Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-29
The Cause and Cure Of Consumption.

The primary cause OF Consumption is arrangement OF
the digestive organs This arrangement produces def
cient nutrition and assimilation By assimilation mean
that process by which the nutTmen OF the food is
verted into blood and thence INTO the solids OF the body
est predisposOn to pulmonary disease or il they Jake
cold, will be very liable to have Consumption Of the
Lungs in some OF its forms and hold that II Will be
impossible 10 cure any case Of Consumption without
first restoring good digestion and healthy assimilation.
The very first thing to be done is TO cleanse the stomach
and bowels from all diseased mueus and slime which Is
coggng these organs so that they cannot perform their
functions, then up and restore the liver to
healthy action For this purpose the snrest and best
remedy Schenck's Mandrake Pills. These Pills cleanse
the stomach and bowels OF al the dead and morbid
slime that is causing disease and decay in the whole
bile that has accumulated there, and arouse it up
to new and healthy action, by which natural and
The stomach bowels and liver thus cleansed by the
of Schencks Mandrake Pills but there remains in
the stomach an excess of acd the organ Is torpid and
the appetite is poor. In the bowels the lacteas
weak and requiring strength and support. 1t is in
condition like this that Schencks Seaweed Tome proves
be the most valuable remedy discovered. 1t Is
alkaline, and its will neutralize all excess of acid
making the stomach sweet and fresh 1t viii give perma-
nent tone TO this important and create good
hearty appetite, and prepare the system for the first
process of good DIGESTION and ultimately make good,
healthy living blood. After this preparatory treatment
free and persevering use of Schencks Pumonic Sprup
The Pulmonlc Syrup nourshes the system. purAes the
thence distributed to the diseased lungs. There it rpens
all morbid matters, whether in the form of assesses
ubcces and then assists nature to eXpe all the diseased
matter in the form of free expeetOraton, when once
It rpens i j. then BY the great heang and purifying
and cavities are healed mp sound, and my patient is
cured
The essential thing to be done IN curing consumption
Is to get up good appetite and good Digestion so that
the body will in flesh and get strong If person
has diseased lungs cavity or a6scess there the cavity
cannot heal the matter cannot rpen long the sys
TEN is below par WHAT is necessary to cure is new
order of things, good appetite, good nutrition, the
body grow in flesh and get fat then nature helped
the cavities will heal. the matter will ripen and be
thrown off in large quantities and the person regain
health and strength This is the true and only plan to
lungs are not entirely destroyed, even if one lung is
entirely gone if theer is enough vitality lett in the other
have seen many persons cured with only one sound
lung, live and enjoy life to good old age. This is what
Schencks medicines will do tocure Consumption They
will clean out the stomach, sweeten and strengthen it,
get up good digestion, and give the assistance
she needs to clear the 81 stem OF all the disease that is in
the lungs, whatever the form may be.
1t is important that while using Schenck S medicines,
should be exercised not to take cold keep in doors
in cool and damp weather; avoid night air and take
wish it distinctly understood that when recommend
a patient be careful in regard to taking cold while
who has hut partially recovered from the effects of bad
cold is iarmOre Liable to relapse than who has been
Consumption so long as the lungs not perfectly
healed just so long is there imminent DANGER full
return of the disease Hence il is that slrenuousy
caution pulmonary patients against exposing themselves
to an atmosphere that not genial and pleasant Com
the least change of atmosphere will nhame. The grand
secret omy with my medicines consists in my
ability to subdue inflammation nsteal of provoking it,
as many OF the faculty do. An intiamed lung cannot
with safety the patient he exposed to the biting blasts
of winter or the chilling winds of spnng autumn. 1t
should be carefully shielded from all Irritating influences.
The utmost caution should be observed in this particular
without i: under almost any circumstances is an
mpossibility.
The person should be kept a wholesome and nutri-
tious Diet and all the medicines continued until the body
has restored to it the natural quantity of flesh and
strength
was myself cured by this the worst kind
of Consumption, and have lived to get fat and hearty
these many years with one lung mostly gone. l 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 possession
ofmy new BUILDING at the northeast corner of Sixth and
Arch streets, where shall be pleased to give
all who may require it,
Full directions accompany all my remedies that
person in any part OF the world can be readily
strict observance of the same
j. II. SUHENCK, NJ. D., Philadelphia.
GEORGE e. GOODWIN ~ CO., agents, Boston.