The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-02-20
MEDICAL
DIR. POLAND'S
WHITE PINE COMPOUND,
The Great Popular Remedy
For Colds, Coughs. Hoarseness, Sore
qsa Throat, Group, and Whooping
Cough.
Cures Gravel,
And all Kidney Diseases !

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pound, which can be referred TO-, and hnndieds Of
cases Kidney complaints cured entirely by taking
the " hite zine Compound, having been reported
by druggists.
Among all the popular medicines offered for sale,
no ono seems to have gained favor like the WINE
Pine Compound. This Medicine was hrst maze a.
lately as the spring OF 1866 and then merely lor ohe
individual, who was affected with an inn 3mmauon
OF the throat A cure vas effected by it. lhls IA,
duced others to apply for the same remedy, ana
every one using it received great benefit lbe ar
tlcle, however, went without name till November
following who it wae called White Pine Compound
uuilng that month 1t was advertiled tor The nTst
Some time in 1866, an individual, who purchased
bottle lor hard cough, was not only cured Of the
c-ugh, but also OF severe kidney complaint, of ten
/ years endurance. This being truly discovery,
the fact was mentioned TO sAillfu physician, who
replied, In substance that, the BARK of wtits
pine was one OF the beet duretics known, provided
ts astrngency could be counteTacted. If the other
articles entering into the compound would effect
this, fortune was in the medicine The fortune has
mo- yet been reached; but the hundreds of cures Ell
| iected by tie compound, in the m~st aggravated
csses of Kidney diseases, including Diabetes prove
il to De wonderful medicine for such ailments. A
large number OF physicians now employ it, or recon.
mend it i0r such use.
But while the White Pine Compound is so useful in
Kidney inflammation, it Is also wonderful curative in all
throat and lung diseases. 1t so quky and sooth ngly
lays inamaton that hoarseness and soreness are re-
moved as by maggie Numerous have been report
ed the originator where relief in very
been experienced in one honr and cure effected in
twenty-four hours
even the leaves needless of White Pine contain
eminent medicinal qualities The Indians employed the
bark of bite Pine in treating diseases long before the
settlement of America by Europeans One instance
frmng this may here be given.
james Cartier DO French mariner, early 1854,
sailed along the northern coast of North America,
the first among discoverers to enter the River St
Lawrence On his retnrn down the river, he found his
sadly afflicted and disabled by what sailors call the
scurvey Its ravages 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 enquired about their mode Of treat
ment and they pointed out to him tree the bark and
leaves Of which they used in decoction with signal
Cartier tried the remedy and had the gratif
cation of seeing all of bis 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
In fine the virtues of White Pine Bark every
where and this, doubtless is grand reason why the
White Pine Compound tavorably received at the
| first.
The past year has given great opportunity test the
virtues of the White Pine Compound. 1t has been an
unusual time for Colds and Coughs, and very large
quantities Of 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