Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-24
TO THE PUBLIC.

The work which is this day offer
cd for public usefulness, ought not To
be looked upon as those which de-
sire of gain bring forth every day a
mong us. This IS a rare and precious
collection of the most valuable secrets
i'm medicine, which the host skiliul
physicians have discovered after long
researches, labor and experience. 1t
is, without contradiction, the first of
the kind that has ever appeared with
in the United States OF America. and
a treasure which every head of ia
mily could not too much appreciate;
as it points out the symptoms of SIEVE.
raj diseases, of which many persons
are only acquainted with their names;
I'd, the receipt of the quantity and
quality of the drugs that are made
use of. Sd, their preparations so Care
fully described and detailed that the
least intelligent person cannot be mis-
taken; and finally the necessary doses
and the manner IF administering
them. One may rest assured that all
| in this collection is easy to put into
practice, the expense is triiiiug be-
| cause all the simplss and plants which
compose the greatest part of the re.
ceipts it contains. may be found in
the fields and in the gardens ; in a
word, tina, it affords the means Of Gu
! ring, in a short time, all The diseases
and evils with which one may be- adj
diCted, and al low expense.
1t is to benevolent socie v we are
indebted for such a precious I; assure.
Their whole god wish towards sui
fcring humanity, induced that society
to spare neither pains. care nor ex-
pense in obtaining from all parts OF
the globe, and tn give in Que and only
collection. valuable and complete Sc
lection of receipts for the cure Of all
diseases with which The human body
is every day afflicted, which their re.
nowned virtues, the repeated expert
ence that has been made of them. g.
ven on patients who had been given
up by their physicians, and the cures
resulting from them, have caused them
to be adopted as sovereign and infaIli-
bic remedies.
Amongst the great number of dis
eases that have been cured by these
inestimablc secrets,we shall only name
some of them. of which the foreign
journals and American newspapers
have borne the most authenticated tes-
timony. such as apoplcxy, asthma, hi.
lious, windy and nephretique colo,
consumption of lungs, debility, dysen-
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in the brain, compound dropsy, anar-
sarque ct ascites, epilepsy, diseases of
/ the eyes, intermittent, tertian, quar-
! tan. continual and inflammatory fe-
vers, malignant. spotted and scarlet
fevers. hives (so fatal to children. in
flammation Of the bowels. of the liver
and lungs, gangrene. itch, .iaundice,
fits, hopping cough. lethargyj Iepro
sy, rl,eumatisms. pulmonary, scnrsy,
swelIinss, sore throat. worms. tape
worm. complaints of the bowels,
looscness or bloody flux. folly or mad
ness originated after sequel Of dis
case. or through an Incorporate use
of spirituons liquors, cold and scia-
tique gouts, gra,els. gonorrhGa, by,
dropbnbia. bite OF venomous animals,
hemorhagy. pa!pitation of the heart.
stone, 81. 81.
This precious collection contains
Likewise great number of receipts
for preparing several kinds of bal
same, ointment or s1ves, with the
manner of using them, and the ef
fccts Of which are so surprising, that
they cure in a very short time, the
cancers, without the assistance of any
operation the kings evil, letter or
rings worm, wens all sorts of cuts,
wounds, however large and deep they
may be, both inward and outward be.
morhoids, all pains and swellinss a.