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

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IA Restorative in Weakness and peb,litv .
The world is ssid 70 be governed too mue, >.
That il 1. physicksa too much Is appsren, /,
every shcughtfpl observer. Scarcely month
passes in which some rev theory Ter the cure
Of all the disorders incidcn. 10 humanity is OF
broached. Each hss its little day. II rrcse-
y ties. macy or fe>.. As the case may be. nnd
then drops into OBJ, ion. TO use the words OF
Byron:
Every 'nohaHWsa year brings forth u new one.
r', amer c'cysAg the gsscttes with cant.
The age discovers Il IL not the true one
Stracge 10 say. all the so-callcd ".nf.llisis
systems Of treatment" which . good n.,ured
public is invited to pasroni.e propose TO do ss,
lie With disease sfser IL has fastened uco, q,
victims, not 70 anticipate and battle its attacks.
Now. the grandess and most iinpor,an, mission
of medical science IT, not to cure sickness. bu,
to prevent u. Remedial agents would. Of course,
never be needed II. by means Of au,ido,es taken
in advance. oil disorders could be aver,ed.-
This. perhsps. 10 not possible hut Is clsinled
a. fac. established by seventeen years Of sue,
cessfu! experience that Hos,etser's Stomach
Bitscrs come nearer 10 the standard OF perfec-
,ion, - protective medicine, than any other
preparation in use; while ss = remedy for a
strength-renewing agent In cases Of physical
debility, whether constitutional or producek hy
advcntitious cause, Its great value Is admitted
by all libsrai-minded medical practitioners, and
svouchcd BY the most voiuminous array OF tes-
tmony ,hst hes ever been accumulated In Ia
vor Of any tonic and altsrstiv
Fifty years sgc. the faculty. as rule. took
sides with disease. sgainAt nature. Ofeourse
such was not their design; but such was I'M
quessionably their practice. Their intentions
we're good. but their pathology and method of
treatment were strociously wrong. Blistefing.
bleeding. salvation. violent purgation. and STU
pe.action with narcotics. WIRE then tho main
resources Of the profession. The lancet was used
freely in iuteYmittsnt frvers C; and II the brain
was excited. OF came the patients hair and was
suppl.ntsd by = cantharides plaster. Cslomei
and jslap were administered "in heroic doses
n bowel complaints. and the system was ss,ur-
n:cd with mercury ms a specific for liver disease
and .crofuious distemrcrs. This sort Of treat.
mcnt was source OF profit 10 npothecarics and
undcrtakers. but deadly 10 the subjects oft. II
bsough, mourning into countless houses and
dllei innunerab!e graves.
The era Of violent and iniisc, inmate dep.e
,ion has passed away. never, hIs hoped. to re-
turn, and the INN Importance Of invigors.
ticn is generally recognized. Hut until the in.
PRODUCTION Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Meth.
er tbs public nor the phys,ci,ns knew where 10
,ock for pure and harmless invigorant. For
many years the ordinary alcoholic ssimulsn,s
had been becoming more and mere impure. IN
I'll careful end conscientious practitioners w.re
afraid 10 prescribe them. and Il was pleased
day for The sick aud feeble when this innocucus
and powerful Vegetable Tonic was ushcrcd into
existence 10 supply their place. Its advent WAS
the great sanitary event or the nineteenth cen
fury. The spurious liquors Of seventeen ytsrs
ago we're much sdulterated, but they were in
dniieiy less dangerous than the scrii aud con
consuming posous now .ended under the same
names in grocery stores and al tavern bars. On
the other hand. the s.mulant employed in tho
manufacture OF tho differs is far preferable TO
the finest ever ds,ii,ed from the grape or the
cane. II is, 50 TO speak, the lie blood OF the
most wholesome Of ceresI., sound rye. But this
admirable stimulsnt 10 mcrsly the vehicle by
which the rare me iicinal elementsof the Bitter
are diirused through the system, aud the agent
BY which their active power IL increased. The
vegetable ingredients intermixed with the al
coholic base, comprise thirteen Of the most po-
tent vegetable tonics, correcsives and Alternative
At present known In medical botany aud IL
TO their operation. quickcned Is il 10 BY the pure
exhilarant with which they are combined. that
the rrepa. stion owes ito wonderful efficacy -
means Of regulating, re-enforcine, and protect
ing from deleterious influence IN. human
physique.
Although the medical profession are alive to
the value Of Hcs.etter's Bitters a. restorative
and IL has bern introduced e1ssnsiveiy In their
private practice aud into many public hospitals
and inHrmaries. they do mot seem 10 form
proper estimate Of IT, Importance - . means Of
combating the prsdisPosps causes Of d'ssssc.-
Far more eficacious than any sanitary Gordon
that could be established round On infected dis
tr,ct would be The ne Of this antidois BY such
Of the iuhsbitsats % he'd not Jet beer Affected
by the epidemic virus. It's effect il 10 endcw
the system with resistant power lis properties
gro il direct sstagonism V the evil tendencies
Of an emposoned atmosphere, and to al! the de-
pressing and morbid influences which predispcse
the body 70 the reception Of disease. For these
reasons Il Ia specislly and earnestly recommended
TO oil whose circumstances ard surroun dings