The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-19
sAPPINGToN ON FEvERs.
.Ne1O Theory and Treatment of FeUas
EY Dr.. JOHN sAPPISGrOK,

The author fiatters himself with the belief that
when II shall have been attentlyey examined, and
the system OF practice therein recommended fully |
and fairly tested, 1t will be found TO so far ex-
coed that OF any other system that has hitherto
been offered TO the public in the cure Of feyers, as
to Obtain for 1t decided preference ndhe estimation
OF every practical man. This work is intended to 20
10 the families and freSdes Of the community at large
to the great body of the American people.
Tie author cntertaIns no doubt, but that the |
farmer or mechanic, by carefully reading il over d
few times, will fully comprehend the meaning of the
author and he enabled TO curry the practice sue
cessfilly In his own family, ii he has confidence in
HIMSELF and thus enable him to be his own MUSICIAN
in the cure Of feyers which constitute nine-tenths
Of the bodily pain suffering and mortality Of the hu-
man family.
The author himself has bestowed much time and
reflection on III he has also spared no pains ex-
pense to employ competent persons TO assist him in
preparing this work, and in making II AS clear and
acceptable 10 all classes OF the community as
possible. But he is aware, with very few exeep-
lions, that there is one class (the doctors) whose
sanction to work Of this kind cannot be obtained,
for the that 1t conflicts materially with both
their principles and their interests therefore he does
not except their appreciation to il.
We have carefully contrasled this with mos
other theories and treatments, particularly the de-
petive one, and feel well assured that the public
mind is mol much biased that il cannot do other
wise than pronounce decidedly IN its favor; for
whilst under this treatment all the remedies tend
restore the lost balance TO the circulation by acting
mildly and uniformly upon all the secretions and
excretions, and at the same time they also sustain
the general system. The deplelye practice (espe-
ciay on very many occasionS) not only adds 10 the
general functional arrangement Of the system, but
supersdds 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
clearly pointed out the times and circumstances
under which we think they should be used.
Although we have mentioned variety of sudor-
lfcs oITdiaphorcs, such the saline diaphoritics
Of the super-carbonates Of potash or soda we have
also mentioned a variety of vegetable diaphortics,
which familiar TO every one, and which, too,
are equally eftcacious.
Under the head Of anodynes we have mentioned
Doyer's powders, parsgonc elixir laudanum, &c.
Laudanum being the most common and familiar
preparation Of opium, in almost every instance, if
not in ALL it answers every purpose where either Of
those preparations is required.
One chapter is devoted TO what may be called Ma
terra -hsdiea, giving description of the different ar
ticles of medicine recommended in this treatise with
the Of mixing them, whether in the liquid or
other forms, with the size of the dose and their ef
Iiects 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
all others, in the treatment and cure of levers;
"a "A snort outline OF the animal economy, &c !;
Sd. The authors views and opinions in relation
to the Inconsistency and irrationaity of attempting
to cure feyers principally by depleuon;
4th. The authors practice and treatment in the
cure of fevers;
5th. The authors views on the subject Of the ua!-
ty of fevers;
9th. or intermittent, or aguc and fever
9TH. Common bilious, or bilious remittent fever;
9Th. Cholera infantum, &c;
9th. OF yellow fever;
10Th. OF influenza;
llth. OF mild typhus, or nervous fever;
18th. OF cold plague or spotted fever,
18th. OF scarlet fever
l4th. OF measles;
18th. or 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 unacquained with my character and standing
as physician, have thought proper to attach 10
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
tlemen of the first rcspectabiy 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 it neces-
sary
! have also attached many letters and certificates
to the work, speaking of the uDrvalled efficacy OF
my Anti-Fever Pills, wherever they have been sent;
and for the last ten years they have had circular
ton cocXtensve 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, if this was not;
the most prompt and efficacous remedy ever used
In the cure offevers, 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.
| full disclosure of the component parts OF these
pills is given in this work, together with directions
for making and using then on all occasions.
The ingredients of which these pills are COM
posed be obtained at most of the stores in the
| at lrnp
There are also mentioned III the work two herbs,
which grow Il belicve) III every part of the United
States, and consequently can be obtained with
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 chea pest,
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 mcsmerc, or some other
almost as unaccountabe sleep, that they have been
in for centuries past, confess know not what will
have repeatedly said, and unhesitatingy repeat
1t now, Crash and vain as the expression may ap-
pear, y that any common observer, under this plan,
especially when aided by the book, treat fevers
more successfully than the most experienced and
scientific physician can upon the common plan,
even if he were to sit all the time by the patients
bed side.
To those States and Territories where the medi-
cine has been sent, arrangements have been made,
and 1t Is confidently expected that an ample supply
of the books for the demand will be sent and KEEP,
up; but if this should not be done, the author has
made contracts with Messrs. Thomas Cowpathwait
& Co., of Philadelphia Messrs. Nafo & Cornish, OF
New York, and Messrs. Gushing 81 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
nS~Messrs. A. G. SWITZER g. CO.,
st. Louis Missouri.
| LOR SALE-A highly valuable farm, conlair :
l. ing sixty-fve acres Of well-improyed SOIL about
one mile and half from the capitol, near the Blu
densburg and Baltimore pike, fronting on the road
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