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      T. H. ^TILWELL, M. D.,
Fellow of Society of Advancement of Science andArt; Member of
 the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons ; 'Eleve de la
 Facultit de Medicine, Paris; Royal College of Surgeons, Lon-
 don ; Medical Director, U. S.A.


   762 BROADWAY, (bet. 8th and 9th Sts.)
f*iease Circulate this among your F'riends. 
NOTICES  OF  THE  PRESS.
                 Christian A dvocate.
  Ouk venerable brother, the Rev. ...  ---............
.......*.......has resumed his pastoral duties after a re-
tirement of seven years, during which time he has
served his Master as Oolporter.   Brother  ...»  lost
his hearing from exposure  while  on Circuit-duty in
the Far West, and from his great age—being seventy-
one years—has been unable to find relief until a few
weeks since he was presented with a pair of Dr. Stil-
weWs Patent Organic Vibrators, and he is aMe, with
their assistance,  to hear well.  May  a long life of
usefulness still await him before he  is  called home.
                    The Tribune.
  We call  attention of our readers to the advertise-
ment of Dr. Stilwell, of his Patent Organic Vibrator,
on the fourth page of this paper.   We have exam-
ined Dr. Stilwell's  invention, and  have  seen  it in
actual  operation, and therefore take  pleasure in
advising all the  incurable deaf to  consult with the
Doctor, as many of our useful members absent them-
selves from Divine  service in consequence of  their
deafness.
             Medical and Surgical Reporter.
  We  have  many enquiries about  Dr. Stilwell's
Patent Organic Vibrator, and in reply to them all
refer them to his advertisement in another part of
this paper.   We offer, free of charge, a treatise on
Deafness,  which contains a full description of his
great invention.  The Doctor deserves to reap a rich
reward for the successful result of his studies. 
PREFACE,
  Who ark Quacks? is almost daily asked by Invalids throughout the
country, who, in  their anxiety to obtain relief, wish to learn how to
distinguish the genuine physician from the pretender.
  The Medical Profession is divided into several Societies, each of
which make rules by which to govern their members, and, less charit-
able than other professions, each society denominates the members of
every other society as " quacks."  The society which out-numbers in
its membership all  the  rest, because  inaction only is required of its
members to give  free  scope and a large  field, with all its emoluments,
to its officers or leaders—this society calls itself the regular—as in Re-
ligion, one sect calls itself the true Church ! implying that all others
are false.  Among the code of ethics or rules which govern this society
are the following :—Any one practicing medicine without having ob-
tained a Diploma from  a  regular Medical College, is  a " Quack !"
Under this head we must  class the  most  able  Surgeon*, of the day.
Dr. John Hunter—self-educated—he raised himself to a position so
that the Society were compelled to make him a present of a Diploxa,
as an honorary member, and beg his entrance to their society. After-
ward he became a Professor in one of the Royal Colleges of England.
  By another rule—They forbid  the members of their society  from
meeting in consultation  with the  Physicians of any  other school.
The result of this is to create  a  mutual admiration society;  to cover
up mistakes,  and  shut out all really valuable advice, leaving  the invalid
to die the victim of false ideas; while justice and good sense suggest
that if one mode of treatment fail to cure, another system be permitted
to step in and contribute its influence to effect a cure.
  A  few weeks since, one of the leading physicians of the  New V'ork
Hospital sought my advice and  aid  in  treating a disease existing in
his own body.  He suppressed his name, but I know his face.  Were
a patient of his  to ke  similarly  situated,  unable to find  relief else-
where, his standing in the profession would be jeopardized by advis-
ing the patient to follow his example. 
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  Another rule.  Any one who advertises, shall be counted out of the
regular profession.   Under this head many of our most  skillful phy-
sicians are classed, whose experience and  learning, place them far
above those whose lack of energy permits them to sit quietly in their
office waiting for the sick to find  them out.  The injustice and fool-
ishness of this order is apparent to the  vox populi, who judge us,
and i:y their patronage, give us sanction.  A physician passes through
all the grades of medical education, receives his certificate of qualifica-
tion, and because he sees fit to publish his views, does his learning from
that  moment leave him?  Does not  the great increase of practice
thus secured, and the large  experience thus obtained,  give  him
superior claims to  consideration ?
  Another order of this Society denounces as "Quacks," in sweep-
ing terms, all Physicians of the Homoeopathic, Eclectic, Hydropathic,
and all other Societies.  They  appear to denounce reformation, and
upon their lofty pinacles of self-esteem, cry I am  true,  the only true
physician,—all others are quacks.
  In our humble opinion, a quack is a pretender—one who practices
an art he has not by study acquired, and  boasts  a skill  he does not
possess, and success he has not acquired.   It is, therefore, within the
reach of every invalid to discover before engaging a physician, whether
he be educated, of experience, and possessed of skill.  If he  have
these, he is no quack, whatever his peculiar mode of doing business.
If he possess not these qualifications,  he is  a quack—a pretender—
notwithstanding he claims, with other pretensions, that of being a
Regular Physician.    Respectfully,

                        T.  HUNT STILWELL,  M. D.

  P. S.  1 refer  to  page 20 of  this treatise, where may be  found the
opinion of the celebrated D*s. Fowler &  Wells, of the  " Phrenologi-
cal Journal,"'of my ability and honesty.                T. H.  S. 
             INTRODUCTION.


     In this age of quackery and pretension it becomes
   a delicate matter for a physician who values his po-
   sition to step aside from the regular path, and present
   his views to the public.  Nothing but a sense of what
   is duo humanity and a world of sufferers can justify
   the act.
     After a course of study in this country, graduating
   at the New York College of Physicians and Sur-
   geons,  my  thirst for scientific knowledge led me
   abroad.  I  visited all the great  hospitals of Europe,
   spending considerable time  in study and research
   with the best authors of  England, France, and Ger-  !
   many.   About  this time the medical world  were
[   startled by  the invention of the " Artificial DircV
   of the ear.  This was successfully used for a number
   of years, and has undoubtedly  given relief to suf-
   ferers of the comparatively  small number who  were
   afflicted with total destruction of the drum, and who
   were able to bear the  great  expense  of this appli- 
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ance—one hundred francs, or twenty dollars in gold;
but for the more  numerous  cases, where the  other
membranes or the nerves were affected, no  relief
had yet been  discovered.
  At a later period the  " Pinna," or Artificial Ear,
appeared, but having no real  merit, was soon dis-
carded and forgotten.   During all  of my term of
study,  Scrofula  and its results had  engaged my
special attention.  Years of labor produced at in-
tervals results which, while not entirely satisfactory,
were  very gratifying.   At last my efforts were re-
warded by the  discovery  of the  Patent  Organic
Vibrator—a description of  which will be found in
the following pages,  and a remedy for Scrofula.
  Confident that my course  will be fully vindicated
by the benefits conferred upon the public, stimulated
by the  good  already done,  and  encouraged by the
daily evidences of gratitude  from those whom,  under
the providence of God,  I have restored to hearing, I
beg to send this little work  forth upon its mission.
                                 THE  AUTHOR.
  New York, January, 1869. 
DEAFNESS.
     THE ORGAN  OF  HEARING.


