Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-02-15
Fever & Ague, or ChiIls & Fever

Fever & Ague, OF Chills & Fever
 Every poison has its antidote--Every disease has it's cure.
 It is a known fact that the powerful miner al medicines so often administered in copiou doses in Intermittent and Bilious Remitten | Fevers are as perilous to the constitution a ! the levers themselves, while their operatio, l is generally slow and upcertsin, and their of 1 fects eyanecscnt Remedies of this class hazar,licus under any circumstances, canno be used win any approach to safety exccp under the directions of physician and II the regions where Fever and Ague, i'iiliou Fever, Chill and Fever, Dumb Aguc ana thei | kindred complaints chiefly prevail, meaics men are sometimes few and far between ant medical advice almost unobtainable. It Il obvious. therefore, that medicine like thu Texas TOnic Syrup. prompt cud cer tain in as action curative, and equaii. to be relied on as a preventive, of these aan i gerous malades-a preparation as harmles; | to the constitution as water--must be of price. ! less value ia the valley of the Mississippi, or wherever else they may exist.
 The common cause of all reinittent and intermittent levers is the mephitic vapor or miasma evaporated by heat from the sell or from the surface of stagnant water and it is usually when the torrid warmth of summer las prostrated the system and rendered it incapasAe of contending energetically with the disease that the attack comes on. July, August. September and October are the months during with all bilious complaints are most common, and most violent. The organs immediately affected by Fever and Arue and Intermtt ents and Remttents, are the Liver. the Spleen, the Stomach and Kid neys. Upon each and all ofthese organs the Texas Tonic Syrap acts specifically, regula- ting and controlling the flow of bile preven- ting or relieving thnt cnlarFmcnt Of the spleea knowii as the Ague Cake. strengthening the digestive powers and removing those severe pains of the back which arise from the tor pidity or inflammation of the Kidneys. As it's name indicates, it gives healthy tone to the yscere, which perform the secretion. circula- ton, and excretions instead of inhicting a shock uponthe internal, as mineral medicines necessarily do, it invigorates and assists nature and seconds with wonderful efforts which she makes to throw of the. disease lt is not mere palliative that checks or modi- fes the symptoms for q brief period but a radical remedy that reaches and removes the cause of the disorder.
 Of these facts the inventors of the Texas Tonic Syrup have had innumerable proofs and they are prepared to establish them by the highest testimony; Medical men of acknowledged eminence prescribe il in their private practice, and it is rapidly saperceding all other preparations of it's class throughout the west Southwest and South No family residing in any section subject to the visita- lions of Ague and Fever, or any bilious com- plaint, should be without it, if they desire to escape the penalties of protracted sickness and it's concomitant dangers, agonies and expenses,
 IL is not alone for its curative properties that the Tonic Syrup is to be prised, As a preventive it is invaluable. Tue virus of disease often lies hidden in the system for months, and even years, weakening the vital forces, and slowly, yet surely ssppng the foundations of health and fife.
 The symptoms of this process appear in sa' 0w skin, the dull eye, the growing feeblesa ness of the unconscious victim As soon as these or any other fo.eshsdowings of sickness are observed such as pains in the small of the back, in tue Jeff side, or between the shoulders, the Tonic Syrup should be given : and it is guaranteed that course of this remedy will, in all eases, 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, sure safe guard against Ague and Fever.