The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1871-11-10
The Cause & Cure of Consumption.

The primary cause of Consumption is arrangement OF
the digestive organs This arrangement produces de.
ficient nutrtion'and assimilation By assimilation
mean that process by which the nuriment OF the food
is converted into blood and thence into the solids of the
body Persons with digestion thus impaired having the
slightest predsposon to pulmonary disease or they
take cold will be very liable to have Consumption of the
Lungs in some of its forms; and hold that it will he
impossible to cure any case Of Consumption without
fins restoring good digestion and healthy assImia
ton. The very first thing to he done is to cleanse the
stomach and bowels from all diseased mcns and slime,
which is clogging these organs that they per-
form their functions and then up and restore tho
liver to healthy action For this purpose the sures and
est remedy is Schencks Mandrake pills. These Pills
clean the stomach and bowels of all the dead aud morbid
slime that is causing disease and decay in the whole sy
tenn They Will clear out the liver of all diseased bile
that has accumulated there, and rouse it up to
and healthy action, by which natural and healthy bile
is secreteA.
The Stomach bowels and liver are thus ceansed by
the u Schcncks Mandrake Pills. but there remains
IN the Stomach OF acid, the organ torpid and
the appetite poo" II ' bowel "a" !acteals are weak,
aud requiring ren=ih and support II is in cond-
ton HE mn chat Srncmrhs Smwr"d onc proves to be
the mast vuahe rrn."i, ever discovered 1t is aka
n" an t4 WIFI AL excess of acid, xmas
i'm. the stomach sweet AMI fresh il will give permanent
tone /" tAiN important organ and create good hearty
Appetite prepare the system for the first process of
good 1t sc ton, and Ultimately make good, healthy, liv
ms bInu. After ihis preparatory treatment, what
mains t" "st cases Of Consumption is the free and
pcrsr rrimg Of Sclcncks Pulmonic Syrup. The Pull
monte syrup nonriahes the system, purfes the blood,
and is readily absorbed into the circulation and thence
distributed to the diseased lungs There it ripens all
morbid Matters whether in the form of assesses OF tu
herccs aud then assists Nature to eXpe all the diseased
NATTER in the form of free expecoration, when it
rpens 1t is them by the great healing and purifying
properties of Schencks Pumonc Syrup, that all ulcers
and cavities are healed up sound, aud my patient is
cured.
The essential thing to he done in curing Consumption
is to get up good appetite and good Digestion that
the body will grow in flesh and get strong If person
has lungs-a cavity abscess tec,the cavity
cannot heal the matter cannot rpen long the
TEN is below par. What is necessary to is new
order OF things-a good appetite, good nutrition, the
body to grow in flesh and get fat then Nature helped
| the cavities will heal, the matter will ripen and be
thrown on in large quantities, and the person regain
health and strength. This is the true AMI only plan
Consumption and il person is very I'D, If the
lungs are not entirely destroyed or even il one lung rs
entirely gone if hera is enough vitality left in the other
| To heal Hp there is hope.
have seen many PERSONS cured with only soGnd
ling, live and enjoy life to u good old age. This is what
Schenck's Medicines will do to cure CONSUMPTION. They
will clean out the stomach swcrtcn and strength it,
get up good digestion, and civ" Nature the Ns!saurr
she needs to clear The system of all the disease
| in the lungs, whatever the form may be-
1t is important that while using Setback Medicines
car" should be exercised not To take Id keep indoors
i'll cold and d;tinp weather avoid night air. and take
outdoor exercise only in Il genial and warm sunshine
| wish il distinctly understood that when / rccuEi-
mend patient to be careful in regard to taking cold
while using my medicines, do SO fora special reason.
man who has but partially recovered from the effects
Of bad cold is far more liable to relapse than who
has been entirely cured and it precisely the in
regard to Consumption So long as the lungs not
perfectly healed just so longs there imminent danger
of full return OF the disease. Hence it is that
srenu2ucy caution pulmonary patients against expos
ing themselves TO an atmosphere that is not genial and
pleasant Confirmed Consumptives' lungs are mass of
sores, which the least change ofatmosphee will inc
The grand secret of my with my Medicines con-
ssts in my ability to subdue inflammation instead Of pro
voking it, as many OF the faculty do An infamed lung
cannot with safety to the patient, be exposed to the
biting blasts Of Winter tho chilling winds of Spring
or Autumn 1t should he carefully shielded from all
irritating influences. The utmost caution should be
observed in this particular without it under
almost any circumstances is an mpossbility.
The person should be kept wholesome and nutri-
tous diet ami all the Medicines continued until the
body has restored to it the natural quantity of flesh and
| strength.
was myself cured by this treatment of the worst
kind of Consumption, and have lived 10 get fat and
hearty these many years, with 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 possession
ofmy new building, at the Northeast Corner of Sixth
and Arch Streets. where shall be pleased to give al
vice to all who may require it.
Full directions accompany all my Remedies that
person in any part of the world be readily cured by
| Il strict observance OF the same.
THOMPSON, LILLY CO., Wholesale Agents,
&c Hanover Street. Baltimore