The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-02
-. SAPPINGToN ON FEyERs.
Il NelO Theory and Treatment Of EsUer,

- Bf Oh. JOHN sAPfiSerox,
" Saline county, Missouri revised and corrected b
=. Stiih, NJ d., If FfankIin, Tennessee.
ClllS work. now offered to the public for sale.
4 The author hatters himself with the belief that
when II shall have been attentiyely examined, and
the system Of practice therein recommended fully
and fairiy tested, il will be found TO so far ex-
eeed that OF any other system that has hitherto
peen ouerea 10 the public in the cure of fevefs as
TO obtain for decided preference in the estimation
OF every practical man. This work is intended To 20
10 the families and hresides of the community large
to the great body Of the American people.
The author entertans doubt, but that the
farmer or mechanic, by carefully readingi il over
few times, will fully comprehend the meaning of the
anhor and be enabled TO carry the practice sue
eessfuIy IN his own family, ii lac has confidence in
himself, and thus enable him TO be his own physician
IN the cure of tevers, which constitute nine-enths
OF the bodily PAIN suffering and mortality of the hui
man family.
The author himself has bestowed much time and
reflection on IT. he has also spared no pains or ex.
pense to employ competent persons to assist him in
preparing this work, and in making It 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 work Of this kind cannot be obtained
for the reason that il conflicts materially with both
their principles and their interests; therefore he does
not except their appreciation to it,
We have carefully eontrasted this with mos
pletye one, and feel well assured that the public
mind is not 80 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
exereuons, and at the same time they also sustain
the general system. The depletive practice (espe-
clnly on very many occasions) not only adds the
general functional arrangement of the system but
sapersdds Prostration 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
cases clearly pointed out the times and circumstances
under which we think they should be used.
Although We have mentioned variety of sudor-
itcs ofdiaphontcs, such the saline aiaphortcs
Of the EupeT-CaTbonates of potash or soda we have
also mentioned variety of vegetable diap horitcs,
which are familiar 10 every one, and which, too
are equally efheacious.
Under the head Of anodynes we have mentioned
Doyer's powders, paragonc elixir, laudanum, &c.
Laudsnum being the most common and familiar
preparation Of opium, in almost every instance, II
not in all, answers every purpose where either OF
those preparations il required.
One chapter IL devoted TO what may be called No
terra .hsdiea, giving description of the different ar
cles Of medicine recommended in this treatise with
the manner of mix ing them, whether in the liquid OF
other FORMS with the size Of the dose and their e.
fects upon the human system.
This book contains also:
lsL The authors reasons why he has departed
from the practice Of the od-school physicians, and
all others, in the treatment and cure Of fevers;
81. A short outline Of the animal economy, &c;
81. The authors views and opinions in relation
to the ncoIsst ncy and rrationality Of attempting
70 cure feyers principally by depeiion;
4th. The authors practice and treatment in the
cure Of fevers;
5.h. The authors views on the subject of the uni
~ Of feyers;
9Th. OF intermittent, or ague and fever;
7th. Common bilious, or bilious remittent fever;
eth Cholera Infsntum, &c;
9Th. OF yellow fever;
10Th. or influenza;
llth. or mild typhus, or nervous fever;
18th. OF cold plague, or spotted fever;
18th OF scarlet fever
l4Ih. OF measles;
18th or child-bed, or puerperal feyn;
10TH An alphabetical arrangement Of the articles Of
medicine used in this work.
For the satisfaction Of those persons at a distance
and unacquaintsd with my character and standing
as physician, | have thought proper to attach to
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
emen Of the first respcehbility in this State, who
have been personally and intimately acquainted
with for more than twenty years, and could have
obtained thousands Of others had deemed il
Sary.
have also attached many letters and certificates
to the work. speaking Of the unrivaed efficacy of
my Ant-Fever Pills, wherever they have been sent;
ton cooxtensive with all the southern and south
western States of the Union.
The retail price per box OF twenty-four small
pills being dollar and fifty cents il this was not
the most prompt and eficacious remedy used
in the cure offevers, any believe for mo-
ment that they would have sold at that apparently
high price, and to largely upward of million of
boxes? 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 COM
posed can 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 Il believe) in every part of the United
States, and consequently can be obtained with ease
by every person, in abundance, that are considered
admirable substitutes for the preparation of which
the pills are made.
The treatise here offered % 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 it more donation than a sale.
If this book and the facts unfolded by it do not
awaken the people from the mesmerc, some other
almost as unaccountable Sleep that they have been
for centuries past, confess know not what will
have repeatedly said, and unhesltatngly repeat
it now, crash and vain 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 upon the common plan,
even if he were to sit all the time by the patents
bed side.
To those States and Territories where the medi-
cine has been sent, arrangements have been made |
and it is confidently expected that 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 Cowpethw cit
Il Co., of Philadelphia; Messrs. Nafo & Cornish, of
New York, and Messrs. Gushing d. Brother of
Baltimore, book merchants in those places, where
merchants ard others residing in those States and
Territories, well as in all others, can and it is
hoped will, be supplied upon terms calculated to in
duce purchases. .-.-..--.--
JOHN SAPPINGTON,
Saline county Missouri.
ussMessrs. A. G. SWITZER a. CO.,
ST. Louis Missouri.
VIRGINIA LAND OFrIcE,