Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-05-12
DR.. BEACH'S AMERICAN PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE, AND
Family PhysicIan.

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DREPARED rxI fessly for the use and benefit Of Fa-
L miles, and Of plain, common sense Individuals
The collected aud condensed experience and ohserva.
ton of ages. The most correct and scientific work Of
any of the kind In existence.
Ynl cannot 10 ignorant Of the teachings Of this mas
terry ana inrstiinab'e book, and yet live M you ought,
or live out your full time On earth. Tile 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 hot buy pro-
perly without knowing What il IL, and what Is the
price, even Ia 4 yard nf tape; but they will put their
lives, The lives Of their families and friends, into tie
hands oi a Doctor of whose qualifications, knowledge,
skill or fitness they are totally incapable, from their
gross Ignorance. OF forming any judgment whatever
They swallow the Doctors poisonous drug without IN.
quiring what II lis, what disease II is for, or what -.rert
II IS designed To produce. Oh. ye fools. When will
yr be wise e How long viii yon he the slaves and
dupes of yuur despotic family physician? Why pin,
not your ldlltrInerely, but your very lives, upon ano.
ther mans sleeves? Why mol know for yourselves all
matters appertalnlng To your life and health IN this
stale of existence, as In the next? Why 70 out OF the
world with your blood On your own heads, or on the
head of some other person? and all III because yun
viii remain M~iSINFURMED on 4 subject which is cf
the highest earthly interest to yourselves and those who
are dependent upon you for protection.
How Is u that we can all find our way 10 God, and
eternal lIie-to the cure OF our moral diseases with on
ly one common sized volume In our hands, (TIlE 81
BLE,) and with only learning enough TO be able To read
u, and yet our b0dies are of sucn INFINITELY
CONSEQUENCE That We cannot know
how 10 avoid or 10 cure lis maladies without a liberal
education, 4 whole library oil books, or q whole troop of
Dnct0rs al our heels? Oh, ye credulous dnprs, who
strain Al a gnat and swallow a camrl-who will higgle
IN n bargain tor Tie httlrih part of cent, and nj The
same time turn your whole selves, wives and children,
bodily into the hands Of men whose action, whether
for life or death, yon are utterly incapable Of aitestine,
by any known laws or ru'es, whether human or d.
vine. Wonder you are mo-, all dead-rsprciaiiy those
who swallow whole all that their family Doctors tell
them in health, and give them in disease.
Now, for on e IN Your lives, do a wise and rational
action IN regard 10 your %corporeal well.heing-ro and
buy DIR. BEACH'S AMERICAN PRACTICE Of ME
DlClNE AND FAMlLY PHYSICIAN, and it win
teach you more IN n HOUR than all the Family
Physicians have taught the families IN which they have
practisrd In ten years. IL Is the object OF Dr. BEacH's
FAMILY PHYSICIAN 10 enable yOii To understand your
own diseases, their causes, symptoms and cure aud To
qualify you TO rely On your 0wn resources.
Go yc, fellow citlzens-ye men OF thought, Of free
dom, OF irdrprndence-ye parents, who value your
health and livrs-ye mothers, who wish 10
knor for yourselves how 10 live, 10 arCii dl>ease-how
To cure yourselves, your friends and children when III
linen and women, who wish Ia understand your own
con stitutions, the nature Of all physical maladirs, the
true and efficient treatment, proved 10 he such by
THIRTY YEARS PRACTICE IN TENS OF THOU
OF CASES-go ye To the Bookstores, and buy
BEACHES great nork, THE AMERICAN PRAC-
ICE OF MEDICINE AND FAMILY PHYSICIAN,
and you cannot but be happier, wiser, healthier per-
sons, and thus save your time, money and lives, 10 be
used for some better purpose than 10 enrich Doctors,
Apothecaries, Quacks, Pill .redIars, Sostrum. mungers,
Undertakers and -extons
Di. BEaCfpS FAMILY PHYSICIAN. and all the
MEDICINES, are for sale by the following Agents:
J. w. RANDOLPH q CO., Booksellers and Binders,
l2i Main street, Richmond, Va.
-. Is. PAYNE, booksellers, LyncIhurg, Va.
GAINES, RICHES s CO., do Petersburg, Va.
T.. WATTS, do, Charlottesville, Va.
A.. p. RlGELOW, do, Farmville, Va.
E.. MCDOWELL, do, Fredericksburg, Va.
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