The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-12
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
READ THE Evidence.

the readers Oh thus article,
MANY wears Of severe and thorough practical |
trial have demonstrated beyond the pcTadyenturc |
of a doubt the fact that the medicines prepared |
by me and known rs Sehenck's Mandrake Pills |
Echenck's Seaweed Tonic, and schenck's Pull |
monte Syrup, have proved extraordinarily sue |
cessful in the cure Of diseases Of the pulmonary
organs. or what is usually termed Consumption.
am fully aware that there are mary persons
whose preiudccs rule them 50 completely that
'proof. strong as Holy Writ would fan to con
vince them Of the efficacy Of my remediesj and
that there are others Who under no circuln''an-
ces, could be prevailed upon to admit their mer-
a.. siunly because such an admission would
prove detrimental to their particular personal In
forests.
Fortunately for the welfare of mankind, these
doubtinr people form comparatively small por-
ton Of the community at large. They are to he
found here and there, but, compared with the
great mass Of the worlds population, their mum
hers are 50 small that | dismiss them, and address
myself TO those who arc willing to listen to the
dictates Of reason, and who are disposed to admit
the strong logic Of well established facts
w. az toId almost daily that Consumption,
the scourge Of the American people, IS incuTablei
that a man, whose lungs arc diseased, must be
given over to die; that he must abandon nope
and that the arrangement Of his temporal ~ well
as spiritual affairs should claim his carl,
tenton. II there w%esFe4 ~" in clsnr heaven nj
'rf.Gay to coutroyert these random and, not un-
Frequently, harmful assertions, ! should feel I'M
wiling to take up the gage OF battle against
them, but fortified with rcsults--fAcTs-wh
neither theory nor mere assertion can 9yerturn,
/ propose to prove that CONSUMPTION CAN BE
cuHEp. anI that tho medicines ] Frtpare-TnE
MANDRAkE PITTS, SEAwEEp Tonic and PriMO-
We sYuup-wiIl, if used in strict accordance
..t IL. Ii in Of
that which the faculty pronounces impossibe--
THEY WILL CURE CONSUMPTION,
An ounce Of solid fact is worth pound Of
theory Let me, therefore, present the facts con-
| uected with my own individual experience.
| MANY wears ago | was confirmed consumptye,
| and, like thousands Of other untOrtunates, was
given up to die. Eminent Physlctans pronounced
| NV ease q hopeless one, and iodine that It mad
| ony preparations to make for the final solemn
event, that I had better make them speedily. |
believed this just as confidently as did the per-
| sons who thus atec'iunately informed me that
| nv DAVIS were numbered and that recovery wa
| impossible. still. the desire to live fingered II
my bosom. | was young and chung to life Will
the same tcnacity that young men, and old mer
too, ordinarily do. | did not feel wiling &
| abandon hope as hong as single vestige of i
remained. Ind full faith in the sad intorma
tiop conveyed to me by my physicians, but stil
|
be done, though knew not in what direction t.
seek for the much desired relief.
It was Mt this gloomy and eventfu period o
my history that first learned of the roots an'
herbs from which my remedies for this dreade
disease are now prepared. | procured and use
them and, TO the utter amazenent Of aIl-physi
clans, friends and neighhorD- began to improve
MY entire system commenced to undergo a com
} pete renovation. Expectation, which ha
| al ltIIt nd
comparatively easy. | threw Oft daily, larg
quantities of offensive yellow matter. At Tia
+ same time my long-lost appetite returned. at
freely of such food as was palatable to me, an
which was, at the same time, nutritious an
; wholesome. Expentorution became less copiou
and less offensive: cxhausting night sweat
ceased the rac.ling and harassing cough abatet
the fever brokc the pain deEarted flesh plante
itself on my sadly wasted frame, and with flies
came strength and fun health. From mer
skeleton ! became IL stout, strong, robust mar
and have maintained both strength and tics
TO this day. / weigh two hundred and thirty
five pounds | am blcst with an appetite 'onrh
safed to but few men, while my digestive organ
. erv H"rNy '9"'A q" M tS" re'A"tr "rn"rsta of
| hcalthful condition of my system.
Now, be it remem hered; all these woniert
. changes were wrought by the use of the med
Il cines prepare Mandrake Pills, Seaweed Ton
aud Pumonie Syrup. A cure, seemingly SO m
| raenlous, naturally created establishment IN Il
minds Of those who knew me. | was literal
bcsieged on all sides. | had visitors daily wi
besought me to give them the remedies whlC
had wrought the wonderful restoration and hi
wrested me from the very jaws OF dcath. lac
ters were received by scores, importunng me
impart the secret and inform the writers whe
the specifies for consumption could be obtnine
| Others, who were too weak to travel. not satlSi
with writing sent for and consulted me in rega
to their cases. 10 all these applications l 7
| sponued a. | was able.
| had fully reguined my health, and grattu
l for the happy result prompted me to turn my {
tentOn to the science of medicine, with the no
Of thereby being able to be Of service to my 81
iering tellow-crea'ures | devoted myself close
to my studies and moro especially to that bran
of them relating to the terrible disease fro
which | had suffered so long and SO much |
vestigatei it in all its fearful phases, in order
assure myself that my case was not an exec
al tional one. The closer my Investigations the III,
satisfactory were my conclusions. | felt Ct
WINGED that tens of thousands of my follower
lures were dying annually from eonsumpti
whose cases were not as desperate andapparen
hopeless US mine had been, and | argued FRI
- this that remedies which had proven so effect
with me would prove equally so with others.
= prepared my medicines in pleasant and attra
i've form and announced them to the world,
results are well known. Thousands Of suffer-
v men women and children, who were on tn
u way to the grave, have been cured, and are
iav living evidences Of the fact that consumpt
can be cured; and think | may say, with,
arrogating to myself any more than is Justly
en- due, that have had ms much experience in
treatment of consumption as any other person
the country, and that my success has been VI,
~ derfully great.
Let the rgaler remember that these are
mere faucied statements. They are positive,
O, ing (, cts Of which am the living evidence.
There is an cid adags which says, "What
been done can be done" have been complet
cured of consumption by the remedies now Of
,st to the public. Thousands of Others have testii
ur to similar happy results from their use, q
10 thousands of others still might be benefited a
10 have been, could they but be prevailed upon
try the virtues of The Mandrake Pills. Seaw
Tonic and Pulmonie Syrup. All that is neees
~ to convince the most skeptical of their mel
dc is fair trial.
Full directions accompany each Of the me
zines, so that il is not absolutely necessary 4
patients should see me personally, unless Il
eu' desire to have their lungs examined. For {
purpose am personally at my Principal OF
NJ. Is North Sixth St.. corner of Commerce,
cry saturday.
IA Advice given without charge; but for tn
'rk ough examination with the Respirometer
VIA price is Eve dollars.
by, Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaw
set Tonic, each 81 so per bottle, or s. 50 a b
dozen. Mandrake Pills, IS cents per box
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