Saturday morning visitor., 1848-10-21
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Further Eridence 6 treat Excitement and
Panic amongst heC Calomel Doctors Dis
astrous consequences Of the ,tseof .Nin-
erol Medicines Timely ia'crpeniioa Of
hdian Queen Vege'ab'e Sugar Coated
Pills to saUe whoic neighborh ood from
The drtM rarageS Of hai .ftH destroyer,
Disease, in The forms of Ague, Bilious,
Coagestire and Tyrhts Ferefs-Read
and be conrinccd
VAN BuREN, Ark, April -, 1913.
DIR. BRAcG-Dcar Sir: During the past
summer and fall, the various forms of bill
ious Fever were very prevalent and often
fatal in this section Of country. Ourwor-
thy nonesuch physicians, puTed UP with
pride and vain conceit. persisted in their
antiquated practice with that universal
panacea, calomel, with such unboundcd
success, that one or two, panic-struck,
scampercd Off and left their patients with
nature and her Intellectual efforts to repair
the mischief they had done. IN one fam
ily, four cases resulted in death, in She
short space If four days in some cases
three or four days after the exhibition of
calomel, great proStration, tvmpanitic con-
dition of the abdomen, and perloration Of
the bowels were the result Of this heroic
treatment, and TO prove il 50 to theirweep-
ing friends, post mortem examination
would reveal the fact. After finding their
practice altogether Intellectual, they came
TO the wise conclusion ~ give no medicine
at all, but continue to visit their patients,
and order flaxseed tea as drink, and
poultice of the same applied TO the bowels
when this failed, with sage look. and little
faith, & hearts full Of apprehension, they
would confess to their friends their full con-
hdence in the application of blSters from
head TO foot--you may guess the result.
In this dilemma and universal conStema.
ton, one of your travelling agents passed
through our neighborhood. and made lib
eral depoSiteS ofyour vegetable medicines,
and distributed pamphlets, and the <'Sun,"
to shed genial and benignart light upon
this benighted, and apparently devo-
ted land. The mama sent 60 the Chill
dren of Israel, in the wilderness, was not
hailed with more hearty thanks than were
your health-reStoring Pills in this awful
crisis. The people were prepared to re-
ceive them, or any thing that promised
them relief from their apparently impend-
ing fate. have watched their progress,
and the effects they produced in hundreds
of cases and am happy to give my feeble
testimony to their entire and triumphant
efficacy, in restoring health in few days,
in erery instance, when they have been
taken in time, and in strict accordance to
directions. Some of our physicians,
whose love of truth and philanthropy tri-
umphed over prejudices and preconceived
theories, have cheerfully abandoned their
calomel and lancet, and recommended
your pills in all cases of bilious. ihtermit
tent, remittent, congestive and typhus fe-
vers; and they freely acknowlcdge that
they are almost a specific in all these dis
eases. Your aselling agent is anxious
ly looked for again, as many of your a
gents are out of pills, and the sickly sea-
son is approaching.
With best wishes for yonT success,
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