The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-10
DIR. SCHENCK'S
GREAT RE nj EDIES
WILL NOT ONLY
CURE CONS SUMPTION,
BUT THEY WILL PREVENT 1T.

When assert that Consumption can be cured, I
mean precisely what say. 1t would be superlative
stroyed could be restored again. To DO this woad
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 mine was-curtd.
In the course OF many ears, over very extended
pactice, have frequently had opportunities of yeri-
Tying the truthfulness OF this assertion.
Patients have applied TO me for relief when phys-
Clans and friends had abandoned all hope and
tn ugh always successful, it has been nv for.
tunate lot 10 rescue many such from what appeared
Patients have been brought to me who were af-
ncted with Violent racking coughs heavy and ex.
hausting nightsweats ills that ere pit over the BODY
and enervateo It, and depressed the mental faculties
with frames that were emaciated ana weakened
down almost to absolute prostratiOn; with cheeks
ON which the hectic fever was always visible: with
digestive organs impaired, aod unable to perform
tnelr natural functions properly with loss OF appe
tie and voice, all nnfslliDgy indicating the presence
OF deep-seated wasting disease. Persons thus
TO be in the last hopeless stage OF Consumption
as indeed they were, have sought my counsel and
my remedies They were pitable sights enough to
awaken the deepest sympathies of ali who saw them
Friends regarded them with mournful solicitude
ana l the stranger as he passed them would invoun-
larlly eXclam Alas poor creature, he is not long
for this world" For such far gone patients / have
frequently been called upon to prescribe When all
other so-caed remedies had failed to cheek the on
ward march OF the fell destroyer than SCHENCKiS
MANDRAKE &,,SIo PILLS, PILLS, SCHENCK's sEAWEED
were called for and it is heartfelt satisfaction to
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 conyincinS
testimonials In my aeo pamphlet for 1870 lust pub.
shed and furnished without charge to ali who make
application for IL. In those testimonials will be found
the convincing statements Of prominent ladies' and
gentlemen who, when all other medicines had failed
TO prove eficacious, had
THE COURAGE
to try schenck's remedies, and whose faith and
courage were rewarded by
PERMANENT CURE.
Some OF these desperate cases. it is true, not
cured, but they were those who applied for help
when human help was unavang, aud nothing short
Of miracle could have wrested them the grasp
UNANSwERABLE TESTIMONY
OF T. s. Sheldon, of New York, page 23 OF my new
pamphlet; OF Mrs. LanniDg, OF Philadelphia. on
same page; and OF Mrs. Charles Nell of New York
on the succeeding page. well 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 men
have boldly declared, it is incurable?
Reader let the fact be indelbly impressed upon
your mlnd that Consumption Is
AN INSIDI0US DISEASE
1t does not attack the system openly and boldly,
but none the less certain, steps. Having
SELECTED ITS VICTIM,
it pursues him with relentless hostility the grave
unless such remedies resorted 10 as will serve to
check IFS destructive career. How few there are
VINO can be made TO believe that they are c0nsumptv0
until racklng cough, prostrating hemorrhages, ema-
GATED frame hectic cheeks, wasted strength, lost
appetite and cammy night sweats declare by tokens
too plain TO be misunderstood that Consumption has
lald last mold and secured firm foothOd, which is
is determined to maintain to the last gasp OF the un-
happy snlerer! Its approaches are quiet and almost
lmpeTceptlbe; but they are steady and sure not
Wthstandng. Step 10y step II makes its fell way into
the system and IL is only when 1t has secured fun
and complete possession that throwing OF its dis
guises, II presents itself In all its
FEARFUL TRUTHFULNESS.
II people would but for moment renect-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 no ~
much less fearful and extensive would be the preya
lence of
PULMONARY DISEASE!
But the majority Of people viii not give this i'm
poTtant subject more than mere passing thon0ht
and sometimes even not that "KEoW TaYsEI ~, iss
an ancient axiom which should be deenlv i'm
pressed upon every man and wOmans hearf nor
merely in regard to the spiritual but TO the nhvsa
nature also. How few there are comparatively sneak
ing, who have anything like proper eOncepton of
either, and yet how vitality important 1t IL that we
should be familiar with both! Occasionally an indivf
dual met with who has studied the wonderful con-
stuction OF the human body, and who is familiar with
not merely the location OF the various organs but
with ther functions also. Such persons unless they
are absolutely Indifferent TO their health and happ
ness, give need 10 the warnings that RHture gives
The snort hacking cough, one OF the posi-. e