Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-01-17
Or. john SaPpins toms
ANTl.EEVEk PILLS,


dre offered to the public a certain ana eGeetuat
remedy for jerers Of erery description.
AM of opinion that all levers are a unity of
j disease from the mildest intermittent up TO
the highest Crude Of elbow fever, and that the
different denominations ot levers, are simple
OWING to some particular state Of the atmosphere
or to some peculiar condition OF the system; and
with slight variations, such us nave made, tiny
treatment should be the same. am also OF opin-
ION mat 'his must he the prevailing ticCSy OF the
cay, or how is it that physicia,.s L ievers
throughout with Colonel and y M depIc-
Owes.
Description and treatment viz:-lst.
Intermittent or .1guc and Fe,eN Bilious
fcrer. 3dly. Igpius or NerrOuSN w, and all
other fcvers by whatever numt Snley may be
called.
LIST. or Intermittent or Fcrcr and Aguc
consider all fevers oi All intermittent character
winch cool of once in twenty -four hours, wleth-
or preceded by Il chill or not; or whether the
ieVer ind chill rise and continue together; or if
tierc be no chill ut all. Sometimes fever of this
Character continues ~ or a. hours without inter
mission, and sometimes it occurs only every third
Gay. Vine tcnths the ievcrs Of this state. and
most other states OF this union partake more or
loss of this character and in all their various up
pearances the treatment should be the same
This medicine cures by correcting the bile, Civ
ing tone and energy to the stomach and bowels,
ni'd thereby communicating health and strength
singular and admirable properties, that it does
not sicken the stomach nor operate on the bow
els as purgativc Ii breaks the fever in from
"a to 4o hours, during which time the patient
feels no sensible benefit from it, bur finds HIM
self suddenly well without being conscious oi'its
mode of operation. There is no arsenic or any
other article OF II poisonous nature in this mcd-
cine 1t Is entirely harmlcss women in any sit
1lation may take it with perfect safety; aud if
double the quantity herein recommended w,is tn
ken, no had effects would be produced by it
The increased demand for this nr,iicn", has m
dnccd me in future TO prepare II only in the form
OF pills, as the transportation of vials is both in
convenient and unsafe. For grown pe,Sn.l. or
children who prefer taking i, in liquid form. il
can be prepared conveniently by any person in
the following manner: pound twelve pills well,
put tile preparation into vial, and pour two
common sized table spOoniiills OF whiskey or wa
ter 10 it. spirits of any kind are best. ANY other
qna'.tity OF the liquid may be prepared at th,
same time, by increasing or lessenng the u,Iant-
~ ofthe medicine in the same proportion as de-
scrbcd above.
Treatment.-If the patient prefers taking
puke or purge before he commences the use OF
this medicine, have nO oh ectiO,, but il IL rurev
ifever necessary. He can drink cold water or
make use of any kind of diet suitable for a sick
person, without tho least danger, or suffering the
slightest Inconvenience" from it. A grown per-
son will take for dose pill or common sized
tcn spoonful of the liquid every two hours. both
day and night until the disease is broken: chill.
dren or ID years old will take 10 or 40 drops.
ond those three or four years old will take Is or
20 drops, and infants 3 or weeks old will take
from to drops, repeated and continued ;s re-
commended for grown persons. But az persons
arc very subject to relapse return of this dis
euse, whether they cured in this or any other
way, it would be well to continue taking three or
four doses day until the strength and complex
ion are restored and particularly il the person
prul roIn kn IN
cure two persons of common attack of ague and
fever. Before the liquid is taken the vial should
be well shaken.
2dly. OfBilioms Fercr. This is more obsti-
te and dangerous disease than intermittent or
.-sue and fever, there nre generally three or four
days indisposition previous to the onset of this
disease, and frequently chilly SENSATIONS for a day
or two after. When this di> ease is properly |
formed It rarely yeldsto any treatment under or
10 days. and sometimes much longer.
3dly, Of Iyphas or Nervous Fcrcr. This il |
still much more obstinate and dangerous disease
than bilious fever, and apparently more mi d in |
the commencement. 1t often continues fifteen |
or twenty days with scarcely any remission or in
ternissioi,, with great proslraton of body and |
depression of mind. 1t may he well to observe |
that Typlus fever is most common in the winter !
and spring, and Bilious fever in the summer and
fall. In the first stage of all evers, il common
for the tongue to be covered with wlitish coat
and il the fever il not broken and runs into the |
second stage, it is apt TO assume ycovish |
brown color, and in the third and last stage Of |
ievers, (and particularly if they are of high |
grade and malignant churacter) the tongue isapt |
TO assume dark brown color, of different degrees
of moisture; sometimes it is exceedingly div: i'm
this stage of the disease the patient is often sen
eible ofu hot or burning sensation in the stomach
The symptoms of these two diseases are SO mucI,
alike i'll their first stage that physicians often dii:
fer rs to their real character, nor does it matter
materially, because the treatment of both should
he pretty much the same, with this exception.
that typhlls fever does not require nor will il
bear as much strong sckenng medicine as bill
j Gus fever.
Treatment In the first stage of tho two last
diseases, give puke or or two small doses
of calOmel or some other medicine that will one
rate upon the stomach and bowels Under any |
circ unlstances | object to giving more strong
medicine, and am decidedly of opinion that re- |
peated doses Of such operating medicines do |
more harm than good. After thus operating on |
the stomach and bowels (and even without it> |
If several days have elapsed and my patient be- |
come weak, commence with the pills md crops, |
and give dose every three hours, that is eight |
doses in each twenty four hours, with n regular
use OF Virginia snake-root or some other sweat
ing tea, such as hysup suge nr balm. Should
the patient suffer much with pain in the head,
back or elsewhere, give twenty or twenty-five |
soiI (chdrem should takeless corresponding with
thcrages) and should he become much debita-
ted from n continuation of the disease. and par
ticuarly If the hands and feet become cold give
a drnught Of toddy or wine every three or four
hours until he rccovers; continue all the time to
use the pills or drops us recommended. The
diet should be light, and taken ONLY n little at II