Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-24


HkAD, rnlNK ANN DRCHDe.
n. sisple thssspsuties y the pssriarshal sra.
whs, herbs given for the hesiing Of the ns-
si..sr ~srs the only medicines in use. mad
little fsver with the medical profession Of the
pressn. day. Yet u that early period Of The
worlds history the ordinary term Of human life
was At least eight times longer than it 10 no~
7, !. ,h.,.fore manifest that the stamins OF man
hos seriously declined in the lapse Of ages
Il !, . significant fact that. during this
pr,esss q human dsssserasan and decay. an
imnssss nunbsr Of powerful poisons have been
Introduced into the medical repertoire. while
the mild. vegetable system Of treatment excsa
,i,elv pr.cticed when the world was yousg, has
10, !. . Great measure abandoned BY the med
IA, crof..sios. This 10 aeurisus coiueidesees
ND i, suggests the possibility Of : direct con-
,..,;on between the ply steal deterioration Of
b. species and the wholesale ADMINISTRATION Of
e..dlv mineral or other drugs. II may well be
a.ub.ea whether che mineral SALT and Ozyis
md N. no les, dangerous alkaloids. which
chemistry has added 10 theipharmscopaia. have
70. DESTROYED more lives than oil the diseases
thew h.v. been prescribed 70 cure. One thing
:. le.,a. 4 certain, viz +. that the ausrass term
81 human existence has been terribly shortened
,,,e. .be dsos when the vegetable kingdom VI.
he onl, medical dispsnssry known TO mankind.
n. truth is-ana Sensible people are beson-
in more alive . u every day-thss the world
il er.aeessred. Ths:sprinsiples q medication
are simple: bat they have bees 20 bsfssgsd By
..ehuie.liti.s, Or my aiasd By professional VERDI
-. &hs, one half the community fascy they can
neither he interpreted nor spilled except BY
persons whs have been taught - elsths the liv
in, truths Of science in the dead langsages.-
liz, \ /, the interest q "ths Faculty" thss the
tA..r, s,a practice Of medicine should - sim
pla and pspularixsd; and therefore the pub
lie receive bat little light - the subject frsn
that quarter.
| r prevent crime is one Or the great ends Of
civil lsw, and to prevent disease should be on
o,ths grad objects Of medical science. 1t IL
better to protect than to cure, aud much e,eier.
Vital power 10 the natural antagonist Of all the
influences that initiate against health wbsthrs
lev exit in the air W breathe, IN the water W
drink, Or the objects with which " come con :
tact. or in ourselves. without sufiiciency Of
this resistant principle. there can be no reason
able hope Of escaping prevailing epidsmics. or
| II enjoying, even under the most favorable ex
N al circum stances, an immunity from sickness
and pain. This fact being established. the ne II
question 10. how shall deficiency in physical
and constitutional vgor be supplisdi Instruct
ed by the experience of twenty years, and sus
tanned BY the testimony Of .h'u'.nds Of indi'id-
uals Of both sexes, halling from all parts Of the
world; We reply that Hsstctter's Stomach Bit
tsrs 10 the emily medicine that can b. fully relied
% ~ protective and preventive tonic and al
,erativs in al climates and under I'll contingen-
ciss. With system strengthened and fortified
By the use Of this invigorsnt, no one who pos
esses common prudence need fear the effect Of
naiaria... II 10 the best safssard against info
ten and contagion At present known. 1t pro-
iucss appetite; promotes digestion: il prevents
constipation; it regulates the flow Of bile;
strengthens he nerves; il puri0es the animal
i StCoi0 VIZ uuoiu a0O Wv SCutCc VI
medicinal properties being pure difIusible slim
ulant their influence is extended to every por
ton Of the system. Mere slcohoIic stimulsnts.
though administered largely in medical practice
| sre not in them selves m Medicines, but they per,
wade she who Reorganization more certainly and
swiftly than anything else that can be given
They are aulckiv taken up BY the absorbents
and thee 10 nat 6ber Of the body 3e'ween the
crosn Of the head and the sole Of the foot which
exempted from their influence. Hease spir-
suous stimulant 10 the best medium isr convey
~ 70 oil the organs and members Of feeble OF
disordered system the means whereby that sys.
tenn 10 to b recruited asd reeuls.ed. II 10 for
this purpose that the alcoholic element 10 used in
The preparation Of Hsstettsf's Stomach Bitters.
lis simply the instrument or vehicle BY which
the medicinal virtues Of the prsparatiss are car
risd - their objective poisss and rssdsrsd ~
i've.
mo grs0 objections y ordiaAry tssics with
= slcchelis basis 10 that the spirit used 10 in.
pure. The caargs 10 true. aad the objections 70
then founded % the sasss ere rational and just.
The poison ef adultsrassd liquor eeuntsracts the
eject Of any saaasivs vssstsbls juices q sxtncts
with which they ere ceabinsd and henes the
wofss than usslsssness Of The tsnic tinctures
hsbtaslly prescribed byDhysisians. 1Asy ~
I'll, without exesptiss, made Of inferior alcohol,
and seven -sighshs Of them are pesitivsly dslste-
rieus. Hsstsners Dsssses aes sns7sly sxsnps
from this serious drewbsck. The di6usibls
stlmulant employed in their preparation il rys
spirit. absolutely pure. II 10 reeti6ed and tes-
ted untilit Is found to bs Utterly free from vol