Judge, 1886-08-14 · page 14 of 16
Judge — August 14, 1886 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It's a promotional advertisement for the "Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute" in Buffalo, New York—a mail-order medical practice claiming to diagnose and treat chronic diseases remotely, without seeing patients in person. The ad makes remarkable claims: doctors can diagnose illnesses accurately through correspondence alone, comparing their ability to telegraph operators locating submarine cable fractures or weather forecasters predicting distant weather. The institute offers "eighteen physicians and surgeons" and claims a "world-wide reputation." The page includes multiple disease categories (Nasal/Throat, Digestive, Kidney, Women's, Nervous) with detailed symptom descriptions designed to make readers self-identify ailments. This appears to be a 19th-century medical mail-order scheme—the type of dubious "distance diagnosis" that would later become heavily regulated. The satire, if present, likely lies in *Judge magazine's* willingness to publish obviously fraudulent medical claims, reflecting period concerns about quackery.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
14 uae: INVALIDS’ A Model Sanitarium NOT A MOSPITAL, BUT A PLEAS. ANT REMEDIAL NOME, Oo. 663 OnGamizED wiTt A FULL STAFF OF EIGHTEEN PHYSI- CIANS AND SURGEONS, AND RXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO THE Treatment of all Chronic Diseases. In practicing our system of diagnosis it ‘a not always necessary to sco patients, We can treat many Chronic Diseases Just as successfully without as with a personal consultation. ‘The perfect ac- curacy with which scientists are cna- bled to deduce the most minute par- ticulars in their soveral de} nite, Appears almost miraculous, If wo view it {n tho light of tho early aca. Take, for example, tho electro-magnetic telo- raphy tho greatest invention of the age. Ya it not a marvelous degree of acciracy which enables an operator to exactly locate a fracture in a eub- marine cable nearly three thousand miles long? Our venerable “clerk of tho weather" has becom #0 thorough. ly familiar with tho most wayward elo jentaof nature that he can accuratel; dict thelr movements. He can sit weather will be in Florida or New York as well as if several hundred miles did not intervene between him and the places named. HOTEL AND SURGICAL N. INSTITUTE, MAIN STREET, BUFFALO, EEE: eee and olde Mes Asp the greatest accuracy. the nature of Chronic Diseases, without sceing and Peteonally examining our ‘patients, in recognizing diseascs without a per. sonal examination of the patient, wo claim to ‘no miraculous pow. ers. We obtain our knowledge of the patient's discase by the applica- tion, to, the practice of medictine, of "well-established principles ot modern science. And it is to the accuracy with which this aystem h: endowed us that we owe Our almont tem of practice, id the the fact that dis- lay certatin phenomena, ment of the skillful practitioner aright in discovering the nuture of #kill, are thus placed within the easy reach of every invalid, however dis- ticulars of our system of ‘examining and treating tat a dstanco tains dver 1000 ‘and “more than &0 colored and other {llustrations. world-wide reputation of ekilifully Treating’ lingering or chromic. aitec. tions. This. sy has be attained through fe "Gemonetrate cece Shied, belng subjected fo eclentine Analysis, furnish abundant and un: mistakable data. to rulde the fudg- Glseased conditions. “The most ample Feeources for treating’ Hogering ‘or Chronic Diseases, and. the’ greatest fant be or she may. reaide from the Physicians making’ the treatment of uch affections a specialty. Full bar- © ee are contained, In “Fhe People’s Common Sense Medical, Ad- Visor,” by IeV. Pierce, 31.1). It con- . ‘This work contains Important information for both young ‘OMEN are many times tempted to ask thelr family physicians fa Washington and foretell what tho SIGNS OF J Kna'es in'ant*deparcnents ot teoneen Selene hee eed Disease, | ktonisteo,ot certain signs: From these scientists deduce accurate conclusions regardless Of distance. "80, also, in medical ‘science, discases “havo certain unmistakable signs of eymptoma, and bj Foason of this fact, wo have been enabled to perfect a aystem of determining, wi questions on delicate matters, but are deterred from eo doing by their sense of modesty. This work answers ‘just such questions 80 fully and plainly as to leave Ro one in doubt. Bend for this book, or write and describe your eymptoms. incloe- ten cents in stamps, and a complete treatise on your will be sent you, with our terms for treatment and all particulars. oun Tho troatmont of Dis- casce of tho Alr Passages and Lungs, such as Chronic Nasai Catarrh, Laryngiti Bronchitis, Asthma,” an Consumption, doth through correspondence ind at our inst!