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This page is primarily **medical advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It promotes the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, New York—a 19th-century private medical facility. The institution claims to treat chronic diseases through an innovative diagnostic system that allegedly doesn't require the patient to be physically present (distance treatment via examination of symptoms). This was characteristic of medical practice in the late 1800s, when such claims were common but often dubious by modern standards. The page emphasizes "marvelous success" and compares their diagnostic accuracy to telegraphy—suggesting cutting-edge science. The various treatment categories (nasal/throat, lung diseases, kidney diseases, etc.) and claims of expertise reflect typical period medical marketing. By today's standards, the promise to treat serious conditions remotely without physical examination appears fraudulent. The page represents an era when medical regulation was minimal and advertising made extraordinary claims with little evidence.
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14 rapes INVALIDS’ HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE, No. 663 MAIN STREET, BUFFALO, N. Y. A Model Sanitarium |= ===> es the rent accurey the ature reonally examining ou rea ann inde NOT A MOSPITAL, BUT A PLEAS ANT REMEDIAL HOME, sonal examination of the paticnt ve claim to no 8 Dow ers. We obtain our. knowledge the patient’s discase by the a tion, to the practice of me of "well - established principles modern science. And’ it. is accuracy with which this endowed us that we owe world-wide treating Manvetous Success. Js the fact that ds. eases display certatin phenome Srbleb, belng subjected. to scleauss Analyeig, furnish abundant and use Mistakable data, to guide the Joss. ment of the akiliful prucuttoos, fering the nature of ‘rhe m Ghroulo Discarea and the onic e skill, are thus placed within reach of every invalid, however dis js it not a marvelous degree of tant be or she may reside from the soouracy which enables an operator . : physicians making the treatment of iy OnGawtzED Win A FULL STAFF OF EIGHTEEN PRY: CIANS AND SURGEONS, AND EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO THE Treatment of all Chronic Diseases. P ngs tation of ekllifuly tons. rie nee In practicing our system of diagnosis tt ia not always ne to see patients. We can treat many Chronic Discases Just as successfully without as with a personal consultation. The perfect ac curacy with which scientists aro ena- bled to deduce tho most minute par ticulars in their soveral ta, appears almost miraculous, If wo view {ein the light of tho early daca, Tako, forexample, tho electro-magnetic tele graph, tho greatest invention of the age. Nasa, THRoaT AND Com- nate Constipa- jon, Chronic Diarrhea, Tape- worms, and kindred affectlons, aro among those chronic discasca in tho successful treatment of which our the weather” has become so thorough- are contained In “The Peo} 300 colored other llustrations, weather will be in Florida or New York as well as if several ‘ SOF iscaace, have certain unmistakable signs oF symptoms, and by ten cents in stamps, and a compicte treatise on your will be sent you, and Lungs, ruch as Chronic ‘We publish three separato books on Nasal, Throat and ment; price, post-paid, ten cents. G) A Treatise on havo attained great succcss. Many of tho diseases affecting the liver and other o1 contribu- to ezacily Jocato a fracture in'a sub such affections a specialty. Pull per. marine cable nearly three thousand ticulars of our system of examining miles long?, Our venerablo “clerk of and treating mte at a datance je ly familiar with tho most wayward elo- Common Sense Medical Ad. tontaof nature that he can accurate! 2 2 Vieory” by eV. Pierce 1-0. ites: edict thelr movements. Ho can sit E = = = BAM) tains over 100 ‘and ‘more than fn Washington and foretell what the Sent, post-paid. for $120. This work contains Important information for both young hundred miles did not intervene between him and the places named. | and old. MEN AND WOMEN aro many times tempted to ask their family physicians And #0 in all departments of modern ecience what is required is tho | questions on delicate matters, but are deterred from so doing by their sense of knowledge of certain signs. From these scientists deduce accurate | modesty. ‘This work answers Just such questions so fully and plainly as to Ieeve conclusions regardless of “distance, “80, also, in_medical ‘science, | no one in doubt. Send for this book, or write and describe your symptotns, ncke- roason of this fact, wo have been enabled to perfect aystem of determining, with | with our terms for treatment and all’ parts oun The treatment of Dis- eases of tho Alr Passages Nasal Catarrh, 1 ei Bronchitis, hme, an Lune Diseases. | Consumption, down through correspondence and at our insti tutions, constitutes an important specialty. Lung ‘Diseases, which give much valuable information viz: () A Treatiso on Consumption, Laryngitis and ronchitis: price, post-paid, ten cents." 