Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-05

~ nestoraHVe IN WEAKNESS and Debility
The world Is said 10 be governed too much.
That it is physicked too much is app.r.e, 10
every Thoughtful observer. Scarcely a month
passes in which some new theory Tor the cure
Of nil the disorders incident TO humanity II not
troachcd. Each has its little day, il prose.
lytcs. many or few. IS the case may b. and
then drops into oblivion. To use the words Of
Bvrou:
livery month aud year brings forth . new enc.
T'l'. as'es cioying the gascttes with cant.
The age discovers 1t is not the true one
systems Of treatment which . good insured
public is invited 10 patron,Is propose 10 do bat
tie with disease after il has Fastened upon lie
victims not 70 anticipate and baflie its attacks.
Now. the grandsst and most important mission
OF medical science Is. not to cure sickness. but
10 prevent il. Remedisl agents would, Of course.
never be needed II. by means Of an,idotes taken
in adv ance, all disorders could be avestcd.
This, perhaps. 10 not possible but 10 claimed
- = fact established by seventeen years Of sue
cessfu! experience that Moststter's Stomach
Bis.ers como nearer TO tho standard Of pcrfeo.
ton. as "A protective medicine, than any other
preparation IN use while as = remedy for .
large class Of complaints. and . vitsli.ius.
strength renewing. agent In cases Of physical
debility, whether constitutional or prsducel BY
by all libsra minded medical practitioners. and
svouched BY the most voluminous array Of tcs-
timony that has ever been accumulated in 10.
vor Of any tonic and Alternative.
Fifty yssrs ago. the faculty. a. . rule. took
sides with disease. against nature. Or course
such IVES ne. their design but such Vas IN
ques,ionsbly their praetice. Their intentions
were good. but their pathology and method Of
treatment were atrociously wrong. Blis,ering,
bleeding, saliv alton. violent purgs,ion. and stu
pefscten with narcotics, were then tho main
resources Of the profession. The lancet was uscd
freely in intermittent fcvcrs q, and II the brain
vas excited. of came the patients hair and was
supplanted by . can,harides plaster. Calomel
aud jalap were ADMINISTERED I'm heroic doses"
n tosei complaints, and the system WAS satur-
s.ed with mercury as a specific for liver disease
aud scrofalcu. distcmpers. This sort OF treat.
ment was a source of profit TO apothccarics and
uniertakers. but deadly to the subjects oft. II
brought mourning into countless houses and
filled innumerable graves
,on has passed away. never, it Is hoped. to re-
turn. and the i'm mense Importance OF invigora-
ton ia generally recognized. But until the in
er the public nor tho ply sci ms knew where 10
,ook for pure and harmless invigorant. For
many years the ordinary alcoholic stimulants
| t.j h.. H.,
I'll careful and conscientious practitioners were
afraid to prescribe them, and il was . blesseA
day for the sick and feeble when this innocuous
and powerful Vegetable Tonic was ushered int
existence 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.
hnitely less dangerous than the acrid and con
consuming poisons now vendcd under the same
names in grocery stores and at tavern bars. On
| the other hand. the stimulant employed in tho
man uiacture Of the 8it,ers is far preferable to
the finest ever distilled from the grape or tho
cane. II ia. so TO speak. the lie blood Of the
most wholesome Of cereals. sound rye. But this
! admirable stimulsnt is meraly the vehicle by
which the rare medicinal elementsof the Bitters
| are diGused through the system, and the agent
by which their active power is increased. The
vegetable ingredients insermi.ed with the al
coholic base, comprise thirteen Of the most 20.
tent vegetable tonics correctives and alternatives
ut present known in medical botany and it 10
to their operation. auickened a. il IL By the pure
enhiiarsnt with which they arc combined, that
the preparation owes its wonderful efficacy o. .
means Of regulating. reinforcing. and protect
| Jag from deletsrious influence ne hsmsn
physique.
Although the --s,eal profsssisa srs al,,. 10
the value u Hostetter's Bittsrs q restorative
and IL has been introduced extensively in their
private practice aad into many public hospitals
and ia6rnariss. they do not seem 10 form
proper seimate Of its Importance % mems Of
eombstng the pfsdisposisg causes Of d,sssss.-
Far more eficacious than any sanitary Gordon
that conld b established rosud - infected dis.
tr,ct would be ths use Of this satidoie BY such
Of the inhabiiants - had net YET been effected
BY the epidemic virus. lts effect 10 to endow
the system with resistant power. Its properties
are in direct antagonism 70 the evil tendencies
Of an empoisened atmosphere. and TO 81! the de-
pressing and morbid influences which predisposs
the body 10 the reception Of disease. For these
reasons il is specisIly and earnestly recommended
TO oil whose circumstances aid surroundings
ere unfavorabls to the preservation Of health;
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