- tutions, constitutes an important Wo publish three separate books on Nasal, Throat and Lung Discascs, which give much valuable information, viz: () A ‘Treatiso on Consumption, Laryngitis and Bronchitis: price, post-pald, ten cents," ci A Treatiso on Asthma, or Phthialc, giving new and successful treat- ment: price, post-paid, ten cents. G) A Treatiso on Chronto Nasal Catarrh;" price, post-paid, two cents, NasaL, THROAT AND Luna Diseases. specialty. “Liver Com- inate Constipa- on, Chronic Diarrh ‘apes Disestion. worms, and kindred affections, aro among those chronic discases in the successful treatment of which our speclalists havo attained great success. Many of the affecting the liver and other organs contribu- Ung in thelr functions to tho digestion, are Obscure, and are not infrequently doth fay "a. physicians forlother maladies, and jen an for’ ani treatment is employed directed to the removal of & dis- caso which docs not exist. Our Complete Treatiso on Discases of tho Digestive O will bo sent to any ad- dress on receipt of ten cents in postage stamps, BRIGHT’S DISEASE, DIA- BETES, and kindred maladie, have mn very largely treated, and cures effected in thousands of cases which had been pronounced beyond hope. These diseasce aro readily diagnosticated, or de- termined, by chemical analysis of the urine, without a examination of paticnts, who can, there. foucrally bo successfully ‘treated ‘at their homes. "Tho study and practice of chemical analysis and microscopical ¢xamination of the urine in our consideration of casca, with referenco to correct Giagnosia, in which our institution long ago became fa- mous, bas naturally lod to a very extensive practice in diseases of the urins orpens. ably no other insti- tution in the world has been 8o largely patronized 3 ferers from this class of maladics as tho old and world- famed World's Dispensary and Tnvalids, Hotel. Our specialists have acquired, through a vast and varicd experience, great expertncss in finding out the cract ature of cach case, and, hence, have been successful in. icely adapting their remedies for the cure of cach indi- vidual case. ‘These delicate discases should be caro- fully treated by a specialist thoroughly familiar with them, and who is competent to ascertain the exact condition and stage of advancement which the diseaso has mado (which can only bo ascertained by a careful chemical and microscopical examination of the urino), for medicines which are curative in one stage or condi tion are known to do positive injury in others, Wo have never, therefore, attempted to put up anything for gen- Sinsase althotah. posession very. superior Termedicn G Ing very superior rem knowing full well from an extenxive experience that the only safe and successful course is to carefully determine the discaso and its progress in each caso by a chemical and microscopical examination of the urine, and then rOCesS OF FIBDULUD OF SUCCESS. patronized and widely celebrated institutions in tho world for the treatment and cure of those affections adapt our medicines to the exact stage of the discaso and condition of our paticnt. To this wiso course of action we at- WONDERFUL| tribute the marvelous succees attained by our specialists in that important and Succe: extensive Department of our institu- $8. [tions devoted’ exclusively to tbo treat ment of diseascs of the kidneys and blad- der. The treatment of diseases of the urinary organs having constituted a leading branch of our practice at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, and, being in constant receipt of numerous inquiries for a complete work on the nature and curability of these maladics, written in a style to be casily understood, we have pub- lished a largo Iflustrated Treatise on theso discasca, which will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents, Hundreds of tho most difficult opera~ tions known to modern surgery are SURGICAL | annually performed in the most akili- ful manner, by our Surgeon-specialista, PRACTICE. | Late, Stoncs aro aafely removed from the Bladder, by crushing, washing and pumping them out, thus avoiding the t danger of cutting. Our speciallsta, remove cataract from the eye,thereby curing blindness. They also straight- cn cross-eyes and insert artificial ones when necded, Many Ovarian and also Fibroid Tumors of the Uterus fro arrested in growth and cured by electrolysis, coupled ‘with other means of our invention, whereby t Y iad danger of cutting operations in these cascs 1s avol Bay ly has the succcss of