The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-12-30
~ DR.. schencl< Advises Consumpsives
70 go 10 Florida In Wintor.-Haying for


time and attention to the study OF lung dis
Gases and consumption, feel that UNDER
stand fully the course thst ought to be pur-
sued to restore ca a tolerably bad case OF diseased
| lungs to. healthy souidnt ss. The first and
most important stepis for the patient to
avoid taking oold, and tho 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, and not subject to
such variations as in more Northern latitudcs.
Palatka Is point can recommend. good
tor saw several ,Persons there. whose lungs
had been badly diseased, but who, under the
healing influence Of tho climate and my medi-
clncs, wero getting we'll.
One hundred miles further down the river
ls point which would prefer to Palatka, as
| the temperature is more even and the air dry
and bracing. Mellonvile and Enterprise arc
| ference to hIollonvillo. It is two miles from
| river or lake. and it seems almost impossible
to take cold there. Tho tables in Florida
times, but that is a good sign, as it Indicates
return OF appetite, and when this is the case
,hey generally increase in flesh, and then the
Jacksonville, Hiborn;a, Green Cove, and
many other places in various parts Of Florida,
can be safely recommended to copsumptiyes
IN winter: NY reasons for saying. 80 are that
patients aro less liable to take cold there than
where there is a less even temperature, and it
| is not necessary to say that where a consump-
tive person exposes himself to frequent colds,
o.
advice ID, 60 we'll down into the State. cut Of
tho reach OF prevailing East winds and fogs
JaGksonyillo, or almost any other Of the To-
arc troubled with torpid liver, disordered
| stomach, deranged bowels, sore throat or
| cough, but for those whose lungs are diseased
moro Southern point is earnestly reaom-
| mended.
| For fifteen years prior to 1869, I was profess
! elonaiiy in New York, Boston, Baltimore and
fhiladelphla every week, where I eaw and ex-
m q Qy-ar Gv,1h H. =
week A practice &c. extensive, embracing
every possible phase Of lung disease, has ena.
| bled me to understand the disease fully, and
hence my caution in regard to taking cold. A
person may take vast quantities Of ''schenck's
| Pulmonic Syrup. seaweed Tonic and Man
drake Pills" and yet die if he does not avoid
taking cold.
In Florida. nearly everybody is using
schenck's Mandrake Pills, for the climate ia
more Northern iatitudes. Il is a well estab-
OF consumption, especially those Of the South
ern part On tho other hand, in Now Eng
Land, Ian :; ;1HaSS;;third at least OF the population
States it does not prevail 80 largely. still
there arc many thousands Of cases there
What vsstper centage Of life would be saved
rard r%dntoTptves fpptng soa ssy alarmed in
scarlet fever, smallpox, &o. But they arc
not. They take what they term a little cold.
WI, which they are crcdulous enough to believe
|
tentlon to it, and hence 1t lays the foundation
for another and another still; until the lungs
are e,. diseased e,.; beyond all hope for cure.
affected even slightly is. to lay in a stock Of
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck's Seaweed
Ionlc and schenck's Mandrake Pills and 60
10 Florlda; recommend these particular
mcdicines because am thoroughly acquaint-
ed with their action. l know that where they
are used In strict accordance with ny direc.
| tions, they will do the work that is required.
~ nofr,
The physician who prescribes for cold, coueh
or night-sweats, aud then advises the patient
to to walk or ride ont every day. will be sure to
have corpse on his hands before long,
My plan is to give my three medicines, in
accordance with the printed directions, ex-
ccept in some cases where freer uso Of the
nan Mandrake Pills is necessary: MY object is to
give tone to the stomach-to get up good
appetite. 1t is always good sign when
Pstlent pa begins to grow hungry. have hopes
OF ,t!sa such; With relish for food and the
and with it more flesh, which is closely fol.
lowed by healing of the lungs Then the
eoash a n loosens and abatrs, the creeping chills
and annoy, and tho patient gets we'll, provid-
ell he avoids taking cold.
NOW there arc many corsumpiives who have
not the e. means cans to 90 to Florida. The question
Certainly there ia. Ny advice to such is, and
ever has been, to stay i'll n warm ro III during
the winter, with temperature, of about
oS'NaeS ocSACch, WHICH SnOu,u Do Kept
regularly at that point, by means of thrr-
moneter. Lot such a patient take his tx.
erclso within tho limits of the room by walk
ing up and down az much as his strengt will
hermit, III order TO keep up II health, circula-
tion ot the blood. l have cured thouA ands
by this system, and can do 80 again. Con-
sumption IL as easily cured as any other
disease, II taken iii time, and the proper kind
OF treatment il pursued. The fact stands
| undisputcd on record that Schcm k's I'ulmo-
mic syrup, Mandrake I'ils, and Scaw-ed Tonic
have cured very many uf what rec med TO be
hopeless cases of consumption. 90 where
you Will, you viii br almost certain to fnd
some poor consunptivo Who has been rescued
| from the very jaws Of death by their use
40 far As the Mandrake Pills ara concerned.
everybody should keep supply of them on
hand. They act on the lYer better than calo
mel, AMI leave none Of it's hnrful effects be-
hind. In fact, they excellent in all cases
where IL purgativo medicine is required II
you have partaken too frcel, of fruit and
diarrhnn cnsues, dos. Of tho Mandrakes
will cure yon. If yon arc subject to sick
headache, tako dose # tho Mandrakes and
they will relieve yon in two hours. If you
would obviate the effect Of change of water
or tho too free indulgence in fruit, take
ono Of the MauGrakcs every uight or eycry
other night, and you may then drink watti
and eat waternrlons. pears, apples pluma,