Saturday morning visitor., 1848-11-11
DR.. Br0gg'S Pills Triumphant

Further Evidence-Great Excitement and
Panic amongst heC dlomel Doctors-Dis-
Gstrous consequences Of The use Of MIN
erdi Medicines Timely Intervention Of
Indian Queen Vegetable Sugar Coated
Pills TO sdUe a wkole ncighborhood from
the drfui rapages Of that fell destroyer,
Disease, in the forms Of Agus, Bilious,
Congesiice and TNptas Feuers-Read
and be continccd! - u.s.
VAN buren,, Ark, April Is, 1913.
DR.. BRAGG Dear 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. Our wor-
thy none-such physicians, pulled up with
pride and vain c%onceit, persisted in their
antiquated practice with that universal
panacea, calomel, with such unbounded
success, that one or two, panic-Struck,
scampered'dff and left their patients with
nature and her Intellectual efforts to repair
the mischief they had done. In one fam
lily, four cases resulted in death, in the
short space of four days in some cases
three or four days after the exhibition Of
calomel, great prostration, tympahitic con
dition of the abdomen, and pe~rforation cf
the bowels were the result of this heroic
treatment, and 70 prove it so to their weep
ing friends, a post norton examination
would reveal the fact. After finding their
practice altogether Intellectual, they came
to the wise conclusion to give no-medicine.
at all, but continue to visit their.patients,
and order naxseed tea as a drink, and q;
poultice of the same applied to the bowels
when this failed ,'tsith sage look, and little
faith, & hearts fall of apprehension, they
would confess to their friends their full COM
ddence in the application of blisters from
head to foot-AyOu may guess the result.
lnthiS dilemma and universal consterna-
ton, one of your travelling agents passed
through our neighborhood, and made lib
eraldeposites of your vegetable medicines,
and distributed pamphlets, and the SSun,"
to shed a genial and benignant light upon
this benighted, and apparently devo-
ted land. The mama sent TO 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
uSh NiiCl AiNui liCiI apparently lMpChu-.
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 q few days,
in eperg instance; when they have been,
taken i~n.tiine, and in strict'accordance to,
directions. Some OF our physicians,
whose love of truth and philanthropy tri-
umpbed over prejudices and preconceived'
theories, have cheerfully abandoned their
calomel and lancet, and recommended
your pills in all cases of bilious. intermit
tent, remittent, congestive and typhnsif feet
vers; and they freely acknowledge that
they are almost a specific in all these dis
eases. Your travelling 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 your success,
am truly yours,
b. CUNNINGHAM. -
For sale, wholesale and retail, at the
MISSOURI COLLEGE OF HEALTH,
No. 81, North Sd street, Louis.
For sale By BROWNS DUNN, .Warsa,r.
Also, by G. w Rives and J w Bird
Benton County; A C Moore, J w Filler &
- Leachman, BOlir0r; J Price, John
Jones, w Montgomery, Williams & Peak
and Reed Bennett, Buffalo; S r Roberts,
Erie; Waldo & McCulloch, Oseold; r Pat
%terson, Dallas p o.; C IIumes, Pleasant
Prairie; Daniel Darby, Pittsburgh.