The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-20
sAPPINGToN ON FEyERs.
He0 Theory and Treatment Of FeUeys


This work is now offered TO the public for sale
a The author Aatters himself with the belief, that
when II shall have been attentyely examined, and
the system OF practice therein recommended fully
and fairly tested, IL will be found to so far ex-
coed that OF any other system that has hitherto
been offered 10 the public in the cure OF eyers, as
to obtain for II decided preference in the estimation
of every practical man. This work is intended to 90
TO the families and resdes Of the community large
to the great body of the American people.
The author entertains no doubt, bat that the |
farmer mechanic, by carefully reading il over
few tines will fully comprehend the meaning of the
author and he enabled to carry the practice sue
cessfully in his family, ii he has confidence in
himself, and thus enable him TO be his own physician
in the cure Of fevers, which constitute nine-tenths
of the bodily pain, suffering and mortality Ofthe bu
man family.
The author himself has bestowed much time and
reflection on II; he has also spared pains or ex-
pense to employ competent persons TO assist him in
preparing this work. and In making II 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 doctoTs) whose
sanction TO a 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 10 it,
We have carefully contrasied this with mos
other theories and treatments, particularly the de-
pletye one, and feel well assured that the public
mind is not 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-
eslly very many occasions) not only adds to the
general functional arrangement of the system but
| superadds prostraton and debility, when there is
already too much Of both.
| So far as we conceive bleeding, puking, or purg-
| ing necessary, 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-
ifcs OF diaphoriucs, such the saline diaphortcs
Of the super-carbonates Of potash or soda we have
also mentioned variety Of vegetable diaphonhcs
which are familiar 10 every one, and which, too,
are equally efiicacious.
| Under the head Of anodynes we have mentioned
Dovers powders, paragoric elixir audanum, &c.
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
isTia -hsdied 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
iects upon the human system.
This book contains also:
| lst The authors reasons why he has departed
from the practice Of the old-sctoo physicians and
|
I'd. A short outline of the animal economy, &c !;
| Sd. The authors views and opinions in relation
to the inconsistency and irraonality of attempting
to fevers principally by depletion;
4th. The authors practice ard treatment in the
cure of fevers;
9Th. The authors views on the subject of the uni
ty Of fevers;
9Th. OF intermittent, or ague and fever;
It'll. Common bilious, or bilious remittent fever;
9Th. Cholera nfantum, &c;
9th. OF yellow fever;
10Th. or influenza;
llth. OF mild typhus, or nervous fever;
18th. OF cold plague, or spotted fever;
18th. OF scarlet fever;
l4th. OF 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 unacquainted with my character and standing
as a physician, 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 could have
obtained thousands of others had deemed il neces-
sary.
Ihave also attached many letters Odd certificates
to the work, speaking Of the unrvalled efficacy of
my Anti-Fever Pills, wherever they have been sent;
and for the last ten years they have had circular
ton coextensve 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 eficacious remedy used
in the cure offevers, 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 ut, perhaps, every drugstore.
There are also mentioned III the work two herbs,
which grow q believe) in every part of the United
States, and consequently can be obtained with case
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 10 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 1t do not
awaken the people from the mesmcric, or some other
almost as unaccountabe sleep, that they have been
in for centuries past, | confess know not what will
have repeatedly said, and unhestatlngly repeat
it now, crash and vain as the expression may ap-
pear J 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 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 Cowpathwait
& Co., of Philadelphia; Messrs. Na6o & Cornish, of
New York, and Messrs. Gushing g. Brother, of
Baltimore book merchants in those places, where
merchants and others residing in those States and
Territories, as well in all others, cam and it is
hoped will, be supplied upon,terms calculated to In
duce purchases.
JOHN SAPPINGTON,
Saline county, Missouri.
Gs-Messrs. A. G. SWITZER g. CO.,
st. Louis Missouri.
VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE,