Mobile register and journal., 1841-12-08
PATENT NIEllICINEh.

l.. MUM ylTA.-As there are many Medicines of useless and injurious nature already before the pub
 lie, il Is diiclt to remove the prejudice existing in
 he minds of intelligent and nlightened individuals against any article introduced through the means of an advertisement, matter how great it's merits may be, or high the founder may stand as d III edical man. Nc thing but the nterpOsitiOn of Pr idence the lives of those persons who day after day tanper with the poisonous and deadly coinpoui ds blazoned forth to the world through the public by ignor- ant who have aboHdoned some other ealing, | and assumed the title of doctor without having eeived the least medical instruction. l know the | difficulty have in persuadlng the public that an ad- | vertsing doctor IS or can be regular Physician bt address mg self Ily to the respect3 be and intel
 ligent portion of the community, the following tesl
 m0nials ot my medical attauments will be deel.ed | sufficient convince the most skeptical.
 received the degree of Doctor of medicine l1 | su geon in the College of Phyisans and Surgeons New York-am member of the New York State Medical Society-Felow of the Massachusetts Med | ical o:i ty and Lincentate of the medical Board of the State of Louisiana and for the last eighteen years general practitioner of Medicine. My compound Extract oI Sarsaparila, Liverwort, Peurisy ,oot and Lignum Vita is the result of this long experience, and not the medicine of ,n hours consideration, merely gotup for hunbug deception. Upon the responsibility of my medical testimonials my great medical practitioner and the sal utary and beneficial effects of my medicine, l stand fall seek not deceive the public with an d IT,
 cle of whose component parts they gnoraut.-- What do the public know of the poisonous and de- strucve ingredients contained in the various pilsa and | panaceas advertised throughout the Union? The pro pretors of such medicines known well if the pub.
 lie were aware, that out of every pills they have | swallowed, eight of them Mercury their trade was end. have analysed most of the pills and other medicines advertised hrou ghout the Uniou and found them contain either corrosiye subD,o,, | or Calomei The reason is then obvious why in. ss base inpostors will not tell the component parts o their medicines. They pretend that they have dis cred the philosophers stone, and thar you may tt .f1 r.,upf flaaeat |
 medicine. practice no such deception. My medi- cine has stood the test of years-it is recommended hy the eminent of the medical facul V and what is of impo ance thau all, canddv and honestly confess that my medicine is a combination of Sarsan | arilla Liverwnrt, Pleursy Root Lignum Vita and one or two other ingredients. The only originality l claim is in my peculiar mode of preparation It is true it has often been the wonder and amaze ment of my medical brethren he astonishing cures performed | in cases that considered not within the power | ofmedcal aid. The whole mystery consisted in my using this medicine, and this alone to the exclusion of all others, and of the correct principles unon which diseases ought to be treated It will not however he u mater ofsurprise that such wonder. ful success should follow the use ofthis medicine
 when state the principles upon which acted.
 The human body cossts of solids and fluids
 The former or long structure is about one .ffth- The latter soft part ivesixths. Man is linked to- gether by number of organs beautifully arrang- ed 10 form perfect chain in the animal economy. One link of which when outof order is sufficient to destroy he harmony of the whole These organs furnished with nnt merabe blood vesses ca lied arteries and veins, which have centre.- The heart for propeiling through them the blood nutritive fluid to all parts of the sysem--be- ing furnished with valves which are all m one d
 rection the bluoi can only flow in d corresponding course Thus it is forced by the heart into the arte
 ries, and after mostenng the minute ibres it is received by the veins and brought again the heart
 and performs again the round otthe body and so on in ssiou. The of the blood is to receive from the alimenary canal the skin, lungs, such Is necessary for the nourishmen of man. and convey every part ofthe body for the purpose of repairing It's waste, and increasing its growth
 But Ii any effect poisonous foreign matter is car red into the bood several organs provided the
 liver, kidneys skin and lungs through which this poi is discharged from the blood ill the form of bile, urine perspil tonand punonarye xhalation From this brief sketch oman siornaton the gentreadercan easily understands how fever and inflammation is pro- dueed by suppression of precipitation, for fperspira- ton be tested in consequence of cold the 1erspra- ble matter will mix with the blood and give rise to inflammation In like manner, the discharge of bile be arrested in it's flow from the liver il is taken into the circulation and gives rise to aundice, yellow fe- , yer, &c. All diseases therefore have common origin not impurty of hlood for that is only au eff
