The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1868-10-03

| Read, think, and decided 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 profess
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.
! II is scientific fact that, during this process
of human degeneration and decay all immense
number of powerful poisons have been introduced
| into the medical repertoire, while the mild vcge
table system of treatment exclusively practiccd
when the world was young, has been in Il 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. 1t may well be doubted whether
the mineral salts and oxyds, and the no less dam
gerous alkaloids, which chemistry has added to
the pharmacopGia, 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-
ble kingdom was the only medical dispensary
known to mankind.
The truth is-and sensible people are becom
ing more alive to il every day-tbat the world is
overdoctored. The principles of medication are
simple; but they have been 80 befogged by tech
nicalitics so mystifed by professional verbiage,
that one huff the community fancy they can nei-
Their he interpreted nor applied except by persons
who have been taught to clolhe the living truths
OF science in dead languages. 1t is not to the
interest of "the Faculty" that the theory and
practice Of medicine should be simpli0ed and
popularizcd and therefore the public conceive
but little light from that quarter.
TO 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. 1t 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 we
drink. or the objects with which we come in con-
tact, or in ourselves. Without q sufficiency of
this resistant principle there can be no reason
able hope OF escaping prevailing epldemics, or
OF ENJOYING even under the most favorable cx-
ternal circumstances, an immunity from sickness
and pain. This fact being established, the next
question is, how shall deficiency in physical
and CONSTITUTE onal vigor be supplied? Instructed
by the experience OF twenty years, and sustained
by the testimony OF thousands Of individuals OF
both sexes, hailing from all parts OF the world,
we reply that HOstettcrs Stomach Btters is the
only medicine that Can lie fully relied on as a
protective and preventative tonic and alternative
in all climates and under all contingencies. With
u system strengthened and fortified by the use of
this invigorant, no one who possesses common
prudence need fear the effects Of malaria. Ii is
The best safeguard against injection ut present
known. 1t produces appetite; it promotes d'ges-
ton; it prevents constipation; 1t regulates the
flow of bile; it strengthens the nerves. it puriiies
the animal fluids; it clears the brain; and, the
vehicle OF its medical properties being pure,
diffusible stmulant, their influence is extended
TO every portion of the system. Mere alcoholic
stimuants though administered largely in medical
practice, are not in themselves medicines;
but they pervade the whole organization more
certainly and swiftly than anything use lnat eau
he given. They are quickly taken up ny the alb
sorbcnts, and there is not a fiber of the body be-
tween the crown OF the head and the sole OF the
foot which ia exempted from their influence.
Hence spirituous stimulant is the best medium
for conveying to all the organs and members OF
Il feeble or disordered system the means whereby
that system is to be recruited ana regulated. ~
is for This purpose that the alcoholic elements is
used in the preparation of Hostetters Stomach
Bitters 1t is simply the instrument by which
the medicinal virtues of the preparation are car
ried to their objective points ana rendered active
It is almost Unnecessary to call the attention
of dyspeptics to medicine winch IL everywhere
recognized as the standard sPecihc Ior lhuiSes
ton, In every town in the United States which
contains drug store, or q store in which drugs
are sold. it is known as u remedy for stomach
complaints OF every class, from simple hatulency
M to The most obstinate chronic torpdity OF that
most important organ. Its antloiious proper
ties are also universally nnuers'oo" anu "PPieci.
ated and in the West and Southwest the Old
| "Acue cures" have been generally Abandoned
and this real chologog.-which actually breaks up
intermittent fever within week after the first
dose is taken adopted in their stead. In the
intermittent ievers SO common in maarous
districts during the fall OF the year 1t has proved
equally eflicacous, and it may be truly sid that
it combines in an equal degree the qualities OF
restorative and preventative.
II is not alleged that Hostetter's Bittters are
an infallible panacea for all bodily ills. There
never was such wonder, and there never will
be. But that the preparation is the most cfica-
the best existing safeguard against the miasma
that generates epidemic fevers and bowel com
plains; that it is o genuine remedy for dyspep-
sa bousness, and indigestion in all their
forms; and that its popularity Gas attested by its
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. ,,,, c,,,ru g. m
Agents for Pacific Coast
Wholesale Druggists, San francisco