Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-03

Tor the healing OF the naaicns' were the only
medicines In use. find l,t.le favor With the ,.
ical profession Of the present day. Ye,a,,h.,
early period Of the worlds history the ora,,,,x
term Of the human life was at least e,,bt ,,u
longer than II is now. Its therefore m,r,s..,
that the stamina Of man hs. seriously a..,,n.,
in the lapse of ages.
II is sufficient fact. that during this process
Of human degeneration and decay an ,m,o.,..
number Of powerful poisons have been in,rodu.
esd into the medical repertoire. while the mild.
vegetable svstsm ofsreatnen.. exclusively rrac.
ticed when the world was young. ha, been in .
great measure abandoned by the mcdica, n,o-
fessien. This 10 curious coincidence. and II
suggests the possibility Of . direct connection
between the ply steal deterioration Of the sne.
cies and the wholesale administration of a..d,,
mineral and other drugs. II may well be dou-
bted whether the mineral salts and oxyds. and
the no less dangerous alkaloidi. which chants
Try has added to the pharmacop~ia, havc no.
destroyed more lives than all the diseases thew
have been prescribed 10 cure. One thing A
least, Is certain. viz: that the nverscr ,err ~
human es's'erce has been fearfully shortened
since the days when the vegetable KINGDOM -,
the only medical dispcusarv known 10 mankind
The truth .is-and sensible people are becor.
ing more alive to il every day-thst the world
IS over -doctored. The principals of medication
are simple, but they have been 90 belonged bv
feehnleali'ies. 80 mystificd by professional YER
biage. that one half the community fancy thew
can neither be interrupted nor applied except
by per ons who have been taught 10 clo,hc tho |
living truths Of science in the dead language,
= . ~ " nv i"cteSs OF tine Faculty that |
the theory aud practice Of medicine ,hou,a \.
simpli6ed and popularixed, aud therefore the
public conceive but little light on The subject
from that quarter.
To prevent crime 10 one OF tho great ends Of
civil law, and to prevent disease should be one
Of the great objects Of medical science. Its
better TO brotect than 10 cure, and much easier.
Vital power is the natural antago nist OF oil the
influences that initiate against hcal.h--whethcr
they exis: in the air ws bresthe, in the water We
drink, or in the objects with which We come In
contact. or in ourselves. Without suiReisney
Of this resistant principle there can be no rea.
Sensible hope Of escaping prevailing epidsmics,
or OF enjoying, even under the most favorable
external circumstances, an Immunity from sick.
ness and pain. This fact being established, the
next question is-how shall a deficiency in phys.
ical and constitutional vigor be supplied In.
structed BY the experience OF twenty years, and
sustained blythe testimony OF thousands of in.
dividuals Of both eexes. hailing from all parts
Of the world. wc reply that Hostetter's stomach
Bitters is the only medicine that can be fully
relied on ~ protective and preventive tonic
and Alternative in al cl mates and usder all con.
tingencies. With system siren thened aud
fortified by the use of this invieorans, no one
who possesses common prudence need fear the
effects Of msleria. Il Is the best safeguard
against infection and contsgion at present
known. II produces appetite; it prevents con.
stipation; II regulates the flow Of che bile il
strengthens the nerves; II purifes the animal
fluids; il clears the brain; and the vehicle Of
its medicinal properties being . pure difusible
stimulant, their influence 10 extended to every
portion Of the system Mere alehoholic stimu
lants. though administered largely in medical
practice, are not themselves medicines bu. they
pcrvade the whole organiz alton more certainly
and swiftly than anything else that can be given
here is not ib.r % the body between the
crown Of the head and the sole OF the foot which
. exempted from their influence. Hedce sspir-
tuous stimulant is the best medium for convey
ng to al the organs and members offs feeble or
system the means whereby that sys.
tenn 10 TO be regulated. II 10 for this purpose
hat the alcohol element is used in She prepare
lions Of Bostettss's Stomach BittsSs. II IL sim
ply tina instrument or vehicle BY which medi.
cinal virtues Of the preparation are carried TO
their objective points and rendered sctive.
The great objection to ordinary tonics with
IN alcoholic basis 10. thst the spirit used 10 i'm
pure. The charge is true. and the objections TO
hem founded or this cause is rational and Just
The poison Of aduiteratcd liquor esuuteracts the
Effect Of any sensitive vegetable juices or OF.
Hacts WIN WHICH they Nc uomuiueo; ana nenc0
he worse the worse thss uselsssnsss Of the
onic fractures hsbitually prescribed BY physi-
:ians. They are I'll, without exceptions, made
II inferior alcohol. and seven eiehts Of them are
positively dslstsrious. Aoststtsr's Dittsrs are
entirely exempt from this serious drswbsek.
rhs diffusibls stimulaat employed II their prep
walton is rye spirit sbsclutsly psre. II 10 REQ
lfed and tested until IL 10 found 70 b. utterly
rse fran volatile oil, and 10 believed thss there
. 20 other proprietary medieiae 10 sxistauce
which is manufactured witA sueA cesscisptious
.sre. with regard TO oil IL componsnts - Hos.
'etter's Bitters. Most TONES ere powerful q.
.itants, but this preparation Il mot IN excitast
u oil. On the contrary. IL soothss asd salms
he nerves, and u . delightful anodone - we'll
y IN unequaled stomschic and Alternative.
II il almost unnecessary 10 call attention Of
dyspepties 70 medicine which il everywhere
- the standard specific for indiges-
lion. In every town in the United States which
contains drug stare or store in which drugs
lse sold. il 10 known - . remedy for stomach
complaints OF every ooase~ from simple 0stulen-