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sAPPINGToN ON FEvERs.
si1 1heory and Treatment Of Ferers

cAfflNGiON ON FEW EISS.
II .NsU Theory and Treatment Of Fscers
Br Dr.. JOHN sArrisoroS,
OF Saline eotly, Missouri: rerissd and corrected BY
r. Siilh, M. d., Of Franklin, Tsnnsssss.
'HHlS work II now offered 70 the public for sale.
4 The author aatters himself with the belief that
when II shall have been attentlyely examined, and
the system of practice therein recommended fully
and fairly tested, il will be found 10 30 far sx-
coed that OF any other system that has hitherto
been offered 10 the public 10 the cure Of fevers,
TO obtain for il decided preference in the estimation
OF every practical man. This work is intended 10 60
10 the families and hresdes of the community at large
to the great body of the American people.
The suhor ehtertalns no doub;, but that the
farmer or mechanic, by carefully reading il over
few times will fully comprehend the meaning of the
author, and he enabled To carry out the practice
cessfully in bis own family, if he has confidence in
himself, and thus enable him TO be his own physician
in the cure of feyers which constitute nne-tenths
of the bodily pain, suffering and mortality Of the hui
man family.
The author himself has bestowed much time and
reflection on IL; he has also spared pains ex-
penso 10 employ competent persons 10 assist him in
preparing this work, and in making il clear and
as acceptable to all classes Of the community as
possible. But he Is aware, with very few excep-
tons, that there Is one class (the doctors) whose
sanction TO a 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 10 il. 81. "
We have carefully contrasted this with mos
ether theories and treatments, particularly the de-
pletye one, and feel well assured that the public
mind is not so much biased that il cannot do other
wise than pronounce decidedly In its favor; for
whilst under this treatment, all the remedies tend 10
restore the lost balance 10 the circulation by acting
mildly and uniformly upon all the soeretions and
excretions, and AT the same time they also sustain
the general system. The depledve practice (espe-
/ -
general functional arrangement Of the ~ sem, 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
clearly pointed out the times and circumstances
under which we think they should be used.
Although we have mentioned variety Of sudor-
lfcs ordiaphoritcs such the saline diaphoritics
Of the super-carbonates Of potash soda, we have
also mentioned a varsity Of vegetable diaphontics,
which are familiar 10 every one, and which, too,
are equally etheaeious.
Dover's powders, paragonc elixir, audanum, &c.
Laudanum being the most common and familiar
preparation OF opium, IN almost every instance, II
not in ALL II answers every purpose where either Of
those preparations is required.
One chapter is devoted 10 what may be called Ma
terra .Msdiea, giving description Of the different
tcles 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
facts 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 fevers;
ID. A short outline OF the animal economy, &c {;
Sd. The authors views aud opinions in relation
10 the Inconsistency and irrationality Of attempting
to cure fevers principally by depletion;
4th. The authors practice and treatment in the
cure of fevers;
5th. The authors views on the subject ofths uni
ty Of feyers; .....
9Th. or intermittent, OF ague and fever;
7th. Common bilious, or bilious remittent fever;
9th, Cholera infantum, &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; .s..
l4th. or measles; o. r.- -.. ..
18th. or child-bed, or pusrperal fevrr;
10th. An alphabetical arrangement Of the articles oil
medicine used in this work. r.. -.. III. .... r
For the satisfaction of those persons at distance
and unacquainted with my character and standing
as physician, have thought proper to attach TO
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
llemen 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 dcsmed it neces-
sary.
have also attached many letters and certificates
TO the work, speaking of the unrivaed efficacy OF
my An-Fever Pills, wherever they have bean 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 one dollar and hy cents, if this was not
the most prompt and efhcacous remedy ever used
in the Of fevers, 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 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 bslieve) 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 49,, ~ ,,...
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 i more a donation than sale.
If this book and the facts unfolded by 1t 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
il now, crash and vain the expression may ap-
pear,) 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,
if he were to sit all the time by the patents
bed side. p sos E'5 sa.a,. n a'a g .a.aa
To those States and Territories where the mcd-
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
g. Co., of Philadelphia; Messrs. Na6o e. Cornish of
New York, and Mcssrs. Gushing e. Brother, Of
Baltimore, book merchants in those places where
merchants and others residing in those States and
Territories, well in all others, can and II is
hoped will, be supplied upon terms calculated to in
duce purchases.
JOHN SAPPINGToN,
Saline county, Missouri.
lS-Msssrs. A. G, SWITZER e. CO.,
St. Louis Missouri.