Judge, 1886-03-20 · page 16 of 20
Judge — March 20, 1886 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily a full-page advertisement—not a cartoon. The Invalid's Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, New York advertises its services for treating chronic diseases through a sanitarium model rather than traditional hospitality. The ad emphasizes the institute's ability to diagnose and treat patients remotely without requiring them to visit in person. It highlights eighteen physicians and surgeons on staff and claims expertise across numerous conditions: diseases of digestion, kidneys, throat, lungs, women's ailments, nervous disorders, and rupture. The language promises "marvelous success" and claims diagnostic accuracy from distance, while carefully avoiding claims of "miraculous powers." Multiple boxed sections detail specialized treatments available. This represents late-19th-century medical entrepreneurship—offering mail-order medical consultation and treatment, a practice that became increasingly common and controversial during this period.
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16 JU DG 1%, INVALID’S HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE, 663 MAIN STREET, BUFFALO, N.Y. A MODEL SANITARIUM---NOT A HOSPITAL, BUT A PLEASANT REMEDIAL HOME ORGANIZED WITH A FULL STAFF OF EIGHTEEN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, AND EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO THE TREATMENT OF ALL CHRONIC DISEASES. NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY PO Slile PATITENTS: Ry our system of dia t many chronic diseases fully without as with sonal examination of the patient, we claim to possess no miraculous powers, We obtain onr knowlede p by tie i | 3 } MARVELOUS geloue enc: at nav that flict their Wie can ott in n and foretell what the «most ample resources for t ing or chronic dise test skill placed within. the York as well as if several hundred miles did not interve between him and the phice unmistal reason of t enal perfect a nof determinir x ir xyip wecuracy, the nature chronic 4s, without see y | toms, ¢ ten cents in stamps, your particu- examining our patients. In izing diseases without a per. Jar dise will be sent you, with our terms for treatment and ail particulars, ounR FIBSLUD oF Se a « WE OFFER SURGICAL | Tost Sadie |) WO APOLOGY. PRACTICE. DISEASES OF DIGESTION ‘any of these deiteat Fe | CURED HOME rmplete and Tilvs is eent to any KIDNEY DISEASES. DISEASES OF WwW hich pave not an Although we paragraphs made coretunty | familiar ALL CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY. All letters of inquiry, of of consulta addressed to of ic for its cure ahould be WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main Street, BUFFALO. N.Y. comicbooks.com