Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-31
GIVEN UP ASLOST.

The second thing is, the patients must stay
in warm room until they get well; it is a :
most impossible to prevent taking cold when
the lungs are diseased, but it must be pre-
vented or a cure cannot be effected. Fresh air
and riding out, especially in this section of the
country in the fall and winter season, are all
wrong. Physicians who recommend that
course lose their patients, if their lungs are
badly diseased, and yet, because they are in
the house they must not sit down quiet; they
must walk about the room as much and as fast
as the strength will bear, to get up u good cir
culatiou of blood. The patients must keep in
good spirits-be determined to get well. This
has great deal to do with the appetite and is
the great point to gain.
To despair Of cure after such evidence of its
possibility in the worst cases, and moral GER
tainty in all others, is sinful. Dr. Schenck'
personal statement to the Faculty of his own
cure was in these modest words:
"Many years ago was in the last stages OF
consumption; cOnfnei to my bed, and at one
time my physicians thought thar 1 could not
live week; then, like drowning man catch
ing at straWs, heard of and obtained the
preparations which now offer 20 the public
and they made perfect cure of me. 1t seemel
TO me that / could feel them penetrate my
whole system. They soon ripened the matte:
in my lungs, and would spit 10 more than
pint Of offensive yellow matter every morninG
for long time.
'As soon as that began to subside nv cough
fever, pain and night sweats all began to leave
me, and my appetite became so great that il
was with difficulty that could keep from eat.
ing too much. l soon gained my strength, and
have grown in flesh ever since
81 was weighed shortly after my recovery u
added the Doctor, then lOOsing like a mere
skeleton; my weight was only ninety seven
pounds; my present weight is two hundred
and twenty five 90 pounds, and for years |
have enjoyed uninterrupted health'
DR. Schenck has discontinued his profession
al visits to New York and Boston. He or his
son, DR. J. II Schenck Jr., still continue Ia
see patients at heir Office, No. Is North Sixth
street, Philadelphia, every Saturday from A.
N. to P. N. Those who wish a thorough ex.
animation with the Respirometer will be
charged .. The ReSpirOmeter declares the
exact condition Ofthe lungs, and patients car
readily learn whether they are durable or not
The directions for taking the medicines are
adapted to the intelligence even of a child
Follow these directions, and kind Nature viii
do the rest, excepting that in some cases thu
Mandrake Pills are 10 be taken in incIeas ed
doses; the three medicines need no other &C.
compartments than the ample instruction:
tnat accompany them: First, crate appetite
Of returning health hunger is the most well
come symptom. When 1t comes, as it will
come, let the deSpairing at once be of good
cheer Good blood at once follows, the cough
lOOSenS, the night sweat is abated. In a short
time both Of these morbid symptoms are gone
freVer
DR.. SchenCk's medicines are constantly kept
in tens of thousands of families As a laxative
or purgatIye, the Mandrake Pills are standard
preparation; while the PulmOnic Syrup, Us g
Curer of coughs and colds, may be regarded as
prOphylacteric against consumption in any
OF its forms.
Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweet
Tonic, $3.50 bottle, or $50 q half dozen
Mandrake Pills, 25 cents box. For sale by
all druggists and dealers.
WE. II. LEICKHARDT,
Nashville, Tenn, Wholesale Agent.
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