Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-06-29

n seaSe concerning winch the most ideas
are exting-a disease that regarded and talked about
beirg of peculiar nature whvre physical and mem
alvigor is depressed and the whole ystem in weak.
ened, rvatedex austed and worn out Conditional dis
ease VIII Ch TO successfully comba recourse mus recss-
sdriy be had to to the called strengthening or ton.
&c preparations such as lark ron bsmuth alcoholic IL
quors, STRENGTHENING titters," sc &c class of rem.
edies that least thirds Of the females of America
have most init nate acqua ntance with and to good
portion OF whom, their effects will prove curse and oane
Of their exisencsa class Of remedies that havr ruined
and broken down ons h an any other class
ofremedes in the MaIera Medica and have svept create
er from the lace of creation than either the pes
tltnc the s~od-a casseoi remedies very seldom if
ever, of the slightest utility and have legitimate right
to the title OF curative agents. and should have
been allowed place among them-a class ofremedies Ia
great favor with "old women" quacks and medical pre-
tenders whose Grains perfectly huge with everything
but ideas"
These are, au aware bold assertions but thew are
truths that will obt lin footing 10 the opinion of every
phys clan with well balanced head II he will examine
the SUBJECT in sober thought.
There is such thing deblity; the name or term
means nothing There is will admit, Of system
where physical and mental powers are depressed and
where weaknessI enervston, ard exhaustion are Dromi
nent symptoms but this is rot sd biy they sre symp
toms ofinterna external action abfoken
head shins, disordered stomach nAmmat on OF the
bowels lungs, liver OIL dsea producing the
above mentioned condition Of system NDebility or
that state of system receiving tn name is the esnlt of
irfammatory action 10 or more organs of the
BODY an action which Expresses the healthy functions Of
the rest OF the oily There is disease that
vii produce more or less Of the symptoms Of debility"
Iniuammaton OF the bowels is there not ply, a and
mental depression, weakness, enervation, and total
prostration Of all the powers Of sysem and for this
weakness, aud tis prostration &C. shall we use ron
bark &C.! No for should exasDerate the disease and
produce greater debility THAI present before In
stead OF these remedies would of positively
i0toering remedies, such hot lamentations, blood t.
ting, &c under judicious OF which the debility"
yanishes. Here of debility that is exa psr
ated by the Of 'toncs" ana srengtheniugo rene.
dies aud cured by positively lowering and depicting med
ines In liberation of the stomach s there the same
physical and mental depression, and the whole train CT
symptoms of debility? Certainly; aud shall we treat
the with the so called tonic preparations? les II
we would Kill the patient as dead as a herring,
Tasre is such thing debility" and no earthly
use for such remedies as iron bark bmuth tonic bit
ers, &C. &c, strengtheners for in nine Eases out
of tenyes in nine hundred and ninety nine Of
thousand,ins'ead of strenethen 6, they will debiti
tate by exasperatug tnammGtory action which is the
cause and the only cause, of that state system term
ed 'debihtyn
"Debityn signifies an inhammatory action In some
one or more paris of the body always signifies this
and the exhibition OF tonics is the hight OF empyricism
and charlatan and the physicon who them
only prescribes for name and not condition of body,
but hampers with not only the health but the lie Of the
/ patient placed uuder his
The particular object had in view in selecting the
subject of debility for this weeks advertisement was
TO speak of thot state condition of sys among ie
males, known and called general debtyn There are
tens Of thousands Of these suffering females scattered
throughout the United Saesand presume less
OF them taking regular daily doses of Of these
preparsns of iron, nark tonic "bitters or bis
some OInOr OF tonic preparations.
themselves With the delusYe hope that long they will
be restored to health. But how truly will they be disap
pointed for so long as they conuue to take them they
will only experience good but positive injury. AZ
they WILL later discover by the appearance Of
other diseased symptoms, such pAlpltation o. the
heart, difficult breathing, &c. &C., caused by The exhibit
on of stimulating remedies 70 organs already iaboiing
under over-excited action.
