The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-18
sAPPINGToN ON FEvERs.
leU Theory and Treatment of Fepers

\ hlo Work ~ now offered 10 The public ior SAFE
A The author fstters himself with the belief, that
when II shall have been atientyely examined, and
the system of practice therein recommended fully
and fairy tested, II 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
70 obtain for 4 decided preference in the estimation
Of every practical man This work is intended to 20
to the families and fresdes of the community at large
to the great body Of the ARerican people
The author entertains no. doubt but that the
farmer or mechanic, by carefully reading il over a
few times, will fully comprehend the meaning of the
author, and be enabled 10 carry out the practice
eessfully in his own family ii lac has confidence in
himself and thus enable him 10 be his own physician
in the cure Of feyers, which constitute nine-ienths
Of the bodily pain, suffering and mortality Of the hui
man family.
The author himself has bestowed much time and
reflection on III he has also spared no pains or ex-
pense TO employ competent persons TO assist him in
preparing this work, and in making 1t clear and
as acceptable to all classes of the community as
possible. But he is aware, with very few exeep-
ions, that there is one class (the doctors) whose
sanction TO u work Of this kind cannot be obtained
for the reason that it conflicts materially with both
their principles and their interests therefore he does
not except their appreciation to it,
We have carefully contrased 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 it 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
excreuons, and at the same time they also sustain
the general system. The depletiye practice (espe-
cially on very many occasions) not only adds the
general functional arrangement Of the system, but
supersdds prostraton 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-
ifcs on diaphoritcs such as the saline daDhoritcs
of the super-carbonates Of potash soda, we have
also mentioned variety Of vegetable diaphorilics,
which are familiar TO every one, and which, too,
| are equally eiicacious.
Under the head of anodynes we have mentioned
Doyer's powders, paTagonc elixir, laudanum, &c.
Laudanum being the most common and familiar
preparation Of opium, in almost every instance, il
not in ALL 1t answers every purpose where either Of
| those preparations is required
One chapter IL devoted 10 what may be called Ma
terra Msdiea, giving description of the different ar
tices Of medicine recommended in this treatise with
the manner Of mixing them, whether in the liquid or
other forms, with the size OF the dose and their e
fects upon the human system.
| This book contains also:
LIST. The authors reasons why he has departed
from the practice Of the od-school physicians, and
all others, in the treatment and cure of ieyers;
I'd. short outline of the animal economy, &c b;
Sd. The authors views and opinions in relation
to the Inconsistency and rrationality of attem png
| to cure feyers principally by depetion;
18th. The authors practice and treatment in the
cure Of fevers;
5th. The authors views the subject Of the uni
~ of fevers;
| 9th. or intermittent, or ague and fever;
7th. Common bilious, or bilious remitient fever;
9Th. Cholera infantum, DC;
| 9th. or yellow fever;
| 10Th. OF influenza;
| llth. or mild typhus or nervous fever;
| l2ih. or cold plague, or spotted fever;
| 18th or scarlet fever;
| 18th. or measles;
| 18th. OF 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 unacouainted with my character and standing
as physician, l have thought proper to attach to
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
tlemen Of the first responsibility in this State, who
have been personally and intimately acquainted
with me for more than twenty years, and sqHd -
obtained thousands of others had d''med heees-
have also attached many letters and certificates
to the work. speaking of the unrivaled efficacy of
my Anti-Fever 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 dollar and fifty cents if this was moi,
| the most prompt and effcacious remedy ever used
in the cure offcvers 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
he 1etp, III
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 be obtained with ease
by every person, in abundance that are considered
admirable substitutes for the preparation of which
the pills 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 unaccountabe Sleep that they have been
in for centuries past, confess know not what will
| have repeatedly said, and unhesitatingly repeat
1t now, Crash and vain as 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
if he 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 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 Cowpathwait
& Co., of Philadelphia; Messrs. Nafo & Cornish, of
New York, and Messrs. Gushing e. Brother, of
Baltimore, book merchants in those places, where
merchants and 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.
ls=Messrs. A. G. SWITZER & CO.,
st. Louis Missouri.
EOR SALE-A highly valuable farm, contain
Il ing sxty-fve acres of we-mproved soil, about
one mile and half from the capitol, near the Bla-
dcnRhnrg and Baltimore nike fronting on the road