The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-11-06
MOFFATS
Life Pills and Phoenix Bltters.


during that time have maintained high chaiao.
ter in almost every part Of the globe for their
traorlinary and immediate power Of restoring per.
feet health to persons suffering under nearly every
kind of disease to which the human frame ID liable.
IN MANY THOUSANDS
of certfcated instances, they have even rescued
sufferers from the very verge OF an untimely
grave, after all the deceptive nostrums of the day
had utterly failed and to many Thousands they
have permanently secured that uniform enjoy
ment Of health, without which life itself ID but
a partial blessing. So great, indeed, has their
efficacy invariably and infallibly proved, that It
has appeared scarcely less than miraculous 70
those who were acquainted with the beautifully
philosophical principles upon which they arc COM
bounded, and upon which they consequently act.
It was to their manifest and sensible action IN
purifying the springs and channels Of fe' and On.
DUNG them with renewed tone and vigor, that
they were indebted for their name. . :.
Unlike the host of pernicious quackeries which
boast Of vegetable ingredients, the LIFE MIDI.
CINES are purely and solely vegetable; and
contain neither Mercury, nor Anthony, nor
Arsanic. nor any other mineral, in any form
whatever. They are entirely composed of ex-
tracts from rare and powerful plants, the virtues
Of which, though long known to several Indian
tribes, and recently to some eminent pharmaceu-
teal chemists, are altogether unknown to the
ignorant pretenders to medical science and were
never before administered in 10 happily ef6cacioas
combination.
The first operation is to loosen from the coats
Of the stomach and bowels the various impuri.
ties and crudites constantly settling round them
and to remove the hardened feces which collect
in the convolutions of the small mtestnes. Other
medicines only partially cleanse these and leave
such collected masses behind to produce habitu0I
oil Ito tpai n
Diarrhea with it's imminent dangers. This fact
is well-known to all regular anatomists who OK
anime the human bowels after death !; and hence
the prejudice of these well-mfoTned men against
the quack medicines of the age. Tho second
effect of the VEGETABLE LIFE HDl.
CINES is to cleanse the kidneys and tho bad"
der and, by this means, the liver and lungs,
the healthful action Of which entirely depends
upon the regularity of the urinary organs. The
blood, which takes it's red color from the agency
of the liver and lungs, before it passes into tho
heart, being thus purified by them, and nourished
by food coming from a clean stomach, courses
freely through the veins, renews every part Of
the system, and triumphantly mounts the BAN
ner Of health in the blooming cheek.
The following are among the distressing va.
riety of human diseases in which the vEGk.
TABLE LIFE MEDICINES are well known
TO be nfa!lible.
DYSPEPSIA, by thoroughly cleansing the
irst and second stomachs, and creating q flow Of
pure healthy bile, instead of the stale and acrid
kind /; Flatulency, Loss OF APPETITE, HEART-
BURN, HEADACHE, REsrLEssHEss, lLL-TEArEs'
ANXIETY, LANauoR, and MELANCHOLY, which
are the general symptoms of Dyspepsia, viii
vanish, as a natural consequence of its cure,
Costiveness, by cleansing the whole length
of the intestines with solvent process ana
without violence all violent purges leave tho
,r,;tI two DAYS.
Diarrhea and Cholera, by removing the
sharp acrid fluids by which these complaints are
occasioned, and by promoting the lubricative ~
cretion Of the mucous membrane
Fevers of all kinds, by restoring tho blood to .
regular circulation, through the process of persni
ration in such cases, and the thorough solution.
oil intestinal obstruction in others.
The LIFE MEDICINES have been known to
cure Rheumatism permanently in three weeks.
and G0ut in half that time, by removing local
Inflammation from the muscles and igaments Of
the joints.
Dropies of all kinds, by freeing and strength.
ening the kidneys and bladder: they operate most
delightfully."- on these important organs, and hence
have ever been found certain remedy for tho
worst cases of Gravel:
Also Worms, by dislodging from the turnings
of the bowels the shiny matter to which these
creatures adhere.
air-vessels of the lungs from the mucous which
even slight colds will occasion, and which, II not
-emoved becomes hardened, and produces these
dreadful diseases.
Scurvy, Ulcers, and Inveterate Sores, BY
the perfect purity which these LIFE IEnC.
CINES give to the blood, and all the humofs
Scorbutic Eruptions and Bad Complex.
IONS by their Alternative effect upon the fluids that
feed the skin, and the morbid state Of which occa-
sons all eruptive complaints, sallow, cloudy, and
other disagreeable compilations.
The use of these Pills for very short time
will effect an entire cure Of Salt Rheum,. and q
striking improvement in the clearness of the skin.
Common Colds and Influenza win always be
cured by one dose, OK by two even in the worst
cases.
PILES. As remedy for this most distressing
and obstinate malady, the VEGETABLE LIFE
MEDICINES deserve q distinct and emphatic
recommendation 1t is well-known to hundreds
in this city, that the former proprietor Of these
valuable Medicines was himself afflicted with this
complaint for upwards of rHIRTY-ylvE YEARS and
that he tried in vain every remedy prescribed
within the whole compass of the Moteria Mediea.
He however at length tried the Medicine which
il now offered to the public, and he was cured III
very short time, after his recovery had been pro-
nounced not only improbable, but absolutely I'M
possible, by any human means.
FEVER AND AGUE.
For this scourge of the western country these
Medicines will be found safe, speedy, and GER
tain remedy. Other medicines leave the system
subject to return of the disease cure by these
medicines is permanent-TRY THEM, BE
SATISFIED, AND BE CURED.
Bilious Fevers and Liver Complaints.
General Debility, Loss OF AlrETlrE, AND
DISEASES OF FEMALEs-these medicines have been
used with the most beneficial results in cases Of
this description :-K1Nas EVIL and ScRoruLA, in
its worst forms, yields to the mild yet powerful
action of these remarkable Medicines. NIoHT
SwEArs, NERVOUS DEBILITY, Nervous Con-
PLANTS of all kinds, PALPrrAT1oN OF THE HEART,
PANrER's Colo, are speedily cured
NERCURIAL DISEASES.
Persons whose constitutions have become I'M
paired by the injudicious use Of MERcuRY, will
find these Medicines perfect cure, as they never
fail to eradicate from the system al the effects Of
Mercury infinitely sooner than the most powerful
preparations Of Sarsaparilla. A single trial will
place them beyond the reach of competition, in
the estimation of every patient.
BIZ CAREFUL OF COUNTERFETTS.
Several have lately been discovered. and their
nefarious authors arrested, both in the city ofNew
York and abroad.
Buy of no ono who il not an AUTHORIZED