Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-03-25
THE GREATEST
MEDlCAL DISCOVERY
OF THE AGE
DR.. KENNEDY, Of Re hury. has diseoveredin one
OF cur common pasture weeds a remedy that cures
EVERY KIND OF HUMOR.

From the acOrst scrota7o dorm to a com
man pimple.
He has tried it in over 100 cases, and pevar
failed except in TWO cases, (both thunder bumor.)
He has now in his possession over two hundred
certificates Of Its virtue, al within twent, miles Of
Boston.
Two bottles are warranted to cure a nursing sore
mouth
One TO three bottles will cure the worst kind of
Pinples IN 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 stom ach.
Three to five bottles are warranted to cure the
woast case of Erysipelas.
One to two bottles are warranted to cure all hu-
nor in the Eyes.
Two bottles are warranted to cure running of the
ears and blctches among the bair.
-Four 10 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 OfrincwoTm.
Two to three bottles are warranted to cure the
most desperate case of rheumatism.
Three to four bottles are warranted to cure the
salt rheum.
Five to eight bottles will cure the worst cases Of
~scrofula.
A benefit is always experienced from the first
bottle and a perfect cure is warranted when the
above quantity is taken.
Reader, l peddled over a thousand bottles Of
this in the vicini y of Boston. know the effect
OF 1t Ill every case. So sure as water will extin-
gulsh hre, so sure will this cure humor. T nevar
sold a bottle Of 1t but that sold another: after q
trial it always speaks for itself. lherea are two tb;nas
about this herb that appears to me SURPRISING frs.
that 1t grows In our pastures, in some places ouite
plentiful, and yet its value has never been
known until | discovered it in ls46-second. ,bat
1t should cure all kinds Of humor.
In order to give some idea of the sudden riss
and great popularity of the discovery, | viii staia
that In april, 1853, 1 peddled it, and sold sbopt
SIX bottles per day-in April. 1854, / sold over one
thousand bottles per day of it..
Some OF the wholesale Druggists who have heen
IN business twenty and thirty years, say that moth
ing IN the annals Of patent medicines WIS ever
like it. There is a universal praise Of il torn all
quarters.
In my own practice l always kept it strictly for
humOrs-but since its Introduction as a general
family medicine, great aud wonderful virtues have
been found in it that | never suspected.
several cases Q epileptic fits-a disease which
was always considered i~ncurshle, have been cured
by a few bottles. O, what a mercy if it viii prove
efectual in all eases Of that awful malady-tbero
are but few who have seen more of il than l have.
know OF several cases of Dropsy, all of them
aged people, cured by it. For the various diseases
OF the liver, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Asthma.
Fever and Ague, Pain in the Side. Diseases Of the
spine, aud particularly in diseases Of the Kidneys.
&c. the discovery has done more good t4an any
medicine ever know.
10 change Of diet ever neoessarv-eat the hest
you car get and enough If il.
DIRECTIONS For LsE-Adulfs one table spoon
tul per tay-Children over ten years dessert spoon
lui- Cbhdren from five to eight years, tea spoon-
lul. AS no directions can be applicable To all con-
situations take sufficient To operate on the bowels