The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-12-12
Patent Medicines.
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THERE has long existed a public demand for an
effective purgative pill which could be relied on as
sure and perfectly safe in its operation. This has
been prepared to meet that demand, and an extern
sIve trial of its virtues has cOnclusivcly shown with
whit success it accomplishes the purpose designed.
1t is easy tn make a physical pill, but not easy to
make the best of all pills one which should have
none of the objections. but all the advantages, of
every other. This has been attempted here, and
with what success we would respectfully submit to
the public decision. 1t has been unfortunate for
!he patient hitherto that almost every ~purgative
medicine is acrimonious and irritating to. the bow
els. This is not. Many of them produce so much
I -iping pain and revulsion in the system as to more
Tan conntcrbalance the good to be derived from
lem. These pills produce no irritation or pain,
ialess il arise from a previously existing obstrue-
ton or arrangement in the bowels. Being purely
vegetable, no harm can arise from their use in any
quantity but it is better that any medicine should
be taken iudiciously. Minute directions for their
use in the several diseases to which they are APP
plicsble are given on the box. Among the COM
plants which have been speedily cured by them, we
may mention Liver Complaint. in its various forms
petite, Iistiessness, Irritability, Bilious Headache
bilious Fever, Fever and Agne, Pain in the Side
and I.oin~; for, in truth, all these are but the con-
sequence of diseased action in the liver. As an
aperient, they afford prompt and sure relief in Cos
tiysness, Piles, Collie, Dysentery, Humors, Scroll
ula and Sturey, Colds with. soreness of the body,
.'T1ccrs and impurity of the blood in short, any
and every case where a purgative is required.
They have also produced some singularly sue-
c~e.sfui cure. in Rheumnti,n, Gout, Dropsy, Gravel,
Erysipelas, .Palpitation of the Heart, Pains in the
Back. Stoma ch, and Side. They should be freely
taken in the spring of the year, to purify the blood
and prepare the system for the change Of seasons:
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action. and restores the appe-
tte and viyor. They purify the blood, and, by their
stimulsnt action on the eireulatory system, reno
rate the strength Of the body, and restore the
wasted or diseased energies of the whole organism
Hence an occasional dose Is advantageous, even
though no serious arrangement exists; but un-
necessary dosing should never be carried too far,
as every purgative medicine reduces the strength,
when taken to excess. The thousand cases in which
a physic is required cannot be enumerated here, but
they suggest themselves to the reason of every
body and it Is confidently believed this pill win
answer a better purpose than any thing which has
hitherto been available to mankind. When their
virtues are once known, the public viii no longer
doubt what remedy to employ when in need Of .
eathartic medicine. Being sugar-wrapped they are
pleasant to take, and being purely vegetable, no
harm can arise from their use in any quantity.
For minute directions see wrapper on the Box.