2) A Treatise on Asthma, or Phthislc, giving new and successful treat- Chronic Nasi! Catarrh;" price, post-paid, two cents, rT ii Liver ISEASES OF | p;' Digestion. allt Ung in thelr functions to tho process of digestion, aro very obscure, and are not infrequently mistaken by doth laymen’ and physicians for other and treatment is employed directed to tho removal of a dis ‘aso which docs not exist, Our Complete Treatiso on Diseases of the Digestive Organs will be sent to any ad- dress on receipt of ten cents in postage stamps, BRIGHT’S DISEASE, DIA- BETES, and kindred ‘maladics, have been very largely treated, and curcs effected in thousands of cases which bad been pronounced beyond hope, These diseases are readily diagnosticated, or do- termined, by chomical analysis of the urine, without Personal examination of patients who eat, ther fore, goncrally bo successfully ated ai thelr homes. e study and practice of chemical analysis and microscopical examination of the urino in our consideration of easce with reference to correct diagnosis, in which our institution long ago becamo fa- mous, bas naturally led to a yey coiensire practice in diseases of the urit ol bably no other inst!- tution in. the world has been so largely patronized. by sufferers from this class of maladies as the old and world- famed World's Dispensary and Tnvalids” Hotel, Our specialists have acquired. through a vast and varicd experience, great expertness in finding out the eract nature of each case, and, hence, have been successful in cely adapting their remedics for the cure of each indi- vidual case. These delicate discases should be care- fully treated by a specialist thoroughly familiar with them, and who is competent to ascertain the exact condition and stage of advancement which tho diseaso has made (which can only bo ascertained by a careful chemical and microscopical examination of the urine), for medicines which are curative 1n ono stage or condi- ton are known to do positice injury in others, Wo have over, therefore, attempted to put up anything for gen~ eral sale through druggists, recommending to cure t dincaaes, although possessing very supcrior ‘remedies, knowing full well from an extensive experience that tho only eafo and successful course 1s to carefully determine the disease and its progress in each case by a chemical and microscopical examination of the urine, and then FIBLD OF SUCCESS. adapt our medicines to tho exact stage of the disease and condition of our patient. To this wiso course of action we at. tribute the marvelous success attained by our specialists in that important and extensive Department of our institu tions devoted exclusively to tho treat- ment of diseases of the kidneys and blad- der. The treatment of discascs of the urinary organs having constituted a leading branch of our practice at tho Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, and, being in constant receipt of numerous inquiries for a completo work on the nature and curability of theso maladics, written in a style to be casily understood, we have pub- lished a large Illustrated Treatise on these diseases, which will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents. Hundreds of tho most dificult opera- SURGICAL tions known to modern surgery aro ful manner, by our Surgcon- lists, PRACTICE, J Earwe, Stones aro safely removed from the Bladder, by crushing, washing and pumping them out, thus ding the rom the eye,thereby curing blindness. They also straight- en cross-eyes and insert artificial ones when needed. Many Ovarian and also Fibroid Tumors of the Uterus are in growth and cured by electro! coupice danger of cutting operations in these cases We avoided. Especially has the succcss of our soproved operations for Varicocele, Hydrocele, Fistule, Ruptured Cervix Uterl, and for’ Ruptured Ferineum, been alike gratify- ing both to ourselves and our patients. Not