Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-08-18
HeDalic EIixir.

"A new remedy for Ja,indice, Dyspepsia, hd-
gestion, Wtakntss and Sourness Of The
stomach. Loss of appetite, Lo'entss 81 spur
lis. Headache, Asthma, Rheumatism, Female
Obsiruciions and Weaknesses, and all other
Complaints arising from diseased Sidte
Of he Liver and lis seeretions.
IuNIIE health and vigor Of the human frame
a. depend entirely on the digestion the d.
gestion on the hillary secretions. IL Is obvious
therefore, that any cause operating TO 'i'ia'a
these seCretions must, OF course, be productive
of arrangement and disease throughout The sys-
TEN.
The liver is the largest gland in the body, and
rom it, minute and tardy circulation, the seat
Of disease il much oliner attached TO that organ
than is suspected. Bilious disorders are Insidi-
Gus in their attacks, slow in progress ana huch
varied in symptoms Hence many ia'i vic'ihns
TO them from the nature OF the disease not oei"g
seaso onably detected. or properly treated where
by the chain Of diseased action becomes Strength
ened aud the links more difficult TO be broken. -
so general is The prevalence OF Liver Complaint,
that this organ is probably the seat OF most all
ments unattended w iih Febrie action and That
the grand source Of health and disease IL con-
necied with the healthy or dsordered function oi
the Liver, and also, that almost every chrome
er lingering disease arises from some defect
there.
The symptoms arising from chronic diseases
OF the Liver so various as almost TO baiiie de-
scrption. They do mol all appear IN any indi-
vidual case, but show themselves in different per-
sons in grea, variety both in extent, number'and
degree, as the disorder exists in every gradalion
~ sli.ht as to cause no alarm, beng nothing
more Than a fitness after meals, with some sore
ness Of the bowels, disposition TO drowsiness;
crections Of wind, ringing in the cars, dzzlhess
Of the head, codness Of The extemitIes, followed
| by burning IN the soles Of the feet and palms oil
the hands, an unpleasant and sinking sensation
| in the pit Of the stomach. Some cases are at
tended with wutchluness, or unrefreshng sleep
disturbed by dreams Pain, also in either side.
most frequently in the left, extending 10 the
shoulder blades. The mind is often irelul and
irrilated by the most triilng causes; the memory
becomes impaired and there is u general dlsin-
clinalion for bodily or mental eAeriion. The
stomach sympa,bizes, and is 50 much disturbed
as 10 lead the patient TO suppose that his COM
plants arise from an affection Of this organ,
while it is only affected by being in the vicinity
OF the real disease.
There is often a loss Of appetite, at other times
an unnatural craving for food.
II The countenance assumes sallOw, cadaver-
ous or sickly hue Many other symptoms might
be named, but those already enumerated are The
most prominent and common.
II This incidence Is not palmcd upon the public M
punacea "ior every i'll that flesh Is heir to- but uer
AN experience al than thirty years ~ the practice
and careful observation al the treatment and remedies
ndcd by others IN this clnss al disthsts ANA
after seeing the benefits which have resulted hom tho
use Of IL IN many hundred cases the proprietor feeis
warranted in recommending IL NJ superior 10 any pre-
narn ON ever offered Being of vegetable production
may taken with perfect safety for any term oi iims
by persons of the delicate constitutions however
low they may have been reduced by disease.
la insf tlI. s-AiuU a.
der have been cured BY II and IN no case OF this Kind
where II hns been used has u failed OF the most COM
plcte
Ii will he found remedy Tor bl0i:hed wees 70
troublesome 10 Young persons
II taken in season as n preventive viii ~ Keeping
the bilnry aud digestive orpnis IN healthy state de
fnd the :, stem from the attacks of Fever nnd Agurs
the yellow, Bilious aud Auiumnai Fevers which prey
upon those and those only who ARE pedsposcd thereto
by disease aud arrangement ofihOse organs.
II u costvencss is mn attendant symptom, II VIII he
necessary TAKE gentle cnharic once IN three or four
DAYS while the bowels remain ~ that state. a Blue
phi at night with dose OF Rhubnrb Castor Oil, or
SIENNA the morning following, will occasionally DO
oInd ell 'ac Gus
II should he borne in mind That many Of the diseases
for which this medicine is prescribed mny be oi long
snndng aud obstinate IN character 80 ms To requires
long time To make mn Impression on ihgni. In such
cnsr, steady and patient perseverance is necessary
II much too often happens that patients, reduced by
disease viii, through dependency discontinue the use
oi means long before their true value can be tested
which, IL persisted in, would be productive OF the most
beneficial result.
The dose for an adult is put at tea-spoonfu threo
times day yet persons oi weak aud irritable sloin
acls will begin with smaller quantity aud gradually
mcrease the dose what the stomach viii retain with
out disIu bancc
II The iolowin certificates amongst many voluntarily
given herewith published for the purpose Of CON
yincing the pubc Tint the article what IL
to he, valuable remedy for the diseases above named
/ The icpnlic Elixir Is prepared by J. srARKwEATnER
Sole Proprietor upton Mnss., by whom each bill q" d
recions viii he signed ~ his own hhhd wriiihg none
H. J. Taylor, Newport, RI.