  Soitnd is the result of any impulse conveyed by
the undulations of the  air to the organ of hearing,
and the latter are so constructed as to receive these
undulations, and 60 organized as to become sensible
to them and to convey the impressions to tho brain.
This organ, like the Eye, consists first and essentially
of a special nerve expanded on membranes, and en-
dowed with the properties of sensibility to the  im-
pression  ©f  sounds ; and secondly,  of a physical
apparatus fitted for receiving and conducting these
impulses in their course to the sentient nerve.
  We  may divide the Ear into an external, middle,
and internal portion.  The  external comprises  the
auricle, commonly called  the Ear, and  the external
opening or tube ;  the middle consists cf the Tympa-
num or Drum, with the  Ossicula  Auditus; and  the
internal,  or true Ear, is termed the labyrinth,  and
comprises several parts, among which are the audi-
tory nerves or Cochlia.
  The  mechanism of the  Ear is exceedingly compli-
cated.   Although many minute parts compose  this
organ,  yet the seats  of diseases are few.   The Drum
(incmbrana tympani), the most delicate portion, is
situated near the middle of a tube (eustachian) which
extends from the external  opening in the  Ear to the
nose and throat, and forming a partition in this tube, 
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tho air on one side reaching the Drum from the Ear,
the other side from the nose and throat.   The pro-
cess of hearing is as follows :—The vibrations of the
air  are  conveyed through  the  tube to the Drum,
which  is thereby thrown into vibrations, and tbese
are transmitted  by the chain of bones to the more
internal Ear, on which the nerves are expanded and
convey  the impressions to the  brain.   The  vibra-
tions of the tympanum or Drum are also communi-
cated  to the  innermost cavity of the Ear,  which
resembles the shell of a snail, and is therefore called
cochlea.  This whole labyrinth of the Ear being filled
with subtle water in small quantity, this fluid gently
agitates the substance of the auditory nerve, in con-
sequence of which  sound is  communicated to the
brain.
  The ceruminous glands are for the secretion of wax.
These glands havo a double office, viz., to lubricate
the membranes,  and by slight accuinulation and by
its acrid nature to protect the more delicate portions
of the internal Ear from the intrusion of insects, etc.
        CAUSES  OF  DEAFNESS.

  It will thus appear that deafness, or difficulty of
hearing, must reside  in  the disease, and consequent
failure of action of either the drum, the nerves, the
cochlia, the gland secreting wax, or the membrane of
the passages of the ear.
  The diseases which affect hearing by preventing
the  organic action of the drum, the  cochlea, the
glands or the membranes, are all of scrofulous origin,
and we  way therefore reduce this disease  to  two
causes or kinds of deafness—Scrofulous and Nervous
deafness—excepting,  of course, when the infirmity
comes by violence. 
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       SCROFULOUS  DEAFNESS.

  The presence of the scrofulous taint is first excited
and brought to affect the ear by the following causes:
cold, catarrh, scarlet fever, measeh, confinement, ex-
cessive  use of quinine or mercury, cr any affection
which reduces the vitality of the system so that dis-
ease predominates and attacks the weak parts.  In
describing minutely the progress of the disease  it
will be necessary to give you an account of Scrofula.
              SCROFULA.

  As it has become a practice among my patients to
express a doubt of the correctness of my opinion in
certain cases where I ascribed the cause to be Scrofula,
I will briefly give a description of this taint, as it is
universally understood by  the  best authorities  of
medicine in this country and Europe.
  Scrofula is an impurity of the blood, which can-
not be contracted, but is a result of disease conveyed
by inheritance.  Thus, if your family, or any mem-
ber of it, have ever suffered from Consumption, Ca-
tarrh,  Skin  Disease, Spinal  Affection, Impaired
Vision or Hearing,  Ulcers, etc., it is positive indica-
tion of the existence of Scrofulous taint in your sys-
tem.  The office of the blood is to carry material,
and  dcposite  it in  the tissues of the body for the
purpose of repair.  If the blood be  pure, the repair
will be perfect.  All  impure blood repairs imper-
fectly, and creates weakness in the part in proportion
to the lack of solid  repair.
  It is a provision of nature, that when the pure and
impure qualities of the blood are equally divided, the 
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pure will predominate, and expel the impure.  "When
the impure  predominates, it remains in the blood,
performing  its destructive  mission,  until it shall
cause the whole body to be  so imperfectly repaired
as to result in disease and death.  I have taken  ad-
vantage of this, and by employing a remedy which
holds in solution the important element of blood, to
give excess of healthy quality to the blood, to  the
entire exclusion of the impure or scrofulous taint.
When thus  excluded, it tries to find exit from  the
body, and nature prompts it to select the weakest
part for that purpose.  If the lungs be weak, it will
collect there.   If the ear, eye,  liver, spine, or any
other part be naturally weak, there will it collect.
This collection is called an abscess, and when per-
fected, nature  opens it.  But by  our process  we
direct the exit through  the bowels—preventing  the
abscess.
  It therefore  appears that the radical cause of
Deafness, when brought to light  by any of the exci-
ting causes I have mentioned, is Scrofula.  The first
result of this,—cold or scarlet fever,—is a suppres-
sion of perspiration,  closing  up all the pores of  the
body.  Among the first results of this, you probably
noticed  a  dry condition of the skin, a parched and
dryness of the throat, and a diminution of the supply
of wax from the ear, and in  consequence of the  ab-
sence of the lubricating substance of the ear and
other parts of the body, the formation of scales or
scurf, which it is  the  function of  the secretion
of the glanjls  to prevent.  Upon the tougher and
less sensitive   parts  of  the   body,  this  occasions
but  slight  inconvenience;   but upon  the drum
of the ear, which in health  is as delicate as tissue
paper, it prevents this organ from vibrating, in re-
sponse to slight movements  of the air,  which in
health move it effectually.   This  formation  in  the 
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Eustachian tube closes it, and in the outer passages
of the ear decreases the size of the conducting canal,
while it covers up the mouth of the wax-glands, and
prevents the healthy wax  from coming out, hence
arises Scrofulous Deafness.
   The nerves of the ear are only affected, in  these
cases, in the proportion  of lack of nutriment they
receive from unhealthy scrofulous blood.
   You have only  to think, of the different parts of
the ear and  their special duties, to notice the disease
of any one part, by its failure to perform its special
function.
   The nerve carries sound.  This is its entire duty.
Let the drum, or other parts of the ear which go to
make sound, be ever so perfect, if the conductor
does not carry the sound to the brain, we have com-
plete Deafness.
   If you  hear irregular sounds, your  drum is dis-
eased.   It makes sound imperfectly.  It  is morbidly
sensitive to  movements of the air, making distressing
noises.  The drum is thickened  by a  formation of
scales.  These  are imperfectly attached by  their
edges, and slight movements of air rustle them, while
violent movements of air force them upon the drum,
and  the scales  and drum  move together, giving
sound ; hence in a mill or railroad car, where  there
is great noise, you hear better.
   When I speak loud to  a deaf person, I simply in-
crease the volume  of  air.   Any increase of air will
not affect a diseased nerve,  for it does not find  stim-
uli from this source, but  only when  a thickened
drum requires more air to move it, will  loud talking
enable the deaf to  hear.
   In the treatment of this difficulty,  it is evident that
we should attack  the  cause, by removing all Scro-
fula taint from the system.   This  may be done by a
thorough course of treatment,  which will probably
take from two to four months. 
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  The blood being  made healthy, the result of the
disease, viz., the thickening of the drum and passage
of the ear may be readily removed, never to return,
the glands excited  to healthy action, and hearing
thus perfectly and permanently restored, so that no
instrument will be  required.  In these cases I meet
with such great success, that I am enabled to guar-
antee the cure, and  to further testify as  to its per-
manence, by agreeing to  attend  the case free  of
charge for remedies  and advice, if it ever returns in
the lifetime of the patient.
  The Organic Vibrator will enable you to hear, and
will remove the noise in  the head while  you wear
it, but  is  not represented  as   a  cure  in  these
cases.  Indeed it is not advisable when a cure can be
so readily effected.
  If these symptoms we have  just related describe
your case, your own common sense  must convince
yon that you are suffering from Scrofulous Deafness;
  If you have Catarrh, (of which you may read fur-
ther in this book,)  we call  your trouble  Catarrhal
Deafness.   But as Catarrh is simply a symptom of
Scrofula, it is more properly Scrofulous Deafness.
            Prospects  of  Cure.

