New-York tribune., 1867-09-19


,noS;co, profession of the present day. Yet at
that ear rly period of the worlds history tne OF
dinary term of human life was at least eight
times longer than it is now. 1t Is therefore
manifest that the stamina of man has seriously
declined in the lapse of ages.
1t is significant fact that, during tins process
of human degeneration and decay, an immense
number of powerful posons have been intro-
duced into the medical repertoire, whie tne
mild. vegetable system Of treatment, exclusively
practiced when the world was young, mas peen
IN q great measure abandoned Dy the ineu,'.''
profession. This is a curious coincidence anu IL
suggests the possibility OF direct cohhec'io'
between the physical deterioration OF the species
and the wholesale administration OF deadly MN
eral and other drugs. It may well be doubted
whether the mineral salts and Cxyds, and the
no less dangerous alkaloids, which chemistry
has added to the pEarmacopeia, have not de-
stroyed more lives than all the diseases they
have been prescribed to cure. One thing, at
least, is certain, viz: that the average term OF
human existence has been fearfully shortened
since the days when the vegetable kingdom was
tho only medical dispensary known to mankind.
The truth is-and sensible people are becOm-
ing more alive to it every day-that the world
is OyerdOctored. helprinciples of medication
are simple, but they have been so befOgged by
technicalities, so mystifed by professional YER
biage, that one half the community fancy they
can neither be interpreted nor applied except
by persons who have been taught to clothe
the living truths Of science in the dead Ian
guages 1t is not to the interest of the Facul-
tyr that the theory and practice of medicine
should be smplfed and pOpularzed, and there
fore the public conceive but little light on the
subject from that quarter.
To prevent crime is one of the great ends
of civil law, and to prevent disease should be
one of the grand objects of medical science 1t
is better to protect than to cure, and much
easier. Vital power is the natural antagonist
of all the influences that initiate against health
whether they exist in the air we breathe, IN
the water we drink, in the objects with which
we come in contact, or in ourselves. Without
sufiiciency of this resistant principle there
can be no reasonable hope of escaping prevail
ing epidemcs or of enjoying, even under the
most favorable external circumstances, an i'm
munity from sickness and pain. This fact
being established the next question is-hOw
shall n deficiency in physical and constitutional
vigor he supplied3 Instructed by the expert
ence of twenty years, and sustained by the tes-
timony of thousands of individuals of both
sexes, hailing from all parts of the world,
we reply that Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers is the only medicine that can be
fully relied on as protective and
preventive tonic and Alternative in all climates
and' under all contingencies. With system
strengthened and fortified by the use of this
invigorant, no one who possesses common pru
dence need fear the effects of malaria. 1t is
the best safeguard against Infection and conta-
gon at present known. 1t produces appetite;
it promotes digestion it prevents constipation;
it regulates the flow of bile; it strengthens the
nerves; it purifes the animal fluids; it clears
the brain; and the vehicle of its medicinal
properties being a pure diffusible stimulant,
their influence is extended to every portion of
the system. Mere alcoholic stimuants, though
administered largely in medical practice, are
not in themselves medicines; but they pervade
the whole organization more certainly and
swiftly than anything else that can be given.
They are quickly taken up by the absorbents
and there is not n fiber of the body between
the crown of the head and the sole of the foot
which is exempted from their influence. Hence
sprituous stimulant is the best medium for
conveying to all the organs and members of a
feeble or disordered system the means whereby
that system is to be recruited and regulated.
It is for this purpose that the alcoholic element
is used in the preparation of HOstetters StOm
ach Bitters. 1t is simply the instrument OF
vehicle 10y which the medicinal virtues of the
preparation are carried to their objective points
and rendered active.
The great objection to ordinary tonics, with
an alcoholic basis is, that the spirit used is
impure The charge is true, and the objections
TO them founded on this cause are rational and
just The poison of adulterated liquor coun-
teracts the effect of any sanative vegetable
juices or extracts with which they ale COM
bined, and hence the worse than uselessness of
the tonic tinctures habitually prescribed by
physicians. They are all, without exception,
made of inferior alcohol, and seven-eighths of
them are positively deleterious. Hostetter's
Bitters are entirely exempt from this serious
drawback. The dfhsjble stimulant employed
in their preparation is rye spirit absolutely
pure 1t is rectifed and tested until it is found
to be utterly free from volatile oil, or any
other unwholesome ingredient, and it is be-
lieved that there is no other proprietary medi-
cine in existence which is manufactured with
such conscientious care, with regard to all its
components, as Hostetter's Btters. Most tonics
are powerful excitants, but this preparation is
not an excitant at oil. On the contrary. it
soothes and calms the nerves, and is delight
full anodyne as well as an unequaled stomachic
and Alternative.
1t is almost unnecessary to call the attention