The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-03-06
MEDICAL.
DIR. POLAND,S
WHITE PINE COMPO UlD,
The Great Popular Remedy
For Colds, Coughs. Hoarseness, Sore
~ Throat, Group, and Whooping
.e Cough. 81
Cures Gravel,
And all Kidney Diseases |!

and vicinity cured by the White Pine Com
pound which can be referred to, and hundreds of
cases of Kidney complaints, cured entirely by taking
the White Pine Compound having been reported
Amoss all the popular medicines offered for sale,
no ono seems to have gained favor Like the White
Pine Compound This Medicine was fret made as
lately as the spring OF 1866 ana then merely TOR one
individual, who was affected with an inn mmation
of the throat A cure was effected by it. This ia
duced others to apply for the same remedy, and
every one using it received great benefit The ar
ticle, however, went without nae p; III EoveDeT
following whea it was called Whste Ptne compound
During that month it was advertised ior the nist
time.
Some time in 1855, an individual, who purchased
bottle Tor hard cough was not only cured Of the
cough but also OF severe kidney complaint, OF Ten
years endurance. This being truly discovery.
the fact was mentioned to sKiliul physician, VINO
replied, in substance that. the bark OF white
pine was one of the best duretics known, provlded
ITS astrngency could be counteracted II the otnsI
articles entering into the compound would enect
this, fortune was in the medicine The fortune mas
not yet been reached bat the hundreds of cures eI
cases of Kidney diseases including Diabetes prove
it to be wonderful medicine for such ailments. A
large number ofphyscians now employ il, or recon-
But while the White Pine COMPOUND is SO useful in
Kidney inflammation, it is also wonderful curative in all
throat and lung diseases. 1t quickly and sooth ngy
allays inflammation that hoarseness and soreness
moved as if by magic Numerous been report
ed to the originator where relief in very has
been experienced in one hour and effected in
twenty four hours III -er sat .a-t
There very natural reason for this. The bark and
even the leaves needles p Of White Pine contain
eminent medicinal qualities The Indians employed the
bark of White Pine in treating diseases long before the
settlement of America by Europeans. One instance
hrming this may here be gwen.
James Cartier, DO French mariner, early 1884
sailed along the northern coast of North America
the first among discoveries to enter the River ST.
Lawrence On his return down the river, he found his
men sadly afflicted and disabled by what sailors call the
scurvey Its rayages fatal and the survivors
scarcely able bury the dead Some of the Indians
along the shore likewise attacked by the dis
ease but Cartier observed that they recovered He
therefore earnestly enqured about their mode Of treat
ment and they pointed out to him tree the bark and
leaves of which they used in decocton, with signal
Cartier tried the remedy and had the gatif
cation Of seeing all of his who afflicted rapidly
improving. This tree was the White Pine.
wash of the bark stepped in water, is exceedingly
useful in reducing inflammation cleansing old
In ne virtues of White Pine Bark are known every
where, and this doubtless Is grand reason why the
White Pine Compound favoraby received at the
first. ~ IS f-l.'t''t-' ~ "a
The past year has given great opportunity test the
virtues of the White Pine Compound It has been an
unusual time for Colds and Coughs and very large
quantities the White Pine Compound have been sold
and used with the happest effects 1t speaks we'll for the
Medicine. that the people living where it Is prepared
are high in its praise. fr.ui~I rn