Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-06-30
EIepatic Elixir.

"A aew remedy for Jauniice, Dyspepsia, hdi.
/ gtsiion, UtakmSs and SouIntss Of The
stomach, Loss of0ppsiie, Lonntss o| spr
\ IFS, Hemiache, asthma, Rheumatism, Ftmaie
/ OLsiuciions and Usoknrsses, and oil other
i Complaints arising from a diseased Siate
o) he Lirer and lis Seeretions.
rNNiE health and ,igor of the human frame
n depend entirely ON the digestion the di-
gestion on the hillary seere,ions. IL Is obvious,
thrrclore, that any cause operating TO vitiaie
ihe-e seereiions must, OF course, be productive
of arrangement and disease lhroughont the sys-
TEN.
The liver is The largest gland in the body, and
rom lis minute and tardy circulation, tho seat
Of disease is much ollncr attached 10 That organ
than Is suspected. Bilious disorders are insid-
Gus in their attacks, slow in progress and much
varied in symptoms. Hence many fall victims
10 them from the nature Of the disease not being
seasOnably detected, or properly treated where
by the chain of diseased action becomes strength
ened and 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 with Febre action and that
the grand source Of health and disease is con-
necied with the healthy or disordered function Of
the Liver, aud also, that almost every chronic
er lingering disease arises from some defect
There.
The symptoms arising from chronic diseases
Of tho Liver are so various as almost TO battle de
scrpon. They do not all appear in any indi-
vidua ease, hut show themselves in different per-
sons in great variety both in extent, number and
degree, ~ he disorder exists in every graduation
slight as 10 cause no alarm, beng nothing
more than II fitness after meals, with some sore
ness Of the bowels, disposition TO drowsincss;
nl Il
OF the head, GOODNESS Of the. exticniilics followed
10y burning ln the soles Of the feet and paus Of
the hands, an unr rleasant and sinking sensation
IN lhe pit of the stomach. Some cases are at
tended with whtchlulncss, or unrefreshing sleep
disturbed by dreams. Pain, also in either side, |
most frequently in The left, extending 10 The
shoulder blades. The mind is often ireiul aud
rriiaied by the most trllling causes; The memory
becomes impaired, and there IL n general disn-
clinatlon for bodily or mental eAcrlion. The
stomach sympathzes, and is 80 much disturbed
as 10 lead the patient TO suppose that his COM
plants arise fiom an affection OF this organ
while it is only affected by being in the vicinity
of the real disease.
I here is often loss Of appetite, at other times
an unnatural craving for food
The countcnancc assumes sallow, cadaver-
Gus OF sicky hue Many other symptoms might |
bn named, but those already enumerated are the
most prominent and common.
This incidence is not panied upon the public n u l
pnHnrcn "ir every III TINT flesh is heir to-" but ailcr
mn experience oi more than thirty ,cnrs ~ the practice
aud ca iul observation al the treatment and remedies
recommended by others in this class of Diseases, and
after seeing the benefits which resulted from the
isc al II ia many hundred cases, the proprietor feels
warranted IN recommending II as superior to ANY pre-
paHion ever offered. Being oi vegetable production II
may be- taken with perfect SAFETY iur an! term u Time
by persons of The most delicate constitutions, however
low they may have been reducrd hy disease.
The mOst distressing cases al Stone IN the Gull Bad-
der have been cured bl IL and in oi this Kind,
where II has been used has il failed oi the most com
plCtc Success.
II viii be found sure remedy for blotched frces, 50
troublesome 10 young persons.
Il taken IN season preventive II will, by keeping
the hillary and digestive organs in healthy state de-
lrnd the system from the attacks OF Fever and Agues
the yellow, Bilious aud Aulumnnl Fevers which prey
upon those and those only who nrc prcdspOsed thereto
by disease aud dcral.. .elncni of those organs 4
ID fcostycness is IN attendant symptom, II viii hc
necessary To take gentle en'hrc once III three or four
days while the bowels remain III mat STATE. Biuc
pill nj night with dose Of Rhubarb, Castor OIL or
Scnna an the morning following, will occasionally bo
unnd cilcaCluus, n
II should be borne in mind that many Of the diseases
Tor which this medicine is prescribed may be OF long
,tndiug aud siinaie in character so ns require
long time 10 make an impression on them. In such |
stead. hnd patient perseverance, Is neccssary
Il much too oiicn happens that patients, reduced 10y
l>essc, w through dcspondcucy, discontinue the use
If ncans long before their true value can he tested
which il persisted ill., would bc productive OF the most
,cI ,lcial result
The dose for an adult is put ai tcaspoonn, three
lines day Vet persons Of weak and irritable stom-
,chs win begin with smaller quantity and gradually
increase The dose to what the stomach will retain with
nut disturbance. Il
The "llowiug certificates amongst many Voluntarily
,ivrn nrc herewith published, for the purpose OF
yucng The public that The article is what il purports
10 be- valuable remedy for the dstnscs nboyc named
The IIrpniic Elixir is prepared by j. SrARKwEATnER,
Sole Proprietor, ptOn, Mass, hy whom each bill oi di
icrrions " III be- ,encd in his own hand writing none
othcr Is genuine. FGr Snle 10y