Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-12

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hEAp. TE,Ns4 AND DECIDE!
The simple therapeutics OF the pat-is-caal era
~h.l herb, 'g;ren Or tn. healing Q. de -a-
tons" we're the o-'y ncd.s rs ID use, end
little rsror with "a: n.dical profession Of the
| present cay. lie. at that cary per,1 OF the
worlds history the ord nary term of human life
was Il least eight times longer than it u aow.
la, seriously declined in tho aPse Of ages
1t Is significant fact that. during this
process Of human dcgeneratian and decay, an
immense number Of powerful peisons have been
Introduced into the medical repertoire, while
the mild, vegetable system OF treatment sxclu
sirsly prae.csd whom the world was yeusg, has
been in a g,eat measure abandoned by the med
iesl profession. This is aeurieus coneidenees
and it suggssts the possibility Of direct con-
neetion between the physical deterioration Of
the species and the wholesale administration Of
deadly mineral or other drugs. II may we'll BE-
doubted whether tho mineral SALT and oxy 10
and the no les. dangerous alkaleids, which
chemistry hiss added t. thetpharmacopGia. have
they have been prescribed to cure. One thing
At least, 10 certain, viz. that the ausrage term
Of human existence has been terribly shortened
since the daos when the vegetable kingdom was
the only medical dispsnsary known to mankind
The truth is-and Sensible people arc bseom-
ing more alive to II every day-that the world
il ovsr-doetored. The:iprnsiplss Of medication
are simple. but they have been 90 bsfsgged by
tsehnisalitiss, Or myssined BY professional vsrbi
age, that one half the community fancy they can
neither be interpreted nor applied except BY
persons who have been taught 70 clothe the liv-
ing truths Of SCIENCE in the dead languages.-
II 10 not To the interest Of ths Faculty" that the
theory and practice Of medicine should BE- sim
pli6sd and pepuiarizsd; and therefore the pub
lilo receive bat ili,tls light o. the subject from
that quarter.
To prevent crime il one or the great ends Of
civil Law, and to prevent disease should Be on
, Of the grand objects Of medical science. IL il
better TO protect than TO cure, and much easier
Vital power is the natural antagonist Of oil tn,
influences that initiate against hsalth-whsthr.
they exist in the cir W breathe, In the wster v.
drink, or the objects with which W come con
tact, Or in ourselves. Without . sutiicisncy o
this resistant principle. there can be no reason
able hope OK escaping prevailing epidemics, Of
| VI cuJ VVcu uuUrf tuo uIOst idNOIh0it ca
rnal circumstances, an immunity from sick nee
aud pain. This fact being established, tho n 4
D question is, how shall a dofcisscy in physica
and constitutional vigor be supplied, Instruct
+, cd BY tho experience of twenty years, and sus
tanned by tho testimony Of thousands Of individ-
uals Of both sexes, hailing from all parts of tn,
I world, we reply that Hostcttsrs Stomach Bit
tiers is tho only medicine that can be fully relied
on a. protective and preventive tonic and ri
terstive in all climates and under all continges
. cies. With system strsng ensd and fortitiee
BY the use Of this invigorant, no ore who pos
sesses common prudence need fear the effect o
malaria. II is the best safeeard against infs
ton and contagion at present known. 1t pro
duces appetite. promotes DIGESTION it prevent.
constipation it regulates the flow Of bile il
strengthens tho nerves; ii purioes tho animal
fluids; it clears the brain; and the vehicle .,
medicinal properties hein z pure difusible slim
ulant. their influence 10 extended to every pof
ton Of the system. Mere alcoholic stinulants
though adm istsred largely in medical practice
are not in III en- selves medicines, but thev per
wade abe who Reorganization more certainly and
swiftly than any thing else that can be given
They are quicklv taken up by the absorbentl
and there is nat fiber OF the body 5etwcen the
crown Of the head and tho sole or the foot which
8 exempted from their influence. Hence spir-
tuous stimulant IL the best medium isr convey
ing to all the organs and members Of feeble OF
disordered system the means whereby that sys
tenn 10 70 b recruited Asd regulated. 1t is for
this purpose that the alcoholic element il used in
the preparation Of Hsststtsr's Stomach Bittsrs,
II 10 simply the instrument or vehicle By which
the medicinal virtues Of the preparation are car
risd = ths, objective points and rendered 90
tive.
The grsai objections to Ordinary tones with
n alcoholic baais il that the spirit used Il i'm.
pure. The caarss IL true. s.d the objections 70
then founded on the saass are rational and just.
, The poison Of adalteratsd liquor souutsrasts the
effect Of any sanativs vssstabls juiess o. extracts
!: with whish they are senbinsd and hsnss the
!. worse than usslsssnsss Of The tonic tincsures
hsbitually prescribed byphysicians. They ar
oil, without exception, made Of inferior alcohol,
and seven -sghths Of them are positively delete.
risus. Hoststtse's Bittsrs ars snti7sly sxeup,
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