Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-07
hoods, and The forest is still The best
Medical School,
The INDIAN Purgativc
ILLS;
OR
OF THE
North AMERICAN College Of Health.
Established at Washington, ID. G. }
Jan. Slh, 1888. !
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
OF FIJI

ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
FELLOW ClTIZENS:-At a time like
the present, when our country is literally flood
ed with nostrums brought from foreign climes,
You may perhaps think ii an act of temerity in
US to offer, as a candidate for your favor and
patronage, a Medicine which is strictly AMER
IcAN. Common sense, however teaches us,
that those herbs which spring spontaneously
from our native soil, must be better adapted to
our constitutions than foreign medicines, how
ever useful the latter may have been in the
countries to which they belong. The climate
of the United States stands unrivalled for the
production of medicinal plants, and a very little
investigation will suffice to convince the most
skeptical that our otrn country is able to sup
ply all our wants, Independent of foreign as
sistance.
Deeply impressed with the importance of the
above mentioned facts, we venture to recon-
mend the INDIAN PURGATIVE to the
patronage of our fellow citizens in every sec
ton Of the Union, as a natural remedy, appli-
cable TO our constitutions, and competent TO
cure every durable disease.
In bringing a medicine before the public for
The first time, it is generally thought necessary
to Impress the people with an idea of the diff
cuttes encountered in its discovery, or the an
tiquity of its origin; thus one tells US that his
medicine is ga netcIy discovered chemical
compound, The result Of many years intense
study and scientific research - and another
ascribes the honor to somebody's GRANDPA
TIER, SC. Now, as the success ola medicine
m n1r 5a diibRe e f,m ae or ~ NAME, name iG n Which " e was dis
covered, we cannot see the use of classifying, for
the purpose of investing lis origin with ficti-
tiOus antiquity. Such auXiliaries are not need
ed on the present occasion, as a single dose of
the Indian Purgative will suffice to convince
every invalid (and TO such only we look for an
impartial verdict) that its Curative effects are
Incidentally superior TO those OF any other med
icine now in use. Proud of this superiority,
we scorn fictitious aid, but give it to the world
for what it is, SIPMLY A compound of FOUR
SIMPLE HERBS, used for the cure of dis
ease, BY THE COPPER COLORED WAR
RIORS OF THE WEST. One of the herbs
is an eIpeciorant, one a Sudoritic, one d diu-
relic, and one a cathartic. The proper COM
bination of the above forms a medicine, of such
EFFICACY and POWER as has been hith-
erto unknown in the art of healing. Its mode
Of curing is first to neutraliZe all putrefactive
matter in the body; second to cause the expul-
sion OF the same through the proper outlets,
provided by nature for that purpose;Y conse-
quently lis action is not confined to the bowels,
although it is greatest there, but extends to the
~nostrils, throat, salivial glands, lungs, skin and
kidneys.
Each ofthe above drains Is intended by n g
ture for the discharge of an excretion or impu'
rity peculiar to itself, and although we may fOl
a time compel the constitution to evacuate the
whole through one drain, such treatment can
not fail to derange the mechanism of the body
and utterly ruin the health of the patient. il
is true that all diseases arise from impurities o.
the blood, but it is also true that nature has
provided many different channels for the dis
charge of these impurities; therefore we ar,
not likely TO benefit the patient by tramplinl
on the avs of nature, in bringing all the diff
ierent kinds of excretory matter through ont
channel; hence the evil of attempting 10 cur,
all diseases by a course of sweating, or vomit
! ing, or physicing, or any other method whicl
opens only one class of excretories.
No medicine deserves to be called a Unirer
sal Remedy unless its effects extend TO each AM
every one of the natural drains, and this pow
er is not even claimed by any medicine excep
the Indian Purgative. In accordance witt
these several properties, the operation of tn
Indian Purgative is regulated by the state O
the patients body. Thus, if the obstructinI
matter is lodged in the urinal excretories,
will act as a diuretic: if in the bronchial yes
sells or pulmonary eXcTetories, it will induce eX
p pectoration; ifin the cells Of the cellular mem
brane or excretories of the skin, a gentle and el
f%ectual perspiration will be kept up; and, unde
, every combination of circumstances, il will &C
r more or less as a cathartic. Here il is prope
I to remark, that although the purgative Away
induces an increased number of alvine evacua
tions, and is capable of overcoming the mos
D obstinate cases of costiveness, il does not rails
q a " hurricane" in the bowels, nor waste tn
healthy juices by over-action. Its effects eX
, tend to every part of the system, and for tina
: reason are not liable TO over action in any par
No disease ever was or ever will be cure
b unless by medicines which produce the effect
above mentioned. Every system of practice
more or less perfect, in proportion to its powe
of acting on the different excretories; and tn
: Indian system claims pre-eminence only becaus
it possesses the power of opening, and keepin
open, all the natural drains.
The inestimable value of a medicine whic
will act on all the excretories, at one and tn
/, same time, is more apparent when we retet
= that the human body is a complicated machine
consisting of numberless different and distint
members, all of which are SO intimately col
nected, and mutually descendant, that no on
h part, can be injured without producing a co
responding degree of injury on every otht
part; therefore, one part Of the body cannot |
diseased, and another part healthy; neither ca
l. one part be cured while another part remain
diseased. Disease begins in the blood, and
the blood lows to every part Of the system
I every part of the system must become more {
less diseased; no disease is cured unless III
a cause is removed, and to remove the cause W
4 must restore the blood to a healthy state, al
,f if the blood is made healthy, every part OF ii
body must be The same.
We have now illustrated the natural or II