The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-01-20
1T Dr. sohenck, ,Advisss CossstiIhp peiVes

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TO 80 to Florida hltvantsr.-AHavinR fof
she last thirty.fv years devcted my whole
time and attention to the study OF 1ung dlSI
cases and consumption, Ifeol that 1under.
stand fully the course that oHght TO- be puf-
sued to restore o tolerably bad case or diseased
lungs to healthy soundness. Tho fret and
most important step is for tho patient to
avoid taking cold, and the best OF all places
on this continent for this purpose in winter,
is Florida, we'll down in tho State, where tho
temperature is regular, and not subject to
such variations as in more Northern latitudes.
Palatka is point can recommend. good
hotel is kept there by Pcterman. Last win
ter saw several persons there whose lungs
had been badly diseased, but who, under tho
healing influence of the climate and my mcdi-
cincs, were getting we'll.
Ono hundred miles further down the river
is a point which would prefer to Palntka, as
the temperature is more even and the air dry
and bracipg. Mellonvillo and Enterprise are
located there should give decided pre-
ference to Mcllonvillc. 1t is two miles from
river or lake, and it seems almost impossible
to take cold there. The tables in Florida
might be better, and patients complain Mt
times, but that is q good sign, as ii indicates
a return of appetite, 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 bo safely recommended to consumptivcs
in winter. My reasons for saying 80 are that
patients arc less liable to take cold there than
where therc is a less even temperature, and ii
is not necessary to say that where coneump-
tive person exposes himself to frequent colds,
he is certain to die shortly. Therefore. my
Q1U xrn11r II s,xkr I, Sk1x4 Il
tho reach of prevailing East winds and foga.
Jacksonville, or almost any other Of tho To-
calities have named. will benefit those who
are troubled with q torpid liver, disordered
cough, but for those whose lungs are diseased
a moro Southern point is earnestly recon-
mended.
For fifteen years prior to 1869, 1 was profcs.
eionally in New York, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia every week, where saw and ex-
amined ON an average five hundred patients o
week. A practice 30 extensive, embracing
every possible phase of lung disease, has ena:
bled me to understand tho disease fully, and
hence my caution in regard to taking cold.
person may tako vast quantities of "Schenck's
Pulmonlc Syrup, Scawecd Tonic and Man
drake Pills" and yet die if he does not avoid
taking cold.
In Florida. nearly everybody is using
Schenck's Mandrake Pills, for the climate il
moro Northern attitudes. 1t is a we'll eetab.
lished fact that natives of Florida rarely die
of consumption, especially those of the South
crn 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 so largely, still
there arc many thousands of CAGES there.
What a vast per centage of life would be saved
If consumptivcs were easily alarmed i'll re-
gard to taking fresh cold as they arc about
scarlet fcvcr, smallpox, &c. But they arc
not. They take what they term little cold,
which they are crcdulous enough to believe
will wear OIL in few days. They pay no at
tcntion to it, and hence it lays the foundation
for another and another still, until the lungs
are diseased beyond all hope for cure.
My advice to persons whose lungs are
affected even slightly is, to lay in stock Of
Schenck's PuimoniC Syrup, Schenck's Scawccd
Tonic and Schenck's Mandrake Pills and go
medicines because am thoroughly acquaint-
Cd with their action. / know that where they
are used i'll strict accordance with my drcc-
tions, they will do the work that is required.
The physician who prcscribes 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.
My plan IL to give my three medicines, in
accordance with the printed directions, oX-
cept III some cases where frecr use of the
Mandrake lllls Is necessary. My object is to
give tone to the stomacll-to get up q good
appetite. 1t Is always good sign when
patient begins to grow hungry. have hopes
OF such. With relish for food and tho
t,ratliichtIon OF that relish comes good blood,
and with it more 1lesh, which is closely FOL
lowed by healing OF the lungs. Then the
cough loosens and abatcs, the creeping chills
and clammy night-sweats no longer PROSTATE
and annoy, and the patient gets well, proyid-
cd he avoids taking cold.
Now there arc many consumptivcs who have
not the means to go to Florida. The question
may be asked, is there no hope for such?
Certainly there is. Ny advice to such is. and
eyer has been, to stay in warm room during
the winter, with u temperature of about
seventy degrees, which should no kept
regularly at that point, by means Of thcr-
mometcr. Let such a patient take his OK.
ercisc within the limits OF tho 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 can do so again. Con-
sumption is as easily cured ns any other
disease, if taken in time, and the proper kind
or treatment is pursued. The fact stands
undisputcd on record that Schcnck's Pulmo-
mic Syrup, Mandrake Fills, and Seawecd Tonict
have cured very many of what seemed to be
hopeless cases Of consumption. Go where
you will, you will be almost certain to find
some poor consumptive who has been rescued
from the very jaws of death by their usc.
So far as tho Mandrake Pills are concerned,
everybody should keep supply of them on
hand. They act on the liver better than cglo.