  All cases, where the patients  have no organic
constitutional trouble of a severe  nature;  when
they are under sixty years of age, and good average
health, they may be permanently cured of Scrofula
Deafness.   But when they are not in the condition
above described,  we are  only able  to give them
temporary relief—a permanent cure being impossi-
ble." 
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   Treatment  of  Catarrhal Deafness.

  In the treatment of  Scrofula Deafness, if it be of
a Catarrhal nature, we must treat the Catarrh alone,
until it be entirely controlled.   For this purpose we
use The  Scrofula Remedy, or Balm of Good Sa-
maritan.  $3 per bottle ;  four for $10.
  The Catarrh Bath.   $1.50 per bottle ; four for $5.
  The Catarrh being controlled, we proceed to treat
the Deafness locally, by using " A Liquid," for re-
moving  scales and exciting the Product of  Wax.
Price, $2 per bottle; four tor $7.
  Tub Magnetic Ointment,  for Stimulating the
Nerve of the Ear.  $2 per jar ; four for $7.
     Treatrr\ei\t of Scrofula Deafi\ess.

    In this species of Deafness, as in Catarrhal Deaf-
  ness, our first  aim must be directed  to  the  entire
  control and exclusion of the  cause from the body,
  viz., Scrofula.   This  is effected by using Balm of
  Good Samaritan, or Scrofula Remedy.  $3 per
  bottle; four for $10.
    After which we employ the  " A Liquid" for  re-
  moving scales and exciting the production of Wax.
  $2 ;  four for $7.
    Magnetic Ointment, for exciting nerves to action.
  $2 per bottle;  four for $7.
    These Remedies for Catarrhal and Scrofula Deaf-
  ness are recommended,  together with diet and bath-
  ing, and in most cases no other remedies are required ;
  iiit patients are expected to report to Dr. Stihvell
  every ten  days their progress, that ho  may guide
I  it, and  if other remedies are needed  in execed-
i  ingly stubborn  cases  ho will  be prepared to supply
I  tkein. 
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         NERVOUS DEAFNESS.

  There are three distinct nerves which perform the
transmitting  function for  the ear.   These are the
most  frequent  seats of  disease,  causing  complete
deafness.
  As an exhibition of the ignorance  of the regular
profession in regard to deafness, I will quote  from
one of  the  highest authorities.   Dr.  Duton  Von
Trottsch, of Bavaria, page 218, on nervous deafness,
says:    " The Diagnosis  ' Nervous1  becomes,  to  a
certain  degree,  a chance hit,  a declaration  of not
knowing and not finding,'1'' and is used by physicians
too ignorant or indolent to study to discover the
real cause.   Again  he says: "Then, gentlemen, con-
fess that you only name those affections '•nervous''
which you do not comprehend"
  Let us  consider  the duties of  the  nerves,  and
their  failure to act  gives  us1 positive  indication
of the  seat of  disease.  Their  entire duty   is to
carry sound. • If the nerves be partially paralyzed
we will  hear sound partially or indistinctly, but re-
quiring  no elevation  of voice. This acuteness of
hearing in  these cases varies according to the tem-
perament of the system at different times.  When
passion, anger,  grief, etc., are excited, the deafness
is  decreased, while the  noises in the head are in-
creased.  But when total deafness exists it is neces-
sary to  examine the ear and determine whether the
parts which go to make sound are perfect and do
their duty, before we know positively that the seat
of disease lie the nerve.  The noises  in the head in
this species of deafness find origin in the lack of fluid
in the cochlia.
  If you take a cockle-shell in life and place the ear
to the  opening all is quiet therein, but  take one
when the inhabitant be dead and place that to  vour 
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ear, and the same  roaring sound is heard which dis-
turbs the human ear when the cochlia is diseased in
" Nervous Deafness."
  The nerve power of the human body is Electricity.
This fact is illustrated by applying the ordinary mag-
netic battery to the nerve of a dead body, and it will
cause the body to rise up, the face to  make grimaces,
etc.; and indeed give power to the nerves the same
as in life.   Electricity move3 in circles, and until my
discovery,  no means were known  to  complete a
circle, of which the nerves of the ear form the in-
ternal part.  This is, however, accomplished by the
Organic Vibrator.   It enables the air to have free
access  to the drum, and by it  a circle of electric
nerve-power is made to connect from one ear to the
other externally,  and complete  the  circle through
the nerve  internally.   We  are  thus  enabled  to
" charge" the nerves which  have lost  their power
and recall them to life;  and hearing is restored and
established.
  It is then  desirable to effect a radical  cure,  to
hear without the  use of the Vibrator or any other
appliance.  To effect this, I advise  the application
of the  "Magnetic  Ointment,"  which  will  give
vitality and strength to the nerves ; and after perse-
vering in following my directions, I  can assure the
patient of a complete, perfect and speedy cure.
  Persons suffering  from discharges  from  the  Ear,
Ear-ache, or other  difficulties not referred to in these
pages,  will  receive  immediate attention,  and the
means of cure made known to them on receiving full
particulars of their cases. 
APPROVED BY THE  MOST  EMINENT  MEDICAL MEN.  X
    r>r;  T.  II. STILWELL'S

                PATENT

ORGANIC    VIBRATOR.


