Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1858-05-20

often has the pEysclal with his long saucrmanious
and exceedingly ling phz, said 10 The patient
you have the liver disease. What does he mean hy
il? does he mean nervous disease, an nf1a,nmaosy
disease engorgec condition Of the liver, anue
mic condition., cod tul where the secretion is too
proiuse s the same too little, swollen condion, an
condition. wha, dues he mean--hs psien, must he
al loss to conieciare. Perhaps he means q slight
touch" 81 the whole combnrd-" Won grand comhaa-
tIon Now u he that his paiishl baf congrst-
ed, infiamed enlarged, swollen, iBdprned liver, and
had said SO, he then would have beep pndeptod al
once aud the pathological condition unprecedented;
Now the First question TO be s0fyed, IL, what Is the
cause OF the above pahoaica cor diiion Of the liver
he setting aside Tins one SIMPLE question: with no at
Temp. 10 ascertain knnw,sdgs ocauses, zee Isa 70
a,h ol ih"usa ds, aud might be said that want
Of know ledge as regards the Of those condi
tons oil The liver and the that has been in
stuled IN consequence, has been tie oial ruinaton
Ut the hea h and constitution OF tens thousands n
every section of The country aude the bluepill
treatment, the calOmel, anti bilious pill" catharc
pill &C. treatmeni-a treatmen: that has too long |
been feed upon where good tesuts have been dis
covered-a treatment that is daily hurrying hundreds
and thousands To premature grave, Previous 10 |
speaking ct the OF thse cond OF the liver
lei US bear in mind that the same net work If
tina. are distributed c the stomach also dis,rbu-
ted t" the Liver aud let us also bear mind that the
same mucous Inhrane thai lines the stomach, passes
down into the du'denum, the first bowel, and on
through the ducts that lead from this bowel their
hottest amltcaIlnns throughout the entire substance
Of the Liver hat the symptoms OF c0ngesled
na med condition. o! the liver The very same symp-
that e1hba fheMseIUts an congestion o the mucus
membrane u The digestive organs. And now what are
the causes Of the nuned pa Theological cOnd
ii"n of the liver answer, cons-sied rnated and
lnfiauied conuiton ut the ncus membrane al the dl.
gestye organs. This is the cause and The only
OF those diseases From exha ustion and over stmula
ton oi the capillary vessels Of the membrane
of the stomach, bruu.h: about bv stimulating fond
bad water, siasitnns liquors, exposure, mental exer
ton. &c Mc; and last. Bot moi least the pefnscious
habit al swallowing down u'asing medicines such
as ionic b.tteis, catiartc pdIs" &c. an inham-
IN atory IS lighted up in that membrane. From
the very close connection between the stomach and
the liver, by u only the same network n that
are distributed 10 the being also distributed to the
o, her, but aisc the Of the being
a continuation oi the same membrane OF the other All
extension Vi lie disease, readily, through tha
chief characteristic vi living bod y-sympahy-takes
place from the stomach 10 the liver, producing con-
rested state of that organ.
The cause c N lnuing, viz: the lntiamed state OF
the mucous ueinb ane- ot The stomach (Which Is too
the case BY the taking of the many specifics,
such blue phi, calomei &C al harIc pills, aud other
patent pills, &C., &c., the congested condition Of
the liver .sses un into anher condition, viz; swell
len liver-a coEdit"n here there is no actual addi-
ton s subs, ace, but where its legitimate tissue
q in state OF expansion, pulled out These two
path ogcal conditions Of the liver, very readily
durable under juoicOus treatment; hut il at this stage
u
Of forcing sccretons, by calonrl, blue pill, or the
thousand and different "an,,-bi"us' and other
patent pills ina! are broadcast throughout
TIE while civilized world, there will be deposited into
It's texture from the pent-up o0d that the cum
tains, hard, yellow il, white substance, and produce
that c,ndt known enlarged iiver-a pah0lo9i-
cal condition ~hih no time or RENE dy can renove,
but which will later pass into sill another
pathological condition, Wig that Of indurated iyer-a
| state where it becomes shrunken, shriveied, and
hard mass. frnm wasine nf its cellular tissue, and
hangs penduou y, dangling and rattling about in the
side like seeds IN dry rquash, with It's uncti.ns en-
With ths condition Of the liver, there are now
throughout the United States, thousand and tens Of
thousands los, every tope Of recovery for no time,
ccumsta u ce. remedy, ever change The c0nd-
,ion-a condition, which am sorry to say, is in nine
" nine cases out OF every hundred, ought bout by
the ne ruIc uus hait Of dusnt with caume blue pills,
and The thuusands Of spec fcs in shape OF patent,
pills to be found IN every nook aud corner of the
Union.
