Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-11-28
The Cause and Cure of Consumption.

The primary cause of Consumption is derange-
ment of the digestive organs. This arrangement
produces deficient nutrition and assimilation. by
assimilation mean that process by winch the HI
trmeut OF the food is converted INTO blood, and
thence iato the solids OF the body. Persons win
digestion thus impaired, having tho slightest pre-
disposition to pulmonary disease, or il they take
cold will he very liable to have Consumption otthe
Lungs in OF its forms; and hold that it Will
be impossible to cure any case of Consumption
without first restoring Il good digestion and healthy
a. similation The very first thing he done is to
cleanse the stomach and bowels from all diseased
mucous and slime which is clogging these organs so
that they cannot perform their functions, and then
rouse up and restore the liver TO healthy action
For this purpose, the surest ana best remedy is
Schencks Mandrake Pills. These Pills cleanse the
stomach and bowels of all the dead and morbid
slime that is causing disease and decay in the whole
system They will clear out the liver OF all diseased
bile taat has accumulated there, and arouse it up
to Il new and healthy action, by which natural and
healthy bile is secreted.
The stomach, bowels and liver are thus cleanse
by the use OF Schencks Mandrake Pills; but there
remains in the stomach an excess of acid, the organ
is torpid, and the appetite is poor In the bowels
The llcteli> are weak, and requiring strength and
support 1t is in condition like this that Schenck's
Seaweed Tonic proves to be the most valuable
remedy ever discovered. Ii is alkaline, and its
VIII neutraze All excess o, acid, making the stom-
ach sweet and fresh it will give permanent tone
this important organ, and create good, hearty APP
petite, and prepare the system for The first pro,
of good digestion, and ultimately make good,
healthy, living blood. After this preparatory treat
ment, what remains TO cure most cases OF consump
ton is the free and perservering use OF Schenck's
Pulmoric syrup. The Pumonic Syrup nourishes
the system, puliies the blood, and is readily alb
>orbed into the circulation, and thence distributed
to the diseased lungs. There il rpens all morbid
matters, whether in the form of assesses or tuber
cles. and then assists Nature to eXpe all the dis
eased matter in the form OF free eXpectoration when
it rpens 1t is then, by the great healing and
purifying properties of schenck's Pumonic syrup,
that ali ulcers and cavities are healed up sound
and my patient is cured.
The essential thing to be done IN curing Consump-
ton is to get up good appetite and good diges
ton, so that the body will grow in flesh and get
strong. Ii person has diseased lungs, "A cavity or
abscess there the cavity cannot heal, the matter
cannot ripen, so long as the system is below par
What is necessary to cure Is new order OF tn ngs
a good appetite, good nutrition the body to grow
in flesh and get fat then Nature is helped, the
tiles will heal matter will ripen and be thrown
of in large quantities and the person regain health
and strength This Is the true and only plan to
cure Consumption, and if a person is very bad, II
the lungs not entirely destroyed, even ii one
lung is entirely gone, II there is enough vitality left
in the other to heal up, there is hope.
have seen many persons cured with only one
sound lung, live and enjoy life TO good old age
This is what Schenck's medicines will do to cure
Consumption. They will clean out the stomach
7weeten and strengthen it, get up good digestion
and give Nature the assistance she needs to clear
the system OF all the disease that is in the lungs
whatever the form may be.
1t is important that. while using Schenck's medi-
cnes, care should be exercised not to take cold;
keep indoors in cool and camp weather; avoid
night air, and take outdoor exercise only in gent
al and warm sunshine.
wish it distinctly understood that when recon-
mend patient to he careful i'll regard to taking
cold while using my medicines, do 80 for a special
reason. man who has but partially recovered
from the effects OF bad cold is far liable to
relapse than one who has been entirely cured, and
1t If precisely the same In regard to consumption
So long as the lungs are not perfectly healed Just
long Is there imminent danger of full retnm OF the
disease. Hence it is that so strenuously caution
pulmonary patients againt exposing themselves to
an almosp here that is not genial and pleasant
Confirmed consumptlves' lungs mass of sores
which the least change of atmosphere will inilame
The grand secret of my success with medicines
consists III my ability to subdue inflammation instead
OF provoking ii, as many of the faculty do. An m
famed lung cannot with safety to the patient he
exposed to the biting blasts of winter the chill
ing winds of spring or autumn. 1t should be care.
fully shielded from all irritating Influences The
utmost caution should be observed in this partcu.
lar, as without it cure under almost any circum-
stances Is an i2possIbiy.
The person should be kept on wholeso ne and
nutricious diet, and all the medicines continued
until the body has restored to it the natural quanti-
ty Of flesh and strength.
was myself cured by this treatment of the worst
kind ofConsumption, and have lived to getf at and
hearty these many years, with one lung mostly
gone. | have cured thousands since, and very
many have been cured by this treatment whom /
have never seen.
About the first of October expect to take posses
sion of my new building AT the northeast corner OF
sixth and Arch streets, where shall be pleased TO
give advice to all who may require it.
Full directions accompany all my remedies, so
that person in any part of the world can be read
lily cured by strict observance of the same,
j. III. SCHENCk, NJ. ID.
GEO. c. GOODWIN & co., Agents,
BOSTON.