The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-10
'IHe Art Of Healing had its origin !" The moods
T'EAe INDIAN PurgatiVe Pills;
on UNIVERSAL MEDICINE OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH
Established at WoShington, ID. g. Jan. 8. 1888.

AScC'
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Fellow Citizons-At time like the present,
when our country is literally flooded with nostrums
brought from foreign cIimos, you may perhaps
think it an act Of Lemerity in to offer as can
didale for your laVoor and parnage, Medicine
which il strictly AMERICAN. Common sense,
however teaches us, that those herbs which spring
spontaneously from our native SOIL, must DC oelter
adapted to OUR constitutions than foreign medicines
however useful the latter may have been in the
countries to which they belong. The climate of the
United States stands unrivaed for the production
of medicinal plants, and very little investigation
will suffice convince the most skeptica that our
o10n 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 to recommend the
INDIAN PURGATlVE TO tho patronage OF our
fellow citizens in every section of the Union, as
natural remedy, applicable to oar constitutions, and
competent to every durable disease.
In bringing medicine before the public for the
first time, generally thought necessary to inn
press the people with an idea of the difficulties en-
countered in its discovery, or the antiquity of It's
origin thus tells us that his medicine is "a
newly discovered chemical compound, the result OF
many years intense study and scientific research;
and another ascribes the honor to SOmec6ody'S
Grandfather, DC. Now, as the success OF a medl
cine must depend on Its own intrinsic merits, and
not on the time or manner in which it was discov
cred, we cannot see the Use of iasiiying 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
gatve will suffice to convince every invalid (and
to such only we look for an impartial verdct) that
its curatioe affects Incidentally superior those
of any other medicine now in use. Proud of this
superiority, we 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
ease, by THE COPPER COLORED WARRIORS
OF THE WEST. One of the herbs is expecto-
rant, one sudorlhc, one a diuretic, and one cath
tic. The proper combination of the above forms u
medicine, of such EFFICACY and POWER as
has been hitherto unknown in The art of healing
Its mode Of curing is first neutralize all putrefac-
tive matter III the body second 10 cause the ex.
pulsion of the same through the proper outlets
provided BY nature for that purpose consequently
its action is not confined to the bowels, although
it is greatest there, but extends to the uosrils,
throat, salIvial glands, lungs shin and kidneys.
Each of the above drains is intended by nature
for the discharge of an eXcretOn impurity peCu-
liar to itself, and although may for a time com
pei the constitution TO evacuate the whole whole
through one drain, such treatment cannot fail to
derangc the mechanism of the body, aud utterly
ruin the health of the patient 1t is that all
diseases arse from impurities of the blood but it is
also true that nature has provided many different
channels for the discharge of these impurities -
therefore not likely to benefit The patient
by ramplng on the laws OF nature in bringing all
the different kinds Of cXCretory matter through one
channel hence the evil of attempting to cure all
diseases by a course OF sweating, or vomiting, or
physicng, any other method which opens only
class of cXcrotUrcs.
No medicine deserves to be called Uni1ersdt
Remedy unless its effects extend to eac Ii and every
one Of the natural drains and this power is not
ell claimed by any medicine except the Indian Pur-
gatlve. In accordance with these several proper
ties, the operation of the Indian Purgave is regu
lated by the state of the patients body. Thus, if
the obstructng matter is lodged in the urinal
cretorics 1t will diuretc ifin the bronch-
al vessels pulmonary eXcreores, it will induce
eXpectorailoH; If in the cells of the cellular NOM
brane excretores Of the skin, gentle and etlec
tual perspiration will be kept up and, under every
combination of circums tances, it will act more or
less Il cathartic. Here it is proper TO remark ,
that although the purgrtive always induces IN
creased number of alvine excavations, and is capa
bic of overcoming the most obstinate cases of
costveness, it does not raise 'hurricane" in the
bowels, waste the healthy juices by overactIon
ITS effects extend every part Of the system, aud
for thai reason are not liable to oYcracton in any
part.
No disease ever was or ever will be cured unless
by medicines which produce the effects above men
Ioheu' Every system of practice is or
less perfect, in proportion to its power of acting on
the different eXcrctories and The Indian system
claims pre-emincnce only because il possesses the
power of opening, and keeping open all the natural
drains.
The incstimabe value of medicine which
will act on all the eXcretories, and tho same
time, is more apparent when reflect that the hu-
man body is complicated machine, consisting of
numbeross different and distinct members, all of
which are so intimately connected and mutually
deT endant that part can be %red without
Producinga corresponding degree of injury on ev-
| cry other part therefore, one part Of tho u"uy
neither can one part be cured while another part
remains diseased. Disease begins in the blood, aud
as the blood flows to every part of the SYSTEM eve
ny part of the system must become more or less dis
ed no disease is cured unless the is removed
| and 10 remove the cause must restore the blood
to healthy state, and if the blood is made healthy
every part of the body mast be the same.
We have now illustrated the natural or Indian
| system OF practice, and the more it is investigated
! the more reasonable 1t appears regards its
TRUTH we have only to reflect that it was taught by
! NATURE, and therefore mast be true When the
body stands in need of nourishment, impol-
led ny hunger te eat and when it is diseased, we
are lmpeled by instinct to medicine and there
cannot be doubt that if we lived in state of ma
ture this instructive feeling would always direct us
to the PROPER MEDICINE hence the superior
ity OF the Indian System The art of healing was
first learned in the woods and to this day the best
medical teacher for the Indian practice is the only
one which is consonant to those eternal and immu-
table laws which govern the animal economy
Having already proved that the Indian Purgauve
acts in direct accordance with the LAWS OF MA