Litchfield enquirer., 1857-08-06
CHILDS & PETERSON
TO INVALIDS. No such Disease as GGeneral Diseasen

Fl OW often have been repeated to nterrogaores II such answers as !" Why, ST, Cor madam you laborIng under general debility, '" gene al disease seems to pervade Jour enure syslem or, there is general complication uf dsnrdels affecting you " or.
 disease Is so general throughout your system, that thorough course oi medicinal trtstmeni be adopt ed for IFS removal, &c., &c Such an ~wers as these Id the pool trembling patient, convey the idea that every. or nearly every part of the bdy has be- the of extensive disease, and for the remoua ot which diversified and long course of neat must be entered upon for their removal and the patient sinks almost with d-spnadencv al the very idea that he IS much out of fix. and that much, and such variety of drugs mus, be taken health will be restored.
 To all such lnvads would say, be not discouraged, for rest assured here IS such state of system general dlsease in the common accp ptation of the 'erm, for how much the en,re system may be diseased, yet upon close exannnation and attention causes ot thls apparent general disorder, will be found that all these morbid Sympr"ms have for their source and origin some one more diseased points, from wh'ch. through that chief characteristic of the living body-Sympa,hy-al other rnoIbid symptoms arse.
 It is very true, that one, all the gans of the hody, may be dseased but rest as- sured that all tiis diseased action originates invara bly,, from more diseased points ;-ro ustrae- are you troubled with cough. pain m the side, rapid breathing easily out ot bre at upon the slishtes, ex srton Are you troubled with see eepessness, starting in sleep-your thoughts being rendtttd vivid and painful by the vlglls; Impated voition. headache
 flushed fate. paIn In the temple and tace, humnling in
 he ears. twitchng [" the eyelds, "ccasiona slight ob scurati"n of vision Do ou experencea fm,er. ing of the heart, or pal lpatlon by quickened exerion pain in the chest. daring pains ihe region n" the hea:t, flying paIns. stitches and the nbs be'ween the shouldr blades, auut the hips and .he fingers, which give you notions of rheumatism? Have you dry tongue, tongue clean, red, swollen and deeply split all directions, gums cedlng from the teeth, breath h but not Rt, th,rs, loss of appetite or morbid craving tor fond constipation of the bowels or irregular as the tune and quantity nausea and vomiting Is your mind irritable with fits of depres sion of several hours dur atirn, impossb bily ap ply the mind imagining that ,hs person that person has dane some ~rnng, has wish to do so !! Are the feet almost constantly cold and the skin, dry, harSh sometimes ith unnatural heat and snme> :imes highly sensitive cold Is there diminu,ion secretion from the kidneys, the secretion some- times color and sometimes of annthe pain over the region of he kdneys and sma of the ba ck da rng pains running do the thighs cramps in the calves the legs and feet Have you pain in the right s;fe. right shou der, Tic Dooreux of the fare; with bil lious, sallow complexion. yeowness o! rhe eycbas lf so, ;and there thousands of patients who can subscribe every greater portion . the above svmpoms) all his multif rm disc ased aetion ma. and IN NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE CASES IN A rnoUs- AND DO depend a small pom, nf iEfa mma ton in the digestive organs, and perhaps larger than five piece. From this small point o inflammation, small as i, is all the mol bi6c symptoms above mentioned arise 6amma,i. n the curing of thls small point oi dis eased a. in the digestive organs the whole array o multiplied symptoms that you have laoked upon .
 general disease" and which you have ofentmes. nc doubt gined would later close your earth fly career, will at once disappear.
 | Should this meet the of any individual whose feelings and symptoms described above, who ha any confidence in the doctrine regards causes as eel forth, the aenoa of al such Is respectfully soeise