Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-08-22
Malignant Dysentery, or
Cholera.

The curative qualities of BRAsDRErH,s
PILLS, are not to be estimated by the cures
they effect in the cholera, or malignant Dysen.
terry; their value is in certainly eradicating
the premoniiory symptoms; the diarrhea,
which if stopped by laudanum, too often ter
inmates at 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 it sufficient to
Withstand the further debilitatine effect ot
the sleepy drug" In fact it would be only
an exhibition of common sense il some of the
Medical Faculty would try the average dose on
a strong, healthy man. / am of the opinion
that it would be the last dose he would take
However, we do know that the general his
tory of cases of cholera is this. Ale was ar
hieted with diarrhea, on Thursday his CON-
lplaint was supposed to be thoroughly checked ;
on Friday and Saturday be underwent consid-
cradle fatigue; on Saturday night he was at
tackled with cholera or malignant dysentery
and died next morning.n This is the history
with doctors, with divines, with civilians, and
with Iaymen. Diarrhea checked, cholera or
malignant dysentery sets in, and death closes
the scene. And win nothing warn, viii moth
ing induce a correct practice7 If all die who
have the diarrhqa checked, will no physician
try the other plan and report the factsl If
they we're universally successful in saving their
patients with laudanum-the opposing nature,
the binding up of disease in the body, instead
of expelling it out say, if this treatment
was sometimes successful in saving life, to say
nothing of the constitution broken, yet, as
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
i ~. fOn t.
fl! this will not comport with my idea of the
general highmindedness of the profession
No. it is from ignorance and education that
they are opposed to purgation with the Bran
dreth Pills. For purgation with the ordinary
purgatives know viii not cure diarrhea, but
Brandreth's Pills will, and / am willing to
submit them to any trial in the public hospi-
tails that may be desired, as have often pub
licly declared. But physicians at these insti-
tutions say, we will not use them, sir, unless
you tell us of what they are made! 1t is for
their valuable effects in curing disease, and
their special value in cholera that wish them
to be used, is my reply. And is it of eonse-
quence that what compose the Brandreth Pills
should be known? 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 so much do drugs Of the same
name differ in appearance, that it requires
great experience to tell that they belong to the
same family. Brandreth's Pills are purely
vegetable; they are ten times more powerful,
weight for weight, than calomel; they are, in
fact, the most economical medicine in the
world; for one pill, the cost of which is one
cent, will purge some constitutions equal TO an
ounce of salts. They are the poor mans medi-
cine. 1t is to him who has small means, and
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for support that their worth is evident. Those
who can afford to have doctor and be sick
month, can do so; but all cannot have this
high privilege children would starve. Bran
dreth's Pills are the medicine for the poor man,
and for the sensible rich. But the simple, the
ignorant, the learned. prejudiced man, who
shall save him, if he Is really attacked with
dangerous disease! He 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.. It. was purged and
griped; he was almost in Commissions; he took
four Brandreth Pills and drank plentifully of
barley water, and 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 and they cured him.
have known no case of cholera prove fatal
" here Brandreth Pills were used in the first !
stage. find challenge he chole medical pro- |
ession 10 tell Of Engle fatal case, tchere these !
PiiLs Of healing potoeTs ioere so used. have |
th.m personally in several severe |
'ases of malignant dYseL terry. and with the hap /
liest results, for have not lost a single case,
n nthar rnods.fna b.- -
amily during this summer. We have parta-
ten freely Of all the productions of the garden.
10 vegetable has been excluded from my table.
md our health has never been better. 1t is
rue that several cases of severe diarrhna have
AIKEN place, but few doses of Pills has entire
y eradIcated the difficulty. And all other
antilles throughout the United States could
ave enjoyed themselves as well as US, had they
elied upon the Brandreth Pills.
l have the strongest testimony of their bene.
cia effects in st. Louis, in Cincinnati, New
)rleans, and in Lower Sandusky. My agent
{ the latter place was o5Iiged to send an ex-
ress 10 New York for Pills, and be states that
e 'went to Sandusky city 10 administer the
ills after the doctors had all Lef for other
arts"
have published what Ideemed strong evil
aims with the public to say what weight il
sserves. But that they remove the impuri-
es from the system by their occasional use,
hich greatly lessons the liability to an attack
eiarrhea, is beyond doubt.
Costiveness may be considered the first symp-
IN; diarrhGa with constant flying pains in
e bowels, the next symptom; dysentery with
instant seated pains, the next; and the
alignant form is present when these pains
'come cramps. Now, these Brandreth Pills, /
ed in view Of prevention, may save all the
'ove trouble; they remove the costiveness,
i'd If pains in the bowels continue, you use
nollient drinks, as cruel, barley water, &c.-l
iould diarrhea set in, you still use the pills
ice or twice Gay, drinking the same kind
beverage; and the same course is to be fol-
we'd if the disease runs into dysentery, either :
fore or after the pills have been taken; for
that can be claimed for the pills is that they
Il cure and generally prevent an attack but
the poison of the malignant dysentery has {
en- already received into the system, then all I
at we can do is to blunt its powers for evil :
lis we can do; and pledge my word, if the (
is are used with ordinary discretion in any Y
these prevailing bowel disorders, the rommu- q
Iy will find it to their advantage. ~
B. BRASDRETH.
L. P. MAGUET, Gallipolis; Thos. Evans, q
nterville; J. M. Afford. Cheshire; J. l. :
wsom, Ridgeway; Jos. Waddell, Patriot;
lrtin Gilmore, Point Pleasant, Va; Jas. po
TX, Pomeroy; C. NJ. Martin, Jackson. de
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