Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
GOD LIVER OIL IN CoNsUMP-

NOD LIVER OIL IN CONSUMP.
" TI0N.-"The advocates of the use of Cod
Liver Oil in consumption say that it presents one
of the most beautiful examples Of the curative
operation of medical agent ever known. 1t cures
by promoting, in the fullest sense, restorative
process in the system. 1t acts in the frstinstance,
by improving the digestive functions, and supply
ing the necessary ingredients for nutrition, which
is the basis of health. Under it's use, the chyle,
which is the nutricious product Of digestion, and
taken up from the amentary canal by the lacteals,
becomes of healthy quality, so as readily to be
changed into fbrine, and thus not only contribu-
ting to the amount of nutriment for the uses of
the system, but cuts off the supply Of this un-
changed albumen, which acts as a morbid product
when it reaches the blood, to be deposited in the
lungs as tubernacular matter. The operation of
the oil in promoting these changes is referable in
great measure to two principles, one Of which
is nutritive and the other strictly medicinal"
clip the above from the New York Sunday
Times, of June 90, for the purpose of showing
why Cod Liver Oil so often fails in bene6tting the
invalid, and why it ought not to be SO regarded,
as it is by great many, as an almost specific"
in diseases of thelungs, more especially Consump-
ton, for it most assuredy is far from being such.
That there is faulty and very impoverished
nutrition, and q want of a good supply of healthy
blood, in consumptive patients, is true and fully
shown by their reduced, weakened, lean, attenu-
ated and almost bloodless appearance. What is
the cause of this want Of good, rich blood, which
only con noursh the system It is that the chyle,
los have shown in my previous advertisements,)
of which good, rich and healthy blood is made,
does not and cannot enter into the circulation
Why? Because of the condition of the digestive
organs-because, as have already shown, in pre-
vious advertisements the mouths Of the little ves-
sells, called lacteals, which convey the chyle into
the circulation, and which open into the upper
bowels, are closed up, and cannot take up or ab-
sorb this chyle. What closed them? The swollen
state of the mucus membrane of the digestive or
gans, which membrane, besides lining the stomach
and bowels, also dips into and lines these little
vessels; and from the fact of the mouths Of those
little vessels, the lacteas, being so very small it
is very easy to see that there could not be much
swelling of that membrane without bringing to-
gether their sides, and euti ely closing them up.
What produces this swollen state of the mucus
membrane? Inflammation Of the digestive organs
which is the first cause and the only cause of Con-
sumption.
This statement of the cause of Consumption, I
am well aware, will be pronounced by many as
very far from being true, but as shall, in some
Of my future advertisements, treat upon Consump.
tion, its causes and cure will in the present in.
stance remark, that there never was case of Con-
sumption that had not its origin in infnmed di-
gestive organs, and there never was case of Con-
sumption but that its origin could have been easi-
ly traced to diseases of the nutrtive organs, for
no case of Consumption ever existed without dis.
ease of the stomach being present at the same
time
Now comes the question: If, from the closed
condition Of the mouths of the lacteals, it is an
impossibility for them to take up and absorb the
chyle, and convey it into the circulation, is it not
also m impossibilty for them to take up and ab-
sorb Cod Liver Oil, or anything else? Most Ger.
tainly. We do not discuss its remedial properties
after it enters the circulation for in the state OF
the system under consideration il don't get there,
or at any rate, but limited quantity, and can't
get there, for the vessels through which it has to
pass are closed up.
may, in stating that all, every one, Of those
vessels Gre closed, say that which is not precisely
true, for it may be possible, yes, and probable that
the entire lining membrane of the digestive or
gans, is not in so congested state as to produce
uniform tumelaction or swelling of that entire
membrane; but that the greater portion is in an
infamed and swollen state is true, from the fact
of the patient becoming lean and thin in flesh,
which state can only be- brought about by clo-
sure Of those vessels, and the imperfect digestion
that is necessarily the result of the naamed con-
dtion of the mucus membrane Of the digestive
organs. ..
From the above it will be seen, that no matter
how much remedial virtues Cod Liver Oil may
possess, or how Ito quote from the above) "under
its use the chyle which is the nutritious product
of digestions, and taken up from the alimentary
canal by the lacteals,. only it is MT, becomes Of
NJ 1on pfor
the circulation, because it cannot get through
the closed up vessels, it cannot, of course be Of
any benefit to the patient, for it passes off with
the stool
From the foregoing, it will be perceived that
the first step towards successful treatment Of the
disease consumption, is the removal of its cause,
viz: diseased digestive organs this being done,
the powers of the system will accomplish the bal
ance of the work, providing the lungs be not too
far consumed A remedial agent must be en-
ployed that will do away with this congested and
swollen condition of the mucus Northumberland
this congested and swollen mucus membrane must
be got rid of for two reasons-frst, that imper-
feet digestion, and the manufacture of chyle poor
in quality, which is the inevitable result of n dis
eased stomach, may be done away with; and Sc
cond, that the closed lacteals may be restored to
their natural condition, so as to admit the chye,
and pass 1t on into the circulation. This being
done, not only will chyle Of good, healthy quail
ty be manufactured, but it will have free passage
into circulation and be made into good, rich blood
which will nourish the entire system, and enable
its powers the Ois nstacatrir nature, to throw off
the disease. a"
What remedial agent will do this work?
BLISS DYSPEPTIC REMEDY.
Try it-test it thoroughly-persevere in the
taking of it-foow out all the accompanying d.
rections, and you may depend that its remedial
virtues will not be long in showing themselves.
w. W. BLISS, NJ. D.,
3G3 Broadway, N. Y.
The Remedy is for by L. P. BARNETT & co,
Yorkville, S. C. Price So.
May 81 20 1t
nROF. DE GRATH,S ORIGINAL
i ELECTRIC OIL.-This great discovery is
q oanoatinn among the MeIlicnl