Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-17

RsAp, think. snd decide. The simple shers
pensics Of the pasrisrchisl era, when herbs given
"fes the healing Of the nations" were the only
medicines in use, mad rttle favor with the m ed
iesi pr ofsssos Of the present day. Yet at that
early period ofshe worlds history the ordinary
term Of the human life was q, least eigh, times
longer than il IL now. II il therefore manifest
that the stsmna Of man has seriously declined
in the lapse Of ages.
u is . sufficient fact. that during this process
Of human degeneration and decay. an immense
number OF powerful poisons have teen intsodu-
eed into the medical repertoire. while the mild,
vegetable svstem ofsrsssneas. exclusively rae
ticed when the world wss young. has been in
great measure abandoned BY the medical pro-
fessien. This 10 curious coincidence, and it
suggesta the possibility Of direct connection
between the physisri dstcriosation Of the spe-
ciss and the wholesale administration Of deadly
mineral and other drugs. II may we'll b dou-
bted whether the mineral salts and oxyde, and
the NO less dangerous aIkaloidi, which chenis
try has added TO the phsrmscopuis, have not
destroyed more lives than all the diseases they
have been prescribed TO cure. One thing q
least. is certain, viz that the avsrsgs term of
human esistercs has been fesrfully shortened
since the days when the vegetable kingdom vas
the only medical dispensary Known TO mankind.
Tho truth is-and sensible people are bscom-
ing more alive to IL every day-thst the world
10 over -docsored The principals of medication
are simple, but they have been so befogged BY
tsehuicalities. % myssiied BY professional YER
bisge, that one half the community fancy they
can neither be interrupted nor applied except
BY per. ons who have been taught to clothe the
living truths Of science in the dead languages.
II 10 not TO the interest Of .'the Faculty" that
the theory and practice Of medicine should be
simplifed and populsrired, and therefore the
public conceive but little light on the subject
from that quarter.
Toprevent crime il one Of the great ends cf
civil Law, and to prevent disease shsald be one
Of The greet objects Of medical science. II 10
better to protect than to cure, and much easier.
Vital power il the natural antagonist OF oil the
inausaces that nilitats against heslth-whethsr
hey exis. in the air W breathe. In the water We
drink. or in the objects with which We come in
contest, or in ourselves. Without su6icieney
Of this resistant principle there can be no req
sonsble hope of escaping prevailing epidsmics
or of enjoying, even under ths most favorable
external circumstances m immunity from sick
ness and pain. This fact being established, the
next question is-how shall deficiency in phys
ical aad constitutional vigor be supplisdf In.
structed by the experience Of twenty years, an
sustained by the testimony OF thousands Of in
dividuals of both sexes, mailing from all parts
of the world we reply that Hostctter's Stomach
B,ttcrs is the only medicine that can be fully
relied on - protective and preventive tonic
tingencies. With system strengthened and
fortified by the use of this invigorant. no one
who possesses common prudence need fear the
effects Of maleria. II Is the best safeguard
against infection and contsgion ut present
known. 1t produces appetite; it prevents con
| stipation it regulates the Gov Of the bile; il
| strengthens the nerves; IL purihes the animal
fluids; it clears the brain and the vehicle Of
its medicinal properties being pure difusible
stimulant, their influence il extended TO every
portion OF the system. Mere alehoholic ttimu
ants, though administered largely in medical
prsctioe, ere not themselves medicines; but they
petvade the whole organization more certainly
and swiftly than anything else that can be given.
They are quickly taken by the absorbents. end
there is not fbx Of the body between the
| crown Of the head and the sole Of the foot which
is exempted from their influence. HEDGE aspr-
stuous stimuant is the best medium for convey.
| ing to oil the organs and members of feeble OF
disordered system the means whereby that sys.
tenn is to be regulated. 1t 10 for this purpose
that the alcohol element is used in the prepare
tions of Bostetter's Stomach Bitters It is sim
ply the instrument or vehicle BY which medi
cinal virtues Of the preparation are carried to
their objective points and rendered active.
The great objection to ordinary tonics. with
an alcoholic basis il. that the spirit used is i'm
pure. The charge is true, and the objections 70
them founded ON this cause is rational and just
The poison Of adulterated liquor csuuteracts ths
effect Of any sensitive vegetable juices or ex
tracts with which they are combined; and hence
the worse the worse than uselessnsss Of the
tonic tinctures habitually prescribed by physi
clans. They are all, without exception, made
Of inferior alcohol. and seven eights Of them arr
positively deleterious. Hostetter's Bitters are
entirely exempt from this serious drawback. -
The difFssible stimulant employ ed in their prep
sration u rye spirit absolutely pure. 1t is rec
tilted and tested until il il found TO be utterly
frse fran volatile oil, and 10 believed that there
Il 10 other proprietary mediciae ia eristanee
which is manufactured with such consideration,
care, 9Th resssd 20 Ill IL components. ~ Hos
letters Bittsrs. Most TONES are powerful e.
eitssts, bst shis preparation u not an exc,tant
st ell On the contsasy. II soothes and calmi
the nerves, and 10 delightful anodone - vel
q On unequaled stomschic and Alternative.
II 10 almost unnseesssty to cell attention o
dyspeptics TO medicine which 10 evsrywhers
Recognised = the standard specific for indiges
ton. In every town in the Gated Ststss which
contains drug stare sr store II wAieh drug
sss sold. II 10 knswu - . remedy fer stsaael
complaints Of every elsss. from simple aatulen
ey up 10 The most obstinate chronic torpidity o
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