WASHINGTON WAS KILLED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11197, 20 August 1898, Page 3

WASHINGTON WAS KILLED.

Some Unpublished Facts aboot his i,ast Illness, ana the Lewon they convey to Men and Women of t&e Present Day. It was not generally known that General Washington was killed in a most cruel and barbarous manner, but it is, nevertheless, a At the time of his death Washington' was ■;* in his sixty-eighth year, a strong, robust man. On December 12, 1799, he contracted a severe cold, and pneumonia threatened. Two doctors were summoned, and, in accordance with the absurd custom of those days, they proceeded to bleed their patient. Nearly a quart of blood was taken from his ; veins, until at last he' begged them to let him die in peace. He died that same day— not from disease, but actually from loss of blood. He was killed by ignorance! In these days, any doctor who treated a patient as Washington was treated would bo indicted for manslaughter. The world was moved since then, and there-has been a complete revolution in the practice of medicine. Instead of lowering the vital forces by thihning the blood, advanced physicians noir endevour to build up the strength of their patients. They employ only the latest and most scientific remedies. .' ..-,.■' And yet,, in spite jof this fact, we find thousands of people'endeavouring to improvo their health by taking old-fashioned medicines. They forget that chemists and scientists have made great discoveries in recent years, and do not go back to the antiquated remedies and concoctions that were used a hundred years ago. It will not do. "What you, reader, need to cure the headaches, dizziness, .tired, worn-out and irritable feelings, constipation, and bearing-down sensations is some modern discovery based on scientific truths that will strike at the root of the trouble. You are sick because your kidneys and liver, are out of order, and you should at once see that they are put in order. "Yes," you say, "this is easy to assert, but what shall I do? " Take the best : and most scientific discovery for these troubj les you can find. Ask any advanced scientist •',." i what this is) and hft will tell you, Warner's Safe Cure. This discovery stands alone, by itself, and far above all so-called medicines of the past or nostrums of the present. Inv ' I speaking about it, Dr William Edward Hob- ; ! son, of London, says:— i.• , . j ." I conscientiously and emphatically ,'6tate~ i that I have been able to give more relief and i effect more oures by the use of Warner's Safe Cure than by any other medioine attainable to the profession.": '. ■. ' This is high' praise, but no higher than the subject deserves, as you will read ly ascertain upon using this great modern discovery. .. .. ; , ' ~ ... ._■ ;

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