New-York tribune., 1868-03-25
NEW MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY.

' w ""'o nc" medical pbDOs0pbyS
rational, easy of comprehension, and pyoreb Ia
be true. 1t is simply this that the vital princi.
pie, in its struggles with disease and the causts
Of disease, requires to be fostered and sustained,
Opinions may differ as to the best manne{ ~
carrying out this idea, but all enlightened pbSs
sicians agree that it is sound logic. The suf9st
way to kill an invalid is to make persistent
war upon his strength and stamina. Whoever
questions the propriety Of precisely opposite
course Is half century behind the age
Many of us can recollect the time when il wac
considered good practice" to give violStt
purgatives during the prevalence Of epidemicss
as a safeguard against infection, 1t Is nov;
known, however, that to deplete the systeta
severely, under such circumstances, Is to invite
an attack and to increase the probability q 4
fatal issue. Within the recollection OF peys8Gs
much younger than the "Oldest tnhabitahtu,
patients suffering from intermittent femittstH
and other malarious fevers, were someti4eg
freely bled with the lancet. As mattsyg
course, most of those who were thus usat@
died. Even yet active purgatiop 70 sOmeg@H
recommended as the best preparation f3l X
change from healthy to an unhealthy elimaN
Such stupidity, however, is fortunately rafsA
tonic treatment being the approved for@9lsH
under such circumstances. It is admitted tlaf
unwhoesome air Is eminently depressing apT
devitalizing; and therefore, any medicine opefrf
ating in the same way must be considered 4h'
ally of malaria not protection against its pet'
nicious influence.
But when it is conceded that a genial tople,
and not fierce cathartic, is the medicine indi-
Gated by reason and experience as the kst
means Of preparing the system to resist extra
ordinary causes of disease, the question 0cenfsa
What tonic9 Raw spirits, even if it could q
pure, which is possible, will not answer II "
an excitant, and nothing more; and its actiQe
is infammatOry, not invigorating. In fact, 1t "
not tonic at all. y.
What is it that the wise and thouehuni pTa&
titioner desires to prescribe as an aniidote ~
infection, when infection is in the airf Simp!T
the best possible combination Of yegetab!a
topics. infused into pure stimulant-the stlS1
ulant being chiefly used as vehicle for dfdsS
ing their effects rapidly through the sysSnl1
The same tonic juices, incorporated with wateN
would be comparatively powerless. The aleoh6la
ic principle prepares the stomach TO aPs0f9
them, accompanies them In their prosress
through the system, and predispOses ere!y
organ which they reach to assimilate thenE -
Here, then, we have the philosophy Of tho
preventive and remedial operation Of propG
vegetable inyigorants when in conjunction With
fine alcoholic stimulant. I.
The next question is. docs such an inyalu3
able compound exist We claim that il ddes,'
in tho form of HosTETTER's STOMACH BTTffsi
In making this assertion we merely place %,
record, for the consideration of thinking I1q,
the opinions of thousands who have had &.
perimental proof Of the fact in their own peff
sons 1t is not necessary to enlarge upon this
point here For twenty years the public have
been reading testimony on the bject from distip
guished citizens i'll every walk of life; and they
are, therefore, as familiar with it rs the pto'
prietors of the medicine themselves. The ebi',
cacy of the Btters is matter thai has long
since passed beyond the pale OF argument, anu.
become q FIXED AND ESTABLISHED TRUTH.
The chief purpose of this article is tn impress
upon all, and especially the consthT;ionapy,
feeble, who live in localities subject TO the
vistations of epidemic and endemic Giscases,
the necessity of NvIGoRATIoN. The public
with the knowledge it has before it, May safely
be left to select the means for the aecomplish'
ment of that end.
Perhaps there is no ailment commvn 10 a)f
climates and countries in which WHOLESOME
sToMAcHIo and GENERAL INvIGoRANT Is 80 es'
sentally requisite as in DYSPEPSIA. Without
such a medicine the complaint cannot be cured,
Regular exercise may do much, dieting may do,
much, pure air may do muchj but we haze
never yet seen case of chronic dyspepsia cured
by these alone. They are accessories, not spe'
cifcs There must he direct action Hpon tho