American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-29
From the NetO FORK Evening Post.
SWAIM,S PANACEA.

A;,hed in that city, tending TO oring INTO discredi
a,nacea. discovered by Mr.. Swain, for the cure
| rS.roFula and other disorders OF the glands We
dscided enemies to all quackery, whether in the
t,i,ian, the lawyer, the divine, or the medical
/ ,..,,oocr. We believe that great proportion OF
a.a ealing themselves Doctors, who have pur-
,,rd Tor few dollars, diplomas from foreign Uni
.iies are impostors, and we consider most OF
,,ordnary cures, with which most countries are
oodoed mpudent fabricatons, Invented for the
,ooe of extorling money from the timed and I'M
j,w-But while we thus ayow our opinions of this
| X, Of men, and stigmatze their practices and
| ii, Dostrums, we do not feel ourselves warranted
90 al lengths with many medical practitioners,
no consider every man qnack who has not gone
rouQh course of regular studies, and every thing
prescribes as useless, nay dangerous. if it is not
oc,oncd by the faculty. We are not so great
,aopers 10 science as not to know that the virtues
MANY of the most valuable articles used as me
rine were discovered by individuals who had no
S.rnsions to scientific knowledge, and that most if
NJ all of them owe much Of their importance To-
classic names they have received. Strip meGi-
he of the mystery which hangs over it, in conse
cusnce of its prescriptions being couched in a
Ianguage, and we are afraid it would no longer
sy with it the imposing character which ii now
Sesses.
As we have no direct proof OF prejudice, or in
rested opposition in the conductors of the " Phi
jslpha Medical Recorder" we shall not impugn
motive that induced them to censure the use off
. N Swaims Panacea. But as we are in possess
Of some leading facts, which show, at least, that
ese writer's are unacquanled with the successful
Dp.caon Of the Panacea, and Of the estimation in
Mich is held by intelligent individuals, and emf
o,.dcaI DIoIegaOys ~ - will bf (Io.
Kan essential service to the public TO make these
&ts generally known.
The testimony given of its particular cures in the
! amphlet Of Mr.. Swain, in which the names of
{e0lemen Of the highest reputation appear, bear
S0ag evidence Of the invaluable character of his
.dlcine. This, we presume, was known to the
tducors of the Medical Recorder, who must alsol
1Ne been aware that the attestalions of such men
ge not TO be put in competition with those obscure
d venal personages whose certificates oil quacke
IS may be procured for trfe.
10 addition to these testimonies, the Panacea has
Ven advocated by several eminent physicians inl
Philadelphia, and was complinented, during one OIL
/ lectures, by professor OF the Pennsylvania
kdica College, who. in noticing the extraordinary
Hes which had come under his own observation,
commended this medicine to his class as valu
Ie and important discovery. Ii has been intro |
| I'D into the Philadelphia Aims house and Hospi-
and such were its surprising effects in the lat
place its success after all other medicines had
led; that the Surgeon of the Hospital, DR.. VIII |
|am Price, as induced to abandon his important
\ highly respectable office, from the laudAbe de.
lgn OF benefltiug his fellow creatures, by Gerry
Is tic panacea to Europe. We could enlarged on
|t beneyolence and scientific attanments Of this
|heman, but his character does not stand in need
our eulogy He is now in England, extensively
gagged in displaying its sanative influence and az
|aIl further evidence Of his correct appreciation
us merits, we can state, from our knowledge, that
as been introduced, through his means into the
| acipal hospitals in London and Liverpool, be-
II shaving been administered to many private in
'Niu'IS, aud its virtues publicly acknowledged byj
'sra Of the most eminent physicians in England |
'u his is not all.--In the city of New York we
Pc had number Of cures effected by the p anscea,
cases where the utmost skill Of the Faculty had
Fen tried in vain, and where the patients who had
|'Fn up all hopes oil recovery, are now entirely
|ts rom every symptom OF the disorder. We could
umsrale these cases, and mention names. Butt
|Fl What we have advanced, and as they are suH
|'n'ly notorious, we do not consider this necessary
demonstrate the efficacy OF MIR. Swaim's disco
EV' IL alter these various recommendations,
gre Should remain any incredibly we shall be in
"ed 10 think, that those who persist in endeavor
" 10 dscredlt the Panacea, have returned to the
|4'e OF Adams isnorance-not knowing how tol
|''agulsh good from evil
d|am Coombe. Esq.--This gentleman, long
lO"n to the literary world, died on Thursday
Dn0lng at his apartments, Lambeth road, in the
yeas Of his age. lie originally excited great
yalon in the fashionable world by poem entitled
"S Dlaholad, the hero Of which was gent rally
F's'ood 10 be a nobleman lately deceased Thel
T9p' OF Dr. Syntax nsearch Of the Picturesque,
" IL,ngysh Dance Of Death and the Dance of
( ! ne History Of Johnny Qua Genus. The Lit
loadI'ng OF the late DR.. Syntax, Gall Illustrated
/ W. The designs Of Mr.. Rowlandson,) were among
'a,cSt and most popular productions. He was
NE author OF the Devil upon two Sticks inl
S%"a and of several political pamphlets, which
II Nc cunSileral1 iupr.Ssnn M Tive pubiic