vigor and new vitality 
supplied, else weakness and lack of nervous and 
physical tone become apparent. Physical and men- 
tal exhaustion may be manifested by impaired 
digestion, impoverished blood or by the develop- 
ment of nervous disorders. So far as we recognize 
such exhaustion we more clearly realize the over- 
shadowing nervous symptoms, faintness, vertigo, 
loss of memory, irritability of temper, apprehension, 
melancholia, etc. The well-defined principle of 
treatment, when there is an excess of vital waste 
over repair, is to employ such agents and such meas- 
ures as will have a tendency to make vital waste and 
repair as nearly equal as possible. There is no agent 
so highly esteemed as food for the brain, nervous and 
physical energies, as Glyhypophosphites, containing 
as it does in the best and most assimilative form, 
tissue and blood builders needed to keep the system 
in a strong, healthy condition. It possesses general 
tonic and reconstructive properties, all powerful to 
bring order out of the chaotic condition of the sys- 
tem. By its use digestion is improved, assimilation 
of food is perfected and the essential blood elements 
are restored. Waste and repair of the vital tissues 
is properly proportioned, the nervous system nour- 
ished and the whole body endowed with new life 
and energy. It matters not whether the exhaustion 
comes from mental or physical over-work, whether 
from the abuse of liquor, tobacco, coffee, tea, or other 
enervating habits, Glyhypophosphites is always a COMPOUND GLYHYPOPHOSPHITES. 
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successful remedy because it strikes at the root of 
the trouble and gives invaluable reconstructive con- 
stituents which cure promptly mal-nutrition, im- 
poverished blood, nervous debility, physical weak- 
ness and nervous exhaustion. 
Compound Glyhypophosphites is the great medi- 
cine that maintains health, that restores health, that 
produces health, that protects health. It develops 
latent vital powers by constantly enriching the blood 
and feeding the nerve cells. It is the great strength- 
ener, the great restorer, the justly famous health- 
maker and body builder that co-operates harmoni- 
ously with Nature. It is indeed the greatest vital 
tonic and invigorator, and beyond all question the 
most wonderful restorative of nervous and physical 
energy, strength and vitality in existence. Com- 
pound Glyhypophosphites absolutely cures general 
physical and nervous weakness, loss of appetite, 
depression of spirits, lack of confidence, coldness of 
the extremities, loss of memory, feebleness of will, 
exhausted vitality, despondency, nervous prostra- 
tion and all forms of nervous and physical debility 
resulting from excesses or exhausting diseases, 
change of life or advancing age and pelvic catarrh. 
Glyhypophosphites cures men and women, making 
them throb with life and energy in every nerve and 
muscle; the body a-tingle with virile strength, the 
circulation perfect, the brain active, the eyes bright 
and sparkling, the whole physical exhibit perfectly 
developed-a study in the curves of health and 
beauty. 
Free Trial Bottles. - Our friends will find in our 
cabinet a free trial bottle of this splendid remedy. 
The full size pint bottles costing 31.00 can be secured 
from our agent in your city. 
DIRECTIONS. •- Take from one teaspoonful to one table- 
spoonful one-half hour before or after meals and at bedtime. Perfect Circulation Tonic. 
To Try It Is To Like It. 
Good for Everybody. - This remedy possesses 
merit peculiar to itself. In fact it is different from 
any other remedy that has ever been used. Its 
action is more especially upon the nerves, heart and 
circulation. It warms the body, sending a full 
healthy current of blood throughout the system, 
contributing in this way to the prompt relief of 
functional weakness, nervous headache, weak hearts, 
brain fag, despondency and the blues. 
Poor Circulation. - Of all the evils that beset the 
human race it is safe to assert that none are more 
numerous or far-reaching than poor circulation. This 
trouble is caused by weak or irregular heart action 
and if neglected is sure to lead to serious complica- 
tions such as organic disease of the heart, kidney 
disease and nervous exhaustion. 
Bad Feelings.-The blues are not imaginary com- 
plaints as some well-meaning and apparently well- 
posted people would have us believe. Bad feelings 
are distinct diseases. You often hear of people who 
are blue and melancholy. It results from an ex- 
hausted condition of the brain and nervous system 
and should be treated by the use of our Circulation 
Tonic which will soon demonstrate its peculiar value. 
Sleeplessness. - People who are unable to sleep 
well at night, who have an impaired condition of the 
circulation, who are annoyed at times with loss of 
energy, weakness of the heart's action and a general 
feeling of nervousness, will experience a marvelous 
change by the use of Perfect Circulation Tonic. It 
is actual food for tired nerves, braces a person up in 
a short time, enabling them to sleep quietly and 
awaken refreshed. perfect circulation tonic. 
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Cold Hands and Feet. - This condition always 
indicates functional weakness, owing to a lack of 
proper circulation of blood and imperfect distribu- 
tion of it. In such cases splendid results will follow 
the daily use of our Circulation Tonic. Its splendid 
toning action upon the circulation and extremities 
will be quickly apparent by a fine, warm, healthy 
glow reaching clear to the ends of the fingers and toes. 
Weak Hearts. - These are as common as weak 
stomachs and need fully as much attention. Every 
person who experiences palpitation of the heart or 
shortness of breath should use our Circulation Tonic 
to give new life and energy to the nerves and the 
muscles of the heart. It causes no distress in the 
stomach or reaction of any kind. Its action is that 
of a tonic to the circulation. Oftentimes neglect to 
use the right remedy at the right time will lead to 
most unpleasant results. 
Tired Feelings. - Never neglect to take a few 
doses of this remedy when you have an exhausted 
or tired feeling, because they will afford you almost 
instant relief. When you go home from your work 
feeling all played out and too tired to do anything, 
too exhausted even to eat your regular meal, be 
assured that our Perfect Circulation Tonic, taken as 
directed, will quickly drive away the exhaustion and 
give strength when it is most needed. 
For Faintness. - There is no remedy which can 
take the place of our Perfect Circulation Tonic for 
this condition. Ladies often will find themselves 
faint and their eyes will blurr when reading or sew- 
ing, yet they are not aware of the reason. It is the 
nerves of the heart which have become depressed 
and the circulation of blood through the head im- 
paired. Prompt use of this remedy will yield im- 
mediate results. Full directions on every bottle. Feel-Fine Tablets ♦ 
When Tired, Weary, Nervous, Blue, Despon- 
dent, Discouraged or even Hopeless, 
They act like Magic, Making 
You Feel Fine. 
Mental Nerve Food. - Feel-Fine Tablets are in- 
tended to strengthen your heart, brighten the eyes, 
increase your flow of language, improve nerve and 
brain power, sharpen up your business ability and 
energy for oratory, mental or physical work, making 
brain workers, preachers, lecturers, lawyers, singers 
and students able to do more and better work. 
They will cure a nervous headache or the blues and 
remove that tired feeling in ten minutes, making you 
feel fine. No intoxication, reaction, or bad after- 
effects. They do not contain alcohol, opium (mor- 
phine), cocaine, chloral, or other deleterious poisons. 
One or two tablets, taken every morning, should 
make any person feel fine all day, and keep them in 
excellent condition to attend to their daily duties, 
preventing their getting tired or weary, taking cold, 
contracting fevers or other contagious diseases. 
Woman's Friend. - Ladies, if you want or need 
a bracer that will not injure you in any way, try 
Feel-Fine Tablets. They are intended to invigorate 
and exhilarate, making you feel happy, merry, viva- 
cious and full of sparkling wit and joyous life. They 
will not intoxicate you nor affect your breath, and 
your nearest friends cannot tell that you are under 
the influence of a stimulant. If you are beset with 
such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, 
excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, 
melancholy, or that tired, all-gone and want-to- 
be-left-alone feeling, just try them; that's all. They 
will immediately relieve brain-fag, mental and phy- FEEL-FINE TABLETS. 
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sical exhaustion. They will improve your health 
and complexion, make your eyes bright and spark- 
ling, cure a weak, aching back and nervous affec- 
tions. They will cure relaxation of the stomach and 
intestines, and remove abnormal fatty formations, 
and that fat, gross appearance by which so many 
women are annoyed. 
A Great Sustainer. - Feel-Fine Tablets are a 
blessing to tourists and travelers. One tablet will 
immediately quench thirst, and three or four tablets 
will give instant relief from hunger and supply more 
strength and energy than will a hearty meal. Any 
person when traveling, by taking a few of these 
tablets, can easily go twenty-four hours without 
food. When starting on a journey, either for busi- 
ness or pleasure, or when taking your summer vaca- 
tion, be sure and have a good supply of the tablets 
in your "grip" or pocket. You will find them excel- 
lent and beneficial as an invigorator, valuable as a 
medicine, and perfect as a substitute for food or 
drink in any case of emergency or need. 
Good for Everybody. - Hither those who have 
drunk to repletion and would like to sober up, or for 
any temperate man or woman who would like to try 
the effect of a good bracer for pleasure, brain fag, 
mental or physical exhaustion. You will feel the 
effects of the first tablet in about five minutes after 
taking, and from then on the exhilaration increases. 
You feel immense while under their influence, and 
there is no reaction or bad after effects. 
Do not miss the pleasure of trying these tablets. 
They are a wonder and a revelation to all who use 
them. That's all. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take from one to two tablets as often 
as required to keep you feeling fine; but do not take more 
than eight or ten in one day. Always crush the tablets with 
the teeth before swallowing, or let them dissolve in the mouth. Lazy Liver Pills. 
Cure Liver Torpidity and Biliousness. 
Antibilious. - These pills are antibilious and act 
gently yet thoroughly upon the liver, bowels and 
digestive organs. In recent as well as in chronic 
cases of biliousness and liver troubles, they act at 
once, without griping, and do not leave behind any 
unpleasant after-effects nor purge the user. 
For a Lazy Liver. - Lazy Liver Pills have no 
equal. They restore the deranged liver to its nor- 
mal and healthy action. They remove and prevent 
accumulations of bile in the system by promoting 
and securing a regular movement of the bowels daily. 
For Biliousness.-Lazy Liver Pills secure in every 
instance the most satisfactory results. You take 
them at night and in the morning you secure prompt 
and full relief, which is a sure sign that the system is 
thoroughly cleansed of bilious matter. They do the 
work every time as they are made with a special 
view to thoroughly act upon the liver and digestive 
organs. They clear the complexion, preserve the 
teeth and cure that tired, all-gone, want-to-be-left- 
alone feeling. 
Bilious Headaches. - This remedy gives prompt 
relief. The sense of heaviness in the front of the 
head and through the temples, yellowness of the 
eyeballs and a general feeling of dullness through the 
head are indications calling for the prompt employ- 
ment of these pills. These symptoms show that the 
system is clogged, that the bile elements are not 
taken out in the natural way and that Lazy Liver 
Pills should be promptly used to aid Nature in her 
efforts to rid the system of the excess of bile which 
has accumulated, and should be removed before 
jaundice or other troubles set in. LAZY LIVER PILLS. 
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Sick Headache. - There is nothing which gives 
such quick results in the treatment of sick headache 
as our Lazy Liver Pills used in connection with our 
Household Headache Tablets. Ladies who have 
acquired the habit of periodical headaches, sickness 
at the stomach and a general feeling of malaise will 
find relief by using these two remedies at the begin- 
ning of the attack, repeating the same frequently 
and as often as may be required. 
Torpid Liver. - When for any reason the nerves 
of the liver become weakened this organ becomes 
sluggish and many unpleasant symptoms quickly 
appear. These pills used as directed will tone up 
and strengthen the liver and restore its lost activity 
and with it there will be a corresponding improve- 
ment in the general health. 
Coated Tongue. - Many people have a bad taste 
and a coated tongue which are a direct result of an 
accumulation of waste matter in the system. The 
proper way to overcome the same is to stimulate the 
liver to throw off the excess of bile and restore the 
bowels again to a healthy condition. Two or three 
of these pills taken at night, followed by one or two 
in the morning is usually sufficient to accomplish a 
perfect result. 
Action on the Bile. - In the morning one expe- 
riences a certain heaviness; the movements are un- 
decided, the head embarrassed, the mouth is clammy 
with a yellowish coating on tongue. When the com- 
plexion is yellowish, and blotches, liver spots and 
other blemishes appear on the skin, this indicates 
a bilious condition which this remedy removes; then 
nutrition acts at once on the fresh materials of food 
and our good humor is thus renewed every day. In 
ordinary cases one pill night and morning is usually 
sufficient. Full directions are given on each package. Tonic Laxative Pills* 
A Natural Remedy for Chronic Constipation- 
Constipation. - This trouble may be due to a 
great variety of causes, chief of which are errors in 
diet and the habitual neglect of the act of defeca- 
tion from carelessness, want of time or undue modesty. 
It may be brought about by any of the causes which 
produce weakness of the muscular fibres of the intes- 
tines, anaemia, chlorosis and other enfeebling dis- 
eases, chronic enteric catarrh, the habitual use of 
common cheap purgatives. Constipation will also 
result from the habitual use of opium, and from 
lead poisoning or sedentary habits. 
A Medical Triumph. - In these pills tonic and 
laxative agents are employed by which the nerves 
and muscles of the bowels become invested with 
vigorous health. This is the only laxative medicine 
that both strengthens and relieves the bowels. To 
regulate the intestinal organs, restore their functions 
and secure their normal action, this remedy meets a 
want which has been recognized for years, and that 
is a bowel laxative that will act also as a tonic agent. 
Superior Remedy. - People of all ages subject to 
habitual constipation, costiveness and weakness of 
the bowel muscles, will find these pills far superior 
to injections and salts. By taking one or two each 
day, delicate people and chronic sufferers will enjoy 
natural discharges, and if used occasionally as 
directed, their tonic and laxative effect will be fully 
observed in that regular operations will follow. 
The Old Way. - The unwise use of strong purga- 
tives and cathartics such as salts, aloes, jalap, rhu- 
barb and calomel, move the bowels by reason of 
their irritating properties, the same as croton oil 
irritates the skin or in the same manner that mus- TONIC LAXATIVE PILES. 
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tard causes vomiting if taken in any quantity. The 
result of using strong medicines are very injurious 
because the bowels become weaker instead of strong- 
er. They are injured instead of being benefited, 
and as they become accustomed to such irritants 
they become more and more worn out and exhausted. 
For this reason the dose of such strong purga- 
tives must be increased in size and frequency. 
The New Way, - Our Tonic Laxative Pills act 
upon an entirely new and different principle, contain- 
ing as they do, ingredients which have been found by 
experience unirritating and at the same time pos- 
sessed of splendid qualities. By their tonic and 
strengthening action upon the thousands of large 
and small nerves and muscles which control the 
action of the stomach, liver and bowels, these won- 
derful pills produce no irritation. On the contrary, 
they improve, strengthen and regulate these organs 
and hence contribute directly to their natural and 
healthy activity. Full directions on every bottle. 
For Women. - No laxative is so fully adapted to 
the needs of women as our Tonic Laxative Pills. 
Their action is so gentle that unless movements of 
the bowels occurred, women would scarcely know 
that they had used a laxative at all. They may be 
used at any time and in any condition of the system. 
Often when used in large doses, say two of them 
taken three times a day, they have a tendency to 
quickly establish the monthly flow which may be 
retarded as a result of colds or exposure. 
Children. - Parents should be particular to in- 
struct their children that regular movements of the 
bowels promote healthfulness and there is no other 
preparation which will so fully meet the require- 
ments of children, who by neglect to attend to the 
calls of Nature often acquire the habit of costiveness. Household Sanitary Cathartic. 
A Sure, Reliable and Easy Physic. 
Sanitary Agents. - This splendid remedy in pill 
form is a scientific cathartic. It is well known that 
the usual drugs and pills found in the stores operate 
by irritating the lining membranes of the stomach 
and bowels. The result of such irritation is to cause 
the intestinal secretions to flow excessively and thus 
do much injury. Our Household Sanitary. Cathar- 
tic, however, acts with an unmistakable mildness 
upon the stomach and bowels and has a sanitary 
effect upon the muscular and nervous tissues of the 
same; restoring them to a strong, healthy and active 
sanitary condition so that they will have a free 
movement every day. 
Peculiar Action. - The longer these pills are used, 
the less number required to move the bowels. They 
never cause griping or other unpleasant sensations 
like the ordinary pills. Their use does not weaken 
nor derange the stomach, liver or bowels. They are 
decidedly of benefit where there are piles or other 
rectal diseases They are equally as good for women 
as for men. If used right, they will cause healthy 
movements of the bowels every day. 
Clean Bowels. - Ladies should realize that con- 
stipation will cause their hair to become harsh and 
brittle and the complexion dark and muddy. To 
establish and maintain sanitary conditions of the 
bowels, our Househould Sanitary Cathartic can be 
used with the greatest success. By their scientific 
action upon the functions of the stomach and bowels, 
these wonderful sanitary agents keep the blood pure 
and the bowels clean, causing them to work naturally 
and healthfully, thus guaranteeing the system 
against liver, bowel and kidney troubles. HOUSEHOLD sanitary cathartic 
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Meet Requirements. - Men commonly desire to 
have the bowels move quickly and briskly. Such 
a result is often injurious as it is apt to leave the 
bowels weakened and irritated. Whether your work 
is sedentary or otherwise, if you have neglected tak- 
ing proper precautions and have formed the consti- 
pation habit, bear in mind that our Household San- 
itary Cathartic will meet every requirement. From 
two to four pills at night will do the business every 
time. Daily, at some convenient hour, perhaps soon 
after a meal, at which time there is a natural ten- 
dency to peristaltic movements, the patient should 
retire to the closet and at least solicit an evacuation, 
though not persist in fruitless efforts by straining. 
Bad Practice. - It is unwise for people to use any 
form of blue pill or calomel, because the mercury is 
sure to be retained in the system often for years. 
It is also bad practice to use freely of salts, sedlitz 
powders or magnesia, as these agents simply wash 
out the system and often form concretions especially 
in the bladder and kidneys. Household Sanitary 
Cathartic is an easy physic and besides being free 
from these objections is certain to give satisfaction. 
Old People. - Persons advanced in life often 
suffer from distention of the lower bowels and diffi- 
culty in evacuating the same. Two or three House- 
hold Sanitary Cathartic pills used at night will keep 
the bowels healthy, the blood pure, and old age will 
be made comfortable. It is a bad plan for any per- 
son to take medicine that will irritate or wear out the 
bowels or injure the action of the stomach. Our 
Household Sanitary Cathartic fills the bill as nothing 
else can do. They should be used with regularity 
for relieving the stomach and bowels and securing 
full healthy movements which are indicative of 
sanitary conditions. Full directions on each label. Household Pile Cure* 
A Positive Cure for Piles. 
A Common Complaint. - Piles or hemorrhoids 
are common in every household. The symptoms 
vary from uneasiness and irritation in the rectum, 
accompanied by itching and tenderness, to the more 
violent symptoms of pain, hemorrhage and constant 
aching misery. Piles are little round, redish tumors 
which form either at the margin of the anus or 
wholly within the rectum. Our Household Pile 
Cure used at the very beginning of the attack will 
usually cure the piles in from twenty-four to thirty- 
six hours. When the disease is of several weeks' 
standing, more thorough treatment is needed. The 
external parts should be bathed twice per day with 
water as hot as can be borne, also syringe out the 
rectum with a pint of hot water in which one of our 
Antiseptic Germicide Tablets is dissolved. Follow 
this plan each night before retiring, after which use 
Household Pile Cure as directed on the label, repeat- 
ing the same treatment in the morning. It is im- 
portant to regulate the bowels, for which purpose 
our Tonic Laxative Pills should invariably be used. 
Do not make the mistake of employing an active 
cathartic or purgative, but follow the advice in 
every particular as given. If you do not derive 
prompt and successful results from the use of this 
remedy consult one of our physicians. 
Prevention. - Plethoric persons or those who are 
subject to an attack of the piles, should not use 
upholstered chairs for office or lounging purposes, 
as the heat of the body when confined relaxes the 
rectal tissues. A cane-seated chair or an air-cushion 
is a preventative and the best seat for a person sub- 
ject to hemorrhoids. Household Headache Tablets. 
A Quick, Safe, Sure and Reliable 
Headache Cure. 
