Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-10-19
T onic Syrup
Arspid snd never ssliias qurs.fos Fever & Ague, or Chiils & Fever
Every poison has it's antidotc--ETery disease has it's cure.

Every poison has it's antidotc-ESery
 disease has it's cure.
 It is know fact that the powerful miner all medicines so often administered in copious doses in Intermittent and Bilious Remittcnt Feyers are as perilous to the constitution as the feyers themselves, while their operation is generally slow and npcertain, and their cf- fccts evanecsent. Remedies of this class, hazardous under any circumstances, cannot be. used with any approach to safety except under the directions of physlcian; and Tn the regions where Fever and Ague, Bilious Fever. Uhiliand Fever. Dumb Ague and their kindred complaints chiefly prevail, medical mon are sometimes few and far between, and medical advice almost unobtainable. It is obvious, therefore, tLat a medicine like the Texas Tonic Syrup, prompt ond cer- tain in it's action as a curative, and equally to be relied on.asa preventive, of these dan gerous maladies--a preparation as harmless to the constitution as water-must be of price less value in the valley of the Mississippi, or wherever else they may ,exjnt. e
 i, The common cause q of all> fstrittcht and intermittent levers is the mephitic vapor or ,miasma eyaporated by heat from theYeH, or from the surface of staghant water and II is usually when the torrid warmth of summer has prostrated -fhesystems and rendered it incapable of coniending energetieslly with the disease that the attack comes on. July, August, September and October are the months during with all bilious complaints are most common, snd most violent. The organs immediately affected by Fever and Ague, and Interuiitt tents ands Remittents, are the Liver, the Spleen, the Stomach and Kid neys. Upon each and all ofthese organs, the Texas Tonic Syrup acts lfpeci6cally, regnls- bo Gavv af htto ting or relieving that enlargement of the spleen known. as tfe A gl;e Cuke. strengthening the digestive powers and removing those severe pains of the back which arise from the tor ridity or inflammation of the Kidneys As it's name indicates, it gives heaitby tonc to tho viscere, which perform theseeretion, circula- tion, and excretion Instead of infiicting q shock uponihe internal, as mineral medicines necessarily do, 1t inyigorates and assists nature and seconds with wonderful efforts which she makes to throw of the disease IL is not q mere palliative that ohecss@or mcs'- fes tLe symptoms for brief period but radical remedy that reaches and removes he cause of the disorder.
 Of these facts the inventors oft the Texas Tonic Syrup have had innunerable proofs and they are prepared to establish them hy tho highest testimony Medical men of acknowledged eminenee prescribe it sn their private practice, and it is rapidly supcrceding all other preparations of it's class throughoot the west Southwest and South No family residing in any section snhject to the vista tions of Ague and Fever, or epy bilious com plaint, should be without it, if they desire To escape the penalties of protracted sickness and its copcomi,ant dangers, agonies and expenses,
 It is not alone for it's curative properties that the Tonic Syrup is to be priaed. As preventive it is invaluable. The virus Of disease oftea lies hidden in the system for months, and even years. weakening the vital forces, and slowl., yet. surely sapping the foundations of health aud life.
 The symptoms of this process appear in sallow akin, the dull eye, the growing feeble ness of the unconscious victim As soon as these or any other fo-eshadowings of sickness are observed. sach cs psins in the small of the back, in the left side, or between the shoulders, the Tonic Syrup should be given and it is guaranteed that course of this remedy will, in ell cases, remove every germ of bilious disease from the system, restore the natural color to the complexion remove all local pain, and renew the bodily vigor of the individual It is especially recommended to the unacclimatcd settler, as sure safe guard against Ague and Fever.