Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-01-18
Hlepaaic EIixir.

"A new remedy for Janndiee, Dyspepsia, hdi-
gtstion, UtakntSs and SOu,ness Of The
stomach, Loss ofappeiie. Lormss oI spir-
its, Headaehe, Asthma, Rheumatism, Ffniaie
Obsfruciions and Utaknesses, and all other
Complaints arising from u diseased slate
of The Liufr and lis Stcreti0ns.
VuNIlE health and vgor Of the human frame
u depend entirely on the digestion the -
gestion the hillary secretions. IL is oh, i0us,
therefore, that any cause operating TO Nitats
these secreions must, Of course, be produetiv %
Of arrangement and disease throughout the sys
tenn.
The liver is the largest gland in the body, and
from its minute aud tardy circulation, the seat
Of disease is much oftncr attached 10 that organ
than is suspected. Bilious disorders are insidi-
Gus in their altacl;s, slow in progress and much
varied in symptoms. Hence many fall victims
To them from the nature OF The disease not being
scasonably 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
mcntS unattended with Febrile action aud that
the grand source Of health and disease is con .
necied with the healthy or disordercd function Of
the Liver, and also, that almost every chronic
er lingering disease arises from some defect
there.
The symptoms arising from chronic disease
OF tho Liver are so various as almost TO battle do
scription. They do not all appear in any indi
yidual case, bat show themselves in different per-
sons in great variety both in extent, number and
degree, as the disorder exists in every gradatIon
80 slight as to cause no alarm, beng nothing
more than a iulness after meals, with some sores
ness Of the bowels, disposition to drowsiness;
erections of wind, ringing in the cars, dizziness
oi the head, culdness Of the Gxtemiiies, followed
by burning Ia the soles Of the feet and palms Of
the hands, an uni llcasant and sinking sensation
~ lho pit of the stomach. Some Cases are att
tended with watchiulTess, or unrelr.shiDg sleep
disturbed by dreams. Pain, also in either side,
most frequently in the left, extending to the
shoulder blades. The mind is often reful and
irrilated by the most trifing causes; the memory
becomes impaired, and there is general di>iS-
clnation for bodily or mental eAerliOn. The
stomach sympathzes, and is 50 much di-tu I'D
Us TO lead the patient to suppose that his cont
plants arise from az affection Of this organ,
while it is only affected by being in the vicinity
Of the real disease.
There is often loss Of appetite, at other times
an unnatural cravi0g for food.
The countenance ASSUMES 4 saow, cadayer-
Gus or sickiy hue Auny other symptoms mi ight
be named, but those already enumerated are ths
most prominent and common.
This incidence Is not paimed upon the public @s n
pauncea "ior every III that flesh is heir to- but after
experience Of more than irty years IN the Pacics
and careful observation al the treatment and remedies
recommended by Others IN this class o diseases, aud
after seeing the bcne, which have resulted from the
oi IL in many hundred cases, the proprietor feels
warranted IN Recommending IL as superior to any pre-
pnraton offered. Beng of vegetable production
be taken with perfect saiety Tor any term ui time
by persons ol i.e most dclicntc constitutions, however
low they may have bafn reduced by disease.
Tie most distressing cases oi stone IN the Gall Bsd-
der have been cured b, il aud IN ot tins hind,
where II has been used has II Jailed oi the most eom-
plcte success.
Il wilI be found remedy Tor biotehea yces,
troublesome 10 young persons.
II taken IN season n preventive I Hill ty Keeping
he hillary aud digestive organs IN healthy state de-
lrud system from the attacks of Fever and Agucs
the Yellow, Bilious mud AutumnHl Frvcrs which prey
upon those aud hos. oniy ho are posed thercto
10y dsfas. aud arrangement ofthose organs.
IfcnstiNcness Is an attendant symptom, II will "
necessary To take gentle cahartc once in three i
days while The bowels remain ~ that state. A Bluo
PHI at night, win dusr %. Rhubnrb Castor Oh, or
Scum "n the morning following, viii occasionally be
found cicAcIuus.
1t should he borne in mind that many Of the diseases
Tor which this medicine is prescribed mny be Of long
standing, aud obstinate ~ Character 20 to requ.
long time Ia make an Impression on them. In snch
case, steady and patient perseverance, IL necessary
II much too often happens that patients .cducrd by
disease, wi through spondency discontinue the Iss
ui means long bcltue their true value bo tested
which, IL persisted IN, would be productive oi the most
beneficial result.
The ouSe Tor an adult, put spoonfu three
times day iet persons oi weak mud irritable stom
tcIs viii begin wuh S~iHllcr quantity and gradually
the d"se Ia what the stomach will retain with
The following certificates amongst many voluntarily
given, are herewith ,uhllshed, for the purpose
vIncug the public thai the article is what II urports
to be- valuable rcmr,y Tor the diseases above named
The iicpnuc Eli\ris prepared by J. .srARKwEATiER
Sole Proprietor, Upton, Mass by whom each bill di-
rcciios viii be- sgncd III his hand writing none
Il. j. Taylor, Newport RI