Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-12-02
MOFFAT'S
Celebrated Phoenix Bitters
AND
VEGETABLE LIFE PILLS.

JoHN MoFFAT. When taken Ill. MT. NJ. was a
prosperous and fiourishing merchant 10 the lower
par, OF the city and having Consulted and employ
ed a number Of our most skiiiui physicians, he, alter
months Of suffering, was prevailed upon TO purchase
the recipe Of the invaluable vegetable preparation
now offered TO the public
The effect Of the Life Medicines, 10 his own case,
was so singular aud remarkable that he immediately
determined TO offer 10 the world a medicine to which
he not only owed his life, but his happiness. The
uniform success which has since attended their ad
ministration is every instance, where affair trial has
been given them, has been aitested by thousands,
and incontesiibly proves their intrinsic merit.
THE LIFE MEDICINES-GENERAL RE-
MARKS.
These medicines are indebted for their name 10
their mani, 81 and sensible action in purifying the
springs aud chanaeis OF life, and enduIng them with
renewed tone and vigor, add 10 the undoubted TACT,
that at a very early period in their history they
had rescued sufferers from the very verge OF an un-
timely grave. after all the deceptive ~nostrans Of
the day, prescribed By physicians, had utterly fail.
ed, in which eases they also permanently secured
that uniform enjoyment of health, without which
life itself is but a partial blessing. So great, in
deed had their efficacy Invariably proved, that it
was scarcely less than miraculous TO those who
were unacquainied nth the beautifully phiiosophi'
cal principles upon which they were compoundei'
and upon which they consequently act.
tbs PHGSix BtTTERs are so called. because
they possess the power Of restoring the expiring
embers Of health, TO a glowing vigor throughout the
constitution, as the PhGnix is said TO be restored to
life from the ashes of lis own dissolution. The
Phpnix Bitters are entirely vegetable, composed OF
roots found only in certain parts OF the western
country, which will iufallibly cure FEVERS AND
AGUES of all kinds; will never fail to eradicate
entirely ali the effects OF Mercury, infinitely sooner
than the most powerful preparation OF Sarsapariia,
and will Immediately cure the determination oil
BLOOD TO THE HEAD; never fail IN the siek,
ness incident TO young females; aud WIZ DC 'ound
a certain remedy in ali case Of nervous debility and
tceokness of the most impaired constitutions. Asa
remedy for Chrome and hfammatory rheumatism
the efficacy Of the Phoenix Bitters will be demon
strated BY the use OF a single bottle.
The proprietor rejoices In the opportunity ahord-
ed by the universal diffusion OF the press. Tor placing
his VEGETABLE l MEDICINES within the
knowledge and reach OF every Individual IN the
community. Unlike the host OF pernicious quacke-
ries, which boast of vegetable ingredients, the
Life Pills are purely aud SOLELY VEGETABLE, aud
contain neither Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, nor
any other mineral, in any form whatever. they
are entirely composed OF extracts from rare and
powerful plants, the virtues of which, though long
kno wi to several Indian tribes. aud recently 10 some
eminent Observation-Disclosures, are altogether I'M
know TO the ignorant pretenders to medical SCI
ence and were never before administered ID SO
happily eficacious a combination.
Their first operation is TO loosen from the coats oil
the stomach and bowels, the various impurities and
crudities constantly settling around fhem anu 10
remove the hardened frees which collect IN the con
volutions Of the small intestines. Other medicines
only partially cleanse these, and leave such collect
ed masses behind as TO produce habItuai costiVehess,
with all its train of evils, or sudden diarrhGa, wan
its imminent dangers. The fact is well known TO
all regular an atomis,s whaexamIne the human bow
els after death, and hence the prejudice OF these
well Informed men againstthe quaek medicInesoithe
age. The second effect OF the vEGErABtE LIFE
Pulls is to cleanse the kidneys and the bladder, and
by this means, the liver and the lungs, the health
ful action Of which entirely depends upon the regu
iarity Of the urinary organs. The blood, which
takes its red color from the agency oil the liver aud
the lungs before it passes into the heart, beIcg mus
purified by them, aud nourisbed by food coming
from a clean stomach, courses freely through the
veins, renews every part of the 81 stem, and tri
umphantly mounts the banner OF health IN The bloom
ing check.