loss so havo been the results of numerous operations for Stricture of the Cervical Canal, a condition in the femalo generally causing periodical pain. and also resulting in Barrenness, or Sterility, and the cure of which, by a safo and pain: Icss operation, removes this commonest of impediments to tho bearing of offspring. ‘A Complete ‘Treatise on any one of the above maladics wil be sent on receipt of ten cents in stamps. re have a 83 ial Department, thor- oughly 0 ‘and dovoted erelu. ISEASES OF | sicclv to tho treatmscat of Diseascs of Women. Every case consulting our Women. lista, whether by letter or in person, 18 given the most careful and considerate attention. Important cases (and we get few which have not already baftied tho skill of all the home physicians) has the benefit of a full Council of skilled spectaliste. Rooms for ladica in the Invalids’ Hotel are very private. Send ten cents in stampa for our large Completo ‘Treatiso on Discasce of Women, illustrated with numerous wood-cuts and col- ored plites (100 pages). RNIA (Breach), or RUP- RADICAL CURE | TURE, no matter of ‘how long standing, or of what size, is promptly OF RurTuRE. and permanently cured by our special without the knifo f upon trusses. Abundant references. Send ten cents for lllustrated Treatise. To those acquainted with our institu. tions, it is hardly necessary to say that the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Insti- tute, with the branch establishment lo- § cated at No. 3 New Oxford Street, Lon- don, England, have, for many yeara, enjoyed the distinction of being’ the most largely annually performed in tho most’ akill- t danger of cutting. Our specialists, remove cataract with other means of our invention, whereby tl patronized and widely celebrated institutions in the world for the treatment and cure of those affections which arise from youthful indiscretions and peru cious, solitary practices. Organic weakness, nervous debility, premature decline of the manly powers, involuntary vital losscs, impaired memory, mental anxlety, absence of will-power, melaa- choly, weak back, and kindred affections, are speedily, thoroughly and permanently cured, fe, many years ago, shed a Special Depart- ment for tho treatment of these discascs, under the management of some of tho most skilifal physicians and surgeons on our Stat, io order that all bo apriy to us might receive all the advantages of a full Cou of the most experienced specialists. Wo offer no apology for dev WE OFFER jc mucn ‘attention to this n class of diseass, belicving no cont No ApoLocy, } tion, of, humanity ts too wretched to Je] merit the sympathy and best eervias of the noblo profession to which we Delong. Many who suffer from. these terrible discaxs contrace, them “nnocently. “Why any medical man, tent on doing good and alleviating suffering, should sua such cases, we cannot Imagine. Why any one consider it otherwise than most honorable to cure the worst cascs of theso diseases, we cannot u i and yet of all the maladics which afflict mankind there is probably none other about which physicians in geo- eral practice know 60 little, We shall, therefore, continue, a8 heretofore, to trest with our best consideration, aymputhy, and skill, all ep Plicants who are suffering ‘from any of these delicate diseases, C Ht Most of these cascs can be treated URED AT HOME, by un when ata distance Just a vel as if they were here in person. ‘Our Cempicto and Iltustruied Treatise (163 pages ca these subjects ts sent to any address on receipt of tea cents in stamps, Convalstons, or als, OF axis, St Cites ous’ Debillty, arising from over, study, excesses, ‘and other causes # every variety of nervous affection. are treated bY oo specialists for theeo discascs with unusual succes Aumerous cases reported in our different, illustrated pamphlets on nervous diseases, any one of which will te sent for ten cents in ‘tampa, when request for them 4s accompanied with a statement of a case for sultation. so that we may know which one of our ises to send. Although we have in the preceé para; ‘made mention of Bear cape ‘ailments to which tion parti fe een OY Oe ‘special qi lids’ Hi DISEASES J erecintty af tne ovate stn AS abounds in skill, facilities aod eo, PEGIALTY. J Feratus tor the successful of every form of chronic ailment, whether requiring for its cure medical or surgical meas All letters of inquiry, or of consultation, sbould bes Aressed to WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No, 663 Main St, BUFFALO, %.