Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-10

ssssst st4NAtes AAts sAtA4HA& l4Nla
fe oftAc ra.ria-ehia, era. when Aerh. Given
"aF tl0e healing I'll the nations were tbs III,
medicines Ia usc. fad 't.e favor with The ,.s4
zeal profession Of the present day. Yaa.ta,
early period af,he worlds history Tie ordinary |
term Of the human life was a; less. .iyht ,,n,.s
longer ;han it is now. /, is Therefore manifest
that the stamina of man has seriously dselinea
IN the lapse Of ages.
II is sufficient fact. tina. during this process
othuman degeneration and decay, an immense
number OF powerful poisons have been introau
cai into The medical repertoire, while the mild.
vegetable system oftreatnent. exclusively yrac.
,ieed when the world was young. has been in
great measure abandoned by the medical pro-
suggests the possibility Of . direct connection
between the ply steal deterioration of the spc
ciss and the wholesale administrator of deadly
mineral and other drugs. II may we'll be dou-
bted whether the mineral salts and oxyds. and
the ao les dangerous akaoidi, which ehcmis
try has added to the phnmacop,eia, have not
destroyed more lives than all the diseases they
have been prescribed to cure, Que thing a
least, Is certain, viz that the average term Of
human existefce has been ieariully shortened
| since the days when the vegetable kingdom was
The only medical dispensarv known to mankind
The truth is-and sensible people are bccoui-
Ing more alive to il every day-that the word
. is over doctored The principals Of medication
are simple, hut hey have been so brfoggcd BY
iechnicalities sa mysiihcd by professional YER
biagc, tina. enc half the community fancy they
can neither be interrupted nor applied except
by per ons WHO have been taught to clothe the
living truths Of science 10 the dead languages.
| Ii in not to the interest OF .the Faculty" that
the theory and practice Of medicine should be
,impliied and poPulariIed, and therefore the
public conceive but little light on TIE subjcc.
from that quarter.
To prevent crime is one OF tho great ends OF
civil law, and TO proven: disease should be one
Of the great objects of medical science II is
5etter to broteat than to cure. and much easier.
Vital power IS the natural aa.agonis. of all the
inllGeGces that initiate against health whether
they cxis. in the air We breathe, IN the water we
drink or In tie objects with which We come in
contact, or in ourselves Without sufic,encv
Of this rcsist ant principle there can be no rea
soneble hope Of escaping prevailing cpidemics,
or Of cajNginr. even under the most favorable
Aterasl Circumstances. an inmunit, from sick
ne AMI paia. This fact being established, the
nsAtonc>h9n is how shall a deficiency in phys.
=. ."d constitutional ,tor he supplied In
s.fuet.d W the experience r twenty years. aud
sustained ~ tie testimony Of thousands Of in.
driduals Of both sexes, haiing from all parts
of the world. We reply that IIostetter's Stomach
BIttcrs is the only medicine that can be fully
relied on es protective and preventive tonic
aud Alternative III all climates and under all con
tingencies. With a system strengthened aud
fortified by tha use Of this nvgorant no Que
gho possesses common prudence need fear the
elFecs of maieria I. IS the best safcgun I'd
against infection md contagon nj presen,
kacwn II produces appetite; it prevents con
s'ipation; il regulates the flow OF The bile; il
strengthens the nerves; II puriics the animal
| nids, it clears the brain and the vehicle Of
/ & medicinal properties being pure d.fnsible
I rtimulant, their influence is extended to every
ants. though administered largely in medical
practice, IRE not themselves medicines but they
,civade the whole organization more certainly
md swiftly than anything else tina, can DO given.
They are quickly taken by the absorbents. and
shere is no. fiber Of the body between the
crown of The head and the sole of the foot which
exempted from their influence. HEDGE spir
siuous stimulant is The best medium for convey
ing 10 al tile Organs and members OF q feeble or
dsordsred systcm the me ans whereby that sys
tom is to be regulated. II is for this purpose
Tint the alcohol element is used in the prepare
lions of Bostetter's stomach Bitters. 1t is sim
/ ply the instrument or vehicle by which med-
/ cinal virtues Of the PREPARATION are carried to
their objective points and rendered active.
| The great objection TO ordinary tonics. with
pare. The charge is true md the objections to
them founded on this cause is rational and Just
The poison of adulteraied liquor counteracts the
| effect of any sensitive vegetable juices or ex.
tracts with which they are combined; and hence
the worse the werre than uselcssncss OF the
tonic tinctnres habitualiy prescribed by phys
clans. They are all, without exception, made
ofinierior alcohol. and seven eigh,s Of them are
positively deleterious. Hostetter's Bitters are
entirely exempt from this seri GUS drawback. -
The diifusible stu nlant employed in their prep.
aration is rye spirit absolutely pure. II is rec
titled and tested until it is found to be utterly
free fran volatile oil, and is believed that there
p po other proprietary medicine in eristance
which il manufactured with such conscientious
care, with regard to all its components, a. Hos
! letters Bitters. Most tonics are powerful cx
citants, but this preparation is not excitant
a, MI On the contrary, it soothes and Gains
the nerves, and is . delightful anodone NJ well
o an unequaled s.omachic and Alternative.
II is almost unnecessary to call attention Of
| dyspep,ics TO > medicine which 10 everywhere
recognized as the standard specific for indiges
ton. In every town in the United States which
contains drug stare or a store IN watch drugs
ale sold, it is known a remedy for stomach
Complaints Of every class, from simple latu!en-
up TO the most obs.ina ate chr onic torpidity OF