ores, as long as dead bone remains,
will prove fruitless. The sores should he throughly cleansed with
injections of an alkaline solution, after which bandages, moistened with
glycerine, may be applied. If they emit a fetid odor, add a few drops of
carbolic acid to the glycerine. The dead bone can be but slowly removed
by suppuration, therefore time, and, indeed, sometimes life itself, may
be saved by removing it with surgical instruments. In the operation of
sequestrotomy, the surgeon must exercise great judgment. Carelessness
may prolong the disease and subsequently necessitate another operation,
or, perhaps, an amputation.

Usually the dead bone is easily removed by the skilled specialist
surgeon, and, when thoroughly taken out, the parts readily heal and the
patient rapidly recovers. The removal, therefore, of the dead bone which
is a constant source of irritation, and the cause of protracted
suffering, should not be delayed, for very rarely indeed can it be
removed at all without the assistance of the surgeon. Besides, delay
often results in the loss of the limb, and not unfrequently occasions
the death of the patient. Under the influence of a reliable local
_anaesthetic_, carefully applied, the operation of removing the decayed
and offensive bone is speedily and painlessly performed, the use of
chloroform or ether not generally being required.

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TESTIMONIALS.

If the following letters had been written by your best known and most
esteemed neighbors they could be no more worthy of your confidence than
they now are, coming, as they do, from well known, intelligent and
trustworthy citizens, who, in their several neighborhoods, enjoy the
fullest confidence and respect of all who know them.

Out of thousands of similar letters received from former patrons, we
have selected these few at random, and have to regret that we can find
room only for this comparatively small number in this volume.

BLOOD DISEASE.

RAW SORES FROM KNEE TO ANKLE.

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

[Illustration: Master Amasa Peck]

_Dear Sirs_--My little boy, Amasa Claude Peck, was severely stricken
with what the doctors called erysipelas. We had employed two doctors for
months without any effect, until he commenced taking your Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Two bottles effected a cure. His leg was raw
from his knee to his ankle; it has never broken since, whic