our improved oj tions: for Varicocele, Hydrocele, Fistula, Ruptured Cervix Uteri, and for'Ruptured Perincum, been alike gratify- ing both to ourselves and our patients. Not Icss so havo been the results of numerous operations for Stricture of the Cervical Canal, a condition in the female generally causing periodical pain, and also resulting in Barrenncsa, or Sterility, and the cure of which, by a safe and pain- lesa operation, removes this commonest of impediments to the bearing of offspring. : ‘A Complete Treatise on any one of the above maladics ‘will be sent on receipt of ten cents in stainps. ‘e have a Special Department, thor- oughly |. and devoted exclu. ISEASES OF } sircty to the treatment of Diseascs of Women, Every case consulting oar WOMEN, J specialists, whether by letter or in person, i, given tho” most careful and considerate attention. Important cases (and wo get few which have not already baffied tho skill of all the home physicians) has the benefit of a full Council of skilled spectalista, Rooms for ladies in tho Invalids’ Hotel are very private. Send ten cents in stamps for our largo Complete Treatise on Diseascs of Women, illustrated with numerous wood-cuts and col- ored plates (160 pages). HERNIA (Breach), or RUP- Rapicat Cure | TURE, no matter of Bow long standing, or of what elze, is promptly OF Ruprure. and permanently cured by our without the knifo and without dependence upon trusses, Abundant references. Send ten cents for Illustrated Treatise. To those acquainted with our institu- tions, it Is hardly necessary to say that tho Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Tosti- tute, with the branch establishment lo- R cated at No. 3 New Oxford Street, Lon- don, Engiai have, fc enjoyed the distlaction “of” being’ tho most largely which arise from youthful indiscretions and perni- cious, solitary practices. Organic weakness, nervous debility. p of the manly power memory, ment. choly, weak thoroughly and permanent); We, many years ago, ment’ for tho treatment of these 4! management mature decline involuntary vital losscs, Impaired anxiety, absence of will: powcr, melan- back, and kindred affections, are speedily, ‘celablished a Special Depart- a eCAsCA, ‘under tho of some of the most skillful physicians and surgcons on our Staf, ip order that all who apply to us might receive all the'advantages of a full Coun of the most experienced specialists. We OFFER No Apotocy. belong. Many who suffer from these terrible contract, thei tent on doing good and all cases, we cannot Imagine, such We offer no apology, for devoti so much attention to this neglected class of diseases, belicving no condi- tion of bumanity ig too wretched to merit the sympathy and best services Of the noble profession to which we diseascs medical man, in- ould shun m innocently. Why an} viating suffering, Why any one should consider it otherwise than most honorable to cure the worst cases of these diseasca, we cannot understand; and yet of all tho maladies which afflict mankind there ts probabl, one other about which physicians in gen- eral practice know 60 little. We shall, therefore, continue, as heretofore, to with our best consideration, sympathy, and skill, all ap plicants who diseases. treat ‘are suffering ‘from any of these deli Most of theso cascs can be treated CURED AT HOME, ny'Ss‘witen'atn distance just as well asif they were ‘Our Compl bere in n. lete and Illustrated Treatise (188 pages) on these subjects 1s sent to any address on receipt of ten cents in stamps. NeRvous Diseases. variety Epileptic Convulsions, or Fits, Paralysis, or Paley, Lo comotor Ataxia, St. Vituws Dance, Insomnia, or inability to sicep, and threatened’ insanity, Nerv= ous’ Debility, arising from over study, exocescs, and other causes, and of nervous affection, are treated by our rs specialists for these discascs with unusual success, See Rumerous cascs reported in our different, illustrated pamphicts on nervous discascs, any one of which will be sent for ten cents in postage stamps, when request for them is accompanied with a statement of a case for con- sultation, eo that we may know which one of our Treat- ise to send. Aut Curonic DISEASES A Specutty. Although we have in the ade ot woke ar the tpctialalltacnts to which rticular attention is given by the specialists at the Tnvalids' Hotel and ‘urgical Institute, yet the institution abounds in skill, facilities, and ap- paratus for the successful treatment ‘of every form of chronic ailment, whether requiring for its cure medical or surgical means. All letters of inquiry, or of consultation, should be ad- dressed to WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No, 663 Main St., BUFFALO, N. comicbooks.com