The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-03-31
MEDICAL.
DIR. POLAND'S
WHITE PINE GOMPOU ID,
The Great Popular Remedy
For Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness,
Throat, Group, and Whooping
Cough.
% Cures Gravel.
And all Kidney Diseases !

THERE have been many severe cases in Boston
pound which can be referred to, and hunds EDS Of
cases Of Kidney compa nts cured entirely by taking
me White fine Compound, having been reported
Among all the popular medicines offered for sale,
No ono seems 10 have gained favor ike the White
rine compound. Tins Medicine was hrst made as
lately as the spring OF 1865 and then merely
lnoiyidual, who was affected with an inf lmmation
OF Ihe throat. cure was effected by it. This IN
uuceo others 10 apply for the same remedy, and
every one using 1t received great benefit. The
ticie, however, went without = name till November
following, when II was called White Pine Compound.
During that month it was advertised TOR the hIst
time.
Some time in 1866, an individual. who purchased
bottle hard cough, was nor only cured Of the
cough, but also OF severe kidney complaint of ten
years endurance. Ibis being truly q discovery,
the fact was mentioned 10 skillml physician, who
replied, in substance that, the BARK of white
pine was one Of the best dinretios known, provided
It's astnngency could be eounseracted II the other
this fortune was in the medicine The fortune has
not yet been reached; but the hundreds OF cures ef
fected by tie compound, in the most aggravated
cases of Kidney diseases including Diobe0es. prove
it to be wonderful medicine for such ailments A
large number ofphy sicans now employ IT, or recom-
mend il lor such use.
But while the White Pine Compound Is useful In
Kidney inflammation, IL Is also wonderful curative IN all
throat and lung diseases. 1t SO qu KY and sooth ngy
aays inflammation, that hoarseness and soreness are
moved if by maggie Numerous cases have been report
ed to the where relief in very severe cases has
been experienced in one hour and cure ELECTED IN
twenty -four hours.
There is a very natural reason for this The bark and
the leaves, needles 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
frming this may here be gwen.
james Cartier, DO French mariner, early 1884,
sailed along the northern of North America aud
the first among discoveries to enter the River St.
lawrence On his return down the river he found his
sadly afflicted and disabled by what sailors call
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 lie
therefore earnestly enquired about their mode OF treat
ment and they pointed to him tree the bark and
leaves of which they used in decoction with signal
cess Cartier tried the remedy and had the grah
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 and cleansing old
In fine the virtues of White Pine Bark known every
where and this doubtless is grand why the
White Pine Compound iavorably received at the
i first.
The past year has given great opportunity to test the
virtues Of the White Pine Compound. 1t hes been
unusual time for Colds and Coughs, and very large
quantities Of the White Pine Compound have been sold
and used with the happiest effects 1t speaks we'll for the
Medicine that the people living where it Is prepared
/ are high In its praise.