Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-29

passes in which some rev theory for tho cure
Of oil the disorders incident to humanity is not
broached. Each has its little day, II prose-
then drops into oblivion. To use the words
Byron:
Every month and year brings forth . new one,
Till, after cloy ing the garettes with cant,
The age discovers |. il not the true one"
strange 70 saw, al the so-callsd .'infallibls
systems Of treatment which . good natured
dublic is invited to rasronirs propose to do bat
tie With disease after ii has fastened upon its
victims. not TO anticipate and battle its attacks.
Now. the grandest and most important mission
OF medical science is. no. to cure sickness. but
TO prevent IL. Remedial agents would OF course.
never be needed IT, by means Of antido,es taken
IN advance. all disorders could be aver,cd. -
This. pcrhsps. is not possible: but il. claimed
as Tact established by seventeen years Of sue
cessfu. experience that uoste,,et', Stomach
bi''ers come nearer TO the standard Of pcrfee-
ton. IA u protective medicine, than any other
preparation in use /; while rs u rsmcd, for
large class OF complaints, and a yi,ah,ipv
strength renewing agent In eases Of physical
debility, whether constitutional or producek ty
aeventitious cause, its great value 10 admitted
by oil liberal minded medical practitioners. and
svouched by the most voluminous array Of tcs-
timony that has ever been accumulated in IA
vor Of any tonic and alter ativc
Fifty years ago, the faculty, a. . rule, took
sides with disease, against nature. or course
such was not their design. but such was un.
questionably their practice. Their intentions
were good, but their pathology and method Of
treatment were atrociously wrong. Blistesing.
bleeding, alton. violent pur cation, and stu
pcfsction with narcotics, were then the main
resources of the profession. The lancet va. used
freely in intermittent fevers and If the brain
was excited, OF came the patients hair and was
supplnn.ed by u cantharides plaster. Calomel
and jaiap were administered lin heroic doses"
n bowel complaints, and the system was satur.
a.cd with mercury as specific for liver disease
md scrofulous distempers. This sort Of treat.
ment was a source Of profit to apothecaric- aud
undertakers. but deadly TO the subjects oft. II
brought mourning into countless houses and
filed inn cradle graves.
The era OF violent and indiscriminate dcplc
ton has passed away. never, it's hoped. to re-
turn and the immense Importance Of invigor.-
ton is generally recognized. But until the in
PRODUCTION Of IIostettcr's Stomach Bitters Meth
er the public nor the ply sci ans knew where to
ock for pure and harmless invgorant. For
many years the ordinary alcoholic stmulants
had been becoming more and mere impure, IN
I'll careful and conscientious practitioners were
afraid to prescribe them, and il wa. blessed
day for the SICK and feeble when this innocuous
and powerful Vegetable Tonic WAS ushercd into
xistence.to supply their place. Its advent was
The great sanitary event OF the nineteenth cen
Jury. The spurious liquors Of seventeen years
ago were much sdulterated, but they were in
fnitely less dangerous than the scrid and con
consuming poisons now vended under the same
names in grocery stores and nt tavern bars. On
The other hand the stimulsnt employed in the
man ufacture OF the 5itters is far preferable to
The finest ever distilled from the grape or the
zane. II is. 80 to speak. the life-blood Of the
most wholesome Of cereals. sound rye. But this
st,mulant is meraly the vehicle by
which the rare me dicinal elements OF In. Bitter
ire dffused through the system, and the agent
~ which their active power is increased. The
vegetable Ingredients intermixed with the a.
,oholic base. comprise thirteen Of the most po-
ent vegetable tones. correc,vcs and alternative
% their operation. quickened as il is BY the pure
E xhilarant with which they are combined. that
he rrepa, alton owes its wonderful efficacy as
means Of regulating. reinforcing. and protect
ing from deleterious influence the human
physique.
Although the medical profession are alive TO
The value Of Hostetter's Bitters ~ restorative
and i. has been introduced extensively in their
private practice and into many public hospitals
and infrmaries, they do not seem 10 form
proper estimate Of its importance As . means Of
combating the pfedisposisg causes Of d,sesse.-
Far more eficacious than any sanitary Gordon
that conld be established round On infected dis
tr,ct would be the use Of this antidoie by such
Of the inhabitants - had not yet been affected
BY the epidemic virus. Its effect 10 to endow
the system with resistant power. Its properties
are in direct antagonism 70 the evil tendencies
Of an empoisened atmosphere, and TO al! the de-
pressing and morbid influences which predispose
the body TO the reception Of disease. For these
reasons it is specially and earnestly recommended
10 all whose circumstances and surrounding
are unfavorable TO the preserv ation Of health
20 the inhabitants Of sssmpy localities, new
and rich slluvisl soils; to traveller
who may have TO eucounter many varietieso
and drink many kinds Of watsr on
.n.i, ;ourneva. 10 residents and eoiourners in