Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-08
DR.. Briggs PiAs 7tiiumphantll

Further Bctdence- Great Excitement and
Panic amongst the Caiomel Doctors D;s-
dStrous consequences Of the use or Mn.
erdi Medicines Timely intervea.ion or
Indian Queen Vegetable Sugdr Coated
Pills to saUe Dhole .ieiShBoH5od from
The dUfut rarages Of that fell destroyer,
Disease, in the forms Of Ague, Bilious.
congestioe and TNphus Feuers--Rsad
and be conUinccdi s&4
vAs BuREs, ARK, April is, 1915.
Dr.. BRAec- Dear Sir: During the basf
summer and fall, the various forms Of bil.
lous Fever were very prevalent and offen
fatal in this section Of country. Our wor.
: thy none-such physicians, pulled up with
pride and vain conceit, persisted in their
antlquated practice with that universal
| panacea, calomel, with such uiiboundad
success, that one or two, panic. struck.
scampered off and left their patients with
nature and her Intellectual efforts to reuair
the mischief they had done. In one fam.
ny, four cases resulted in death. in the
short space OF four days in some cases
three or four days after the exhibition ~,
calomei. great prostration, tympanitic con-
dition of the abdomen, and perforasion "a.
the bowels were the result or this heroic
treatment, and TO prove it so to their weep.
ing friends, post mortem examination
would reveal the fact. After finding their
practice altogether Intellectual, they came
10 the wise conclusion to give nomedicine
at all, but continue to visit their patients.
and order flaxseed tea as drink, and q
poultice of the same applied tothe bowels
when this failed, with sage look, and little
faith. 4 hearts full Of apprehension, they
would confess to their friends their full con.
tidence in the application Of blisters from
head to foot---you may guess the result.
lnthis dilemma and universal consterna.
ton, one of your ira yelling agents passed
through our neighbnrhood, and made lib.
r'al deposites ofyonr vegetable medicines,
and distributed pamphlets, and the "Sun,"
to shed genial and benignart light upon
tins benighted, aud apparently devo-
req land. The manna sent to the Chill.
dren OF Israel. IN the wilderness, was not
nailed with more hearty thanks than were
your health-rcstoring 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 'ate. have watched their progress,
ana ihc effects they produced in hundreds
OF eases and a,n happy TO give my, feeble
testimony to their entire and triumphant
efficacy, i'll restoring health in n few dayr.,
IN erery tnsfoncc. wnen they have been
taken IN time, aud in strict accordance to
directions. Some Of our physicians,
whose love Of truth aud philanthropy tri.
'imphed over preindireS and preconeeivcd
theories, have checrlully Abandoned their
calomel and lancet, and recommended
your pills in all cases Of bilious. iutermit
tent, remittcnf, c,ngestive ami tvphuS fe-
verS; and they freely acknowledge that
they are almost specific in all these dis.
eases. Your travelling agent is anxious
ly looked for again, as many of your q.
gents are out Of pills. and the sickly aea-
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 BRO W.NS DUNN, Har.o,r.
Also, by C. w Rives and w Bird,
Benton County a G Moore, J w Filler&
- Leachman. BoHvar; Price, John
Jones, W Montgomery, Williams & Peak
and Reed Bennett, Buffalo; s n Roberts,
Erie; Waldo 4 McCulloch, Oseola; r Pat
terson, DalldS p o.: c Humes, Pleasant
Prairie; Daniel Darby, Pittsburgh.
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