Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-07

ntn MUTUAL rhILUSurhI
YES. VIZ HAVE A NEW MEDICAL phi
LOSOPHY-rstional,v easy of comprehension
ana proven TO be true. II 10 simply this, the,
she vital principle in its struggles witAidissase
and the causes Of disease requires to b. fost ere
and sustained.
Opinions may differ a. 10 the best means Of
carrying out this idea, buLsll enlightsssd ply
sicians sgree that i. 10 sound and logical The
surest way to kill an invalid 10 to make persist
ent war upon his strength and stamina. Who
ever questions the propriesy Of . precisely OPP
posite course 10 half century behind the age
Many Of tuscan recollect the time when II was
considered good practice to give violent pur-
gasivcs during the prev aeace Of spidemics, a.
. afeguard against infection. Ills now known
however, that to deplete the system severely
and to increase the probabilities OF fatal issue
Within the: recollection Of persons much
younger than the ''oldest inhsbitant." patients
suffering from intermittent. remittent and other
malarous fevers, we're sometimes freely BLEED
with the lancet. A matter OF course, most
of these who were thus treated died. Evsnye
active purgation 10 sometimes recommended -
the best preparation for q change from healthy
to an unhealthy climate. Buchsstupidity, how
ever. is fortunately rare TOMS treatment being
the approved formula under such circumstances
II is admitted that unwholssoms air IL sminsntly
depressing and devitaliring. and therefore, any
medicine operating iu the same way must be
An ally of malaria, not . protection
against its pernicious influence.
Bnt when il 10 conceded that genial tonic,
and not fierce cathartic, 10 the. medicine indi-
Gated by reason and experience - the best means
of preparing the system to resist extraordinary
causes OF diseases, the question occurs-what
tonic Raw spirit, eve. IL il could be pure,
which 10 impossible, will not answer. II 10 an
excitant. and nothing more, aud ito action 10 in
iammatory, not invigo rating IL fact it is net
. tonic at all
What Is it thas;the wise and thoughtful prac-
titioner desires to .prescribe As an sntidose to
whom infecsionlis iathe air' Simply
the best possible combnati On Of vegetable tsnics
infused into pure stimalant-tns ssimulant
being chiefly useful - vehicle for diffusing
their effects rapidly through the system. The
same tonic juices incor porated with water, would
be comparatively powsrless. The alcoholic
principle prepares thc.storaach to absorb them
accompanies them in thsiriprogress through the
system, and predisposes every organ which
they reach TO assimilate them
Here, then, We have the philosophy Of the
preventive and remedial operation of proper
vegetable invigorants when in conjunction With
a tne alcoholic stimuant.
The next question 10, docs such an!inv aluablst
exist. We cla,m that it.doss. in tn
form Of nOSTETTERS STOMACH BlTTRR5.
record, for the consideration Of thinking men
the opinions of thousands.who have had exper-
mental proof Of the fact in their swn persons.
II 10 not necessary to enlarge upon tins poin
here. For twenty years the public have been
reading testimony on the subject from distin-
guished citizens in every walk Of life, and they
are, therefore, as familiar with II ns the propri-
etors of the medicine themselves. The efficacy
of the BITTERS Is matter that has long since
passed beyond the pale Of argument, and become
A FIXED AND. ESTABLISHED snrrn.
The chief purpose of this article is TO impress
upon all. and especially upon thei constitution
alv feeble, who live in localities subject to the
of epidemic ard endemic diseases,
the necessity of INVOCATION. The public. with
the knowledge it has before iii. may safely be
let TO select the means fer the accomplishment
Of that end
Perhaps there IL no. ailmsnt icommon to all
climates and countries. in whichlls WHOLESOME
ssoxAcmc and ssxsaAL..rxv,oonAxr is SO essen
tally requisite as in DYsrBPsIA. Without such
q medicine the complaint can mot b cured
Regular exercise may do much ;sbut We have
never yet seen q case Of Chrome Dyspedsia cured
BY these alsue. They arsAaccessoriss. nat spe
cities. There must be Direct sction upon the
stomach itself, and upon the secrstions. to Grad
icats the mslady.
their fruits ye shall: know them. BY this critic
rion the BlTTERS have been tried, and the YER