To find a person who has never had a headache 
would be difficult. To find a headache that our 
Household Headache Tablets cannot cure would be 
even more difficult. They are always a success and 
quickly cure any and all forms of sick and depressing 
headaches. They do their work thoroughly, are 
positive in their action and succeed even where other 
remedies have failed. Headaches come to the old 
as well as the young; to the strong as well as the 
weak. They may be periodical or only occasionally 
experienced. They may result from stomach, eye, 
heart, liver, kidney or other troubles, or they may 
be purely of a nervous character. No matter what 
the cause may be, our Household Headache Tablets 
are sure to give full and complete satisfaction (full 
directions on each bottle). After the headache has 
ceased remove the cause. 
Headaches are but Nature's warnings of some 
more deep-seated trouble. If they arise from bil- 
iousness, take our Lazy Liver Pills; if from stomach 
troubles, take our Household Dpsyepsia Tablets; 
if from poor circulation, take our Perfect Circula- 
tion Tonic; if from anaemia, use our Red Blood 
Makers; if from nervousness, use our Nerve Tonic 
Pills; if from female troubles, use our Female Health 
Pills. If in doubt regarding the cause consult one 
of our physicians. 
DIRECTIONS. - When the pulse is strong and the face 
flushed take one Headache Tablet, crush it with the teeth be 
fore swallowing; take another in twenty minutes if necessary, 
When the face is pale and the pulse weak take one Feel- 
Fine Tablet; crush the tablet with the teeth before swallow- 
ing it and repeat the dose in twenty minutes if necessary Household Kidney Pills. 
A Scientific, Sanitary Remedy for Kidney and 
Bladder Troubles. 
Positive Cure. - This remedy is usually a positive 
cure for sick kidneys and all bladder troubles. It 
imparts its tonic, healing and curative properties, 
giving renewed activity and life to these important 
organs of the body. While kidney trouble is not 
dangerous at first, the disease advances quickly 
and is soon in the chronic or advanced stages which 
is not only serious, but in a large percentage of 
cases, unless proper medicine is used, fatal. 
Kidney Troubles. - Diseases of the kidneys are 
noted by the condition and appearance of the urine. 
The quantity may be increased or diminished. It 
may be highly colored or pale, thick and milky, 
depositing a sediment like brick dust. It may scald 
the passage and there may be pains in the back and 
loins, with puffiness about the face or limbs. The 
desire to pass urine may be urgent and attended 
with pain. Headaches are common, together with 
depression of spirits and blood poisoning from reten- 
tion in the system of uric acid. Household Kidney 
Pills when used as directed will restore the kidneys 
to a healthy and normal condition. Watch the 
urine and if you find anything wrong, begin at once 
a course of treatment with these splendid pills. 
Consult one of our physicians and he will give you 
instructions in regard to diet as well as other im- 
portant matters. 
Nephritis. - When inflammation of the kidneys 
becomes chronic it is known as Bright's disease. 
Treatment should not be delayed. The right rem- 
edy should be used at the very beginning of the 
sickness. Our Household Kidney Pills are a mar- 
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the nervous and muscular energies, giving new life 
and new vigor to the organs of secretion and by 
virtue of their restorative tonic action, Nature is 
soon enabled to repair the damage. 
Cystitis. - This consists of inflammation of the 
bladder manifested by frequent desire to pass water 
and sharp burning pains at the neck of the bladder. 
The urine may contain mucus, or blood, and be of a 
cloudy appearance. Our Household Kidney Pills 
for bladder troubles can be positively relied upon. 
They secure prompt results and will cure any and 
all conditions of this nature. 
Catarrh of the Bladder.-Many people are affected 
with catarrh of the bladder resulting from previous 
attacks of inflammation. It may or may not be 
preceded by acute trouble, but may gradually 
develop, there being painful and scalding sensations 
in passing the urine, in which will be found a heavy 
sediment of mucus, pus and other abnormal mater- 
ials. In the treatment of catarrh of the bladder 
there is no remedy that will give better satisfaction. 
Incontinence of the Urine is much more common 
in children than in adults. This weakness is due to 
a laxity of the muscles about the bladder, and is 
more properly a muscle habit than a disease. Cen- 
suring the child without giving the matter proper 
attention may lead to serious illness. Our House- 
hold Kidney Pills taken according to directions are 
a specific for this trouble. 
Gravel. - This trouble is caused by the formation 
in the kidneys or the bladder of little stones or con- 
cretions which often grow to a large size and give 
rise to great annoyance unless properly treated. 
When the urine is found to contain brick dust or 
other gritty particles, it is a sure sign that the kid- 
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to restore them to normal activity. When a gravel 
trouble has become well established, seek the advice 
of one of our physicians, whose wise counsel and 
direction will often enable you to more quickly 
overcome and conquer the disease. 
Dropsy. - As a result of chronic kidney trouble 
the face and limbs are apt to become swollen and 
painful. If of long standing there may be pain on 
pressure about the limbs and feet. It is wise to 
examine the urine when anything of this kind is 
noticed. If you find it frothy and discolored, con- 
taining mucus and sediment, you can be sure that 
the disease has advanced to its second stage and 
that our Household Kidney Pills should be persist- 
ently used. Dropsy means that the watery ele- 
ments are being retained, that the blood pressure is 
abnormal, that the kidneys are so deranged that 
they are unable to take out of the system the pois- 
onous elements they should. In these cases our 
Household Kidney Pills give such perfect satisfaction 
that we want every sufferer to give them a trial, 
knowing that they will always be found efficient and 
reliable. 
Diabetes. - Diabetes is a kidney trouble usually 
accompanied by a great thirst and sometimes fever. 
Large quantities of urine are passed which often 
contains sugar in large quantity. To cure this form 
of kidney trouble is difficult, but can always be 
accomplished by taking the trouble in time. Our 
physicians will give all needed advice free. 
How to Get Well. -If you want to get well and 
stay well you must make the kidneys well. The 
kidneys are the most important organs in the body; 
they do the most work and as a consequence get 
out of order quickest. 
You cannot run a great piece of machinery with- HOUSEHOLD KIDNEY PILLS. 
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out attention of some kind. Neither can you expect 
to have good health if you fail to look after your 
kidney machinery. The blood passes through the 
kidneys thousands of times a day, as often as through 
the heart, and this is going on every minute of our 
lives. People make more work for the kidneys by 
worrying, from taking cold, over-eating, over-drink- 
ing, dissipation, etc. 
If the kidneys are well they filter just so much 
blood, but if they are sick or weak from any cause 
they leave the poison in the blood, and this poison 
poisons the entire system. When you consider their 
great work and the ease with which they become 
deranged can you wonder at ill health and sickness? 
Can you wonder at the alarming increase and prev- 
alence of kidney trouble ? 
Analysis of Urine. - Many times it is absolutely 
necessary to analyze the urine in order to determine 
correctly the condition of the kidneys. Fill a half- 
pint bottle with the urine that is first passed in the 
morning and take it to one of our physicians who 
will subject it to the proper tests. Most people do 
not realize the seriousness of kidney troubles. Thous- 
ands die every year from some form of kidney 
trouble; which is the most prevalent of all diseases. 
Remember therefore that if you do not obtain 
prompt and successful results by the use of our 
Household Kidney Pills, you should consult one of 
our physicians, taking with you a sample of the morn- 
ing urine for analysis. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take from one to three pills night and 
morning and see that the food be carefully selected. Dis- 
appointment may follow the use of this remedy unless partic- 
ular care is given to this matter. The diet for ordinary 
kidney troubles would be inappropriate for diabetes or Bright's 
disease. It would be of great advantage when using these 
pills to see one of our physicians and obtain instructions in 
regard to diet. Blood and Skin Remedy. No. 1. 
Prevents the Formation of Pimpees, Boies, 
Beotches and Other Cutaneous 
Affections. 
Its Special Purpose. - This remedy is prepared 
for a special, definite, well-defined purpose. It is 
both a preventative and a positive cure for boils, 
pimples, blotches, shingles, red rash, eczema, herpes 
and all affections resulting from diseases of the skin. 
Acne. - The presence of pimples upon the skin 
means that something is wrong in the glands of the 
skin or that Nature is making an effort to remove 
impurities from the system through the skin. Our 
No. 1 Blood and Skin Remedy acts through the 
blood directly upon the circulation and glands of 
the skin. It cures by preventing the formation of 
pimples and blotches, thus making the skin soft, 
smooth and velvety. 
Boils. - This means an inflammation of a limited 
portion of the skin audits underlying tissues. It is 
very important to remove the cause, because boils 
are always an indication of something acting 
abnormally in the body. Our No. 1 Blood and Skin 
Remedy will in a remarkably short time remove 
completely the cause from the system and prevent 
as well as cure the conditions which produced the 
boil. If it has already become well-developed, apply 
a flaxseed poultice until it comes to a head after 
which it may be opened and the core extracted. 
Always take our No. 2 Blood and Skin Remedy to 
thoroughly purify the blood. Remember that no 
blood purifier can cure pimples if the cause is al- 
lowed to remain; this remedy prevents the forma- 
tion of new pimples while No. 2 is removing the 
cause and clearing out the debris. BLOOD AND SKIN REMEDIES. 
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Eczema. - This common affection is known by 
different names such as salt rheum and tetter. It 
consists of the presence of eruptions and scabs upon 
the skin, accompanied by a severe itching and often 
by acute inflammation. At times there are blisters 
and little inflammatory points characteristic of the 
disease. No effort is too great which will thoroughly 
eradicate eczema from the system. Our No. 1 Blood 
and Skin Remedy may be used with positive assur- 
ance of satisfaction, and in connection with the same 
our No. 2 Blood and Skin Remedy should be used 
to purify and cleanse the blood; if the itching and 
irritation is pronounced, our Household Salve should 
be used as a means of quick relief. 
Herpes Zoster or Shingles.-This disease in which 
a zone or girdle of inflamed blisters form over a 
cutaneous nerve, is fortunately not common. It 
may persist for months but is fully cured and fur- 
ther trouble prevented by taking our No. 1 Blood 
and Skin Remedy and by applying to the eruptions 
several times daily a lotion containing one ounce of 
borax dissolved in one-half pint of water. Sufferers 
should also use our No. 2 Blood and Skin Remedy 
internally to thoroughly purify the blood and eradi- 
cate the disease from the system. Our Blood and 
Skin Remedies always remove the cause of dandruff 
by purifying the blood, also blotches, scaly diseases 
and other affections of the skin are cured by the 
same treatment. The dose of this remedy is one or 
two pills; to be taken before each meal. 
If you have any disease of the skin or of the blood 
which shows itself by an eruption on the skin, you 
should do everything in your power to have it cured 
as soon as possible because people who do not know 
you thoroughly may think that you are suffering 
from some bad disease. Blood and Skin Remedy* No* 2* 
Purifies the Blood and Clears the 
Complexion. 
What it Does. - It is the business of this remedy 
to purify the blood. It mixes in with the blood, 
abstracts impurities, enlivens the circulation, gives 
good color to the complexion and removes impure 
and worn-out materials. It thoroughly eradicates 
and clears from the blood the cause and effect of all 
unhealthfulness which cause pimples and eruptions. 
The Blood Must Be Kept Pure. - Where there 
is pure, rich blood, there is perfect nutrition and as 
a result good health. The idea of purifying the 
blood at certain intervals is an old and popular one. 
To maintain good health the blood must be rid of all 
effete matter, purified, cleansed and freed from im- 
purities of all kinds. Our No. 2 Blood and Skin 
Remedy is a superb agent to eliminate from the 
blood abnormal and poisonous elements. It clears 
the complexion and keeps the blood in good con- 
dition. 
Blood Purifying. - Almost everyone at times is 
a sufferer from an impure condition of the blood. 
General weakness without appreciable cause can 
usually be traced to an impure condition of the 
blood. People become tired, delicate and languid, 
suffering from constitutional weakness; they pre- 
sent an unhealthy skin or the glands of the skin are 
swollen and tender. In such cases this remedy acts 
with certainty and precision, aiding Nature to restore 
the blood to a healthy condition. Understand that 
in treating blood troubles it is important to use our 
No. 1 and No. 2 Blood and Skin Remedies at the 
same time; No. 1 prevents new trouble, and No. 2 
clears out all poisonous matter from the blood. BLOOD AND SKIN REMEDIES. 
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Scrofula or King's Evil. - In certain families 
this disease is hereditary. When once established 
it may descend to children and grandchildren even 
under favorable circumstances. It is shown by 
sore eyes, sore throat, sore nose, swollen glands and 
ulcers in the neck, groins and other parts, by dis- 
ease of the bones of the arms or legs. Its treatment 
must be thorough. Warm clothing, nourishing 
food, out-of door exercise and our No. 2 Blood and 
Skin Remedy are absolutely necessary. To prevent 
the development of eruptions, ulcers and other dis- 
figuring growths upon the skin, it is also equally 
important to use at the same time our No. 1 Blood 
and Skin Remedy, the great preventative. 
No. I and No. 2 cures all blood and skin diseases 
by purifying the blood and thoroughly eradicating 
all poisons and poisonous germs from all parts of the 
body. They immediately tone up the liver and 
kidneys to a healthy, active, vigorous condition, and 
maintain them in that splendid condition, so they 
can and do filter all poisonous matter from the bloodas 
it passes through them. They enrich and increase 
the fluidity of the blood by forwarding its decarbon- 
ization, and keeping its albuminous materials in 
perfect solution. Stimulation of the lymphatic 
glands is promoted by these remedies, thus eradicat- 
ing all abnormal secretions of the body, and pre- 
venting their poisonous matter from further infect- 
ing and deteriorating the blood. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take one or two of these pills after 
each meal. Frequent baths are very important to keep the 
pores of the skin open. The kidneys should be also watched 
and if at all deranged our Household Kidney Pills should be 
taken to restore these organs to healthy action. If the bowels 
are constipated our Tonic Laxative Pills should be used 
daily as directed. By following these directions and taking 
one or two No. 1 Pills before each meal an impure or scrofu- 
lous condition of the blood can always be fully removed. Red Blood Makers. 
For Pale, Anemic People, Giving Them Vital- 
ity, Health, Strength and Energy, also 
A Fine Healthy Color. 
Well Named. - Red Blood Makers are exactly 
what the name says they are. They are real blood 
makers. They are made for one purpose only and 
that is to increase the quantity and quality of the 
blood. They are designed to give color, vigor and 
vitality to pale people. These splendid pills are 
prepared from the purest ingredients obtainable and 
the peculiar combination used has been found by 
experience to meet the requirements of people who 
need new, rich-red-blood. 
Action on the Blood. - This remedy enriches and 
increases the ruddiness and fluidity of the blood by 
purifying it and forwarding its decarbonization, at 
the same time keeping the albuminous materials 
in solution, preventing arrest in the circulation, 
which often causes sudden death. Good blood and 
sound muscles are synonymous. The action of Red 
Blood Makers on the muscular system consists in 
rendering the contraction of the muscles more ener- 
getic, thus liberating more heat and electricity, 
which are the two greatest physical factors of life. 
Pale Children. - Young children often become 
pale and their blood thin. They are as tired in the 
morning as at night. Sometimes their nights are 
sleepless, their nerves are on edge, and they are con- 
stantly on the move, with a restless uneasy disposi- 
tion. Parents often make the mistake of keeping 
them on the go, when they should realize that it is 
the blood that is crying for help. Its richness is 
impaired, its life-giving elements are deficient; then 
Red Blood Makers should be taken after each meal. RBD BLOOD MAKERS. 
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Young People. - You will frequently find young 
men and women breaking down at school or unable 
to hold their own in business and social life. They 
seem to be losing their natural youthful vigor and 
vim. Has it ever occurred to you that the blood 
needs enriching to give their cheeks color, to bring 
back that freshness and vigor of health which should 
be possessed by every young person ? Let your boy 
or girl take Red Blood Makers at their meals. They 
should take one or two every time they come to the 
table. In a month's time you will be surprised and 
gratified at the change. That vivacity, freshness 
and roundness of development will all return. 
For All Classes. - If people of all ages, who have 
become thin and anaemic, whose energies and capaci- 
ties have seemingly reached their climax and who 
are now apparently going backward, could see them- 
selves as others see them, they would realize that 
they need more and richer blood. When it does not 
possess that life-giving strength and healthful rich- 
ness it must have in order to enable them to regain 
health and again feel that life is worth living, they 
should take Red Blood Makers. 
Good Advice.-Red Blood Makers are invaluable. 
They are different from anything of the kind ever 
before made. They were not made for one pur- 
pose, and then applied by accident to another. 
They are made to enrich and replenish the blood. 
They are prepared for the needs of those who are 
pale and run-down, whose color has left their 
cheeks and whose strength and physical energies 
are on the down grade. They give back to the 
blood that which it has lost - its health and 
strength-giving qualities. Use Red Blood Makers 
for a month and you will see and know the 
difference. Full directions given on every package. Rheumatism and Neuralgia 
Tablets. 
Relieves Pain and Neutralizes Uric Acid, 
Preventing Enlargement oe the Joints. 
Its Mission. - It is the business of our Rheu- 
matism and Neuralgia Tablets, first to relieve pain, 
second to conquer inflammation, third to remove 
from the system the cause and effects of the disease. 
These results can always be secured by the perse- 
vering use of these splendid tablets. 
Rheumatism and Neuralgia. - Rheumatism is a 
disease characterized by pain and stiffness in one or 
more joints or muscles of the body. Motion is pain- 
ful and often attended with a grating sensation in 
the affected joints, in time the joints may become 
stiff and ankylosed. Neuralgia is characterized by 
intermittent pain in the nerves and in their area of 
distribution and is due to a morbid affection of the 
nerves or their spinal or cerebral centers. 
Articular Rheumatism. - This affection usually 
commences suddenly and without warning, with 
pain and soreness in the joints. Then follows ten- 
derness, heat, swelling and redness of the skin. The 
distress varies in different people and is increased 
usually by any movement of the affected parts. 
The joints may be swollen especially in the knee, 
ankle, wrist, elbow, and the smaller joints of the 
hands and feet. Fever may be present and profuse 
acid perspiration. 
Muscular Rheumatism. - This may be either 
acute or chronic, not as violent as articular 
rheumatism but pitiless in its hold on the system. 
When acute there is a dull pain in the muscles, grad- RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA. 
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ually increasing and growing more violent. It is 
seldom accompanied by fever and the duration of 
the attack may vary from a week to a lifetime. 
Lumbago. - This painful affection attacks the 
muscles of the back and sides, which become sore 
and stiff, every movement causing pain and suffer- 
ing. It is usually the result of sudden changes of 
the weather, sitting in a cold draft, sleeping between 
damp sheets or sitting in a damp room taking cold. 
How to Cure Rheumatism. - Our Rheumatism 
and Neuralgia Tablets invariably cure even cases 
of long standing. The ordinary treatments fail 
because they weaken digestion, irritate the lining 
membrane of the stomach and impair instead of 
building up the system. Our remedy, however, is 
a powerful purifier and soon brings about a complete 
and radical change in the system. It is easily 
assimilated and neutralizes the acid secretions, ren- 
dering them harmless and speedily eliminating 
them from the system. Under its influence the thin 
acid blood is made pure and rich, and as it is carried 
through the body it nourishes and soothes the 
nerves, cools the hot throbbing muscles, dissolves 
the hard earthy matter that has collected in the 
joints and forces the same out of the system. The 
cures with this remedy are permanent and lasting. 
It leaves the blood in perfect working order and 
its occasional use keeps it so and the cure is there- 
fore sure and certain. 
Rheumatic sufferers should not lose hope, should 
not get discouraged, even though the case be of the 
chronic kind and of long standing. These tablets 
may be said to make a specialty of obstinate, chronic 
cases which have defied the efforts of doctors for 
years, and have been more successful as a specialist 
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RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA. 
Neuralgia. - This means nerve pain, that is the 
pain seems to be placed in a nerve, when its cause 
is usually at the nerve center or in the blood and 
general system. Inflammation of the nerve sheath 
may give rise to it but not inflammation of other 
parts. Neuralgia may occur in any part of the body 
and the pain may be dull and aching or sharp and 
throbbing. People who are subject to attacks of 
neuralgia should always take a thorough course of 
our Rheumatism and Neuralgia Tablets. If these 
attacks are persistent it will be usually found that 
the system is deficient in good, rich, red blood, in 
which event our Red Blood Makers should also be 
taken perseveringly at the same time. 
