The Placer herald., 1868-11-07

Nelu, MINK, ana ueclOe! Inc SlnpIe tnerapen-
| tics OF the Patriarchical era, when herbs given
"for healing the natous'' were the only medicine
| in use, find little favor with the medical profes
| 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 thersiore manifest that the stamina OF man
| has seriously declined in the lapse of ages.
1t 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 vegc
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 il 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 dan
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, ut 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-that the world is
ove,doctored. The principles Of medication are
simple; but they have been so betogged 10y tech
ncalitcs so mystitied by professional verbage,
that one half the community fancy they can nei-
ther he interpreted nor applied except 10y persons
who have been taught TO clolhc the living truths
OF science in dead languages. 1t is not to the
interest OF 1.-The Faculty'' that the theory and
practice Of medicine should be smplitied and
popuE,rzed 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 IL is
81 to- md oh ncIn
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 sp'ficicncy OF
this resistant principle, there can be no reason
able hope OF escaping prevailing cpidemics, or
oil enjoy ing even under the most favorable ex-
lcrnal circumstances an immunity from sickness
and pain. This fact being established, the next
question is, how shall deficiency in physical
and constitutional vigOr be supplied? Instructed
by the experience OF twenty years, and sustained
by the testimony Oi thousands Of individuals OF
both sexes haiing from all parts OF the world,
we reply that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the
only medicine that Can be fully relied on Us
protective and preventative tonic and alternative
in all climates and under all contingencies. With
II system srengt hened and fortified by the usI Of
this invieorant, no one who possesses commO.
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 constlpatiOn; it regulates the
flow OF bile; it strengthens the nerves; it purifes
the animal fluids; it clears the brain; and, the
vehicle of its medical properties being pure,
diilusiblc slimulant, their influence Is extended
to every portion OF the system. Mere alcoholic
stimulants though administered largely in medical
pructce are not in themselves medicines;
but they pervade the whole organization more
certainly and swiftly than anything else that can
he given. They are quickly taken up by the alb
sorbens, and there is not a hbcr OF inc 6ody oe-
tween the crown OF the head and the sole OF the
foot which is exempted from their influence.
Hence n sprituous stmulant is the best medium
for conveying to all the organs and members vi
Il feeble or disordered system The means whereby
that system is to be recruited aud regulated. IL
is for this purpose that the alcoholic elements Is
used in the preparation ol hosteltefs stomach
Btters 1t is simply the instrument NY which |,
the medicinal virtues Of the preparation are car
red to their objective points and rendered active
1t is almost unnecessary to call the attention |
of ,lyhpeplics to medicine which il everywhere |
recognized as the standard specific for lndiscs
ton. In every town in the United States which |
contains drug store, or Il store in which drugs
are sold it is known as II remedy Tor stomach |
complaints OF every class, from simple flatulency
M TO The most obstinate chronic tOrpidily OF that
most important organ. It's antfbilI0us proper
ties are also universally understood and apPrecl-
ated and in the West and Southwest the OLD
"Acue cures" have been generally abandoned,
and his real choogog which actually breaks up
intermittent fever within week after the first
dose is taken adopted in their stead. In the
intermittent fevcrs common IN malarlOus
districts ing the fall Of the year it has proved
equally eilic,cous, and it may be truly I'D that
il combines in An equal degree the qualities OF u
restorative and preventative.
1t is not alleged that Hostctters Bittters are
an inlylliblc panacea for all bodily ills. There |
never was slch Il wonder, and there never will
be- But that the preparation is the most efica-
cious and The purcst tonic in use; that it is
the best existing safeguard against the miasma
that generates epidemic icvers and bowel com
plants; that it is u genuine remedy for dyspep-
ssia. biousness, and indigestion in all their
forms; and that its popularity Gas attested by it's
sales and the testimonials in its favor from all
parts of the Western Hemisphere) exceed that OF
any other proprietary medicine on this side OF
the Atlantic, and palpable facts, which cannot be
HOSTETTER, SMITH Il CO.,
Agents for Pacific Coast,
Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco
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