Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-18
Special Notices.
The Cause and Cure of Consumption

The Cause and Cure of Consumption.
The primary cause of CONSUMPTION is derange-
nent of the digestive organs. This arrangement
produces deficient nutrition and assimlaton. by
assimilation mean that process by when Inc nu
triment OF the food is converted INTO piood' ana
thence into the solids OF the body. Persons with
digestion thus impaired, having the slightest pre-
disposition to pulmonary disease, or II they take
cold, will be very liable to have Consumption ofthe
Lungs in OF its forms; and hold that 1t VIII
be impossible to cure any case OF Consumption
without first restoring good digestion ana healthy
assimilation The very first thing 10 be done Is 10
cleanse the stomach and bowels from all diseased
mucus and slime which is clogging these organs so
that they perform their functions, ana then
rouse up and restore the liver to healthy action
For this purpose the surest and best remedy is
Schenck's Mandrake Pills. These Pills cleanse the
stomach and bowels of all the dead ana morbid
slime that is causing disease and decay IN the Whole
system. They will clear out the liver all diseased
bile that has accumulated there, and arouse 1t up
to new and healthy action, by Whlch natural ana
| healthy bile is secreted.
The stomach bowels and liver are thus cleansed
by the use of Schenck's Mandrake Pills; but there
remains in the stomach excess of acid. the organ
is torpid and the appetite is poor. In the bowels,
| the lacteals are weak and requiring strength ana
support. 1t is in condition like tins that Schencks
| Seaweed Tonic proves to be the most valuable
remedy discovered. 1t Is alkaline, and Its use
will neutralizc all OF acid, making the Stom
ach sweet and fresh it will give permanent tone to
this important organ, ana create Sood, hearty APP
petite and prepare the system for the first process
| of good digestion, and ultimately make good,
healthy, living blood After this preparatory treat
ment, what remains to cure most cases of consunp-
ton is the free and perservering use OF schenck's
Pulmoric Syrup. The Pulmonic syrup nourishes
| the system, purihss the blood, and is readily abb
sorbed into the circulation, and thence distributed
to the diseased lungs. There it ripens all morbid
matters whether in the form of assesses or tuber
cles and then assists Nature to expel all the dis
eased matter in the form of free eXpecoration when
it ripens. 1t is then by the great healing ana
purifying properties of Sehenck's Pulmonic syrup,
that all ulcers and cavities are healed up sound,
and my patient Is cured
The essential thing to be done curing Consump-
ton is to get up good appetite and good dlges-
tion so that the body will grow in flesh and get
strong II person has diseased lungs, cavity or
abscess there, the cavity cannot heal the matter
cannot rpen, long the system is below par.
What is necessary to cure new order OF things,
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 rpen and be thrown
off in large quantities, and the person regain health
and strength. This is the true and only plan to
cure Consumption, and if person is very bad, if
the lungs not entirely destroyed or even if one
lung is entirely gone II there is enough vitality lett
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 amp weather; avoid
night air, and take out door exercise only in gent
al and warm sunshine.
| wish it distinctly understood that when recon-
mend patient to be careful in regard to taking
cold while using my medicines, do so for 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 strenuOusly caution
pulmonary patients againt exposing themselves to
ar atmosphere that Is not genial and pleasant.
Confirmed consumptives' lungs are mass of sores,
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 or the chill
ing winds of spring or autumn. 1t should be care
fully shielded from all irritating influences. The
utmost caution should be observed in this particu
lar, as without it cure under almost any circum-
stances is an impossibility.
The person should be kept a wholeso ana
nutritious diet, and all the medicines continued
until che body has restored to it the natural quanti
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
many have been cured by this treatment whom 1
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. ii. SCHENCK, NJ. ID.
Philadelphia.