The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-26
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%. m 70 ElofS SIn sar NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR
ths last, fhiTty yaaIa tied ny Nlolc v'
leases and 6onsnmpt ption, T SeeI. that 4 nndsls
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on This continent ior tRia put lose IN winter,
is florida, well down in the Statepwiere the
suoh variations as M r. % more Nerthern atitndos. s.
Falatka Is o point can. recommend. IA good
hotel is kept there by Poterman. Last win
had been badly diseased, hut who, under tie
healing influence, OF the climate and my medi-
cines, were getting. vol. ~
| One hundred miles further down the river
ts point which 1would prefer to Palatka, as
tho temperature is more even and tho air dry
\ and bracing. Mellonville and Enterprise are
iooatsd there. should give a decided pre-
ference to Mollonyille. It ia two miles from
| to- take cold there. Tho tables in Florida
| might DO better, and patients complain at
times, but that is good sign, as it indicates
a return of appetite, and when this ia tho case
| they generally increase in flesh, and then the
lungs must heal r',
| Jacksonville, Hibernia, Green Cove, and
many other places in various parts OF Florida,
can be safely recommended to consumptivcs
| in winter. My reaeons for saying are that
patients arc less liable to take cold there than
| where thero is o less even temperature, and it
tive pcrson exposes himself to frequent colds,
he is certain to dio shortly. Therefore. my
advice is, go we'll down into tho State, out Of
tho reach Of prevailing East winds and fogs.
Jacksonville, or almost any other OF tho To-
calitios have named, will benefit those who
are troubled with torpid liver, disordered
stomach, deranged bowels, soro throat or
cough, but for those whose lungs are diseased
& moro Southern point Is earnestly recon-
mended.
For fifteen years prior to 1869. WAS profes.
eionally in New York, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia every week, where saw and OK
nmined on an average five hundred patients q
week. practice 80 extensive, embracing
eyery possible phase Of lung disc ase, has ena-
bled me to understand tho disease fully, and
hence my caution in regard to taking cold. a
person may take vast quantities of .Schenck's
Pulmonio Syrup, 6caweed Tonic and Man
drake Pills" and yet die if ho does not avoid
In Florida. nearly everybody is using
moro likely to produce bilious habits than
moro Northern latitudes. It is a we'll est!b-
Of consumption, especially thoHe of the South
ern part On the other hand, in New Eng
land, one.third, at least, OF the population
die of this terrible disease. In the Middle
States it does not prevail 30 largely, still
there arc many thousands of cases there.
What vast per centage of lifo would be saved
gard to taking fresh cold. as they are about
scarlet fever, smallpox, &c. But they are
not. They take what they term q little cold.
| which they are credulous enough to believe
will wear off in a few daya. They pay no Mt
tcntion to it, and hence it lays the foundation
for another and another still, until the lungs
are diseased beyond oil hope for cure.
ascted es1 even slightly is. to lay in % stock Of
| Sohenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Sohenck's Seaweed
Tonic and Schenck's Mandrake Pills and go
| TO Florida. I recommend these particular
medicines because am thoroughly acquaint-
| ed with their action. know that whore they
are used in strict accordance with my direc-
tions, they will do the work that is required.
This accomplished, nature will do the rest.
The physician who prescribes for cold, cough
or night-sweats, and then advises the patient
| to walk or ride out every day. will be sure to
have corpse on his hands before long.
| accordance with the printed directions, ex-
cept in some cases where freer use OF the
Mandrake Pills is necessary. My. object is to
give tone to the stomach-to get. up Q, good
patient beg ins to grow hungry. have hopes
Of such. With a relish for food and tho
qualification Of that relish comes good blood,
and with it moro flesh, which ID closely fol-
] cough loosens and abates, the creeping chills
and clammy night-swcats no longer prostrato
and annoy, and the patient gets we'll, provid-
ed he avoids taking cold.
| Now there arc many yconeumptiyes who have
not the means to go to Florida. Thequestion
may be asked, is there no hope for sucl.2
| CeTtnluly tnere l6. My auVlCo tC SUCH lR, and
| ever has been, to stay in warrl room during
| the winter, with a tempers 'ure of about
seventy degrees, which should bo kept
| regularly at that point, by means Of thor-
mometer. Let such a patient take his ex.
ercise within the limits OF the room by walk
| ing up and down as much as his strength will
permit, in order to keep up healthy circula-
| tion of the blood. have cured thousands
by this system, and cen do so again. Con-
| sumption ia as easily cured as any other
disease, if taken in time, and the proper kind
OF treatment is pursued The fact stands
| undispated on record that Echenck'a Pulmo-
| mic Syrup, Mandrake Pills, and Seaweed Tonic
| have cured very many OF what seemed to be
| hopeless cases Of consumption. 90 where
| you will, you will be almost certain to ind
some poor copsumptive who has been rescued
from tho very jaws of death by their uec
SO far as the Mandrake Pills are concerned
everybody should keep supply of them on
hand. They act on the liver better than calo.
mol, and leave none Of it's hurtful effects be-
hind. III fact, they are excellent in all caaes
whore purgative medicine is required II
| you have pertsken tee freely os fruit and
diarrhtra ensues, o dose of the Mandrakcs
will cure you. If you are subject to sick
headache, take dose Of the Mandrakcs and
they will relieve you in two hours. If yon
would obviale the effect OF change of water,
or tho too free, indulgence in fruit. take
ono of the Mandrakes every night or eyery
other night, and you may then drink water
and eat watermelons. pears, apples. plums,
peaches or corn, withontthe risk or being sick