The disease called 1debiltyn as have already stated
always sgnifes nhammatory action somewhere, and in
ninety nine cases out Of hundred that point Of na-
matory action is in the membrane Of the stomach
bowels, AID The exhibition Of 'onic preparations in
stead of tenedng always exasperates the The
idea of treating inhamma.ory action OF the mem
bfane of the stomach bowels with such as
iron, bsmuth. mic bers &C. medicines that pro uce
by contact with the the even in healtha
great de of irritation is truly most ridiculous.
''But ttop,p says medical friend, lyon not making
fair exhibit of the state condition Of system 10 which
exhibit these preparations Of iron, bismuIh, &c Yes
am aking exhib Of exactly the state Ind coldi-
ton Of the in which you prescribe these preparR-
tions You escIibe them for debiltyi and what Is
''debity9"a condition of system implying ailoays an
inhammatory action in some organs Of the
body, and in very great majority ocases inammatory
action in the omach bowels; and you otter
live point to a Of debility" bu. that is
origin be traced to inhammatory action somewhere
cause. Show a Of "debiltyn but that It's
origin be traced to nhammatoy action somewhere
its cause Show me case Of 'debihty' and I'll show
you that inf Ammatory action Of either the stomach or
bowels, or both, the most prominent symphonic
But" says my friend, 'if there nfammatory &C
ton OF the mucus membrane Of the stomach, pdssure
the stomach would produce pain" Pshaw the very
worst Of Inflammation and liberation OF the stem
ach, may be present. while at the time MT the
smallest amount Of animal sensation is present can be
ELECTED by pressure the stomach This fact is
thy Of note-that Inflammation and liberation Of
the stOma n may exist aud without the slightest animal
being present. either by pressure othersse.
The idea that pain is always present be ELECTED
by pressure Damsd somach lis enc,
the such idea is got rid the better will
befor suffering humanity. How often has the brain been
allowed become diseased eesondary through diseased
digestive organs, from the simple that medical
men would pronounce almost positively that there
irdtatio inflammation Of digestive organs simply be-
pressure by the hand the diseased clio.
tied PaiRi and too at the very time when the poor
patient lettering the BRINK OF the grave, from
the surgng Of the blood tn the head producing appos
peoiic fnlness Of the blood vessels oil the brain and
from this same extension Of irritation from the stomach
How ofen has the heart decome organicaly diseased
through this irritation OF the stomach, and the mis-
chief totally unexpected SIMPLY because pressure
the stomach PRODUCES no pain How ofen have tuber-
Giles been allowed to form the lungs, the betg
produced BY irritation Of the stomach when the diseased
condition hight have been easily remedied, had the
medical under the false impression that pres
ure over diseased stomach always ects pain Palsy
OF limb from partial pressure OF tue BRAIN disorgRnzaA
ton Of the brain, insanity, and DEATH have again aud
again place from congestion OF the bTa this lat
ter being produced BY irritation ind atory action Of
the stomach, while at the same time not the smallest
amount Of pain was present. or could be elected BY paeas
sure over tie stomach.
Ills ths losing sight Of this fact that has lea the usual
stimulating mode Of treatmet only in chronic dis.
Of the digestive organs but all other chronic
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necessarily be t0aRt Of t0nea mode Of treatment that
has hurried hundreds and thousands to premature
grave. a1 H..r tra ..r ~
Rom the foregoing, Is easily dseernble that Ia the
so called disease, debility We have an inaammatory
action Of the stomach boNes 10 deal With, and the
sooner we quit such operations "btters," bArz iron
bsmuth, Ne &C., aud look for help preparation
that instead OF exasperating the disease will produce
contrary eject, the better 1t gi be FIR tisnts.
What medicine shall We make use o.! Any that viii
produce soothing, curative fleet such are the Of
kcu OF BLISS DYSPEPrLJ kBMEDY,p and am
confident tnat therei u debility no matter Of
how long standing, hut thatw vanish uodef - nha-
once the diFectnns compiled wlth lnt.ci II thsre
Is any deaae In which Il sh It's curative tif'ues and
too 10 short time, Is Ia this 10 should however, b
taken eguiary and peseverngyi and the system kept
under is infnerco Tor some considerable length Of tine
III hla il done and all the accompanying directions Of
the medicine carried OUT far practicable, patient
need dspair Of being cured for 10 viii just SO certainly
cure them as they taEe H.
is fr sale bY all respectable druggists and BY whom
Il viii be sent BY mail receiving the price Of the msdi
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