The Placer herald., 1868-10-24

Read, think, and decided The simple ther,pen
tics of the Patriarchical era, when herbs given
"for healing the natiOus' were the only medicine
in use, find little favor with the medical probes
sion of the day. Yet at 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.
1t is q scientific fact that, during this process
of human degeneration and decay an immense
number of powerful poisons have been introduced
into the medical repertoire, while the mild vege-
table system of treatment exclusively practiced
when the world was young, has been in great
measure abandoned by the medical profession
This is a 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 aud oxyds, and the no less dan
gerous alkaloids which chemistry has added to
the pharmacopGa have not destroyed more lives
than all the diseases they have been prescribed
to cure. One thing, at least, Is certain-viz:
that thCaveragc term of human existence has
been shortened since the days when the vegeta-
bic kingdom was the only medical dispensary
known to mankind
The truth is and sensible people are bccom
ing more alive to it every day-tbat the world is
overdoctored. The principles OF medication are
simple; but they have been so befogged by tech
nicalitics so mystilied by professional verblase
that one half the community fancy they can ne-
Their be interpreted nor applied except 10y persons
who have been taught to cloihe the living truths
OF science in dead languages. 1t Is not 10 the
interest of 1.-THE Faculty" that the theory and
practice of medicine should be simpitied and
popularized and therefore the public conceive
but little light from that quarter.
10 prevent crime is one OF the great ends OF
civil law, and to prevent disease should be one
or tho r,,,nd OhiocfS nf medical science. III is
better 10 protect than 10 cure, and much easier
Vital power is the natural antagonist OF all the
influences that initiate against health-Whether
they exist in the mir we breathe, in the water we
drink Or the objects with which we come in con-
tact, or in ourselves. Without u suttciency of
this resistant principle, there can be no reason
able hope OF escaping prevailing epidemcs or
OF ENJOYING even under the most favorable ex-
ternal circumstances, an immunity from sickness
aud pain This fact being established, the next
question il, how shall deficiency in physical
and constitutional vigor be supplied? Instructed
by the experience OF twenty years, and sustained
by the testimony OF thousands Oh individuals OF
both sexes, hailing from ~ parts OF the world,
we reply that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the
only medicine that Can be fully relied on as a
protective and preventative tonic and alternative
in all climates and under all contingencies With
Il system strengthened and fortified ny the use Of
this invigorant, no one who possesses common
prudence need fear the effects OF malaria 1t Is
The best safeguard against infection at present
KNOWN 1t produces appetite; it promotes diges-
ton; it prevents cOnsupation; it regulates the
flow of bile; it strengthens the nerves; 1t puriies
the animal fluids; it clears the brain; and, the
vehicle of its medical properties being Il pure,
dittusible stmuant, their influence is extended
to every portion OF the system. Mere alcoholic
stimulants though administered largely in medical
practice, are not in themselves medicines;
but they pervade the whole organization more
certainly and swiftly than anything else that can
be given. They are quickly taken up by the alb
sorbents, and there is not a ADcr OF inc oody oe-
tween the crown of the head and the sole OF the
foot which is exempted from their influence.
Hence sprituous stimulant is the best medium
for conveying to all the organs and members o!
a feeble or dis0rdered system the means whereby
that system is to he recruited and regulated. 1t
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 and rendered active.
1t is almost unnecessary to call the attention
of dyspeptics to medicine which is everywhere
recognized as the standard specific for lndlgcs-
ton In every town in the United States which
contains drug store or store III when drugs
are sold, it is known as remedy lQr stomach
complaints OF every Glass; from simple natuiency
IN to the most obstinate chronic torpidty OF that
most important organ Its antl-blllous proper
ties are also universally understood and appreci-
nted and in the West and Southwest the old
"Aeue 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 fevers SO common in maarlous
districts during the fall of the year it has proved
equally efiicacious, and it may be truly id that
it combines in an equal degree the qualities OF a
restorative and Il preventative.
It is not alleged that Hosteter's Bttters are
m infallible panacea for all bodily ills. There
never was such u wonder, and there never will
be- But that the preparation is the most efllca-
cous and the purest tonic in use; that it is
the best existing safeguard against the miasma
that generates epidemic tevers and bowel com
piain!s; that it is u genuine remedy for dyspep-
sia, biliousness, and indigestion in all their
forms, and that its popularity Gas attestcd by its
sales and the testimonials in its favor from all
parts of the Western Hemisphcre) exceed that of
any other proprietary medicine on this side of
the Atlantic, and palpable facts, which cannot be
ignored.
HOSTETTER, SMITH q CO.,
Agents for Pacific Coast,
Wholesale Druggists, San francisco