Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-17
ACTIVE RENEDY In SICKNESS

AtILtE 84&EDX In olekAEcD
A PRGAPF REsr0RATisE.lS EEAKsEs
AND DEBILITY.
The world is said 70 b" governed too much
That il is ohyscke T. too much is apparent to
every thoughtful observer. Scarcely month
passes ia which some new theory for the eure OF
oil the disorders incident 10 hnmssitv 10 not
broaehed. Each hes iss little day, its prose-
lytes-mapy or few, as the ease nay be--and
then drops into oolivian. To nss the words of
Byron;
Every month and year brings forth new ono
Till, after cloying the gazette with cant.
The age discovers il Is not true one. y
Strange TO say, all the 90 called "infalliblc
systems ofirea,ment" which . good nstursd
public is invited to patronfe, propose to do bat.
tie with disease after it has fastened upon,lits
victims, not TO anticipate and bsfls its sttsc X
New, che grandest and most important missions
Of medical science 10 no: to cure sicknes, but TO
prevent il. Remedial agents would. OF eouret,
never be needed BY means Of antidctes taken in
advance all disorders could be avetted. This
perhaps. 10 not possible but il 10 claimed as q
fact, established BY seventeen yesrs Of success
fol experience, that HOsrErrER's STOMACH
BlTTFRS come nearer 10 the standard Of per.
fiction - protective medicine than any prem
class Of complaints. and vitalizins, strength
renewing agent in sases of physic debility.
whether constitutional or produced adve nti,ious
causes, its great vslue il admitted liberal min
ded medical practitioners, and avouchc BY vol.
luminous array of testimony that has ever been
formulated in fsver Of asy tonic matter,
alive.
Fifty years ago the faculty, - . rule. took
sides with disease against nature. or course,
suchwas net their practice. Iheis intentions
were good, but their pathology and method Of
treatment were atrcelousv wrong. Blistsriug,
blesdins, Ssaliva,ion. violent purxs.ion. and
stupefaction with narcotics were then in the
main resources Of the profession. The iscct 4
was used freely 10 determination fevers q, and
1.-THE BRAN was excited % came tho tsisnt's "a
hair. and was supplsu;ei ty cauthrrlaes ,ls,
ter. Calomel and a ialsp were administered
"in heroic doses in bowel complaints. aud the
system was saturated with mercury as a spe-
cine for liver disease and scrofclous diste.u.
ders. This course Of treatment WA a source of
profit - the subjects oft. II brought mourn
ing into countless houses, and nlled inuumber.
able graves
The era of violent and indiscrimsnats deple-
ton has passed never. it is hoped, to re
turn. and the immense importance Of ,uvigora.
tion is generally recognized. But until the in.
PRODUCTION Of EOsTErrERs STOMACH DIT.
TERS neither the public nor physicians knew
where TO look for . pure and harmlus, ipyiuor.
snt. For many years the ordinary nlchoholic
stimulunts had been becoming more and moro
impure, until the careful and conscientious
practitioners were afraid to prescribe them, and
ii was blessed day for the sick and feeble when
this innocuous and powerful Vegetable Tonic
was ushered into existence to supply their place
Its advent was the grea, sanitary event OF the
nineteenth century. The spurious liquors OF
seventeen years ago were much adulterated. blu
they we're infinitely less dangerous than the
acid aud consuming poisons now vendsd under
the same names in grocery stores and tavern
bars. On the other hand, the stimulsnt en-
ployed In the manufacture of the BITTERS 10
far preferable to the fines ever distilled from
.he grape or the cane. It's, the life blood Of
the most wholesome Of cereals rye. But
this admirable stimuIant il merely the vebicl
by which their active power 10 increased. The
vegetable Ingredients intsrmix ed with the al
eoholie base comprise thirteen Of the most po-
Osens vHeSaoie 1onicSs correcSvoS, altefetlveo,
ct present known in medical botany and it 10 to
their operation, quickensd a it il BY the pure
sxhileraat with which they are combined, that
the preparation owes it, wonderful efficacy =
. means Of regulating, rs-snforcipg, and pro.
sessing from delstsrious influence the human
physique.
Although the medical profsssios are alive TO
the value Of HOSTRTTRR,S BITTBRS - are
y 10 theiI private practice, ana into many pub
lie hospitals and inarmariss, they d not seem