The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-10-30
aThe Art of Healing had its origin IN the moods
and the forest is still The best Medical School,"
The INDIAN Purgative Pills;

| and the forest IS Stit We oeSs WeotCo1 Aoc"oot'
The Indian Purgative Pills;
OR UNIVERSAL MEDICINE OF THE
NORTH AM ERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH.
Established at Washington, ID. c. Jan. .. 1888.
| ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
| Fellow Citzens:--At a time like the present,
when our country is literally flooded with nostrums
brought from foreign cmes, you may perhaps
think il an net Of temery in us 10 offer as can
didnle for your favor and patronage, Medicine
| which is strictly AMERICAN. Common sense,
however, teaches US, that those herbs winch spring
spontaneously from our native soil, must be Detter
adapted to our constitutions than oyeign medicines
however useful the latter may have been in the
countries to which they belong The climate ofth
United States stands unrivaed for the production
OF medicinal plants, and very niue Investigation
will suffice convince the most skepticnl that our
| ann country is able 10 supply all our wants, inde-
pendent of foreign assistance
Deeply impressed with the importance OF the n
hove mentioned facts we venture to recommend the
INDIAN PURGATlVE to the patronage of our
fellow citizens in every section of the Union, as
natural remedy, applicable TO our constitutions, and
com petent To every durable disease.
In bringing Il medicine before the public Ior the
first time it is generally thought necessary inn
press the people with idea Of the difficulties en-
counlered in its discovery, or the Antiquity Of It's
origin thus tells us that his medicine is =" Il
newly discovered chemical compound, the result OF
many years intense study and scientific research;'
and another ascribes the honor to somebody's
Grandfather, &c. Now, as the success Of II medi-
must depend It's own intrinsic merits, ana
not the time in which it was dscov-
cred, we cannot the of falsifying, for the
purpose of investing its origin with fictitious anti
guilty. Such auxilIaries are not needed on the
present occasion, single dose Of the Indian Pur-
gative will suffice to convince every invalid (and
to such only we look for an impartial verdcD that
its curatiUe effects intellectually superior to those
of any other medicine now in use. Proud Of this
superiority, scorn fictitious aid but give 1t to
the world for what it is, SIMPLY A compound OF
FOUR SIMPLE HERBS, used for the cure Of dis
| ID n NJ A II u INIDS
OF THE WEST. One of the herbs is expecto-
rant, one sudorifc, one diuretic, and one cath
tic. The proper combination of the above forms
medicine, of such EFFICACY and POWER
has been hitherto unknown in The art of healing.
It's mode Of curing is first to neuraze all putreiac-
tive matter in the body second to cause the
pulsion of the same through the proper outlets,
provided by nature for that purpose consequently
its action is not confined to the bowels, although
il is greatest there, but extends to the nostrls,
throat saivial glands, lungs, shin and kidneys.
Each of the above drains is intended by nature
for the discharge of an excreton or mpurty pecu-
liar to itself, and although may for a time com
pei the constitution to evacuae the whole whole
through one drain, such treatment cannot fail to
derange the mechanism of the body, aud utterly
ruin the health of the patient. 1t is true that all
diseases aI:se from impurities of the blood but it is
also true that nature has provided many different
channels for the discharge of these impurities -
therefore we are not likely to benefit the patient
Dy trampiiug on the laws oil nature bringing all
the different kinds of excretory matter through one
channel /; hence the evil Of attempting to cure all
diseases by course of sweating, vomiting, or
physcing, or any other method which opens only
one class of excretores.
No medicine deserves to be called UairersaL
Remedy unless its effects extend to each and every
one of the natural drains and this power not ev
en- claimed by any medicine except the Indian Pur
gauve. In accordance with these several proper
ues, the operation of the Indian Purga,ive is regu
lated by the state of the patients body. Thus irI
the obstructing matter is lodged in the urinal ex.
cretories, 1t will act diuretic iii the bronch-
iai vessels or pulmonary excretories will induce
expectoraon; il in the cells of the cellular mem.
brane or excreores of the skn gentle and effec-
tuai perspiration will be kept up and. under every
combination of circumstances, it will act more or
less as oathartic. Here it is proper to remark
That although the purgative ALWAYS induces an in
creased number of alvine evacuaiions and is cana
Bile of overcoming the most obstinate cases of
costlvehess II does not raise "hurrcane" in the
bowels, nor waste the healthy juices by overacton
Its effects extend TO every part of The system and
tor thai reason are not liable operacton in any
part.
No disease ever was ever will be cured unless
ny medicines which produce the effects above men.
uoned. Every system of practice is more or
less perfect IN proportion its power of acting on
me different excretories /; and the Indian system
CLAIMS pre-emneuce only because i. possesses the
drains.
The inestimable value of u medicine which
WIN act on all the excreturies, and he same
Tune, is more apparent when we reflect that the hui
humoefiess different and disi inc. members, ali of
which arc so intimately connected, and mutually
mat no one part can be injured wi,hou,
producing a corresponding degree of ininry on ev.
cry other part; therefore, part OF the body |
cannot be diseased, and another part healthy =
he'ther can one part be cured while another part
remains diseased. Disease begins in the blood and
as me blood hows to every part of the system eve
~ part OF the system must become more or less dis
Gu no disease Is cured Mess the cause il removed
~ n h.aI,h' me cause we must restore the blood
u heai'hy state and IL the blood is made healthy
every part OF the body mast be Tie same.
we nave now illustrated the natural or Indian
system Oh practice, aud the more it is Investigated
inc more reasonable it appears !; as regards it's
NUN, we have only to reflect that it taught by
NAT RE, and therefore must be true. When the
oody stands in need of nourishment, we are impel-
led ny hunger to eat and when it is diseased, we
are 'npeIled by instinct to medicine and there
cannot be doubt that if lived in a state of ma
ture, this instructive feeling would always drec, us
to the PROPER MEDICINE hence the SUPERIOR
lty OF the Indian System. The art Of healing was