Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-14
MEDICINES.
. IvER DISEASE LIVER COM

and children BY those out Of profession and those in
iii and wi the str especially have the terms become
ngrataied into their good will favor and affection,
that thew have as much onduess for their have
the F4e Islanders for roasted Missionaries and certainly
have much charity for those South Sea bar
b8rans and recognize with ss much christian con-
alteration their csnTibal propausiies as the physician
who sill make Of mysterious unmearing terms as
'lvcr disease" silver complaints" Hos often has the
physician with his long sanctmGaions and exceedingly
wistoo log phiz said to his patient, you have the
liver disease " What does he By it? does he mean
nervous disease, and icsma0Ty disesse an engofgel
condition of the liver, suRmic condition, iton
W. ere the secretion too profuse, the too little
swollen condition. enlarged condition indurated
condition, soened condition, what does be mean
his patient certainly must be at to conjecture Per
baps he means 'sligh tocch" Of the whole combined
"YOn grand con binstion" Now Il he meant that his
patient mad congested lnfamed enlarged, swollen.
induraed liver and had said he then would have been
Understood at once and the pathological condition com
pretended.
Eowhe first question to be solved is what tile cause
OF the above pathological conditions Of the Liver The
setting aside this once simple question. with attempt
to ascertain knowledge Of causes, has led to treat
men TO say the least, very preiudc4 the health of
thousands, and might be said that of knowledge
and the treatment that has been Instituted consequence
hiss been the total ruinaon Of the health AID consttu
ton Of tens Of hOusaus every section of the cuutry
alluded to the blue pill treatment, the calomel, auti-
bilious plll, "cathsrc pill +" &c eatment-a treatment
that has been too long relied upon where good
results has heen dsCovered-a treatment that day
hurrying HUNDREDS and thousands to premature grave
Previous speaking Of the of those conditions Of
the liver, let us bear in mind that the work
of nerves that distributed 10 the stomach are also
distribute 10 the Liver; let also in mind that
the membrane that lines the stomach passes
down into the duodeuum, he first bowel and through
the ducts that lead from this bowel to their
heatons through the entire substance Of the Liver
What are the symptoms Of congested infamed
don Of liver The Uery same symptoms thar exhibit
themseUes in the mucous npembraHe If the digestive
organs Aud what the cause OF the above men
toned pathological condition of the liver. l answer a
cougested, rritated and ufamed condition of the
membrane OF The digestive organs. This is the
and the only cause, OF the disease From exnsus ion
ard stimulation Of the capillary Of the mucus
membrane OF the soma h, brought about by stimulating
70 d, bad water, spurious liquors. exposure, mental
ton &c, Sci and last but not least, the pernicious
habit of continually swallowing down stimulating medi-
cines,uch "tunic bters" "cathsrtic pills. &c an
IhamatorY action is lighted up 10 that mtm braue. From
the very close connection between the stomach and liver
by not only the work of that disr
bued the being also distributed to the oher but
also the mucus membrane of the one berga continual
ton Of the membrane of the other extension of
dsese very readily through that chief characteristic of
living body -sympathy-tskes place from the stomach
to the liver producing cougested state of that organ
Tie continuing viz the nhsmed state of the
mucus membrane Of the ,tomach (whi is too often the
case by the taking OF the many specifics, such as blue
pills. caomel, ''cathartc pills and other "pstent"
pills &c, ST. the congested condition Of the liver passes
on into another condition, viz; swollen ver-a condi IN
where there is actual addition OF substance hut where
it legitimate tissue is 10 state of expansion. or
puftd out These two pathological conditions of the
liver, are very redy durable under judiciou treatment;
hut at this stage of the disease stimulation is escorted
to for the purpose of forcing seretions by caome blue
pill or The thousand and different 'anbilousn and
other paten pills that catered broadcast through
out the whole civilized world there will be deposited
into its texture from the pent up blood that the organ
contains, hard yeowi5h white subtance and produce
thGt condition known enlarged liver patho lgical
condition which time remedy We but which
will sooner or later pass into still another pathological
ndi ion viz; that of indurated Lvers state where it
becomes shrunken. shriYeled, an hard mass, from
wasting OF its cellular tissue, and hangs penduously,
dangling and ratns about in the side like seeds in dry
So oash, with its tuoctons entirely pended.
With this condition OF the Liver, there are now
thr ughout The United States, thousands and tens of
thousands lost To every hope If recovery, for time
circumstance or temedy, ever change the c0ud tio-
rendition, which L sorry say, is in ninety nine
cases out of every hundred, brought ablu! the per
niclous habit of dosiog with c4omel, blue pills. and The
thousands of speeches 10 shape of patent pills. to be
found in every nook and corner OF the Union.
