New-York tribune., 1868-09-09

MEDICAL PROPERTIES of Hostetters
VI Stomach Bitters.-Let it be distinctly
borne in mind that Hostetters Bitters is a
medicinal preparation, not beverage, and
that it is entirely free from the attributes
which create and foster a passion for stimu.
lants and which belong to all the distilled and
fermented liquors Of commerce. Its alcoholic
element is derived from sound rye, grair
which, according to the testimony of the most
distinguished analytical chemists, yields more
wholesome spirit than any other known sub
stance. But the Quintessence Of Rye employed
in the manufacture of the Bitters. must not he
confounded with the rye spirit sold in the
market as Bourbon and MonOngahela Whisky.
The very best brands of those liquors pro-
cured for hospital use, and preferred by tho
medical stats Of the army and navy to any
other liquor are not to be compared in excel
lence with the article used in the concoction
of the Great Stomachic. 1t is subjected in the
first instance to process which depriyes it Of
the pungent and acrid elements proved by
chemical tests to exist in even what are deemed
the finest imported and domestic spirits, and.
after being thus purified, is kept on hand long
enough to give it mellowness before being med
icated. The chief virtue of the preparation is
not, however, in its spirituous basis but in the
juices of the tonic, aperient, corrective, and ,
anti-bilious vegetable products so largely in
termiXed with it.
Perhaps it may be urged that if they impaIt
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dial qualities, water impregnated with the
same ingredients would answer the purpose as
well. Nothing but profound ignorance of the
laws of physiology and pathology can excuse
| such an error. Only by a diffusbe stimulan5
can the medicinal constituents that are to fOrti-
fy the system against disease, or cOunteract
diseased action, be conveyed directly to their
destination. The stimulant rapidly peryades
| the animal structure, carrying with it to the
points where it is needed, the required anti
dote. Water will not do this. 1t has, COM
paratiyely speaking, no propelling or dihuslye
! power Nor is this all. Nothing but alcohol
will preserve the medicinal property of yege-
table extracts in a fluid state. Mix them with
water and the compound will ferment, turn
sour and become worse than yalueless.
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mend themselves to the special favor of the
| Temperance Physician as the only dIifuslye
stimulant which he can prescribe without dan
ger of unduly exciting the brain OF his patient,
and of creating that morbid thirst for alcohol
winch doses of unmedcated spirits are so apt
to engender.
! To argue with the dogmatists who assert
| that stimulants are always unnecessary and
pernicious. would be waste OF time. The
most eminent lights of Medical Science have
settled that question, and it is not worth While
| to have a controversy with the rush-light. ILe
leading champions of temperance In the United
States, Horace Greeley among the number,
have announced that they are not in favor of
prohibiting the employment of spirituous liquoY
as medicines.
SO much for the moral claims Of the article
under the temperance code. The ground being
thus cleared, and it is hoped, to the satisfac-
ton of every rational champion of sobriety the
| specific application of the Bitters to the pre-
venton and cure of the ills that flesh is heir
to-" comes next in order. ....... ~. ~. -
Persons whose livers are peculiarly sensitive
are said to be of bilious habit The NOR
bid influences which affect others in a general
way, seem in their cases to operate directly and
mainly upon the hillary organ. Many who are
thus predispOsed to an overflow of bile are sub
ject to periodical attacks of biliousness, accom-
panied by pain in the right side, languor, pa.
between the shoulders, gloomy feelings, ano
that peculiar tinge of the complexion which
indicates that portion of the bile which should
have passed off through the bowels has been
misdirected to the venous system, and is
present in the superficial blood vessels. To
avert these symptoms, and the general disorder
of the internal organs which they involve It is
advisable for individuals of 2. bilious habit to
take at least two doses of HOstetter's Bitters
daily at such times as they have reason to ap-
prehend an attack. Indeed, all who have "a
constitutional and temperamental tendency to
liver complaints would do well to take a dose
of this admirable anti-bious stOmachic every
day. When the great secretve gland is seri-
ousy disOrdered the medicine usually resoIted
to is mercury, which, unless administered with
very great caution, is infinitely more danger
Gus than the disease it is intended to subdue-
In a large majority of the cases treated with
! calomel or blue pill, the anti-bilious and alter
atiye properties of the Bitters would produce
! the desired effect. And let il be borne IN MIND
that, whereas mercury in every shape is an IN
sidious poison, the medicinal ingredients OF this
preparation consist exclusively Of wholesome
| vegetable extracts, which are dltfused through
the system 10y means of the purest and mlldess
| of all known stimulants.
! \ WARNING TO CoUNTERFEITERs AND
| CAUTION TO PURCHAsERs.-NO expense VIII 10
! spared, no legal means of Furnishing fraud VIII
be neglected in the effort to prevent uo
counterfeiting of Hostetter's Stomach BNteiS'