Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-07
NfEDfCAL PROPERTIES OF HOST EFT
lNl TIERS STOMACH BlTTERS

Av-A IEh % SIVMaSh ilisnS.
let ithe distinctly borne in mind tha. Hos
rrrrns's Blrrrns is q MEDICINAL ParrAaAriox
not PEvEaAGa, and that il il entirely free from
for ssimulants, and which belong to all the dis
titled and iermented liquors of commerce. 1t.
alcoholic element 10 derived from sound rye, I
grain which, according to the testimony of tn.
most distinguished anslyi ical chemists. yields ,
more wholesome spirit than any other known
substance. But the egnrsaEscs o. I'm en-
plsysd In the manufacture Of the Bitters. must
not be COMPOUNDED with the rye spirit sold in The
market IS Bourboa and Monongahela whisky.
The very best brands Of those liquors procured
for hospital use, and preferred BY the medical
stats of the army and navy to any other liquor.
are not TO be compared in excellence with the
article used in the concoction Of the GREAr
SroMAcnrc. II is subjected in the first instance
to process which deprives it Of the pungen.
scrid element proved BY chemical tests to exist
in even what are deemed the finest imported
and domestic spirits. and after being thus puri-
fed. 10 kept on hand long enough TO give it
mellowness before being medicated. The chief
virtue of the preparation is not. however. in its
spirituous basis but in the juices Of the tonic,
sperient. corrosive. aud an.i.bilious vegetable
products 50 largely intermixed with il.
Perhaps it may be urged that il they impart
to the alcoholic Aaid its preventive and rene
dial qualities. water inpregnstsd with the same
ingredients would saswsr the purpose a. well.
Nothing bus profound Ignorance Of The laws Of
physiology and pathology can excuse such
error. 0siy BY di6ssibls ssimuant can the
medicinal constituents that are to fortify the
system against disease, or couuteract diseased
astior, be conveyed directly 10 their destina-
ton. The stimalant raridity prevades the ami
NAL structure. carrying with Il to the points
where II IS needed the required antidots. Wa
ter viii not do this. II has, comparatively
speaking, no ,propeilins or ainusivs power
Nor is this all. Nothing but alcohol will pre-.
seree the medicinal property OF vegetable ex-
tracts in a fluid state Mix them with water
and the compound will ferment, turn sour and
become worse than vslueless.
II is claimed that HosrrfrEa's BrrrEas com
mend themselves to the espieiai favor Of tie
TExPxkAxcs PnYsIcIlx as the only diiusivs
stimulant which he can prescribe without dan
ger of unduly exciting the brain Of his patient,
and Of creating that morbid thirst for alcohol
which doses OF unmedicated spirits are so apt TO
odrenier.
To argue with the dogmatics who asser, slim
ulan,s are always unnecessary aud pernicious,
would be waste OF time The most eminent
lights or Medical Science hav . settled that cues
ton, and it is not worth while to have . contro-
versy with the rushlights The leading cham.
pions of Temperance in I &c United States, Hor-
ace Greeley among the number, have announced
that they arc not in favor of biting the EN-.
ploy ment Of spirituous liquors - medic;ses.
under the Temperance code. The ground beise
thus cleared, end, Il is hoped, 10 the satisfaction
Of eveiy rational champion Of sobriety, the spe-
cifc application Of the B,ters TO the prevention
next in order.
Persons whose livers are peculiarly sensitive
are said TO be Of "blious abit" The morbid
Influences which affect others in general way,
seem in their cases to operate directly and main
~ upon the hillary organs. Many who are thus
predisposed to an overflow of bile are subject 20
periodical attacks Of biiousness, eccsm, onied
by pain in the right side, langor. pain between
the shoulders, gloomy feelings, and that pecu-
liar tipge OF the complexion which indicates that
. portion Of the bile which should have passed
oil through the bowels has been misdirected to
the venous system. and is present in the superb
cial blood vessels. To avert these symptoms.
and the general disorder oftns internal organs
which they involve, il 10 advisable for the indi
viduals Of bilious habit to take at least two do.
ses Of Hoststtsr's Bitters daily 1t such times -
they have reason TO apprshsnd an attack. In
deed, an who have constitutional and tsmper.
ansnsal tendency to liver complaints wosld do
well to take one dose hf this admirable Anti
Bilious Stomachic every day. When the great
Decretive gland il seriously disordered, the med.
'cine usually rssofted TO is mercury, which, un.
less administered with very great caution, 10 in
iuitely more dangerous than the disease il Is
to subdue. In large majority Of the
cases treated with calomsl Or blue pill, the anti
bilious and Alternative properties Of the Bitters
would produce the desired effect. Ann let il Be
borne in mind that. whereas mercury in every
'hsps y IN issidieus poison. the medicinal in.
sredisnts Of this preparation consist exclusively
II wholesome vegetable extracts, which are diff
used through tie systen b. means Of the pur-
- sad nildsst Of oil known stimulants.
wAnxmo 70 CorxYrarxirsas Axp CAur,oa
70 PracRAssss.-No expense will b spared, no
sgal means Of Furnishing fraud will b neglect
d, in the effort 70 prevent the counterfs,sine Of
aosr.rrEH's EsoHAcH Brrrxss.
Bot seoundrsism, when its cunning and 40
ivity arc stimulated By the hops Of gain, il very
ingenious and Industrious The men. whose
le Spicnble buaineaa i N s4vn v.lre hla -