            (Patent November,  1867.)
  Tnis valuable invention is the  result of years of-
study and experiment, and  is the only instrument
which will enable the Deaf to hear at church and
public assemblies, and is recommended in cases of
incurable  Deafness.  It is made of different metals,
so combined as to secure electric power.  Its pre-
sence in the ear generates electricity, and excites the
dormant nerve to action.  It gives a clear canal for
the passage of air directly  to the drum, while its
spiral coarse,  as  it passes the vibrator, condenses
and concentrates  sound, violently vibrating this in-
creased volume   of air before reaching the  drum;
thus giving to this small instrument all the power of
increasing ■ sound possessed by  the  most powerful
ear-trumpet, and  increasing the  sound of ordinary
conversation over five times the power before reach-
ing the drum of the ear.  It being exactly the shape
and size of the external passage of the ear, it is in-
serted  with perfect ease,  and  is not perceptible.
The vibrators  of  each ear are connected by a small 
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galvanized wire, which, completes the electric circle,
and is necessary for the protection of the instrument.
It passes over the  top of each ear, around the back
of the head, and is out of sight.  In regard to the
electric power of this  instrument, and its  great
usefulness  in  nervous  Deafness, and to  remove
noises  in the  head, I append hereto the opinion of
Mr.  Farmer,  tho  celebrated inventor of the  Fire
Alarm Telegraph,  and the highest electric authority
in the  United States.  After obtaining a pair of the
Organic Vibrators for the  use  of his wife, he re-
marks  :—" I enclose an  article  which I think will
interest you, and I would suggest that you forward
Dr. Smith one of your treatises to show him that you
have supplied  a want before he knew it existed."
  From the Transcript,  Sept.  14th, 1866, (the  con-
clusion of a long  article on the  Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky) :—" From these facts, I am compelled to
infer that the sense of hearing is  also wanting  in
these beings, although originally existing in the spe-
cies  when first immured in their living tomb.  That
tho denizens of the Mammoth Cave are deficient  in
the sense of hearing, as well as  in sight, Dr. Smith
has satisfied himself by a variety of interesting and
scientific experiments.  Now, as it is evident that the
senses  of sight and hearing to the inhabitants of the
cave have gradually become extinct and obliterated to
the total absence, through a long course of ages, of
their natural stimuli—light and sound—so, beyond
doubt,  deafness may accrue to individuals who have
neglected to use the  ear—or, in other words, there
are,  beyond  controversy, multitudes of persons liv-
ing with one or both ears supposed  to be perfectly
deaf, and in  reality useless, but which might be ren-
dered very serviceable were the sonorous undulations
conveyed to them by artificial  means—the  nervous
system of their ears having remained torpid, from 
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the fact that ordinary waves of sound had not been
able to reach them, owing to the diseased condition
of the conducting apparatus, and  sometimes to the
weakness of the  nerves  themselves, and not, as in
the case of the inhabitants of the cave, from the ab-
sence of their  pabulum or stimulus, but from want
of means or power to receive  it.   I therefore con-
clude that the excitement of the nervous apparatus
of the ear, through the healthy stimulus of sonorous
impulses, artificial means as well as by remedial ap-
plications, many persons now supposed to be  incur-
ably deaf might be restored to a respectable  degree
of hearing, greatly to  be  desired  by themselves as
well as by their friends."
             CERTIFICATES.

     TnoMAs Patson,  Esq.,  late of  Howe's Sewing
   Machine Co., now of Stockton Street,  near Gates
   Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., says:

     He was requested to  procure a pair of Dr. Stilwell's Or-
   ganic Vibrators for the use of a lady  aged  seventy-two
   years; from that the result was  so remarkably satisfactory
   that  he  has received orders from six deaf persona in the
/   immediate vicinity.

     Dr. M. S. Van Bueen, 169 Bleecker St., N. Y.:
     In  cases  of Deafness, where I consider a cure impossi-
   ble either from extreme age or from any other cause, I in-
   variably advise the use of Dr. Stilwell's Patent  Organic
   Vibrator. I have found it an article of real merit to relieve
   the noises in the head,  and so condenses and  concentrates
   sound that it will enable the deaf to hear at church dis-
   tinctly.  I cheerfully recommend it. 
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  Dr. Stilwell has the names of hundreds of ladies
and  gentlemen,  of the  highest social  standing—
amongst wbich are Senators,  Members of Congress,
Clergymen, Professors, etc., in the United States—a
marquis, merchants, and others, in Europe; who have
used his Patent Organic Vibrator for years, each of
whom will testify that they can with difficulty hear
very loud talking through an ear trumpet, with the
mouth of the speaker  placed to the instrument;  yet
with the Vibrator they can hear preaching and music
without difficulty.
  There are also hundreds—one of whom is  a near
relative of one of the highest officers in the U. S. Gov-
ernment—whom Dr. S. has permanently  cured of
long standing  Deafness.  These persons are not wil-
ling to have their names and  infirmities published;
but patients calling on Dr. S. at his office, will be fur-
nished  names and  addresses of persons within con-
venient distance, on whom they may call personally,
and see  for themselves the result of  treatment,  and
the great  benefit daily received by  Dr.  Stilwell's
Patent Organic  Vibrator. 
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  Hon. Wm. P. Weeks says:
  " I am sixty-five years of age ; I have used Dr. Stilwell's
Patent Organic Vibrator, and it has cured me of noises in
the head caused by eld age."
  Mrs. Mart L. Sanderson says:
  " I am usin? your Organic Vibrator, and have been bene-
fitted by it, and would not part with it for any amount."
  Tns Organic Vibrator Package contains  the
following: One set of  Patent Organic  Vibrators;
one bottle of " A" Liquid to prepare the Ear—a guar-
antee  insuring  their benefit, $10.

To Sufferers from Deafness ii\  Europe.
  Dr. Stilwell having had many applications from
Europe for the sale of his  Patent Organic Vibra-
tor, informs sufferers that the sum of Two Pounds
may be sent in a letter  at his risk, and the Vibrators
will be sent  at his  expense. Or clubs of three may
be formed, and three pair of Vibrators will be sent
for a Five Pound note.  This note may be  safely
transmitted by mail,  at Dr. Stilwell's risk, and the
Vibrators will  be sent at his expense.  Persons order-
ing are requested to send a history of their case, and
advice as to  treatment will be  returned without
charge.  Address
        Dr.  T.  HUNT STILLWELL,
                  762 Broadway, New York, U.  S. A. 
Approved  and  recommended  by  the  msst  eminent
        Medical  Men in all parts of the World.
                   PATENT

