Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-08
PATENT MEDICINES.


 .IyERWoRT, PLEURlSY ROOT LlG- / YUM VITA. s there are many Medicines of useless and ln- "A furious nature nlready before the public, il IS d,lcnlt to remove the prejudice existing in the minds of intelligent and enlightened individuals against any ticle introduced through the means oi an adverllse- Iaan, no matter how great its merits may be or how high its founder may stand as medical man. Moth ing H the inierposition of Providence can save the lives of those persons who day after day tamper with the poisonous and deadly compounds blazoned forth
 the world through the public press by ignoren men who have abandoned other calling, and assumed the title of doctor, without having ever received the east medical instruction. know the difficulty have m persuading the public haan advertising doctor Is or can be regular physician, but as address my self only to the respectable and intelligent portion of the community, the following testimonials of my med Ical attainmens will be deemed sufficient to convince the skeptica.
 received the degree of Doctorof Medicine and Sur gem in the College of PhysicianS and SiEgeonS Ne'o Yok-am member of the New York State Medical Sociay-Fsllosp of fhe Massachusetts Medical Socdy, and Lc,itiafe ef fhe Medical Board ofthe State c LO ,dana and for the last eighteen years general pTGe toag of Medicine.
 Nv Compound Extract Of SarsapariLa, Lirerwort Pie,uisy Root and Lgnum Ktd is the result of this ong experience, and not the medicine of an hours considerations merely got up for humbug or decepton zsUpon the responsibility of my medical testimonials my great success medical practitioner, and the
 
 or fall I seek not to deceive the public with an ar ticle of whose component parts they are ignorant What do the public know of the poisonous and de- sructye ingredients contained in the various pills and panaceas advertised throughout the Union The proprietors of such medicines know too well if the public were aware, that out of every ten pills they have swallowed, eight of them are Mercury, their trade was at an end. l have analized most of the pills, and other medicines advertised throughout the Unlon and found them to contain, either corTOsine 6- Enae or Caionei The reason is then obvious why these base imposers will tell the component parts of their medicines. They pretend that they have dis covered tho philosophers stone, and that you may live through countless ages, if you but swallow their medicine. l practice such deception My medl- cine has stood the test of years-it Is recommended by the most eminent of the medical faculty, and what is of more importance than all, canddly and hon estly confess that my medicine is combination of .SGsaparila, LiuerteOrt, Pieurisy Root, Lgnum Iha and one other ingredients. The only origin aIity claim is in my peculiar mode of preparation 1t is true, it has often been the wonder and amaze ment of my medical brethren, the astonishing cures performed in that considered not within the pow, of medical aid. The whole mystery con sisted in my using the medicine, and this alone to tho exclusion of all others, and of the correct principles upon which diseases ought to be treated. It will not however be matter of surprise that such wonderful success should follow the of this medicine, when l state the principles upon which ac.ed.
 -srhe human body consists of solids and fluids. The former or long structure is about one-fth The lat ter or sofi part five sixths. Man IS linked together by number of organs beautifully to form per- feet chain in the animal economy. One link of which when out of order or diseased is sufficient destroy the harmony of the whole. These organs are furnish ed with numerabe blood vessels called arteries and veins, which have a common centre. The heart for propelng throug, them the blood nitritive fluid to all parts of the system, from the heart being furnished with valves which are all in direction, the blood can only flow in a corresponding course. That 1t Is forced 6y the heart into tue arteries, and after moist enng the nest minute fbrss, it is received by tine veins and brought again to the heart, and performs again the round of the body, and in succession. The use of the blood, is to receive from the alimenta- " canal the skin ungs such matters as Is necessary for the nourishmen of man, and to convey ii to every part othe body for the purpose of repairing its waste, and increasing it's growth But if any efiete, poison ous or foreign matter is carried into the blood several organs are provided as the ip9, kidneys, skin and lungs through which this poison Is discharged from the boed in the form of pie urine, precipitation and pulmonary exhalation. From this brisf sketch ol mans formation, the intelligent reader easily derstand, how fever and inflammation is produced by the suppression of perspIrat0n, for if persplraon be arrested in consequence of cold the perspirable mat ter will mix with the blood and give to nhama- ton, in like manner, if the discharge of bile be rested in its flow from the liver it is taken into the c,rclbton and gives rise to Jaundice, yellow fever, 5@c s.l diseases have therefore common origin, M .npurity of blood, for that is only efect,) but n e obstruction of one other of those three great e .ets or common sewers of the body, the bowels, ..n and kidnevs
 tte.ue, .lo ,ou ou, kmow how feal fully and woun- oerfully yon are cOnstructed-how beautifully the Creator of the universe has provided for your pre- servaton and existence. independent of your will, then indeed would your admiration of the perfection of his mighty handiwork never cease. During sleep, when your mental faculties inactive, and your soul appears to be in state of repose then is the wise f,,oL .,la1ua af ila nf made manifest. Tbe heart continues to pour it's vital dream to every part of the body-the lungs perform heir offce-respiraton is continued, and the blood decarhonzed-tie skin pours out from it's myrads oi pores the poisonous matter oi the blood-digestion continues and the nntriiye particulars of food is carried into the blood for tee renovation of man. Were all the organs of te body, therefore under the control of the will when we sleep the heart would cease to pulsate, death would necessary conse- quence folow-te lungs would cease to perform their etice-suifocaton and death be the consequence, or perspration or digestion be interrupted the effects which would be perpetual disease
 Reader, you now know perhaps better than you CT knew before the vast importance of keeping these organs so necessary life in healthy state. You will also place less reliance on the pretens0ns of g norant and unetucated men, especially when they at tempt to meddc with diseases they know nothing of You will likewise appreciate the services of the skill m medical practitioner, who has abored for IS years in the study of science through all its mnuta, and who now offers for your benefit the result of his long and arduous labors. l ask if you possessed a watch of five dollars value, and it out of repair, would you take it to tinker to have it set in order No j; you would surely bring it to good watch-naker.- How much more difficult then is the putting in order of the human body when out of repair. watch may stop, it can be going again-f mans Dlachi nery once stops, it stops forever No human power can ever again set 1t in motion.
 You may always expect fever and ihealth to follow the stoppage of any the secretions If we except says Van Swenten, those who perish violent death, and such as are exnguised by old age all the rest die of inflammation, caused by suppression ofone or the other of the secretions. Plny describes the terror the Romans had of this disease. and of tbeir applications in the Temple of Faunum for the removal of all obstuc- tons to the natural outlets of the body. Sickness therefore cannot occur unless or other of those outlets a obstructed, except in disease dependent upon SD yic contagion, such smallpox, measles, venereal A: and these diseases are only cured by in- creasing the natural secrenons. When you labor un- der disease no matter of what nature, whether malig- ;lant or otherwise, and you take Caiomel from a physician does he not always ask yon are your bow els fiee-s perspraton frees the secretion ofnrine abundant-or, if you have pain, what ask yon are those enquiries but merely to ascertain if the secre- tions are duly performed. If they are well perform ed then your doctor is puzzled to the nature of your disease. Iflhey not duly performed, he then remoyes any obstruction. This is the great secret of our profession, and thus we define reputation when we only assist nature in restoring the natural secre tions the great difficulty in the practice of medicines