As reg rds these pathological conditions of the liver
being brought about an kept up through sympathy with
an iuhamed mucus membrane nj the stomach there
not be the slightest shade of the shadow of doubt by
closely watching the symptoms and making ose inuu-
les concerning the early history OF the case fur in ny
belief there toaS neUer eUen SINGLE isolated of
esther ofhe aboUe mentioned condition.
of the but that there t0as preUiousv to IT, or
conconttantty wl it, disease Of the diSeStlUe or
gGnS
Believing these notions correct ones let US before we
quit the subject take cursory glance at the system of
calomel blue pill and patent" pill medication. And
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stimulate the secretions of the ver,n which means to
cause the liver to pour out le Now how do thew
stimulate the liver for they don't touch the yer at all
aud it is physically impossible they shoud If knev
don't in contact with the liver how is it possible
for then to stmu that organ Il tell you how thew
90 it. They canno Tor it is physically impossible for
them TO stimulate the liver to ercfpt BIZ preUious
stimulating the mucus membrane Of The stomach and
by extension Of irritation from The stomach 10 the
hUer. This is ohe way the v.r stimulated to a by
the of those remedies They irrtate the Inueus
membrane of the stomach. he mem hrau
bear in mind IS ALREADY in an Tercited and irri
tGttd condition, and from Which condition of man
brdne the husr through sympathy Nth The diseased
membrane became originally iseGstd. Now 1t strikes
me this is curing oliver Disease with vengeance
cung by still farther irritating and inf aiming mucus
membrane which was the whole the disease in
the first pace.
My pill friends may say that their pills don't irrate
the mucns membrane Of the stomach II they don't r
ate the stomach and bowels how is il that they
the bowels to move! The bowels would not unless
they were stimulated action and that the bowels do
move in proof positive that they have been stimulated to
action.
previously diseased and rritated stomach. Well if
they don't believe that naamed and rritaed stomach
will iritate the liver lOhy do they exhibit their pill then
f0r theg kn0D Tor ought to- that taeir pills and
cannot touch the liver ALL that they can only irr
tate an6 stimulate tie liver by first irritating and smu
latog the mucus membrane OF the stomach. 80 1t is
easily to be seen that they, after ALL do know that an r
rtated and diseased stomach produces irrtated and
diseased liver and acknowledge by administering their
pills.
They may say tWell your theory readsvsry we'll and
is very pretty look at but ii it true why is II our
pills curel" Ali there's question about that matter; do
they curt? that's The question: and pretty important
question 1t is too II they will there are mighty
many mean, ngardly All penurous invalds scattered
throughout the Cnited States that pay 'uuartern
fora box Of pills and good health for there th1us nds
ami tens Of thousands that now suffering from thoae
very dlseases Whch these pills are hai to cure This
locks strange certainly that should value quar
ter more than good health.
The Truth Of this whole matter siply ths the above
mentioned pathological condition OF the liver is kept up
by an rrtaed and diseased condition of he digestive or
gans and whatever medicine is taken into the stomach
that increases instead aayng this disease of the di
gesVe organs will not only do the disease of the liver 10
good bat great deal Of harm for whatever increases
TIN irritation and disease Of the stomach will increase the
Irritation and disease Of the liver; and this fancy is the
very reason why there at this very so many
Thousands that ck snd suffering from disease OF The
lVet and have been, Tor years. notwithstanding they
have swallowed pills enough during the time TO shinrle
Pills won't do, because they increase instead
OF lessen the disease Of the stomach.
Aud now in conclusion, will remark that is easily
TO be seen that the indications Of treatment are to
lessen the rritability and n1smmatory action of the
stomach, which is the cause and the only cause of the
disease OF the liver What she be Telnedesi Any
that meet the Indication. ANY remedy that will calm and
soothe an irated mucous membrane Of the stomach and
disspate whatever of inhammaory action may be urk
ing there, is proper remedy. One, and VeIy impor
ant one among the lew of this class Of remedies, is
"BLIss' DYsPEtTIo RENEDYn
hIeueuy tuat Is now engaging the attention Of both
those in and out Of the profession than any other
preparation that has ever been placed before the people
remedy that lie being tested and with the most
happy results ny hundreds aud thousands ia every Sec
ton Of the countrya remedy that will not oisa ppoint in
its curative effects 1t be taken pereeyerei in aud
directions properly complied with II will not fail ia the
most stubborn case mater Of how long star ding or
how iniractabe may have been It will cure directions
are complied with, and the treatment persevered in
hope however, one will commence with the Remedy
supposiug hat they have To take but single package to
be entirely cured Of disease that has beeen ormeting
them for years. One package will no doubt do great
deal OF good may in fact lead the patient 70 suppose he
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