ORGANIC   VIBRATOR,
           Ipo2r  Deafness.
  This valuable invention is the result of years of study and experi-
ment, arid is the only instrument which will  enable the Deaf to hem-
at church and public assemblies, and is recommended in cases of
incurable Deafness.  It is  made of different  metals,  combined to
secure  electric power,  generating electricity, and exciting the  dor-
mant nerve to action.  It gives a clear canal for the passage of air
directly to the drum, while its spiral course,  as- it passes the vibrator,
condenses and concentrates sound, violently vibrating this increased
volume of air before reaching the drum ; giving to this small instru-
ment all the power of increasing  sound possessed by the most power-
ful ear-trumpet, and increasing  the sound  of ordinary conversation
over five times its power.  It is inserted with perfect ease, and is not
perceptible.   The vibrators of each ear are connected by a small
galvanized wire, which completes the electric circle, and is necessary
for the perfeetion of the instrument.  It passes over the top of each
ear, around the back of the head, and is out  of sight.
  Sufferers from Deafness in any part of the world may enclose in a
letter the sum of two pounds English money, or its equivalent, and
send to the Subscriber, at his risk, on receipt of which he will forward,
at his expense and risk, one pair of Patent Organic Vibrators.
Persons ordering are requested  to send  a  history of their case, and
advice as to treatment will be returned, free  of charge.

        Address      Dr. T. HUNT STILWELL,
                     762 Broadway, New York,  U.S.A. 
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                      OF

  IDr.  T. Hiazit Stil^A^ell,

                   GIVEN AT

FOWLER  Si WELLS'  PHRENOLOGICAL  CABINET,

     IVo.  389   Broadway,  1ST. Y.

                September 22, 1869.
         Dr. T. HUNT STII/WELL, M. D.

  This gentleman  has a well balanced body, a strong,
hearty, healthy, physical nature ; and his mental action
is well sustained by the physical,  so that his thoughts
and purposes are not only vigorous, but normal.   The
base of his brain  is amply developed, indicating cou-
rage, force, thoroughness, and earnestness.
  He  has  large perceptive  organs.  These give  the
tendency to study  nature, to learn facts for himself, to
find out truth by his own experience and observation ;
is not satisfied with what the books say, so as to follow
blindly their lead,  but travels in  the  path pointed out
by his own  observing powers ; is wide awake  to see
" whether  these things are so," and modifying them as
his judgment warrants ;  is naturally ingenious ; would
have made a first rate engineer or surgeon ; is capable
of understanding mechanism and the laws of philosophy
which belong not only to mechanism in general, but to
the mechanism of the human system.
  He  remembers forms and proportions ; judges well
of the relations of one thing to another, as in machi-
nery, and thus would readily appreciate the domain of
mechanism,  manufactures,  and art.  Devoted to sur-
gery, he would understand the mechanism of the parts 
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involved, and be likely to adapt himself  to the wants
of each particular case.
  He is a quick judge of men ; remembers faces  and
places and forms,  resemblances and differences,  and
appreciates harmonies and combinations;  studies mind
and motive, and has a natural talent for adapting him-
self to the wants of each individual.  He sympathizes
with the suffering, and has a desire to render assistance
and do good.  He has hope, which enables him to look
forward for favorable results with confident expectation,
and to follow strongly in the pursuit of that which he
believes  to  be true.  He is not  large in Veneration,
hence he is  not blindly wedded to old ways nor to old
teachers ; is willing to follow a new way which is not
sanctified by age and time or indorsed with venerable
names, if he believes the truth lies in the new path ;
hence he is a natural reformer ;  and he has that practi-
cal sense which will be  likely to keep him within the
pale of propriety and reason.
  He believes in justice, aims to be honest and truthful,
and trusts to himself and his own powers ; is ambitious
to have a good name,  and seeks to obtain  the good-will
of all with whom  he comes  in  contact; is strongly
social, loves friends  and society, and is capable of
winning  friends for  himself.   His  love  elements  is
very strong, and he is at home in the social circle ; he
draws people to him, because he feels an interest in
them.  He believes in the exact; is orderly, systematic,
and methodical in his tastes ; is not wordy, and seldom
states more in regard to a subject than the facts require
or warrant, and if he were a public speaker, he would
fall below rather than  go beyond  the  mark.  Some
people expand  truth and make much of little.  This
gentleman's tendency is to condense rather than to
expand.   He is more likely to state things in a few
words than he is to employ many words and magnify
the subject. 
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CATARRH.
  Catarrii is a disease of scrofulous origin; indeed,
the best medical  authority  pronounce  it  scrofula
itself.  It is a chronic inflammation of tho mucous
membrane  lining the passages of the body;  but Ca-
tarrh usually understood is where the lining  mem-
brane  of the nose is the seat of the disease.  Its
approach is invidious,  and  often becomes a fixed
disease before the patient becomes aware of its pre-
sence.  It  commences with  a discharge, slight in
quantity  and of a  watery character; as the disease
progresses  suppuration, or a  mattering of the parts
takes place, and the violence of the disease may be
determined by the  character of the discharge.  When
the inflammation reaches the covering of the bones
of the nose and floor of the  brain, the discharge is
distinguished by its offensiveness;  and  a further pro-
gression  results in the destruction  of the  bones
themselves.
  Lying  in close proximity to the brain, as they do,
severe cases  of Catarrh result in death  from  this
cause.
  The dropping of this foul matter down the throat,
entering  the lung, is often the cause of inflammation
and  destruction of  that organ, and  its danger is
hardly second to that of consumption itself.
  The result of the unchecked progress  of this disease
is particularly to be dreaded, and  is already familiar
to us all.   We find that two-thirds of the  cases of 
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consumption commenced with Catarrh.  Deafness,
in five out of six cases, finds its origin in (jatarrh.
Deformities of the nose and eyes, loss of smell, head-
ache,  uncontrollable  neuralgia, melancholia, and in-
numerable other ills attend upon this disease.
  Although the malpractice of the regular physicans
has given the idea that Catarrh was incurable,  yet in
other  countries where  regular quackery has not  so
full sway as in this, they find the disease quite with-
in the control of the  scientific physician, and And
only patience and perseverance, with attention, ne-
cessary to effect a perfect  and permanent cure.   In
my treatment of the disease I offer little original, but
practice  simply  as I  was  taught in  the  medical
schools of Europe.
          Treatment of Catarrh.