Sciatica. - This means pain affecting the sciatic 
nerve which lies along the back of the hip, thigh 
and leg. Tenderness on pressure often accompanies 
the pain, which is generally sharp, shooting and 
darting in character. Even though sciatica has 
resisted other treatments it can always be removed 
by the daily use of our Rheumatism and Neuralgia 
Tablets, taken with regularity at meal times. The 
sufferer from sciatica should always bear in mind 
that to obtain a positive cure the condition of the 
blood must be improved, and there is no remedy for 
that purpose which can take the place of our Red 
Blood Makers. 
Complications and How to Treat Them. - Per- 
sistent rheumatism depends largely upon the pres- 
ence of an excess of uric acid in the system owing to 
defective action of the kidneys. For this compli- 
cation our Household Kidney Pills should invariably 
be used in connection with our Rheumatism and 
Neuralgia Tablets. Another complication involves 
the heart, which is liable to become weakened and 
diseased because of the damaging presence of impur- RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA. 
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ities in the system. Sufferers who experience pain 
about the heart, palpitation or a sense of oppression 
in that locality will usually find relief from our 
Circulation Tonic; if not consult one of our physi- 
cians. Another complication is the formation 
of concretions about the joints and tendons, show- 
ing a gouty condition of the system and that it is 
necessary to carefully regulate the diet so as to avoid 
the use of foods which have a tendency to aggra- 
vate the symptoms. Our physicians will give the 
needed advice in regard to these matters entirely 
free of charge. 
Local Treatment. - Whether the pain is acute 
or dull, whether it is a result of rheumatism, neu- 
ralgia or lumbago, our friends will always find it of 
special advantage to bathe the affected parts thor- 
oughly several times each day with our Household 
Liniment or our Household Pain Cure. At the 
same time they should saturate a bandage or a clean 
cloth with the same and apply it directly to the 
affected part. It will give quick relief if applied as 
hot as can be borne. It should be quickly covered 
up to prevent evaporation and to favor the prompt 
absorption of the medicine. 
Every Sufferer who follows the directions for 
treatment given in these pages, will not only obtain 
temporary relief but a full and lasting cure. This 
treatment has cured more obstinate and pronounced 
hopeless cases than any other method or treatment 
of which we have knowledge. Although many 
people, owing to failures, have grown to expect 
only temporary relief, they should know there is 
no reason why they cannot be entirely and perma- 
nently restored to health. We speak from positive 
knowledge and experience. Full directions for tak- 
ing the tablets is on every bottle containing them. Household Tonic Pills. 
A Good Tonic for Everybody. 
For the General Health. - In this remedy we 
have provided a general reconstructive tonic for 
the whole body. It acts upon the general system 
as well as upon the vital organs. It is a splendid 
remedy for loss of health and strength without any 
well-defined disease being present. Weakness and 
depression of the general health without appreciable 
cause is usually the result of overwork or some ener- 
vating influence upon the system which reduces the 
vital forces so that they lose their accustomed vigor 
and energy. They always cure just such conditions, 
restoring active vigorous health. 
General Debility. - People who have a general 
feeling of weakness and are lacking in energy, or 
experience a worn-out feeling from the least exer- 
tion, have dizziness in the head, weakness in the 
back and depression of spirits, should use this splen- 
did remedy to tone up the system and establish 
conditions of general harmonious activity. They 
should also take plenty of exercise, get out in the 
open air - in the sunshine - and eat plenty of 
nourishing food. 
A Popular Remedy. - Household Tonic Pills are 
very popular. There is a reason. It is because 
they correct the appetite, aid digestion, strengthen 
the heart, enrich the blood and impart renewed vital- 
ity to every organ. This remedy restores vigor and 
strength to those who suffer from any form of pros- 
tration or general debility. It cures that worn- 
out, all gone, tired feeling following the slightest 
exertion. It produces a fresh, healthy glow in 
bloodless people and is the most efficient aid to 
recovery after long spells of illness or where the 
system is broken down and needs building up. HOUSEHOLD TONIC TILLS. 
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For Complications.-If general debility and weak- 
ness are complicated by a disordered stomach, give 
careful attention to diet and take our Household 
Dyspepsia Tablets in connection with our Household 
Tonic Pills. If depression of spirits is complicated 
by a bilious condition, use our Lazy Liver Pills, 
following the directions advised for such cases and 
use at the same time this splendid tonic. Bear in 
mind that there are many conditions of the system 
that require the use of more than one remedy. 
Household Tonic Pills will supplement the action 
of any of the various remedies described in this 
book. They are good for everybody, for children 
asj well as young people, for adults as well as older 
people. They strengthen and tone up the various 
organs of the body, renewing vitality and energy. 
Supporting Help. - Household Tonic Pills can 
be used with great advantage by people who suffer 
with rheumatism, neuralgia, bronchial troubles, 
kidney diseases, and whose systems are depressed 
and exhausted as a result of close confinement, long 
hours of labor or unusual strain upon the vital 
forces. These pills are used with great benefit along 
with our Red Blood Makers by pale anaemic people 
whose blood needs enriching and vitalizing. They 
are wonderfully successful in removing from the 
system the cause and effects of malaria, their tonic 
and invigorating influence being quickly shown by 
a return of strength, increase of vitality, and an im- 
proved condition of the general health. People 
who are afflicted with catarrh should also use our 
Household Tonic Pills in connection with our House- 
hold Catarrh Cure to secure its upbuilding and 
strengthening effect. They have a splendid tonic 
and supporting influence upon the functions of the 
stomach, liver, bowels, and all organs of nutrition. 136 
HOUSEHOLD TONIC PILLS. 
For Invalids. - A good tonic for convalescents 
and invalids is often of great importance and an 
actual necessity. In order to restore the patient 
to health, the organs of digestion and nutrition must 
be coaxed into harmonious action and not driven. 
Our Household Tonic Pills will give the invalid new 
strength and energy. They are strictly scientific 
in composition, and may be taken by the most deli- 
cate invalid with safety and absolute certainty of 
being benefited. As a reconstructive tonic and 
body builder they supply the system with those 
elements which put new life into flabby muscles, 
which give courage and energy to the mind, restor- 
ing the glow of health to pale and faded cheeks. 
Danger of Neglect. - There is always danger in 
neglect after a severe illness. Failure to become 
strong may mean a relapse. Failure to fully 
recover may mean a return to days of anxiety. 
Do not neglect the health. Bear in mind that our 
Household Tonic Pills infuse new life and new energy 
into weakened, debilitated and broken-down bodies. 
They are prepared for just such cases as require a 
general tonic or supporting medicine. By their 
use the appetite is regained, digestion improved, 
nutrition promoted, and healthful sleep enjoyed. 
Whenever you have a feeling of weakness at the 
stomach, with poor appetite, and are subject to 
distressing headaches and disturbance of the normal 
functions of the liver and bowels, a few weeks' use 
of this remedy, will usually bring about a wonderful 
change. Do not neglect the first symptoms. Many 
become completely prostrated, paralyzed or insane 
by not realizing that the nervousness, gloom, loss 
of memory, weakness and depression show an ex- 
hausted condition which may result in absolute 
prostration of all brain, nerve and physical powers. HOUSEHOLD TONIC PILLS. 
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For Children. - These splendid pills are an ideal 
tonic for young people and children. They always 
cure nervous excitement, restlessness and irrita- 
bility. They calm a feverish and excited brain, 
producing no ill effects but act in a natural way, 
affording tonic and supporting help at all times. 
Children often need a strengthening and supporting 
tonic to fortify the system and ward off the danger 
of sudden colds and catarrhal troubles. When the 
system becomes debilitated, run down or weakened 
by overwork and study, disease then more readily 
gains entrance. Our Household Tonic Pills will 
tone up the whole system. Parents should watch 
their children and if they find their health impaired, 
sleep unrefreshing, appetite poor and vitality at a 
low ebb, they should promptly resort to treatment 
that will quickly restore health and strength. Do 
not wait until your children are sick. Delay may 
mean serious illness. Do not wait until disease 
has gained entrance. These pills are a wonderful 
strengthening tonic when the system is generally 
run down and in need of new vigor and new strength. 
Lack of Tone. - Do you know what this means? 
Simply that your general system lacks vigor and 
your vital organs are starving for want of proper 
nourishment. You are weak, tired and exhausted; 
you have no life or ambition; the slightest annoy- 
ance irritates you. You are cross, blue, discour- 
aged and melancholy. You are apt to have pains 
and aches in different parts of the body or head and 
a general dispirited feeling all over. Household 
Tonic Pills contain the precise ingredients needed 
in a system suffering from lack of tone. They are 
really food for a starving or run down vital system. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take one or two pills immediately after 
each meal. Continue taking this remedy until thoroughly 
toned up and restored to health. Household Pain Cure. 
An Internal and External Remedy for the 
Instant Relief of Pain. 
Ready Relief. - This magical remedy is a simple, 
certain and safe antidote for pain and suffering in 
any part of the body. It is so rapid and positive 
in its action that we know of hundreds of cases where 
it cured before the doctor arrived. 
The First Step. - Our first thought is how to get 
rid of pain. There are many drugs that will tem- 
porarily relieve pain by dulling the senses and par- 
alyzing the mental faculties, but they are usually far 
worse and more dangerous than the pain itself. The 
true method is to take our Household Pain Cure 
internally and apply the same locally as a liniment, 
at the very beginning of the attack. It is safe to 
use, instant in its action and thorough in its effect. 
No matter where the pain may be, whether it is 
sharp or dull, agonizing or aching, the same, quick, 
effective results follow its use. 
Stomach Troubles. - Cramps, pains, spasms, 
aches and sickness at the stomach are quickly cured 
by this remedy. Five to ten drops diluted in sweet- 
ened water, taken each fifteen minutes gives prompt 
results. It is as good for the old as for the young, 
for children as well as adults. 
Chills and Fever.- Bronchitis, la grippe or pneu- 
monia may be threatened. Prompt action is needed. 
Our Household Pain Cure should be taken internally 
each twenty minutes, and applied hot to the lungs 
until free perspiration follows, after which the inter- 
vals may be lengthened until the system fully re- 
covers. When the system is shocked in any way, 
a few doses will rapidly overcome the depression 
and secure the return of normal conditions. HOUSEHOLD PAIN CURE. 
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Sore Throat.-This may indicate the beginning of 
influenza, diphtheria, tonsilitis or quinsy. It can 
be promptly broken up and cured by the use of this 
splendid remedy. When threatened with these 
troubles use Pain Cure both internally and locally. 
Bowel Troubles.-Indigestion, summer complaint, 
cholera morbus, flatulency, bloating of the bowels and 
colicky pain yield almost immediately to this magical 
remedy. It will in a few minutes stop the irritation 
and pain, expel the poisonous gases and brace up the 
weakened system. 
Tender Feet. - Corns, bunions, scalding of the 
feet, aching and tenderness are always benefited 
by the application of our Household Pain Cure 
to the affected part. Rub the feet thoroughly with 
the remedy and at night wet a bandage with the 
same and bind it securely on the affected parts. 
The same treatment quickly cures bites, stings, 
sprains, neuralgia and inflammatory swellings. 
Household Pain Cure.-This remedy is used 
internally for colds, coughs, dyspepsia, heartburn, 
indigestion, cramp and pain in the stomach, sick 
headache, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, painter's colic, 
cholera morbus, cholera infantum, sore throat, croup, 
hoarseness, diphtheria, neuralgia, rheumatism and 
suppression of the menses. 
Externally for bruises, headache, rheumatism, 
neuralgia, toothache, earache, bites of insects, bee 
stings, pain in the back or limbs, caked breasts, 
sprains, cuts, frost bites, chilblains, etc. 
DIRECTIONS. - For external use, apply directly to the 
pain rubbing it in well with the hand or saturate a piece of 
flannel with the remedy and place it over the affected parts. 
For Internal Use. From five to thirty drops diluted in a 
little hot water and taken internally will in a remarkably 
short time stop the worst kind of internal pain, cramps, 
cholera morbus, spasms or stomach ache. Household Liniment 
For External Use Only. 
Household Liniment is regarded as the king of all 
liniments and the most aggressive foe to all kinds of 
pain, external inflammation and soreness. It is 
rapidly absorbed by the pores of the skin and in this 
way promptly reaches the seat of the disease and 
secures immediate results. 
For the Muscles. - Lameness and soreness of the 
muscles from over-use or injury yield promptly to 
our Household Liniment. Contraction of the 
muscles, numbness or weakness of the same are also 
quickly benefited. It restores suppleness, improves 
the circulation and gives perfect freedom of action 
without suffering. Rheumatic pains and aches in 
the shoulders and chest quickly disappear with a 
few applications. It also cures neuralgia. 
For the Joints. - This liniment has no equal for 
enlargement, stiffness, swelling and soreness in the 
joints and tendons. Bathe the affected parts in 
water as hot as you can bear it and then rub freely 
with the liniment. Apply a bandage wet with the 
liniment, over which put a dry one, repeating the 
treatment often and thoroughly, so as to insure the 
perfect action of the medicine. Understand that 
when applied to pain, stiffness or soreness, this lini- 
ment will remove it. 
For Lumbago. - Hundreds of people suffer with 
a lame, rheumatic back or lumbago, caused by catch- 
ing cold, over-lifting or straining the muscles. It is 
often very painful and apt to become chronic. Lum- 
bago yields promptly to the thorough employment of 
our Household Liniment. We want every sufferer 
to try it. It will remove the soreness and stiffness 
as if by magic. Full directions on every bottle. HOUSEHOLD LINIMENT. 
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For Sprains and Bruises. - For sprained ankles, 
wrists and fingers, as well as bruises, frostbites, chil- 
blains and injuries in any part of the body, House- 
hold Liniment is a positive cure. Applied thor- 
oughly to the affected parts it quickly restores the 
normal condition, taking away every particle of 
lameness and soreness and in a few days restores 
complete freedom of action and motion. 
Prevents Disease. - One ounce of prevention is 
better than a pound of cure as many ailments can 
be aborted if the right kind of a preventative is 
used in time. Household Liniment is a great rem- 
edy to prevent trouble. Applied over the stomach 
it will prevent and break up dyspepsia, colic or diar- 
rhoea ; applied to the chest and back it will break up 
a cold and prevent pneumonia, neuralgia rheum- 
atism, catarrh and consumption. 
For the Chest and Lungs. - Inflammation, bron- 
chial troubles and pneumonia can be checked and 
prevented by the use of our Household Liniment 
used at the very start. The chest and lungs should 
be rubbed thoroughly with this remedy. Apply as 
hot as can be borne all that the pores of the skin 
will absorb, then the chest should be wrapped up 
and carefully protected with flannels. Repeat this 
treatment each two or three hours until the soreness 
is fully removed and the breathing natural and easy. 
Never neglect to carry out these instructions when 
you have a severe cold or a sore throat. A stitch in 
time will often save alarming illness. 
Keep at it. -If one application does not give 
complete relief, use it again and again until com- 
plete success is secured. To cure muscular, bone 
and nerve pain and conquor disease, requires thor- 
oughness and the right remedy. Our Household 
Liniment is the right remedy and always succeeds. Household Salve. 
A Valuable Remedy for Diseases of the Skin. 
What it Does. - This remedy is good for any 
form of roughness, eruption or disease of the skin, 
such as eczema, pruritus, itching, pimples, sores, 
ring-worm, scalds, burns, tenderness, rawness, etc. 
It is composed of antiseptic and healing agents which 
are a specific for such troubles. It is soothing and 
healing in its effect and is used by old or young with 
the most positive success. For scalds or burns it 
quickly takes out inflammation, being a protection 
as well as a cure. For children it is so gentle in its 
action that mothers use it with perfect safety for 
chafing or scalding of the flesh, summer rash, 
prickly heat, tenderness of the feet and other child- 
hood troubles. It also quickly heals cuts and sores, 
and for frost-bites, sunburn, chapping of the hands, 
etc., it demonstrates its peculiar value. It keeps 
the skin soft and smooth, removes irritation and 
soreness and as a genuine household ointment and 
salve it always gives satisfaction. It is one of the 
best sellers in our cabinet and an article of daily use 
in many homes. Full directions for using will be 
found on each box of salve. Many cases of skin 
trouble are the result of some disorder of the stom- 
ach, bowels or the general system. If you have 
reason to suspect anything of this kind, you should 
promptly consult our physician. 
This remedy will be found all that is desired for 
dressing old sores and wounds that are obstinate 
and hard to heal. It is also a grand remedy for 
drawing the inflammation out of wounds, boils or 
any cut or sore in which colds or poisons have set 
up an irritation or inflamed condition. Household Colic and Cholera 
Tablets. 
A Safe, Sure and Reliable Remedy for 
Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, Summer 
Complaint, Dysentery, etc. 
For Diarrhoea. - The necessity for a reliable 
remedy for diarrhoea, ready for instant use, is rec- 
ognized in every family. This splendid preparation, 
when taken as directed, quickly checks diarrhoea, 
and is a positive cure for cholera morbus, dysentery 
and other bowel affections. 
Stimmer Complaint is cured by taking one tablet 
after each movement of the bowels until the diar- 
rhoea is entirely checked and fully controlled. For 
cholera morbus take one tablet each half hour until 
the alarming symptoms have passed. For cholera 
infantum call a physician immediately, but for the 
ordinary diarrhoea of children as well as adults these 
tablets are a positive cure. 
Dysentery is usually a painful affection accom- 
panied by diarrhoea, and the passage of slimy or 
bloody stools, but is quickly brought under control 
by the use of this remedy taken each half hour. 
Flush out the bowels with a quart or two of hot 
water after each movement and apply a hot cloth 
saturated with our Household Pain Cure or Lini- 
ment over the bowels. 
Colic and Cramps. - No matter what the cause, 
colic, cramps or diarrhoea may be immediately 
stopped by the use of these tablets. Take them 
with you whenever you go away from home; they 
will save hours and often days of prostration and 
suffering by using them at the right time, as per 
directions on the vial containing them. Castoria Soothing Syrup* 
For Infants, Children and Invalids. 
It is Popular. - In the home where there are 
children this is the most popular remedy in our 
cabinet. Its sales are enormous. As soon as people 
find out how good it is they use it freely and often. 
Full directions are given on each bottle. 
For Babies. - This remedy is indispensable for 
crying, colicky babies. It quickly relieves spasms 
and soothes pain. Babies are apt to scream, kick 
and squirm because the food ferments and the 
bowels become distended with gas. Unless taken 
in time the child is apt to have fever, diarrhoea, fits 
or convulsions. Castoria Soothing Syrup always 
acts gently and promptly and is a positive comfort 
and quick relief to tired little sufferers and a boon 
to weary mothers. 
For Children. - For children's ills this remedy is 
a matchless panacea. Children are apt to become 
constipated, suffer with bowel troubles, indigestion, 
loss of appetite and feverishness, resulting from an 
irritated condition of the bowels. Castoria Soothing 
Syrup is a blessing to children of any age. It gives 
full relief, cleans out the bowels and restores them 
to a healthy condition. 
For Invalids. - The effect of this remedy when 
used by invalids is a revelation. Such people are 
too delicate and too sensitive to employ a cathartic 
for the bowels but when this preparation is used as 
a laxative, they always find it acts gently but 
effectively. 
DIRECTIONS. - Dose for a child from 1 to 6 months old, 
10 to 25 drops; 6 to 12 months old, 30 to 60 drops; 1 to 5 
years old, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls; 5 to 15 years old, 2 to 3 tea- 
spoonfuls ; for adults give from 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls. Repeat 
in 2 hours and increase the dose if necessary. , Children's Cough and Croup 
Syrup. 
For Infants and Children. 
This Splendid Remedy is both pleasant to take 
and effective for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis 
and lung troubles in infants and young children. 
It gives immediate relief from that disagreeable 
hoarse cough so characteristic of croupous con- 
ditions. 
Its Sedative Action. - It quickly takes away the 
tickling sensation and sense of irritability in the 
throat. When the cough is barking and rasping, 
it quiets the sufferer and removes the alarming 
symptoms. 
Free from Objections. - It is dangerous to ad- 
minister any remedy to babies or young children 
which contains any opiate. This remedy is guaran- 
teed to be free from narcotics and parents may give 
the same to their little ones without fear of injury. 
Croupous Conditions. - For croupous conditions, 
often left behind after the subsidence of acute symp- 
toms, this remedy has no superior. It gives prompt 
results and without a moment's delay. Babies are 
apt to wake in the night with a harsh, rasping 
cough, which is quickly relieved by a few doses of 
this remedy. If the attack comes suddenly, follow 
the directions given on the bottle, but repeat the 
dose every half hour until the spasmodic cough 
ceases. 
