New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-15
THE sTOMACH.-Penalties for Abusing its


Surgeon, once said that no man ought to bo
aware, from his sensations, that he had a
stomach Alas how many thousands of Amer
leans are painfully and almost necessarily re-.
minded of the existence of that organ! DR..
Frankns Conversation with the Gout was not
accompanied by more unpleasant twinges than
are experienced by countless host of dyspep
! ties every day.
In many dyspeptic cases the sufferers have
chiefly themselves to blame. The digestive
| apparatus is not composed of gutta percha, or
of horn, but of delicate integuments; and 1t
ought, inasmuch as it supplies the whole body
with nourishment, to receive some degree OF
consideration. But it seldom does. The stomach
is not unfrequently treated with the most ira
tional ingratitude and, if it avenges its abuses
| by torturing the abuser, the verdict of impair
| tial justice must be, Served him right"
But, although it is easy enough to superin--
| duce indigestion by deliberately violating tho
| hygienic laws which animals without the gift
| of reason instinctyely observe, the mere re-
| turn to a more regular and rational course of
| life seldom, if ever. cures the evil The tone
of the stomach must be restored; and diet and
regimen will not of themselves effect this OBJ
ject The only sure resource in such cases.
and very pleasant and paatable resource it
isis Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Indigestion, in its chronic phase Of Dyspep-
sia, is believed to be more prevalent in the
United States than in any other country and
| though often brought on by reckless disre-
gard of the conditions upon which perfect
assimilation of the food taken into the stomach
depends, is also referable to many other causes.
Grief and anxiety, lack of proper exercise, in
ordinate toll, excessive mental application, ex-
posure to sudden alterations of heat or cold,
insufficient or unwholesome diet, the exhala-
tions from marshy lands the effluyia from UNI
| clearly streets and Over-crOwded dwellings, and
whatever else tends to depress the vital ener-
gies, have a tendency to paralyze the organs
of digestion. These are evils inseperable from
the lot of thousands; and since this is the case,
common prudence dictates that their effects
should if possible, be guarded against by re-
enforcing and reinvigOrating the wonderful
mechanical and chemical apparatus which fur
nishes sustenance to every part OF the system.
If the stomach is wrong, all is wrong. 1t
would be as reasonable to expect a watch with
an injured handspring to keep true time as to
suppose that any of the functions Of the body
can 90 on regularly and BEAUTIFULLY when the
stomach is out of order.
1t is obvious, therefore, that the grand Objecs
of all persons whose avocations are unfavorable
to health, or who are subjected, from any cause
whatever, to facilitating influences should be to
increase the vigor and activity of the great as
similating, DEMONSTRATING organ. No tonic has
vet been discovered which accOmpishes this
object so certainly, so rapidly, SO safely and SO
agreeaby as Hostetter's Bitters. BY a timely
| resort to this pure medicated stimuant dyspep-
| sa may always be prevented, and by Its per-
sistent use that affecting disease may always be
I cured. The assertion has been made that it is
! incurabe. This is an unmitigated and cruel
falsehoOd Let no dyspeptic believe it for
moment. An unbrOken chain of atfirmatory tes-
| timony, extending over period of II years,
! proves beyond a shadow of doubt that Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters are a specific for dyspepsia
in its various types, and even when hereditary
| and constitutional. The record is open TO all
| who choose to consult it, and the list of wit
nesses comprises hundreds Of individuals of the
highest standing in society, against whose trust
worthiness no cavier will venture to wag finger.
This famous Vegetable Stomachic differs in
! one important regard from every other before
the public, 1t is not an irritant. 1t does not,
like the fiery tinctures of the pharmacOpea,
excite the nervous system. On the contrary.
its effect is to calm physical irritation white L
cheers. It's effect upon the coats of the stomach
is balsamic, not iufIammatory, and it does not
unduly stimulate either the heart or the brain.
Finally, it is the one thing needful for the
prevention and cue of indigestion; and nothing
will supply its place. The bitters are regu-
lating medicine. The excretory organs are
| safety-valves of the system. Through the bow
! els, the pores, and the kidneys, are discharged
the refuse of the materials which sustain,
strengthen, and renew that wonderful piece of
animated mechanism, the human body. IL
is, therefore, obvious that, if the bowels do not
perform their allotted tasks efficiently, the
scayenger-wor of the system, which Is as I'M
portant as ITS sustenatiOn, must be impertectly
| done. The intestnes are the waste-pipes OF
the animal structure, and you might rs well
expect city to be healthy with its sewers
clogged up or in ruins. las hope for strength
and vigor in the human physique when lts
main discharging organs are in an unnatural
condition.
| Consultation, bilious collie, cholera morbus,
I dyscntery, inflammation of the bowels, and, in
deed, all intestinal diseases, however different
! in their types and symptoms have their pri-
mary source in want of tone in the mem
brane which lines the alimentary and excretory
passages The irritation which produces a fiuN
| is lust as much the result of weakness as tho
torpor which creates costiveness. Darrhea
is the direct consequence of loss of retentlye
power. and constipation of a loss of expulslye
mower; tho effect of violent purgatiyes IN
a;thor contingency is to lower, instead of re-
Do,rinC the tome of the already weakened or