  There  being no doubt as to the  scrofulous nature
of this disease, the manner of attacking it, that it
may be readily subdued, is plain.
  The  immediate  suppression  of this  discharge,
which  has been the general practice of physicians,
and is to this day,  by the use of astringents—snuffs
and  other articles  of like nature—only increase its
violence, and smoulders the  outer  fire, permitting it
to burn  inward to a certain destruction  of  all the
parts implicated.   What  educated  physician on
meeting  a  sluggish ulcer would, in his endeavor to
effect a cure, apply lotions  and medicines to cause
the  discharge to cease ? yet, in  Catarrh, it is the
treatment of the day.
  The  treatment—to  the success  of which we, in  a
great measure, owe our reputation—is  by attacking
this disease  at its fountain  head. By a thorough
course of treatment, we cause the  scrofulous matter 
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to pass out of the body through the natural exit;
the discharges from  the nose will soon  cease, as
well as the pain in the temples,  obstruction of the
breathing tubes, and  the noises  in the head, when
produced from this cause.  If, as a result of Catarrh,
the drum of the ear has become perforated; if the
lining membrane  of tho nose or throat has lost its
sensation of tuste or smell, they  will speedily yield
to simple remedies, and be restored to a healthy con-
dition, and no fear of the  disease ever returning;
and by the same  treatment all of the scrofula  dis-
eases, which have  hitherto baffled the skill of physi-
cians, will yield and be permanently cured.
  To render this  method practically applicable, we
have studied, with the aid of the best medical autho-
rities, to find  the  mixture which will be  most  effi-
cient in purging the body of scrofulous matter.   Our
efforts have been  successful, and the remedy which
is now prepared by us proves to be perfectly adapted
to the purpose, and is  the best Anti-Scrofulous  Ke-
medy  which  will  thoroughly cleanse the diseased
body, and restore  it  to  perfect  health  in eases of
Consumption and Catarrh.   (See  last page.)
  To testify as to the permanence of this cure, if, after
pursuing this  course  of treatment, should scrofula
appear in the body in any shape, at any time during
the life-time of the patient,  we will agree  to attend
to the  case  free  of  all expenses  for  advice  or
remedies. 
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TESTIMONIALS.
  Dr. Stilwell might give thousands of testimonials,
but will confine himself to some from a few persons,
whose names and  characters are well known.  All
are invited to call upon or write to them.   The ori-
ginal of every Certificate  given here,  Dr. S. has  as
written evidence of their authenticity.

  Letter  from  Robert  McMurdy,  D.D.,  LL.D.,
Grand Prelate ©f Grand Encampment of U. S.:

                                   Sept. 17th, 1867.
  Dr. Stilwell was in charge of Grace  Church Hospital,
Alexandria, Va., during the war.  I frequently, almost daily.
for  months visited this hospital, and had every means  of
knowing his reputation for efficiency and skill.  It was
of the most creditable character, and his  success in the
treatment of patients was remarkable.
                                ROBT. MoMURDY.
  Miss Julia Dorjt :
  I am encouraged to pursue your treatment.  My family
physician, Dr.  J. Allen, told me that he was in Alexandria,
Va., during the war—knew of your curing several cases of
deafness similar to mine.   (Miss Dorn suffered from Nervous
Deafness.)

   Dr. Vanderpool, Ex-Surgeon-General, N. York
State, writes in a report in 1861:

  I consider Dr. T. H. Stilwell a physician ©f superior attain-
ments and eminently qualified.

   Gen. Van  Alen, Military  Governor, Yorktown,
Va., writes:

  Your energetic service, while Post Medical Director, en-
titles you to my full approval. 
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                        Syracuse, N. Y., March 12, 1869.
  Dear Sir: I cheerfully give you permission to add my  name to
your list  of cures of Deafness  and Catarrh. I had tried so many
doctors in vain, that I had entirely despaired of help,  until  I  met
Rev. Mr. Forbes, who  spoke so highly of your ability, that 1 deter-
mined to make one more trial.   I must say that I thought the process
tedious, but am now gratified to be able to say that after seventeen
weeks treatment, I was completely cured of both Catarrh and Deaf-
ness ; and as it is now seven months, and through the winter, since I
concluded treatment, I suppose it must be permanent.
                        Yours truly,
                                     John R.  Knowles.

   lion. Samuel Powell, Ex-Mayor Brooklyn, Kings
Co.. N. Y.:

  I cheerfully add my testimony to the character of Dr. Stil-
well, whom I have known from his youth up.


   From Hon.  Wm. Clark, Banker, No. 1 Chambers
street,  N. Y.:

  I have known Dr. T.  H. Stilwell for years.  He is a Phy-
sician of great ability and success.


   Mrs.  E---  Place,  Bloomingrove, Orange Co.,
N. Y.,  says:

  My son Edward had suffered, for over seven years, with
severe scrofulous inflammation over the knee-joiut, forming
a tumor twelve inches in circumference : all treatment dur-
ing this time failed to stop its growth, and it threatened to
destroy  the  knee-joint.  1 was recommended to  place him
under the care of Dr.  Stilwell, who, in the course of seven
weeks, restored the knee to its proper size and effected a
perfect cure.


                   Catarrh.

  Franx Augustus  ITadicke, No. 672, 9th Avenue,
New York City, says :
  He had suffered from severe Catarrh for over twelve years,
nearly entirely destroying the sense of smell, and so  ob- 
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structing the breathing passage that he was compelled to
breathe through the mouth: failing to obtain  relief else-
where, he went under  treatment of Dr. Stilwell. who, after
a period of two months and a half, effected a perfect cure.

  Mrs. Jane Boynton,  511 6th  Ave., N. Y.:
  I suffered for eight years from nasal Catarrh of a most se-
vere character—attacking the bones  of my nose, causing
noises in the head  and troubles, making  life miserable.  1
cheerfully, gratefully certify that Dr. T. H. Stilwell has  en-
tirely cured me after a treatment of four months.

  Miss A. E. Sommerville, 216 "West  30th street:

  Cured of nasal Catarrh, Incipient Consumption, Bleeding
at the Lungs, etc.
             Catarrhal   Deafness.


  Frank Green, Esq.,  Sayville, Suffolk Co, N. Y.,
says:
  " I had been deaf for eighteen years, caused by Catarrh.
I had worn the Auricles twelve  years,  and could with diffi-
culty hear, even by their aid.  I had tried doctors in vain,
until in 1867 I called on Dr. T. H. Stilwell, and went under
his  treatment, and can now  hear  a watch tick—can hear
preaching, and am entirely cured.''
  Rev. 1). S. Stevens, of this place, will testify to the truth-
fulness of the above, as well as  the  Postmaster, or any of
the residents  of the place, all of whom know Mr. Green—
know of his long-standing deafness, and of the cure.

   Rev. Jacob Ross, Kings Co., N. Y.:
  My sister having been cured of Deafness and Catarrh of
long standing, by Dr. T. H. Stilwell, of N. Y., I advise all
who are similarly  afflicted to secure his services.

   Charles F. Willcox, Bible House, N. Y.:

  My sister lately  died of Dyptheria. hut in  tribute to her
memory, and as  an act of justice, I certify that my sister 
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suffered six years from Catarrh, which  affected her hearing
so that when she reached her nineteenth year it was with
great difficulty we could make her hear by aid of a trumpet.
Her infirmity depressed her spirits so  that she spent most
of her  time in soiitndc. refusing to go in any company.   Her
Catarrh became so offensive we felt that means  must be
sought for hef relief.   Dr. Stilwell being our neighbor, we
determined to consult hfai, and I was given such proof of
his success, that, after calling upon several of his patients, I
placed my sister under his charge.  Dr. Stilwell pronounced
hers a  severe case.  But, after four months, the Catarrh was
entirely cured, and in four mouths more, to our delight, she
was  pronounced  cured.  Our  friends considered this a
wonderful cure, and will never cease to sound the praises
of our  poor sister's benefactor.
              Scrofula   Deafness.