 fecl but in the obstruction of one other of those
 three great outlets common sewers oflhe body the , bowels, skln and kidniea
 Reader, did you but know how fearfully and won deriully you coustructedhow beauttullythe re. of the universe has provided for your preserva-
 ton and existence, independent of your wil then in decd would your admiration of the perfection of his mighty hand work During sleep when your mental faculties inactive, and your soul ap- pears be in state of repose, then is the wise pro- vision fore knowledge ofthe author of nature made maiiest. The heart continues pour its vital stream to every part of the body-the lungs perform their oiice-respiraton Is continued and the blood ! deearbonzed-the skin pours ont from its myriads of pores the poisonous matter 1.-the bood-diges-
 on continues and the nutritive particles of food carried into the blood for the renovation of man | all pf he bodV ner tLa control of the will, when we slept the heart would cease pusate, death would necessary conse auence follow-the lungs would perform
 heii offce-suifocaton and death be the consequence precipitation or digestion be interrupted, the effects , of which would be perpetual disease
 Reader, YOU now know perhaps better than you ever knew before. the vast importance of keeping ' these organs necessary to life in healthy state
 You will also place less reliance the pretensions
 of ignorant and uneducaled men, especially wher
 they attempt meddle with diseases they know noth , ing of. You will likewise appreciate the services
 the skilful medical practitioner, who has abdred fol
 Ia years in the study of science through all it's mi nutm. and who offers for your benefit the resul
 of his long and arduous lebors ask if you possessed
 watch et five dollars ralue, and 1t of repair
 would you take it tinker to have it set in order . No; you would surely carry it to good wachmaker How much difficult then is the putting in orde of the human body when out of repair. A watch ma, stop, it be set going agan--if mans mach'ner. ' once stops, it stops forever No human power cal
 again set il ill notion
 . You may always expect fever and ill.health fol
 low the stoppage of any of the secrt ons. If we cept says Van Sweton, those who perish by vioen death, and such exnguished by old age, all thu rest die of Inflammation, caused by suppression of or other of the secretlons. Pliny describes the
 the Romans had this disease and of their suppica tions in the Temple of Fanum tor the removal of al
 ob4trucons to he natural outlets of the body Sick
 ness therefore cannot unless other fhos
 outlets are obstructed except it be a disease depend
 nnona cnu n ami mo
 sles, veneria &c. and these diseases only
 by increasing tho natural secretlons. When you abo
 under disease, matter of what nature, whether ma
 lignant or otherwise, and you take Calomel from
 Physician, does he not always ask you are your bow
 els tree- is spiration frees the ion of urn
 abundant--or, iyou have pain what, ask you, ar' those inquiries, but barely to ascertain if the secre tions duly performed 1fthey are wellperiormed I then your doctor is puzzled the nature of you disease. Ifthey are not duly performed he then re moves any obstruction This is the great secret oou profession, and thus define reputation when v,
 only assist nature tn restoring the natural secreions
 The great difficulty in ,he practice of medicine WI
 the proper application of combination of medical ar
 ticles clcua,ed to Instructions, and act same time upon all the secretons There man,
 valuable articles in the materia medica that will ac upon the liver administeIe ed alone, but when combin ed with others upon the kidneys, they becom, neutrazed. The concentrated extract of Sarsaparil la Liverwort Pleursy Root and Lignum Vita pre- pared by me is the only combination ever yet dis covered that possesses this inesmable quality whcl has been testified to by most of the medical i' England For fullaccount of the properties of these plants I must refer the reader to my Prize Essay
 40 pages published in the New England Medical ant Surgical Recorder. l will enumerate few only o the diseases in which this medicine showed its mirac ulous powers--C Consumption arising from cold, oi where a hereditary disposition existed liver com | plnnt yellow fever. jaundice, il digestion. torpid inactive state of the bowels palpitaon of the heart plcurisy, scrofula, mercural eruptons cuaneous disease arising from any cause, secondary oonsttu tional effects, arising from the veneral disease, sucl as blotches the skin, throat, Liberated nose and nnnfn affections of the bones termed nodes. h