ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 139 



heralded we print it here, with the exception of the advertiser's name, 

 for which we have substituted " Smith." 



"No medical man of skill and ability considers his study at the 

 present time complete unless it contains a first-class Microscope. This 

 wonderful instrument by its marvellous power makes clear to our eyes a 

 world of which, prior to its invention, we knew nothing. Its introduc- 

 tion into medicine is only of late years, and has been mainly brought 

 about by the competition of practitioners in their endeavour to find some 

 aid that would enable them to detect the presence of disease when 

 hidden or masked ; to diagnose with greater accuracy, and so secure 

 that prominence in their profession upon which their fame and emolu- 

 ments rest. But its use has been more particularly applied to the 

 examining of the fluids of the body to determine the state of the 

 kidneys, and to decide if the latter are in a state of disease, and, if so, 

 its stage. It has already been the means of saving many a life in fore- 

 shadowing the advent of that stealthy and fatal disease to which Dr. 

 Richard Bright gave his name, and which prior to the introduction of 

 ' Smith's Cure ' was always regarded as incurable. In all the history of 

 the Microscope its use was never so prevalent, its study never prosecuted 

 with so much vigour, as it is to-day ; and science through its means is 

 ever revealing something fresh and new in relation to its powers. For 

 instance, a noted physician and German scholar has recently discovered 

 that by its aid the presence of a tumour forming in the system can be 

 detected, and if certain appearances are visible it is proof positive that 

 the tumour or growth is of a malignant character. Uric acid, which is 

 a rank poison, is one of the substances which arise from destructive 

 waste of our body, and must be thrown off daily or we die. Now before 

 we understood the Microscope it was impossible by any means at our 

 command to know what was being passed out of our body, or from 

 whence it came ; and one great benefit which this instrument has con- 

 ferred upon humanity is in the relief of headaches, malaise, indisposi- 

 tion, and other diseases, which are now known to be caused by the 

 retention of uric acid in the body. When an analysis of the fluid is 

 made by a micro-chemical examination this substance can be traced in 

 its proper quantity, and when the proper remedy is applied relief is soon 

 secured, the cure being effected almost immediately. . . . 



As we said before, medical science has been unable to cope with this 

 disease, and neither homoeopathies nor allopathies are prepared with a 

 cure for deranged kidneys ; and all the world has long since recognized, 

 and many medical men who are without bias and without prejudice 

 liberal minded, and anxious to cure, admit and prescribe ' Smith's Cure ' 

 as a specific for all diseases of the kidneys. . . . 



' Smith's Cure,' like the Microscope, was found out by a layman 

 outside the medical code. The universal testimony of our friends and 

 neighbours shows it to be alone the remedy for all diseases of the 

 kidneys, their prevention and cure. Their statements are sufficient 

 explanation and endorsement of its extraordinary growth, and conclusive 

 proof that it is perhaps the most munificent remedy known to the 

 medical world since the Microscope revealed to us the all-important 

 nature of the organs which this medicine is specifically designed to 

 benefit." 



Although from one point of view it may not be very complimentary, 

 yet we must express a hope that the editor of the ' Norfolk News ' when 



