Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-21

IN Medicines in use, find l;ttle favor with the med
ical 81 cression o, the present day. Yet at that
early period of the worlds history the ordinary
tern, Of the human life was at leas, egh, times
longer than il is now. 1t is therefore manifest
tha, the stamina Of man hAs seriously declined
in the lapse Of ages.
II is a sufficient fact. tina, during this process
Of human degeneration and decay, al immense
number Of powerful poisons have been insrodu-
ced into the medical repertoire. while the mild.
vegetable system oftreatuent, exclusive rae.
siced when the world was young. has beeh in
great measure abandoned by the medical pro-
fe.sion. This 10 . curious coincidence, and il
suggests the possibility of . direct connection
between the ply steal deterioration OF the spe-
cies and the whole sale adminstr alton OF deadly
mineral ind other drugs. II may well be don-
bted whether the mineral salts and oxyds, and
the NO less dangerous alkaoidi, which chemis
try has added to the pharmacopGis. have not
DESTROYED more lives than all the diseases they
have been prescribed to cure. One thing al
least. is certain, viz: that the average term Of
! human cristerce has been fearfully shortened
since the days when the vegetable ngdom was
the only medical dspensary known TO mankind.
The truth is-and sensible people arc becom-
ing more alive to it every dsy-thas the world
is over -doctored. The principals of medication
nre simple, but they have been so befogged by
technicali,ies. 50 mystiied by professional yer
bispe. that one half the community fancy they
can neither be interrupted nor applied except
by per. ons who have been taught to clothe thu
living truths OF science in the dead languages
II is not to the interest of 1.-THE Faculty that
the theory and practice of medicine should bt
rimpihed and popularized, and therefore thu
public conceive but little light on the subject
from that quarter.
Toprevent crime is one OF the great ends ,
civil law, and to prevent disease should be ont
Of the great objects Of medical science II il
better to brotect than 10 cure, and much easier
Vital power 10 the natural antagonist of all tn,
influences that initiate against heslth--whethe
hey exis. in the air we breathe. In the water ",
drink, or in the objects with which We come il
contact, or in ourselves. Without sufiic,enc.
Of this resistan principle there can be no rel
sonablc hope of escaping prev ailng epidsmic
or Of ENJOYING. even under the most favorabl
external circums tances, an immunity from sick
ness and pain. This fact being established, tn
ne 1t question is-how shall deficiency in phys
ical and constitutional vigor be supplied In
struc,ed by the experience Of twenty years, an
iividuas of both sexes, haing from all part
of the world. we reply that uostetter's Stomac
Btters is the only medicine that be full
relied on rs a protective and preventive ton
and Alternative IN all climates and under oil con
iingencies. With . System strengthened an
| fortified by the use of this invigorant, no on
| who possesses common prudence need fear th
effects OF maeria 1t is the best safcguar
against infection and c,ntsgion at preser
known. II produces appetite; it prevents COZ
s'ipAtion; it regulates the flow Of the bile;
fluids it clears the brain and the vehicle
its medicinal properties being pure dnusb
stimulant, their influence is extended to ever
portion OF the system. Mere alehoholic ,tim,
ants, though admin stored largely in medic,
practice, are not themselves medicines; but the
| pefy ade the whole organization more ceriainl
and swiftly than anything else that can b. givel
They are quickly taken by the absorbents. an
| there is not o fb.r 81 the body between Il
| crown Of the head and the sole of the foot whic
is exempted from their influence. HEDGE aspi
stuous stinulant is the best medium for conve
sng to all the organs and members of feeble
dlsordsred system the rieans whereby that ~
tenn is to be regulated. II is for this purpo
that the alcohol element is used in the prepar
lions Of Dostettsr's Stomach Bitters 1t is sir
ply She instrument vehicle BY which med
Gina! virtues Of the preparation are carried
their objective points and rendered active.
The great objection to ordinary tones, wi
an alcoholic basis is, that the spirit used is ii
pure. The charge is true, and the objections
them founded on this cause is rational and iu,
The poison OF adulterated liquor courteracts I
effect Of any sensitive vegetable juices or e
tracts with which they are combined; aud hen
the worse the worse than uselessness OF I
onic tinc'uses habitually prescribed by ply.
clans. They are ALL without exception, mo
of inferior alcohol, and seven Fights of them q
positively deleterious. Eostetter's Filters u
entirely exempt from this serious draw back
The diHusible stimulunt employed in their pre-
GRAFTON is rye spirit absolutely pure. II is r,
titled and tested until it is found to be ute,
free fran volatile oil, and is believed that The
g no other proprietary medicine in cxistau
which il manufactured with such conscientic
care, with regard TO ell its components, Is II,
letters Btters. Most tonics are powerful
citants, but this preparation is not an exc,,,
: at all. On the contrary. il soothes and cal
/. the nerves, and 10 delightful anodonc ~ v
7 a. IN unequaled stomachic and Alternative.
II 10 almost unnecessary 10 call attention
dyspeptics to . medicine which is evsrywh,
recognized - the standard specific FOR indig
ton. In every town in The United States VIII
contains drug stare or . atore IN which dry
! a,e sold. it 10 known ss . remedy for stom,
! complaints Of every elsss. from simple Aatu!
i CT up to the most obstinate chronic torpidity
that most important organ. Its anti bill,
properties are also NO iversslly understood Z
: appreciated, and in the West and South W {
the old "Ague cures,' hsve been genera
: abandoned, and this real chologogue
tually breaks mn intermittent levers within