New-York tribune., 1868-10-28
ran Tv1NK AND DECIDE-The simple

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Ii, therapeutics of the patriarchal era, wheh
herbs given Z" for the healing of the nations
we're the only medicines in use, find little favor
with the medical profession OF the present day
Yet at that early period of the worlds history
,he ordinary term of human life was at least
sight times longer than il is now 1t is, there
fore. mani fest that the stamina of man has
rerously. dalIned in the lapse of ages.
Il is a significant fact that, during this prog
ress of human degeneration and decay, an inn
mcnse number of powerful posons have been
introduced into the medical repertoire, while
the mild, vegetable system of treatment, exclu-
sively practiced when the world young,
has been in great measure abandoned by the
medical profession This is curious coinci-
dence, ard il suggests the possibility Of a direct
connection between the physical deterioration
Of the species and the wholesale administration
Of deadly mineral ard other drugs. 1t may
well be doubted whether the mineral salts and
OxydCs and the 40 less dangerous alhalods,
which chemistry has added to the phamacOpGa
have net destroyed more than all the diseases
they haWo been prescribed to cure. One thing
st least, is certain, viz: that the average term
Of human existence has been fearfully short
ened since the days when the vegetable KING
dom was the only medical diSpenSaIy known
to mankind
The tmh is-and sensible people are becom-
ing more alive to It every day-that the Woild
is Oyerd0c,Ored. Ihe principals OF medication
are simple but they have been so beiogged 10y
teclmicahtios SO mystfed by professional verb
lace. that one-half the community fancy they
qan neitleg be interpreted nor applied except
by persons who have been taught to clOthe the
living truths of science in the dead languages.
II is not 10 the interest OF the Faculty that
She theory and practice of medicine should be
smplifed and popuarized. and, therefore, the
public conceive but little light on the subject
from that quarter.
70 prevent crime is one Of the great ends Of
civil Law, and 10 prevent disease should be one
Of the grand objects of medical science. II is
better to protect than to cure. and much easier.
Vital power is the natural antagonist of all the
influences that initiate against health-whether
they exist in the air we breathe, in the water
VIC drink, in the objects with which We come
IN contact or in ourselves. Without q Suf-
cheney of this resistant principal there can be
10 reasonable hope of escaping prevailing cpl
Genics or OF enjoying, even under the most
favorable external circumstances, an immunity
from sickness and pain This fact being es-
tablGhcd, the next question is how shall a de
Jiciency in physical and constitutional ygor be
enppliedl Instructed by the experience Of
twenty years, and sustained by the testimony
of Thousands of individuals of both sexes, hail
ing from all parts of the world, we reply that
IIostettefs Stomach Bitters is the only med-
cine that can be fully relied a protec
tive and preventive tonic and Alternative in all
climates and under all contingencies. With
system strengthened and fortified by the use
of this inyigOTate, no one who possesses com
mon prudence need fear the effects of malaria
1t is the best safeguard against infection and
contagiOn at present known. 1t produces appe-
tite; promotes digestion; it prevents con
situation; it regulates the flow of bile; it
strengthens the nerves; it purites the animal
finds: it clears the BRAIN and the vehicle of
IFS medicinal properties being pure dillusible
stimulant, their influence is extended TO every
portion of the system. Mere alcoholic stimu-
lants. though administered largely in medical
practice, are not in themselves medicines but
they pervade the whole organization more GER
tainly and swiftly than anything else that can
be given. They are quickly taken mp by the
absorbents, and there is not a fiber of the
body between the crown of the head and the
sole of the foot which is exempted from thciI
influence Hence a sprituOUs stimulant is the
best medium for conveying 10 all the organs
and members of a feeble or disOrdered system
the means whereby that system is to be re-
cruited and regulated. 1t is for this purpose
that the alcoholic element is used in the prep
aration Of HostctteI's Stomach Btters IL is
simply the instrument or vehicle by which the
medicinal virtues of the preparation are carried
tO their objective points and rendered active.
The great objection TO ordinary tOnics, with
an alcoholic basis Is, that the spirit used is I'M
pure The charge is true, and the objections
TO them founded on this cause are rational and
just The poison of adulterated liquor counter
acts the effect of any sanative vegetable juices
OF extracts with which they are combined and
hence the worse than usclessness of the tonic
tinctures habitually prescribed by physicians
They are all, without exception, made of infe
Iior alcohol, aud seyen-eigllths of them are
positively deletcriOus. Hostetters Bitters are
entirely exempt from this serious drawback.
The diffusible Stimulant employed IN their
preparation is rye spirit absolutely pure. il is
rectifed and tested until il is found 20 be
utterly free from volatile oil, or any other I'M
wholesome ingredient, and it is believed that
there is no other proprietary medicine in eX-
istence which is manufactured with such con
scentious care, with regard to all its compo-
nents, as Hostetter's Bitters Most tOnics are
powerful excitants, but this preparation is not
an excitant al all On the contrary, it sOOthcs
and Gains the nerves, and is delightful
auodyne as well as an uncquaed stOnachlc and
alternative.
II * almost unnecessary 10 call the attention