  Miss M___R. G__________Lewis Co., N. Y.,
says:

  I became Deaf when  quite young, caused by a severe fit
of sickness, and  continued thus, getting worse and worse,
until I reached twenty years of age, when my affliction be-
came so severe that I was compelled to give up my position
as school-teacher.   I had tried every pretended means of
relief, until my  ill success  made  me  despondent, and I
gave up all hope.  Hearing of  Dr. Stilwell's success, I was
induced to give his system a trial, and with all  the success I
could wish.  And I give this testimonial as an act of plati-
tude to my benefactor, and recommend him to all sufferers
from Scrofula Deafness.

  M. V.  Swart, CO Carmine  St.,  New York City,
says:
  Uv advice of my family Physician, I placed myself under
the "care of Dr. T.  H. Stilwell, for cure of partial  Deafness,
with noises in the head.   Mv affliction was of a severe type ;
at least all  to whom  I had "hitherto applied  for relief pro-
nounced it entirely beyond help, although I could hear better
in a railroad car than out of it.  In 1866 I contracted a severe
cold, causing the noises in my head to be so distressing that 
30
I felt it necessary to find some relief, rnd applied to Dr.
Stilwell.  The noises were removed in three weeks, and in
fourteen weeks my hearing was entirely restored.  1 owe it
to Dr. Stilwell's careful attention, to the afflicted and to my-
self to give this certificate.
                                       •
  In addition to the foregoing  testimonials, Dr.  Stil-
well has written testimonials from some of the most
prominent clergymen, physicians,  professional  men,
merchants, etc., in the  United  States and  elsewhere,
among whom are the following :

Dr. Rydek, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris.
Major-General Gkaham, U. S. A.
            Vandekpool, Surg.-General, State of N. Y.
  "     "    Qcackenboss, Surgeon-General, N. Y. State.
Valentine Mott, M.D., LL.D.
Isaac Fekkis, D.D., LL.D.
Hon. Thomas Powell. Ex-Mayor of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Peteu Cooi'ek, New York.
Hon. Rufus F. Andkews, late Surveyor of Port  of N. York.
  '•  Edwin D. Mokgan, late Governor State of  New York.
  "   Hokatio Sevmouk,  '•     "      "         u
  "  Geo. Ofdyke, Ex-Mayor of New Y»rk.
And others.
Consultation by Letter.........................'.$1 OQ
     "       personally, when an examina-
   tion will be made, and a candid opinion
   given of tlie  prospect  of Cure.............5 oo

  For the benefit of those who cannot visit the  city
he has  so arranged  his  practice and prepared his
remedies that  lie can  treat  them  successfully  and
satisfactorily at a distance, although he prefers  that
the patient should give him the opportunity of a per-
sonal examination,  whenever it  is practicable, by
calling at his office.   But when this cannot be done
conveniently, invalids may write a full statement of 
31
their case, all facts necessary for a full understand-
ing of their symptoms and condition, with whatever
request  they have to make, and mail it to Dr. Stil-
well, at his office in New York.   A candid opinion
in regard to the case will  be promptly  returned.
Remedies may be sent by mail or express tp all parts
of the  country, and  the treatment conducted  by
letter.   His treatment conducted upon this plan has
been attended by the most gratifying results, and its
benefits have been extended to thousands who could
not leave their distant homes, and must,  therefore,
if they  had been required to do so, have failed of
relief.   The remedies he employs are carefully pre-
pared under his own hand.
  His  charges  are  moderate, and those in  poor
circumstances, who want his assistance, should not
hesitate to apply to him because they may fear that
their means may not  allow them to procure his  re-
medies and counsel.  All such persons will find him
considerate and liberal.   Address all letters,
                   Dr. T. HUNT  STILWELIi,
                 No. 762 Broadway,  New York.

  In consequence of  the mistakes of Druggists in
preparing prescriptions ; of the deterioration of drugs
by age,  and necessity  for fresh Medicines, if active
effect is desired;  and  also for the accommodation of
hundreds of his patients in every part of  the United
.States, where  they have no  reliable  Druggist  and
Chemist convenient,  he  has completed one of the
most complete Laboratories, superintended by an edu-
cated chemist, where his remedies are daily put up.
  Dr. S. has taken this step for the security of his
well-known reputation, as success so much depends
upon  Pure, Active, and Safe Remedies, so as to se-
cure all the benefit that science  can give for  the
Cure of Disease. 
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            The  "A" Liquid,

  For removing thickness from the Drum and Pas-
sages of the Ear ;  $2.



        Magnetic  Ear Ointment,

  For strengthening the nerves of the Ear and re-
storing hearing.  For stimulating the production of
wax in Ear;  $2.


         Persian Pearl  Powder,

  For Perforation of the Drum of the Ear ;  $2.



            Scrofula  Remedy.
       Tlic  Balm of  Good  Samaritan.

  Great Consumption and Catarrh  Cure.  $3 per
Bottle ; four bottles for $10.


            Uterine Catholicoi\,

    For diseases  of women.    (See next page.)
  For sale  by all respectable Druggists.


             "Catarrh BaU\,"
  For  instant  relief  of  Catarrh, and giving all
pleasures of cure.  During the  treatment for radical
cure.   $1 56 per bottle. 
§3
        UTERINE  CATHOLICON.

                  $1.50 per Bottle.

   This Remedy is prepared by Dr. Stilwell to pro-
 duce in American women the robust health observed
I in the women of  Europe.
   In all  cases of diseases  of Women,  this remedy
 will act immediately and certainly upon the abdom-
 inal and uterine muscles and ligaments, and restore
 them  to  as healthy and  strong  a condition  as  in
 childhood and youth.   True,  there are some  cases
 where  local treatment is necessary to insure the be-
 nefit desired ;  and, in that  case, Dr. Stilwell can  be
 advised with.  The cases  requiring any  treatment
 whatever, except the Catholicon, are very rare.  At
 all times, it should have a  fair trial before resort is
 had to any assistant means; and in so large  a ma-
 jority that it may be considered  the rule, no other
 treatment whatever will be needed.  The  Cath-
 olicon  should  be used  in  all  cases  attendant  with
 ANY of  the following symptoms :

   Deranged Monthly Periods—
   Irregularities—Weakness—
   Faintness—Deranged Appetite—
   Sallow Complexion—hloatings—
   Pain in Back and  Kidneys—
   Cold Hands and Feet—Chills—
   Feverishness—Neuralgia—
   Palpitation of the Heart—Dizziness—
   Nervousness—Headache—
   Restlessness—Disturbed Sleep—
   Flushes of Heat—General pain—
   Crawling and  Pain ia the Spine and between the  Shoul-
 ieis—
   Acid Stomach—Nausea—Indigestion—
   Pain in the hack—Hysterics-
   Difficult Passing  of Urine, with Heat or Smarting—Burn-
 ing or Irritation in the Uterine Organs—Itching— 
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  Nightmare—Despair—Hysterics—Anxiety—-Red Face-
Starting—
  Nervous Twitching.—Constipation—
  Irritable Temper—Sadness—
  Depraved Appetito—Flatulence—Bloated and  Irregular
Bowels—Unpleasant Dreams—
  Pains in the Uterine Organs—
  Numbness and Pains in the Limbs—
  Loss of Memory—Bewilderment—

  Price, SI.50 per bottle.

