Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-02-25
THE GREATEST
MEDICAL DISCOVERY
OF THE AGE.
1T. of Roxbury, has discoveredin one
OF our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures
EVERY KIND OF HUMOR:

FROM me ac0Fst scrofNla dotrn to a COM
mon PjmpIe.
he has tried it in over 100 cases. and peyer
LalIed except In two cases, (both thunder humor1
lie has now in his possession over two bundrad
ceruhcates OF Its virtue, al. within twenty miles of
Boston.
Two bottles are warranted to cure a purs;nc soro
mouth.
One to three bottles will cure the worst kind of
Pimples on the face.
Two to three bottles will clear the system of
Biles.
Two bottles are warranted to cure the worst
canker In the mouth and stomach.
Three to five bottles are warranted to cure the
wOast case of Erysipelas.
One to two bottles are warranted to cure all bu-
NOR in the Eyes.
Two bottles are warranted to cure runninp of the
ears and biotches among the hair.
-Four to six bottles are warranted to cure cor
rupt and running ulcers.
One bottle will cure scaly e~ruptions of The skin.
Two to three bottles are warranted to cure the
worst case ofringworm.
Two to three bottles are warranted IN .rro .bo
most desperate case of rheumatism.
Three to four bottles are warranted to cure the
salt rheum.
Five to eight bottles viii cure the worst cases of
~scrofula.
A benefit is alwass experienced from the first
bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when tba
above quantity is taken.
Reader, | peddled over a thousand bottles of
TINS In the vicinity of Boston. / know the effect
q ~ ~ every case. So sure as water will extin-
gulsh fire, so sure will this cure humor. 7 never
soid a bottle OF it but that sold another: after n
trlal 1t always speaks for itself. There are TWO tbings
ABOUT this herb that appears to me surprising first
mat II grows In our pastures, in some places ouite
Plentllul, and yet its value has never been
known until l discovered it in IS46-second IT,
1t should cure all kinds of humor.
In order to give some idea of the sudden rise
ana great popularity of the discovery. I will stoto
that in April, 1853, 1 peddled il. and sold 49,
SIX bottles per day-in April, 1854, l sold over one
thousand bottles per day Of it.
come OF the wholesale Druggists who have hean
IN business twenty and thirty years. say that moth
ing IN the annals Of patent medicines was evor
IKE IL. There Is a universal praise of If from all
quarters. Ill
In my own practice I always kept it strictly for
eunput since Its introduction as a general
family medicine, great and wonderful yirtpes bovo
oeeh found In 1t that L never suspected.
SeVeral cases o epileptic fts-a disease which
was Always considered incurable, have been cured
Dy a lew bottles. 0, what a mercy if IT will nrnva
ehectuaI IN all eases of that awful maIadv-tber
are out lev who have seen more If it than / have
know Of several eases Of Dropsy, all of them
aseu people cured by It. For the various diseases
OF the liver, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia. Asthma
Fever and Ague, Pain in the Side, Diseases If tbe
oplne, ana particularly in diseases Of the Kidnevs
&C. the discovery has done more good than any
medicine ever known.
40 change of diet ever necessary-eat the hest
you can get and enough of it.
DIRECTIONS For UsE--Adults one table snoon
ri per aay-ChIldren over ten years dessertspoon-
tul-Children from five to eight wears. tea noon
tul. As no directions can be appicabIe ~ III con
s%tltutlons, take sufficient to operate on the boucIg
twice a day.