Most Wonderful Invention of Age The Ophthalmometer
The ophthalmometer is praised as a marvelous instrument for fitting children's eyes describing its modern benefits and promising accuracy in vision care for youngsters.
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
4
The ophthalmometer is praised as a marvelous instrument for fitting children's eyes describing its modern benefits and promising accuracy in vision care for youngsters.
Dr Robinson extols an ophthalmometer as the key tool for measuring corneas and fitting cylindrical lenses in children. He disputes the need for atropine, praising safer, more accurate methods and urging sight preservation for all. A Texas letter from 1900 accompanies endorsements for Heptol laxative.
An advertisement touts HEPTOL as a safe palatable remedy for liver disorders. It claims liver regulation clears complexion brightens eyes and benefits women in the South. The product is said to counteract malaria prevent chills and fever and cure constipation headache and indigestion.
Heptol advertised as the most economical palatable medicine. Leading druggists in the city and beyond sell it at 35 cents per bottle. Doctors in Waco praise its effectiveness for bilious malaria liver issues and headaches. Letters from Dr J A Prexty and patient Mrs LL Clay endorse Heptol’s remedy.
A July 19 1900 letter from Mrs Fanny Pearson in Waco Texas commends Morrison Drug Co for Heptol calling it the best medicine for women and saying it has done more good than any prior remedies she has taken and she will recommend it to friends.
Those valuing vision are urged to consult Dr Robinson who claims to remove defects of vision using expert eye examination and the latest instruments. He offers advice on proper glasses and tests the curative properties of his remedies for improved strength health hearing and sight.
The Tyler Courier notes Dr. H. Robinson’s visit to Tyler, praising his home treatment for catarrh and related throat and deafness issues. Testimonials from W. L. Watson, J. P. Whitney, and Mrs. Whitney claim permanent cures. He will open an office in Tyler for one week at Pickwick Hotel and offer fittings for spectacles, with Harris Bros. selling his preparations.
A brief notice invites readers whose eye sight is failing to consult Dr Robinson for a complete examination.
A promotional notice extols Dr. H Robinson of Waco as the leading eye specialist in Texas. It touts his ability to diagnose and treat optical defects with glasses and scientific adjustment, citing testimonials from patients in Waco and Tyler in 1894 99 about relief from strain headaches and facial neuralgia.
A Greenville Texas letter from J H Anderson after using Catarrh Cure declares trust in the remedy to cure nasal and throat catarrh with persistent use. Garnett Bros Greenville pharmacy endorses the remedies citing many cures in Greenville Hunt County and states they sell more Catarrh remedies than any other.
In Farmersville Texas on September 20 1900 G B Ford agent of the Northwestern Life Association of Minneapolis testifies to the Golden Catarrh Cure meeting its claimed benefits for catarrh of the head and recommends it to fellows sufferers.
Hope Bros druggists report high demand for Catarrh Remedies in Farmersville Texas. The letter notes several customers cured by the Catarrh preparations and praises their efficacy.
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