The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-22
DR.. SCHENCK'S
GREAT MEDIE s
WILL NOT ONLY
CURE CONSUMPTION,
BUT THEY WILL PREVENT

bOI THEY WILL PREVENT 1T.
When assert that Consumption can be cured [
mean fas, precisely what say Il would be superative
loy on my part to argue that lung oute totally de-
stroyed could be restored agaiu 10 30 this would
require % powers equal TO those by which miracles
were performed. assume no such untenable
ground, but l do boldly declare that many of the
cases OF Consumption pronounced hopeless and in
curnole Oy the faculty can be, as niue was-cur,d
In the course or many years. over a very extended
placuce have frequently had opportunities OF ver
lying the truthfuness OF this assertinn
Patlents have applied to me for relief when physi-
cans and friends had abandoned all hope and
IN ugh not always successful, it has been my for
tunate lot to rescue many such from what appeared
to be Inevitable death
Patients have been brought to me VINO were az
Glcted with Violent raCking coughs, heavy aud ex-
haustDg pght-sweats cns that ere ut over the body
ana enervateu IT, and depressed the mental facultipS
with frames that were emacated and weakened
down almost to absolute prostrntion; with cheeLs
on which the hectic fever was always visible: with
digestive organs Impaired, aud unaole to perform
thelr natural functions properly; with loss OF appa
TIE ana voice, all aiingly indicating the presence
OF deep-seated wasting disease. Persons thus
to be in the last hopeless stage or Consumption
as indeed 'hey were, have sought my counsel and
my rene Oles. They were pitlabe sights enough TO
awaken the deepest sympathes OF ali who saw them
Friends regarded them with mOurnlul sOcitude
;aTy ng ye as ne passed them would inyoun
for this world" For such far gone patients / have
frequently been called upon to prescribe When all
other so-called remedies had failed to check the on
ward march OF the fell destroyer, than SCHENCK'S
MANDRAKE PILLS, SCHENCK'S SEAWEED
TONIC, and SCHENCKS PULMONIC SYRUP
were called for, and it is heartfelt satisfaction to
me to know that their help not always sought in
VAIN II mere be those who have doubts in regard
10 tnese statements, let them read the convincing
testimonials In my ne'c pamphlet for 1870, Just pub.
lished and furnished without charge to ali who make
Application Tor IT, In those testimonials will be found
the convincing statements of prominent ladies' and
gentlemen who, when all other medicines had faied
to prove eflcacous, had
THE COURAGE
TO try ScnenCkS remedies foitl
courage were rewarded by "A
PERMANENT CURE.
Some OF these desperate cases, it is true were not
cured; put they were those who applied for help
when human help was unavailing aud nothing short
OF miracle could have wrested them from the grasp
OF death. Read the
TRANSFERABLE TESTIMONY
OF 7. S. Sheldon of New York page % OF NV ne,y
pamphlet; OF Mrs. LanniDg, or Philadelphia, on
same page; ana of Mrs. Charles Neil, of New York,
on the succeeding page, we'll as the many Others
that precede and follow them and then ask yourself
whether
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED,
or whether, as so many prominent medical mon
have boldly declared, it is incurable?
Reader, let the fact be indeibly impressed upon
your mind that Consumption is
AN INSIDIOUS DISEASE.
1t does not attack the system openly and boldly
put makes its advances by stealthy and insdieus
but none the less certain, steps. Having
SELECTED IT'S VICTIM,
it pursues him with relentless hostility to the grave
unless such remedies resorted to as will serve TO
check us destructive career. How few there are
VINO can be made to believe that they consumptiye
untll fackng cough, prOstratng hemOrrhages ema-
GATED frame, hectic cheeks, wasted strength lost
appetite, and clammy night sweats declare by tokens
TOO plain to be misunderstood that Consumption has
laid fast hold and secured firm foothold which il
is etermned to maintain to the last gasp OF the
imperceptble; but they are steady and sure not
Wltnslandng step by step 1t makes its fell way into
the system and 1t is only when 1t has secure full
ana complete possession that throwing OIL les dis
guises 1t presents itself in all its
FEARFUL TRUTHFULNESS
II people would but for moment rehect--if they
would but endeavor to obtain more thorough know
ledge of their own physical system, and would nav
close attention TO its wants and requirements how
much less fearful and extensive would be the preya-
lence of
PULMONARY DISEASE!
But the majority of people will not give this i'm
and sometimes even not that. 'KNOw THYsELF' is
an ancient axiom which should be deeply i'm
pressed upon every man and wonans heart not
merely in regard to the spiritual but to the physical
nature also. How few there are comparatively Sneak
lng VINO nave anything Ike proper conception OF
should be familiar with both! Occasionally an indiv
dual IS met with who has studied the wonderful con
structlon OF the human body and who is familiar with
not merely the location OF the various organs hut
with their functions also Such persons, unless they
ness give heed to the warnings that nature gives
The short, hacking cough, one OF the POSI- e
PRECURSORS OF CONsUMPTIoS
instead OF being regarded as matter of trivial i'm
portance becomes with them a subject OF serious
concern. They contrast Its characteristics with those
OF the cough that results from slight or even a
severe cold, and their familiarity with the subject
enables them to detect the marked difference and
unless they are reckless OF the sad consequences
they at once
SEEK FOR A REMEDY,
and where this Is done, as IL ALWAYS should he in
the incipent stages OF Consumption, promptly and
judciousy the evil is almost certain to be ayered
This should be the course pursued by those who
| have
NATURALLY WEAK BREASTS
who are LIABLE people say, ''To take cold easily
| and whose physical conformation indicates q ten
| dency to
PULMONARY DISEASE.
Were this matter attended to as C should be nine.
| tenths OF the cases OF consumption would be OBJ
| waited, and this scourge OF the American people be
| shorn OF its terrors
| ATTEND TO THAT COUGH
| and note its progress II 1t is dry and hacking II
the secretOns OF the mouth and throat are partially
suspended, and the mucous membrane becomes
swollen, its color redder than natural and its sens-
bties partially deadened 1t is time TO adopt precau-
| tions for is removal. AS the cough progresses in
| severity, II there Is tendency to chilllness and
generally more less fever difficulty of breathing
painful sense OF oppression on the chest cOptnl.
GUS thirst and light coating Of the tongue rest as
| sured OF the fact that you
HAVE NO TIME TO LOSE.
When such cough sets In let it he yOur first OBJ
course unchecked. You may recover without the
of medicines, but in this country the chances are
that you will not and this apparently rining cough
| may carry you
| TO THE GRAVE
In such cases those who will can always find safe
| and sure remedy. Use SchenckS PulDlOnic SyTtu
regularly in moderate Doses and box OF S,be1ckf,
/ wit fhaG =