Special Notice. The action of this remedy will 
be greatly assisted by giving our Castoria Soothing 
Syrup to the little one to insure the removal of 
irritating substances from the bowels. Full direc- 
tions are given on the label of each bottle. Children's Worm Tablets. 
A Prompt and Effective Remedy. 
How to Tell. - You know that a child has worms 
when it passes one or more from the bowels or throws 
one up from the stomach. You may reasonably 
expect worms when the appetite is irregular, the 
belly swollen, the complexion dark and sallow, when 
there is itching of the seat, grinding of the teeth, 
restlessness during sleep and picking at the nose. 
The Cure. - To drive out the worms, Children's 
Worm Tablets are a positive success. They make 
the worms sick, stupid and lifeless. Let the boy or 
girl take one to two tablets each six hours for two 
or three days, and each night before retiring give 
them one or two of our Tonic Laxative Pills or a 
dose of castor oil in the morning, which will invari- 
ably secure the expulsion of the worms and a thor- 
ough cleansing of the bowels. 
Cure the Debility. - If the child is nervous and 
run down it is evidence that the blood needs atten- 
tion. Our Red Blood Makers used in such a case 
will enrich and vitalize the blood and bring back 
to the cheeks the color of health and restore to the 
limbs the elasticity of youth. It is not enough to 
simply secure the expulsion of the worms, but the 
child should be built up and restored so that the 
worms can no longer find a favorable home. 
DIRECTIONS. - These worm tablets should be given to 
children night and morning on an empty stomach in the fol- 
lowing doses: Children under six years one tablet at each 
dose, six to nine years old from one to two tablets at each 
dose, nine to twelve years from three to four tablets at each 
dose, for children over twelve years from four to six tablets 
at each dose. This treatment should be kept up daily until 
all the worms have been removed. A dose of our Sanitary 
Cathartic Pills or castor oil should be given on each third day 
during treatment. Household Toilet Powder. 
An Antiseptic, Facial, Nursery, Toilet and 
Sick Room Medicated Powder for Infants, 
Children and Adults. 
A Toilet Necessity.-This splendid Antiseptic 
Toilet Powder is found in our cabinet because it is 
a necessity in every household. It is an efficient 
antiseptic and germicide, soothing, comforting and 
healing to an irritated, sensitive, tender skin. For 
sweating, sore and tender feet, this powder may be 
dusted in the stockings or shoes and the grateful 
comfort which will follow its use in this way will be 
quickly appreciated. Used upon the hands when 
chapped, tender or sore, it both cures and prevents 
the further extension of the irritation. Upon the 
face, neck and other exposed portions of the skin 
this splendid toilet powder is used always with posi- 
tive satisfaction. For chafing of the body from any 
cause this powder will quickly give relief, it is heal- 
ing, soothing and effective. If there is a raw surface 
anywhere it both protects and heals. After the 
bath it should be used as a dusting powder. For 
prickly heat in children it is quickly effective. For 
friction of the skin from rough clothing, or where 
the surfaces of the skin have become tender because 
of friction or sunburn, this splendid Antiseptic Toilet 
Powder will give great satisfaction and quick relief. 
Mothers will find it, for babies and young infants, a 
delightful powder in every way. It should always 
find a place in the nursery as well as upon the dresser. 
Household Antiseptic Toilet Powder will be found 
an effective and superior toilet powder for all pur- 
poses. Full directions for using will be found on 
each package. Antiseptic Germicide Tablets. 
A Scientific and Reliable Antiseptic Germicide 
For General Household Use. 
Nose and Throat. - For a cold in the head or a 
catarrhal condition of the mucous membrane of 
the nasal cavities, frontal sinuses and naso pharynx, 
spray the nasal cavities and throat with a solution 
made by dissolving one or two of the tablets in a 
pint of warm water. 
For a sore throat or inflammation of the pharynx, 
tonsils or larynx, and in all irritations or congestion 
of the bronchial tubes, spray the throat with a solu- 
tion of same strength as before described, and if 
possible, use our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment. 
For Women. - Ladies will find these tablets a 
grand remedy to use in preparing vaginal injections 
for toilet or medical purposes. One tablet dissolved 
in each pint of water will make a solution that should 
destroy disease germs wherever found. These tab- 
lets not alone destroy all germs in the water but the 
solution will kill all disease germs in the vagina 
when used for an injection. 
Every woman suffering from leucorrhoea, uterine 
catarrh, or from inflammation or ulceration of the 
female organs, has a vagina that is loaded with germs 
which should be destroyed and washed away by 
taking a vaginal injection, made by dissolving four 
of our Antiseptic Germicide Tablets in two quarts 
of water. See directions for "vaginal injections" 
and "to use a syringe properly," under heading 
hygienic treatment for women. 
This remedy is just what every woman needs to 
use when taking a vaginal injection. It destroys 
all germs, cleanses the organs thoroughly, quiets 
the nerves and promotes sweet and refreshing sleep. ANTISEPTIC GERMICIDE TABLETS. 
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Wounds and Bruises. - For wounds, cuts, old 
sores, bruises, and all skin diseases, or in any case 
where an antiseptic wash is required, two of our 
Antiseptic Germicide Tablets dissolved in one 
quart of boiling water and allowed to cool, then 
filtered through swan's down filter paper or strained 
through two thicknesses of fine cotton cloth, makes 
an antiseptic wash which has no superior for these 
purposes. It can be applied to the wound with an 
atomizer as a spray, or with a sponge or soft cloth. 
Antiseptic Tonic Baths.-Bathing to most people 
is very healthful, but to some, ordinary plain water 
baths are debilitating, and in a few instances posi- 
tively injurious; but medicated baths are different, 
they can always be taken with beneficial effects and 
are healthful to every one. You can demonstrate 
this by trying one after the following formla. 
A splendid, antiseptic, medicated, tonic bath can 
be prepared as follows: Fill your bath-tub two- 
thirds full of water about blood heat, that is so that 
it will neither feel hot or cold when entering it, then 
take four of our Antiseptic Germicide Tablets, four 
of our Perfect Circulation Tonic Tablets and one 
pint or one pound of any kind of salt and dissolve 
them all in the water; then add one tablespoonful 
of tincture of benzoin. This will give you an anti- 
septic, medicated, tonic bath, equal to the best you 
can procure at any bathing establishment in the 
world. Try one and enjoy its invigorating and 
new life-giving properties. 
DIRECTIONS. - A convenient way to use our Antiseptic 
Germicide Tablets is to dissolve 32 of the tablets in one pint 
of hot water, then bottle for use; each tablespoonful of the 
solution will represent one tablet, and many times it might 
be more convenient to add one tablespoonful of this solution 
to each pint of water than it would be to wait for the tablets 
to dissolve every time an antiseptic solution is needed. Oriental Invigorants. 
A Quick, Safe;, Sure; and Reliable; Invigorating 
Stimulant For Me;n and Womejn. 
Times and Times. - There are times in every 
married person's life when a quick acting, harmless 
stimulant or bracer is desirable to save them from 
annoyance and humiliation. At such times most 
men and women resort to wine or some other intoxi- 
cating stimulant, which will usually do the work; 
but always leaves some bad after-effect and many 
times leads to a life of intemperance and dissipation 
which finally ends in a drunkard's grave. 
Oriental Invigorants. - This oriental remedy is 
an ideal substitute for intoxicating stimulants and 
much less injurious. In many people it will pro- 
duce as much stimulation and exhilaration as cham- 
pagne, whiskey or brandy; but there is no intoxica- 
tion, reaction or bad after-effects. It does not 
contain any alcohol, opium (morphine), cocaine 
(coca), chloral, or other deleterious poisons. 
Oriental Invigorants are a quick acting, harmless, 
invigorating stimulant to the heart, brain, spinal 
cord and entire nervous system, hence quickly affect- 
ing the genital organs. You get the effects of the 
first tablet in about five minutes after taking, and 
from then on the exhilaration increases for an 
hour or more. 
Intoxicating liquors stimulate the heart, nervous 
system and that part of the brain which governs the 
animal passions; but, remember, in accomplishing 
this they paralyze or befuddle the mental part of 
the brain and spinal cord, which causes that wild 
incoherent talk and staggering gait of intoxicated 
persons. Alcohol rapidly exhausts the nerve centres, 
which usually leads to delirium and death. ORIENTAL INVIGORANTS. 
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Remember that Oriental invigorants will do all 
the good work which can be done by spirituous 
liquors without any of their bad effects; instead of 
paralyzing the mental part of the brain and spinal 
cord, as do intoxicants, they have a good invigorating 
effect upon them, the same as they do upon the other 
organs and they never befuddle or intoxicate anyone. 
They will cure the blues and remove that tired feel- 
ing in five minutes, making you feel fine and lively, 
as if you owned the whole earth. 
Drink or Drug Habit. - Oriental Invigorants will 
cure the liquor, tobacco, or any drug habit. If you 
wish to give up drinking liquor, using tobacco, 
opium, morphine, cocaine or other drugs, take this 
remedy which will assist you so that you can give 
up the habit easily. 
Good for the Old Folks. - Oriental Invigorants 
are an ideal stimulant, a revelation and blessing to 
old people; one or two taken in the morning and at 
noon time should make them feel fine all day and 
keep them in excellent condition to attend to their 
daily duties and prevent their getting tired or weary, 
taking cold, or contracting fevers. 
Men and Women. - Remember that Oriental 
Invigorants will in most cases prove to be a quick, 
safe, sure, reliable, never-failing, delightfully pleas- 
ing and invigorating stimulant. They are absolutely 
harmless when taken as directed and should make 
you feel immense while under their influence. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take from one to three tablets when 
required; always crush the tablets with the teeth before swal- 
lowing or let them dissolve in the mouth. You should feel 
their good effects within ten minutes, which should reach its 
height within one hour and pass away within four hours. 
Caution. - Commence by taking one tablet; but the dose 
may be cautiously increased to three if necessary. Do not 
take more than three tablets at one dose, nor more than nine 
in one day. Diseases of Women. 
Nervous Exhaustion, Leucorrhcea, and 
other Female Weaknesses. 
Female Weaknesses. - What an array of evils 
are marshalled under these comprehensive terms; 
what menaces to health, happiness, and even life 
lurk within them. How few women escape their 
insidious and fatal effects. Of all the evils that beset 
our American women, it is safe to assert that these 
afflictions are most to be feared, because the most 
far-reaching in their effects. These are facts, and 
not bare assertions, and can be borne out by every- 
day experience. 
The ailments classed under the heading of female 
weaknesses cause more unhappiness and misery 
than all other diseases from which the human race 
suffer, and why should women suffer from these 
troubles when they are so easily cured if properly 
treated? 
The following are some of the prominent symp- 
toms produced by an abnormal, unnatural or dis- 
eased condition of the female organs of generation: 
dysmenorrhoea (painful menstruation), irregularity 
of the monthly periods, absence or decrease of sexual 
passion and lack of the natural secretion of amative 
juices, constipation, sterility (barrenness), inflam- 
mation of the bladder, hysteria, epilepsy (spasms), 
pain in the right side and under shoulder blades, and 
in loins and back, extreme despondency, neuralgia, 
pains in stomach, which at times are very irritable; 
appetite irregular, dots floating before the eyes, dull- 
ness of vision, headache, dizziness, aching of limbs, 
cold feet and hands, catarrh of the uterus (womb), 
leucorrhoea (whites), causing irritation, with ulcer- 
ation, and sometimes cancer of the womb. DISEASES OF WOMEN. 
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Leucorrhcea. - Leucorrhcea or whites is usually 
the first symptom of approaching trouble; it is cer- 
tainly one of the most dreadful plagues that was 
ever fastened upon woman, and a life-burdening 
affliction. It tears down the reproductive organs 
by its constant drain from the vaginal mucous mem- 
brane and the uterine cervix and cavity. It is 
easily diagnosed, for its symptoms are varied and 
many. We find an excessive discharge, consisting 
of a thin whitish or yellow matter, sometimes tinged 
a greenish color. Perhaps a bloody discoloration 
is present with a smarting sensation. It is a con- 
stant drain upon the nerve forces, however vigorous 
and strong. It saps the vitality. It will draw upon 
the blood forces, interrupting the circulation, weak- 
ening the calibre of the arteries, relaxing the liga- 
ments, and causing falling or other displacements of 
the womb, irregular menstruation and various other 
troubles too numerous to mention in our limited 
space here, but to which we devote some attention 
under the headings of the different remedies de- 
scribed in this book for the various ailments of 
women. 
Nervous Exhaustion. - Ladies, we must warn 
you that the whites, leucorrhcea, catarrh of the 
uterus or other female weaknesses will bring on ner- 
vous exhaustion, which will cause the crows'-feet 
to appear at the corners of the eyes and dark circles 
beneath them, the rosy cheeks and fair complexion 
will vanish leaving care-worn lines about the mouth; 
it will deprive the eyes of their beautiful sparkling 
lustre and streak the proud and haughty head with 
threads of silver; it will cause a woman's bust to 
wither away and almost disappear, her shoulders 
to stoop and her head and back to ache as she drags 
her weary limbs in pain. Female Health Pills. 
Neurasthenia. - Neurasthenia or nervous exhaus- 
tion is one of the greatest evils from which women 
suffer. The neurasthenic sufferer soon falls to that 
state where peace can never dwell and hope comes 
not to the weary one. Nervous exhaustion with 
all its misery and horror comes like a thief at night ; 
by stealth it fastens itself upon woman, weakening 
and emaciating her; like a vampire it absorbs her 
life and vitality; she withers before it like a green 
plant before the hot and fiery breath of the great 
African desert. The once active brain is dull and 
sluggish; her nerves which should be like well forged 
bands of tempered steel are like broken reeds that 
sway with every wind that blows. Vitality and 
health fade away almost insensibly but with awful 
certainty before this horrid, invisible monster of 
disease, which is slowly but surely sapping her life. 
Lack of Vitality. -Vitality is a word brimful of 
life and the fulness of health with attendant riches 
of beauty, ambition, hope, self-confidence, industry, 
helpfulness, happiness and success. In the vigor of 
health we look forward with hope and pleasure, lay- 
ing plans toward the acquirement of happiness, each 
year aiming higher and higher. A tendency to be 
satisfied with present attainments and careless of 
advancing in some direction is not in accordance 
with Nature's law, and shows weakness in some part, 
lack of vitality, which is always caused by sluggish 
blood or exhausted nerves. 
A woman with sluggish blood and exhausted 
nerves loses all courage and ambition, the world 
looks to her like a cold, gray shroud and that bright 
shining star -of hope - for her has set in a mid- 
night gloom of utter despair. FEMALE health pills. 
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New Life. - Springtime comes with her velvet 
blossoms and rich perfumes, her budding trees, her 
plants, her entire wardrobe for all nature, fresh and 
full of new vigor and life, she finds - what? Hag- 
gard, careworn women, weary of life and its cares, 
bowed down with the horror and misery which 
come from female weaknesses, sluggish blood 
and exhausted nerves, with thoughts only for 
themselves and their ailments; utterly devoid 
of the power of appreciation for the wonderful 
beauty of nature, the happiness and new life 
which spring time should bring to everything alive. 
Female Health Pills. - Women should thank God 
that through the hands of a great German alchemist 
he has given to us nature's own cure for female weak- 
nesses, sluggish blood and exhausted nerves in the 
form of this marvelous new remedy which rescues 
woman from the depths of despair, arouses and 
enriches the sluggish blood and sends it coursing 
through the arteries and veins like a mountain tor- 
rent during a spring freshet, thus cleansing and 
removing all poisonous matter from the whole sys- 
tem. Hence the brain, nerves and female organs 
are fed and nourished with pure, revivified blood. 
Female Health Pills are a woman's true restor- 
ative and vitalizer, with a special affinity for the 
nerves, blood vessels and tissues of the pelvis. They 
are an invaluable restorative in all forms of uterine 
and sexual troubles, and are especially useful for 
pain in the back, bearing down and dragging sensa- 
tions in the lower bowels and hips, depressed spirits, 
chlorosis (green sickness), and nervous exhaustion 
resulting from long continued suffering. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take one or two pills immediately after 
each meal. Take one tablespoonful of our Glyhypophos- 
phites night and morning, and follow all directions given 
under hygienic treatment. Uterol Tablets. 
A Scientific French Uterine Remedy. 
Uterol Tablets. - This is one of the best remedies 
ever discovered for female diseases, such as inflam- 
mation of the womb (metritis); falling of the womb 
(prolapsus uteri); granular inflammation of the 
vagina; sterility (barrenness); uterine catarrh (endo- 
metritis) ; profuse menstruation (menorrhagia); gran- 
ular inflammation of mouth of the womb; green 
sickness (chlorosis); simple inflammation of the 
vagina or womb; cauliflower excrescences of the 
womb; ulceration of the neck of the womb. Any 
displacement of the womb and other abnormal 
conditions of the uterine organs readily yield to the 
gentle influence of this wonderful remedy. 
This is a marvelous remedy for promoting a sound 
and healthy condition of the generative organs, and 
will be found to be one of the most efficacious 
and successful remedies ever discovered for remov- 
ing the causes which produce sterility in the female 
sex. No cause is more productive of unhappiness 
in married life than sterility. 
Menopause. - Uterol Tablets are a soothing spe- 
cific for the morbid condition of the uterine organs 
during the turn of life. This is the danger point in 
woman's life; because if there is lurking in the sys- 
tem seeds of scrofula, cancer or any other malignant 
disease, which has been held in check by the men- 
strual flow, it will at once become active and take 
up its work of destruction and death. Uterol Tab- 
lets absorb the poison, removing it from the sys- 
tem, thus carrying woman safely through this criti- 
cal period leaving her in a strong, healthy condition 
to enjoy her remaining years which should be the 
happiest and most contented of her life. UTEROL TABLETS. 
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Scientific Treatment. - This remedy is purely 
a scientific treatment, the result of modern and pro- 
gressive research and discovery in the field of ther- 
apeutics. It is prepared in tablet form for local 
use, and is applied directly to the seat of the dis- 
ease, by inserting it in the vagina, and leaving it 
near the mouth of the womb; it is absorbed into the 
circulation as it slowly dissolves, stimulating and 
starting the stagnant blood to properly flow through 
the congested veins, arteries and smaller blood 
vessels. It strengthens the membranes and mucous 
linings of the uterine organs, arousing them into 
healthy action, causing them to throw off all impur- 
ities and poisonous matter. It allays inflammation 
and cures ulceration, granulation, and other abnor- 
mal conditions by toning up the uterine organs and 
forming new, healthy tissue. 
This remedy as applied to the vaginal walls, 
strengthens the ligaments with each application, 
gradually drawing the displaced womb back to its 
normal position, restoring those organs once more 
to a good, strong, healthy condition. This remedy 
cannot be used during the menstrual period, but 
should be used every night during the rest of the 
month; it is entirely harmless and can be used 
by the most delicate woman with perfect safety. 
You will find Uterol Tablets and Antiseptic Germ- 
icide Tablets in our Household Medical Cabinet. If 
this treatment does not act promptly or give entire 
satisfaction, consult one of our physicians which 
you can always do free of charge. 
DIRECTIONS. - Every night before retiring take two 
quarts of cool water, dissolving in it three or four of our Anti- 
septic Germicide Tablets and then use it for a vaginal injec- 
tion. After taking the injection insert one of the Uterol Tab- 
lets in the vagina leaving it as near the mouth of the womb 
as possible. Nerve Power Pills. 
For Women and Girls. 
Woman's Vital Forces. - The conditions which 
apply to men who need vigorous nerve force apply 
equally to women. This remedy is especially pre- 
pared and adapted for the nervous system of women 
and girls. It brings life and power to the weakened 
energies and puts the sort of vim into the nerves of 
women and girls that makes them womanly and 
gives them everything Nature intended they should 
have. Active nerve force gives the body power to 
perform a certain amount of labor; the reserve force 
supplies it with a power to perform a measure of 
extra labor to meet emergencies; to resist the ex- 
ternal vicissitudes without trenching too severely 
on the supply which is ever wanted to keep the heart 
pulsating, the chest heaving, the glands secreting, 
the digestive apparatus digesting, and the brain 
receiving the necessary power to properly direct the 
energies of the whole mental and physical body. 
