Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-10-03
Malignant DysenteEy, or
o5ar Cholera.

I The curative qualities OF bRANDREfHl
PILEs, are not to be estimated By the cure
they effect in the cholera, OF malignant Dysen
lterr: their value is in certainly eradieatinl
the premoniiory symptoms; the dlarrhes'
which If stopped by laudanum, too often ter
inmates {. once in death without the actual
cholera having been as yet present; the weak
ness Of the system from the effect Of the diar.
rhea, not having vital force in il sufficient 70
Withstand the further debiIitating effect OF
the ssleepy drug" In fact it would be only
an exhibition of common Sc nse il some OF the
Medical Faculty would try the average dose on
strong, healthy man. | am Of the opinion
that it would be the last dose be would take
However. We do know that the general his
tory of cases Of cholera is t.is. ..He was az
d iiefed with diarrhea, on Thursday his COM
I plant vas supposed to be thoroughly checked !;
I on Friday and Saturday be underwent eonsid-
4 erable fatigue; on Saturday night he was at
= tackled with cholera or malignant dysentery
and died next morniug,n This is the history
with doctors. with diYines, with civilians, and
4 with laymen. Diarrh9a checked, cholera or
malignant dysentery sets in, and death closes
the scene. And win nothing warn, win moth
i ing Induce correct praeticei II all die who
have the diarrh9a checked. will no ply stefan
try the other plan and report the facfsl If
they we're universally successful in saving their
patients with laudanum-the npposirg nature,
the binding up of disease in the BODY, instead
of expeIling il out-I say, il this treatment
was sometimes sEccessful in saving life, 10 say
nathing Of the constitution broken, yet, IS
the cure was about as bad as the disease, |
should think that the purgative plan might be
tried. Surely medical men are not afraid Of
the patient being too soon cured for their pro-
6t this will not comport with my idea Of the
general highmindedness Of fhe profession =
No! tits from ignorance and education that
they are opposed to pursstion with the Bran
dreth Pills. For purgation with the ordinary
purgatives | know viii not cure diarrhGa, but
Brandreth,s Pills viii, and am willing TO
submit them to any trial in the public haspi-
tals that may be desired, as | have often pab-
lliclv declared. But physicians at these insti-
tutions say, we viii not use them, sir, unless
YOU tell US OF What they are madef 1t IS for
their valuable effects in curing disease. and
their special value in cholera thai wish them
to be used, is my reply. And is it OF eonse-
ouenee that what compose the Brandreth Pills
should be knowni II you send prescription
TO the apnthecary, you never have two apothe-
carries who make use Of the same quality OF
drugs, and in fact much do drugs of the same
name differ in appearance. that it requires
great experience TO tell that they belong to the
same family Brandrein's Pills are purely
vegetable; they are ten times more powerful,
we fght for weight, than ealomel; they are, in
I fact, the most economical medicine in the
world; for one pill, the cost Of which is one
cent, win purge some constitutions equal to an
ounre Of salts They are the poor mans medi-
cine. 1t is to him who has small means, and
who has young family depending upon him
I for support that their worth is evident. Those
who can afford to have doctor and be sick
month, can do so; but al cannot have this
high privilege children would starve Brnn-
dneth's Pills are the medicine for the pOOr man.
and for the sensible rich. But the simple, the
! ignorant, the learned. preiudieed man, who
shall save him, If be Is really attacked with
dangerous disease! lie will die for the rene
dies Of physicians are Of no value in cases Of
absolute danger, as all the friends Of those who
are gone know. Let the truth be spoken
sometimes. Yet again it is said use no purga-
tives. use no medicine which evacuates the
bowels. And yet Mr.. T. was Durged and
griped: he was almost in convulsons; he took
four Brandreth Pills and drank plentifully Of
barley water, und he recovered next day. Mr..
G. was sick in the course of four months seve
raj times with all the worst symptoms Of in
cipient cholera, and each time be used nothing
but Brandreth Pills aud they cured him. I
have known no case Of cholera prove fatal |
vi here Brandreth Pills we're used in the first 4
stage. lind challenge he rhole medical pro- 4
tession 70 tell Of a single fatal case, plere these
Pills Of heahng p0tcers trere 80 used. have /
administered them personally in several severe /
cases Of malignant dyseLtery and with the hap /
piest results, for have not lost a single case,
no other medicine has been used in my own /
family during this summer We have parta-
ken freely Of all the productions Of the garden.
m fah1 k.rh fahl
and our health has never been better. 1t is
true that several cases Of severe diarrhe1 have 4
taken place, but few doses Of Pills has entire
ly eradIcated the difficulty. And al other
families throughout the United States could
have enjoyed Themselves as well as US, had they
relied upon the Brandreth Pills.
have the strongest testimony Of their bene-
fetal effects in st. Louis, in Cincinnati, New
Orleans, aud in Lower Sandusky. Ny agent 4
at the latter place was o-liged 10 send an ex-
press 10 New York for Pills, and he states that
he ''went TO SanduskY city to administer the
Pills after the doctors had all lef for other
parts'' 81. -.... ..-. =. .... r
have published what Ideemed strong evi-
dence Of their great curative qualities; IL re-
mains with the public to say what weight il
deserves. But that they remove the impuri-
ties from the system by their occasional use,
which greatly lessons the liability TO an attack
oi diarrhea, is beyond doubt. Ia
G0siiveness may be considered thefrst symp- =
tom; iiarfhea with constant flying pains IN 4
The bowels the next symptoms dyssniery with :
constant seated pains. the next; and the !
form is present when these pains ;
become rrarnps Nov, these Brandreth Pills, (
lsed in view OF prevention, may save all the Z
lbove trouble; they remove the cosiIveness,
md # pains in the bowels continue, you use
smaiient drinks, as Cruel, barley wafer, &e.-
Should diarrhea set in, Won still use the pills
,nce or twice a cay, drinking the same kind I
,f beverage and the same cnurse Is to be fol- :
owed II the disease runs into dysenieFy either !
efore or after the pills have been taken; for
II that can be claimed for the pills is that they
pill cure and generally prevent an attack; but Q
the prison Of the malignant dysentery has Il
cen already received into the system, then al Il
hat we can do is to blunt its powers for evil. 4
This we can do; snd I pledge nv word. If the .
ills are used with ordinary discretion in any q
these prevailing bow el disorders, the eommu- ,
ity viii find il to their advantage O
u flgrl B. BRASDR ETH. .
L. p. MAGUET, Galiipolis; Thos. Evans, =
]. N. Afford, Cheshire; J. L Il
Iewsom, Ridgeway; Jos. Waddell, Patriot; L
Iartin Gilmore, Point Pleasant, Va; Jas. nj
isk. Pomeroy; C. NJ. Martin, Jackson. =
Aug. &, l650,-eowlychq :,
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