The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-25
sAPPINGToN ON FEvERs.
.NeW Theory and Treatment of Fepers
BY DR.. JouN .AppNsToN,

HIS work is now offered To the public for sale
The author hatters himself with the belief, that
when It shall have been auentlvely examined and
the system Of practice therein recommended fully
and fairly tested, II will be found to so far ex-
eeed that Of any other system THAT has hitherto
been offered to the public in the cure of fevers as
to obtain for 1t decided preference in the estimation
of every practical man. This work is intended To 20
to the families and hresldes of the community large
Ito the great body Of the American people
The author entt-.aIns no doubt, bat that the
farmer OF mechanic, by carefully reading il over
few times, will fully comprehend the meaning Of the
author, and be enabled to carry out the practice sge-
cesslulIy in his family, ii he has confidence Ia
himself and thus enable him to be his own physician
IN the of fevers, which constitute nne-.enths
of the bodily pain suffering and mortality Of the hu-
man family.
The author himself has bestowed much time and
reflection on IT. he has also spared no pains ex-
pense TO employ competent persons 10 assist him in
preparing this work, and in making It as clear and
as acceptable TO all classes of the community as
possible. But he Is aware, with very few exeep-
tons, that there Is one class (the dOctOrs) whose
sanction TO a work of this kind cannot be obtained,
for the reason that 1t conflicts materially with both
their principles and their interests; therefore lie does
not except their appreciation TO II.
We have carefully contrasted thus with mos
other theories and treatments, particularly the de-
pleuve one, and feel we'll assured that the public
mind is much biased that IL cannot do other
wise than pronounce decidedly in its favor; for
whilst under this treatment all the remedies tend TO
restore the lost balance to the circulation by acting
mildly and uniformly upon all the secretions and
excretOns, and at the same time they also sustain
the general system. The deplctye practice (espe-
claly very many OcCaslons) not only adds 10 the
general functional arrangement Of the system, but
superHdds prostrauon and debility, when there is
already too much of both.
So far as we conceive bleeding, puking, or purg-
ing necessary or even admissible, we have IN all
/ 81. a
under which we think they should be used
Although we have mentioned variety of sudor-
lfcs olJdlaphorltics, such the saline daphoritics
of the supeT-carbonates Of potash soda, we have
also mentioned variety Of vegetable dsphoritics
which are familiar TO every one, and which, too,
arc equally efficocious.
Under the head Of anodyncs we have mentioned
Doyer's powders, paIsgonc elixir, laudanum, &c.
| Laudanum being the most common and familiar
preparation OF opium, IN almost every instance, If
not IN all, 1t answers every purpose where either Of
those preparations rs required.
One chapter is devoted TO what may be called Ma
ttria .hediea, giving description Of the different
tcles Of medicine recommended in this treatise with
the manner Of mixing them, whether in the liquid or
other forms, with the size Of the dose and their ef
fects upon the human system.
This book contains also:
lst. The authors reasons why he has departed
from the practice Of the old-schoo physicians and
all others, in the treatment and cure of fevers;
ID A short outline of the animal economy, &c 4;
3D. The authors views and opinions in relation
to the Inconsistency and irratonality Of attempting
10 cure iryers principally by depletion;
4Ih. The authors practice and treatment in the
cure of fevers;
9Th. The authors ,lews on the subject of the uni
ty Of feyers;
9Th. OF Intermittent, or ague and fever;
7th. Common bilious, or bilious remittent fever;
Sth. Cholera infantum, &c;
9Th. or yellow fever;
10Th. OF Influenza;
llth. or mild typhus, or nervous fever;
18th. OF cold plague, or spotted fever;
18th OF scarlet fever;
lith. OF measles;
18th. OF child-bed, or puerperal fevrr;
10th. An alphabetical arrangement of the articles Of
medicine used in this work.
For the satisfaction Of those persons at distance,
and unacquainted with my character and standing
as physician, ! have thought proper 10 attach to
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
demcn Of the first responsibility in this State, who
have been personally and intimately acquainted
with me for more than twenty years, and could have
obtained thousands of others had deemed il neces-
sary.
| have also attached many letters and certificates
to the work, speaking of the unrivaled efficacy OF
my Anti-Feyer Pills, wherever they have been SENT
and for the last ten years they have had circular
tlon coextensive with all the southern and south
western States Of the Union.
i The retail price per box of twenty-four small
pills being dollar and fifty cents, if this was not
the most prompt and eficacious remedy used
IN the cure otfevers, can any one believe for mo-
ment that they would have sold at that apparently
high price, and TO largely upward Of a million Of
boxes2 Certainly they would not.
A full disclosure Of the component parts of these
pills is given in this work, together with directions
for making and using them on all occasions.
The ingredients Of which these pills are COM
posed, be obtained at most of the stores in the
country, and at, perhaps, every drugstore.
There are also mentioned in the work two herbs,
which grow q believe) in every part Of the United
States, and consequently can be obtained with ease
by every person, in abundance, that considered
admirable substitutes for the preparation of which
the pills are made.
The treatise here offered to the public on fevers,
the retail price of which being only two dollars per
copy, will, doubtless be found to be the cheapest,
and to contain the simplest and most useful remedies
ever offered TO the public at any price. Indeed,
consider 1t more donation than sale.
If this book and the facts unfolded by it do not
awaken the people from the mesmeric, or some other
almost unaccountable sleep that they have been
III for centuries past, | confess know not what will
have repeatedly said, and unhesatingly repeat
it now, Crash and vain as the expression may APP
pear, } that any common observer, under this plan,
especially when aided by the book, can treat fevers
more successfully than the most experienced and
scientific physician can upon the common plan,
even if he to sit all the time by the patents
! bed side.
To those States and Territories where the med-
cine has been sent, arrangements have been made,
and it is confidently expected that an ample supply
of the books for the demand will be sent and kept
up; but if this should not be done, the author has
made contracts with Messrs Thomas Cowpathwait
& Co., of Philadelphia; Mcssrs. Naho g. Cornish, Of
New York, and Messrs. Gushing & Brother, of
Baltimore, book merchants in those places, where
merchants and others residing in those States and
Territories, well in all others, can, and it is
hoped will, be supplied upon terms calculated to in
duce purchases. -
| JOHN SAPPINGTON,
Saline county, Missouri.
G5-Mcssrs. A. G. SWITZER & CO.,
ST Louis Missouri
NInGINIA LAND OFFICE.