The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-09-07
NHOMad's Life Pills amd Phoenix
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4. MSEUUGhSs
| ORIGIN OF'rHE LIFE MEDTCINEs.--The
/ NJ reader may not perhaps be aware that the Or
| ign of Mofiats Life Medicines was the result OF
pro.raced and painful illness of their orginator'
| Mr. John Moffat. When taken i'll, Mr. NJ was a
prosperous and hourshing Merchant IN the lower
part oftho-oity, and having consulted and employ
ed number Of our most skfnl physicians, ne, al
ter moths Of suffering, was prevailed upon to Pur-
chase the receipt Of the invaluable vegetable prePa'
ration now offered TO the public. l 4sAg
! !, The effect Of the Life Medicine in his own case
was so singular and remarkable that he immediate
| ~ determined TO offer TO the world medicine 70
winch he not only owed his life but his happiness
| The uniform success which has since attended
their administration in every instance, where tar
| trial has been given them, has been Infested ny
thousands, and ncontestibly proves their intrinsic
merit. EAft ,
BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, g. THE CAUSE.
| "A well regulated and pr0portionate quantity OF
bile upon the stomach is always requisite Tor the
| promotion of sound healtl--it Stimulates dlgesuoh,
and keeps the intestinal canal free from all obstruc
tions. On the interior surface of the liver is pes
cuiar bladder, in which the bile is first preserved,
| being formed by the liver from the blood. Thence
| il passes into the stomach and intesnes, and regu
laes ahe indigestion. Thus when there is
deficiency of bile, the body is constantly costiye-
On the other hand an overabundance of bile caus-
es frequent nausea in the stomach, and often pro
notes very severe attacks OF disease, which some-
times end in DEATH e . N
| Fevers are always preceded by symptoms OF dis
ordered stomach; also scrofulus disorders,
and all sympathetic functional, organic, or febrile
diseases. From the same cause, the natural aud
healthy action of the heart and The whole vascular
system is impaired and reduced below its natural
| standard; as exhibited by palpitations, langulh
pulse, torpors ofthe limbs, syncope, and even deatd
| ITSELF in consequence of an overabundance of Pc
cuar offensive substance to the digestive organs.
| The Life Medicines should alwaysbe taken in
the early stages ofbillious complaints and If perse
vered in strictly according to the directions, will
positively effect a cure.
Medicines will get all mercury out of the system
infinitely faster than the best preparations Of Sarsa
pa riila, and a certain remedy for the rushing
of blood to The head, aioient hcadaches tic dou
| teureuz, &cc. All persons who are predisposed TO
apopleny, palsy Sc,, should never be without the
Life Pills the Bitters, for dose in time will
safe life. They equalizs the circulation of the
blood draw all pressure from the head restore per-
spraton, and throw off every impurity by the pores
no THOSE AFFLICTED WITH GOVT &
RHEU MATlSM.- M offat's Life Medicines have
performed the most extraordinary cures of Gout
Rheumatism, and chrome complaints of all kinds
when used with perseverance, They should how,
ever, be taken strictly according the directions
| The Phoenix Biters ars so called because they
possess the power OF restoring the expiring embers
of health, to glowing vigor through The constitn-
| lion, as the Phoenix Is said TO be restored TO life
from the ashes OF its own dissolution. The Phoenix
Bitters entirely vegetable, composed of roots
found only in certain parts of the western country,
which will infably cure FEVERS AND AGUES
of all kinds, will never fail eradicate entirely all
the effects of mercury infinitely sooner than the
most powerful preparations of parla and will
/ Immediately the determination of blood TO the
head; never fail in the sickness incident to young
females; and will be found a certain remedy in all
of nervous debility and weakness Of the most
impaired constitutions AS remedy for Chronic
and Intlamatnry Rheumatism, the efficiency of the
Phoenix Bitters will be demonstrated by the use oil
a single bottle. R4
| Unlike the host ofpernicous quacIeries, which
| boast Of vegetable Ingredients, the Life Pills are
purely and SOLELY VEGETABLE, free from M srcu
| an n her mi in,
| any form whatever. They are entirely composed
| of extracts from and powerful plants, the vIr-
tues of which, though long known TO several In
dian tribes, and recently to some eminent phar,
! maceutical chemists, arc altogether unknown to
| the ignorant pretenders 10 medical sclence and
were never before administered in SO happily eff
cacious continuation. "t @ if4, =" tfe
Their first operation is to loosen from the coats
of the stomach and bowels, the various impurities
and crudi,es constantly settling around them; and
to remove the hardened lBces which collect in the
con vulsons of the small ntestines. Other medi-
cines only partially cleanse these, and leave such
collected masses behind as TO produce habual cos
tiveness, with all train of evils or sudden darr.
h9a, with its imminent dangers. This fact is well
known TO all regular anatomiss, who examine the
| human bowels after death: and hence the peiudice
ofthese 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 healthni action Of which entirely de
ponds upon the healthy action of the urinary or
gans.
The following among the distressing variety
OF human diseases, to which the Vege table Life
Pills well known to be infalibe and perfect
remedy:
| DYSPEPSIA. by thoroughly cleansing the first
and second stomach, and cieating flow of pure
healthy bile, instead ofthe stale and acrid kind;-l
Flatulency, PaptatIon of the Heart, Loss of Ape
tte, Heart burn and Headache, Restlessness Ill
temper, Anxiety, Languor and Melancholy, which
are The general symptoms of Dyspepsia, will vanish,
as natural consequence Gifts cure Costumes, 10y
cleansing the whole length of the intestines with a
solvent process, and without violence: all violent
purges leave the bowels coslive within two DAYS
DiarrhGa and Cholera, by removing the sharp &C.
rid by which these complaints are occasioned and
by promoting tho lubricatve secretions of The mu-
cous membrane Fevers OF all kinds, by restoring
the blood to- regular circulation through the pro,
cess OF perspraton in some cases and the thorough
solution of all intestinal distractions in Others The
Life Medicines have been known to cure Rheun,a-
ism permanently in three weeks and Gout IN half
mat time, by removing local inflammation from the
muscles and ligaments of the joints. Dropsies of
all kinds, by freeing and strengthening the kidneys
and bladder; they operate most delightfully."- on