Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-24

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- restorative In Weakness and Debility =.
i"s "o''a Is said to be governed too much.
That it is phy''cted too much is .pp.ren, to
every thoughtful observer. se.rc.,, u,
passes In which some rev theory e.. III. e,x.
OF all the disorders iucidea, to humanity 1. M,
preached. Each has its little dsy. Il prose.
lsses, many q few. ~ the case may bc.--and
then drops into oblivion. 70 use the word, 81
Byron:
avery month and year brings forth newonc
..i' A''et e'oy'ng the gareties with cant.
Inc age discovers il il rot the true one
strange TO say, all the 50. called "infallibls
systems Of treatment which 4 yooa r.,,r.,
public is invited to patroni.e propc,e "a ao,,,
tie with disease after it has fastened upcn il,
victims net TO anticipate and banlc II, attach.
Now. the grandest and most important miss,,,
Of medical science Is. not to cure sickness, h,,
TO prevent il. Remedial agents would. o, course
never be needed il. by means OF an,dotcs taken
in advance, all disorders could be ayer,ed
ms. perhaps. 10 not possible but 10 claimed
- tact established by seventeen years Of sue
cess'u! experience that Hos,c,tcr's Stomach
bit'efs come nearer 10 the standard Of perfcc.
ton. as a protective medicine, than any other
preparation in use while a. a remedy for
large class Of complaints. and a vi.alirur
strength renewing sgent In case. Of phvsica,
debility, whether constitutional or producck Nv
aeventitious cause. its great value il admitted
by oil liberal-minded medical practitioners, end
svouchcd BY the most voiumnous array oftcs
timony that has ever been accumulated in fa
vor Of any tonic and Alternative
Fifty ysars ago, tho faculty, a. . rule, took
sides with disease, against nature or course
such was net their design but such vas un-
questionsbly their practice. Taeir intentions
were good. but their pathology and method u
treatment were atrociously wrong. Blistering.
bleeding. saliv alton. violent purg CATION. and stu
AZ A.
| resources Of the profession. The lancet wss used
freely in Intermittent feversC); aud il the brain
was excited, OF came the patients hair aud was
supplantcd BY canthsridss plaster. Calomei
| and talap we're administered in heroic doscs
n towel complaints. end the system was sa,ur-
nted with mercury as . specific for liver disease
and scrofulous distempers. This sort OF treat.
mcnt was a source Of profit to apothccarics aud
undeitIkers. but deadly TO the subjects oft. II
brought mourning into countless houses and
filed inn cradle graves.
The era OF violent and indiscrim nate deple
ton hn. passed away. never it's hoped. to re-
turn, and the im mense importance Of invigora.
tion is generally recognized. But until the in
PRODUCTION Of Ilostetters Stomach Bitters Meth.
er the public nor the phys,cilns knew where TO
look for . pure and harmless ihvigorant. For
many PEARS the ordinary alcoholic stimulan,.
had been becoming more and mere impure. un.
Ill careful aud conscientious practitioners were
afraid to prescribe them. aud il was blessed
dry for the sick and feeble when this innocuous
and powerful Vegetable Tonic was ushercd into
eIistencc.to supply their place. Its advent was
the great sanitary event Of the nineteenth cen
fury. The spurious liquors or seventeen years
ago were much adulterated, but they were in.
fnitely less dangerous than the scrid and con
consuming poisons now vendcd under tho same
names in grocery stores and at tavern bars On
the other hand the stimulant employed in tho
manufacture Of tho differs is far preferable TO
the finest ever distilled from the grape or the
cane. II 10, 80 10 speak, the life blood OF tho
most wholesome Of cereals. sound rye. But this
admirable st,mulant IL meraiy the vehicle by
which the rare medicinal elementso OF tbs Bitter
are dirused through the system. and the agent
by which their active power is increased. The
vegetable Ingredients intesmi1ed with the al.
coholic base, comprise thirteen Of the moot pc
tent vegetable tones, correctives and Alternative
At present known In medical botany and III
to their operation quickened a. Il 10 By the pure
exhilaraut with which they are combined. that
the preparation owes its wonderful efficacy Is =
means Of regulating. reinforcing. and protect
ing from deletsrious influence the human
physique.
Although the medical profession are alive TO
the value Of Hostetter's Bitters - . restorative
and il has bees introduced excessively in their
private practice ssd into many public hospitals
and is6rmaries. they DO not seem TO form
proper estimate Of its importance a. . means Of
combating the pfedisposing causes Of disease
Far more eficacious than any sanitary Gordon
that conld be established round On infected dis.
tr,ct would b The use 81 this satidois By such
Of tas inhabilsats - he'd not YET been effected
BY the epidemic virus. lts effect 10 10 endow
the system with resistant power. Its propertiss
ere In direct antagonism 10 the evil tendencies
Of An empoisened atmosphere, and 10 al! the de-
pressing and morbid influences which predispose
the body 10 the reception Of disease. For these
reasons il is specislly and earnestly recommended
10 oil whose circumstances and surroundings