The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-09
soAEhok,s COLUMN.
CONSUMPTION CAN Be CUREO.
READ THE EVIDENCE.

Lnc TcuueTS OF InlS article.
Many years of severe and thorough practical
trial have demonstrated beyond the peradventure
of doubt the fact that the medicines prepared
by me, and known as sCHENCK'S MANDRAKE
PILLS, SCHENCK'S' SEAwEED TONIC, and
SCHENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP, have proved
extraordinarily successful in the cure of diseases
of the Pulmonary organs, or what is usually
termed CONSUMPTION.
/ am fully aware that there are many persons
whose prejudices rule them so completely that
''proofs strong as Holy Writ" would fail to con-
vince them of the efficacy of my remedies; and
that there are others who, under no circum-
stances, could be prevailed upon TO admit their
merits, simply because such an admission would
prove detrimental to their particular personal
interests.
Fortunately for the welfare of mankind, these
doubling people form a comparatively small
portion of the community at large. They are to
be found here and there, but compared with the
bers are so small that dismiss them, and adj
dress myself to those who are willing to listen to
the dictates OF reason, and who are disposed to
admit the strong logic of well-estabshed facts.
We are told almost daily that Consumption,
the scourge of she American people, is incurable;
that man whose lungs are diseased must be
given over to die; that he must abandon hope;
and that the arrangement of his temporal as we'll
as spiritual affairs should claim his earliest atten-
ton. If there were not facts as undeniable as
that the sun will shine in a clear heaven at mid
day to controvert these random and not unfre-
quently harmful assertions, l should feel un-
willing to take up the gage of battle against
them; but fortified with results-taots which
neither theory nor mere assertion can overturn,
propose to prove that CONSUMPTION CAN
BE CURED, and that the medicines prepare
THE MANDRAKE PILLS, SEAWEED TONIC,
and PULMONIC SYRUP-will, if used in strict
accordance with the directions in majority of
cases effect that which the faculty pronounces
impossible-dtey soiU cure Consumption.
An ounce of solid fact is worth pound of
theory. Let me, therefore, present the facts
connected with my own individual experience.
Many years ago ] was q confirmed consumptive,
and, like thousands of other unfortunates, was
given up to die. Eminent physicians pro-
nounced my case a hopeless one, and told me
that if l had any preparations to make for the
final solemn event, that had better make them
speedily. l believed this just confidently as
did the persons who thus affectionately informed
me that my days were numbered and that re-
covery was impossible. Still, the desire to live
fingered in my bosom. i was young, and clung
to life with the same tcuacity that young men,
and old men too, ordinarily do. did not feel
willing to abandon hope as long rs single YES
tige OF it remained. had full faith in the sad
information conveyed to me by my physicians,
but still there was lingering belief that some
thing could be done, though l knew not in what
direction to seek for the much-desired relief.
1t was at this gloomy and eventful period of
herbs from which my remedies for this dreaded
disease are now prepared. procured and used
them, and, to the utter amazement of all-phy-
scians, friends, and neighbors-began to inn
prove. Myentire system commenced to undergo
q complete renovation. EXpectoration, which
formerly had been difficult and painful, now be-
came comparatively easy. L threw Off daily
large quantities of offensive yellow matter. At
the same time my long-lost appetite returned.
] ate freely of such food as was palatable to me,
and which was at the same time nutritious and
wholesome. EXpectoration became less copious
and less offensive; eXhausting night sweats
ceased; the racking and harassing cough abated;
the fever broke; the pain departed; flesh planted
itself on my sadly-wasted frame, and with flesh
came strength and full health. From mere
skeleton became stout, strong, robust man,
and / have maintained both strength and flesh
to this day. l weigh two hundred and thirty
five pounds; am blest with an appetite vouch-
safed to but few men, while my digestive organs
are amply equal to all the requirements of
healthful condition of my system
Now, be it remembered, all these wonderful
changes were wrought by the use of the medi-
zines ! lprepare-MANDRARAE E. PILLS, SEA
WEED TONIC, and PULMONlC SYRUP. A
cure seemingly so miraculous naturally created
astonishment in the minds of those who knew
me. j was literally beseged on all Sides / had
visitors daily who besought me to give them the
remedies which had wrought the wonderful
restoration and had wrested me from the very
! jaws of death. Letters were received by scores
| importuning me to impart the secret and inform
! the writer's where the specifics for consumption
| could be obtained. Others who were too weak
to travel, not satisfied with writing, sent for and
! consulted me in regard to their cases. To all
these applications responded as was able.
l had fully regained my health, and gratitude
| for the happy result prompted me to turn my
| attention to the science OF medicine, with the
| hope of thereby being able to be of service to
| my suffering fellow creatures. devoted myself
| closely to my studies, and more especially to
that branch Of them relating to the terrible dis
| ease from which ] had suffered so long and so
much Investigated it in all its fearful phases,
| in order to assure myself that my case was not
| an exceptional one. The closer my investiga-
tiOns the more satisfactory were my conclusions.
| felt convinced that tens of thousands OF my
| fellow-creatures were dying annually from con-
sumption whose cases were not as desperate and
apparently hopeless as mine had been, and
argued from this that remedies which had proven
| so effective with me would prove equally so with
| others. prepared my medicines in pleasant
and attractive form, and announced them to the
| world The results are well known. Thou
| sands of suffering men, women, and children,
who were on their way to the grave have been
| cured and are to-day living evidences of the
| fact that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED;
and | think l may say, without arrogating to
myself any more than is justly my due that |
have had as much experience in the treatment
of consumption as any other person in the cOun-
try. and that my success has been wonderfully
great.
Let the reader remember that these are not
mere fancied statements. They are positive
| living facts of which / am the living evidence.
There is an old adage which says, What has
been done may be done" l have been COM
plately cured of consumption by the remedies
| now offer to the public. Thousands of others
have testified to similar happy results from their
| use, and thousands of others still might be bene-
| fitted as have been could they but be prevailed
n the WHINE Of THE Mandrake PILLS