The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-02-03
DIR. sCRENCK advises Consumptives
to go to Florida in Winter.

Having for the last thirty five years devoted
| my whole time and attention to the study o
lung diseases aud consumption | feel that
understand fully the course that ought to b'
pursued to restore a toleraby bad case Of dis
eased lungs TO healthy sondness. The tlrs'
and most important sep for the patient to
! avoid taking cold and the best Of all places Oh
this continentfor this purpose in winter is Florl-
da, well down in this State, where the temper
ature is regular, and not subject to such varia-
tons as in more Northern latitude, Palatka is a
point l can recommend. A good hotel is kept
there by Petermag. Last winter | saw several
persons there whose lungs had been badly dis
ased, butiwho, under the healing influence OF
the climate and my medicines, were getting
well.
One hundred miles further down the river is
point which / would prefer to Palatka, as tia
temperature is more even and the air dry and
bracing. Meonville and Enterprise are loca-
ted there. The tables IN Florida might be
better, aud patients complain at times but that
is good sign, as it indicates a return Of appe-
tite, and when this Is the case they generally
! increase in flesh and then the lungs must heal.
! jacksonville, Hibernia, Green Cove, and
many other places in various parts Of Florida,
can be safely recommended to consumptives
| in winter My reasons for saying so are that
patients are less liable to take cold there than
| where there is a less even temperature, and
it is not necessary to say that where CON
sunptive person exposes himself to frequent
colds he is certain to die shortly. Therefore
my advice is. 90 well down into the State out OF
the reach Of prevailing east winds and togs.
Jacksonville, or almost any other of the ocali-
ties I have named, will benefit those who are
troubled with a torpid liver, disordered stom-
aeh, deranged bowels, sore throat or cough, but
tor those whose lungs are diseased more
southern point is earnestly recommended.
For fifteen years prior to 1863, was profess,
ionally in New York, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia every week, where saw and eX-
alnined on anaverage, Ave hundred patients a
week A practice so extensive, embracing
every possible phase Of lung disease, has
! enabled me to understand the disease fully, and
| hence, my caution in regard to taking cold. A
person may take vast quantities of 'Schencks
! Pulmonic Syrup Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake
Pills" and yet die if he does not avoid taking
cold.
In Florida, nearly everybody is using
! Schenck's Mandrake Pills, for the climate Is
more likely to produce bilious habits than more
northern latiudes, 1t is well established
| fact that natives of Florida rarely die Of con
| sumption. especially those Of the southern
| part. On the other hand in New England one
third, at least, of the population die of this ter
| rible disease In the middle States it does
not prevail so largely, still there are smany
thousands of cases there. What vast percen-
tage Of life would be saved if eosumptves
were as easily alarmed nregard to taking fresh
cold as they are about scarlet fever, small pox,
&c. But they are not. They take what they
term d little cold, which they are credulous
enough to believe will wear of i'll few days.
They pay no attention to it, and hence 1t
laws the foundation for another and another
STILL until the lungs are diseased beyond all
hope for cure.
NV advice TO persons whose lungs are attec-
ted even slightly is, to lay in stock Of
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Schenck's Sea
weed Tonic and Schenck Mandrake Pills and
90 to Florida | recommend these particular
medicines because | am thoroughly acquain-
ted with their action. / know that when
they are used in strict accordance with my dl-
rections they will do the rest. The physician
who prescribes for cold cough or pight-sweats
and then advises the patient to walk or ride
ont every day, WILDE sure to have corpse on
his hands before long.
My plan is TO give my three medicines IN ac-
cordance with the printed directions, except III
some cases where a freer use Of the Mandrake
Pills is necessary. My object is to give tone
to the stomach-to get up a good appetite. 1t
"
to grow hungry. / have hopes ofsuch With
a relish for food and the qualification Of that
relish comes good blood and with it more flesh,
which is closely followed by a healing Of the
lungs. Then the cough loosens and abates,
the creeping chis andclammy night-sweats
no longer PROSTATE and annoy, and the patient
gets we'll, provided he avoids takingcold.
Now there are many eonsumptives who heye
not the means 10 60 to Florida The question
may be asked, is there no hope for such !
! Certainly there is. My advice to such Is, and
ever has been, to stay in warm room during
| the winter, with temperature ofabout seventy
degrees, which should be kept regularly at
| that point, by means Of Thermometer. Let
such a patient take his exercise within the
limits of the room by walking up and down as
much as his strength will permit III order to
| keep up a healthy circulation Of the blood.
! have cured thousands by this system, and can
| do so again. Consumption is as easily cured
! as any other disease if it is taken IN time, and
! the proper kind of treatment is pursued. The
! fact stands uudsputed on record that Schenek $
| Pulmo uic Syrup, Mandrake Pills and Sea
weed Tonic have cured very many OF what
seemed 10 be hopeless cases OF consumption
! Go where You will, you will be almost certain
to fiud some poor consumptye who has been
rescued from the very jaws Of death by Their
use.
So far as the Mandrake Pills are concerned
/ everybody should keep supply Of them on
| hand. They act on the liver better than Gallo
mel. and leave none of its hurtful effects be
hind: In fact they are excellent in all cases
where a purgative medicine is required. Il
you have parta!.en too freely of fruit and dia,
rrhea ensues, dose of the Mandrakes will
cureyou If you would obviate the effect of a
change of water or the too free indulgence. IN
! fruit, take one ofthe Mandrakes every night
| or every other night, and you may then drink
water and eat watermeons, pears, apples,
| plums, peaches or corn, without the risk OF
! being made sick by them. They will protect
those who live in damp situations against
| cbiIls and levers. Try them. They are per-
| fsctly harmless They can do you good only.
| | have abandoned my professional visits to
| Boston and New York, but continue to see pa
| tients at my Office, No. Is n SIXTH Street,
| Philadelphia, every Saturday, from A. NJ; to
! 3P. NJ Those who wish thorough eXamina-
ton with the Respirpme ter viii be charged five
| dollars. The Respir0meter declares the exact
condition of the lungs, and patients can readily
| learn whether they are durable or not. But /
desire it distinctly understood that the value OF
my medicines depends entirely upon their being
| taken strictly according to directions.
In conclusion | will say that when persons
| take my medicines and their systems are
| brought into a healthy condition thereby, they
| are not so liable 10 take cold, YET no one with
| diseased lungs can boar sudden change Of at
musphere withous the liability otereater or less
! irritation Of the bronchial tubes.
Full directions in all languages accompany
I my medicines, so explicit and clear that any one
/ can use them without consulting me, and can
! be bought from any druggist.
j. II. SCHENCK NJ. ID.