The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
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EDITOR ATHENS POST: Your issue of the
30th ult. contains an article entitled Panaccas,
etc.. published over the signature of Dr. w.
W. Alexander. of your city, In which that
gentleman processes to answer certain inter-
rogatorics propoundcd to him through the col
umns Of your paper of the week previous. in
regard to the merits Of "Thomrson's Rheu-
matte Elixir, Dcob>trucnt and Alteratiyc.'
On first perusing the article in question. we
were at Il loss to know whether that gentleman
Intended 1t us rebuke TO some of his profess
sionul brethren who, recognizing the superior
merits of the Preparation, refused to unite
with him in entering against it what he is
pleased to term an "Indignant Protest" or.
bloc himSeJ into putlc notice. and secure
the wonder and admiration Of the less Inform
cd portion of the community, whom he cX-
pcctcl 90 Gma2c with tie great display Of his
profound learning and medical knowledge, by
the use of gOmpOus. bOmbastic language, and
inlla ed expressions which sound to men Of
sense and experience more like the ovcr-grOwn
efforts of the mCrcSt tyro> i'll writing their
thesis for graduation. than candid. earnest
digniicd discussion Of the subject presented
for discussion.
without attempting to show that the COM
pound Is, in any way, Incompatible, or that
any Of the ingredients composing it have lost
any Of their medicinal virtues in the compost
ton. or that any Of them are converted INTO
agents of different nature--as is frequently
the case by chemical action in the formation
of compOundS--hc contents himself with the
bare assertion that ''tbe compound is unsc!en-
tiic and cmpirical,' without explaining &c
thc nubIic. in thc cyrberonce of Ills medical
lnovIodUa what hr woulI have thom under.
stand by the Use of those terms. He admits
that the iRgrediept3 Of which ''Thompson's
Rheumatic EliXir'' is composed are. by their
properties, peculiarly adapted to the treat
recommended. but protests against it because
il viii nnt ru,o hvnatbc,irol eases Of hi. own
crcotion. for tho crrc Of which nobody but nm
idiot would ever think OF using or recommend
mo If, Ills assertion AS 70 the claims which
we make for the Tliyjr Gs IN Eu1DcpoyD0ue
are rjGjcn1ousi,, Gisbouest, The statements
made Inv MS in our published circullr are, "all
female irrcgtlioritics resulting from Hbeu,gdt-
IT, 0tjocijoi,S of lie oy,JGls of 5cysjyy0iiOU or
from nm j,,,o3cyisLcG cDUiYj0u 0j me LIyOd,
or from n TcbjJjj0iod coUdiljOU Ot the SySIc,0
Uou,yrJb,''-nlI other eases nuprnriug in the
GoIn,nIlnirution Of DR.. Alcxnndcr are dishon-
est Observation-Disclosures
If ism well known fact. and one which is adj
mittcd bv the highest medical talent in the
land. thrt There are cases of sub.aclItc or
chrOni. rhcuuutisn. and of female diseases
for thc rmrr Of which thc rIiyir is ccc,llinrly
ndnlItrd. and in which il has been used with
tLr n,osf ,,r,if,ir,r s,,,ro.ti,at L,,iir anI ~.
SIS, nil Tie rrrrdir, anolinrcrS Of the nby.
Stefan in The rr~Irln, rar,..n Of n,ncticn. 'rhi>
j. ,i.o tr,n Of ,,,nrn,i,.;"i ,rI dtbn7. Gso,.n,.
Il d. 4 so.
that tho :u,Ir,.icr merits Of a rrrn,,,iion
yr" ,.t.'Ili .htlL We hnrn in oI,r nG.srSsio,,
rIrtirr,tr. nr m,r.nrs If. trinnrgrb,hlr ycr.
n,iiv and Of the Li"lr.t r~snrriahiIity. who
bay; Lrrn c,,yGJ Inv ".TLo,unton's Ehcnmntic
j.iiyir Drnh.irurnt and kItrrotiyr', when
iIr hest ,,r,iii tynnts ~ tnis stat ,ycrr nm.
Iii, to ,ErrI rnli,r IN, ihn ,.,,i,lo,, course -,
+, r,,nnrt W. L,vn';hn .nstiIror,. or ono Of
ur ". ". \Iry"u',..s own nnii.uts. whom
he r,ilrL tn r,lirVr md who rSrI tr,, ,rarrt ~
tiou unJ,r hi. mr.. NlrynnIpr'.( own roof
viii thr most oTniifvinr sI1rrrs.ZonI we mr.,
rrn,Iiliy imror,nrd tint he rnnrot he j,,,ny,,,J
nj jtc TART 'ih".n rrrt;rrgtr. VIII l." nTh,
I;.h'i =, tI,n mr., nor ,i,nn
iii. nrtirlr ahd,r rrl,rrrd 70 Is sncciolly Ill
rortrL ,,r.ir.t tbo.n whom, he i. nlr,s.d +,
,N.tn :. %n"tr,,r' NI,lSr" nmd yrndiir, Of pa
tent Medicines p,u,nrpns. CIIrc. AIS" Er., Nr.
and Who. he assert. ,rr y moro ..unurInrinlr,
SET Of mcrrruarv frn,lcrs th9n The rmnilinl
| knoyCs Who di,~r9cr othr. yoralious."
How this may he. If j. mot orr present mr.
rose 70 ruu,Ii"c, IN ,1nnv clsrs il is ,Icrhilcs,
iruc We rrirr to his n,.l,t Of III. cplnr,uuicn
tun >imrlv n. :, rirh snrriinrn of fine LrniIfirm
cou.istrnry Of ,bat iuiIutrd E.c,lunius who
v,, orr IN r,'i1rrd l. thr urourirtor az a modem
! Uiu,r. store and Il retail ycrdcr Of the very ar
ticlr- which he So yrhrmerltlv condemns.
In conclusion prrr,it Ms to refer to the cy
died m0gnatc of fine medical profession. II,
| fin. medical urrir., iou nr his Stnfc, who. h,
saws, have maintained "dignifcd Silence i,
| rp;,uru TO Patent Medicines in general and I,
and tlicrn,iyrI', in nnrtiruInr lie assume
| t la, In, a.. ,,,,;,l r,,,I ,f tba :, H,i,,o.i tb,,