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OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS.

in the treatment of every malady incident to humanity. A distin-
guished professor in the medical department of one of our univer-
sities, in an address to the graduating class, recently said: "Some
professional men seem to be ashemed unless they have the reputa-
tion of universal knowledge. He who falls into the error of study-
ing every thing will be certain to know nothing well. The field of
medicine and surgery is too large to be cultivated in its entirety
by one individual. Hence the advantage of cultivating special
studies. It is not possible to know every thing; something must
be wisely left unknown. Indeed, a physician, if he would know
any thing well, must be content to be profoundly ignorant of
many things. He must select something for special study and
pursue it with devotion and diligence. This course will lead to
success, while the attempt to do every thing eventuates unavoidably
in failure." Our institution is the only one in this country in which
these common-sense ideas are thoroughly carried out. The natural
result is, that we have all the practice that our whole Medical and
Surgical Staff can possibly attend to, and we constantly send to
other physicians and institutions cases not in the line of our
specialities.

OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS.
Abandoning the treatment of all diseases except those in which
we have attained the greatest success, and then still further nar-
rowing and concentrating our study and professional efforts, by
again subdividing these affections, giving to each member of our
Faculty but a single disease or class of diseases to treat, we
thereby attain the highest possible skill.
DISEASES OF MEN. - Over 9,000 cases of nervous debility, invol-
untary vital losses, weakness of organs and manly powers, and kin-
dred affections arising from indiscreet practices, self-abuse and
sexual excesses, were cured during the past year; while almost as
many more were successfully treated for lingering and secondary
affections of a delicate mature - the results of bad or inefficient
treatment at their homes and without personal examination.
No other institution in the world has any thing like so extensive
a patronage in this class of affectations, or has gained so wide-
spread a celebrity for remarkable cures. During his recent trip to
Europe, our consulting physician, Dr. R. V. PIERCE, visited the
most noted institutions in which this class of diseases are treated,
and fully satisfied himself that, in this branch of practice, our in-
stitution is a long way ahead, both in skill and number of cases
treated. No experimenting is resorted to. We prescribe just such
specific remedies as are adapted to each individual case. It is,
from the nature of these diseases, impossible to prepare any general
remedy for their cure. What is well adapted for one case, in en-
tirely unsuited to another, and, besides, the medicine must be
changed to suit different stages and conditions presented by the
same case. Hence it is, that those who spend their money for vari-
ous advertised "specifics," galvanic belts, and kindred appliances,
lose it without deriving any benefit. For reports of numerous
difficult cases cured, see Medical Adviser (sent for $1.50), or a pam-
phlet entitled "Abuse of the Male Reproductive Organs and the
Diseases to which it Gives Rise," sent on receipt of one stamp.
Varicocele, or enlarged veins of the scrotum, feeling like
a bundle of earth-worms about the cord, a condition caused by
strains, self-abuse, or excesses, and generally resulting, if not early
relieved, in loss of power, or impotency, from its tendency to cause
wasting of the organs, has been very largely treated and with
the most gratifying results. Our improved appliances and treat-
ment enable us to cure the milder cases without operation. The
worst cases are operated upon by an ingenious method of our
own invention, which we employed over two hundred times during
the past year, and with perfect success in every case. This opera-
tion proves to be entirely free from the greatest danger attending the
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