The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-03-24
MEDICAL.
DIR. POLAND'S
WHITE PINE COMPOUND,
The Great Popular Remedy
For Colds, Coughs, >Hoarseness, S
Throat, Group, and Wbooping
No,oh
Cures Gravel,
And all Kidney Diseases |!

VyHERE have been many severe cases In Boston
Il aad vicinity cured BY tho White Pine Com
pound which can be referred to, and hundreds Of
cases Of Kidney complaints cured entirely by taking
the " hte Pine Compound, having been reported
Among ali the popular medicines offered for sale,
no ono seems to have gained favor Ike the White
Pine Compound. Ibis Medicine was nrst made "a
lately as the spring OF 1865 ana then merely ior one
individual who was aff. ctcd With an inf ,mmation
Of the throat. A cure " a. effected by II. Inns IN.
duceu others TO apply for the same remedy and
eveTy one using II received great benefit. Inc ar
ticle, however, went without u name till November
following, when it was called Waite Pine Compound
During that month 1t was advertised for the Hrst
some time in 1866, an individual WHO purchased
bottle lor hard cough, was NOT only cured OF the
cough but also OF severe kidney complaint of ten
yeaTs endurance. This being truly discovery,
The fact was mentioned TO skillful physician who
reuled in substance that the bark Of white
nine VS. one of the best diuretcs known, provided
its could be counteracted. II the other
articles entering into the compound wouid effect
this n fortune was in the medicine Inc fortune has
not vet been reached; but the hundreds OF cures ef
fected by tue compound, in tho m9st Aggravated
cases of Kidney diseases inciu9lnx ZS1ses: prove
large number otphyscians now employ II, o. recon-
mend il or such use.
But while the White Pine Compound is SO useful In
Kidney inflammation il i also wonderful curative in all
throat lung diseases. IL quickly and sooth ngy
aays inflammation, that hoareness and soreness are re-
moved if by magic Numerous cases have been report
ed to the originator where relief In severe eases has
been experienced in one hour and cure elected In
tWentyIour hours.
There very natural reason for this The bark and
even the leaves or needles" 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, bod French mariner, early 1884,
sailed along the northern coast Of North America and
the first among discoveries to enter the River st.
Lawrence. On his renrn down the river, he found his
sadly afflicted and disabled by what sailors call the
scurvey. Its rayages fatal and the survivors
scarcely able to 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
mcnt and they pointed him tree, the bark and
leaves of which they used in decoction with signal
cess Cartier tried the remedy and had the gra
cation OF seeing all Of his who afflicted rapidly
improving This tree the White Pine.
wash Of the bark. stepped in water is exceedingly
useful in reducing inflammation and cleansing old sores
In fine the virtues Of White Pine Bark known every
where and this doubtless Is grand why the
White Pine Compound tavoraby received at the
first. ft--. A't.t -tH
The past year has given great opportunity to test tbs
virtues Of the White Pine Compound. IL hes been an
unusual time for Colds and coughs, and very large
quantities of the White Pine Compound have been sold
and used with the happt effects 1t speaks well for the
Medicine, that the people living where It Is prepared
are high in It's praise.