ce professional services
within the reach of all, so that a greater number may be benefited. Many
invalids say that they have paid large sums of money to medical men for
treatment without obtaining relief. Unfortunately our land is cursed
with quacks and unprincipled practitioners, who seek no one's good but
their own, and it is a defect in our law that it permits such swindlers
to go unpunished. Not so reprehensible is the family physician who
fails, because his limited and varied practice does not permit him to
become proficient in treating chronic diseases.

The following beautiful sentiment of Hood truthfully expresses the
sacredness of the physician's trust:

"Above all price of wealth
The body's jewel. Not for minds or hands profane
To tamper with in practice vain.
Like to a woman's virtue is man's health;
A heavenly gift within a holy shrine!
To be approached and touched with serious fear,
By hands made pure and hearts of faith severe,
E'en as the priesthood of the One Divine."

We are in regular practice, responsible for what we say and do, and
cordially invite those who desire further evidence of our success in
curing chronic diseases to come to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute and satisfy themselves of the truthfulness of our statements.

We are warranted in saying that our responsibility and disposition for
fair dealing are known to many of the principal mercantile houses, as
well as to all prominent American editors. We also refer to our present
and former patients, one or more of whom may be found in almost every
hamlet of America. To all who are under our treatment we devote our
highest energies and skill, fully realizing that an untold blessing is
conferred upon every person whom we cure, and that such cures insure the
permanency of our business. On the contrary, we realize how unfortunate
it is for us to fail in restoring to health any person whom we have
encouraged to hope for relief. We are careful, therefore, not to assume
the treatment of incurable cases, except when desired to do so for the
purpose of mitigating suffering or prolonging life; for we never wish to
encourage false hopes of recovery.

TERMS FOR BOARD AND TREATMENT AT THE INVALIDS' HOTEL AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE

are moderate, varying with the nature of the case and the apartments
occupied. At times so great is the number applying to avail themselves
of the skill of our Faculty, and