Litchfield enquirer., 1842-10-06
Origin Of tlte Life .Me66cisees.

Origiae Of tlbe LIfe eWeGlScisees. THE reader may not perhaps be aware
 l that the origin of Moffat's Life Medi- cines was the result of 8 protracted and pain full illness of their originator, Mr. John Moi. fat. When taken ill, MT. M. was prosper ous and fourishing merchant in the lower part of the city and having consulted and employed number of our most skilful phy- sicians, he, after months of suffering. was prevailed upon to purchase the recipe of the invaluable vegetable preparation now ofter- ed to the public.
 The effect of the Life Medicines in his own case was so singular and remarkable, that he immediately determined to offer to the world a medicine to which he had not only owed his life, but his happiness. The uniform success which has since attended their ad- ministration in every instance, where fair trial has been given them, has been attested by thousands, and incontestibly proves their intrinsic merit.
 THE LIFE MED1cINEs-GENERAL REMARKS. These medicines are indebted for their name to their manifest and sensible action in pu. rifying the springs and channels of life, and cnduing them with renewed tone and vigor, and to the undoubted fact that at a very early period in their history they had rescued sui. fererS from the very verge of an untimely grave, after all the deceptive nostrums of the day, prescribed by physicians, had utterly iailed, in which cases they also permanently secured that uniform enjoyment of health, without which life itself is but a partial bless. ing. So great indeed had their efficacy in- yariablv proved, that it was scarcely less than miraculous to those who were unac- quainted with the beautifully philosophical principles upon which they were compound ed, and upon which they consequently act.
 THE PHOENIX BITTERS are so called because they possess the power of restoring the expiring embers of health, to glowing vigor throughout the constitution, us the Phusnix is said to be restored to life from the ashes of its own dissolution. The Phoenix Bitters are entirely vegetable, composed of roots found only in certain parts of the west ern country, which will infullibly cure FEVERS- AND AGUES of all kinds; will never fail to eradicate entirely all the effects uf Mercury. infinitely sooner than the most powerful preparations of Sarsaparlla, and will immediately cure the determination of BLOOD TO THE HEAD; never fail in the sickness incident 10 young females and will be found certain remedy in all cases of neru- Ous debility and tpeaknesS of the most impaired constitutions. As remedy for Chronic aud InRammatory Rheumatism, the efficacy of the Phoenix Bitters will be demonstrated by the use of a single bottle.
 The proprietor rejoices in the opportunity afforded by the universal diffusion of the press, for placing his VEGETABLE LIFE MEDICINES within the knowledge and reach of every individual in the community. Unlike the host of pernicious quackeries, c.hir:h boast of vegetable ingredients, the Life Pills are purely end SOLELY VEGETABLE, and contain neither Mercury. Anthony, Arseuic, ucr any other mineral, in any form whatever. They are entirely composed ot extracts from rare and powerful plants, the virtues of which, though long known to sev- eral Indian tribes, and recently to some em- inent pharmaceutical chemists, are alto- gcthcr unknown to the ignorant pretenders iO medical science and were never before administered in so happily etficaciousa con- bination.
 Their first operation is 10 loosen from the coats of the stomach and bowels, the various impurities and crudities constantly settling around them; and to remove the hardened tBces which collect in the convolutions of Ahe small intes;ines. Other medicines only partially cleanse these, and leave such col lected masses behind as to produce habitual c0stiveness, with all its train of evils, or sud- den diarrhBa, with its imminent dangers.- This fact is we'll known to all regular anato- snists, who examine the human bowels after death and hence the prejudice of these well informed men against the quack medicines of the age. The second effect of the VE- GETABLE LIFE PILLS is to cleanse the kidneys and the bladder. and by this means the liver and the lungs, the healthtul action of which entirely depends upon the regulari- ty of the urinay organs. The blood, which takes it's red color from the agency of the liver and the lungs before it passes into the ;heart, being thus purified by them, and mach, courses freely through the veins, re- ;antly mounts the banner of health in the blooming cheek.
 The following are among the distressing variety of human diseases, to which the Ve- ,gesabia Life Pills are we'll known to be in- fallible:
 DYSPEPSIA, by thoroughly cleansing the first and second stomachs, and creating Q flow of pure healthy bile, instead of :he stale and acrid kind ;-Fiatulency, Palpitation of the Heart, Loss of Appetite, Heartburn and Headache, RestlessneSs, Ill-temper, Anxiety, Ianguor and Melancholy, which are the ge- neral symptoms of Dyspepsia, will vanish, As natural consequence of it's cure. Cost ixepess. by cleansing the whole length fthe intestines with a solvent process, and without violence; all violent purges leave the bowels costiys within two days. DiGTTh0G and CholerG, by removing the sharp .acrid fluids by which these complaints are occasioned, and by promoting the lubricative secretions of the mucous membrane. FeUers of all kinds,