Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-12-04


| The primary eanse of Consumption is derange
nlent of the digestive organs. This arrangement
produces deficient nutrition and assimilation. by
assimilation mean that process by which the nu
thence into the solids OF the body. Persons with
digestion thus impaired, having the slightest pre-
disposition TO pulmonary disease, or if they take
cold will be very liable to have Consumption ofhe
Lungs in some of its FORMS and hold that it will
be impossible to cure any case of Consumption
without first restoring good digestion and healthy
assimilation The very first thing to lie done is to
cleanse the stomach and bowels from all diSeased
mucus and slime which is tloggng these orgahs so
that they cannot perform their functions AID then
rouse up and restore the liver 10 healthy 1ction.
For this purpose, the surest and best remedy is
schencks Mandrake Pills Thess Pills Cleanse the
slime that is causing disease and decay IN the whole
system They will clear out the liver OF all diseased
bile that has accumulated there, and arouse it up
to new aud healthy action, by which natural and
healthy bile is secreted.
The stomach bowels and liver are thus cleansed
by the use oil Schenck's Mandrake Pills bit there
remains in the stomach an excess Of acid the organ
is torpid, and the appetite is poor. In the bowels,
The lacteals are weak, and requiring strength and
support. it is in condition like this that Sehenck's
Seaweed Tonic proves to be the most valuable
remedy ever discovered. tits alkaline, and its use
will neutralize all excess o. acid making the sto-
ach sweet and fresh it will give permanent tone to
this important organ, and create good, hearty APP
petite and prepare the system for the first pro-
of a good digestion, and ultimately make good,
healthy living blood. After this preparatory treat
nent, what remains to cure most cases OF consump-
ton is the free and perserverng use OF Schenck'-
Pum0ric Syrup.~ The Pumonic syrup nourshes
| the system, purifes the blood, and is readily alb
aorbed into the circulation, AMI thence distributed
to the diseased lungs There it ripens all morbid
Giles. and then assists Nature to eXpe all the dis.
matter in the form OF free expectoraton when
once it ripens II is then by the great healing and
| purifying properties of Schenck's Pumonic syrup,
| that all ulcers and cavities healed up sound
and my patient is cured.
The essential thing to be done IN curing Consump-
ton is to get up good appetite and good diges.
strong. If person has diseased lungs, cavity or
abssess there, the cavity cannot heal the matter
cannot ripen, SO long the system is below par.
What is necessary to cure is new order OF things,
a good appetite, good nutrition, the body to grow
in flesh and get fat; then Nature is helped, the cav
tiles will heal the matter will ripen and be thrown
off in large quantities, and the person regain health
and strength. This is the true and only plan to
the lungs are not entirely destroyed or even il one
lung entirely gOne If there s enough vitality left
in the other to heal up, there is hope.
have seen many persons cured with only one
sound lung, live and enjoy life to good old age
This is what Schenck's medicines will do to cure
Consumption. They will clean out the stomach,
sweeten and strengthen it, get up good digestion,
| and give Nature the assistance she needs to clear
the system of all the disease that is in the lungs,
whatever the form may be.
1t is important that. while using Schenck's medi.
cines, care should be exercised not to take cold
keep indoors in cool and camp weather; avoid
night air, and take outdoor exercise only in gent
wish it distinctly understood that when recon.
mend patient to be careful in regard to taking
cold while using my medicines, do so for II special
reason. man who has but partially recovered
from the effects of bad cold is far more liable to
relapse than one who has been entirely cured, and
it is precisely the same in regard to consumption.
SO long the lungs not perfectly healed just so
long is there imminent danger of full return OF the
disease. Hence it is that so strenuously caution
pulmonary patients agant exposing themselves to
an atmosphere that is not genial and pleasant.
Confirmed consumptives' lungs mass of sores,
which the least change of atmosphere will intlame
The grand secret of my success with my medicines
| consists in my ability to subdue inflammation instead
of provoking it, as many of the faculty do. An IN
famed lung cannot with safety to the patient be
exposed to the biting blasts of winter the chill
fully shiekied from all irritating influences The
utmost caution should be observed in this partcu.
lar, without 1t n cure under almost any circum-
stances is an impossibility.
The person should be kept on wholeso ne and
nutrcious Diet ana all the medicines continued
until the body has restored to it the natural quaint
ty of flesh and strength.
was myself cured by this treatment of the worst
kind OF Consumption, and have lived to getf at and
hearty these many years, with one lung mostly
gone. l 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 posses
sion of my new building 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 remedies, so
that person in any part of the world can be read
lily cured by strict observance of the same,
j. IL. SCHENCK, NJ. d.
Philadel phia.