Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1877 — « Canker in the Bud." [ARTICLE]

« Canker in the Bud."

You watch its development with expectant solicitude—the choice, exquisitely-molded bud, which promises to unfold with th e perfect flower. You perhaps think how it will adorn the draw-ing-room vase, and anticipate the pleasure of showing it to your flower-loving friends. But some morning yon find its head drooping, its fragrance fled, and an ugly purple spot on one of. the delicately-tinted petals. It is the poet’s “canker in the bad.” How often the loathsome canker blights tho cherished “infant blossoms” in our household gardens—those human buds which give earnest of a brilliant future. The noisome canker, so long concealed—scrofula —at length reveals its dreaded presence and to our bright hopes succeeds the most agonizing fear, for we know the fatal sequel it portends—pulmonary consumption. It is estimated by eminent medical authorities that at least one-fifth of mankind are afflicted with this insidious malady. But its ravages are so secret that even its victims arc Unaware of its presence until it suddenly discloses itself in some of its myriad and ofttimes fatal forms. A slight cutaneous eruption is often the only indicator of its presence. The only means of exterminating this disease from the system is by a thorough course of constitutional treatment. This treatment must fulfill three indications, namely, promote nutrition, alter or purify the blood, and arrest disorganization of the tissues and the formation of tubercles. No more efficient alterative can be employed for those purposes than Dr. l’ieree’s Golden Medical Discovery". While imparting strength and tone to the digestive organs It cleanses the blood and heals the diseased tissues. Test its virtues ere the deadly canker has blighted tho life you prize.