As rds these pa thohecal cond lions the liver
being brought about and kept up through sympathy
with an n1amed mucus membrane OF the stomach.
there need not the slightest shade ef The shadow OF
doubt by closely watching the symptoms, and making
close enquiries concerning the eartv history OF the
case, Fur IN MY BELIEF THERE NEVER WAS EVEN
SINGLE ISOLATED CASE OF EITHER oF THE ABOVE MEN
ToNEn PATnoL oSIcAL CONDITIONS OF THE LIVER BUT
THAT THERE PREvI.UsLY TO IT, OR cONcoMiTANTLY
WITH IT, "A, DISEASE OF HE plessTlAE ORGANS.
Believing these notions ones, ftr hefnfe
we ou, the subject, take cursory glance al the sys
teni III caionsl, blue pill, and patent; pill medca,
ton And why they exhibited? why, as the pill
av,tO
which means to canse the liver to p"nr out more bile.
Nnw HOW dn they stimulate The liver, for they don't
TOUCH the liver at all, and i 's physically impossible
tba, they should. II they don't in CONTACT with
the liver, how is pnssble Tor them 10 stimulate that
| organ2 III show you how they doit. They cannot,
tor II is physically imp ssible for them to stimulate
the liver act PREVIOUSLY STIMULATING THE
MUcus MEMBRANE of TIE STOMACH AND BY EXTENSION
OF IRRITATION FROM THE STOMACH TO THE LIVER
Of ' hos reeees They rri,ate The mucis menbra ne
o the somach the very membrane which. hear ~
mind, already in over excited and irrated condi-
lion, AND FkoM WHICH CONDITION OF MEMBRANE, THE
LIVER THROUGH SYMPATHY THE DISEASED MEM
BRANE, BECAME ORIG NALLy DISEASED Now II strikes
me this is curing " Liver Disease with vengeance
curing by sill further irritating and infaming
mucus membrane which was the whole cause Of the
disease the frs place. 49,
NV pill ir ends may say that their pills don't irra'e
the muus membrane of the stomach u they don ir-
rta,e the stomach and bowels how 10 that they cause
| the bowels 10 move The bowels would moi, move
unless they stimulated to action, anil 'hht the
buwes do move is proof positive that they have been
stimulated ~ ucti N. .
They may say that the liver disease 10 not caTssd
by previously Diseased and irrtaied stomach Well'
4, they don, believe that lnamed aud lrr'ta,ed so
mach will irri,ate the liver. mhy do they EXHIBIT Their
s .s ssy az Ina
rrita,e and xfimntats The l'reT hy tftvn""ng ana
sfmulutins The mucous membrane Of the somach j IS
easily to lie seen, that they alter all do knor that an
irrn,rd and Diseased stomach produces an ifr,iated
and diseased liver and acknowledge by admi"isterng
their pills.
| They may say, eil, YOUR tHcoIy 'ouur W. $3.50
and is very pretty To look at but if i: is why ].
that our pills cure" All! there's question abonl
that matter do they cure that's The question and
pretty important question It is tho. 1t they UH cure
there are a mi. hlv many me an, nggardy and penur
Gus nvads trugh"u. the Unit STATES that
won't pay quarter" t"r a box Of pills md Cd
health for there nds and tens Of iheusa nds
that re now suffering from hase diseases which
,hnse pills are said This looks strange, GER
| tainly tina, should value "quarter" more than
good health.
above me nriuned pa biological condition II he liver il
kent up y an rriaied and diseased csndition OF the
digestive organs and whatever medicine s taken in
10 The stomach that increr instead OF this
sense OF The digestive organs, will pot ONLY do the df
ease ot the liver good, bnt great deal oharm tor
the irritation and disease OF the sto
mach will increase the irritation and disease OF the iiv-
err and this fancy, IS the very reason ny there are
.nd dice af The liver. and have been