Nerve Power Pills make women and girls more 
vigorous, better tempered, and stronger in every 
organ of their body. They bring out the very best 
that is in them. They make nervous women strong 
and healthy. They restore a woman's weakened 
nerve force, cause her eyes to sparkle and her cheeks 
to glow with girlish health and youthful beauty. 
Nerve Power Pills used intelligently and persistently 
round out her form and make her step light and 
elastic. They impart energy, elasticity and vigor 
to the nerves that are lacking in the potential ele- 
ments of physiologic activity. 
Nervous Prostration. - Women are apt to endure 
silently the torture of nervous weakness because of 
innate modesty. They do not like to complain of NERVE POWER PILLS. 
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their needs or their weaknesses. They prefer to 
suffer day by day rather than to have it known that 
they are lacking in nerve force. Nerve weakness 
undermines the strongest constititution. Women 
may feel fairly well and yet lack latent nerve power. 
Waste and repair are often lost sight of. It is for 
this reason that nervous prostration occurs so often 
among women. They break down at a time when 
they should be at their very best. Nerve Power 
Pills for women and girls will keep their nerves 
vigorous, make them strong and supreme, supply- 
ing needed vital power to the nerve centers, thus 
enabling the system to carry on the complex func- 
tions of life with energy and vigor. A tired condi- 
tion of brain and body cannot remain after our 
Nerve Power Pills supply the nerve centres with 
cerebrin, the potential power of all nervous energy. 
Perfect Support for Women. - Our Nerve Power 
Pills are a perfect support at any stage of a woman's 
life. It is the grandest medicine for the nervous 
woman that has ever been prepared. By their use 
a woman is prepared for every station in life, whether 
it be marriage, motherhood or other womanly func- 
tions. They keep and preserve her temper and 
disposition in a condition to make ideal wives and 
mothers. They preserve the beauty and grace of 
her youth and enable her to look out upon life with 
glowing hope and appreciation of the many joys 
and pleasures it has in store for her. Nor is this 
all. These wonderful Nerve Power Pills will enable 
her to fullfil all the obligations of her sex, both as 
wife, mother and companion. It should be under- 
stood that when nervous troubles arise from female 
weaknesses the proper remedy to use is our Female 
Health Pills, as our Nerve Power Pills are not in- 
tended for such cases. Full directions on each label. French Nympho Pills. 
An Invigorating, Restorative Remedy 
For Women. 
Mismated. - It is a well-known fact that nearly 
all domestic misery and unfaithfulness arises from 
the sexual mismating of husband and wife. 
Woman is man's inferior sexually only from her 
mode of living, and the neglect of leucorrhoea and 
other weaknesses. In this way her health and 
strength become impaired, thus ruining her nerve 
force, which weakens her sexual organism, destroy- 
ing her natural amative juices and all desire for her 
husband; her greatest dread being her marriage 
duties. The husband realizing that his approaches 
are not reciprocated by his wife, breaks his marriage 
vows and seeks congenial female companionship 
elsewhere. This leads to jealousy, unhappiness, 
and finally separation and divorce. 
God created man and woman equal, with the same 
desires and feelings. He ordered them to go forth, 
to multiply and replenish the earth. Woman is 
man's equal, both mentally and sexually, when she 
enjoys good, vigorous health. 
When a woman is sexually weak, her daughters 
inherit her weakness, and thus the curse is handed 
down from one generation to another. 
Our new remedy is a positive necessity for all 
women who wish for beauty and good health, so 
they may thoroughly enjoy the pleasures of life. 
It will develop the bust, strengthen and tone up 
the reproductive organs. It will cure nervous and 
sexual debility, without regard to age. It is the 
only genuine restorative known for sexual exhaus- 
tion of women, being a gentle and harmless, but 
determined rejuvenating Aphrodisiac remedy. FRENCH NYMPHO PILLS. 
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French Nympho Pills. - This remedy should 
restore the health, vigor, and beauty of youth. It 
is supposed to create new nerve fluid and brain 
matter, by supplying the blood with vegetable 
phosphates, its electric life element, restoring the 
fullest and most vigorous conditions of robust health 
of body and mind, so that all the duties of married 
life may be pursued with confidence and pleasure. 
It never fails to enlarge the bust and thoroughly 
invigorate the brain, nerves, and uterine organs. 
Its energizing effects are shown by a remarkable 
increase of nerve and vital powers with a feeling 
of pleasure, strength and comfort to which the 
sufferer has long been unaccustomed. It will 
strengthen and tone up the reproductive organs, 
restoring the amative juices. It is truly a wonder- 
ful remedy for sexual exhaustion in women. This 
remedy should remove the crows-feet from the 
corners of your eyes and the dark circles from be- 
neath them, clear your complexion and give you 
rosy cheeks, take the care-worn lines from about 
your mouth, and restore the beautiful, sparkling 
lustre to your eyes, removing your aches and pains, 
strengthening your spine, thus giving you a light, 
elastic step. It will make you more charming and 
entertaining by giving you new life and vitality. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take one or two pills immediately 
before or after each meal. Take plenty of exercise in the open 
air; sleep in a room that is well ventilated and live chiefly on 
milk, meat and eggs. Take a cool bath and cool vaginal 
injection every day, but avoid both hot and cold ones, because 
hot water is very debilitating and cold water may cause 
rheumatism or neuralgia. 
If you are a sufferer from leucorrhoea or any displacement of 
the womb, remember that the Uterol Tablets and the Female 
Health Pills are the remedies indicated for these troubles. 
You will find all these remedies in our Household Medical 
Cabinet. They act promptly and give entire satisfaction. Monthly Pain Relief* 
For Women and Girls 
Quick and Effective. - These pills are a Godsend 
to every woman during her menstrual life. They 
are as good for the matron approaching the change 
of life as they are for the young girl just emerging 
from girlhood into womanhood. Monthly Pain 
Relief is an absolute, quick and positive cure for 
monthly headaches, sicknesses at the stomach, pain- 
ful menses, backache, and bearing down pains or 
dragging heaviness at the monthly climax. 
Dysmenorrhoea.- For painful menstruation the 
regular dose is from one to two pills taken every 
two or three hours until relieved. Ladies will bear 
in mind when used in this way that this remedy will 
secure for them a positive result. Nothing else could 
so fully and completely satisfy their requirements. 
It takes out the pain and removes the misery. 
Congested Conditions. - When the stomach mus- 
cles are sore, and the flesh tender and sensitive, 
because the pelvic organs are swollen and there is 
congestion all through the pelvis, Monthly Pain 
Relief should be used in connection with our Ovarian 
Balm. Do not wait until you are nervous and pros- 
trated on account of pain and misery, but at the 
very beginning of your sickness, use our remedies, 
and your periods will be free from pain. 
Young Girls. - Mothers who give their daughters 
this remedy, quickly find that it relieves nervous 
excitability and nervous shock. Girls are liable 
each month to be prostrated with hysteria, nervous 
headaches, muscular weakness, fever, sick stomachs, 
severe and agonizing pain and should promptly use 
Monthly Pain Relief two to three times daily until 
complete relief is secured. MONTHLY PAIN RELIEF. 
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Special Notice. - The best results will be secured 
when proper attention is given to the condition of 
the bowels. If you are subject to constipation or 
your bowels are inactive, you should use our House- 
hold Sanitary Cathartic as a prompt means of un- 
loading the bowels and restoring the vital organs 
again to a sanitary condition. Do not blame our 
Monthly Pain Relief for not acting promptly if you 
do not pay special attention to the condition of the 
bowels. Neglect of this important matter may 
cause disappointment. 
Safe to Use. - This remedy is strictly scientific 
in its composition, contains no cocaine or other 
harmful drugs. Women who value their health 
should avoid anything like a narcotic or opiate. To 
use such a drug is but to invite danger. You can 
always be on the safe side by using Monthly Pain 
Relief. The mother as well as the daughter can 
consult with our physician in perfect confidence and 
obtain advice free of charge. 
Make No Mistake. - We do not recommend 
Monthly Pain Relief as a cure for irregularities. 
For such troubles we advise the use of the Ideal 
Monthly Regulator which will invariably give satis- 
faction. To prevent and save suffering, prostration, 
nervous shock, monthly misery and pain, our Ova- 
rian Balm used locally as directed and the internal 
employment of our Monthly Pain Relief is abso- 
lutely certain to be followed by relief and freedom 
from continued suffering. 
Monthly Pain Relief. - This remedy reduces the 
congested condition of the ovaries, fallopian tubes 
and womb, it relieves the pain almost immediately 
and tones up the organs to a good healthy condition, 
so that in a short time the monthly periods should 
occur without pain. Full directions on every bottle. The Ideal Monthly Regulator. 
Safe, Sure, and Reliable. 
Amenorrhoea. - This condition is usually divided 
into two distinct classes. First, absence of the menses 
in girls who have never menstruated, and second, 
suppressed menstruation where the flow having 
once been established fails to appear at the regular 
time. The absence of menstruation is a normal 
condition during pregnancy and while the mother 
is nursing her child. 
Non-appearance of the menses is a frequent mal- 
ady of girlhood, and may be due to a variety of 
causes, as lack of pure air, sunlight and proper 
exercise, improper and insufficient food, anaemia, 
chlorosis, consumption or any wasting disease or 
malformation of the generative organs. Suppressed 
menstruation is most generally caused by exposure, 
such as getting the feet wet and body chilled. Intense 
excitement or excessive study may cause it. 
A Complete Success. - This is the very best prep- 
aration for the complete restoration of the menstrual 
flow when suppressed by unnatural causes. It fully 
meets the wants of married women as well as young 
girls who are irregular, or whose periods are delayed 
on account of colds, inflammation, exposure, con- 
gestion or other abnormal conditions. 
Never Experiment.- Ladies should be careful 
about experimenting with the numerous advertised 
regulators as many of these are dangerous to use. 
It is not only unsafe to employ inferior remedies, but 
it results in great expense, disappointment and failure. 
Ladies can save themselves much annoyance by 
using our safe, sure and reliable monthly regulator. 
Its action is mild, yet certain upon the blood vessels 
of the pelvis, stimulating the womb and ovaries to 
healthy activity. THE IDEAL MONTHLY REGULATOR. 
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Important. - To establish the flow and secure its 
regularity, this remedy has no superior. A single 
trial will convince you that these pills now used by 
thousands of ladies are sure to give complete satis- 
faction. Ladies will bear in mind, if their bowels 
are constipated, that it is necessary to also use our 
Household Sanitary Cathartic to quickly unload the 
bowels, which will contribute largely to the success 
of the regulator. 
Gives Full Relief. - Many cases of irregular men- 
struation can be traced directly to a congested and 
swollen condition of the womb, resulting from con- 
stipation, colds and inflammation. In such cases 
this remedy will be found of peculiar service, as it 
contains properties which will not only establish the 
flow but will at the same time have a tendency to 
give full relief under these conditions. Taken regu- 
larly each night and morning for a few days before 
the expected period it completely restores the men- 
strual flow when suppressed as a result of general 
debility, nervous shock, uterine weakness, etc. 
Special Treatment. - Special cases may demand 
special treatment. There may be some form of 
blood trouble or the irregularity may result from 
anaemia, impoverished blood, or other abnormal 
conditions, in which case the advice of one of our 
physicians should be obtained. As a rule, how- 
ever, our Ideal Monthly Regulator used as directed 
meets every requirement. 
Change of Life. - When nearing the change of 
life, ladies become more and more irregular and their 
general health impaired unless Nature is aided at 
each monthly period. In these cases our Ideal 
Monthly Regulator demonstrates its splendid quali- 
ties. Used for a few days when needed it leads to 
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THE IDEAL MONTHLY REGULATOR. 
Assured Results. - Remember that when the 
flow is scanty, irregular, not of a bright red color, or 
comes a few drops at a time, or when the period is 
delayed, our Ideal Monthly Regulator taken at night 
and in the morning, regulates the flow by restoring 
healthy vigor and giving renewed activity to the 
pelvic organs. It removes all abnormal impedi- 
ments to the menstrual flow, soothes and invigorates 
the irritated female organs and is positively safe and 
effectual in restoring the menstrual function, leav- 
ing the organs in a good, strong, healthy normal con- 
dition, by removing the cause of the disease. 
Full-Blooded Woman. - She may be a constant 
sufferer from headaches, occasionally have intense 
flow of blood to the head and brain, her face is 
abnormally flushed, she is stout and her movements 
are measured and slow. In this case a low diet, with 
the daily use of Household Headache Tablets and 
our Sanitary Cathartic Pills, together with cold 
applications to the head and spine, will be of great 
advantage. At the time of the expected period the 
general directions for the use of our Ideal Monthly 
Regulator are also to be carefully followed. 
Anaemic Form. - In a woman who is anaemic, 
poverty of the blood appears to be the cause of the 
irregularity. Not only does she appear pale and 
bloodless, but she is weak, nervous and depressed. 
Such a woman needs our Female Health Pills and 
good nourishing food. Her mind should be at ease 
and her surroundings harmonious, while it would be 
of great advantage for her to have a change of air. 
A visit to the sea shore and the use of our Female 
Health Pills together with our Compound Glyhypo- 
phosphites to build up the system and improve the 
general health will usually be successful in both re- 
storing the menstrual function and securing a return THE IDEAL MONTHLY REGULATOR. 
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of vigorous health and strength. We cannot speak 
too strongly of the importance of keeping good hours 
and of healthy out-of-door exercise as a valuable aid 
in hastening the desired results. Many ladies from 
neglect to use the right treatment drift into con- 
sumption and other wasting diseases. In just such 
cases it is of advantage for the patient to see one of 
our physicians. Their experience and sucessful 
treatment of these cases assures the patient of com- 
petent advice. 
DIRECTIONS. - In all cases the bowels should be kept 
loose during the treatment. When the suppression is of long 
standing or where the bowels are constipated, the patient 
should first take a good cathartic such as castor oil or our 
Sanitary Cathartic Pills to cause a thorough evacuation of the 
bowels. Then take one or two Ideal Monthly Regulator 
Pills every night at bed time, until three days before the time 
when the menses should appear. On these three days, imme- 
diately preceding the expected appearance of the menstrual 
flow, active treatment should be given. Take one or two 
pills every four hours. Before retiring immerse the feet and 
limbs to the knees in water as hot as can be borne, cover the 
entire person with a thick quilt and drink freely of a tea made 
by adding one teaspoonful of our Household Pain Cure to 
one-half pint of hot water (sweetened to suit the taste) in 
order that free perspiration may be produced. Take two 
more pills, go to bed and cover up well. It may require a 
little patience in the treatment of some cases but by exercis- 
ing a reasonable amount of perseverance the great regulat- 
ing properties of these pills will soon be felt and a perfect 
restoration to health, strength and vigor will be sure to follow. 
Plenty of exercise in the open air will prove very beneficial, 
providing that the bodyand feet are kept warmly clad, as the 
least exposure at this stage may cause injurious effects. 
Irregularities. - When the menses are not regular, either 
making their appearance a few days before or after their 
proper time, the Ideal Monthly Regulator is invaluable. Take 
one pill three times daily for four days preceding the expected 
appearance of the menstrual period. These pills have under- 
gone some of the most severe tests and have given universal 
satisfaction in all cases where properly employed. Ovarian Balm. 
A Marvelous Remedy for Women. 
Ovarian Balm is an excellent remedy to apply 
externally to remove pain, congestion and lameness. 
It is absorbed by the skin and does its work quickly 
and will hasten a cure in any disease of the uterine 
organs when used with Uterol Tablets or Female 
Health Pills, as it not only relieves pain but 
strengthens any part of the body to which it may 
be applied. 
Its Action.-When applied to a pain or ache in 
any part of the body, a peculiar sensation is felt and 
promptly a most soothing feeling is produced. Its 
properties enter the body through the pores of the 
skin. It creates a peculiar form of magnetic action 
and conquers pain. It is an actual Godsend to 
women who experience menstrual pain, congestion, 
neuralgia, tenderness, inflammation or any other 
form of monthly or menstrual pain, uterine agony or 
pelvic distress. Rub the balm thoroughly into the 
skin and cover with a piece of flannel or other soft 
cloth. Within a few moments you will feel the pain 
go. It does its work perfectly, promptly, effectually 
and with absolute certainty. For uterine and 
ovarian suffering it has no equal. Ladies who have 
occasion to use it once are never willing to be with- 
out it. They always have it with them whenever 
they are away from home. It is one of the abso- 
lutely necessary toilet articles for women who have 
tender, sensitive and painful ovaries; a little spot 
like a half dollar seems to contain all the misery. 
Ovarian Balm applied to this spot gives relief within 
five minutes. It is the marvel of the century for the 
cure of ovarian and uterine pain. It is equally as 
good for relieving pain in any other part of the body. OVARIAN BAUM. 
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External Treatment. - The importance of the 
absorbing power of the skin has been known for 
centuries. Many invalids who could not eat, have 
been kept alive by bathing with milk until the stom- 
ach became strong enough to digest food. This is 
possible from the fact that every pore of the skin is an 
open mouth and each cell a hungry stomach. Ship- 
wrecked sailors dying of thirst, when surrounded by 
salt water which they could not drink, have escaped 
death by immersing their bodies in the water, thus 
absorbing enough to keep them alive until rescued. 
Thus we see that it is possible to absorb both food 
and drink through the skin. It is therefore equally 
possible to administer medicines successfully in the 
same manner. Ovarian Balm is absorbed by every 
pore of the skin in which it comes in contact, it is 
then taken up by the blood and distributed through 
the entire body, feeding each cell and forcing out the 
diseased matter through the organs of excretion. 
A Great Analgesic.- Ovarian Balm is a great 
pain destroyer and is invaluable as a family remedy, 
at all times ready, easy to apply, and quick to re- 
lieve pain or congestion. It is a splendid external 
remedy in rheumatism, sciatica, sprains, bruises, 
neuralgia and nervous affections. It is peerless in 
spinal irritation, lame back, lumbago and conges- 
tion of the lungs, giving almost instant relief by 
soothing and quieting the tired and irritated nerves. 
Ovarian Balm applied externally over the abdo- 
men, according to the directions given on the jar 
containing it is a positive relief for inflammations, 
congestions or neuralgia of the ovaries and womb, 
also for painful menstruation. 
Directions. - Apply enough of the balm to fully cover 
the skin over the affected parts; rub it in thoroughly, then 
cover the parts with a soft hot cloth. Hygienic Treatment for 
Women. 
Good Advice, - Sleep in a room well ventilated, 
with a window always open to let in fresh air. Use 
only enough covering to keep from getting chilly, it 
is not well to sleep cold, but very injurious to sleep 
warm enough to produce perspiration. 
Arise immediately upon awakening. Every morn- 
ing take a cool sponge bath over the entire body, 
then rub thoroughly with a coarse turkish towel, to 
arouse the circulation and bring the blood to the 
surface. Take a vaginal injection of cool water 
every morning except during the menstrual period. 
Eat plain, healthful food, such as meats, milk, 
eggs, vegetables, etc.; avoid pastry, spices and con- 
diments of all kinds; late stimulating dinners are 
injurious and should be avoided as they have a 
tendency to clog the liver and make the complexion 
sallow, spoiling woman's beauty. 
Sleep from seven to nine hours out of every 
twenty-four, retire as nearly as possible at the same 
hour every night, and try to go immediately to sleep. 
The Syringe. - Cleanliness is next to Godliness 
and very essential to good health. Cleanliness can- 
not exist in woman unless she uses a syringe and 
takes a vaginal injection at least once every day 
during the time she is free from the menstrual flow. 
Injections must not be taken during the menstrual 
period as they would be liable to cause congestion 
or inflammation of the ovaries or uterus. 
Hot Water. - Hot-water injections are weaken- 
ing and very injurious, they destroy the amative 
juices and ruin the mucous lining of the vagina, and 
often cause falling or other displacement of the 
womb and should never be used except to relieve 
congestion or inflammation of these organs. HYGIENIC TREATMENT FOR WOMEN. 
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Cold Water. - Cold water injections act as a 
tonic to the uterine organs; but in many cases pro- 
duce congestion and are very liable to bring on 
rheumatism or neuralgia. Therefore it is much 
better to use cool water which is always safe and 
efficient. 
