utmost kindness by the nurses and surgeons, all of whom are expert
specialists.

The equipment of the Institution is something immense. I often think of
the appetite those healthy exercises in the treatment room gave me when
dinner time came.

After being in the Institution three days I underwent an operation for
varicocele--an injection of medicine locally making the operation
_absolutely free from pain_. The operation was performed in about thirty
minutes, immediately after which I could walk to my room, and, after
resting an hour, descended to the dining room and took my dinner as
usual.

While at the Institution I met numerous persons suffering from
varicocele, and it was quite pleasing to contrast their happy looks as
they wished you "goodbye" with the haggard appearance they had upon
entering.

After leaving the Institution I traveled about 1,400 miles by rail and
500 miles by water without the least inconvenience, which I consider a
fair test of the operation.

Five years have passed since that time, and I now feel as sound as it is
possible to feel.

In conclusion, let me say to those suffering from varicocele that it is
impossible for them to do better than follow my example.

Respectfully yours, ARTHUR EBSARY,
(Care of Hon. Jas. Baird.) Water Street, St. John's, Newfoundland.

VARICOCELE.

WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N.Y.:

[Illustration: F.H. Jenkins, Esq.]

_Gentlemen_--I am a carpenter and some years ago, I fell from a scaffold
which in time almost killed me. I wasn't hurt very much at the time, but
a dull aching pain seemed to take me in the left side of the scrotum,
and after I could stand it no longer, I went to my doctor. He said that
I had a rupture of the blood veins of the left testicle, and it was
incurable. I gave up in despair; but at last, a friend handed me some of
your advertising papers, and I saw the Common Sense Medical Adviser
advertised and sent for the book and studied its contents carefully, and
came to the conclusion that I was suffering from varicocele. I found on
consulting you that my suspicions were right. I at once wrote you for
particulars, and in less than a week I was at the Invalids' Hotel for
treatment. At that time no one knows how I suffered; but I hadn't long
to suffer. In ten days after _an entirely painless operation_ I was a
well man and returned home.

I cannot say too much in regard to the treatment and care from both
Sur