Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-05-02
MOFFATS
Life Pills and PhGnix Bitters.

These Medicines have now pssn oe,ro ,en 'n
public for period of FIFTEEN 4EAkS, ana
during that time have maintained ilgh chaioo
ter in almost every part of the goDe loi 'heii O.
traordinary and immediate power OF restoring per-
feet health to persons suffering under nearly every
kind of disease to which the human frame IS Liable
IN MANY THOUSANDS
&c ofcert;fcated instances, they have even rescued
sufferers from the very verge of an untimely
,rroyo affer all the deceptive nostrums of the day
b.d utterly failed and to many thousands they
have permanently secured that uniform ENJOY
n,ant Of health. without which life itself is but
,,ar,;,I blessing. So great, indeed, has their
efficacy invariably and mfalliby Proved that 1t
has appeared scarcely less than nfaculous .c no 70
those who were acquainted with tie peauu'uny
philosophical principles upon wiiich they are ooil.
nounded. and upon which they consequently act
& ,ros 10 their manifest and sensible action IN
nur;fU;no tho springs and channels of lfe and en-
du;pG them with renewed tone ana Vlgor, tha'
thew were indebted for their name. -,
UrEka the host of perncious quackeries which
hoast IF vegetable ingredients, the LIFE MEDl,
rTNES are purely and solely vegetable; ana
contain neither Mercury, nor Antl1nOny, ~.
Arsenic. nor any other mlneTai' III any roilh
whatever They are entirely composed OF eA-
,racts from rare and powerful plants, the virtues
tr;hos apd recently to some eminent pharmaceu-
fcal chemists are altogether unknown TO the
rnorant pretenders to medical science and were
1ovar before administered in so happily efhcacions
combination.
TIE first operation is TO loosen from the coats
of The stomach and bowels the various iinpuri-
ties and crudities constantly setting round theh
and TO remove the hardened faces whch coiiecl
IN tho convoutons of the small intestines Other
oll1- cIaansp these. and leave
spcb collected masses behind to produce habltual
Costveness with all its train of evils, or sudden
Diarrhna with its Imminent dangers. Ihls fact
is wer-knOvn to all regular anatonlSs VINO eA-
anime the human bowels after death and hence
the prejudice of these weil-lntormed men against
the nuack medicines of the age. jhe second
effect of the VEGETABLE LIFE MED1-
CTNES is to cleanse the kidneys ana the bad-
der: and. by this means, the liver and lungs,
the heaIthful action of which entirely depends
,Ipon the regularity of the urinary organs The
blood. which takes its red color from the agency
of the liver and lungs, before it passes INTO the
heart, beinG thus purified by them, and nourlshed
bv food coming from a clean stomach, courses
freely through the veins, renews every part OF
the system, and triumphantly mounts the BAN
nef of health in the blooming cheek
The following are among the distressing va
tiety of human diseases in which the VEGE-
TABLE LIFE MEDICINES are well known
to be infalble.
DYSPEPSIA, by thoroughly cleansing the
first and second stomachs, and creating flow OF
pure healthy bile, instead of the stale and acrld
kind Flatulency, Loss OF APPETITE, HEART
BURN, HEADACHE, REsFLEssNEss, ILL EMPER,
ANXIETY, I.ANGuoR, and MELANCHOLY, which
are the general symptoms of Dyspepsia, will
vanish, as natural consequence of its cure,
Costiyeness by cleansing the whole length
e tE., rr,tl SpIU
without violence al violent purges leave the
bowels costye within two days.
Diarrhna and Cholera, by removing the
sharp acrid fluids by which these complaints are
oceasioned, and by promoting the lubricatiVe Sc
eretion Of the mucous membrane.
EeVers of all kinds, by restoring the blood to
regular circulation, through the process of perspi-
ration in such eases, and the thorough solution OF
all intestinal obstruction in others.
The LIFE MEDICINES have been known TO
cure Rheumatism permanently in three weeks,
and Cont in half that time, by removing local
inflammation from the muscles and igaments OF
the joints.
Dropsies 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 a certain remedy for the
worst cases Of Gravel.
Also Worms, by diaodging from the tn-nings
of the bowels the Shiny matter TO which these
creatures adhere.
Asthma and Consumption, by relieving the
ar-vessels of the lungs from the mucous which
even sght colds will occasion, and which, II not
removed, becomes hardened and produces these
dreadful diseases
Scuryy, Ulcers, and Inyeterate Sores, by
the perfect purity which these LIFE MEDI-
CTNES give to the blood, and all the humors.
Scorbutic Eruptions and Bad Complex
ions by their Alternative effect upon the fluids that
feed the skin, and the morbid state of which occa-
sions all eruptive complaints sallow, cloudy, and
other dsagreeabe compilations.
The use of these Pills for a very short time
will effect an entire cure of Salt Rheum, and
striking inprov in the cearness OF the skin.
Common Colds and Influenza will always be
cured by Que dose, Or by two even i'll The worst
cases.
PILES. As remedy for this most distressing
and obstinate malady, the VEGETABLE LIFE
MEDICINES deserve distinct and emphatic
recommendation. Ii is well-known to hundreds
III this city, that the former proprietor of these
valuable Medicines was himself afflicted with this
compaint for upwards of THIRTY FIVE YEARS and
that lie tried in vain every remedy prescribed
within the whole compass of the Materia Medica
He however at length tried the Medicine which
is now offered to the public, and he was cured ID
a 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