Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-13


ICAL PHIL0SOPBY-ra,ionai. e.sy Of com
prshension, and proven to BE- true II is aim.
ply this. that the vital principle, in ts s,rug.
giles with disease, requires to be er d and |
sustained.
Opinions may differ a. 10 the best usaus Of |
a1rying lcut this idea. but all enlightene |
physieisas asrs il il sound: and logical.
Ths..surest way 70 xiii On invalid is to make
persistent var Up kis trsnsth asd stamina
Whssv~ sasetss.s the prspristysef precisely
spreaAs sssrss u AAlfa ssessry bsbiad he
~.
Many u " can rseollect the time when II was
considered good practice" to give violent
psrgstives the duriag prevalenos Of epidsmics.
- safeguard against infection. 1t 10 now
known, however. that 10 dspaete the system
severely, under such circumstances, is to invite
IN attack, and to increase The probability Of =
fatal issue.
Within ths recollection Of persons much
yossger than the "sldsst inhabitant," patisnts
suffering from intsrmistsnt. remittest, and 9th
o. mslarious .fsvers, were sometimes freely
blsa with the lancet. And, - matter Of course
most Of those who were thus treated died.
Ewes yet. active purgsden is soasimss rec
mmsndsd - the best preparation for change
from . healthy 70 an unhealthy climate.
0soh stupidity, hs~svsr. 10 fsrtusatsly rare,
onic treatment bsing the approved formula nm
der such circumstances. II 10 admitted that
unvholsssne cir 10 sminsstlv depressing snd
dsvitalisiss. and therefore asy medicine operj
acting in shs sams wy. must b. considered
ally malaria, not . protection against its
psFnicious innussce.
Hut whes il il esneedsd that . genial tesic.
and not 8srss saAhartic, 10 ths medicine ia
liesesA y reason and experience - the best
mssnssf preparing the system to resist extra,
rdiaary causes Of disease. the question occurs,
Whist tonie' Raw spirit, even il il could be
pure, vhish1s impossible, viii not snswer. II
- n sxsissnt. and ssahisg more, cad its sstiss
u isaaanstsry. net iav,gorstipg. In fact, il
10 mot tonic 1t all.
What 10 il that the wise and thoughtful prac.
| titionsr desirss 10 prescribe % an antidots 70
afsctisn. when infection 10 In the air : Sim
ply the beet possible combustion Of vegetable
tonics infused into pure stimulant-the stimu-
liant being chiefly useful Is . vehicle for diff
fusinR their effects rapidly through the sys-
TEN. The Same tonic juices, incorporated with
water. would be compar atively rowcrless. The
alcoholic principle prepares the stoma eh TO sb-
sssb them. accompanies them 10 their pssgrsss
through the system. and prsdispeses every sr-
gan which they reach - assinilass shen.
Here. thsn, We have the philosophy ofthe
preventive and remedial operation Of proper
vegetable iavigorast. when In CONNECTION with
/ Ans aleshol stimulant.
The next question is. does such an invslua
bic ceuprund exist. We claim that il does. in
the form 4 Hostsstsr's Stomach Bitssrs. In
mskine this assertion ~ aerely plsss - Ysc-
ord. for the csssidsratisn Of thinking men. the
piaious of thousands who have hsd expert
mental proof Of the fact in their own pei sons
II 10 not necessary to enlarge upon this point
here. For twenty years the public have been
reading testimony % the subject from distis !
gushsd citizens in every walk Of life, and they
are, therefore, - familiar With it a. the pre-
prietors eth medicine themselves. The sf-
fsscy efthe Bitssrs isls matter that has lepg
since passed belond the pale Of argument, and
become fixed and established truth.
The chief purpose af this article is to impress
upon I'll, and especially upon the constitution
ally. feeble. vhs live in localities subject to the
visitotions Of epidemic and endemic diseases
ths sssssaty 81 invigoratioa- The public. with
ths knswlsdgs It has before It, may safely be
left 10 sslsst the asaas for the asseap lish,
nest Of thst end.
r rhaSs there 10 - Allnsns ssamoa 70 N
slinatss end countries, in which . wholesome
stsnash,s and gsAsral iavigsrsat 10 - ssssa-,
italy Isqaisite Gin Dysppepsia wisAeat sseh
nslieiss. the seap'sist can net b cared.
1sssl y eaasiss msy 10 nssb, pure cir nay
Do nnsA but ~ Aavs asvsr yet ssss . esss
~ Chronie Dvspspsis cured By these alone.
They are Aeesssories, not spesiAss. There
nsst - Airssa actiea uusa the sssnseA itsslf,
and upon the seerstions. 70 eradicate ths nal.
ady.
II may b sad sfs nsaieinss = Of trsee-
By Weir fsullsi - shsil kasv them. W Thu,
criterion The Bttssrs hsvs been tried, and the
seedise y bsfsrs ~ world. Il 10 Mt eur
patlsss = oen.s.t upon ! decision that
sDsAhA for itssH ea u
Among I'll the fs~olut ions thst have trans-
PRED within the l@t fifty or sixty years, ahst
which has taken place in the practice Of nsd.-
else ID the EsM important. The old alliases
between the doctor Iapd The sApothssary, ~,
virtue Of sAicA ~ fofmsf played iuts the
hssds sftAs latter stAe szpssss of.hs health
md psrss u The peaisst ~ bssn Dissolved