Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-02-10
Hepatic Elixir

A ne,o remedy for yamdice, Dyspepsia, Lsdi.
Il gtsiion, UeakneSs and Sournes Of The
H stomach, Loss of appetite, Lotcness Of spiy-
Il itS, Headache, Asthma, Rhtumatism, Female
H Obsrucfions and WtdknesSes, and all other
II Complaints arising from diseased stats
h Of The Liuer and lis secyetions.
| THNlIE health and vigor Of the human frame
u depend entirely on the digestion the di-
geston the hillary secreiions. II is obvious,
therefore, that any cause operating 10 vitiaIe
these secretions must, Of course, bs productive
Of arrangement and disease lbroughou. the sys-
| TEN.
The liver is The largest gland in the body, and
from its minute aud tardy circulation, the seat
Of disease is much oitncr attached TO that organ
| than is suspected. Bilious disorders are insidi-
Gus in their attacks, slow in progress and much
| varied in symptoms. Hence many fall victims
10 them from the nature OF tho disease not being
seasonably detected, or properly treated where's
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 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 chronic
er lingering disease arises from some dofect
there.
The symptoms arising from chronic diseases
OF the Liver are so various as almost 10 battle de-
scrption. They do not all appear in any indi-
vidual case, but show themselves in different per-
sons in groat variety both in extent, number and
degree, as the disorder exists in every graduation
80 slight as TO cause no alarm, being nothing
more than fulness after meals, with some sore-
ness Of the bowels, a disposition TO drowsincssi
erectons Of wind ringing in the cars, dizziness
of the head, coldness Of the extemiles. followed
| by burning In the soles Of the feet and palms Of
the hands, an unpleasant and sinking sensation
| in tie pit Of the stomach. Some cases are at
tended with watchlulness, or unreiresblng sleep
distulbed by dreams. Pain, also in either side,
most frequently in the left, extending TO tho
shoulder blades. The mind is often irefaI and
irriiated by the most trIfing causes; the memory
becomes impaired, and there is general disin-
clination for bodily or mental cAerion. Tho
stomach sympathzes, and is 80 much disturbed
as TO load the patient 10 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.
The countenance assumes a sall0w, cadaver-
Gus or sickly hue Many other symptoms might
be named, but those already enumerated are tho
most prominent and common.
This incidence In not pulmed upon the public asa
panacea "lo every III that flesh is heir tor hui after
an experience OF more lon thirty III The Practice
and careful observation al the treatment and itiucdcs
recommended by Others ~ this class OF diseascs aud
after seeing the benefits which have resulted from tho
use Of IL in many hundred cgsrs ,he proprietor feels
warranted in recommending IL superior any pre-
pnraton offered. Being OF vegetable production ia
may be taken with perfect safety for any term Of time
by of the most delicate constitutions however
low they may have been reduced by disease.
The most distressing Of Stone in the Call Blni
dGr have been cured by and IN no cast OF this Kind,
where II has been used has il hiled OF the most COM
pete success.
IL will be found remedy for botched fcces, 30
troublesome Ia young persons.
II taken in season rs preventive II will, by keeping
the biary and digestive organs IN healthy state, de-
end the system from the attacks OF Fever and Agnes
the Yellow, Bilious and Autuninal Feycrs which proy
upon those aud those only who are predposed thereto
by disease and arrangement Of those organs.
IL costiVencss is an attendant symptom, II Will ho
necessary 10 take gentle cahartc in three four
days while the bowels remain IN that state. A blue
Pm at night with II dose of Rhubnrb Castor Oil, or
Sennn an the morning following will occasionally 30
found efllCaclous.
Ii should be horne in mind that many tho diseas.s
for which this medicine is prescribed may be Of long
standing and obstinate in character to require
long time To mnke M Impression on them. In such
case steady and patient perseverance necessary.
IL much too often happens that patients, reduced by
disease, WILL through dependency, discontinue the
'i means long before their true value be tested,
which, il persisted in, would be productive Of ia. most
beneficial result.
The dose adult, is put at teaspoonnil, three
lines day Yet persons OF weak aud irritable som-
,chs will bcgln with smaller quantity aud gradually
Increase The dose to what the stomach viii retain with
Iut disturbance
The following certificates amongst many voluntarily
'yen herewith published, for the purpose of con-
nCing the public, that the article is what purports
t. he, valuable remedy for the diseases aboys hainsd
The liepatc EliNirs prepared by ). srAHhm E.rhsR,
sole Proprietor, Upton Mass, by whom each bill u d
ectons will he signed IN his own hand writing none
'thcr is genuine. For sale by
r. J. Taylor, Newport, RI.