Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-10-29
The New Medical PfactICe,

Tho French proverb, vNOthing succeeds
like success" has been happily illna rated In
the results OF tho experimental tonic treat
ment OF various phases OF diseaAe, which
was commenced in tihs country a few Years
ago. iVfhe experiment succeeded, and lence
tile worldwide popularity OF the iticFgordtiiig
systtfhof medication, and Its well won tri-
umphs over the deiteting, deptaliaiag formula
to which, unfortunately for mankind, the
medical profession 30 long and Oobstinaiely
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We well remember the sensation produced
in medical circles by the introduction Of the
celebrated PLANTATION BITTERs az remedy
for dyspepsia, billiousnesB, intermittent fe-
yers, nervous affections, and constitutional
debility The Faculty, Mthafew EXCEPTIONS,
denouncedthe new preparation. II was an
innovation on established rules, and Htey IN
sisted dlagel0usg one. ThisNas Only seven
years ago; yet To-day ii has probably as large
a sale AZ any medicinal compound in the
world, aud u not only extensively prescribed
by phybicians i'm their private practice, but
has found ita way Tor rather made its way)
into onf public hospitals. r,L .
Tile stPtisties OF the mannfacture and con-
sumption of thid celebrated specific for the
year 1867, have recently come under our no
tlee IN connection with business transac-
action, and they are so extraordinary as an
exhibit Of the growth ola newTemedial agent
IN the public estimation during period OF q
little more than six years, that we make no
apology for submitting them to our readers
II appears fran the documentary evidence
we have had occasion TO examine, that the
sales of Plantation Bitters for the year which
expired on the 3lst OF last December amount
ed to nearly fDe millions Of bodies; that the
quantity ORSt. Croix rum used in the prepar-
alton OF the article was one million gallons;
that the, stamp duty paid 10 government by
p. II. Drake& Co.. the manufacturers and
propriotors, was over $3.50, 600; that they EN-
| ploy at their laboratory and work houses,
los X lO7 Liberty Street, about one hundred
personsj but the liquor which forms the
basis OF the Bltters, is the product OF their
own stills In the island OF St. Thomas, where
they lease several large sugar plantations
| and employ skilled agents, in orr to secure
the Hnadulterated spirit Of the cane; that the
Callsaya Bark which fOrmsIan all important
ingredient OF the preparation, is gathered in
Brazil and shipped thence under the manage
ment OF special agents dispatched from this
country by the firm; that they paid out for
advertising, within twelve months, the sum
OF $l48, 900; and that the sales OF the Bitters
had been doubled in the space OF two years
and al constantly increasing.
I, This ia certainly remarkable record, and
probably without parallel in the history of
proprletory remedies. Individual testimo-
malls OF the efficacy OF the preparation (of
which Messrs. Drake 4 Co. exhibit polumes)
sink into insignihcance when compared with
such national endorsement, as is implied in
the above facts. When it can be statistically
proven that an article is the staple medicine OF
a hemisphere, it quite unnecessary TO quote
! single examples OF its success. We hearmuch
| OF its prerentre properties as well as Of its
curative virtues. Travellers and voyagers re
port well Of it as safeguard against the del
eterious effects of change of water and diet,
and as all antidote to the malaria which gen
crates epidemics. The ladies', too, are said
to have very generally acceptedit as a means
| OF relieving the mel voua debility and derange-
mentu OF the circulation TO which SO many OF
the sex are liable. 1t is certainly an agreea-
bic rest0ratiye--sO palatabe indeed, that il
may properly be ranked among the cordials
Its medicinal ingredients, about which no
mystery ia made, Comprise some of the finest
tonics and Alternatives OF the vegetable king.
dom, and the vehicle In which these are ad-
ministered, pure Santa Cruz Rum, is un-
doubtedly the most harmless and nutrimen-
tai of alcoholic stimulants. We are informed
that preparation resembling the PLANTA-
TIoN BITTER5, wac fRvorite stomachic in the
West Indies as far back as the year 1926, but
It lacked the great remedial element Calisaya
bark, to peculiar preparation of which,
Messrs. Drake * Co., frankly attribute the
superlore excellence oftheir famous compound.
The Bitters without that would, we suppose,
be something like the play OF Hamlet, with
the Royal Dane omitted