New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-17
DEAD. THINK, AND DECIDE.


tionsD were the only medicines in use, find
little favor with the medical profession OF the
present day. Yet at that early period OF the
worlds history the ordinary term OF human
life was at least eight times longer tnah " !"
now. 1t is, therefore, manifest that the stan-
ina of man has seriously declined III tie lapse
of ages. :.
1t is a significant fact during this progress Oh
human degeneration and decay, an immense
number of powerful pOisons have been intro
duced into the medical repertoire, while the
mild. vegetable system of treatment, exclu-
sively practiced when the world was young.
has been in great measure abandoned by the
medical profession. This is q curious coin
cidence and it suggests the possibility OF
direct connection between the physical deterlo-
ration of the species, aud the wholesale admin
istration of deadly mineral and other drugs.
1t may we'll be doubted whether the minerai
salts and oxides, and the no less dangerous
alkaloids. which chemistry has added to phar-
maeopeia, have not destroyed more than all
diseases they have been prescribed to cure.
One thing, at least, is certain, viz: that the
average term of human existence mas oeen
fearfully shortened since the days when the
vegetable kingdom was the only medlcal us
pensary known to mankind.
The truth Island sensible people are becom-
ing more alive to it every day-that the woild
ia over doctored. The principles OF medication
are simple, but they have been so befogged by
technicalities, SO mystifed by professional YER
biape. that one-half the community fancy they
can neither be interpreted nor applied exceptD
nersons who have been taught to clothe the Nv
ing truths of science in the dead languages. IL
is not to the interest of " the Faculty ;, that
the theory and practice of medicine should be
simplified and popularized, and. therefore, the
nublc can receive but little light on the sub
ject 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 to medical science. 1t Is
better to prevent than to cure, and much easier.
Vital power is the natural antagonist OF all the
influences that initiate against healtl-whether
they exist in the air we breathe, the water we
drink, in the objects with which We come In
contact or in ourselves. Without suinclehcy
of this resistant principle there can be no nope
of escaping prevailing epidemics, or OF ENJOY
ing. even under the most favorable external
circumstances, an immunity from sickness ana
main. This fact being established, the next
ouestion Is, how shall deficiency in physical
and constitutional vigorl be suppliedf In
| structed by the experience of twenty years,
and sustained by the testimony of thousands OF
individuals of both sexes, hailing from all
parts of the world, we reply that Hostetters
Stomach Bitters is the only medicine that can
be fully relied on as a protective and proven
| tive tonic and Alternative, in all climates ana
under all contingencies. With system
strengthened and fortified by the
use of this invigorant, no one
who possesses common prudence need
fear effects of malaria. It is the best
safeguard against infection and contagion at
present known. 1t produces appetite; 1t pro-
notes Digestion; 1t prevents constipation; II
regulates the flow of bile; it strengthens the
nerves; it purifes the animal fluids; 1t clears
the brain; and the vehicle of its medicinal
properties being pure diffusible stimulant
their influence is extended to every portion OF
the system. Mere alcoholic stimulants, though
administered largely in medical practice, are
not in themselves medicine, but they pervade
the whole organization more certainly and
swiftly than anything else that can be given.
| They are quickly taken up by the absorbents,
and there is not fiber of the body, between
the crown of the head and the sole of the foot
which is exempted from their influence. Hence
n spirituous stimulant is the best medium fol
conveying to all the organs and members of q
feeble or disordered system the means whereby
that system is to be recruited and regulated
1t is for this purpose that the alcoholic element
is used in the preparation Of Hostetteri
Stomach Btters. 1t is simply the instru'
ment or vehicle by which the medicinal virtue:
of the preparation are carried to their obJec-
| tive points and rendered active.
The great objection to ordinary tonics with
an alcoholic basis is, that the spirit used is I'M
pure. The charge is true, and the objections
| TO them founded on this cause arc rational and
| inst. The poison of adulterated liquor cOun-
| teracts the effect Of any sanative vegetable
Juice or extracts with which they are combined
and hence the worse than uselessness of the
tonic tnctures habitually prescribed by physi-
| clans. They are all, without exception, made
| of inferior alcohol and seven -eghths of them
| are positively deleterOus. Hostetter's Bitter'
are entirely exempt from this serious draw.
back The diffusbe stmulant employed il
their preparation is rye spirit, absolutely pure
1t is rectfed and tested until it is found to bt
utterly free from volatile oil. or any other I'M
wholesome ingredient, and it is believed tha
there is no other proprietary. medicine il
| existence which is manufactured with sucl
conscientious care, with regard to all its com
| ponents ms Hostetter's Bitters. Most tonic!
| are powerful extracts, but this preparation il
sOothes and Gains the nerves, and is delight
| full anodyne as well as an unequaled stom