The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-06-29
Life Pills and Phoenix
BiGGGl'S.

proracted and painful illness of their originator,
Mr. John Moffat When taken ~, Mr. M. was
prosperous and hourshing Merchant ~ tne o'uio,.
part of the city, and having consulted ana enP'oyr
ed n number Of our most sklful physicians, ne, III
ter moths Of suffering, was prevailed uPo, W P
chase the receipt of the invaluable Vege'"pe prop"
ration now offered 10 the public
'rba afTa., If tho Life Medicine in his own case
was so singular and remarkable, that he immeoiate
iy determined to offer to the woriu iheuiono
which he not only owed his me- put MS hapP'ng;;
,The uniform success which has since ATTENDED
their administration in every instance, where 'a''
trial has been given them, has been attesteo oy
thousands. and inconteslibly proves their intrinsic
iI,IoUs COMPLAINTS, g. THE CAUSE:
A well regulated and proportionate quantity OF
bile upon the stomach is always requisite lor tne
promotion Of sound health--lt stimulates u'sesuon'
and Keeps the intestinal canal free from all oosuuc
tons On The interior surface Of the liver IS pes
ouIiar bladder in which the bile is first preserved
being formed by the diver from the pioou' 1hehce
il passes into the stomach and intesunes, anu Ies9
iates the INDIGESTION. Thus we see when there IS
deficiency Of bile, the body is constantly cosuVe-
On the other hand an overabundance OF bile caus-
ga freuuent nausea in the stomach, ana oit'h Pro-
notes very severe attacks of disease, which some
times end in death. -,
Favers are always preceded by symptoms OF dis
ordered stomach; as also scrofulus disorders,
and nil sympathetic, functional organic, or ieorlie
Diseases From the same cause, the natural aud
hi,bv action of the heart, and the whole vascular
systano "a I'M paired and reduced below It's natural
standard; as exhibited by palpitations, languid
pulse torpors ofthe limbs, syncope,and even DEAN
itself in consequence of an overabundance OF Pc
cul;or offensive substance to the digestive organs.
T'be Life VI edicines should always be taken in
tho early stages of bilious ompaints; and II perse
yered IN strictly according 10 the directions, VIII
poMnltEHRsGtU RY in THE sYSTEM.-The Life
Medicines will get all mercury out of the system
infinitely faster than the best preparations OF Sarsa
ma rilIa and are a certain remedy for the rushing
r H. Lo1H mr. min nj =
ieuyeur, &c. All persons who are predlsposed TO
apoplenv, palsy &c, should never be without the
Life Pills or the Bitters, for one dose in time will
safe life They equaliZe the circulation OF the
blood draw aI pressure from the head restore per-
spira,ion and throw off every impurIty by the pores
no THOSE AFFLICTED WITH GOVT 81
RHEIJ M ATISM -Moffat's Lille Medicines have
performed the most extraordinary cures of Govt,
rheumatism, and chronic complaints of all kinds,
when used with perseverance. They should how
ever be taken strictly according to the directions
J'be Phoenix Bitters ars called, because they
possess the power Of restoring the expiring embers
of health to glowing vigor through the constitu-
lion az the Phoenix is said to be restored TO life
from the ashes of its own dissolution. The Phpnx
Bitters are entirely vegetable, composed of roots
found ONLY in certain parts of the western country,
which will infallibly cure FEVERS AND AGUES
of all kinds will never fail 10 eradicate entirely all
the effects Of mercury, infinitely sooner than the
most pow eru preparations of sarsapara, and will
Immediately cure the determination OF blood 10 the
head never fail in the sickness incident TO young
females; and will be found certain remedy IN all
Uses of nervous debility and weakness of the most
Unmarried constitutions. As remedy Tor Chronic
and Infarnatory Rheumatism, the efficiency OF the
Phoenix Btters will be demonstrated by the uso of
a single bottle.
Unlike the host of pernicious quackeries, which
boast of vegetable ingredients, the Life Pills are
purely and SOLELY VEGETABLE, FREQ from Mercu
nv. Anthony, Arsenic, or any other mineral, IN
any form whatever. They entirely composed
of extracts from rare and powerful plants the vir
tues Of which, though long known to several In
dian tribes, and recently to some eminent phar
maceutical chemists, altogether unknown to
the ignorant pretenders to medical science; and
were mover before administered in so happily efh-
cacous combinanGn.
Their first operation is to loosen from the coats
of the stomach and bowels, the various impurities
and crudities constantly settling around them; and
to remove the hardened faces which collect IN the
con vusions of the small intestines. Other medi-
cines only partially cleanse these, and leave such
masses behind 20 produce habtual cos
tiveness with all It's train of evils, sudden diarr
hoa with its imminent dangers. This fact is well
known TO all regular ANTAGONISTS, who examine the
human bowels after death: and hepce the pejudice
of these well informed men against the quack med
icines of the age. The second effect Of the VEG
ETABLE LIFE PILLS is TO cleanse the kidneys
and the bladder, and by this means, the liver and
the lungs, the healthful action of which entirely de
ponds upon the healthy action of the urinary or.
gans.
of human diseases, to which the Vegetable Life
Pills are we'll known to he infalible and perfect
remedy: 1
DYSPEPSIA, by thoroughly cleansing the first
and second stomach, and creating a flow of pure
healthy bile, instead ofthe stale and acrd kind;-
Flatulency, Pulpiatlon of the Heart, Loss of Appe
tite,, Heartburn and Headache, Restlessness, u
temper Anxiety, Languor and Melancholy, which
are the general symptoms of Dyspepsia, will vanish,
natural consequence of cure. Costumes; by
cleansing the whole length of the intestines with
solvent process, and without violence: all violent
purges leave the bowels cos,ive within two days
Darrhea and Cholera, by removing the sharp ac-
rid by which these complaints are occasioned, and
by promoting the lubricative secretions the mu-
cous membrane. Fevors of all kinds, by restoring
the blood to regular circulation through the pro,
Of perspiration in some cases land the thorough
solution of all intestinal distractions in others. The
Life Medicines have been known to cure Rheuma-
tism permanently in three weeks, and Gout IN half
that time, by removing local inflammation from the
muscles and gaments oin,s Dropsss Of
and bladder; they operate most delightfully."- on
those important organs and hence have ever been
ell. Also Worms, by dislodging from the turnings
of the bowels of the Shiny matter to which these
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