Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-04-18
DR.. BEACH'S AMERICAN PRACTICE OF
AEnInINE a ND
Family Physician.

THE BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE,!
DREPARED EXP fessIy for the use and benefit of Fa-
l. miles, and Of plain, common sense Individuals
The collected aad condensed experience and observa-
ton Of ages. The most correct and scientific work OF
any nf the kind in e1istencr.
You cannot be ignorant Of the teachings OF this Tas-
terry aud inestIInlblr book, ani yet 1--we as you ought,
or live out your full time on earth. The people VIII
not take the mere assertion Of any clergyman in the
land 10 trust their souls upon; they must have the iea-
sons, the why and wherefore. They will not my pro-
per;y without knowing what IL ls, and what is the
price, even 10 a yard Of tape; but they VIII put their
lives, Tie lives Of their families and friends, into the
hands o. a Doctor, of whose qualifications, knowledge,
skill or fitness they are totally incapable, from their
gross Ignorance, Of forming any judgment ~'atcver.-
They swallow the Doctors poisonous drug without in
curing what i It's, what disease It IL Tor, or what effect
il is designed TO produce. oh, yc fools. When will
We be wise How long VIII you be Tie slaves and
dipes of your despotic family physician! Why pin,
not your faith merely, hui your very IVES upon ano,
Their mans sleeves? Why not know for yourselves all
matters appertaining 10 your life and health IN TINS
state Of existence, rs in The next: Why 20 out OF The
world with your blood on yonr own heads, or on the
head of some other person? and all tbs because yoll
Will remain M~ISISFORMED on 4 subject which Is OF
the highest trthly interestIo yourselves and those who
are dependent upon van for protection.
How is il that we can all find our way 10 God, and
eternal life-to The cure of our moral diseases with on
" one common sized volume in our hands, tTHE Bi-
LEI and with only learning enough To be able To read
il, and yet our bodies are OF slich INFINITELY
GREATER CONSEQUENCE that We cannot know
how 10 avoid or 10 cure its maladies without a liberal
education, a whole library of books, or a whole troop 81
Doctors ut our heels? oh, ye credulous dnpes, who
strain nj n gnat and swallow a camrl-whoW VIII hiesle
in n bargain for the hrtirlh part OF n cent, ard al the
same lime turn your whole selves, wives and Children,
bodily into the hands Of men whose action, whether
for life or death, you are utterly incapable OF attestlng,
nv any known laws or ru'es, whether human or d.
vine. Wonder you are not all dead-es?eciaily those
who swallow whole all that Their family Doctors tell
Them in health, and give them I'D disease.
Nav. for onse IN your lives. do i wise and rational
action i'm regard to your %Corporcal Weil-belns-go ana
Inv DR. BEACH'S AMERICAN PRACT1cE OF ME-
niCINE AND FAMILY PHYSICIAN, and IL will
,.,rh vou more ii y HOUR than all the Family
pbvsicians have taught the families IN which they have
uractised in Ten years. IL IL the object oil DR.. BEAcH's
F.YIy PHYsIciAs 10 enable you 10 understand your
own diseases. their CAUSES, symptoms and eurei and TO
nuaIify Won To rely on your own resources.
Go VIC, fellow citlzeas-yr men oil Thought, OF iiee-
DIM nj ird ppendence-ye parents, who value your
~chiIiren,s health and livrs-ye mothers, who wish TO
kuo, for yourselves how to live, To drSid disease-how
m rurr Yourselves, your friends and Children when III
men and women. who wish 10 understand your own
con .titutions. The nature Of all physical maladira, the
sTIjIRTy YEARS PRACTICE IN TENS OF TfiD
SANDS OF CASES-soy e 10 the Book storrs, and buy
DIR BEhCH,S great nork, THE AMERICAN Il
TlCE OF MEDICINE \ FAMILY PHYSICIAN,
and YOU cannot but he happier, wiser, healthier per-
sons. and thus save your time, money and lives, 10 he
ns.d far some better purpose than To enrich Doctors,
Quacks, Pill-rediars, Noslrlm-mongers,
Undertakes and -ei'ons.
DR.. BEACHES FAMILY PHYSICIAN, and all the
MEDICINES, are for sale by the following Agents:
J. w. RANDOLPH CO; booksellers and f'nders'
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