The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-19 00:00:00

THE MOTHER'S BALM.

"DALEY, the greatest of moral philosophers, truly enume-
.l. rates Children as among the principal sources of human
happiness. At no period is human life so precarious as in
the early stages of Infancy ; for it is a fact, no leis lament-
able than true, that, at the least, one-half of the Children
born in Great Britain perish in a state of Infancy. Of these,
some (lie for want of Medicine, but by far the greater portion
from the abuse of it. Pernicious Stupefactives, whose basis
is laudanum or other opiates, are constantly administered to
tender Infants, especially among the poorer classes. These
dangerous compounds allay pain for a time, by stupifyiwg the
senses, but ultimately leave the agonized little sufferer in a
worse state than before. The ignorant and deluded, though
anxious, well-meaning, and affectionate Mother, thus pro-
cures herself a little more ease from nursing, but her darling
child either shortly perishes, or, if it survive, it is only to pass
its mortal pilgrimage (from its constitution having been thus
enervated and undermined) in a state of lethargic insensibi"-
lity. Deeply impressed with the magnitude of these serious
evils, and animated with a truly philanthropic zeal to arrest
their progress, it was that the late Mr, Atkinson (a man of
original talent, and of superior intellectual attainments gene-
rally, as well as a skilful chemist and apothecary) directed
his best energies to the formation of a compound suited to
the various complaints of Infants. His laudable efforts were
at length crowned with the success they so well merited, in
the production of that most invaluable Preparation,
ATKINSON'S INFANT'S PRESERVATIVE !

which has now stood the test of analysis, the test of trial,
and, above all, the fiery ordeal of public opinion, for nearly
half a century, and of which Seventy Thousand Bottles are
annually sold in Great Britain. In short, whether this Me-
dicine be destined to enter the palace or the humblest cottage,
the Proprietor feels an honest conviction of its power to as-
suage maternal pain for Infant suffering, to convert that pain
into gladness, that suffering into balmy repose.

Asa preventive against,✓and a cure-for, those complaints
to which Infants are liable, as Affections of the Bowels, dif-
ficult Teethiug, Convulsions, Rickets, &c., it is a pleasant,
innocent, and efficacious Carminative, and an admirable as-
sistant to Nature during the progress of the Hooping Cough,
the Measles, and the Cow Pox, or Vaccine Inoculation ; and,
it may be added, that this Medicine is so perfectly innocent,
that it may be given with the greatest safety to an Infant
immediately after birth.

Prepared only by ROBERT BARKER (Nephew and Suc-
cessor to, and formerly Partner with Mr. Atkinson), Che-
mist and Druggist, 1, Market-place, and 8, Oldham-street,
Manchester, in moulded bottles, at ls. lid., 24. 9d., and
4s. 6th each. Sold, retail, by most respectable Medicine
Venders in town and country.
N.B.—Please to be particular in asking for Atkinson's
Infant's Preservative, and observe the name of " ROBERT
BARKER, 1, Market-place, Manchester," upon the Go-
vernment Stamp, affixed over the cork of ( ach bottle of the
genuine Medicine.