The Portland daily press., 1871-09-27
The Cause and Cure of onsum ton.


The primary cause OF Consumption is derangemenf
of the digestive organs. This arrangement produces
deficient nutrition and assimilation. By assimlia
tion mean toaJ process by which the nutriment o
the food Is converted blood and thence into the
solids of the body. Persons with digestion thus I'M
paired, having the slightest predspJsition to pull
monary disease, or II 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 curt
consumption without hrst restoring gooo
digestion and healthy assimila ion he very first
thing TO be done cleanse The stomach and bowes
from all diseased mucus AID SHINE which is eiogglng
these organs that they cannot perform their func
tIons add then rouse UP anu restore The liver to a
healthy action For this purpose the suIest ana Dest
remedy is Schenck's Mandrake Pills. These Pills
cleanse the stomach and bowels OF all the dead and
morbid slime that is causing disease and decay IN the
whole sy EN-. They will clear out the llver OF all
diseased bile that has accumulated there aid arouse
it up to a new aud hea,ty action, by which natui al
and healthy bile is secreted.
The stomach bowels and liver are thus cleansed by
the use OF Sch ncks Mandrake Pills; but there re-
mains in the stomach an excess OF acid, the organ
is torpid and the appetite is poor. In the
lacteas are weak and require strength ana support;
1t is in condition like this that Schenck's Seaweed
Tonic proves to tie the most valuable remedy ever
discovered IL is alkaline, and lis use VIII neutralze
all excess OF acid, making the ssomacn SWEEP anu
fresh; it will give permanent tone to this lmp0I tant
organ and create a good, hearty appetite, and pre-
psretIe system for the first process OF good digestion
and ultima ely make good, healthy, living blood
Alter this prepa rauory treatment what remains to
cure most cases OF Consumption is the Tree and per
severing use OF Schenck's Puimonc syrup; Inc
blood and is readily absorbed into the circulation,
and thence Distributed to the diseased lungs Ihere
it rpens all mcrbId Matters whether in the form Of
abscesses or ,ubercles, and then assists Nature to
expe all the diseased matter in the form OF Tree ex
pecto1 ation it ripens 1t is then, by the
great healing and outlying properties OF schencks
ed up sound and my patient is cured
The essential thing to be done in curing Consump-
ton is get up good appetite and coed digestion
SO that the body will grow in flesh and get strong
If person has diseased lungs, cavity or abscess
there the cavity cannot heal tie matter cannot rip
en- so long as Inc system Is allow par ma. Is nee
the good nutrition, The body to grow In flesh and
get fat then Nature is helped the cavities Will heal
The matter will ripen and be thrown OH IN large
uuaAties aud the regain health and strength
this is The true and only plan to cure Consumption,
and if person IS very bad it the lungs are not en-
trey destroyed, or even if one lung is entirely gone
il there enough vitality lett in the other TO heal up
there is hope. III,
SQUAD lung live and enjoy life to good old age
This is what ScheDck's medicines will do to cure
Consumption They will cream out the stomach,
sweeten ard strengthen it, get up good digestion,
and give Nature the assistance she needs to clear the
sys OF all the disease that is in the lungs, what
ever the form may be. -
cines care should be exercised not to take cold keep
n-doors in cool and damp weather; avoid night air,
and take outdoor exercise only IN genial and warm
sunshine.
l wish it distinctly understood nat when recon-
mend patient to be careful in regard to taking cold
: WINE using my meutclne. 10 So lOI spcCidi iCd
son. A man who has but par tiaytrecovered from the
effects OF bad cold is tar more liable to relapse
than one no has teen entirely cured, and i is pre-
cisely the same in regard to consumption, So long
the lungs are not perfectly healed inst so long IL
there imminent danger OF a iul return OF the dis
ease. Hence 1t is that 80 strenuousiy caution pull
monary patients ag 4insG exposing themselves to an
atmosphere that is not genial and peassn MT. Con-
frmed consumptives' lungs are mass OF sores,
which the least change Of atmosphere Will mname.
The grand secret OF my success with my medicines
consists in my ability to subdue inflammation instead
of provoking it, many OF the faculty DO. An in
posed to The biting blasts 0 winter or the chilling winds
of spring autumn. 1t sho ala be carefully shielded
rom all irritating influences. The utmost caution
should be observed in this particular. as without it
cure under almost airy circumstances is an impo:si.
bility.
.he person shonld be kept a wholesome and nu-
triciOus diet and all the medicines continued until
the body has restored TO it The natural quantity OIL
flesh and strength.
was myself cured by this treatment OF the worst
kind OF Consumption and have lived TO get rat and
have cured thousands since, and very manJ have
been cur ed by this treatment whom l have never
seen. sll tt ..Ht.
About the first OF October expect to take posses
sion of my new bnidng at the northeast corner OF
Sixth and Arch Streets where shall be pleased TO
give advice to all who may require it.
Full directions accompany all my remedles,so that
person in any part OF the world can be readily
cured by a strict observance OF the same.
j. ii. SCHENCK, M. D., Philadelphia.
GEO. g. GOODWIN, & CO., Agents.
BOSTON.