Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-15

~ nessora"ve IN weakness and Debility -
The world il said 70 DO governed too NINA. I,
That is physickea too much is apparen, "a
every thoughtful observer Scarcely mon,,
passes in which some new theory Tor N. ,,,.
Of all the disorders incident 10 humanity !. "a.
brcsched. Each has lis little dav. II pro.c.
yves many or few. a. the case may BE-, and
then drops into oblivion. To use the vc,ds q,
Byron:
hsery mensh and year brings forth a new onr
TIL. after eioy,ng the gasettss with cam,
The age discovers it is not the ,r,. a., ),
Strange 20 say, all the SO. called .;n,.u;,,.
systems of treatment which q good ,.,,.,
public is invited to patronise propose 4, do ,,,
tie with disease after Il has fastened un,, -.
victims, not 10 anticipate and bsfne us attach.
Now. the grandcst and most imror,sr, mi..,o,
OF medical science 10, not to cure sickness. bu,
TO prevent il. Remedial agents would. Of course
never be needed il, by means Of sn,idotrs taken
in advance. all disorders could b. avor.,a
This. perhaps. IL not possible bu. IL claimed
a. . fact established by seventeen years OF sue.
cessfui experience that Hos,et,er,s Stomach
Bittcrs come nearer 10 the standard Of perfee.
ticn, ~ = protective medicine, than any other
preparation in use; while A. a remedy Tor a
large class Of complaints. and = vi,alisinr.
ength-renewing- agent In csses of physical
debility. whether constitutional or rroducek hy
advcntitious cause, ito great vslae il sdmi,tcd
by oil libesal-minded medical practitioners, and
svonchcd by the most volumincas array Of tee.
timony that has ever been accumulated in IA.
'or Of any tonic end alternative.
Fifty years ago, the faculty, - . rule. took
sides with discsse, sgainst nature or course
such was not their design; but such vas un.
ques.ionably their practice. Tneir intentions
were coed. but their pathology and method OF
treatment we're atroeiously wrong. Biistssing,
bleeding. saiiv alton. violent purg cation, and stu
psfacsion with narcotics. we're then tho main
resources Of the profession. Tho lancet wss used
freely in Intermittent fevcrsG and II the brain
was excited. oil came the patients hair and was
supplantsd BY . cantharides plaster. Calomel
and jalap were administered "in heroic doscs''
n bowel complaints, sud the system was sa,ur.
ate with mercury as specific for liver disease
and scrofulous disscmpers. This sor, Of treat
ment was source Of profit 10 apothecaries and
uudcttsiers. but deadly to the subjects oft II
brought mourning into countless houses and
ulieu innuuneThUio xTnvco
The era OF violent and indi.crimnate dspls
turn, and the immense Importance " nsigors-
tion 10 generally recognized. But until the in.
Of Hostetter's Stomach Biuess Meth
er the public nor the phys,c ans knew wbero 10
.ook for pure and harmless invigorant. For
many years the ordinary alcoholic slimulants
had been becoming more and mere impure, un.
I'll careful aud conscientious practitioners were
afraid to prescribe them, and Il was blessed
day for the s,ck and feeble when this innocuous
and powerful Vegetable Tonic was ushcrcd into
sxistence.to supply their place. Its advent was
the great sanitary event Of the nineteenth cen
tury. The spurious liquors Of seventeen years
ago were much adulterated, but they were in
fntely less dangerous than the acrid and ccs
NOusumiHS potsoub u0W VtHueu thc heiuc
names in grocery stores and 81 tavern bars. On
the other hand. the stimulant employed in the
manufacture Of tho differs is far preferable 10
the iinest ever distilled from the grape or the
sane. u is. 40 10 speak. the life blood Of the
most whoiesom Of cereals, sound rye. But this
st,mulsnt Is mcraly the vehicle by
which the rare me Iicinai elements Of the Bitter
are difrused 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 ps
tent vegetable tones, correctivcs and Alternative
at present known In medical botany; and III
TO their operation, Quckened As il 10 By the pure
sxhilarant with which they are combined, that
the prepa, alton owes its wonderful efficacy as
means Of regulating, reinforcing, and protect
ing from deletsrious influence the human
physique.
Although The medical profession are alive 10
the value Of Hossetter's Bitters - restorative
and il has been introduced e1tsaaivsly in their
private practice asd into many pubIie hospitals
and iaarmariss. they DO not seem to fern
proper estimate Of its importance - . means Of
combating the prsdisposing causes Of disease
Far more sf6cacious than any sanitary Gordon
that conld be established rossd % infected dis.
tr,et would be che use Of Tile sstideis BY such
Of the inhabisants - he'd net Jet bees Elected
BY the epidemic virus. lie effect 10 10 endow
the system with resistant power. it, properties
are in direct antagonism y the evil tendcnciss
Of an empoisoned atmosphere, and 70 81! the de-
pressing aud morbid influences which predisposs
the body 10 the reception Of disease. For these
reasons il 10 specislIy and earnestly recommended
TO oil whose circumstances ssd sursssndisgs