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SAPPINGToN ON FEyERs.
feto Theory and Treatment of Fsvers

SAPPiNGION On fEfEhS.
II .Neto Theory and Treatment Of FsDers
By DIR. JOHN sAPPNoToN,
OF Saline county, MiSsOuIi revised and corrected b.
y StiiA, NJ d., Of Franklin, Tennessee.
THlS work is now offered to the public for sale.
The author hatters himself with the belief, that
when II shall have been attentiyey examined, and
me system OF practice therein recommended fully
and fairiy tested, it 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 It decided preference in the estimation
OF every practical man. This work is intended to 90
to the families and fresides Of the community at large
to the great body of the American people.
| The author entertalns no doubt but that the
farmer or mechanic, by carefully reading il over
few times, VIII fully comprehend the meaning of the
author and be enabled TO carry out the practice sue
ceSsiuly in his own family, If he has confidence in
himself and thus enable him TO be his own physician
in the cure Of feves, which constitute nne-tenths
Of the bodily pain, suffering and mortality of the hu-
man family,
The author himself has bestowed much time and
| reflection on IL; he has also spared no pains or ex.
pense to employ competent persons assist him in
preparing this work. and In making it clear and
as acceptable to all classes Of the community as
possible But he 10 aware, with very few excep-
tons, that there is one class (the doctors) whose
sanction TO 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 10 II.
| We have carefully contrasted this with mos
other theories and treatments, particularly the de-
petlye 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 tbs treatment, all the remedies tend TO
restore the lost balance 10 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 depetiye practice (espe-
clally on very many occasons) not only adds TO the
general functional deyangement of the system, but
supersdds prostitution and debility, when there is
already too much Of both.
So far as we conceive bleeding, puking, OF 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-
ines otdaphorlucs, such as the saline diaphoriticB
OF the super-carbonates 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
Dover's powders, paragorc elixir, laudanum, &c
Laudanum being the most common and familiar
preparation Of opium, in almost every instance il
not II ELL 1t answers every purpose where either of
| those preparations is required.
One chapter IL devoted to what may be called Ma
terra Msdica, giving description of the different ar
ucle5 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 ef
fects upon the human system.
| This book contains ALSO
LIST. The authors reasons why he has departed
from the practice Of the od-schoo ply sicanS, and
all others, in the treatment and cure Of levers;
I'd. short outline of the animal economy, &c :;
Sd. The authors views aud opinions in relation
TO the inconsistency and lrratonality 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 of the uni
ty Of fevers;
9th. OF intermittent or sgue and fever;
! 7th. Common bilious, or bilious remitent fever;
9th. Cholera nfantum, &c;
9Th. OF yellow fever;
! 10th. or Influenza
llth. OF mild typhus, or nervous fever
18th. or cold plague, or spotted fever;
| 18th. OF scarlet fever;
l4th. OF measles;
18TH OF child-bed, or puerperal fevr;
18th 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 TO attach to
the work several letters and certificates from gen.
temen of the first respectabllity 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 neces-
sary.
have also attached many letters and certificates
to the work, speaking of the unrivalled 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 ever used
IN the cure offevcrs, can any one believe for mo-
mcnt that they would have sold at that apparently
high price, and to largely upward Of a million of
boxes5 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 oom-
posed, be obtained at most of the stores in the
country, and at perhaps, evsry drugstore.
There are also mentioned in the work two herbs,
which grow q beeve) in every part of the United
States and consequently can be obtained with case
by every person, in abundance, that considered
admirable substitutes for the preparation of which
the pills are made.
The treatise here offered to he 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 useful remedies
ever offered to the public at any price. Indeed,
consider it more donation than a sale.
If this book and the facts unfolded by it do not
awaken the people from the mesmeric, some other
almost as unaccounable sleep, that they have been
in for centuries past, confess know not what will.
have repeatedly said and unhesitatingly repeat
it now, Crash and vain as the expression may ep-
pearl 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 med-
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 Nafo & Cornish, of
New York, and Messrs. Gushing & Brother, of
Baltimore, book merchants in those places, where
merchants and others residing in those States and
Territories, as well in all others, can, and it is
hoped will, be supplied upon terms calculated to in
duce purchases.
JOHN SAPPINGTON,
Saline county, Missouri.
n5ssMessrs. A. q. SWITzER d 90,
$3.50. St. Louis Missouri.
A GENCY FOR CLAIMS AT WASHING