Vaginal Injections. - Injections are just as neces- 
sary as the bath to preserve woman's health and 
beauty. There is a secretion of fluid from the 
uterine organs which lies dormant (if not removed) 
in the vagina, poisoning the blood and causing an 
offensive odor, which cannot be removed without 
taking a vaginal injection; neglect in this respect 
often causes leucorrhoea, catarrh of the uterus, 
ulceration of the vagina or other weaknesses. For 
vaginal injections we would advise the use of cool 
water, used through a bulb or fountain syringe; 
there is no choice between them if the force is effi- 
cient. One or two of our Antiseptic Germicide 
Tablets added to each quart of water intended for 
vaginal injections is very beneficial and will destroy 
any germs that are in the water or in the vagina. 
To Use a Syringe Properly. - Press the nozzle 
of the syringe back towards the rectum and up into 
the vagina, grasp the parts on either side, pressing 
sufficiently to close the vagina around the syringe 
to prevent the escape of water until you have thrown 
in a pint or two, which amount, will distend the 
follicles of the vagina, and thoroughly cleanse every 
part - then allow the water to escape and repeat 
again, (if a bulb syringe is used, two vessels, one 
containing the clean fluid, the other to receive it 
after being used, are necessary,) this manner of 
employing a vaginal injection places the parts in a 
regular bath which insures absolute cleanliness and 
perfectly healthy organs. Compound Galega Bust Pills 
AND 
French Bust Cream. 
For Developing Woman's Chest, Neck and 
Breasts, and for toning up the Uterine 
and Generative Organs. 
Facts Regarding the Bust.- ' 'No woman who 
has arrived at the age of eighteen with a flat chest 
is harmoniously developed." * * ' 'Women who 
are imperfectly developed are apt to be excitable, 
apprehensive, and wear the look of being contin- 
ually watching for surprises. They are women who 
are restless without cause, and unhappy in the 
midst of pleasant surroundings." 
' 'Men turn from a flat chest disappointed, as if 
it lacked something essential. As a face looks 
badly without a nose, so does the female chest when 
narrow and flat." 
' 'A good female face with a poor bust lacks an 
indispensable accompaniment."-Creative Science. 
' 'All those who have this (a well-developed bust), 
other things being equal, are much more marriage- 
able, much sooner selected, than those who lack in 
this respect."-Ibid, page 145. 
"In no country are there so many imperfectly 
developed women as in this (the United States), 
in proportion to the population. Nor are there 
more perfectly formed ones on the earth." 
' 'Man is formed for strength, woman for beauty; 
and the constitutional difference of the two sexes 
cannot be more tersely or clearly expressed." 
"The glory of man is his strength," as exhibited 
in the massive frame, the swelling muscles, the 
broad, square shoulders, and the deep, thick chest- BUST DEVELOPMENT. 
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the physical endowment of man; and the visible 
difference between him and woman, whose form is 
fashioned by repetitions of Hogarth's line of beauty, 
the curve- "and made up of gently swelling sur- 
faces which melt into each other like roseate dawn 
into full-orbed day, conferring grace, beauty and 
elegance" -the finely proportioned entirety giving 
us the most beautiful object created: the perfect 
female form - the delight of the painter and the 
sculptor; the admiration of mankind from time 
immemorial. The greatest charm of woman's form 
is a finely-developed bust. 
The Sign of Womanhood,- The absence of that 
prominent sign of womanhood - bust develop- 
ment - is a physiological defect to be deplored and 
remedied without delay. From time immemorial 
a finely developed bust has justly been regarded 
as the evidence of perfect womanhood and the 
crowning glory of her sex. Blind old Homer in 
the Iliad, nearly four thousand years ago, sang of 
the "deep-bosomed Trojan dames." And now, 
more than ever this perfect development is a source 
of great pride and satisfaction to every normally 
constituted woman, not alone as an addition to her 
beauty and attractiveness, but because it indicates 
a good healthy physical and mental condition as 
well as eminent fitness for the noblest function of 
her sex - marriage and motherhood. 
Non Development.- Any condition which pre- 
vents development or causes " involution " or 
shrinkage, invariably operates as a hindrance and 
very often entirely prevents the afflicted girl from 
making a congenial and happy matrimonial union. 
Young men seeking wives turn away from those of 
the other sex having flat, sunken and undeveloped 
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ment is an indication of unfitness for the duties of 
wifehood and motherhood. 
Yet many of those who suffer from this defect 
have warm, loving hearts and affectionate natures, 
and would make the best of wives and mothers, 
needing only to have this single defect remedied to 
make them the most charming and attractive of 
their sex. 
This is neither the place nor occasion to dis- 
cuss in detail the causes which induce the undesir- 
able' and regretful condition of an undeveloped 
bosom. In general it may be said that any cause 
which operates to lower the tone of the system, or 
depress the general health, will have a tendency to 
retard or prevent bust development. So, also, any- 
thing that hinders the free and unobstructed circu- 
lation of the blood in the parts themselves will have 
the same tendency. Tight corsets, "pads," ' 'forms," 
tight dresses, etc., all compress and thereby impede 
the circulation and prevent the full and graceful 
development of the form. This lack of physical 
development has been noted and deplored by anato- 
mists, physiologists and artists, and is the regret of 
every lover of beauty as embodied in the female 
form divine, as well as of every one concerned 
about the future of the race. 
TREATMENT FOR DEVELOPING. 
Compound Galega Bust Pills.- This is an internal 
constitutional remedy which acts as a stimulating 
tonic to the glands, cells and tissues provided by 
Nature for the purpose of supplying the mammae 
or breasts with nutriment thereby effecting their 
growth and development. In addition, this rem- 
edy exerts a powerful tonic effect upon the whole 
female system, purifying and enriching the blood, REMEDIES FOR BUST DEVELOPMENT. 
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clearing and beautifying the complexion, soothing, 
toning and strengthening the nerves, and promoting 
the general health in every way. 
DIRECTIONS.- One or two pills should be taken regu- 
larly after each meal, and the cream used as directed until the 
desired amount of development is obtained 
French Bust Cream acts directly upon the sub- 
serous, areolar, or cellular tissues, and the muscles 
surrounding, supporting, and covering the glands 
and organs of the chest. By thus softening and 
relaxing the outer muscles, fibres and skin, it aids in 
localizing and establishing the effects of the internal 
or constitutional remedy. This (the external) prep- 
aration exerts a subtile, but powerful and beneficial 
specific influence upon these particular organs. It 
will stimulate and tone up the assimilative organs 
and glands of the breasts to greater activity, so that 
the blood will be diverted to them in an increased 
volume, this, according to the best physiological 
and therapeutical laws will impart to them new elec- 
tric vigor and energy, causing full and permanent 
development, by feeding the glands, cells and tissues 
(provided by nature for the purpose of supplying 
the breasts, (mammse,) with nutriment, with highly 
vitalized blood, thus nourishing the parts and urg- 
ing forward the process of growth and development. 
We wish to emphasize the fact that these remedies 
will enlarge and beautify the breasts, neck and chest, 
and that they will accomplish this without the 
slightest injury to any part of the system. The 
results which can be obtained from the use of these 
wonderful remedies are simply marvelous. 
DIRECTIONS.- Night and morning bathe the parts to 
be developed in hot water to open the pores; then rub dry 
with a towel and apply to the parts that are being treated 
all the cream they will absorb by rubbing it in thoroughly. White Rose French Toilet 
Cream. 
Beautiful Woman. -In the whole world there is 
nothing so attractive and charming as a beautiful 
woman. Not all women can be beautiful, but none 
are so plain or ill-favored that White Rose French 
Toilet Cream will not lend a charm to the face and 
increase its attractiveness. It gives the face that 
delightful, smooth, soft velvety appearance so much 
admired by everyone. Used by pregnant women to 
soften the parts, it makes child-birth easy. 
White Rose French Toilet Cream. -This dainty 
cream is a daily toilet requisite and luxury. It has 
wonderful healing and beauty preserving qualities, 
and is an ideal complexion cream in every way. It 
is cleansing, purifying, cooling, soothing, healing, 
refining, refreshing, nourishing, whitening, beauti- 
fying and preserving to the skin. It cures and 
prevents chapping, chafing, itching, and all skin 
irritation, removing abnormal redness of the nose 
and face, also that purplish hue caused from expo- 
sure to cold or wintry winds which makes so many 
women dread the cold winter weather. 
This dainty toilet cream, fragrant with the deli- 
cate odor of June roses, should be on every lady's 
toilet table. It makes the skin white and health- 
ful, as soft, smooth and fine in texture as the 
petals of a full blown rose, giving woman the beauti- 
ful complexion of a healthy child. 
This cream is always a daily necessity at home or 
abroad, at the seaside or mountains, on a journey or 
outing; it neutralizes the injurious effects of the 
elements, protects the skin from cutting winds, 
burning sun, and the grime, smut and smudge from 
a locomotive, keeping us safe from the contaminat- WHIT® ROSS FRENCH TOILET CREAM. 
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ing influence of the atmosphere and dust by which 
we are constantly surrounded. This cream is cer- 
tainly a joy when yachting, automobiling, fishing, 
hunting, camping out, or when indulging in any out- 
door sport or pastime. A small quantity of the cream 
should be gently rubbed into the skin every time it 
is cleansed, no matter what beauty specific is to be 
used afterwards. When used before the application 
of any complexion powder, it has a blending effect 
upon the tiny particles of the powder, giving the 
complexion a soft, velvety, child-like appearance. It 
should always be applied generously after the main 
daily bath and allowed to remain on the face and 
hands about ten minutes, then thoroughly removed 
with a dry soft cloth, thus fully completing the 
cleansing process while beautifying the complexion. 
Valuable as a Remedy.-This elegant toilet 
cream is a constant necessity for men, women and 
children. It is indispensable for infants and every 
member of the household; no beauty or medicine 
cabinet is complete without it. As a medicine it 
is delightful for sunburned and wind-sore faces, 
removing the stinging and burning sensatipn. It 
cures blackheads, chapped lips, and takes the fire 
and pain out of burns and scalds almost instantly, 
and prevents suppuration and scars. It is a speedy 
and positive cure for fever blisters, cold sores, 
chapped hands and sore lips, also a positively delight- 
ful application for man's face after shaving. A real 
joy and blessing to everyone who uses it. 
DIRECTIONS. - Apply with the fingers, rubbing it in 
gently; allow the cream to remain on the skin about five min- 
utes, then remove it with a dry, soft cloth or towel. For 
childbirth, apply to the parts both inside and out, night and 
morning for three months before confinement, which will 
make them flexible and yielding, thus robbing childbirth of 
its worst terrors. Nervous Debility and Allied 
Diseases of Men. 
Impotence. - Impotence (sexual weakness) or 
inability to properly perform the sexual act is an 
exceedingly common derangement among men, and 
is due either to deficiency or absence of the necessary 
power in the organs, which renders their natural 
functions impossible. 
The nerves concerned in the production of power 
for the performance of the natural functions of the 
genital organs are complex, arising from both the 
brain and the spine. 
Impotence, or sexual weakness, may arise from 
diminished or abolished reflex excitability of the 
genito-spinal centre, or from disturbances of the 
brain, which restrain the action of that centre; or 
it may be symptomatic of the prolonged use of cer- 
tain drugs, such as opium (morphine), cocaine, 
tobacco, etc., or the excessive use of malt or spirit- 
ous liquors. It may arise from excessive study or 
brain work, self-abuse (follies of early youth), onan- 
ism, sexual excesses, or be caused by acute or 
chronic diseases, or it may depend upon congenital 
or acquired defects of the organs. 
When the lumbar reflex centre for sexual power 
fails, wholly or partially, to respond to the ordinary 
stimuli, the resulting impotence may be termed 
atonic. This condition is caused from exhaustion 
of the nerve centers. 
When the power fails or ceases under excitement, 
fear, depression, or other emotions, or mental pre- 
occupation, it is termed psychical impotence. This 
condition is caused by a lack of concentrating power 
in the brain. DISEASES OF MEN. 
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Symptomatic impotence is not an uncommon 
secondary effect of injuries to the brain or spinal 
cord, and it may also arise from functional dis- 
orders of the nervous, digestive, or urinary systems, 
or from brain worry or spinal irritation. 
The anaphrodisiac action of chloral, bromide of 
potassium, spiritous and malt liquors and tobacco, 
is too well known to require illustration. Continued 
lewd or lascivious thoughts, which tend to con- 
stantly keep the genitals in an excited or uneasy 
state, will produce this condition, and destroy manly 
vigor even quicker than sexual excesses or self-abuse. 
When the power has been abolished, from certain 
congenital or acquired malformations, injuries to 
the external organs, or from stricture, varicocele, 
gonorrhoea, syphilis, etc., it is termed organic im- 
potence. 
Masturbation. - Sometimes called self-abuse, or 
the solitary vice. It is a disgusting and loathsome 
habit, one which fastens itself upon its unfortunate 
victim with even a more deadly hold than does the 
liquor, opium or cocaine habit. Its consequences 
are terrible; it produces seminal weakness, emissions, 
impotency, weak, undeveloped organs, brain and 
nerve exhaustion, insanity, and other evils too num- 
erous to mention. Its victims are found among 
both sexes, of all ages; many otherwise virtuous 
people are addicted to it. Many who perish from 
its effects are supposed to die from other causes, 
such as consumption, chorea, epilepsy, heart dis- 
ease, and failure of vital powers. 
The above conditions all come under the head of 
nervous debility and many of them can be cured 
or greatly benefited by using our French Restorative 
and Oriental Invigorants which you will find in our 
medical cabinet. 180 
DISEASES OF MEN. 
Complicated Cases. - In all cases of nervous 
debility that are complicated with the allied dis- 
eases of men, such as varicocele, urethral stricture, 
spermatorrhoea, seminal weakness, syphilis, blood 
poison, gonorrhoea or gleet, one of our physicians 
should be consulted, without delay, which can be 
done entirely free of charge by any member of a 
family who have one of our medical cabinets in 
their home. 
Our Vitality. - The vital forces are governed 
wholly by the brain and testicles in man, and the 
brain and ovaries in woman. The brain furnishes 
the motive power to keep the heart in action, send- 
ing the blood to every portion of the body; it keeps 
the chest heaving with the breath of life, while the 
other organs of the body, directed by the mighty 
power of that organ, obediently perform their 
alloted duties. The testicles in man and the ovaries 
in woman furnish the energy and ambition for all 
advancement in life. This is a fact well known to all 
medical men, but is unknown to most people outside 
of the medical profession. 
Perpetual Manhood. - The first requisites for 
perpetual vigorous manhood are good moral, mental 
and physical health. If you are suffering from sex- 
ual weakness, nervous debility, or the effects of 
masturbation, sexual excesses, moral or mental 
depression, brought on from lascivious thoughts, 
excessive brain-work, worry, or any other cause, 
place yourself immediately under trea tment by taking 
good remedies or by consulting one of our physi- 
cians who will prescribe the necessary treatment. 
When a man enjoys vigorous manhood, or has 
been restored by proper treatment to that condition, 
he may retain it as long as he does his life by observ- 
ing and carrying out the following rules: Hygienic Rules for Men. 
RULE I. - Arise from the bed immediately upon awaken- 
ing every morning. Resting in bed mornings while awake 
is very sure to produce impure thoughts, which are injurious 
to the nervous system, and unfit man for his daily labors. 
RULE 2. - Take a cold sponge or plunge bath over the 
entire body immediately after rising, every morning, and rub 
the body thoroughly with a coarse towel to restore the cir- 
culation. 
RULE 3. - Eat good, plain, healthy food, such as meats, 
vegetables, etc.; avoid pastry, pickles, spices and condiments 
of all kinds, and especially late stimulating suppers, wines 
and all malt or spiritous liquors; also tobacco, as it is a power- 
ful sedative, and very depressing to the sexual and nervous 
systems. 
RULE 4. - Have regular hours for sleep. Man requires 
from seven to nine hours out of each twenty-four for sleep, 
and it should be taken with careful regularity. He should 
retire at the same hour every night, and go immediately to 
sleep; this he can always do if he never allows himself to think 
of business or pleasure after retiring, but confines his thoughts 
to the fact that he wishes to go to sleep. 
RULE 5. - The genital organs should have proper rest 
and care, and the passions should not be gratified more than 
twice each week; at all other times the mind must be kept 
from them, as it is more injurious to excite the parts through 
the mind than it is to gratify their demands. Ungratified 
desires will ruin vigorous manhood quicker than dissipation 
or sexual excesses. 
RULE 6. - Never allow anger to get the better of cool 
judgment; one fit of anger will use up more nerve force than 
a month's hard labor. The temper can and should be con- 
trolled. 
RULE 7. - Three times each year every man should take 
one month's treatment of some first-class nerve and sexual 
food or tonic such as our French Restorative and Oriental 
Invigorants to keep the nervous and sexual systems in a 
strong, vigorous condition. 
To every man who will follow the seven foregoing 
rules, and live up to their teachings, we will guar- 
antee perpetual vigorous manhood. Nerve Power Pills* 
For Men and Boys. 
Man's Vital Forces. - This remedy is for a special 
class of cases and is indicated for lack of functional 
activity, for debility of the nerve centres, for lack 
of power to concentrate the nervous energies, for 
letting down of the nerve power at a period of life 
when such activities should be dominant. Nerve 
Power Pills contain the precise ingredients which 
are needed to make strong nerves. They are really 
food for starved nerves and actually supply the 
vital principles required by the nerve centers. They 
give to them power and force and restore them to 
vigorous health. Here in the nerve centers is their 
native field of action. Here they are always at 
home. Here their perfect work can never be marred 
by failure. We claim for this remedy no miraculous 
power, yet it has obtained results that fall little 
short of the miraculous. 
Origin of Nerve Force. - Every organ in the 
body utilizes nerve force, but it is the central ner- 
vous system located in the brain that alone creates 
the vital energy which is transmitted to the different 
organs. The action of Nerve Power Pills is directly 
upon the nervous centers, the nerve ganglia and 
nerve cells, giving them more power, making them 
dominant and fully under the control of the will. 
They endow the nerve centers with new life and 
powerful vigor so that they may guide and direct 
rightly every organ of the body. 
Exhausted Nerves. - Save yourself from the 
terrible results of exhausted nerve power while there 
is yet time, by taking this wonderful nerve-invigor- 
ating, health-restoring, body-building, strength- 
giving modern, up-to-date scientific remedy. NERVE POWER PILES. 
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Sustains Bodily Vigor, - Powerful electric nerve 
force is essential to sustain bodily vigor. When the 
nerve centers are weakened, disease readily gains 
entrance; when there is lack of co-ordination, then 
the mind becomes chaotic, unable to hold vigorous 
sway and apply itself with energy to any given task. 
Latent nerve power must be behind nervous im- 
pulse to create vigorous activity and maintain 
bodily health. Our Nerve Power Pills give men and 
boys this power and transmit the needed elements to 
the nerve centers and nerve cells, which make them 
all powerful to combat disease, resist enervating 
influences and respond promptly to the dictates 
of the will. It is a sovereign remedy for nervous 
debility and all who have weakened nerves and 
exhausted vitality can regain their powers and in- 
vigorate their vital forces by using this remedy. 
Needed by Brain Workers. - People who work 
with their heads as well as their hands frequently 
find their powers of endurance and application 
slipping away from them. To compensate for this, 
some resort to drugs, opiates or stimulants which 
for the time being may conserve the nervous energy 
but eventually even more pronounced exhaustion 
and neurasthenia results. Our Nerve Power Pills 
in these cases are safe and speedy in their action 
with no depressing after-effects. They are a pleas- 
ant and exhilarating food for the nerve cells. They 
make weak nerves strong and strong nerves power- 
ful. Men who need the power of concentrating 
their nervous energy and boys who are listless at 
their tasks, drooping under the strain of school 
duties, should use our Nerve Power Pills, because 
they contain every element needed to make the ner- 
vous system powerful and supreme. Full directions 
are on each bottle containing the remedy. French Restorative Pills. 
A Scientific Up-to-Date Remedy for Men. 
French Restorative Pills. - This is one of the best 
remedies ever discovered for restoring to men the 
health, strength, and sexual vigor of youth, and for 
atonic, psychical, and symptomatic impotence, sem- 
inal weakness, neurasthenia, nerve and brain exhaus- 
tion, night emissions, spermatorrhoea, and the evils 
resulting from masturbation (self-abuse), or sexual 
excesses, drains or losses of seminal fluid while strain- 
ing at stool or in the urine, it is peerless. 
