Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-10-06
Hepatic Elixir.

II neip rentcdy JOf JdHndicP, DVSpfpSid, Wdt-
gtsiion, Wtakntss and Sourn,ss ef The
stomach. Loss oropp,iie. Lown,ss 81 spir-
its, Headache, Asthma, Rheumatism, Female
Distributions and Utoknrsscs, and all other
/ Complaints arising from a diseased state
Of he Liver and lis secrttions.
vuSIiE health aud vigor &c The human frame
J depend entirely on the digestion the di-
ges,ion on thu hillary secretions. II is obvious.
therefore, that any cause operating TO vliinta
these secretions must, oi course, be productive
Of arrangement and disease throughout the sJs-
tenn. ..
The liver is the largest & land in the body, and
rom its minute aud iardy circulation, the seat
Of disease is much ofiner attached 10 that organ
than is suspected. Bilious disorders are insidi-
ous IN their attacks, slow in progress and much
vnrIed in symptoms. Hence many fall victims
to 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 10 be broken. -
so general is The prevalence Of Liver Complaint,
that this organ il probably the seat Of most all
nenis unattended W iih Febrile action /; and that
the grand source Of health and disease is con-
nected with the healthy or disordered function of
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 are various as almost 10 battle de-
scriplion. They do not all appear in any indi-
vdual case, but show themselves in different per-
sous in great variety both in extent, number md
degree, as the disorder exists in every gradniion
40 slight as TO cause no alarm, beng nothing
more than fulness after meals, with some sore
ness Of the bowels, a disposition TO drow siness;
erections Of wind, ringing in the ears, dizziness
nI iha hau nC t,un mil foil
by burning In the soles Of the feet and palms of
the hands, nn unl leasant and sinking sensation
in the pit Of the stomach. Some cases are at
tended with watchluness, or uDTeireshing sleep
disu, bed by dreams Pain, also in either side,
most frequently IN the left, extending 10 the
shoulder blades. The mind is often reful aud
inflated by the most triling causes; The memory
becomes impaired, and there is IA general disin-
clinaIon for bodily or mental eAeTiion. Tho
stomach sympaihlzes, and is so much dlstui bed
as TO lead the patient TO suppose that his COM
pla inis arise from an affection Of this organ,
while it is Only affected by being in the vicinity
Of the real disease.
here is often n loss OF appetite, AT other times
an unnatural craving for food.
The count.nance assumes a sallow, cadaver-
Gus or sickly hue Many other symptoms might
be named, hut those already enumerated uIe ihe
most prominent aud common.
This incidence is not palmed upon the public nsa
pnnncen "ior every III that ne,h is heir TO-" hut amer
experience ui more than lhril yens the practice
and careful observation al the treatment aud ren-des
recommended by Others IN this rnss of Diseases aud
after seeing the benefits which have resulted from Tho
use oi II IN many hundred cases, the proprietor feels
warranted IN recommending IL ns superior to
paraon ever offered. Beng vegetable production Il
may be mken with perfect safety for Of time
by persons al the most delrnic constitutions, however
low they may have been reduced by disease.
The most distressing cases oi stone 10 the Gall BlHI-
!
where II hns been used has IL failed Of the most COM
pler success
II viii be found remedy for bIot"hrt yces,
troublesome 10 young persons.
II taken ~ srnsnn preventive ~ ~ secphR
he bilinry aud digestive urpA ~ healthy stie, de-
iend the system fom the attacks of Fever aud Asues
the Yellow Bilious HLd hutunnhl Fevers which prey
upon those aud those only who prrisposed thereto
hy discusc aud arrangement al those orgnis.
II c0stiycmrss Is nn attendant symptOnl, II will he
necessary Ia inke gentle cnhnrtc III three er four
DAYS while the bowels remain ~ lhHt state. A Blue
Pm nj night, with dose OF Rhubarb Cnsior OIL, or
Scum the murnng following viii occasionally bs
Ound edirncIous.
1t should be borne in mind Tint many Of the disen-es
for which this medicine is prescribed may he Of long
stHrdng aud obstinate ~ character 10 require
long lime Ia make AN nprrssian on them. In such
cnse, stead, and patient perseverance, is necessnry
disease, will through dependency discontinue the
ni means long before their true vuue can be tested
which II persisted in, would he productive Ot the most
beneficial result.
The dusr for adult is put nj ten-spoonfu, three
times day yet persons Of weak aud irritable sion-
achs will begin with smaller quantity aud gradually
increase the dose tn whnt the stomach VIII retain with
ont dis IN bHnCc.
The following certificates amongst many voluntarily
gven are herewith published, for the purpose Of
yncing The pubT that the article ~ what II purports
To he. valuable remedy for the diseases above named.
The HePauc Elixir l. prepared by J. .srARkwEATHEN,
Sole Proprietor, Upton, Mnss. by whom ench hill di-
rectons will lie signed ~ his own hand wiring none
other is genuine. For sale by
r. J. Taylor, Newport RI.
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