The herald., 1837-03-23

III the duty oil nteileCtuui, anu HAuoPSS''s
press-a press conducted by morals, intelligence and
an ambition Ioftier than the Vulgar applause OF the
world, not to become, knowingly and Willingly, the
daily vehicle-he UNCONSCIOUS pander OF imposturc
and humbug-of charlatanism, of impudence, Of
Ignorance pretending 10 science, of folly in the ha
biments of wisdom and philosophy. Ever since we
commenced the Herald, such has been the star-the
pure, the brilliant star, which has guided bark
the restless Of enterprise, to influence and to
fortune. We ourself may occasionally have been de-
celved and thus aided to deceive others; but if such
has happened, fall down before that Heaven which
Burchard daily ourages, and ask forgiveness of the
SIM with better resolution than Jedediah TO reform
altogether. As soon as we can be undecelved our
flight is again onward and onward in the cause of
truth and sciencc-the great work Of intelligence and
of intellect.
For many months past this city has been flooded
with medical pills from certain laboratory, which
appear have spread over the face of the earth with the
rapdity and the virulence Of the plaques Egypt
New York, in consequence of her quarrels and con-
tenons among her regular medical men, has been for
some time past under the dominion of medical quack-
cry. At this moment the great Nokanna of Khoras-
san, the prophet of the silver VEIL the James and
Jambres OF medical learning, has entirely made
boxes, wandering over the streets-so many apohe-
cares shops tcemng with simpes and overwhelmed
with compounds-so many sckly physical laborato-
ries crawling through human life from time to eter-
nifty
This is the age of the Brandreth pills. Moths has
been the age of the Brandreth pills but revolution
has begun and they will sink more rapidly into obi
WON than they ever rose into consequence
" L.,
ton, complaining of the gross mposiiion-the impu-
dent hrmbuggery, of this prince Of charatans-this
master of the science of purgng his patients Of
ncy and muscle-of cash, comfort and camness. We
cannot resist doing cur duty, and this day we have
"expunged"-a good word-"expunged' every ad-
vertisement of this most impudent quack from our
paper, and now feel free and determined to expose to
the scorn and Indignation of the sensible public, what
we behave TO be one of the greatest mposures in
medicine that ever was attempted in this country
truly the country of quacks and quackery
We CALL therefore, upon the publc-he humbue-
ged, cheated, bamboozed public-to furnish us with
statements, each Of each individual case, which the
Brandrcth pills have not yet removed to better and
another world and if our voice could be heard be-
yond the grave, beyond !" that bourne whence no
traveller reurns,' would call spirits from the
vasy Deep" thus
Tr Laok, my lord, il comes
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Bn. WITH % tne !, a nssi l,n u soDh Damn m
Be thy intent. licked, charitable. ~
Thou jn'st ia sucl a questionable shape
That will speak |" the
Hem Whittier viii thou lead speak, I'll so no lher
0Fsst Ny hour is amos, csme.
Ham Must render " Y. myself sell, uo..,
Ghost Pity not but lend thy serious hearing
Ham. - ak, I am bound ohear
GLost Ghost s 81 art 'hout rcvc &C, whea thou shal hear
Ghost LAM Thy &, hers .pln
Dosm,a for GER ain term to walk the night
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sou tale isss a g. %See WY D'isn sess ,ss,s %cd
Would harrow up lysoul.
Ii Is indeed sufficient to harrow up ones soul to see
how the charatan persuades his dupes swallow his
pills as fast and rapidly they would their dinner
to witness hSw he makes them believe that the
they eat the better they will operate-to watch
him how he deudes them with the mersst twaddle of
medical language, that made the ignorant gape
or the educated cry bah!'
On another day we shall fully expose the ignorance
and charla,ansm Of this impostor--at present, we
simply call upon the pabc for authenticated fact. of
both the injury and the benefit his pills and his pre-
scnpuons have done generally, in this community.
Let justice be done. Health is the greatest blessing
can enjoy. Those who want it, or are in nervous
dread of losing it, are the easy dupes of impudencs
and of ignorance. Since the appearance Of Bran
dreth, more medicine has been swallowed in this
community i'll one year than in the ten preceding
His puffs-his advertisements-his paragraphs-all
point to the same end" take medcine"-" take pills.
take pills. /" take medicinc"-" cat" eat" seat
swallow" swallow" swallow" purge" "purge,"
"purge" for every disease, every disorder; knowing
very well that the more that people eat and swallow
of his pills the more he will SELL and the greater will
be his profits reckless othe consequences on the shat
tered constitutions Of the sick and unhealthy.
But we cannot say half Of what we have to saw on
this subject in single day Suffice il, tha, we have
determined to aid and assist the grand lury and to
relieve the public from intolerable medical nuisance
and with the aid of the public, certain Of abane
il in less than month. We shall make the whole
Union acquainted with these imposiures. We ask for
individual eases, either for against him. Let JUS
uce be done to quack and his quackery. II his
pills have any real merit perfectly willing to
award them their deserts-but as 10 vegetable pre-
scnpton curing all disorders and healing every dis
ease, is too monstrous absurdty to tolerate any
longer among a community of intelligence and
learning. Let justice be done though the heavens