Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-07-26

| TIME A N T S FOR DIR. SHERWOODS
N MAGNEIlC REMEDIES in this city, belev
ing the following correspondence would be OF interest
ana value to this community, have copied it from the
Cincinnati Wing: =.
DR.. sHERWOODs MAGNETIC REMEDIES.
From the Clncinnai Wing.
Inc following correspondence has been handed to
us for publication, in the belief thai it will interest as
well as benefit the community. Dr. Lawson who tes.
tines to the value and eff lacy of DR. Sherwoods Re-
NEEDLES, is regular graduate of the Ohio Medical Cnl
iege, and a physician OF good Standing. We have,
curse t, made trial of the remed es and think we de-
rived essential benefit from them. -t
For the Daily Whig
CINCINNATI, Jan. %, 1855
DR.. Lawson-Slr: Having been informed that vou
have, during the last year past, pre- crbed in your
practice Dr. Shsrwood's Electro Magnetic Remedies,
DISEASES including Scrofuia with great success take
the liberty oil making the inquiry of you whether nv
informant was justified in making such report from
your own admission of the fact? .aatl .-,s ~
1t you confirm this report should consider it duty
we owe to the cause OF humanity to give il publicv
as much as possible; and if false we should disabuse
the public mind of the imposition .rr lf'Il7
Dr. also cha enges investigation, as to the electro.
galVanlc symptoms. Please inform me il you in your
practice, detect Diseases by this method of examination
Respectfully, B, W.
Dear Sir Your communication of the 23d inst. WAS
duly received, and an answer should more promptly
nave been given but tor the of leisure hour and
doubt resting my mind regard to the propriety
OF noticing anonymous letters. 'aD
Nothing, now, much influences me TO accede to
your wish, as conviction of the importance OF the
acs wnch you wish to elicit from me- ard thereby to
dlifuse hem more generally through society.
have perfect deesaiion of everything that has
oeen presented to the world in the form OF what has
been &c orally denominated "quack medicines" and
on this account have always eIt delcacy in appen-
ding my name or giving my influence to ANYTHING
which may justly be dubbed" with such an appeIla.
ton.
In the case Of DR.. Sherwood s Remedies. am some.
What relieved from this difficulty, from consdera-
lions: hfsl, from the stubborn fact that, i'm my own
person, derived the most decided beneficial eff cts
from their use, and at time when all other means
were pronounced az incompe tent a cure; and in the
second place. from being myself pretty we'll acquant-
ed with the composition of the "Remedles"
These two facts will serve an apology for me in
canddy expressing my opinion with regard to the me-
dcine. 1t did not believe that thousands were suf-
ferng from diseases ncurab.e under any her system
OF practice, and certainly durable under this wonld
not dare to offer one word in favor OF Sherwoods Re
NEEDLES Ffoma conviction of his kind, hesitate not
Tor one moment, to recommend them infinitely SUI
peror, in chronic Diseases to any course at present
known to the medical profession. -. tgI =
did use upwards of fifty boxes during the last year.
and generally with success. | am however OF the
opinion that in advanced stages of pulmonary con-
sumption they not efeciual as one would be lad
to suppose from reading DR.. Sherwood's pamphlet.
In almost every other form OF scrofuia they have
surpassed my most sangulne expectations. There are
many citizens OF Cincinnati who will certify to cures
in certain cases, OF long Standing which were not bene-
hed from any course VIII oh had been pursued land in
these cases you know everything is tried that is heard
o and their certificates will be of sufficient VARIETY
too, prove all that is claimed for them even by Dr.
5. himself, with the single exception have made
above. ~
l do not wish to be understood to convey the idea
that they are infab'e that is my meaning nor i'm.
preston, concerning anything this earth; but do
believe them to be efecual in curing chronic disea-
ses as ordinary remedies in curing the ordinary
diseases OF our climate. must be understood TO have
IN view, In such declaration this, the exception
which was made, and again referred to.
SYMPTOMS.
cannot be gainsayed. detect, with the greatest
certainty the diseases called by Dr. Sherwood scrofnla
without any previous knowledge of the patientlor of
the history OF his disease and This do merely bv an
examination OF the cervcal glands and spinal column
The ordinary course OF feeling he pulse LOOKING at
the tongue. and asking hundred questions more or
less, is both useless and waste of time do moi think
that one skilled In this mode of examination can be
deceived once in hund ed cases. In my practice. I
pursue this mode of examination exclusively. with n
great saving OF time and much more satsiactoryre-
suit This Is as much as deem il now necessary to
communicate. Yours, &c. B. S. LAWSON.
To B.. W.
We are regularly supplied with these well known
medicines of DR.. Sherwood, having been for several
years the SOLE agents fer their sale in Rich-mond
and also Tor the Electro Magnetic Machines of DR..
Sherwood.
j19 DOVE, IsAACs g. co, Druggists.
WDROW N's PURE CONCENTRATED
I'D EXTRACT OF JAMAICA GINGER.-This
preparation OF unusual excellence and Of varied pro-
pertles. In al cases where powerful and safe stmu-
liant is required is unrvaed for its efficacy as we'll az
circle, it isinvaluabe, as few drops, dated in suga
and waller nreSenI saa and anreaahla remedy