The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-11-03
Special Notices.
DIR. SCHENCK advises COnsump-
tiVeS to 60 to Florida in Winter,

| Having for the last thirty live years devoted
my whole time and attention to the study of lung
diseases and consumption feel that l under
stand fully the course that ought to be puasued
to restore a tolerably bad case of diseased lungs
to health and soundness. TIE first and most i'm
portant step is for the patient to avoid taking
| cold, and the best of all places on this continent
| for this purpose in winter, is Florida, we'll down
in the State, where the temperature is regular
! not subject to such variations as in more North
ern ATTITUDES PalSka is a point l eau recon-
mend. good hotel is kept there by Peterman
Last winter saw several persons there whose
lungs had been badly diseased, but who, under
| the herring influence Of the climate and my med.
icnes, were getting well.
One hundred miles further down the river is a
point which 1 would prefer to Palatka as the
temperature is more and the air dry and
bracing. Nelonvile and Enterprise are located
there. I should give decided preference te
Mellonville. 1t is two miles from river or lake
and it seems almost impossible to take cold there
| The tables in Florida light be better, and pa
tients complain at times but that is good sign
as it indicates a return of appetite, and when
this is the case they generally increase IN flesh
and the lungs must heal
Jacksonville, Hibernia. Green Cove, and many
other places in various parts of Florida, can be
| safely recommended to consumptives in winter
| My reasons for ing are that patients are
less liable to take cold there than where there is
less even temperature, and it is not necessary tc
| say that where consumptive person exposes
himself to frequent colds he is certain to die
! shortly. Therefore my advice is, go we'll down
into the State out of the reach of prevailing east
winds and fogs. jacksonville or almost any 9TH
er of the localities l have named, will benefit
those who are troubled with torpid liver, dis
ordered stomach, deranged bowels. sore throat OF
| cough, but for those whose lungs are diseased q
more southern point is earnestly recommended.
| For fifteen years prior to 1869, I was profes-
sionally in New York, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia every week, where saw and exam
ined on average five hundred patients a week
A practice so extensive, embracing every posi-
Bile phase of lung disease has enabled me to I'M
derstand the disease fully, and hence, my caution
in regard to taking cold. Apersonmay take vast
quantities of 6 Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Sea-
weed Tonic and Mandl axe Pills." and yet die il
he does not avoid taking cold.
| In Florida, nearly everybody is using Schenck' s
Mandrake Pills, for the climate is more likely to
produce bilious habits than northern lati-
udes. 1t is 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 pop
ulaton die of this terrible disease. In the Mid
die States it does net prevail largely still there
are many thousands of cases there. What vast
| percentage of life would be saved if consump-
tives easily alarmed in regard to taking
fresh cold as they about scarlet fever, small
pox, SC. But they are not. They take what
they term a little cold which they are credulous
enough to believe will wear off in few days.
They pay attention to it, and hence it lays the
foundation for another and another still, until
lungs are diseased beyond all hope of cure.
Ny advice to persons whose lungs are affected
even slightly is, to lay IN a stock Of Schenck' s
Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck's Seaweed Tonic and
Schenck's Mandrake Pills and 60 to Florida. I
recommend these particular medicines because l
am thoroughly acquainted with their action.
know that where they are used in strict accord
ance with my directions they will do the work
that is required. This accomplished, nature will
do the rest. The physician who prescfibes for
cold, cough or night-sweats, and then advises
the patient to walk or ride out every day, will be
sure to have corpse on his hands before long.
My plan is to give my three medicines in ac-
cordance with the printed directions except in
some cases where freer use of the Mandrake
Pills is necessary. My object in this is to give
tone to the stomach-to get up good appetite
is always good sign when the patient begins
to grow hungry. l have hopes Of such With a
relish for food and the qualification of that rel
ish comes good blood and with it more flesh,
which is closely followed by healing of the
lungs. Then the cough loosens and abates, the
creeping chills and clammy night sweats no long
er PROSTATE and annoy, and the patient gets
WE'LL provided he avoids taking cold.
| Now there are many consumptives who hslve
| not the means to go to Florida. The question
may be asked is there hope for such? Ger
tainly there is. My advice to such is, and ever
has been, to stay in warm room during the win
ter, with temperature of about seventy degrees,
which should be kept regularly at that point by
means of thermometer. Let such patient
take his exercise within the limits of the room
by walking up and down as much as his strength
will permit, in order to keep up healthy cir
culation of the blood. I have cured thousands
by this system, and can do SO again. Consump-
ton is as easily cured as any other disease if it
is taken in time, and the proper kind of treat
| ment is pursued. The fact stands undisputed on
record that Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Mandrake
Pills, and Seaweed Tonic have cured very many
of what seemed to be hopeless cases of consump-
ton. Go where you will, you will be almost GER
tain to find some poor consumptive who has been
rescued from the very jaws of death by their use.
So far as the Mandrake Pills are concerned,
everybody should keep supply ofthem on hand.
They act on the liver better than calomel, and
leave none of it's hurtful effects behind. In fact
they are excellont in all cases where a purgative
medicine is required. IF you have partaken too
freely OF fruit and diarrhoea ensues, dose of the
Mandrakes will cure you. If you are subject to
sick headache, take dose of the Mandrakes and
they will relieve you in two hours. If you would
opVlaCe Ing erect OF change OF WATER or the 100
free indulgence in fruit, take one of the Man
brakes every night or every other night, and you
may then drink water and eat watermelons,
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 perfect
ly harmless. They can do you good only.
have abandoned my professional visits to
Boston and New York, but continue to see pa
tients at my Office, No IGN. SIXTH street, Phil
adelphia, every Saturday, from Ia. m. to p M
Those who wish thorough examination with the
Respirometer will be charged five dollars. The
Bespirometer declares the exact condition of the
lungs, and patients can readily learn whether they
are durable or not But Tdesre it to be distinct-
ly understood that the value of my medicines de-
ponds entirely upon their being taken strictly
according to directions
In conclusion, will say that when persons
take my medicines and their systems brought
into healthy condition thereby, they are not so
liable to take cold, yet no with diseased lungs
can bear sudden change of atmosphere without
the liability of greater less irritation Of the
bronchial tubes.
Full directions in all languages accompany
my medicines. so explicit and clear that any one
can them without consulting me, and can be
bought from any druggist
J. II. SCHENCK, NJ. D.
No. Is N. SIXTH street, Philadelphia.
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