The Placer herald., 1868-10-31

From the New York Independent, Nov. 7th, 1861
Read, think, and decide! The simple therapen-
tics of the Patriarchical era, when herbs given
"for healing the nations'' were the only medicine
| in use, find little favor with the medical probes
sion of the day. Yet ut the early period Of the
worlds history the ordinary term of human life
| was at least eight times longer than it is now.
| 1t is therefore manifest that the stamina of man
has seriously declined In the lapse OF ages
! 1t is scientific fact that, during this process
| of human degeneration and decay an immense
number of powerful poisons have been introduced
| into the medical repertoire, while the mild vege-
| table system of treatment exclusively practiccd
| when the world was young has been in great
measure abandoned by the medical profession.
This is singular coincidence, and it suggests the
possibility OF direct connection between the
physical deterioration of the species and the
Wholesale administration of deadly mineral and
other drugs. It may we'll be doubted whether
the mineral salts and oxyds, and the no less dam
gerous alkaloids which chemistry has added to
the pharmacOpGa, have not destroyed more lives
than all the diseases they have been prescribed
to cure One thing, at least Is certain-viz:
that the average term Of human existence has
been shortened since the days when the vegeta-
BILE kingdom was the only medical dispensary
known to mankind.
The truth Island sensible people are becom,
inc more alive TO it every day-that the world is
oyerloctored. The principles of medication are
nicalitics, so mystiiied by professional verbage,
that one half the community fancy they can mel
Their be interpreted nor applied except by persons
who have been taught to clothc the living truths
of science in dead languages. 1t is not to the
interest of 1.-The Faculty" that the theory and
practce Of medicine should be 'smplhed ana
popularized and therefore the public conceive
but little light from that quarter.
10 prevent crime is one OF the great ends OF
civil law, and to prevent disease should be one
of the grand objects Of medical science. IT. is
better TO protect than 10 cure, and much easier
Vital power is the natural antagonist OF all the
Influences that initiate against health-whcther
thew exist in the air we breathe, in the water We
drink. or the objects with which we come in con-
tact. or in ourselves. without u sutlciency of
this resistant principle, there can be no reason
able hope OF escaping prevailing epidemics, or
OF enjoying even under the most favorable ex-
ternal circumstances, an immunity IRON sickness
and pain. This fact being established tne next
question is how shall deficiency in physical
and constitute nal vigOr be supplied? Instructed
by the experience of twenty years, and sustained
by the testimony Of thousands oil indy liuais VI
both sexes, hailing from all parts OF the world,
we reply that Hostctter's Stomach Bitters is the
only medicine that can be fully relied on as a
protective and preventative tonic and alternative
in all climates and under all contingencies. With
a system strengt hened and fortified by the use OF
this invigOrant, no one who possesses common
prudence need fear the effects OF malaria. 1t is
the best safeguard against infection ut present
known. 1t produces appetite; 1t promotes diges-
ton; it prevents constipation; it regulates the
flow of bie it strengthens the nerves; 1t purifies
the animal fluids; it clears the brain; and, the
vehicle of its medical properties being pure,
diffusiblc stimulant, their influence is extended
to every portion OF the system. Mere alcoholic
stmulants, though administered largely in medical
prSctiee. are not in themselves medicines;
lal.a. oIn hn whole OfH1nlZltlOn
certainly and swiftly than anything else that can
lie given. They are quickly taken up by the abb
sorbents and there is not fiber OF the body be-
tween the crown OF the head and the sole OF the
foot which is exempted from Their lnnaence.
Hence a spirituous stimulant Is the best medium
for conveying to all the organs ana members VI
n feeble or disoldered system the means whereby
that system is to be recruited aud regulated. 1t
is for This purpose that the alcoholic elements is
used in The preparation of Hostetter's Stomach
Ritters. It is simply the instrument Ivy which
the medicinal virtues of the preparation are car
red to their objective points and rendered actlve'
1t is almost unnecessary 10 caii tne atleht'oh
of Ivsnentics TO a medicine which is everywhere
rpcoonized as the standard specific for lndiges-
ton. In every town in the United States which
contains n drug store, or store IN which drugs
are sold, it is known Us remedy ior stomach
complaints OF every class, from simple natulency
up to the most obstinate chronic torpldl'y OIL mat
most mDOrtaut organ. us ""'A-o.''o"o P'oPN.
ties are also universally understood and appreci,
ated and in the West and Southwest the Old
| "Aeue cures" have been generally abandoned,
and This real chologog- (Which actually breaks up
intermittent fever within week after the first
dose is archaeological in their stead. In the
intermittent 1evers SO common in malarlous
districts during the fall Of the year it has proved
equally eficacious, and it may be truly sud that
It combines in an equal degree the qualities oil O
| roctOro tive and preventative.
II is not alleged that Hostetter's Bittters are
an infallblc panacea for all bodily ills There
never was such wonder, and there never will
be. But that the preparation is the most elica-
cicus and the purest tonic in use; that it is
the best existing safeguard against the miasma
that generates epidemic fevers and bowel com
nain!s; that it il genuine remedy for dyspep-
sia. biliousness, and indigestion in all their
forms; and that its popularity Gas attested by ts
sales and the testimonials in its favor from all
narts of the Western Hemisphere) exceed that OF
any other proprietary medicine on this side of
the Atlantic, and palpable facts, which cannot be
| ignored. a,,,, c,,,r, T. M
Agents for Pacific Coast,
Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco