The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

ON THE ATTAINMENT OF HEALTH, AND
THE BEST MEANS FOR ITS PRESERVATION.

" Health is a blessing dropt from heaven,
Which money cannot buy ;
The life of life ; the body's peace—
And pleasant harmony."

Notwithstanding the revolutions medicine has undergone as
a science, despite the theories which have alternately reigned de-
spotic in her schools, and tne controversies which have divided
her most distinguished ornaments, her ultimate aim has ever
been the alleviation of human suffering; for should either the
enthusiasm of her followers or the warmth of their discussions
surprise us when we consider the priceless object—health; the
attainment and preservatrodiff Which are so arctently sought
by all that a single exception would be a paradox in the history
of society. But the aid of the physician is too frequently soli-
cited to restore lost health, instead of enforcing the study of
Nature's easy. lesson to preserve it; indeed, the Goddess de-
mands but simple offerings, and that the possession of her
boon requires us but to refrain from excesses against her laws
has been thus e!egantly illustrated by the philosophic Dr.
Thomas Brown—" Between satiety on the one hand, and want
on the other, the stream of health flows tranquilly along,
which, but for these boundaries, would speedily waste itself and
disappear, as the most magnifice ver, which, if eispersed
over a boundless plain, would almost into nothing, owes
its abundance and majesti eauty to the very banks which
seem to confine its water ithin too narrow a channel." This
beautiful truism embo • s the creed of the ablest physicians—
that simplicity and deration with regard to diet, and a faith-
ful discharge of tl unctions of the digestive organs, will be
the best t,Puaran for the maintenance of health, as it is by
their coin oi ne gency the body derives its support and strength,
and whichi n languish and decline when they become en-
feebled and oppressed. To palliate this latter state, to equalize
the secretion of the liver, and to restore the digestive functions
to their original and natural action, Mr. COCKLE'S COMPOUND
ANTIBILIOUS PILLS are confidently recommended.
Prepared by JAMES COCKLE, Surgeon and Apothecary,
18, New Ormond-street, London ; and may be had of all re-
spectable Medicine Vendors, in Boxes, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and
4s. 6d.
Dr. Collier's Testimonial in favour of Coca Les PILLS, must
be admitted to be highly satisfactory, and will be read with
much interest.
The following is an extract from the second edition (page
188) of the translation of the New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal
College of Physicians of London, by Dr. G. F. COLLIER, pub-
lished by Longman and Co.
" It is no small defect in this compilation (speaking of the
NEW PHARMACOPCEIA) that we have no purgative medicines
but what contains aloes ; yet we know that hwmorrhoidal per-
sons cannot bear aloes, EXCEPT it be in the form of Cockle's
Pills, which chiefly consist of aloes, scammony, and colocynth,
which I think are formed into a sort of compound extract, the
acridity of which is obviated, I suspect, by an alkaline process,
and by a fourth ingredient (unknown to me) of an aromatic
tonic nature. I think no better and no worse o! it for its being
a patent medicine. I look at it as an article of commerce and
domestic convenience, and do not hesitate to say, it is the best
made pill in the kingdom ; a muscular purge,. a mucous purge,
and a hydrogogue purge combined, and their effects properly
controlled by a dirigent and corrigent. That it does not com-
monly produce limmorrhoids, like most aloetic pills, I attribute
to its being thoroughly soluble, so that no unnissolved particles
adhere to the mucous membrane of the rectum."

NOTE.—Purchasers of Cockle's Pills ought particularly to
examine the Government stamp affixed to each box, and to see
that the words " JAMES COCKLE, APOTHECARY," are en-
graved upon it in white letters, as without this mark of authen-
ticity none can possibly be genuine.

Observe that the Signature of the proprietor,." G. C. Serjeant,"
is written on the Government Stamp.
Cl ERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
10 against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum-
bago. Sold by the Proprietor, 0. C. SERJEANT, No. 1, Lo-
vell's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar,
London; and by all Venders of Medici Price 2s. 9d. per
Bottle.
This excellent Medicine, so un" rsally esteemed, is unat-
tended with the least danger o nconvenience, and hundreds
have experienced its happy d salutary pirpera it
first introduced.
Sold by Pcndlebury, issell- street ; Titherington, Oxford-
street; Hogarth, Gr George-street; Fisher, Bold-street;
Coupland, Parker- eet •, Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson,
New Scotland-ro ; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland-
road, opposite . Martin's Market; Mackow, Vauxhall-road;
Britten, co rof Dale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great
Homer-street; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row; Low,
Islington; Walker, London-road; Parry, Christian-street;
Wagstaff, Great George-place ; Priestley, Lord-street; Smiths
, Woodside. Price, Wavertree