Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-08

4 GIVE remedy in si-tn. - and a r,crcA
~ Restorative IN weakness aud Debihtv-
Tie world /. said 10 be governed too much.
Tia. II is ,bysict.a TOO much i apparea. 10
every thoughtfal observer. Scarcely month
Of all the disorders incidea, 70 humanity is not
preached. Each las Tvs little day. !, prose-
lyscs. NAVY or fc~, - the case my bs.--and
then arcr. into Oblivion. To use III. words -
By,cn:
Every month and year brings forth new one.
TIL, after cioyiug the gasestes with cent.
/, Tho afe discovers II is not the true Que
| strange - saw, all the %. called "infsllbis
systems Of treatment which . good insured
public Is invited to pa.rcuirs propose 10 do bat
tie with disease after IL has fastened upon i.s
sictims. not to anticipate and battle is attacks.
Now the grandest and most important mission
OF medical science Is. not to cure sickness. hut
% prevent il. Remedial agents wonld, Of course.
never be needed II. BY means Of antidoscs taken
in advance, all disorders could be avertcd -
This. perhaps. 10 not possible but 10 claimed
- . fac. established by seventeen years Of sue.
cessfu. experience that Acststtsr's Stomach
Bissers come nearer 70 the standard Of perf.e.
ton, As protective medicine, than any other
preparation in use; while a. . remedy for :
large class OF complaints. and . vit.liIng.
strength-rsnewing. agent In cases Of physical
debility. whether constitutional or pfodutek BY
adventitious cause its great value 10 sdrnitted
by all liberal-miudsd medical practitiontrs. aud
svouched by the most volumnous array Of ses-
timony thss hiss ever been accumulated in 70.
vor Of any tonic and Alternative.
Fifty ysars ego. the faculty. a. . rule. took
sides with disease. sgainat nature. or course
such was net their desigs, but such vas un.
quessionabiy their practice. Their intentions
we're good. but their pathology and method %
treatment we're atrociousiy wrong. B,istesing,
bleeding. salvation. violent purgatiOr. and stu
pefaction with narcotics, we're thes the main
resources Of the profession. The lancet ives used
freely in intermittent fevers g.; and IL the brain
Was excited. OF came the patients hair and was
supplan,ed BY . csntharidss plaster. Cslomei
aud jalap were administered "in heroic doses"
bowel complaints, aud the system was satur.
ated with mercury rs a specific for liver disease
and scrofulous disterpers. This sort Of treat.
ment was = soutco OF profit TO apothccsries and
undertesers. but deadly to the subjects oft. II
brought mournin into countless houses and
filled inuumerab.e graves
l
tion has passed away. never. IL Is hoped. TO re-
turn, and tho immense Importance Of invigora-
ticn ia generally recognized. hut until tho in
or the public nor the ply sci ans knew where 10
,ook for pure snd harmless iuvigorant. For
many years tho ordinary slcoholis s.imulsnts
had been becoming more and mere impure. IN
I'll careful and conscientious practitioners we're
afraid to prescribe them. and il was . blessed
day for the s,ck and feeble when this inuocusus
and powerful Vegetable Tonic vas ushsred int
existence to supply their place. Its advent was
the great sanitary event Of the nineteenth cen
tury. The spurious liquors Of sew enteen years
ago we're much sdulterated, but they were in.
. fnitcly less dangerous than the acrd and cor
consuming poisons now vcnded under the same
the other hand. the stimulant employed in the
manufacture of the differs is far preferable 10
the inest ever distilled from the grape or tho
cane. Il il, 80 10 speak, the life blood Of the
most wholesome of cereals. sound rye. But this
admirable stlmulant 10 meraly the vehicle by
which the rare medicinal elementso Of The l3itters
are difFused through the system, and the agent
BY which their active power is increased. The
vegetable Ingredients intermixed with the a.
coholic base, comprise thirteen Of the most 20.
tent vegetable tones, cerrectives and alternative
at present known in medical botany and II /
10 their operation. Quickened % il 10 By the pure
sxhilarsnt with which they are combined, that
the rrepa, alton owes lie wonderful eissscy a. .
means Of regulating, reinforcing. and protect
ing from deletsrious inlnepse tbs hsmas
physique.
Although the uedicsi profession are alive to
the yslue Of HostetteY's Btters - . restorative
and il has bses introduced ssssnaively IN tbsis
private practice and iste mssy publie hospitals
asd isnfmasiss. lhey 80 sst seem to form
proper sstimste Of IL importance as . means Of
combating TIE pssdispesisg causes Of disease
Ear more snicaeioas than s.y sanitary Gordon
that eonld bs establishsd round a. detected dis
srics would y Ne sse u this antidoie BY such
oft,e iphsailssss = he'd net ~ bees sGscsed
by the epidemic virss. lss eject 10 TO endow
the system with resistant power It, properties
ere In direct aatagonism - the evil tendencies
Of an empoissned atmosphere, and TO d. the de-
pressing and morbid influences which predisposs
the body 70 the reception Of disease. For these
reasons i Is specisliy and earnestly recommended
to all whose eissunstaaess asa ssrssanaings