  IIT' For Six Dollars, Five Bottles will be sent by
Express.  Express charges to  be paid  by the pur-
chaser.
  A lady, who is unwilling to allow the publication
of her name, states :

  "  When I was fifteen years of age, while home in  Ger-
many. I was attacked with Cramps.   They commenced
simultaneously at my stomach and backbone, and passing
up nearly took iny breath away, and  pained iny shoulders,
sides and limbs: left Germany for New York six  years ago,
and here married.  Have had one child ; and in the month
preceding labor suflered  from these cramps every ten mi-
nutes.  I have tried fifteen doctors in  Europe and America,
besides all the Sarsaparilla advertised, but found no  cure
until I fortunately met your remedy, and two  bottles have
completely cured me. You may give my testimony, but
withhold my name."

  Certificates  from ladies who have been cured of
long-standing disease  by our remedy can be seen at
our office, and convenient references to persons in
the city also will be given at the same place. 
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Terms   of  Treatment.
    Invalids sending One Dollar for a letter of advice
  are requested to send a description of their cases by
  answering the following questions.  Please send full
  name—Post-Office, County, and State :

    What is your age?
    What is your occupation ?
    When did Catarrh first show itself?
    What is the nature of the discharge from the nose ?
    Is the discharge offensive ?
    What is the condition of your bodily health ?
    Have you had a cough ?
    Have you a headache between the eyes?            .<•
    Have you lost flesh ?
    Are your bowels regular ?
    Is your appetite good?
    What is the color of your hair ?
    Have your parents or any blood relative suffered from or
  died of Consamptive Catarrh, skin-disease, or  any other in-
  dication of Scrofula ?

    In cases of Deafness, the  following questions will
  be answered as well as the foregoing:

    To what cause do you attribute your deafness?
    Is your deafness tutal or partial?
    What have you done for its relief?
I    Hold the mouth and nose close, and by an eftftrt of blow-
I  ing observe if you feel the  ear-drum fill out as a sail fills
I  with wind?
|    Hold your head over and let an  assistant pour salt water
  into  the ear, filling it, and observe whether you taste the
  salt in the throat ?
    Let an assistant pour the ear full of water, and then hold
  the mouth and noss close, and blow, observing whether the
  water bubbles or not ?

    These last two  tests should bo  applied  to  each 
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ear alternately, and write  the  result from each ear.
A knowledge of the above facts will enable the Doc-
tor to decide  positively the nature of your disease,
and he will undertake the treatment of no case unless
he is sufficiently confident of effecting a cure, to en-
able him to give a written and legal guarantee for
a perfect and permanent  cure,  or return the whole
amount paid.  Invalids residing at a  distance from
N. Y. city are invited to  request some friend living
here to call personally upon the Doctor at his office,
and enable him to give  them undoubted proof of the
truthfulness of his assertions, such as  Diplomas—
New  York  College  of Physicians and  Surgeons;
Academy of Medicine, Paris;  New York Society for
the Advancement of Science and Art;  Certificate of
the late Dr. Valentine Mott; Official Medical Record
oL the War, published by the War  Department,
where Dr. S.'s cases receive special notice, as well as
such positive evidence of success as will satisfy their
friends that the cases will be conducted by a scien-
tific, educated Physician.
  Dr. S. has established a Test Department  at his
office, under the superintendence  of  a  Physician,
where all are cordially invited to call and  test his
Organic Vibrator and other remedies, free of charge.
  Money may be sent by Express ;  Money Orders or
Registered  Letters at our risk ; or Medicine will be
sent  by Express,  collected on delivery,  (except to
Texas, to which State Express Companies refuse to
accept of any collection bills.)

                       T. HUNT STILWELL M.D
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                No. 762 Broadway,  New  York. 
QUEAT
Scrofula   Remedy.
B  -a. Ij  ivi
   GOOD  SAMARITAN.


         For  SCROFULA,

  Wliere it has become deeply seated in the system, and
where a full course of treatment is being pursued, take one
bottle of Balm ; add one half-pint Wine.


For Incipient COIVSTJMPTIOIV,

  Where there is not much loss of Strength, Flesh or
Blood—where there  is Cold, Cough, Bronchitis  or Sore
Throat, this remedy must be used half strength, or half-pint
bottle of the Balm to two pints of pure Port Wine. This
will act as an Expectorant and Tonic.


  For Bleeding Lung^)  Profuse
           Expectora tion,

  And Ulceration, with Violent Cough, take one pint of the
Balm of the Good Samaritan, and add half-pint of Port
Wine.

    For  Chronic CATARRH.

  This preparation will break up the disease at its fountain
head, remove pain in the temples, noises in the head, of-
fensive discharges, obstruction of the breathing tubes, and
obliterates this terrible disease in all its forms forever. Take
one-third Balm ; two-thirds Wine.

           DIRECTIONS:

  Take one Tablespoonful three times a-day before meals.

       ®3 PER  BOTTLE. 
A  Word   to  the   Sick.
  Invalids  suffering  from any  disease whatever,
are invited  to write to  Dr.  Stilweli,,  giving a
history of their sufferings, and  lie will inform them
of the cause of their disease and means of relief.
  Patent medicines are  useless toward effecting a
permanent cure.  For as  we are differently consti-
tuted, so does disease visit each one  of  us with
peonliar features, requiring special treatment in each
case.  By Dr. Stilwell's  treatment,  cures  may  be
permanently effected  at a cost of from $5 to $30,
and most cases guaranteed.  He has  had wonderful
success in curing the following diseases:
Scrofula,               ,  Consumption,
Eye Affections,         I  Liver Complaints,
Female Di* ruses,        !  Chronic  Diarrhoea,
Nervous Debility,             ><    Constipation,
Dyspepsia,                    »<    Rheumatism,
Heart Disease,                **    Neuralgia,
Kidney Disease,               «    Dysentery,
Diseases  peculiar  to     Impotency,
  Males,                   Weakness and Nervous
Skin Diseases,                Debility,
Asthma,                  Sick Headache.
 Piles Instantly Relieved and Surely  Cured.
    Address, in perfect confidence,
            Dr. T.  HUNT STILWELL,
                      762 Sroadway,  A\ 2\ 
 
 
 
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