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PATENT MEDICINES.

Iaent, no matter how great it's merits may be- or how high its founder may stand as medical man Noth- Ing but the interpretation of Providence can save the lives of those persons who day after day tamper with the poisonous and deadly compounds blazoned forth t the world through the public press by ignorent men who have abandoned other calling, arEl assumed the title of doctor, without having ever received the east medical instruction. know the difficulty have In persuading the public thatan advertising doctor is or can be a regular physician, but as address my self only to the respectable and intelligent portion of the community, the following testimonials of my med
 .al attainnents will be deemed sufficient o convince the skeptical.
 Ireceiyed the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Sur gson in the College of PhysieiaaS and SiEgeons Nep York-am member of the New York State Medical lSoeidy-Feoio of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and Liedte of the Medical Board othe Sate of Lou dana and for the last eighteen gears general practi- fone ef Medicine.
 My Compound Extract of Sarsapayiila, Lirerlcorf, Piemisy Root and Lignum litd is the result of this long experience, and not the medicine of an hours consideration, merely got up for hnbug deception. 9SUpon the responsibility of my medical testimonials my great success medical practitioner, and the salutary and beneficial effects of my medicine stand or fall 1 seek not to deceive the public with ar ticle of whose component parts they are ignorant. What do the public know of the poisonous and de- structiye ingredients contained in the various pills and panaceas advertised throughout the Union The propretors of such medicines know too well if the pubic were aware, that out or every ten pls 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 UnIon and found them contain either c0rroSue Sb Lncte or CaiOmei. The reason is then obvious why these base imposters will not tell the component parts of their medicines. They pretend that they have dis cdsered the philosophers stone, and that you may live through countless ages, if you but swallow their medicine. l practice such deception My med- cine has stood the test of years-it is recommended by the eminent of the medical faculty, and what is of more importance than all, candidly and hon esty confess that my medicine is a combination of Sarsaparllia, Liveruort Pieurisy Root, Lignn Fha, and one or two other ingredients The only origin ality claim Is in my peculiar mode of preparation. 1t is true, has often been the wonder and ment of my medical brethren, the astonishing cures performed in cases that were considered not within the powc of medical aid. The whole mystery con sisted in my using the medicine, and this alone to the exclusion of all others and of the principles upon which diseases ought to be treated. It will not however be matter of surprise that such wonderful should follow the of this medicine, when l state the principles upon which ac:ed.
 >T The human body consists of solids and fluids. The urmer long is about one-fth. The lat ter or soft part five sxths. 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 diseased is sufficient to destroy the harmony of the whole These organs are turnisl-
 
 veins, which have 2 common centre. The heart Tor propelling through them the blood nutrtive fluid to all parts of the system from the heart being furnished with valves which all in direction, the blood only flow in corresponding course. That 1t is forced by the heart into the arteries, and after moist enng the most minute flores, it is received by the veins and brought again to the heart, and performs again the round of the body and on in succession The use of the blood, is to receive from the alimena " canal the skin lungs, such matters is necessary for the nourshment of man, and to convey il to every part of the body for the purpose ofrepairng its waste and increasing it's growth. But if any etete, poson- ous foreign matter is carried into the blood several organs are provided the hDer, kidneys, skia and lungs through which this poison is discharged from the blood in the form of pile, urine precipitation and pulmonary exhalation. From this brief sketch oI mans formation, the intelligent reader easily lefstand, how fever and inflammation is produced by
 e suppression of preparation, for if precipitation be
 rrcfe1 in consequence of cold, the persprable ter x' lnN with the blood and give rise to nflama- 'Jr in like manner, if the discharge of bile be ar rssci - is flow from the liver it is taken into the e-l-- 1a -,I gives rise to Jalmdice, yellow fever 3. eases have therefore common origin
 af blood, for that is only an efiect,) but [. ,I- st4te other of those three great .a aA,n 5rwers of the body, the bowels
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 k. e.S., :, 'nu you pu kuow how feal fully and woun oerlnlly you 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 yanr mental faculties inactive, and your soul appears to be in a state of repose then is the wise provision and foreknowledge of the author of made manifest. The heart continues pour its vita
 dream to every part of the body-the lungs perform heir ofice-respiration is continued, and the blood decarbonized-the skin pours out from it's myriads ol pores the poisonous matter of the blood-digestion continues and the nuritive particulars of food is carried into the blood for tee renovation of man. Were all the organs of the body, therefore, under the control of the will, when we sleep, the heart would cease to pulsate death would a necessary conse-
 ience follow-the lungs would cease perform their offce-suhocation and death be the consequence, or precipitation or digestion be interrupted, the effects which would be perpetual disease,
 Reader, you now know perhaps, better than you ey- CT knew before the vast importance of keeping these organs so necessary to life in healthy state You will also place less reliance the pretensions of ig norant and unetucated men, especially when they at tempt to medde with diseases they know nothing of. You will likewise appreciate the services of the skill fl medical practitioner who has abored for IS years in the study of science through all it's minutia, and who now offers for your benefit the result of his long and arduous abors. ask if you possessed n watch of five dollars value, and it was out of repair, would you take it to tinker to have it set in order No 1; you would surely bring it to a good watch-maker.- How much more difficult then is the putting in order of the human body when out of repair. watch may stop, it can be set going agan--if mans mach nery once stops, it stops forever. No human power can again set it in motion.
 You may always expect fever and il-health to follow the stoppage of any the secretions If except, says Van Swenten, those who perish violent death, and such as are exngushed by old age all the rest die of inflammation, caused by suppression of one the other of the secreons Plny describes the terror the Romans had of this disease, and of their applications in the Temple of Faunum for the removal of all obstuc tions to the natural outlets of the body. Sickness therefore cannot unless or other of those outlets obstructed, except in disease dependent upon SD sfc contagion, such as smallpox, measles, venerea As and these diseases are only cured by in creasing the natural secrenons. When you labor un- der disease no matter of what nature, whether malg ,ant or otherwise and you take Calomel from a physican does he not always ask you are your bow els fee-s precipitation free-is the secretion of urine abundant-or, if you have pain, what ask you are those enquiries, but merely to ascertain 1t the secre- tions are duly performed If they are well perform ed then your doctor is puzzled to the nature of your disease Ifthey are duly performed, he then removes any obstruction. This is the great secret of our profession and thus we define reputation when we only assist in restoring the natural secre- tions the great difficulty in the practice of medicines was the proper application of combination of medi cina articles calculated to remove Instructions, and act at the same time upon all the secretons. There are many valuable articles in the materia medca that will act upon the liver if administered alone, but when combined with others to act upon the kidneys, they become neutrazed The concentrated ertract of Bar sapariila, Liveworh, Plemisy, RoOt and Lgmua Vita, as prepared by me, is the only combination ever yet that possessed this inestimable quality, which has been testified by most medical men in En- gland For full account of the properties of these Dlants must refor the reader to my prize Essay of 70 pages, published in the New England Medical and Surgical Recorder. will enumerate few only of inc diseases in which this medicine showed it's mira rulous powers Consumption arising from cold, or where hereditary disposition existed lver complaint, vellow fepor, ,auniice, indigestion, torpid mactipe ,tae of the boiueis, alptaton of the heart, psursy,