It stops the waste or loss of vital fluid, increases 
the appetite, aids digestion, relieves you of despon- 
dency, restores your sexual strength, increasing 
pleasure, and by its direct and immediate action on 
the nerve centres, enables you to secure refreshing 
sleep, without lascivious dreams and emissions. 
This medicine is supposed to create new nervous 
fluid and brain matter by supplying the blood with 
vegetable phosphates, its electric life element, restor- 
ing the fullest and most vigorous conditions of robust 
health of body and mind, so that all the duties of 
life may be pursued with confidence and pleasure. 
It should never fail to enrich the blood and thorough- 
ly invigorate the brain, nerves, spinal column and 
muscles. Its energizing effects are usually shown 
by a remarkable increase of nerve and intellectual 
power, giving new courage, strength and comfort to 
the sufferer. Brain workers will find it a valuable 
assistant to them in their labors; it clears and 
strengthens that organ, giving it new life and vigor, 
greatly increasing the capacity for mental labor. 
This remedy feeds the brain and spine, making 
new tissue and strengthening all the cells by supply- FRENCH RESTORATIVE PILLS. 
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ing them with revivified blood, which feeds the 
nerves and muscles, invigorating them; this is par- 
ticularly noticeable upon the reproductive organs. 
It is claimed that this is the only internal remedy 
ever discovered that will enlarge the testicles, and 
the only remedy that will increase the amount of 
semen secreted. It tones up the assimilative organs 
and glands to greater activity, so that the blood will 
be diverted to them in an increased volume; thus 
imparting new vigor and energy, causing full and 
permanent development by feeding the glands, cells 
and tissues (provided by nature for the purpose of 
supplying the organs with nutriment) with highly 
vitalized blood, thus nourishing the parts and urging 
forward the process of growth and development, 
greatly increasing sensation, size and secretive 
power. This remedy is a powerful revitalizing re- 
storative and determined aphrodisiac. 
If there is anything in the line of medicine that 
will make an old man young or a weak man strong, 
it is this remedy. It seems to go directly to the 
seat of the disease removing all weaknesses and 
restoring manhood's power in all curable cases. 
This remedy acts not as an irritant, but as a tonic 
to the brain and nerve centers governing the uro- 
genital apparatus. Its effects are chiefly noticeable 
on the sympathetic nerves, and when taken in large 
doses it may produce a peculiar intoxication, attend- 
ed by slight pains in the prostatic region. x 
French Restorative Pills will be found in our 
Household Medical Cabinet. If they do not act 
promptly or give entire satisfaction, consult one of 
our physicians, which you can do free of charge. 
DIRECTIONS. - Take one or two pills immediately before 
or after each meal. Take plenty of exercise in the open air, 
sleep in a room that is well ventilated, and live chiefly on 
milk, meat and eggs. French Developing Cream* 
A Scientific Remedy for Atrophy, Non- 
Development, and Varicocele. 
French Developing Cream is the only external 
remedy ever discovered that will enlarge the male 
organs. It is an external treatment, prepared espec- 
ially for the restoration and enlargement of unde- 
veloped, wasted, or shrunken generative organs. 
It acts immediately upon the nerves and muscular 
fibres; by entering the pores it increases the circula- 
tion and provides nourishment for the debilitated 
organs; the beneficial effects are immediately notice- 
able. It restores nerve sensation, natural heat, 
proper muscular activity, and blood circulation. 
It is a positive remedy for genital non-develop- 
ment, and we advance the broad, unreserved claim 
that this remedy is superior to any now known to 
the medical profession for the development of small, 
shrunken, or atrophied organs. It must be clearly 
understood that the parts before treatment are not 
merely tired and weak, but in a state of partial 
paralysis. The muscular inaction results from an 
absence of circulation. The mind is apprised of 
the fact by its inability to summon the paralyzed 
member to proper activity. 
This is neither the place nor occasion for a dis- 
cussion in detail of the causes that induce the unde- 
sirable and regretful condition of non-development. 
It is only necessary to say that this remedy will 
stimulate and tone up the assimilative organs and 
glands of the parts to greater activity, so that the 
blood will be diverted to them in an increased vol- 
ume, imparting new vigor and energy, causing full 
and permanent development by feeding the glands, 
cells and tissues with highly vitalized blood, thus 
nourishing the parts and forcing development, FRENCH DEVELOPING CREAM. 
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Varicocele. - This is the only known remedy that 
will positively cure varicocele without a surgical oper- 
ation. It acts at once upon the blood and its circu- 
lation ; also upon the nerves and muscular tissues of 
the veins and organs. For the debilitated veins, 
arteries and spermatic cord, it provides the proper 
nourishment, just the kind that nature demands and 
requires to keep them in a good, strong, vigorous 
condition. It cures varicocele by entering the pores 
of the skin, and acting as a tonic to the nerves, 
spermatic cord, seminal ducts, etc., and as an astrin- 
gent to the walls of the weakened blood vessels 
which absorb the active principles of the remedy, 
strengthening and gradually reducing the enlarged 
veins to their normal size and condition, thus 
effecting a safe and permanent cure of this annoying 
weakness. Varicocele when neglected is sure to 
produce sexual weakness and nervous exhaustion. 
This Cream is a perfect imitation of good, healthy 
semen (without the living germ). Applied to the 
genital organs, it supplies to them what is lost 
through waste of semen, and according to all laws 
of nature must develop them. It produces an agree- 
able sensation when applied, and improvement is 
usually noticeable at once. We can honestly and 
conscientiously recommend it as a sovereign remedy 
for any of the above-named ailments. 
This remedy will not be found in our Household 
Medical Cabinet. It can be procured only from our 
agents and physicians. As most men in need of 
this remedy are suffering from a complication of 
troubles we would advise their consulting one of 
our physicians, which can be done free of charge and 
the remedy obtained from him. The price for a 
full month's treatment of French Developing Cream 
is only three dollars. Full directions on each label. Antiseptic Dry Vapor 
Treatment. 
Comfort and Relief for Consumptives. 
A Guaranteed Scientific Antiseptic Treatment 
for Coryza, Coughs, Catarrh, Pharyngitis, 
Bronchitis, Asthma, Hay Fever, 
Catarrhal Deafness, Catarrhal 
Consumption, Weak, Watery 
Eyes, etc. 
Antiseptic Dry Vapor. -We hear many ask this 
question-What is Antiseptic Dry Vapor? Anti- 
septic Dry Vapor is a vapor formed by combining the 
fumes from a volatile acid and volatile alkali, when 
the fumes come in contact they decompose each 
other, forming a dense smoke or vapor. This vapor 
is then washed in clear water after which it is passed 
through liquid medicine containing germicides, 
which renders it thoroughly antiseptic and charges 
it with soothing and healing remedies which can 
by inhalation be carried to every part of the air 
passages and lungs. This vapor, when medicated antiseptic dry vapor TREATMENT. 
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and ready for inhalation, is so dry, clean and pure 
that it will not even moisten or soil the face of a 
mirror. This vapor is capable of extracting the 
active principle from nearly any remedy known to 
medical science, such as stimulants, tonics, sedatives, 
etc., and carrying the same to all parts of the lungs 
and air passages. Therefore it can be readily seen 
how effective this treatment must be in curing throat 
and lung troubles. 
Coryza. - This trouble is what is commonly 
known as a cold in the head or rose cold, rose catarrh, 
hay fever, acute catarrh, etc. It consists of a 
catarrhal condition of the mucous membrane of 
the nasal cavities, frontal sinuses, and of the naso- 
pharynx. It is the result of exposure to cold or to 
chemical, vegetable, or mechanical irritants. Ac- 
cording to some observers, certain forms of it are 
contagious. It may also appear as a complication 
to many diseases. Its symptoms are local only. 
The secretion from the nasal mucous membrane is 
at first scanty; later on it becomes more abundant 
and watery. It may be accompanied by much 
sneezing. The sense of smell is usually diminished. 
Our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment is an abso- 
lute specific for this trouble, in many cases curing 
it in a few hours. 
Pharyngitis. - This trouble is ordinarily known 
as sore throat. It is an inflammation of the 
pharynx, limited to the mucous membrane and at- 
tended by redness and swelling in the acute form. 
In the chronic form this trouble consists of hyper- 
trophy or enlargement of the mucous membrane of 
the pharynx, it appears to be in a congested condi- 
tion and feels as if some foreign substance was stuck 
in the throat, which causes the sufferer to be con- 
stantly trying to clear the throat and dislodge the 190 
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obstruction. In the acute form this trouble should 
be treated with our Antiseptic Throat Tablets and 
a spray made from a solution of water and Antisep- 
tic Germicide Tablets. The chronic form should 
be treated by taking our blood remedies internally 
and using our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment as 
an inhalent. 
Chronic Bronchitis. - This is a catarrhal inflam- 
mation of the bronchial tubes of a chronic character. 
It frequently follows repeated attacks of acute 
bronchitis. It is also often a complication of rheum- 
atism or gout. Heart disease and other chronic 
disturbances of the circulation may cause it. It is 
a very common trouble with old people. 
The symptoms are a continuous excessive secre- 
tion from the mucous glands of the bronchi, with 
slight or severe cough. In the severe cases the 
cough is paroxysmal and is worse in the morning 
and evening. The expectoration is profuse and 
mucopurulent in character. There may be slight, 
constant, or spasmodic difficulty in breathing. Anti- 
septic Dry Vapor Treatment will always greatly 
relieve and many times permanently cure chronic 
bronchitis. 
Asthma. - This trouble is a spasmodic contrac- 
tion of the bronchi or the tubes which supply the 
lungs with air. The exact cause of asthma is as yet 
a debatable question among medical men. Dis- 
eases of the pharynx or nose and inhalations of 
certain odors can produce it. It is frequently a 
complication of bronchitis, advanced heart disease, 
or of nephritis (Bright's disease) in various stages. 
The symptoms are difficulty in breathing, both 
inspiration and expiration are difficult. Antiseptic 
Dry Vapor always relieves asthma, and relief is all 
that can be hoped for as permanent cures are rare. ANTISEPTIC DRY VAPOR TREATMENT. 
191 
Watery Eyes. - This trouble is usually caused 
from catarrh or hay fever and consists of a slight 
inflammation of the eyelids and congestion of the 
surrounding tissues. Its symptoms are a copious 
flow of tears when straining the eyes to look at a 
fine object or when exposed to cold air or winds. 
Antiseptic Dry Vapor quickly cures this trouble by 
removing the cause. 
Catarrhal Deafness. - This trouble is caused from 
chronic catarrh extending up the Eustachian tubes 
until it affects the whole auditory canal. The deaf- 
ness is much worse when the patient is suffering 
from a fresh or acute cold. At times this trouble is 
so bad that there is an offensive discharge from both 
the ears and nose, also a constant watery discharge 
from the eyes. 
Our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment is usually a 
quick relief and positive cure for this annoying con- 
dition. 
Chronic Catarrh. - Under this heading comes 
catarrhal consumption as well as chronic catarrh, 
which are practically one and the same disease. 
These troubles always arise from a neglected cold, 
from which condition they quickly pass through the 
stages of acute catarrh, pharyngitis, sub-acute 
catarrh and bronchitis into chronic catarrh, and if 
still neglected into catarrhal consumption. This 
last condition, although not nearly as deadly as 
tuberculosis, in many neglected cases it proves fatal, 
ending in death. 
Owing to the fact that these diseases have their 
seat in the air passages of the nose, throat and lungs, 
it is impossible to treat them properly with any- 
thing except a medicated antiseptic dry vapor as 
no medicine of a liquid or solid nature can reach 
these parts without violence and great injury. 192 
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Our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment readily 
enters every air passage and cell extending to the 
most remote part of the lungs, thereby applying the 
remedies direct to the diseased parts, curing chronic 
catarrh and catarrhal consumption after many other 
remedies have failed to even help the patient. 
Under the heading of Household Catarrh Cure and 
Allied Remedies, we give further information about 
chronic catarrh and the proper treatment of same. 
The Discovery of Antiseptic Dry Vapor. - This 
treatment is a valuable scientific discovery in the 
field of therapeutics made by a skillful and able 
therapeutist, one who has devoted the greater part 
of his life to practical therapeutics. 
From early childhood the discoverer of our Anti- 
septic Dry Vapor Treatment suffered from chronic 
catarrh and bronchitis; several years ago he was 
told by a number of physicians that he was in the 
advanced stages of consumption and had but a very 
short time to live. He spent a great deal of money 
and time in seeking relief but found none. 
Realizing the fact that physicians were unable to 
help him, he devoted his time to the study of dis- 
eases affecting the throat and lungs, experimenting 
upon himself with a dry vapor which he produced 
from a combination of chemicals. He soon realized 
that the chemical vapor, unaided, would not kill 
the germs that caused his disease. A germicide 
was needed, many of which would destroy the dis- 
ease if applied directly. But how to kill the germs 
was a puzzle, as his chemical vapor would not extract 
or take up the active principles of the germicides. 
Still he labored on with the one object in view, it 
must be done. 
Daily his cough increased, his strength was fail- 
ing fast, he well knew that he was nearing the end. ANTISEPTIC DRY VAPOR TREATMENT. 
193 
One night, after hours of weary toil in his laboratory, 
endeavoring to compound something to save his 
life, he thought, there is but one combination more 
that I will try, if that fails, I will give up the fight 
and prepare for death. 
Making the Final Test. -It is but the work of a 
few moments in his experienced hands to com- 
pound what is needed. Then carefully he recharges 
the vaporizer with the new compound; it is now 
ready for use. He grasps the bulb in his right hand, 
he hesitates, he seems lost in thought, he arouses 
himself as from a dream, he now grasps the outlet 
in his left hand and points it directly towards his 
nostrils, his right hand closes quickly on the bulb, 
once, twice, thrice, and then a dozen or more times 
in rapid succession, the vapor pours into his nostrils 
and out again in great clouds. A smile breaks over 
that sad face as he realizes that there is a heavy 
penetrating odor from the drugs in the fourth con- 
tainer, life is again within his grasp, and as a broad 
ray of sunlight streams through the midnight dark- 
ness of utter despair, a fervent prayer of thanks- 
giving rises from his heart to his lips and finds 
expression in an earnestly murmured, "Thank God, 
at last I may hope to live." 
On that night he took the first treatment that 
ever did his bronchial tubes and lungs any good; it 
killed every living germ in them. His health im- 
proved rapidly, in a few weeks he was a well man, 
and is now one of the most healthy and robust men 
in the country. His Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treat- 
ment is now within reach of the thousands of suffer- 
ing men and women who are struggling to rid them- 
selves of this horrible disease - chronic catarrh, 
which is fastened upon them like a vampire draining 
away their life and vitality. 194 
antiseptic dry vapor treatment. 
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. - This is the disease 
which is known and spoken of by the public as con- 
sumption. Any disease wherein the patient be- 
comes emaciated and wastes away is known to the 
medical fraternity as consumption, and the disease 
which the public know and fear as consumption is 
known in the medical world as "tuberculosis," and 
up to the present writing there is no remedy known 
to medical science that will cure absolutely this 
dread disease. Taken in time it can be prevented, 
but when once well established all that can be done 
is to make the patient as comfortable as possible 
until death brings relief and ends all suffering. 
We want it distinctly understood that we do not 
claim our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment will cure 
pulmonary tuberculosis; but we do claim that it 
will give a patient suffering from this dread disease 
more comfort and relief than any other remedy 
known to medical science at the present time. There- 
fore if you have a dear one who is so unfortunate as 
to be a victim of this deadly and grim destroyer, 
make their last days on earth as comfortable as 
possible by securing our Antiseptic Dry Vapor 
Treatment. It will open up the air passages, make 
breathing easy, reduce and loosen the cough, making 
the sputa rise easily, greatly relieving the efforts 
necessary to expectorate. In a word, it will greatly 
add to the comfort and happiness during the last 
days on earth of a loved mother, wife, sister, daugh- 
ter, or other member of the family, soon to pass 
away forever from their earthly home and friends. 
The Best Treatment. - Our Antiseptic Dry Vapor 
Treatment is the best known to medical science for 
the cure of all catarrhal conditions of the head, nose, 
throat and lungs, and for the relief and comfort of 
consumptives. ANTISEPTIC dry VAPOR TREATMENT. 
195 
If Nature's "danger signals" are appearing along 
your pathway and you have neglected to heed the 
warning cough, which continually reminds you that 
your disease is advancing and becoming more compli- 
cated, you have reached a point where your life is 
in danger. We would impress upon you the im- 
portance of the warning, and advise you to at once 
procure one of our Vaporizers and cure your disease 
ere it is too late. 
In view of the dark forebodings and horrors that 
surround a patient afflicted with a bad case of chron- 
ic catarrh, who knows not where to look for relief, 
it is a great pleasure to realize that a cure, an abso- 
lute cure, is within our power to bestow. Whatever 
failures others have met with, we feel justified in 
promising a complete and absolute cure. To all 
sufferers we can truly say that our Antiseptic Dry 
Vapor Treatment will cause the bright sunlight of 
health to illuminate your midnight darkness of utter 
despair. If you need help do not waste the golden 
moments, order a vaporizer at once. 
Our Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment consists of 
a nice cabinet, four containers and complete appa- 
ratus for vaporizing the ingredients used for treat- 
ment, also a complete set of supplies. This treat- 
ment is perfectly harmless and contains no poisons. 
Special Notice. - We do not sell our Antiseptic 
Dry Vapor Treatment, neither does it go with our 
Household Medical Cabinet. We rent it to persons 
in need of such treatment, all complete with all 
necessary remedies to be used in the vaporizer, and 
give full instructions for using and taking care of 
same, make all repairs and furnish new supplies 
when needed, for the small sum of five dollars ($5.00) 
per month. Our agent will inform you how to pro- 
cure one and get it for you. Index of Diseases. 
SEE INDEX OF REMEDIES, ALSO INDEX OF 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 
Diseases of the Blood and Skin 124 
Acne or Pimples 124 
Anaemia 129 
Boils 124 
Eczema 125 
Herpes Zoster or Shingles 125 
Impoverished Blood 128 
Impure Blood 126 
Loss of Vigor and Vitality 128 
Scrofula 127 
Diseases of the Bowels 12 
Appendicitis 15 
Bilious Constipation 112 
Chronic Constipation 114 
Colic and Cramps 15, 143 
Diarrhoea .. 14, 143 
Dysentery 143 
Piles or Hemorrhoids 118 
Diseases of Children 144 
Coughs and Croup 145 
Infantile Ailments 144 
Worms in Children 146 
Diseases of Head, Nose, Throat and Lungs 26 
Bad Breath from Catarrh 90 
Bleeding from Nose 25 
Bronchitis 86, 190 
Catarrhal Consumption 90 
Catarrhal Deafness 88, 191 
Catarrh of the Head 88 
Catarrh of the Nose 26, 87, 148 
Catarrh of the Throat 89 
Chronic Catarrh 148, 191 
Coryza or Hay Fever 87, 189 
Coughs 86 XII 
INDEX OF DISEASES* 
Diseases of Head, Nose, Throat and Lungs 26 
Deafness 24, 88, 191 
Dry Irritation of the Throat 92 
Earache 24, 139 
Eye Troubles 20, 22, 94, 95 
Hay Fever 87, 189 
Hoarseness 86 
Lung Troubles 90,194 
Sore Throat 92 
Toothache 93 
Weak Watery Eyes 191 
Diseases of the Heart and Circulation 108 
Cold Hands and Feet 109 
Faintness 109,110 
Poor Circulation 108,110 
Sleeplessness 108 
Tired Feelings 109,110 
Weak Hearts 109 
Diseases of the Kidneys 120 
Acute Cystitis or inflammation of the bladder 121 
Chronic Cystitis, or Catarrh of the Bladder 121 
Diabetes 122 
Dropsy 122 
Gravel 121 
Incontinence of the Urine 121 
Nephritis, or Bright's Disease 120 
Diseases of the Liver 112 
Bilious Headache 112 
Biliousness 112 
Torpid Liver 113 
Diseases of Men 178 
Atrophy 186 
Complicated Cases 180 
Exhausted Nerves 182 
Hygienic Rules for Men 181 
Impotence 178 
Lack of Manly Power 150 
Lack of Vital Force 182 
Masturbation I79 
Nervous Debility 178 
Non-Development 186 
Sexual Debility 185 
Varicocle 187 INDEX OF DISEASES- 
Diseases of the Nervous System 104 
Articular Rheumatism 130 
Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco 104 
Exhausted Nerves 158, 182 
General Debility 104, 134 
Impotence 178 
Lack of Tone 102, 135 
Lack of Vitality 158, 154, 182 
Lumbago 131 
Mental Exhaustion 104 
Nervous Debility 178 
Nervous Exhaustion 153 
Nervous Prostration 158 
Neuralgia 132 
Neurasthenia 104, 154 
Physical Exhaustion 104 
Rheumatism and Sciatica 130, 132 
Diseases of the Stomach 15, 96, 104 
Acid Dyspepsia .* • 98 
Catarrh of the Stomach 100 
Indigestion 96, 98, 104 
Nervous Dyspepsia 99 
Wind in Stomach 15 
Diseases of Women 152 
Amenorrhoea (suppression of menses) 164 
Atrophy of the Bust 172 
Congestion of the Ovaries or Womb 162, 168 
Dysmenorrhcea (painful menstruation) 162, 168 
Female Weaknesses 152 
Inflammation of the Ovaries or Womb 169 
Irregularities of the Menses 167 
Lack of Vitality 154 
Leucorrhoea 153 
Menopause (change of life) 156, 165 
Nervous Exhaustion 153 
Neuralgia of the Ovaries or Womb 169 
Neurasthenia 154 
Non-Development of the Bust 173 
Hygienic Treatment for Women 170 
Hot or Cold Water Injections Injurious 170 
How to Use a Syringe Properly 171 
The Syringe in Relation to Health 170 
Vaginal Injections 171 
XIII Index of Remedies. 
