Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-18

IfCttUH VI IfICllt' ibi ti!t tNIt VI "lf
diseases with whic!, the human body
is every day afflicted. which their re-
uowncd virtues. the repeated expei'
eucc that has been made of them. T.
en- or patients WHO had beer given
up by their physicians, and the cures
resulting lrom them. have caused them
10 be atioptcd as sovereign and infalIi-
lie remedies.
Amongst the great number of dis
eases. that have been cured by these
inrstimaJlc secrets, we stall only name
-rmr OF them, of which The foreign
.urrals and hmcricaa newspapers
haye borne the n 0st authenticated tes-
timon,. such as apoplexy. asthma, BIZ
Inns. windy and ncphrrtiaue collie,
CONSUMPTION Of lungs, debility. dysen-
terry. diaiIhGa, dropsy il the breast,
in the brain, compound dropsy. anar-
sal que ct ascites. epilepsy. diseases 0c
thu eyes. intermittent. terIiau. quar-
tan, continual and infamnlatorl fc.
veis, malignant. spotted and scarlet
frycrs. hives $50 fatal 70 children. in
Examination of the bowels. of the liver
and lungs. gansrcne. itch, jaundicc,
! fits, hoopir, cough. lcthargy, lcpro-
sy, rheun.athrs, pulmonary, scur,y,
swcllinSs. sore throat. WORMS, tape
! worm, complaints of the bowels,
loosencss or bloody flux, folly or mad.
ness originated after sequel Of dis
ease. or through an incorporate use
/ of spirituous liquors, cold anu scia-
t.quc solts, gravcls, gonorrhea, by
drophobia, bite of vcnomous animals,
hRmorhagv. paIpitation Of the heart,
stone, &C. &c.
This precious collection contains
likewise great number Of receipts
for preparing several kinds Of bal
same, uintmcnt or salyes, with the
manner Il using them, aud the eff.
cts IF which are so surprising, that
/ they cure in very short time, tie
cancers. without the assistance of any
operation the kings evil, letter or
rings worm, wens all sorts of cuts,
wounds. howe, cr large and deep they
may be,sb Inward and outward he
m"rIhoids, all pains and swelIings a.
rising from rheumatism, all kinds Of
burns, all cataracts Of the eyes, even
th"se that deprive of the sight all
sores that come on w0men's breasts;
all kinds of sore legs and ulcers, how
ever old they may he; chancres, bu-
b0rs. and other ,cnereal disorders
they join the nerves again, when they
have been cut or broken in any man
ncr whatever they strengthen weak
nerves and prevent the palsy when
ever ono is threatened with it; they
draw out broken bones and all other
foreign bodies that may be in sores OF
wounds in s!orl, these 0intments or
salres do possess such virtue against
the gangrrne. that many persons be-
ing al the point Of having their legs,
hands or fingers cut off, have been en-
tirrly cured by The application of these
Oiutmcnts alone.
In this interesting work will be al
50 found the inestimablc receipt of the
grand prcvcu!i,es against the plague.
pes'ilcntIal. spotted and ,ther feyers.
small pux. aid all kinds of Contagious
diseases their pr, parations with the
manner Of making use of them both
inward! and nutwardly, as we'll to-
preserve ourselves against the ronta-
ginn as TO be cured whenever one is
afflicted with them; and wonderful
and NEST valuable secrets in medicine
always employed with success, and
never failed to cure in epidemic and
contagious diseases, and unknown to
the present time in the United States
of America.
In short. the famous and renowned
syrup of long life, or the great pre-.
server of health, whose so cxtraordj-
nary virtues have drawn the attention
CT great number of physicians, al
though the desire of gain has cndca-
vorcd to counterfeit or initiate it, but
always without success. That receipt
SO very simple, so very easy TO pre-
pare, and OF good taste. was given
by an old gentleman of one hundred
and thlrty-two years of age, who be.
gan to make use of it at the age Of 60
without his having ever experienced
the least Inconvenience. The good cl-
fccts which this simple receipt las a.
ways produced on the ncrtous uL,