The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-12-23
DR. SCHENCK ADVISES CON-
IL sUMPriVES TO GO TO FLORIDA IN

hR. SCi ENCk ADV lSES OON.
~ suMPfiVEs TO GO TO FLORIDA IN
Having for the last thirty.nve years devoted
lung diseases a nd con.tinption I feel that I un-
dersand fully the course that ought TO pursued
TO healthy soundness. The first aud most inn
portant step is Tor the patient 70 avoid taakin{
for this purpose in winter, is Florida, well down
in the State, where the temperature is regular.
Northern Nor her iafitudes. Palatka is a point can re.
commend. good hotel is kept there by Peter
whose lungs had been badly diseased, but who,
under the healing influence OF the climate ana
ny One hundred mile miles s further down the liver is
point which would prefer TO palatka, as the
bracing. Melionville ana Enterprise located
there. / should give decided preference 70
d IT IL m t@e To aSe se csd
there The tables in Florida might be better,
and patients complain at tlaies but that Is good
when this Is the case they generally increase In
Jacksonville Hiberuia, Green Cove, and many
other places in various parts of Florida, can be
safely recommended to consumptives 10 winter.
My reasons for saying are that patients are
less liable to take COLI there than where there 10
a less even temperature, and II Is not necessary
himself to frequent colds he is certain 70 die
shortly. Therefore. my advice Is, go well down
into the state out OF the reach of pervadtng east
winds and fogs. Jacksonville, or almost any
other of the localities have named, VII 6ene-
fit those who are troubled with q torpid liver,
disordered stomach, deranged bowels, sore
throat or cough. but for those whose lungs are
diseased more southern point is earnestly re-
commended. on-
For ieen years prior to 1892 was protest. Ia; a
delphia every week, where saw and examin A
on an average five hundred patients week. 10
phase OF lung disease, has enabled me to UNDER
stand the disease FULLY, and hence, my caution
vast Quantities. of sSchenck s Pulmonic syrup,
seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills" and yet
In Florida, nearly everybody is using schenck's
Mandrake Pills, for the climate is more likely 20
tudes. II is well established fact that natives
of Florida rarely die OF consumption, especially
in New Ehglsnd, e-third, at east, Of the pog9- g
lation die OF this terrible disease. In the Mid
are many thousands of cases there, What a vast
| percentage of life would be saved IL consuInp-
tives we've as easily alarmed In regard TO taking
fresh cold as they are about scarlet fever, small
| pox, DC. But they are not. They take what they
enough to belieye VIII MS wear Oh in few day
| They pay no attention TO u, and henee IL lays
| the foundation for another and anotnef suli.
until the lungs are diseased beyond all hope for
| cure.
| My advice to persons whose lungs are affected
| even slightly is, to lay in stock OF Schencke
| Pulmonic Syrup, Schencks Seaweed Tonic and
recommend these particular medicines because
| am thoroughly acquainted with their action.
thaI where tey are used N o tbe wor
that IS required. Ths accomplished, nature VIII
d9 0d Ihs reS The vino sSs
| the patient TO walk or ride out every day VIII
| be sure 10 have corpse on his hands before
My plan is to give my three medicines, in ac-
| cordance with the printed directions, except IN
| some cases where a freer use of the Mandrake
Pills is necessary. My object is to give tone TO
the stomach-to get up a good appetite. II Is al
ways good sign when patient begins 70 grow
| hungry. have hopes OF such. With "A relish TOR
iood and the gratihcation OF that relish comes
good blood, and with 1t more flesh, which is
closely followed by u healing of the lungs. Ihen
The cough loosens and abates, the creeping chilli
and ciaininy nisht-sweats no longer prostrate
and annoy and the patient gets well, pToviaed
! he avoids taking cold.
| Now there are many consumptiyes who have
not the means to go TO Florida. The question
may be asked, Is lhere no nope Tor suchY Ger.
has been, to stay in warm room during the
winter, with Il temperature of about seventy de-
seoint' by means of a tHernt tometer. Let such a
patient take his exercise within the limits OF inc
room by walking up and down as much as his
| strength will permit in order to keep up q
healthy circulation OF the blood. have cured
thousands by THIS system and can 20 SO msain.
ease II IL is taken IN time, and the proper KIND
Of treatment is pursued; The fact act stands undis'
| Mandrake Pills, and Seaweed Tonic have cured
very many OF what seemed TO oe hopeless casts
| OF consumption. Go where ON Will, you Will be
| almost certain to find some poor consumptive
| who has been rescued from The vey jaws Oh death
So lar as the Mandrake Pills are concerned.
everyp3dy should keep supply Of them on
and leave none of its hurtlul effects behind In
fact they are excellent In all cases where pur.
gatve medicine IL required. II you have par
taken too freely OF NUT and diarrhoea ensues. q
d sc OF the Mandrakes will cure ycu. II you ais
subject 10 sick heada he. take "A dose of the Man
brakes and they Will relieve you In two hours
If you would obvIate The effect OF change o
water. or the too free Indulgence in fruit. AK,
one of the Mandrakes every night or every oibe
night, and you may then drink water ana ca
watermelons, pears, apples, plulns, peaches o.
corn, without The risk ot being made sick b,
The IN. They Will prott CT those who live in DE- mi
| situations against chills ana ieYers. Try them
They are perfectly harmless They can do OF
good only.
have abandoned my profess visits to Bos,
ton and New York, but continue 10 see patie Mt
at my office, No 10 n. SIKH street, Philauel
phia, every saturday, from A. NJ. TO f. h
the Respirometer will be charged i've dollars
The HespirOmeter declares the sKnct condition
OF the lungs and palicnis s'can readily l,ail
whether they are cuTable or not. But desire II
distinctly understand that the value of my
medicines depends entirely upon their beius
taken strictly according TO directions.
| In conclusion, will say that when persons
takeIny medicines and their Sy stems are bronghl
into healthy condition thereby, they are "A
SO liable to take cold, yet no one with diseased
lungs can hear Il sudden change Oi atmOspheia
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 ans
one can use them without consulting me, aud
can be bought frOm any druggist,
j. II. sCHENCK, NJ. II.
No 10 SIXTH street, fhlladelphla.
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