Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-06-05


examined The grl, SC, sc, aud told tie owner
that her illness vas very utlng--ilal she was
then beaiuuug her catamen,al or monthly iunc'
tons. Alter giving he glrI, as customary, some
led drops, the Dr e.l assuring Tie owner that
lhete vas 40 danger attending her siiurion, ana !,
thu shv would be well ~ Il short tine. But alas. ri
the DR. had not reached hrs "keom LabFa'oY )
and Mineral Hall" before tie poor aegIess Was
a hle.ess corpse! She died from loss Of bhod q
aud mutation, the consequence Of the previous q
hcerauon Of the WITS. Well, Jld DR. Ga,en .
make thls ihlrd glad display Of stupidity, gnor
auce, aud want ii skill Yes, gentle reader he
did, 50 say all the people round aud about the
hll, OF Lebanon.
will now give the public some Of the celcbra'
ted steam aud Relorm remedies. And ttsl, tie
Bilious Physc"--Hhat is II composed Of, aud
how Is It gwen by the reiomer,l Why, take Of
Jalap part, oil Alexandra SIENNA Chat raIsed
near the old throne Of the Piolcales the BEST ?
pats, ot common garden MINT Raves, dried,
pait--pulyetIze all m mortar. vi this powder
take lea.spooulul, put mo u half teacupiu OF
boung water, and add lump Of sugar. When
cold drink It down THIS Is the great Bilious
! Physlc--whlch operates SO kindly and mildly, as /
| thj relofmers say--lt Is the putgduHe winch lhey
! eve 80 times out OF a hundred 30 That wheh
you see a powder Nhich Is 10 be taken IN The way
named. especially Il YOU smell mint about 1t, set It
down. It IS either the "Biltous PhySic' OF thc
compound Mandrake powder hereafter to be de-
scubed. Let us now enquire from whence the
lplnclpu ingredients Of Idls powder come. Are
they rnduslnously hunted up and found on our
I 4 a. IL ,..i lt...4 N. Iuy l,Fa
not SIENNA i, the product Of Egypt aud diIeIeol
parts of Allca. Jalap Che kind used Is the
powdered root OF plant which Is native OF
! Mexico and South America. 30 that You see
both SIENNA aud Jaap are foreign plants. What
IS the Character Of these article, as purgaiNes'--
Whether combined, OF separate, they arc among
/ the most active, drastic aud dominating PurgaiNes
y oven So much 50, that would defy any well
man or woman 10 take Two or three doses without
+, feeling great intestinal pans aud bodily weakness
/ They are almost as acilpe depetres aud debIi
! lants as the lancet; and when taken frequently,
r or as one u( the Retormers duecis as often Is
e YOU please, they produce uuloerable putgng and
q not uniipouen,y, inflammation OF the bowels.
u more until purgol'Ve, N Gnu @nd lever cases
o could not be well invented
. "Composlion PoWder'--how made axe
Of Baybeuy root bark, lib, OF lemiock ('ho same
bark which tho Yankees use TO IAN leather wan
llb, of Ginger ID. Cnyanne pepper ozs'' ana
. Cloves . o2s.-Pulverlze all iinely--dose a tea
snoonful in ho, wa,er; so rs to make "ComposI'
>, tiop tea" How many North American ana
: Mississippi "he,bs' in this PowdeE wo' are
y, Ginger, Cayanne and Cloves natives OF ms c"uh-
" hyl No; but they are foreign products N,"'es
= are imporlcd from the West lrdles ana SCUM
America; Ginger is native Of llndoston ana Is
= cultivated in T.. md w Indies, and IS imported
: into the L. States from those countries; cayenne
:, is native of Asa and Africa; is cultivated IN W.
II Indies aud to u small extent in U. States, bat the
: kind used medically is almost invariably OF TOR
eirn growth. Which arc the principal stimulating
articles in "CompoSit!on poWderSi AI"s' vi"
ouestonably tho Ginger, Cloves aud CAYENNE
- have nirendy shown you that the Rtlorners DC
= no, find these ia the valleys and on the Hills O
- Mississippi.
h. Now for The preaI Aguc PtIls--oi wha, are
', they composed Generally of Qunne Cayenn'
s. and Camphor: sometimes Of QuIuIut, Ginger aux
5 Cayenne; aud sometimes they are made oul @
ID ,he extract Of Peruvian Bark l. Qamne y
st American product No; but is mcde Out OF Pru
;. Wan Bark, which is native OF Peru IN Soui
4. America. It's manufactured, chiefly, 10y trenc
20 chemists The Cayenne has been described
10 Where is Camphor obtained! The tree who
le produces Camphor is a nnliye Of China and japan
al from whence it is brought INTO the L. States an
- Mississippi. 1t does not grow IN MISSISSIPPI"
nc I have thus shown YOU the principal article
y, and compounds Of those great steam and kr'o'
- Docto,s-in the treatment OF chill aud tever MOI
y pai,icularlay-- 90 about the country prait
ats oCthe vegetable remedies which they hunt up al
'u find in the Mississippi forests who say that NE
'e, have vegetable remedies peculiar to 'hemSelVr
Ho and such as are uknomn and unused by the "f
ave pulnr Doctors. Now | think | have, alread
To- clearly demonstrated that such TUES are ali SIT
'N' and humbuggery. Away then, yo prelendcrs a
an hypocres, with your boosted industry "a Mss
US slppi botany and rootnlogy. Cease your knoW
ore slang To the people that you are Reform root II
lndian Doctors-that you dig up and collect
" your medicines from the "urh on which YOU {
VS. living. When and where, ask, d'd We ReIor
wv ers see and dg up the tree which yields Camph
'Vu' the tree which produces Peruvian Bark, if'
'h'y which Qulnne is mtdel Did the RelormerS e.
""" see the Ginger aud Glove plants; the SIENNA q
III lahp plants No, gentle reader, they never d
PAS WHY then do they 90 about aud deceive the p'
my pie with their knavery and rretensioo' in mo
o''' ciue' Why do they boast nf using remedies
10 known to the faculty, when have shown--ln
tAe management even of chill and tevcr--that
we most important which they use are taken ON
medicines known and described, for ages. in
'onE works of the regularsl Do these Reform docl
a'o know anything about QWnlne, JaIap, Camp
wen Sc. besides what is to be found in the book
Nol regular medicnel Most ussuredy not DO I
u ~ understand thr urinary md ultimate effects