The Portland daily press., 1871-10-16
The Cause and Cu.e of Consumption.

The primary cause of Consumption is arrangement
of the digestive organs. This arrangement produces
deficient nutrition and assimilation. By assimIla-
ton mean Ioat process by which the nnlriment OF
the food converted into blood and thence into the
solids of the body Persons with digestion thus i'm
pared having the Slightest predisp ,siton to pull
monary disease, or If they take cold, will be very IL
able to have Consumption Of the Lungs in some OF
its forms; and hold that it will be impossible to
anyicasso 4 consumption without first restoring good
digestion and bealthy assimila iOD 7 he very first
thug to be done is to cleanse The stoma and bow
from all diseased mucous aid SHINE Which is logging
these organs 30 that they cannot perform their
tons. and then rouse up anu restore The liver TO
healthy action For this purpose the suTest and best
remedy is Schenck's Mandrake Pills These Pills
cleanse the stomach and bowels OF all the dead and
morbid slime thai causing disease and decay in the
whole sy EN-. They will clear out The liver OF all
diseased bile that has accumulated there. aid
it up to new aud heaty action, by which natu al
ana healthy bile is secretea
The stomach, bowels and liver thus cleansed by
the use OF Sch nck's Mandrake Pills; but there re-
mains in the stomach an excess OF acid the organ
IS torpid and the appetite poor. In tie bow the
iaoteals are weak and require strength and support
1t is IN a condition like this that Schencks Seawe.d
Tonic proves to tie the most valuable remedy ever
discovered IL is alkaline, and lis will neutraliZe
all excess OF acid. making the 0mach sweet anu
fresh; il will give pei manent tuis mpo tant
organ, and create good, hearty appetite and pre-
parethe stem for the fist process goud digestion
and ultima ely make good. healthy, living bloJd.--
Alter ,hls preparatory treatment, what remains 10
cure most cases OF Consumption is the Tree and per
severlng use OF SchencA'S Pu'monc syrup. The
Pulmonlc syrup D0u ishes The system, purlfies the
blood, ana Is Iedu1y ABSORBED mo the clrculatl0n,
and thence Distributed TO The diseased lungs here
it ripens all mcrbId matters, whether in the ormSoi
assesses or ubercles, and then assists Nature to
eXpel all the diseased matter in the orm oil free
pectOIa tion it rpens. 1t is then, by the
rsat healing and ulying properties OF Schencks
Palmone Syrup, that all ulcers anu cavities are hs al
ed up sound and my patient is cured.
he essential thing TO be done in curing C0nsump-
ton is to get up good appetite aud coed digestion
iS nae ne body b viii grow esh ana gee
there, the cavity cannot heal q matter cannot rip
en-, SO long as tne system is Glow par Wha' is nee
essay to cure is new order OF things good Ape
tie, goOd nutrition, he body to grow IN flesh ana
get TAI; then Nature is h lped, the cavities will heal
Tue mater will ripen and be thrown off N large
quantities, aud the person regain health and strength
Ahs IL tne hue and only plan to cure Consumption,
anu II person very bad, il the lungs are not en-
lHey destroyed or even if lung entirely gone,
there is hope.
have seen many persons cured with only one
sou d lung, live and enjoy life to good old age
This is what Schenck's medicines will 10 to cure
Consumption. They will cream out the stomach
sweeten and strengthen il, get up god gestior,
and give Nature the assistance she needs TO clear the
sys EN- OF all the disease that is in the lungs what
ever the form lay be.
ches care should be exercised not to take cold Keep
l-loors IN cool and damp weather; av i'll nig hit air,
sunshine ~ 49,
wish it distinctly understood nat when recon-
mend patien 10 be careful in regard 10 taking cold
wLhe using my medicine. 1 do Ior a speciai Iea-
SON M All who has but partiaysrecovered from The
effects OF bad cold is tar more liable to ,aia,s
than who has teen entirely cured and i IL nre
csely the same in regard to consumpton So long
as The lungs are not perfectly healed inst so Iopg s
there imminent danger OF a ul return of tbe i;s
ease. Hence it is that so strenuOusy caution mil
monary patients ag .inst exposing themselves to an
a phere that is not genial and pleasant. en-
hrmed eonsumptives lungs are a mass of soras
which the least change OF atmosphere Will :nfame
Inc grant secret o. my success with nv medicines
consists in my ability to subdue inflammation instaad
81 provoking it, as many OF the faculty DO An in
1amed lung cannot with safety to the patient he Az
posed to The biting blasts of winter or the chIing &
Of spring autumn. 1t should be caremlIv s6iaidoS
rom all Irritating influences The utmost caMt io
should be observed in this particular as witlnut II
,ure under almost airy circumstances is an limo 81;
)ility.
he person shonld be kept on wholesome ond ~
ricious diet and ali The medicines Continued nntl |
he body has restor d TO it The natural onana;+ u
lesh and strength. "
l was my eli cured by this treatment of The ,vors+ |
lind OF Consumption and have lived to get rot I'D |
earty these many years, with one lung mostly oona
have cured thousands since, and vefy man. I bar |
een cui ed by this treatment whom / have na ar
cen ~ |
About the first OF October expect to take ,,,ssos
ion of my new building at the northeast cornarof
Ixth and Arch streets, where shall be pleasad 70
i've advice to all who may require it, ~
Full directions accompany all my remedies co that |
person in any part OF the world can be reaai1v
ured by strict observance OF the same '"9
j. II. SUHENCK, M. d., Phladelnbia
GEO. e. GOODWIN, & co, Agents,
BOSTON.