Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-17
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WHAT ARE THE TRUE NDICA-
w TIONs OF TREATMENT IN DISEASES OF

M Hal AXE HE IhUE lNDICA-
W TONS OF TREATMENT IN DISEASES OF
As regards that class of disease often termed Liver
ing the treatment usually instituted for its
which has for its object the stimulation Of the
ton of the Liver that is to maxi the LIVER pour out
more bile Too much can scarcely be SAID against the
which act and can only act on the
Liver but by first stimulating the mucuS membrane Of
the stomach and by doing not only do no good hut
POSITIVE harll by eA'SpeIdtHE 'e tetion
OF that membrane, which the first great cause
As regards Liver Disease being kept up by infamma
ton of the stomach there need not be the slightest shad
ever will be- of Liver Disease, but that in CON
nection with most prominent symptoms Of tian-
nation OF the stomach and upon inquiry it Will also be
@ any Sisease was discovered IN the Liver Question
any invalid suffering from Liver Disease, regards the
early history his complaint and he will almost nvaa
by refer YOU to some trouble in the digestive organs and
proceed to narTate symptoms that give eYi
deuCe that previous to the Liver Disease there was
positive arrangement of the stomach question the in
valid suffering Liver Disease and five out of
ten symptoms he will describe suffering from, will give
the most positive assurance that disease OF the stomach
is also existing in connection with disease OF the HVer
Again. in every durable of Liver Disease, no mat
ter how stubborn may be ITS character or now long mas
resisted medical treatment, let a wel-directed treatment
be instituted for the disease OF the stomach and the Liver
Disease VIII vanish IKE dew before inc rising sun
Why? Because that which caused the Liver Disease
and that which has been the cause of continuance has
been ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The (the stomach disease)
being removed the effect he Liver Disease) will soon
Proofs in abundance of the most positive character
could be adduced in support Of the fact that disease Of
the Liver secondary diseasea disease produced
by disease Of the stomach If them all this trouble has
its rise and origin in Inflammation OF the mucus mem
brane OF the stomach what will be thought of treat
ment that still further stimulates membrane already
stimulated and inamed? How the sccrctions Of
the Liver stimulated? BY first exciting or Irritating the
mucous membrane Of the stomach. The remedies taken
for the purpose Of stimulating the Liver, do not and can
not touch the Liver at at is physically impossible for
them to do so-and can only stimulate the Liver but by
first stimulating or irritating the mucus membrane OF the
stomach And is not that same mucous membrane IN an
already over-eXced and ovcrstinulaed condition. ana
from which over-stmuatcd and intlamed condition the
disease OF the Liver produced in the first place! 1t
strikes me that those who have heretofore depended on
Liver Disease, why it is that they have not
only received no benefit from such treatment but are
in fact worse OIL than when they adopted it, And it also
strikes me, that those who have as they SO very innO-
Gently say placed Their Liver medicines III the shape Of
patent before the people only at the very earnest Sole
taton Of their friends fearing that by doing so they may
be ranked among the nnumerable class OF empyrcs, mad
better LOOK well to the theory they advocate or the peo-
PIE VIII very readily discover Inc zion SKIN, ana altX
the tue OF empyrlc where 1t, Ill so much good alt
| belongs.
what are Inc true Indications OF tfeatmcntf Ih0se
which Will remove the cause OF the disease, Nz-the in
| hanmatOry action of the mucus membrane OF the
stomach ANY Other treatment than TINS Will ever prove
OF not the least parceo beneht idea OF prescribing
Tor the Liver alone and taking no thought OF the cQnd
ton OF te stomach is perfectly ridiculous one ana me
idea OF etecng through the of those remedies
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