Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-04-19
DIR. John SappinStOn's
ANTH.EEVER PILLS.
Are offered to he public as a certain and cGcct,

1re offered to Me public as a certain and cGcctual
rsmedy for Jerers IF ercry description.
n AM of opinion that all fcvers are Il unity Of
Il disease from The mdest Intermittent IN to
the highest grade of yellow fever, and that the
different denominations of levers are simnIv
owing TO some particular state of the ,nosphcre
or to some peculiar condition of the system; and
with slight variations, such as have made the
treatment should be the same l am also Of opin-
ion that this must be the prevailing theory of the
day, or how is it that physicians trent feyers
throughout with Calomel and few other dcpIe
tivcs.
Description and treatment offcvcrs viz:-1st.
Intermittent or <1gmc and Fcrcr. 2dly bilious
Fcrcr. :sdly. Iyphms Nerrous Fcrcr, and all
other fevers by whatever name they may be
called.
lst. VI Intermittent or Fcrcr and Aouc
consider oil fevers of an intermittent character
which cool OIL once in twenty -four hours whetl,-
er preceded by chill or not; or whether the
fever and chill rise and continue together; or if
there be no chill at all. Sometimes fever of this
character continues "a or iS hours without inter
mission, and sometimes it occurs only every third
day. Nine tentls of tho fevers Of this state and
most other states of this union partake more or
less OF this character; and in all their various an
peurances the treatment should be the same
Ihis medicine cures by correcting the bile, Civ.
ing tone and energy to the stomach and bowels
and thereby communicating health and strength
TO The whole system. ltis also possessed of such
singular and admirable properties, that it does
l.ot sickeh Tie stomach nor operate on the bow
els as purgative. 1t breaks the fever in from
"a to 40 hours, during which time the patient
icels no sensible benefit from it, but finds HIM
self suddenly well without being conscious of its
mode OF operation. There is no arsenic or any
other articie OF poisonous nature in this medi-
cine. Ii Is entirely harmless; women in any sit
flaon may take it with perfect safety; aud if
double the quantity herein recommended was ia
Ken, no bad effects would be produced by it,
The increased demand for this medicine. las in
dnced me in future to prepare it only in the form
OF pills, us the transportation of vias is both in
convenient and unsafe. For grown persons or
children who prefer taking it in liquid form, il
can ne prepared conveniently by any person in
the io,iowlhg manner; pound twelve pills well,
put the preparation into n vial. and nour ,,vo
common sized table spoonlills of whskev or w,.
ter to it-spirts ofany kind are hest ANY other
quantity OF the liquid may be prepared at the
same tine by increasing or lessening the onanii.
ty OF the medicine i'll the same proportion as de-
scribed above.
1re0fmem.-If the patient prefers taking
p.lke or purge before he commences the use of
this medicine, have 10 objection, but il is rarely
II ever necessary: lie can drink cold water or
make use OF any kind Of diet suitable for n sicl,
person, without the lenst danger, or suffering the
slightest inconvenience from it. grown pcr
son VIII lake for dose pill or common sized
TEA spo9n,;M ,,; OF the liquid every two hours, both
day and night, until the disease is broken: chill.
dren D or 10 years old will take 10 or 40 drops.
and those three or four years old will take IS or
20 drops, and infants or weeks old will take
from TO d drops, repeated and continued as re.
commenced Tor grown persons. But as persons
are very SUBJECT to relapse return of this dis
ease, whether they are cured in this or any other
way, it would be well to continue taking three or
four doses day until the strength and complex.
Jon are restored, and particularly if the person