The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-12-25

ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Fellow Citzens:-At time like the present,
when our country is literally flooded with nosrnms
brought from foreign chimes, you may perhaps
think it act of temeriiy in us 10 offer as can
ddale for your favor and patronage, Medicine
which is strictly AMERICAN. Common sense,
however teaches us, that those heI lbs which spring
spontaneously from native soil, must be better
adapted to constitutions than foreign medicines
however useful the latter may have been IN the
countries to which they belong The climate ofthn
United States stands unIvaled for the production
OF medicinal plants, and "a very little Investigation
will suffice to convince the most skeptica THAI our
country is able 10 supply all our wants, lnde'
pendent of foreign assistance.
Deeply impressed with the Importance OF the n
bove mentioned facts venture 10 recommend The
INDIAN PURGATIVE TO the patronage Of our
fellow citizens in every section OF the Union, ~
natural remedy, applicable To our constitutions, and
competent 10 cure every durable disease.
In bringing Il medicine before the public for the
first time, it generally thought necessary To I'm
press the people with an idea of the dH csfies en-
couuIered i'll its discovery. or IN" Antiquity Of iis
origin thus one tells us that his medicine 10 a
newly discovered chemical compound the result ct
many years intense study and sclsntihc Trs-ag'bi
and another ascribes the honor So SomcbodyS
Grandfather, NC Now, MS the success Of mcdi-
cine must depend on It's own intrinsic tdefIts, and
not on the time nlanacr IN which II WIS dscov-
cred, we cannot The use Of ialsih irg, for the
purpose of Investing its origin with hciiGrs anti
guilty. Such auxlareS are not nceedtd on th"
present occasion, sing dose of the ildian PnT
to such only we look for an impartial dic) that
its curatiUe effects incidentally superior 10 those
of anu 0thGr medicine now IN use. Proud OF ihis
superi0rity, scorn fictitious aid, but give u To-
the world for what it is, SIMPLY A compound ui
FOUR SIMPLE HERBS, used for the cure OF DIS
ease, nv THE COPPER COLORED WA&RlORS
OF THE WEST. One of the herbs Is ava eXPeoto-
rant, sudorIfc, one IA diuretIc, aud one cath
tic The proper combination of the above. forms a
medicine, of such EFFICACY aud POWER ns
has been hitherto unknown in The art ot healing
Its mode Of curing is first to neutraiize all putreia"
tive matter in the body second to cause the tx.
pulsion of the through tina proper outlets,
provided bv nature for that purpose consequently
its action is not confined to the bowels, cith"ugh
it is greatest there hut extends to the hoslrils,
throat, salivial glands, lungs, shin and kidneys.
Each Of tho above drains is Intended by nature
for the discharge of an eXcreton ImpuritJ pecu-
liar to itself, and although we may for time com
pel the constitution to evacuate The whole whole
through one drain, such treatment cannot TAIL 10
derange the mechanism Of the body, aud literly
ruin the health of the patient. IL is true that all
diseases M Use from impurities of the blood bat IL Is
also true that nature has provided many different
channels for the discharge of these impurities
therefore we not likely TO benefit the Iaiient
by trampling the laws oil nature ia bringing all
the different kinds Of excretory matter through
channel hence the evil Of attempting to all
diseases by course OF sweating, or vomiting, or
physcing, or any other method which opens only
one class of eXcretoTies.
No medicine deserves to be called Universal
Remedy unless its effects extend to each aud every
one of the natural drains and this power
en- claimed by any medicine except the Indian Pu,-
gative. In accordance with these several proper
lies the operation of the Indian Purgalive is rngu-
lated by the state of the patients body. Thus If
the obstructing matter is lodged in the urinal ex.
cretories It will diuretc il in the bror CHI
al vessels or pulmonary excrelores il will induce
expectoraiion; if in the cells of the cellular MEM
brane or excretories of the skn gentle and efac-
,ual perspiration will be kept up; aud. undsr ev.ry
combination of circumstances, il will act more or
less as cathartic. Here il is proper to remark
nat although the purgrtive always induces an N
creased number of alvine excavations and is cana.
BILE of overcoming the most obstinate cases of
costiveness il does not raise "hurrieane" in the
bowels nor waste the healthy juices by overactIon
Its effects extend TO every part of the system AID
for that reason are not liable to oYeracton in ary
part. ~
No disease ever was ever will be cured unie,s
by medicines which produce the effects above mer-
toned. Every system of practice is more
less perfect in proportion TO its power of acting
the different excretories and the Indian system
claims pre- emnence only because i, Possesses thu
power of opening, and keeping open all the natural
drains.
The inestmable value of medicine which
will act on all the excretories one and the same
time is more apparent when we reflect that the hu-
man body ia a complicated machine, consisting Of
|numberless different and distinct members, all OF
which are so intimately connected, and mutually
dependant, that no one part can bel injured without
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