The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-12-23
DIR. sCHENCK advises Consumptives t.
go to Florida in Winter.

DIX. SC6GNCA ADVISES ConSumpGves 70
go to Florida in Winter
Having for the last thirty-fivs years devoted my
whole time and attention the study of lung iseas-
| es and consumption, feel that / understand fully
the that ought to be pursued to restore toll
erably bad case of diseased lungs to healthy sound
ness. The first and most important step is for the
patient to avoid taking cold and the best of all places
this continent for this purpose in winter is Fori
da, well down in this State where the temperature
is regular, and not subject TO such variations in
more Northern latitude, Palatka is point can re-
commend. A good hotel il kept there BY Peterman
Last winter saw several persons there whose lungs
had been badly diseased but who, under the healing
influence ofthe climate and my medicines, get
ting we'll.
| One hundred miles further down the river is n
| point which l would prefer to Paatka, the tenn
peraturs is more even and the air dry and bracing
Mellonville and Enterprise are located there. The
tables in Florida might be better, and patients com
plain at times but that is good sign, it indicates
a return of appetite, and when this is the they
generally incI ease in esh, and then the lungs
| heal
| Jackson vile, Hibernia, Green Cove and many
other places in various parts of Florida can be safe
ly recommended to consumptives in winter. My
for saying that patients less liable
to take cold there than where there Is less even
| temperature, and it is not necessary to say that
where consumptive person exposes himself to fire.
quent colds he is certain to die shortly Therefore
my advice 10, go well down into the State out Of the
reach 0fprevailing east winds and fogs. jackson.
ville almost any other of the localities | have
named. will benefit those who troubled with tor
pd liver adisOrdeTed stomach, dersnged bowels.
throat cough, but for those whose lungs dis
eased southern point is earnestly recommend
ed.
For fifteen years prior to 1869, was profession
ally in New York, Boston, Baltimore and Philadel-
phia every week, where saw aud examined
average, five hundred patients a week A practice
so extensive, embracing every possible phase Of
lung disease, has enabled me TO understand the dis
fully and hence, my caution in regard TO taking
cold. A person may take vast quantities of
''Schenck's Pulmonc Syrup. Seaweed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills" aud yet die If he does not avoid
taking cold.
In Florida, nearly evsrybOdyis using Schenck's
Mandrake Pills. for the climate is more likely to pro-
duce bilious habits than more northern latudes.-
1t s well established fact that natives of Florida
rarely die of consumption, especially those of the
southern part. On the other hand, in New England
one third at least of the population die Of this ter
rible disease. In the middle States it does not pre-
vail so largely, still there many thousands of
cases there. What vast percentage Of life would
Be saved IL essuupvss were easily alarmed in re
gard to taking fresh cold they about scarlet
fever, small pox, &C. But they are not. They
take what they term little cold, which they are
creduous enough to believe will wear off in few
days. They pay attention to it, and hence it
lays the foundation fer another and another still
til the lungs are diseased beyond all hope for Ours
My advice to persons whose lungs are affected
even slightly 10. TO lay in q stock of Schencks Phi
monte Syrup Schenck's Seaweed Tonic and
Schencks Mandrake Pills and go to Florida ] re-
commend these particular medicines because / am
thoroughly acquainted with their action. l know
that %tIen they used in strict accordance with
my directions they will do the reSt Ths physician
who prescrihes for cold, cough or nightSweats and
theu advises the patient to walk or ride out every
Iax, hos tn houA nm banda ha-
fore long
NV plan is to give my three medicines in accord
ance with the printed directions, except in some
cases where freer of the Mandrake Pills is
necessary. My object is to give tone to the stomach
to get up good appetite. 1t ia always a good
sign when patient begins to grow hungry. have
hopes Of such With a relish for food and the graf
ifcation of that relish comes goad blood and with it
more flesh, which 10 closely followed by a healing
of the lungs. Then the cough loosens and abates,
the creeping chiIls and clammy nght-sweats no
longer PROSTATE and annoy, and the patient gets
well, provided he avoids taking cold.
Now there many cOnsumptves who have not
the means to 90 to Florida. The question may be
asked, is there no hope for suchf Certainly there
is My advice to such u.s. and ever has BEEN to stay
in a warm room during the winter with a tempera-
ture of about seventy degrees, which should be kept
regularly at that Poidt, by means OF thermometer.
Let such patient take his exercise within the lin
its of the room by walking up and down as much as
| healthy circulation of the blood. / have eursd
thousands by this system, and eau DO 30 again
Consumption il easily cured any other disease
If 1t 10 taken in time ana the proper kind OF treat
] nsent il pursued. The. fact stands uBdisputed
record that Schsnck's PulmOnic Syrup, Mandrake
| Pills and Seawesd Tonic have cured very many Of
what seemed to be hopeless cases Of consumption
Go where yeu will, yeu will BE- almost certain TO
| find poor consumptivs who has been rescued
| from the very jaws of death by their
So far az tha Mandrake Pills are aYery-
| body should keep = supply of them on hand They
act on the liver better than calomel and leave
of its hurfu effects behind. In fact they are excel
lent in all cases where Durgative medicine 10 re-
CURED If you have parts.eR too freely Of fruit aud
disFrhgs snsues, dose Ofths Mandrakes will cure
you If you would obviate the effect of . change of
water or the too free indulgence in fruit, take
of the Mandrakes every night every ether night,
and you may then drink water and eat watermslons,
pears, apples plums, peaches or corn, without the
risk Of being made sick by them. They will protect
those who live in damp situations against chills
and fevers. Try them. They perfectly harm
less They can do you good only.
have abandoned my professional visits to Boston
and New York, but continue to see patients OF my
Office, No. Is N. SIXTH Street. Philadelphia every
Saturday, from 9 a. NJ, to 3 p. N. Those who wish
a thorough organization with the ResplrOme ter VIII
be charged five dollars. The RsspirOmeter declares
| he exact condition of the lungs, and patients can
readily learn whether they durable or not. But
desire it distinctly understood that the value OF my
medicines depends entirely upon their being taken
strictly according to directions.
In conclusion / will say that when persons take
my medicines and their systems are brought into
healthy condition thereby, they not 80 liable to
take cold, yet with diseased lungs can bear
sudden change of atmosphere without the liability Of
greater or less irritation Of the bronchial tubes
Full directions in all languages accompany my
medicines SO explicit and clear that any one use
them without consulting me, and can be bought from
any druggist.
| No TX n SIXTH Street Pbiladephia,