The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-08
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
READ THE EVIDENCE.

the readers Of this article.
Mouv wears Of severe and thorough practical |
trial have demonstrated beyond the peradyenturc
NJ a doubt the fact that the medicines prepared |
nv ,ro and known as sehenck's Mandrake Pills, |
schenck's seaweed Tonic, and schenck's Pul |
monte syrup, have proved extraordinarily sue
cassful in the cure Of diseases of the pulmonary |
organs or what il usually termed Consumption |
am fully aware that there are many persons
whose preiudices rule them so completely that
"proofs strong as Holy Writ would tall to con
vince them of the efficacy OF my remedies ana
| that there are others who, under no crcumsfan-
| Gee. could be prevailed upon to admit their mer-
| its simply because such an admission would
prove detrimental to their particular personal IN
| terests
Fortunately for the welfare Of mankind, these
doubling people form comparatively small Por
| tion of the community at large. They are to be
| found here and there but, compared with the
great II ass of the worlds population, their mum
bers are 50 small that dismiss them, and address
myself to those who are willing to listen to the
Dictates Of reason, and who are disposed to admit
| the strong logic of we'll established facts.
We arc told almost daily that Consumption,
| the scourge of the American people, is lncurabei
that q man, whose lungs are diseased, must be
| given over to die; that he must abandon hope,
and that the arrangement of his temporal as wen
as spiritual affairs should claip his earliest w
| ,ontiop If there not facts as undenlabie
A.. tbat the sun will shine in clear heaven at
| mid dav, to controvert these random and, not I'M
| frequently, harmful assertions, should leel un-
| willing to take up the gage of battle against
them but, fortified with results--FAcTs-whic
neither theory nor mere assertion can oVerturn'
| propose to pr0vc that CONSUMPTION CAN BE
| CURED and that the medicines prepafe-THE
MAEpRAkE PuLs, SEAwEED ToNIc and Prtho-
ytr SyRrP~-wilI, If used in strict accordance
with the directions, in majority of cases elect
that which the faculty pronounces impossible
THEY WILL CURE CONSUMPTION.
| An ounce of solid fact IL worth pound OF
theory. Let me, therefore, present the facts con
nected with my own individual experience.
| Many yenrs ago | was a confirmed cOnSumphye,
| and like thousands of other untsrtunates, was
given up die Eminent physclans pronounced
INV ease a hopeless one, and tOldme that II | had
any preparations to make for the final solemn
| event that had better make them speedily !
believed this Just ns confidently as did the per
sors who thus atlcctionntcly informed me that
INV DAYS were numbered and that recovery was
| ;mnossible Still the desire to live fingered IN
INV bosom. | was young and chung to life with
| the same tenacity that young men, and old men
too, ordinarily do. did not feel willing 10
abandon hope as long rs single vestge OF IL
| remained. had full faith in the sud lntorma
ton conveyed to me by my physicians, nut SUI
there was a lingering belief that something could
| ho done though knew not in what direction tC
seek for the much desired relief.
Il was at this gloomy and eventtul peried o
my history that first learned OF the roots ane
| herbs from which my remedies for this dreaded
disease are nov prepared. IProcured and uset
them and to the utter ama2ement of alI-physi
clans, friends and neighbors- began to improve
Nv entire system commenced to undergo com
plete renovation. Expectorauon, which hat
formerly been difficult and painful, now beam
comparativey easy. threw off daily. larg
quantities of offensive yellow matter. At tn
same time my long lost appetite returned, l at
freely Of such food as was palatabo to me, an
which was, at the same time, nutritious an
wholesome. Expectorution became less copou
md less offenslvc; exhaustiug night sweat
ceased the racling and harassng cough abated
the fever broke; the pain departed flesh plante
itself ON my sadly wasted frame, aud with tlrs
came strength and full health. From mer
skeleton | became a stout, strong, robust mar
and | have maintained both strength and ties
to this day. ! weigh two hundred and thirty
five pounds; ] am best with An appetite Nouet
sailed To nat It" m'"' "n'e my N'@'@'.'9 1r't",
are amply equal to All the requirements Vi
heaHhtul condition OF my system
Now, De II feiheth oelTu q" 'h'>t "oi .
: changes were wrought ~ lhe "S" VI '''S n,'"
cines prepare-Mahdrake fllF' neh"eeo ION
and Palmonic syrup cure, seemingly so ~,
rachlous' naturally oFehtea aSOo"iS'n ~ "
- th''tN' W. - IN, II
w besleged on all SIDES hao ViSltofS H""y W.
at besought me TO give them tue rene"'eS %nI
lc bad wrought the wonderful restoration a"u u"
al wrested me from the very Jaws Of dean he
ne tiers were received ny scores, lmPoF'uuiHs me
10 impart the secret and inform the Wrl'e's Who
the specihes Tor consumption couiu "e oo'aine
Others who were too weak to travel, not SatisH'
with writing, sent Tor ana consulted me IN regs'
to their eases. To all these applications r
& sponded as | was able.
had fully regalned my health, ana gratitu'
at for the happy result prompted mo to turn my
us tention to the science OF medicine, with the MOI
IN of thereby being able to be OF service 10 my :"
P" fering fellow crea ures. devoted yseit close
Mt to my studies and more especially to that bran'
70, of them relating to the terrible disease lro
at which / had suffered so long and SO much. /
re vestigated it in all its fearful phases In order
assure nyseu that my cass was not "h eAoel
tional one. The closer my Investigations the mo
- satisfactory were my conclusions. ! ielt co
~ WINGED that tens of thousands OF my teIIoW-cre
" lures were dying annually from consumpt
r. whose were not as desperate and apparent
l hopeless niue had been. and argued fro
nd this that remedies which had proven so eheeti
"o with me would prove equally so with others
Oh prepared my medicines in pleasant and at'rat
- i've form, and announced them to inc word.
u resu is are well known. Thousands OF sutferil
=" men women and children, who were on thu
w way to the grave, have been cured, and are