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SAPPINGToN ON FEVERs.
yNeW Theory and Treatment Of Fevers
BY DIR. JOHN sAPPRoroS,

r. ohh, W. d., Of Franklin, Itnhsee'
I'HlS work IS now offered TO the public for sale.
i The author aatters himself with the belief that
when II shall have been attentiyey 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 of feyers, as
to obtain for decided preference in the estimation
OF every practical man. This work is intended TO go
" the families and fresides Of the community at large
to tue great body Of the American people.
The author tnteftnns no doubt, but that the
farmer or mechanic, by carefully reading il over d
lew tunes, Will tuly Comprehend the meaning Of the
author and he enabled carry out the practice sue
cessh,lly in his own family ii he has confidence in
himself and thus enable him 10 be his own physician
m the cure of leyers 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 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 eXcep-
tons, that there is class (the doctors) whose
sanction TO a work Of this kind cannot be Obtained
for the that il conflicts materially with both
their principles and their interests therefore he does
not except their appreciation to it.
We have carefully contTasled this with mos
other theories and ue0tshents, particularly the de-
pletIye 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 secreuons and
eNcreuons, and at the same time they also sustain
the general system. The depletive practice (espe-
clally very many ocossons) not only adds 10 the
general functional arrangement Of the system, but
superHdds prostration and debility, when there 10
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 a variety of sudor-
hcs oHdaphoritics, such the saline diaphoritics
Of the supcr-carbonstes Of potash soda, we have
also mentioned variety Of vegetable diaphoritics,
which are familiar TO every one, and which, too,
are equally eficacious.
Under the head Of anodynes we have mentioned
! Doyers powders, paragorlc 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 Is required.
One chapter is devoted to what may be called Ma
terra hediea, giving descrp on Of the different
tIces Of medicine recommended in this treatise with
the manner Of mixing them, whether in the liquid
other forms, with the size Of the dose and their ef-
fects upon the human system.
This book contains also:
LIST. The authors reasons why he has departed
from the practice Of the old-Schoo ply sicans and
all others, in the treatment and cure Of fevers;
Cd. short outline Of the animal economy, &c;
Sd. The authors views and opinions in relation
to the Inconsistency and irratonalty of attempting
to cure fevers principally by depleuon;
18th. The authors practice and treatment in the
| cure Of feyers;
9Th. The authors views on the subject ofthe uni
ty Of fevers
9th. OF intermittent, or ague and fever;
7th. Common bilious, or bilious remuttent fever;
9Th. Cholera nfantum, &c;
9th. OF yellow fever;
l0th. OF influenza;
llth. OF mild typhus, or nervous fever;
l2th. Of cold plague, or spotted fever;
18th. OF scarlet fever;
lith. OF measles;
18th. OF chld-bed or puerpera 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 10
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
temen of the first respcctabilty 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-
sury.
have also attached many letters and certificates
to the work, speaking of the unrvalled efficacy of
my Ant-Fever Pills, wherever they have been SENT
and for the last ten years they have had circular
ton CoeXtcnsve with all the southern ana south
western States of the Union.
The retail price per box of twenty-four small
pills being dollar and fifty cents, if this not
the most prompt and effcacous remedy ever used
in the cure oftevers, 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
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 are COM
posed can be obtained at most of the stores in the
| country, and at, perhaps, every drugstore.
There also mentioned in the work two herbs,
which grow q belleve) 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 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 sale:
If this book and the facts unfolded by it do not
awaken the people from the mesmerc, or some other
almost as unaccountable sleep, that they have been
in for centuries past, ! confess know not what will
have repeatedly said, and unhesitatingy 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 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 Cowpathwan
& Co., of PhiIadelphia 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, as well as in all Others can, and it is
hoped will be supplied upon terms calculated to n-
duce purchases. .
JOHN SAPPINGTON,
Saline county, Missouri.
U5-Mcssrs. a. c. SWITZER & Co,
St. Louis Missouri.
VmGINA LAND OFFICE,
February 9, 1916
TN CONFORMITY 10 an act entilled "An act to
l. reduce into one act tic several acts concerning
e8cheators" passed 9Th day Of january, 1919, do