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SAPPINGToN ON FEvERs.
feD Theory and Treatment Of Feuers
BY DR. JOHN sArPRoTos, nv.

THIS work is now offered 10 the public for sale.
4 The author fatters himself with the belief, that
when 1t shall have been attenuyely examined, and
the system Of practice therein recommended fully
and fairly tested, it will he found to so far ex-
coed that OF any other system that has hitherto
been offered TO the public in the cure of fevers, as
to obtain for II decided preference in the estimation
oil every practical man This work is intended 70 20
to the families and freside1 of the community at large
! to the great body of the American people.
The author entertaIns no doubt hot that the
farmer or mechanic, by carefully reading it over
few times, viii fully comprehend The meaning of the
author and be enabled TO carry the practice sue
cessiully IN his own family, ii he has confidence in
himself, and thus enable hm 10 be his own physician
in the cure of feYers which constitute nine-tenths
OF the bodily PNln suffering and mortality of the hui
man family.
The author himself has bestowed much time and
reflection II; 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 class (the dOctors) whose
sanction TO work of this kind cannot be obtained,
for the reason that 1t conflicts materially with both
their principles and their interests therefore he does
not except their appreciation To il.
We have carefully contrasted this with mos
other theories and treatments, particularly the de-
petiye one, and feel well assured that the public
mind is not so much biased that il cannot do other
wise than pronounce decidedly in it's favor for
whilst under this treatment all the remedies tend 10
restore the lost balance TO the circulation by acting
mildly and uniformly upon all the secretions and
excrsuons, and at the same time they also suslain
the general system. The depletyc practice pc
eally on very many occaslons) not only adds the
general functional arrangement of the system, but
superadds 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 VIC have mentioned variety of sudor-
Ihcs oIfdlaphontics, such the saline diAphorltics
OF the supeT-carbonates Of potash soda, we have
also mentioned a variety Of vegetable diap horitics
which are familiar to every one, and which, too,
are equally effcacous.
i Under the head of anodynes we have mentioned
Dover's powders, paragonc elixir, laudanum, DC.
Laudanum being the most common and familiar
preparation Of opium, in almost every instance, il
not IN all, II answers every purpose where either Of
those preparations is required.
One chapter is devoted to what may be called Ma
terra .Nedioa, giving description of the different ar
tcles of medicine recommended IN thus TREATISE with
the manner Of mixing them, whether in the liquid or
other forms, with the size of the dose and their eff
iects upon the human system.
| This book contains also;
LIST. The authors reasons why he has departed
from the practice Of the old-school physicians, and
I'd A short outline of the animal economy, &c
3d. The authors views and opinions in relation
to the inconsistency and Irrationaity Of mpung
to cure levers principally by depletion;
4th. The authors practice and treatment in the
cure Of fevers;
5th. The authors views on the subject OF the uni
ty OF feyers;
9th. OF intermittent, or ague and fever;
It'll. Common bilious, or bilious remiltent fever;
9Th. Cholera infantum, &C.
9Th. or yellow fever;
10Th. OF influenza;
| llth. or mild typhus, or nervous fever;
18th. or cold plague, or spotted fever
18th OF scarlet fever;
| l4th. OF measles;
18th. or child-bed, or puerpcral fevrr;
18th. An phabetica arrangement of the articles OF
medicine used in this work.
For the satisfaction of those persons at distance
and unacquancd with my character and standing
as physician, have thought proper to attach TO
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
temen Of the first responsibility 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 it neces-
! sary. =
| have also attached many letters and certificates
TO the work, speaking Of the unrvaled efficacy OF
my Anti-Feycr Pills, wherever they have been sent;
and for the last ten years they have had circular
ton coextensive with all the southern and south
western States of the Union.
The retail price per box of twenty-four small
pills being one dollar and fifty cents, il this was not
the most Promptnnd effcacious remedy ever used
IN the cure OF levers, can any one 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 all occasions.
The ingredients Of which these pills 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 beleve) 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 it more donation than u sale.
II this book and the facts unfoded by it do not
awaken the people from the mesmeric or some other
almost as unaccouniablc sleep, that they have been
IN for centuries past, confess know not what will
have repeatedly said and unhesitatlngy 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 can upon the common plan,
even II ne were 10 SIT all tne uine ny Inc patleiits
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 Cowpathwa
& Co., of Philadelphia; Messrs. Nafo & Cornish, Of
New York, and Mcssrs. Gushing & Brother, Of
Baltimore, book merchants in those places, where
merchants and others residing in those States and
Territories well as i'll all others, can, and it is
hoped will, be supplied upon terms calculated to in
JOHN SAPPINGTON,
Saline county, Missouri.
ns~Messrg. A. G. SWITZER q CO.,
st. Louis Missouri
| VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE,
February 9, 1916.
! IN CONFORMITY to an act entitled "An act TO
4 reduce into act the several acts concerning
eschestors ;, cd 6h dav al January 1910 | do