Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-19

~ restorative in Weakness acI n.,rru.Ps
The world Is said to be governed too much.
That ii IL physicked too much !,
every thoughtful observer. scsre.,v
passes in which some rev theory Tor n. 49,.
OF all the disorders incident 10 hum,,,,,
preached. Each has its little dav. /, pro,s.
= ~ mary or few, ~ the case may be and
then drops into oblivion. TO use N. ~o,d, :,
Byron:
nse's month and year brings forth arcwope
Ihi' ai'es eioying the gaset,es with cant
The age discovers it is not IN. ,rue On. :,
S"snse 70 say, oil the 30 called "inf.lih,s
systems Of treatment which a GOOD ,.,n.,
public is invited to patronizs propose Ia d,,,,
tie with disease after II hiss fastened 49,, g..
victims. not to anticipate and battle its .,,.c,.
Now. the grandcst and most impor,an, mission
Of medical science Is. no, to cure sickness. bu,
10 proven. il. Remedial agents would. Of course.
never be needed II. BY means Of an,idotcs taken
in advance. all disorders could be averted.
This. perhaps. 10 not possible but 10 claimed
as fact established by seventeen years Of sue
cess'a' experience tina, Hos,et,er's Stomach
Bitters come nearer to the standard Of pericc
tion. As a protective medicine, than sny other
preparation in use while a. a remedy for n
large class Of compisints, and . vi,aliring.
ngth.renewing agent In cases OF physical
debility, whether constitutional or producer b,
cause, its great value il admitted
by all liberal-minded medical practitioners. and
svouched by the most ,oluminous array oftes.
timony that has ever been accumulated IN "a
vor OF any tonic and alter alive.
Fifty ysars ago. the faculty. a. . rule. took
sides with disease, against nature Ofe
such was not their design; but such was un.
questionahly their practice. Tneir intentions
were good, but their pathology and method Of
treatment we're atrociously wrong. Biistssing.
bleeding. saliv alton. violent purcasiou. and s,4
pefaction with narcotics, were then the main
resources Of the profession. The lancet wss used
freely in Intermittent feversC); and IL the brain
was excited. or came the patients hair and was
suppianted by cantharides plaster. Calomei
and jslap were administered I'm heroic doses
bowel complaints, and the system Was sa,ur.
ated with mercury as specific for liver disease
and scrofulous distempcrs. This sor, Of trca,
ment was source Of profit to spothecaries and
undertskers. but deadly TO the subjects oft II
brought mourning into countless houses ard
filled inn cradle graves
The era Of violent and indiscriminatc depie
tion has passed away. never. it,s hoped. TO re-
ton is generally recognized. But until the in
PRODUCTION Of IIostetters Stomach Bitters Meth.
n the public nor the pbys,cians knew whcrc to
box for . pure and harmless invigorsnt. For
IN any years the ordinary alcoholic s.imulants
had been becoming more and mere impure, un-
III careful and conscientious practitioners were
afraid to prescribe them, and Il was . blessed
Gay for the sick and feeble when this innocsous
and powerful Vegetable Tonic WAS u.hersd into
cxistence.to supply their place. Its advent was
Tho great sanitary event OF the nineteenth cen
tury. The spurious liquors Of seventeen years
ago were much adulteratcd. but they were in
fnitely less dangerous than the acrid and con
consuming poisons now vcnded under the same
names in grocery stores and At tavern bars. On
the other hand. the stimulant employed in tho
man ufacturc Of tho differs IL far preferable 10
NE finest ever distilled from the grape or the
tame. Il ia. SO TO speak, the life blood Of tho
most wholesome Of cereals. sound rye. but this
stmulant Is mersly the vehicle by
Y hch The rare medicinal elements Of tn, Bitter
are diffused through the system. and the agent
BY which their active power is increased. Tho
vegetable ingredients intermi1ed with the a.
coholic base. comprise thirteen Of the most pc
tent vegetable tonics. correctives and alternative
At present known in medical botany; and II
10 their operation. quickened a. IL IL By the pure
. ,hilarant with which they are combined. that
the rrepa, alton owes its wonderful efficacy - >
means Of regulating. Ee-eniorcing, and protect
ing from deletsrious influence the humss
physique.
Although the medical profession are alive to
the value Of Hostetter'a Bitters - restorative
and il has been introduced extensively in their
private practice add into many publie hospitals
and ia6rmariss, they do not seem 70 form
proper estimate OF its importance - means Of
combating the psedisposisg causes Of d'sssss.-
Far more efiicscious than any sanitary Gordon
thst eonld be established round - infected dis.
ts,ct would b The use u this sntidoie BY such
Of the inhabitants - he'd NJ - bees Effected
BY the epidemic virus. lie effect 10 TO endow
the system with resistant power. it, properties
are in direct antagonism 70 the evil tendencies
Of an empoisoned atmosphere. and to 81! the de-
pressing and morbid influences which predspose
the body 10 the reception Of disease. For these
reasons it ia spccislly and earnestly recommended
to oil whose circumstances aud surroundings
ere unfavorabls to the preserv atioa Of health