The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-05-21

OR UNIVERSAL MEDICINE
NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH.
Established at Washington ID. Z. Jan. 3. 1886.
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Fellow Citizens-At time like the present,
when our country is literally Hooded with nostrums
brought from foreign chimes, you may perhaps
think it an act of temerity in us TO offer as can
didale for your favoor and patrnage, Medicine
which is strictly AMERICAN. 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
however useful the latter may have been In the
countries to which they belong The climate OF the
United States stands unrivalled tor the producuoh
of medicinal plants, and very little investigator
will suffice to convince the most skeptIcal mat our
oson country is able 10 supply all our wants, inde-
pendent of foreign assistance
Deeply impressed with the Importance of the u
bove mentioned facts we venture to recommend the
! INDIAN PURGATIVE to the patronage of our
fellow citizens in every section of the Union, as
natural remedy, applicable to our constitutions ana
competent to every durable disease
In bringing medicine before the public TOR the
first time, it generally thought necessary to I'M
press the people with an idea OF the dtttcuttes en-
countered in its discovery, or the antiquity al It's
origin thus one tells that his medicine is " a
newly discovered chemical compound, the result OF
many years intense study and scientific research;
| and another ascrbes the honor to somebody s
Grandfather, &c. Now, the success of medi-
cine depend on Its own intrinsic merits, and
not on the time manner in which it discov-
cred, we cannot the of classifying, for the
auiiy. Such auxilares are not needed on the
present occasion, as single dose OF the Indian Fur.
i gative will suffice to convince every Invalid (and
to such only look for an Impartial verdict) that
its curatipe effects intellectually superior TO those
of ana other medicine now in use. Proud OF this
suDeysoritu we seorn 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 an exPecto-
rant, one sudorifc, one diuretc, and one cath
l., atinn off, a
medicine of such EFFICACY and POWER az
9 has been hitherto unknown in The art OF healing
Its mode Of curing is first to neuraze all putreiac
tive matter in the body second to cause the OK
!. pulson of the same through the proper outlets
provided bv nature for that purpose consequently
its action is not confined to the bowels, although
lit is greatest there, but extends TO the nostris
throat, salivial glands, lungs, shin and kidneys.
i Each of the above drains is intended by natur
for the discharge of excretion or impurity pecu
liar to itself, and although we may for time com
} pei the constitution to evacuae the whole VINO,
II through one drain, such treatment cahhot laii
e derange the mechanism of the body, aud utter
II ruin the health of the patient 1t Is true tha' a.
diseases arise from impurities ct the blood, p1t IL
d also true that nature has provided many oiHereh
channels for the discharge of these impurities =
therefore we are not likely to benefit the patien
9 nv trampling on the laws OF nature In DrlhS'"S !"
ID the different kinds of excretory maer ~ y
diseases by course of sweating, or Vomiting,
- physicng or any other method winch opens OIL
- one class of excretorIes. y1:.
at prned unless its effects extend to each and ever
one Of the natural drains and this power is not
en- claimed by any medicine except the Indian po
gatve In accordance with these several prope
err les the operation of the Indian Purgatve is reg
90 lated by the state of the patients body. Thus,
er the obstructing matter is lodged in the urnal e.
M cretories It will act duretic If in the bronc
nl vessels or pulmonary excretories, it will Undue
emancipation; if in the cells of the cellular mer
# brane or excretores of the skin, gentle and ee
tual perspiration will be kept up and undar eve
-, less as a cathartic. Here it is proper to remar
ret that although the purgative always induces an
creased number of alvine excavations, and is CAP
BILE of overcoming the most obstinate cases
costiveness, it does not raise "hurricane" in
bowels, nor waste the healthy juices by overactlS