Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-02-14
ADDRESS TO THE AMERlC CAN PEOPLE.

literally flooded with nostinms brought from foreign
cmes, you may perhaps think 1t an act OF tcmerity
in 10 1ffer as candidate for your favor ana pat
ronage, Medicine which is strictlj AMERICAS
Common sense, however, teaches us, mat those
| herbs which snring spontaneously from our own
native soil, must be better adapted to our consliu-
| tons than foreign medicines, however useful the
| latter may have been in the countries to which
they belong. The climate OF The United olatos
stands unrvalied for the production of medicine
plants, and very little investigation will suffice as
convince the most skcptcal that oaon counryoll
able TO supply all our wants Independent if.
,orcign assistance.
/ Deeply Impressed with tho Importance of the
above facts. we venture to recommend the iNDL7A
PURGaITYE to the patronage of cur fellow ciii-
zcns IA every section "t the country, as natural
remedy, appl cable to constitutions, and tompc
tent 10 the cure Of every durable disease.
| In brinci.e medicine before the public for the
first mc it Is generally thought necessary TO i'm
press the people with an idea OF tho difficulties
conntercd in it's discovery or Tie Antiquity of its
origin: thus one tells us that lis medicine is ga
newly discovered chemical compound the result o
many years intense study and scientific roscarch'
auu anuthcr ascfbcs honor 10 somebody's GRAsD-
FATHEK &c. Now lis The success Ct medicine
must depend Oh It's intrinsic merits, aud not III,
lime manner Of lis discovery; we cannot sec the
use OF talsiying, for the purpose OF investigating
It's origin " lib lcticious antiquity. Such au&l-
aries not needed on tho present OCCASION, as II
convince every Invalid land to such only We lool.
for impartial verdict that its curative effects are in
calcalably superior TO those ofany other medicine
| now in use. Proud of this superiority, We scorn
fictitious aid, but give it to the world Tor what II is
SIMPLY compound OF FOUR SIMPLE HIRES, used
for the cure oidiseaseo by the COPPER COLOR
ED WARRIORS OF1HE WEST. One Of the
herds is an cxpectorant, one sodoriie, one dur
attic, and one cahartc, the proper combination %
| the above forms an antipatrcsont and de"bsruent
medicine of such efficacy and power as has been
hitherto unknown in the art Of healing. lis Mode
eff curing is first to nouiraleze all putreiacve mat
Ter in the body; second to cause the expulsion tf
the same through the proper outlets, pinoldod by
nature TOR that purpose; consequently lis action Is
| not canfnod to the bowels, although 1t is gaeater
there but extends the nosrl!S, throat, saiiVdl
! glands. lungs skinand kidneys.
Each OF the above drains is intended by nature for
the discharge ofan excrction peculiar 10 itsel. ana
although may for time compel the constitution
TO eyacuate the whole through one dran such treat
ment cannot fail 10 derangu the mechanism Of the
boly and utterly ruin the health OF tie patient Ii
is true that all diseases arise from impurities o tie
| blood, but it is also true that nature has provided
| many channels for the discharge Of these impnri-
| ties: therefore not likely TO beneht the pa
ent bY rampling on the laws OF nature, IN briilg-
ing ali the different kinds Of oXcretory matter
thruu III channel: hence the evil Of attempting
10 cure all diseases by course OF sweating, or ply
scing, or any other method which opens only one
| class of cxcretorcs
No medicine deserves to be called Universal rem
edy uuioss its effects extends each and every
of the natural drains and this power is not ever
claimed by any medicine except the Indian Pur-
satiye In accordance with these several properties
tho operation Of tie Indian Purgaive is regulated
by tie stata OF the patents body Tdus if the OBJ
sructing matter is lodged in the arinal oXpecorlcs
it will induced copious splitting, if IN the cells OF the
cellular membranes eXcreluriGs Of the skin, gen
tie but cllectual persrirati0n viii be kept up; and
under every combination Of circumstances, Ii Viii
act more or less cathar;lc. Here II is proper
to remaik, that although.lhe Iurgave always IN.
d,ecs an increased number OF aVIue cYaCuatluns
and is capalle Of overcoming The most obstinate
eases Of cusliYcness ii does not raise ''hLrIcanc
IN the bowels nor waste tie healthy juices by Cv =
evacuation. Its effects extend 10 every part Of Tie
system, and fer tia! reason are not li-lic to over
action in any one part.
No disease ever was or ever will no cured unless
by medicines which produce The effects aboye r!en-
toned Every system Of practice Is more or less
perfect in proportion TO lis power OF acting on the
different cxcetories; and the Indian system claims
prominence only because it possesses tho power
Of opening. and keeping open all the natural drains.
The ineslimable value Of the medicine which
will act on all the eXcreoie+, at one and at the
same time, is more apparent when we reflect that
tel human body Is complicated inuciiInc,
consisting of nuinber!ess different and distinct
members, all ofWhct are SO intimately counecied
Injured without producing a corresponding degree
of injury on every other part; therefore any OF tie
body cannot he diseased, and another part healthy;
neither can one part be cured while another remains
dseased Dscaso beensin the blood, as The b!oo
flows TO cqefy part The system. must become more
oil less diseased 10 disease cured unless the cause
is reno. cd and to the cause we must restore
the blood 10 healthy state, and if the blood IS
made healthy, every pan. CT The body must be Tie
same.
We have now illustrated the natural or Indian
system of practice aud the more il is Investigated
Tie more reasonable il appeais regarcs its TRUTH
we hGvc only 10 to reflect that il was taught by Ma
iure, ard therefore Must be true When the body
stands in need Of nourisng, we are impeiIed 10y
hunger to eat, and when it is dlseased are i'm
peoa by instinct 10 use medicine; and there cannot
be DOUBT that If man lived in Stale of nature,
this instructive feeling would always direct us 10
tic PROPER MEDi CINE; hence the superiority
of the Indian System. The art OF healing was fist
LEARNED in the woods, and to Ibis day the untutored
savage s the best medical teacher; for the Indian
practice is the only one which is consonan to these
eternal and imn,utabe laws which govern the amin
al economy.
Having already proved ihai the Indian Purgative
acts in direct accordance with the LAWS OF " A
lure, and is therefore equal TO the cure of every
curabiG disease, we will now enumerate few OF
tie complaints for which it has been tried, and
found cerain cure among the Indians, and VIII re
settlers Of the far West Ties are-
FEVERS, intermittent, Remit,ent, Nervous, In
iamatlons, and Putrd Fevers; Measeis, Erysipiis,
Smai! Fox; intahaiions oil The brain, Throat, oton-
ach, Lungs, Liver, lntes,ines, Kidney, and Blad-
der.
RHEUMATISM, Auct and Chronic, Splitting
and vomiting ofblood Diarrhdea, Dysentary, and
law liOOD-