The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-09
DIR. SCHEMCN'S
GREAT Re NEEDLES
WILL NOT ONLY
CVRE CC%GS UHEFTTON,
BUT THEY WILL PREVENT 1T.

When assert that Consumption can be cured
mean precisely what say. Il would DC superlatiye
folly ON my part 10 argue that lung totally de
stroyed could be restored again. To 40 this would
require powers equal TO those by which miracles
were performed. | assume no such untenable
ground, but do boldly declare that many of the
cases OF Consumption pronounced hopeless and in
durable by The faculty can be- as mioe was-cured.
In the course or many ears. over very extended
Practice, have frequently had opportunities OF veri
Tying the truthfulness OF this assertion.
Patients have applied TO me for relief when phys-
Clans and friends had abandoned All none, and
tn ugh not always successful, it has been my for
Iunate lot to rescue many such from what appeared
Patients have been brought to me who were at
ldcted with Violent rackiog coughs heavy and ex-
haustiDg night-swests cals that pr body
and enervated it, and depressed the mental facuites
with frames that were emacated auo weakened
down almost to absolute prnstration; with cheeks
on which the hectic fever was always visible; with
digestive organs impaired, and unable TO perform
their natural functions properly; with loss of appe
te and voice, all un 'an9ly indicating The presence
of deep-seated wasting disease Persons thus
afflicted, and PRONOUNCED by their medical advisers
to be in the last hopeless stage or Consumption,
as indeed they were, have sougnt my counsel and
my RENE dies. They were pittaOle sights, enough
awaken the deepest sympathies of ali who saw them
Friends regarded them with mournful solieitude,
iary poor creature he is not ono
for this world" For such far gone patients | have
frequently been called upon To prescribe When all
other socalled remedies had failed to check the on
Ward maicn OF the fell destroyer than sCHENCK'S
TONIC and srHENcS Pr MoN1S 2hAWREPP sWRP
were called for, and it is heartfelt satisfaction to
me to know that their help WAS not always sought in
vain. II there be those who have doubts IN regard
TO these statements, let them read the convincing
testimonials in my Rcw pamphlet for 1870, just pub
shed, and furnished without charge to all who make
application for II. In those testimonials win be found
the convincing statements OF prominent ladies' and
gentlemen who when all other medicines had faileo
to prove eidcacious, had ..
THE COURAGE
to try Schenck's remedies, and whose faith and
courage were rewarded by "a
PERMANENT CURE
Some OF these cases it iS true xvara not
cured, but they those who applen for help
when human help was unayalling. and nothing short
OF death. Read the
UNANsWERABLE TESTIMONY
OF Il. S. Sheldon, of New York, page 28 OF my new
pamphlet; Of Mrs. LanniDg, or Philadelphia on
same page; and OF Mrs Charles Neil, OF New York,
on the succeeding page, as Well rs the many others
that precede and follow them, and then ask yourself
whether n Ft
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED,
| or whether, as so many prominent medical men
| have boldly declared, 1t is incuTable?
Reader, let the fact be indellbly impressed apon
| your mind that Consumption is ~
AN INSLDIOUS DISEASE.
1t does not attack the system openly and boldly,
but makes its advances by stealthy and insidioHs,
| but none the less certain steps. Having
SELECTED IT'S VICTIM,
it pursues him with relentless hostility the grave,
unless such remedies resorted tO will to
| check its destructive career. How few there are
who can be made to believe that they consumptiye
until racking cough, prostrating hemorrhages,
GATED frame, hectic cheeks, wasted strength lost
appetite and cammy night sweats declare by tokens
too plain TO be misunderstood that Consumption has
| laid fast hold and secured frm foothod, which 1t
is determined TO maintain to the last gasp OF the un
happy sufierer Its approaches are quiet and almost
| impeTceptible; but they are steady and sure, not
withsanding Step by step it makes its fell way into
the system, and it is only when it has secured fan
and complete possession that throwing OIL its dts
| guises, it presents itself in all its
| FEARFUL TRUTHFULNESS
lfpeople would but for moment renect-h they
would but endeavor TO obtain a more thorough know
|
close attention TO its wants and requirements, how
much less fearful and extensive would be the preva
| lence OF
PULMONARY DIsEAsEl
But the ma jorlty OF people VIII not give this ina
portant subject more than mere passing thought,
| and sometimes even not that "KNow ThYsRLF" Is
| an ancient axiom which should be deeply I'M
| pressed upon every man and woman's heart not
merely in regard the spiritual but TO the physical
nature also How there are, comparatively speak
ing who have anything ike proper conception or
and yet now T bot an sdaS we
dual is met with who has studied the wonderful
strucion OF the human body and who is familiar with
not merely the location OF the various organs but
with theirfunctl0ns also. Such persons, unless they
are absolutely indifferent TO their health aud happI-
| ness give heed To the warnings that Rature gives
| The short, hacking cough one OF the posi-. e
PRECURSORS OF CONSUMPTIOa
instead OF being regarded as a matter OF trivial i'm
poriance' @ becomes CO with them subject OF serious
Of the cough that results from a slight or even
severe cold ana their familiarity with the subject
enables them to detect the marked difference, and
unless lhey are reckless of the sad consequences,
they At once
SEEK FOR A REMEDY.
and where this is done, as it always should be, Ia
the incipient stages OF ConsumptiOn promptly ana
udlcousy, the evil Is almost certain to be aVerLed
THIS should be the course pursued by those who
NATURALLY WEAK BREASTS,
who are liable as people say "To take cold easily"
and whose physical conformation indicates ten
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