SEE INDEX OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, ALSO 
INDEX OF DISEASES. 
Antiseptic Catarrh Cream 87 
For Catarrh and Hay Fever 87 
Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment 188 
For Asthma 190 
For Catarrhal Deafness 191 
For Chronic Bronchitis . • • 190 
For Chronic Catarrh 191 
For Coryza or Hay Fever 189 
For Pharyngitis 189 
For Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Consumption) 194 
For Weak, Watery Fyes 191 
Antiseptic Fye Drops 94 
For Aching Eye Balls 94 
For Itching of the Eyes 94 
For Simple Inflammation 94 
For Smarting and Burning 94 
Antiseptic Germicide Tablets 148 
For Antiseptic Tonic Baths 149 
For Nose and Throat 148 
For Vaginal Injections 148 
For Wounds and Bruises 149 
For Women 148 
Antiseptic Throat Tablets 92 
For Dry or Sore Throat 92 
For Throat Irritation 92 
Blood and Skin Remedy, No. 1 124 
For Acne or Pimples 124 
For Blood Poison 125 
For Boils 124 
For Eczema 125 
For Herpes Zoster 125 
Blood and Skin Remedy, No. 2 126 
A Blood Purifyer 126 
For Blood Poison or Scrofula 127 
For Pimples, etc 126 INDEX OF REMEDIES. 
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Castoria Soothing Syrup 144 
For Babies 144 
For Children 144 
For Invalids 144 
Children's Cough and Croup Syrup 145 
For Coughs and Colds 145 
For Croupous Conditions 145 
Children's Worm Tablets 146 
For Removing Worms 146 
Compound Galega Bust Pills and French Bust Cream... 172 
For Developing Woman's Bust 172 
Compound Glyhypophosphites 104 
For ill Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco 104 
For General Debility 104 
For Indigestion 104 
For Mental and Nervous Exhaustion 104 
For Neurasthenia and Physical Exhaustion 104 
For Vital Waste and Repair 106 
Crystal Eye Tonic 95 
Brightens the Eyes 95 
For Optic Nerve Weakness 95 
For Weak and Watery Eyes 95 
Feel-Fine Tablets 110 
A Great Sustainer Ill 
For Despondency or the Blues 110 
For the Tired or Weary Ill 
GoodTor Everybody 110 
Mental Nerve Food 110 
Woman's Friend 110 
Female Health Pills 154 
For Lack of Vitality 154 
For Restoring New Life 154 
For Neurasthenia 154 
French Bust Cream and Compound Galega Bust Pills... 172 
Facts Regarding the Bust 172 
Non-Development 173 
Remedies for Bust Development 174 
The Sign of Womanhood 173 
Treatment for Bust Development 174 
French Developing Cream, for Men 186 
For Atrophy 186 
For Non-Development 186 
For Varicocele 187 INDEX OF REMEDIES. 
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French Nympho Pills 160 
An Invigorant for Women 160 
A Restorative Remedy for Women 160 
French Restorative Pills 184 
A Scientific Restorative for Men 184 
For Sexual Debility 185 
Homoeopathic Cold Cure 82 
For Coryza, Colds and Coughs 82 
Homoeopathic Fever Cure 82 
For Fevers and Colds 82 
Household Bitters 96 
For Belching of Wind 97 
For Dilated Stomachs 97 
For General Debility 97 
For Loss of Appetite 96 
Household Catarrh Cure and Allied Remedies 88 
Bad Breath from Catarrh 90 
Bronchial Catarrh 89 
Catarrhal Consumption 90 
Catarrhal Deafness 88 
Catarrh of the Head 88 
Catarrh of the Nose and Throat 88, 89 
Treatment for Catarrh 89, 90, 91, 192 
Household Colic and Cholera Tablets 143 
For Colic and Cramps 143 
For Diarrhoea and Dysentery 143 
For Summer Complaint 143 
Household Cough Syrup 86 
For Bronchial Troubles 86 
For Coughs 86 
For Hoarseness 86 
For Throat Troubles 86 
Household Dyspepsia Tablets 98 
For Acid Dyspepsia 98 
For Catarrh of the Stomach 100 
For Mixed Dyspepsia 98 
For Nervous Dyspepsia 99 
Household Grip-Cold Cure 84 
For Colds and Acute Lung Troubles 84 
For La Grippe 84 
For Sudden Chills 84 
Prevents Pneumonia 85 
To Break up Coughs and Colds 85 XVIII 
INDEX OF REMEDIES. 
Household Headache Tablets 119 
Household Kidney Pills 120 
For Catarrh of the Bladder 121 
For Cystitis 121 
For Diabetes 122 
For Dropsy 122 
For Gravel 121 
For Incontinence of the Urine 121 
For Kidney Troubles 120 
For Nephritis 120 
Household Liniment 140 
For Lumbago 140 
For Neuralgia 140 
For Rheumatism . 140 
For Sprains and Bruises 141 
For the Chest and Lungs 141 
For the Joints and Muscles 140 
Household Pain Cure 138 
For Bowel Troubles 139 
For Chills and Fever 138 
For Pains and Aches 138 
For Sore Throat 139 
For Stomach Troubles 138 
For Tender Feet 139 
Household Pile Cure 118 
For Hemorrhoids 118 
Household Salve 142 
For General Use 142 
Household Sanitary Cathartic 116 
A Reliable Fasy Physic 116 
Household Toilet Powder 147 
Household Tonic Pills 134 
For General Debility 134 
For Lack of Tone 137 
Household Toothache Drops 93 
For Gum-Boils and Sore Gums 93 
For Toothache and Decayed Teeth 93 
Hygienic Treatment for Women 170 
Cold Water Injections 171 
Hot Water Injections 170 
How to Use a Syringe properly 171 
The Syringe in Relation to Health 170 
Vaginal Injections 171 INDEX OF REMEDIES. 
XIX 
Lazy Liver Pills 112 
Antibilious 112 
Action on the Bile 113 
For Bilious Headache 112 
For Biliousness 112 
For Coated Tongue 113 
For Sick Headache 113 
For Torpid Liver 113 
Monthly Pain Relief 162 
For Congested Conditions 162 
For Dysmenorrhoea 162 
For Young Girls 162 
Nerve Power Pills for Men and Boys 182 
For Brain Workers 183 
For Exhausted Nerves 182 
For Lack of Vital Force 182 
For Sustaining Bodily Vigor 183 
Nerve Power Pills, for Women and Girls 158 
A Health Support for Women 159 
For Lack of Vital Forces 158 
For Exhausted Nerves 158 
For Nervous Prostration 158 
Restores Woman's Nerve Force 158 
Oriental Invigorants 150 
As a Substitute for Liquor 150 
For Stimulating Men 150 
For Stimulating Women 150 
For the Drink or Drug Habit 151 
For the Heart, Brain and Spinal Cord 150 
Good for the Old Folks 151 
Ovarian Balm, a Marvelous Remedy for Women 168 
For Congestion of Womb and Ovaries 168 
For Inflammation of Womb and Ovaries 169 
For Neuralgia of the Womb and Ovaries 169 
For Painful Menstruation 168 
Perfect Circulation Tonic 108 
For Cold Hands and Feet 109 
For Depressed Feelings 108 
For Faintness 109 
For Poor Circulation 108 
For Sleeplessness 108 
For Tired Feelings 109 
For Weak Hearts 109 XX 
INDEX OF REMEDIES. 
Red Blood Makers 128 
Action on the Blood 128 
For Pale Children 128 
For Young People 129 
Will Make Blood for Everybody 129 
Rheumatism and Neuralgia Tablets 130 
For Articular Rheumatism 130 
For Chronic Rheumatism 130 
For Lumbago 131 
For Muscular Rheumatism 130 
For Neuralgia 132 
For Sciatica 132 
The Ideal Monthly Regulator 164 
For Amenorrhoea 164 
For Anaemic Women 166 
For Change of Life 165 
For Full Blooded Women 166 
For Irregularities 167 
For Suppression of the Menses 164 
Tonic Laxative Pills 114 
For Chronic Constipation 114 
Uterol Tablets 156 
For Female Weakness 156 
For Leucorrhoea 156 
For Menopause or Turn of Life 156 
For Prolapsus Uteri 157 
Vegetable Stimulets 102 
Aids Digestion 103 
As a Brain Food 102 
As a Tonic 102 
»For Dyspepsia 103 
For Insomnia 103 
Good for Old People 102 
White Rose French Toilet Cream 176 
For Blackheads 177 
For Burns and Scalds 177 
For Chafing 176 
For Chapped Hands or Lips 177 
For Cold Sores 177 
For the Complexion 176 
For the Face 176 
For Sunburn 177 
For the Toilet 176 Index of Miscellaneous Items. 
SEE INDEX OK DISEASES, ALSO INDEX OF REMEDIES. 
A Medical Education Free 81 
Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment 188 
Appendicitis, How to Cure It 15 
Bathing, Advice About 38, 149 
Bowels, Advice about care of 12, 112, 114, 116 
Children, Advice about 44 
Artificial Food for 44 
Bathing and Sleep for 47 
Clothing for 47 
Exercise for 49 
How to Feed a Child 46 
How to Prevent Bow-Legs 48 
How to Prevent Knock-knees 48 
Loss of Appetite 49 
When to Wean a Child 45 
Clothing, Advice about 41 
Colic, What to do for it 15, 143, 144 
Contagious Diseases 52 
Dandruff, to Remove It 31 
Diarrhoea, What to do for it 14, 143, 144 
Diet, Healthy 4 
Disease Germs, How to Kill 18 
Disease, How to Avoid It 2 
Diseases of Men 178 
Diseases of Women 152 
Disinfectants, Advice about 17 
Dislocations 67 
Fracture of the Collar Bone 68 
Fracture of the Ribs 68 
Reducing Dislocations and Sprains 68 
Drinks, Iced are Injurious 16 
Drinks for Invalids. 56, 57, 59, 60, 61 
Summer Drinks 16 
Ears, Advice about Care of 23 
Deafness 24 
Earache 24 XXII 
INDEX OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 
Eating, Advice about 8 
A Good Appetite 8 
A Variety of Foods 11 
Avoiding Injurious Foods 8 
Eating Early in the Morning 11 
How Much One Should Eat 10 
How to Increase Your Weight 11, 76, 97 
How to Recover the Appetite 10 
How to Reduce Your Weight 11, 76, 111 
Never Eat Between Meals 10 
Only Small Mouthfuls Should be Taken 9 
Rapid Eating our National Evil 8 
The Food Should be Thoroughly Masticated 9 
The Quantity of Food Should be Regulated 9 
Emaciation or Leanness, Cause and Cure 76 
Emergencies and Accidents 65 
Bleeding from Arteries 65 
Bleeding from Extracting Teeth 66 
Bleeding from Veins 65 
Burns and Scalds 70 
Clothing on Fire 68 
Cramps 73 
Cure for Lockjaw 69 
Cut Wounds 71 
How to Make Clothing Fireproof 69 
How to Stop Convulsions 72 
Loss of Blood 65 
Relief from Choking 69 
Rupture of a Large Blood Vessel 66 
Shock from Injuries 71 
Treatment for Sunstroke 71 
Eyes, Advice about Care of 20 
Foreign Bodies in the 22 
The Eye as an Educator 21 
The Eylashes 21 
What to do for a Stye 22 
Woman's Eye 22 
Fainting 66 
Apparent Insensibility 66 
Complete Unconsciousness 67 
Feet, Advice about 32 
Chilblains and Corns 33, 34 
Cold Feet 32 INDEX OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 
XXIII 
Frosted Feet 35 
Ingrowing Toe Nails 34 
Scalded Feet 35 
Food and Drinks for the Sick 56 
A Strong Broth 60 
Apple Tapioca 58 
Apple Tea and Apple Water 59 
Arrow Root 58 
Barley Gruel and Barley Water 56 
Birds for Convalescents 60 
Bread Jelly 57 
Broth from Fowls 59 
Chicken Broth 59 
Currant Drink 59 
Diet for Dyspeptics 62 
Figs and Apples 59 
Ground Rice Milk 57 
Gum Arabic Cordial 60 
Iceland Moss Jelly 57 
Meat Jelly 58 
Mutton Broth 60 
Nourishing Soup 60 
Oatmeal Gruel 57 
Parched Corn Gruel 57 
Raw Beef and Raw Beef Tea 61 
Savoy Custard 61 
Tapioca Jelly 58 
Toast and Water 56 
Freckles, to Remove 37 
Hair, Advice about 30 
Dyes for the 31 
To Prevent Falling of 30 
To Prevent Gray 31 
To Remove Dandruff 31 
Health, Home and Food 1, 3 
Foods We Should Eat 4 
Fruits as Food 7 
Healthy Diet 4 
How Food is Digested 4 
How to Avoid Disease 2 
Milk and Cheese as Food 5 
Nuts as an Article of Diet 5 
Onions and Tomatoes as Food 6 XXIV 
INDEX OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 
Health, Home and Food 1, 3 
Pork and Fish as Food 5 
Presence of Disease 1 
The Body Like a Piece of Machinery 2 
Why Medicine is Needed 3 
Health Notes, Special 74 
A Good Tooth Wash 77 
Causes of Lung Congestion 76 
Cure for Obesity 76 
Healthful Seats in a Car 75 
How to Avoid Pneumonia 75 
How to Cure the Scabies or Itch 79 
How to Cure Ulcers 78 
How to Take Medicine 75 
Leanness, Causes and Cure 76 
Pimples on the Face 77 
Pine Woods Healthful 74 
Time Required to Digest Food 75 
To Keep the Hands White 77 
To Remove Moth Spots 77 
What to do for a Felon 78 
What to do for Whooping Cough 79 
What to do for a Whitlow 78 
What to do for Boils 78 
What to do for Croup 79 
Health, Precautions about 53 
About Visiting the Sick 54 
About Wet Clothes 53 
How to Escape Fevers 54 
Infectious Fevers 54 
Things to Avoid 53 
To Avoid Fever Poison 55 
To Avoid Infection 55 
To Avoid Taking Cold 53 
Heal Thyself 80 
House, the Healthful 42 
Hygienic Rules for Men 181 
Hygienic Treatment for Women 170 
Ice Water, Advice about 16 
Medical Knowledge 80 
Medicine, why it is Needed 3 
Mothers, Nursing 46 
What Nursing Mothers Should Eat 46 XXV 
INDEX OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 
Nose, Advice about the Care of 25 
Catarrh of the Nose 26 
Foreign Substance in Nose 26 
What to do for Nosebleed 25 
Obesity, Cure of 76 
Poisons, Antidotes for 63 
Bites of Insects 63 
In case of poisoning 63 
Lead Poisoning 63 
Poison from Bees 63 
Poison Ivy and Oak 63 
Poultices, Their Uses 73 
Beet 73 
Bread 73 
Charcoal 74 
Flaxseed 73 
Mustard 74 
Mustard and Flaxseed 74 
Salt and Soda 74 
Yeast 74 
Sleeping, Advice about 39 
Sick Room, Advice about the 50 
A Kind Voice Necessary 51 
How to Move a Patient 51 
Reading to a Sick Person 51 
Things not to be Omitted 50 
Skin, Advice about the 36 
Chapped Hands and Lips 37 
How to Remove Warts 36 
Sunburn 37 
To Remove Freckles and Tan 37 
Sunshine and Health 19 
Children Need It 20 
Cure 19 
In the Sick Room 20 
Power of 19 
Teeth, Advice about 27 
Care of 28, 29 
Decay of 27 
Relief from Toothache 29 
Toe Nails, ingrowing 34 
Toothache, relief from 29 
Warts, how to remove 36 Price List. 
General Household Remedies. 
Antiseptic Catarrh Cream $ 
PRICE 
>0.25 
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87 
Antiseptic Eye Drops 
.25 
94 
Antiseptic Germicide Tablets 
.50 
148 
Antiseptic Throat Tablets 
.25 
92 
Blood and Skin Remedy, No. 1 
.50 
124 
Blood and Skin Remedy, No. 2 
.50 
126 
Compound Glyhypophosphites 
1.00 
104 
Crystal Eye Tonic 
.50 
95 
Eeel-Fine Tablets 
.50 
110 
Homoeopathic Cold Cure 
.25 
82 
Homoepathic Fever Cure 
.25 
82 
Household Bitters 
1.00 
96 
Household Catarrh Cure 
.50 
88 
Household Dyspepsia Tablets (small) 
.25 
98 
Household Dyspepsia Tablets (large) 
.50 
98 
Household Colic and Cholera Tablets 
.25 
143 
Household Cough Syrup 
.25 
86 
Household Grip-Cold Cure 
.25 
84 
Household Headache Tablets 
.25 
119 
Household Kidney Pills 
.50 
120 
Household Liniment 
.50 
140 
Household Pain Cure 
.50 
138 
Household Pile Cure 
.25 
118 
Household Salve 
.25 
142 
Household Sanitary Cathartic 
.25 
116 
Household Toilet Powder 
.25 
147 
Household Tonic Pills 
.50 
134 
Household Toothache Drops 
.25 
93 
Lazy Liver Pills 
.25 
112 
Oriental Invigorants 
.75 
150 
Perfect Circulation Tonic 
.50 
108 
Red Blood Makers 
.50 
128 PRICE LIST 
XXVII 
Rheumatism and Neuralgia Tablets 
PRICE. S 
$.50 
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130 
Tonic Laxative Pills 
.50 
114 
Vegetable Stimulets 
.50 
102 
Remedies for Children. 
Castoria Soothing Syrup 
$.25 
144 
Children's Cough and Croup Syrup 
.25 
145 
Children's Worm Tablets 
.25 
146 
Special Remedies for Men. 
French Developing Cream : 
$3.00 
186 
French Restorative Pills 
1.00 
184 
Nerve Power Pills 
.75 
182 
Oriental Invigorants 
.75 
150 
Special Remedies for Women. 
Antiseptic Germicide Tablets 
$.50 
148 
Compound Galega Bust Pills (small) 
.75 
172 
Compound Galega Bust Pills (large) 2.00 
172 
Female Health Pills 
.75 
154 
French Bust Cream 
1.00 
172 
French Nympho Pills 
1.00 
160 
Household Toilet Powder 
.25 
147 
Monthly Pain Relief 
1.00 
162 
Nerve Power Pills 
.75 
158 
Ovarian Balm 
.50 
168 
The Ideal Monthly Regulator 
1.00 
164 
Uterol Tablets 
.50 
156 
White Rose French Toilet Cream 
.50 
176 
The following remedies are not in our cabinet, but 
are for sale by our physicians and agents 
• 
Antiseptic Dry Vapor Treatment $5.00 
188 
Compound Galega Bust Pills (large) 
2.00 
172 
Compound Glyhypophosphites 
1.00 
104 
Household Bitters 
1.00 
96 
Household Dyspepsia Tablets (large) 
.50 
98