Litchfield enquirer., 1857-08-20
Questions that Dyspeptict ask

Questions that Dyspeptict ask.
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 Are questions being propounded daily by letter, FEE S' @ 9 i9"o Fo benefit ~as s of all whom
 may concern, will answer those questions. To the
 first question, I answer-Eat anything that is good,
 wholesome substantial and nourishing. To the second question, answer-Ea: as much as you accustom- ed to ea whatever would be considered sufficen- cy by the generality of healthy people. To the third question, answer-No; for if you do, you will never get well No dyspepte, or any other person laboring ever will, by starving himself. To question four, a
 swer-No; for meat IS most lmpoi article uf diet to the invalid dyspepc. To question five, answer No. lf you accustomed to drinking it. The ques. ton as to whether tea and coffee is injurious, is all
 moonshine.
 sons laborIng under chronic diseases generally, will no doubt be read and regarded by a great many with
 much surprise; and am greatly mistaken the above IS not pointed at by many sagacous and heads as proofs either ta know nothing of diseases which pretend to treat. that it phase in te humbug lIne But hold on bit, all you ha. think so throw me oo fogy aside tor moment, and let about this matter. We won't stop inquire how you came by your dyspepsia, but will nqafe-wly IS II mat you have not got well ot It long ago why that It SUCKS to you, lormentng you that You manner of account Simply because the powers of the system are unable to throw off the dtscase-be cause tie sys em has, from some reason become much enieebled, too mnch reduced n vital force, loo much III weakened state or that ,he extent seytr,;y or stronghold that the dsease has got, is great the WIS nieacatx na tue, the powers ot inc to remove. Ihis IS the on, and the only reasun that you well. We'll; how are you 10 be cured 1 by pursng such course o treatment as shat help out the Wis meta catrlX natur9 the powers o tle s,s tein-by lnstItulng q treatment that will bind up, strengthen, give tone and vIgnr, and lend helping hand to the entire general system, by which s.e may q tuls tnrlt regular out Of door exercise, cold bathing. ravelng, change of scene, &c,, and the taking of medicinal agents. Why Is medicine taken Simply to assist nature to throw off disease, and nothing else Medi- cine has not one particle of influence dsease-not one particle. Medicine don't disease. it only as- sIsts nature to throw of. Now c1mes the question: while we are dolg everything power to blnd up and strengthen the general powers of ihe si sten that she may be enabIed 10 throw of ls disease shall we at the same time deny her her natural stlmuus-Aer natural sirenghentr shall withhold that by which she IS noufished and supported, viz 10 d, good, wioe some and suhstai.tai food By means; Tor i! we de, we are bringing about the very slate of
 lem that We are trying 10 get rid ot; by withholding food we reduce and weaken the system. The taking oi good ana substantial food is essential as any DOT ton of the treatment that we institute, m tact very much more so for the food IS the natural strcugtheler ot the powers of the system, and from it, good, rich and healthy blood IS made.
 All ulis we grant, says my sagaCl0us friend: but, continues he what's ihe of person eating, his stomach Is in unfit state receive and digest that
 ood and prepare 1t the systsm and besides says ne, there are hundreds and thousands that take much food upon the stomach ln consequence of the great distress it causes. New this is very important question, and very true remark There wuu be but litte use in taking this good, wholesome and sub stantal food, unless the stomach cou Id eceve and d geSt It, and, o without pain and Il; rtss; and that
 Inc soma ch may receive and digest the to d. and with out pam, Recourse must be had medical agents By these # ludclous choice IS made, tie s,"nach may be enabled 10 perform iis tunctions-may he enabled 70 receive and digest the food, and, o without !in and distress. What medial agent shall use Shall we use calomel 2 No; because in its action, ii stimnates the nlucus membrane of the stomach and n""els, winch are already in an over>eXcied aud in 1aned state. Shall we iron any of it's kindred
 preparations No, for the same reason. They would not only stimulate the a'ready over-excled mucus membrane of the stomach, but render it still further
 unable to prepare those preparations for their admS
 sn into the system so fl their presence in the stom
 rom the tact q" their nol being taken into the circua. tmn. (W hy they not taken into the circulation,
 Will De show Tn subsequent essays.
 ohal we use any of the many specifies that are now-a days placed before the people as sovereign rem'd,es z! 40" tor nine tenths of them prepur ca wlth alcohol or some other equally stimulating li qhu ana n)th ng IS or he injurious hurtu to the n1imed mncus membrane of the stoa ch than a'cn'oi ar any of It's preparations.
 " hat remedial agent shall We use, then ? This is question that asked for years rIed, md over agan all the remedee and prescriptions found the books, but all to little purpose, until at last aided by experiments almost without number, l compoun led remedy, winch, although very simple, yet found al ways most eti,c,na, vt en my directions Were com p'ed wl'h Thus preparaiion have used in of o"N or pNSpepSa ana Q her dlSeaS9S hay
 ng the origin in the disease of the stomach, for the last len years in pr vale practice, and now pre- sc1iblng It daV. by letter. to patents every oOn o the United States, who have placed thelr cases uu- der my espccal !care and treatment My legitimate business IS the treatment and prescribing bv letter for chrome d'sease generally and nlne-en,hs of the prescribe for are either Dyspepsia her ds. ease having it's origin disease of the stomach TAnd by the by, w here take occasion 10 drop the hint
 that some Of my friends forget that lay no claim tu being phlanthrnpis or that :" grind for toN' am ready and wiling. and do oxpedtouSly possible answer al ther letters, and il gives pleasure 10 do SO; but when 1t will take from two, three and tour hours 10 and advse them always like 10 see the fve'-it helps out amaznely-esnecinlly when their case happens not to be DvspcpSia Ihave now placed this remedy before the public as one that may be relied upon, and do without any hesaton donbt or d'Strus In its virtues, ability cure prov ding the instructions arr followed out
 In conclusion, will take occasion to remark that
 mere are hundreds and thousands throughout he Uni
 ted States that suffering from The di>ease-Dys- and taking this. that and the other prepa ton, and at the same time living on bran and water and other such like sops, in the hope of being relieved ot thclr disease but they all doomed to d snp. ponment tor 1t beyond question: that in order 10 be- come rId ot their disease, gond and wholesome diet must be made use ot, and suitable remedies taken al
 the sa me time to enable the stomach digest this food and fit ii for the circu atnn Such remedy Is BLISS DYSPEPTIC REMEDY which. if taken and per severed in, and all the directions followed n' will nof fail to res,re the patient to health; and here would remark. that no dis appointment may be experienced,
 that its virtues not Tn all dscernbe in the a king of one package and perhaps in some few cx- treme cases, the taking ct two packages. A stIady and persevering taking of the REMEDY is recom- mended and rest assured, it will sooner or Iater be dscnvered that does possess v'r'ueS amnst inesti- mable. w. w. BLISS 363 Broadway, New York. n [ T. r