The following are the distressing variety of hui
man diseases, TO which the Vegetable Lille Pills are
well known TO be infsllible:
DYSPEPSIA. by thoroughly cleansing the hrst and
second stomachs. and creating a flow OF pure healthy
bile, instead Of the stale and acrid kind = fidfutfn
cy, Paipitafion of the Heart, Loss of Appetite,
burn and Headache. Rcstiessness. III temper,
Anriefy, Lnnsnor and Melancholy whieh are 'he
general symptoms Of Dyspepsia, will vanish, as
natural consequence OF its cure. Cosfiueness, by
cleansing the whole length of the iutestines with a
solvent process. and without violence: all vioient
leave the bowels costive within two days.
and Cholera, by removing the sharp acrid
fluids by which these complaints are occasioned,
by promoting the lubricative seeretions oil the
mucous membrane. Feocrs ot all Kinds, by resior-
ing the blood 10 a ocular circulation through the
process of Precipitation in some cases, and the tho
rou- h solution Of all intestine distractions in others.
The Lite Medicines have been known to cure Rheu-
naiiSm permanently in three weeks, aud Gouf IN
half that time, BY removing local from
he muscles and ligaments OF the joints. DTOpsies
If all kinds, by freeing and Strengthening the kid
news and bladder; they operate most deiightiuiiy
~ those importan organs, and hence have been ever
ound a certain remedy for the worst cases of
GrapeI Also Horns, by dislod2 ing from the turn
ngs OF the bow els the Shiny matter TO which these
adhere; Asthma and Consumption, by
.elieying the air vessels of the lungs from the mu-
.us, which even slight colds will occasion, which If
lot removed becomes hardened, and produces those
diseases. Scmrg, Ulcers. and Inceierdie
Sores, by the perfect purity which these Life Pills
rive to the blood, and all the humors Scor6utic
E~ruptjous and Bad Compilations, by their Alternative
fleet upon the fluids that feed the skin, the morbid
tate of which occasions all Eruptire complaints.
Sallotc, Cloudy aud other disagreedbie Compiertons.
he use Of these Pills for a very short time, VIII
fleet as entire cure for Sail kheum, Erysipeids, and
striking Improvement in the C9edrness % me Sktn.
Colds and Influenza will always be cured
" one dose, or by two, even In the worst cases.
Dil0,-as a remedy for this most distressing and
Estimate malady, the Vegetable Life Pills deserve
distinct and emphatic recommendation. IL is well
,uown TO hundreds in this city, that the originator
{ these invaluable Pills was himself afflicted with
his complaint for upw ards OF thirty tus gears. and
hat he tried in vain every remedy prescribed with
the whole compass of the Matcria Medica. He
Iowever, at length, tried the medicine which he
ow offers TO the public, and he was cured IN a very
hort time, after his recovery had been pronounced
~ SJ
ny human means.
All that Mr.. Mofat requires OF his patients is TO
e particular IN taking the Life Medicines strictly
ccording to the directions. u is not by a newspa-
'er notice, or by any thing that he himself may say
II their favor, that he hopes TO gam credit. 1t is
lone by the results OF a fair trial.
ADVICE TO FEMALES Females who value good
Iealth should never be without the Life Medicines,
3 they purify the blood, remove Distractions, and
the skin beautiful, clear, healthy, aud bloom.
ng appearance.
70 PARENrs AND OTHERs.-Persons Of a Pile
horic habit, who are subject to fits. headache, gid
Iiness, dimness Of sight, or drowsiness, from too
a flow Of blood to the head, should take IL
Children, and persons Of all ages, may
axe them at any time, as they do not contain mer-
ury, or any ingredient that requires confinement or
Of diet.
To ELpERLy PERsoNs.-Many healthy aged in
lividuals, who know the value Of Mofiat's Life Me.
licincs, make il a rule 10 take them two or three
lines a week, by which they remove the causes
hat produce disease, preserve their health, and
keep OF the infrmities Of age.
HEADS OF FAMILIES should always keep a guam
ity OF the Life Medicines in the house, as a remedy
n cases Of sudden illness: for by their prompt ad-
ninistration, Cholera Morbus, Gout in the stomach,
Spasms, Fevers, and other alarming COM
plants, which too often prove fatal, may be speedily
,ured or prevented.
FACTS ron MoTHERs AND NuRsEs 1T il a fact
by the annual bills of mortality, that one
nalf of the children born, are cut off before attaining
years Of age, and the fruitful source of this
mortality is found TO exist in that foul state Of the
and bowels which produces the generation
1f Worms. As the safe r~estorer of I~nfantine Health,
n this critical state, the Life Medicines have long
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