The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-21
MEDICAL.
nNz Ss1LrIoN OF LIVES SAVED

nNH MILLION OF LIVES SAVED
It is one of the remarkable facts Of this re-
sons are the victims of dyspepsia or indiges.
ton, but its willing victims. Now, we would
not be understood TO say that amy one regaras
dyspepsia with favor, or feels disposed 10
rank It among the luxuries of life Far from
IL. Those who have experienced its torments
would scout sge an idea All dread II and
familiaTities. Mark ,Taply.. who vas Jolly
under all the trying circumstances in which
sia. OF his joility would have speedily forsa-
ken him. Men and women sometimes suffer
its fortunes uncomplainingly, but who ever
Of ali the multifarious diseases to which
the human system Is i:able, there Is perhaps
no one so generally prevalent as dyspeps .,s
There are diseases more acute nGI painiai,
and which more frequently prove faiai bal
none, the effects OF which are SO depressing i9
the mind and SO positively distressing to the
body, ! Il there Is wretched being IN the
A CONFIRMED DysPEpTIC.
But II is not our intention to dtscatit on the
horrors of Dyspepsia. To describe them
poss6e 70 Is p smR Su an nee%sag I
said that dyspepsia il perhaps the most uni
versal of human diseases. This Is emphati-
this general prevalence is due to the character
of the food, the method Of It's PREPARATION or
the hasty manner in which 1t Is usually
The great fact with which we are called to
N''' DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS
almost universally.
tim, an apparently willing one for were this
not the case, why so many sufferers when Q
certain, speedy and safe remedy is within the
easy reach of all who desire to avail them.
selves of it? But the majority will not
Blinded by prejudice: or deferred by some
the tSe They
whose sufierings have been alleviated, and
desperate determinati on TO their ruthless tor
mentor. But says dyspeptic:, What Is this
remedy to which We reply hisgreat allie
know as the English language. lt has allayed
the agonies of thousands, and Is to-day car
rying comfort and announcement to thon-
sands of others. This acknowledged panacea
is none other than
DIR. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
Would you know more of the merits Of this
wonderful medicine than ca be learned from
the experience Of othersg Try It yourself H.
Of its efficacy given by the proprietors, then
LET IT BE REMEMBERED,
first of all, that HOOFLANDS GERMAN
Is mo not a,roRn y sense Of the
term. They are composed wholly OF the pure
juice or vital principle of roots. This is not
u
they are compounded are prepared by one OF
the ablest of German chemists. Unlike any
other Bitters in the market, they are wholly
free from spirituous ingredients. The objec-
ton which hold with SO much force against
preparations of this class, nameiy-that a de.
sire for intoxicating drinks Is stimulated by
man Bitters. So far from encouraging or in.
culcating taste or desire for inebriating
beverages 1t may lie confidently asserted that
their tendency is IN Numerically opposite
direction. Their effect can be
BENEFICIAL ONLY
In all cases of the hillary system. Hoonand's
German Bitters stand without an equal, act
ing promptly and vigorously upon the LIVER
secretion OF bile-thereby supplying the
stomach with the most Indispensable ele-
ments Of sound digestion in proper proper
lions. They give tone to the stomach-stim.
uIating its functions. and enabling It to per.
form its duties as nature designed IL should
do. They impart yigor and strength 70 the
entire system, causing the patient to feel like
another being-in fact, giving him a new lease
THEY PURIFY THE BLOOD,
cleansing the vital fluid OF all hurtful impu-
m ss Of genuine heaithininess. In a word,
there Is scarcely a disease In which they can
not be safely and beneficiaily employed; but
In that most generally prevalent, distressing
and dreaded disease, Dyspepsia,
THEY STAND UNRIVALED.
whom HON extreme Bitters are not only nnpalat.
able. but who ind 1t impossible to take them
without positive discomfort, for such
DIR. HOOFLAz DIS GERMAN TONIC
has been specially prepared. 1t is intended
for use where a slight alcoholic stimulant is
required in connection with the well.known
Tonic properties OF the pure German Bitters
This Tonic contains all the ingredients oil Tue
Bitters, but so favored as 10 remove the ex-
treme bitterness; This preparation is not
only Ran,a a Y;r, pn' ep pm n ia Rtters
The solid extracts of some of Natures choicest
restoTatives nre held IN solution by spirit.
uous agent OF lne purss5 Iuaity; II uases ~, u
lenguor or excessive uepllly, where tne sys
TEN appears 10 nave become eShaustea oil i''
energies, uooDr Nn,s roSr,
HOOfLAND'S TONIC
| ..ts will, almost maryelous effect II no,
only Stimulates the fiasping and wasting en-.
srs,ss b. invisGTs'ss and N, gsTpansn aI
stomach though, perhaps less prompt than
me ns tha ,ess aer ai na}eestin R,ldnns.
mol phrsc rs or Narvions Pyastrsiiam Weld
mess, rny s' ~, n y, ~ gmn n iv ~.
inwaiia new ami stronger hold u.,on Iife. re-.
,n na a,anrassinn ~ sniri,s ana bsnire,
MasS ~ snnn,ants th nai. of diaaas,
,;.,, : "a nc 90 anJ ann,rnrt IF nsytacf haaItL
Mi sivas stre,iath "a WEAKNESS throws desnom
49, 10 tha ssin,I and starts ,l,a restored in
usi;I n M v Nav AMI eIa',sn,nf career IN,
nmn IIndITard.s na"aSass ijons Ia IN. bur,a
r M are NOT confined TO his Celebrated
4
GERMAN BlTTERS,
| ,;. t,,,a,,a,,a Tox,. He hos nr.n.,a.
OF NJ ny aie ,nih 4, ,a,i.ar,, p,t,p,,i,,
aholnei i, 49, t ~ ~ ~, ~;
" WY ~ P1 1ht,,; i"No' '0'o ~ 80 'AAS''n
| .InnEIANn,s ponopuyr,IN Pills
! n narfar, substitute IN, mercury without an,
| of mereury,s evil nnaiities
| These w,,nderfi,I pills witch are tntenda,
4 70 oct n non me Tiyar are ,nainIv ,nmnose,
| Of PndonhyIitn or the
| -
VITAL PRINCIPLE OF THE NAN
DRAKE ROOT,
| - ,,. ,,,,;,,..,,,
| derstand that this extract of lie Mandrake i,
many times more powerful than the Man
drake itself ~ Is the medicinal virtues
this heaith-giving plant In a perfectly pur'
and highly concentrated form, Hence III Il
that TWO OF the Podopnylnh fiits CONSTITUTE
a fui! dose. wnlie anywhere SIX 10 eight OF
handful OF other preparations OF the Man
drake are required. The Podophyllin
! .cTc MP rryry " IN TIL, Ir1yIp.
| avis DAeAAA oS LIZ - A1iN'
slimaiating lie innstlo a, anu causing ~
proper quantities. The Injurious result
| which Invariably follow the Use of mercury
! is entirely avoided by their use. But IL is no
| exerted The extract of Mandrake con tame,
in them is skil,fully combined with four 9th
er extracts one of which acts upon the stonl
ach, one upon the upper bowels, one upon til
lower bowels and one prevents any gripin
effect, thus producing pill that Influence
! the entire digestive, and alimentary SYSTEM
| in an equal and harmonious manner and il