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UNIVERSAL MEDICINE

Established at Washington, ID. CT
Jan. 9Th, 1888.
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE
H FELLOW CiTIZENS:-At time like
the present, when our country is literally Hood
ed with nostrums brought from foreign climes,
you may perhaps think il an act of iemerity in
US 10 offer, as candidate for. your favor and
patronage, Medicine which is strictly AMEE-
IcAN. Common sense, however teaches Us,
that those herbs which spring spontaneously
from our native soil, must be better adapted 70
our constitutions than foreign medicines, how
ever useful the latter may have been in the
countries 20 which they belong. The climate
of the United States stands unrivalled for the
production Of medicinal plants, and very little
investigation viii suffice 10 convince the most
skeptical that our otrn country is able 10 sup
ply all our wants, independent Of foreign as.
sistance.
In bringing a medicine before the public for
the first time, il is generally thought necessary
10 impress The people with an idea OF the diff
cuifies encountered in its discovery, or the an
figuify of its origin; thus one tells Us that his
medicine is " a neieiy discovered chemical
compound, the result Of many years. infenss
study and scientific research" and another
ascribes the honor to somebody's GHAsDrA-
TIER, SC. Now, as the success of a medicine
not on the time or manner in which il was dis
covered, we cannot see the use of classifying, for
the purpose of investing lis origin with iicti-
tious antiquity Such nuxiaies are not need
ed on the present occasion, as n single dose OF
the Indian Purgaiive will suffice to convince
every invalid (and 10 such only we look for an
impartial vefdici) that its esrafipe effects arc
incidentally superior 10 those 81 any other ned
icine now in use. Proud of this superiority,
we scorn fictitious aid, but give il To the world
for what IL s.SlPMLY A compound Of FOUR
SIMPLE HERBS, used for the cure of dis
ease, by THE COPPER CoLORED WAR
RI0RS OF THE WEST. One oftlle hcrfs
is an eEpeeioranf, one sudorife, one diu-
relic, and one eafhariic. The proper conf
bination Of the above forms medicine, Of sueh
EFFICACY and POWER as has been hith-
erto unknown in the art Of healing. Its mode
Of curing is first to neutralize all putrcfactive.
matter in the body; second TO cause the expul-
sion Of the same through the pr,per outlets,
provided by nature for that purpose; conss-
quently IFS action is not confined 10 the bowels,
although il is greatest there, but xlends To the
nostris, throat, salivial glands, lungs, skin and
kidneys.
Each ofthe above drains Us intended by ma
ture for the discharge of an excretion or impu-
rity peculiar to itsef, and although we may for
time compel the constitution 10 evacuaie the
whole through one drain, such treatment can
moi fail 10 derange the mechanism Of the 3ody,
and utterly ruin the health Of the patient. IL
Is true tina, all diseases arise from impnriii~s q
provided many different channels for the dis
charge of these impurities; therefore we are
not likely To benefit the patient by trnmpling
on the laws of nature, III bringing all the dii-
ierent kinds of excTeiory matter through ono
channel; hence the evil oi attempting 10 euro
all diseases by course of sweating, or vpmit
ing, or physicing, or any other method which
opens only one class of excretories.
No medicine deserves TO be called a Unirer-
sal Remedy unless its effects extend to each and
every one of the natural drains, and this pow
er Is not even claimed by any medicine except
the Indian Purgaiive. In accordance with
these several properties, the operation of the
lndan Puigaiive is regulated by the state Of
The patients body Thus, if the obstructng
matter rs lodged in the urinal excretories, i
will act as diuretic: &c in the bronchial ves-
scls or pulmonary excTetories, il will induce ex-
pectofaiion; lin the cells Of the cellular mem
brane or excretories of the skin, gentle and ef-
iecfua perspration will be kept Up; and, under
every combination of circumstances il will act
more or less as a catlar,ic. Here il is proper
TO remark, that although the purga,ive always
induces an incrt ased number OF alvine evacua
lions, and Is capable of overcoming the most
obstinate cases Of costveness, il does not raise
" hurricanes in the bowels, nor waste the
healthy juices by over-action. It's effects ex-
tend to every part of the system, and lor that
reason are not liable To over action in any part.
The inestlmable value of medicine which
WIZ act on all the excrctories, az one and the
same time, Is more apparent when we reflect
mat the human body is a complicated machine,
consisting of numbercss different and distinct,
members, all Of which are so intimately con-
necied, and mutually descendant, that no one
part, can be injured without producing cor
responding degree Of injury on every other
part; therefore, one part of the body cannot be
diseased, and another part healthy; neither can
one part be cured while another part remains
diseased. Disease begins in the blood, and as
The blood flows TO every part of the system.
every part of the system must become more or
less diseased; no disease is cured unless The
cause is removed, and 10 remove the cause we
must restore the blood 10 a healthy state. and
II the blood is made healthy, every part Of the
body must be The same. is
We have now illustrated the natural or IN
dian SYSTEM of pracice, and the more il IL in
vestgaied the more reasonable il appears. as
regards It's truth, we have only TO reflect that il
was taught by NATURE, and therefore must Be
true. When the body stands in need Of nour
lshment, we are impeled by hunger TO eat and
when It rs diseased, we are impelled by instinct
70 use medicine; and there cannot be doubt
'nat u we lived in a state Of nature, this in
stncuve feeling would always direct as to the
rROPEk MEDICINE; hence the superiori.
~ OF the Indian System. The art Of healing
was tirst learned in the woods, and to this day
the untutored Savage is the best medical teach