Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-01

ACTIVE IRAKDT IN SICKNESS
AND
A PROMPT RESTORATIVE IN WEAKNESS
AND DEBILITY.
The world il said 10 bs''gossrasd too much"
rhs. il IL physieksa toe much il apparent 10
every .housh.fal observer. Scarcely month
passss il which sses nsw theory for The care Of
I'll ~ disorders iaeidsst y haaasitv y net
Seoaehsd, Hash AAslls ntsls Gay. ~ pssss-
iysss-ussy q nv, . the esss nay bs--ssd
then drops into obiiviaa. r. uss he words q
Byron:
| every month and year brings forth . new one
Till. alter cloyiDg the gazette with cant.
The age discovers Il II not true ONE
Strange to say, al the - called "infallible
systsms Of treatment" which : good natured
public is invited to patronizs, propose to do bat
tie With disease after it has fastened upon Its
victims, not to anticipate and bafiie it, attacks
Now, the grandsst and most important missions
Of medical science ID not 10 cure sickness, bat 70
prevent IT, Remedial agents would. Of couret,
never be needed BY means Of sntidotes tsksn IN
advance oil disorders could be avsstsd. This
perhaps, is not possible but il 10 claimed -
fact. established BY seventeen years Of success
fpl experience. that HOsrETrER's STOMACH
BITTTRS come nearer to the standard Of per
fsstion - protective medicine than any prep
aration in use while - for remedy for alsrgs
class Of complaints. and WALKING. strength
renewing agent in eases Of physic debility,
whether constitutional or produced adventi.ious
causes. IL great value il admitted liberal min
ded medical practitioners, and avouchc BY vol.
luminous array Of testimony that hes ever been
accumulated Ia favor Of any tonic and alter.
ative.
Fifty years ago The facslty. = . ssls, took
sides with disease against ssturs. OF course,
such was mot their practice. Their intentions
: were coed. but their pathology and method Of
. treatment were asrssiouslv wrong. Blistsring,
!, bleeding, .salivatios. violent purgaaieu, and
stupeEsction with narcotics were then in the
main resources Of the yrofsssion. The lancet
was used freely ia Inflammation fevers q and
\ ifthe BRAIN was excited cfr came the patient 3
hair. and was supplsntsi BY causharldes plss-
, ter. Caomsl and . jalap were administered
lin heroic doses" n bowel complaints, and the
system was saturated with mercury Is . spc-
, cifc for liver disease and scrofulou, diste al.
, ders. This course Of treatment was . source Of
,, profit 70 the subjects of it. II brought mourn
!: ing into countless houses. sad alled inuumber
able graves.
The era Of violent and indiserimsnate deple
ton hes pssssdaway, never. II il hoped. to RI
turn. and the immense Importance or ,nvigora
i tion 10 generally recognized But until the 10.
PRODUCTION Of R0SrETTERS STOMACH BIT.
rERS neither the public nor physicians knew
I whore 70 leok for > pure and harmless invigsr
emit. For many years the ordinary alchoholi.
stimulunss had been becoming more and more
impure, until tho careful and consideration,
practitioners were afraid to prescribe them, and
II was blessed day for the sick and feeble when
this innocuous and powerful Vegetable Tonic
was ushered into existence 20 supply their place
Its advent was the great sanitary event Of the
nineteenth century. The spurious liquors. d
. seventeen pears ago were mach adultersted but
/
they were infinitely less dangerous than the
acid and consuming poisons now vended under
; The same names in grocery stores and tavern
! bars. On the other hand, tho stimulsnt EN-.
Ploysd in the manufacture Of the BlTTERS ID
far preferable to the finest ever distilled from
the grape or the cane. It's, the life blood d
the most wholesome of ce reals senud rye. But
this admirable stimulant IL merely the vehicle
BY which their astive power il increased. The
! vegetable insssdisnts intsrnixsd with the al.
soholie base comprise thirteen Of the most po.
tsnt vegetable tonics. eorrectivss, alternatives.
st present known in medical botany and II 10 "a
their operation. quiokensd - il Is BY the pure
. sxhilsrsnt with which they are combined, that
the preparation owse ito wonderful efficacy q
. usans of regulating, es-snforcing, and pro.
teeting from dslstsrious influence the human
physique.
Although the asdical pfsfsssiea ass alive r
. sAs value Of nosTRTrxn's BrrrHRs q are
stsrative. end II hes been intaeducsd extensive
. y b thsis psivats prasties. and into many psb
Zig hospitals ~ iaarmariss. they d not seen