Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-22
Special NOTICES.
Medical NiStoknS-Tt took the

Medical MiStakes.-It took the medical
faculty about thousand years to discover that
the best way to cure disease was not to render
the patient too weak to contend with it. Within
tenn OF medical practice has been changed for
the better. In diseases or complaints caused by
excessive heat for instance, the doctors no long
er recommend the reduction of the invalid
strength by, prostratng medicines: The vast
success which has attended the use Of Hostctter's
Stomach Bitters as Il remedy for debility, has
given even the most preiudiced members of the
old school an insight into the only true and ra-
tlonal theory Of cure. Cantharldes, calomc
and overpowering doses Of opium, are now among
the obsolete nostrums of another age. The Ian
Get, once as much the legitimate weapon of the
physician as tho sword is of the soldier, is seldom
drawn from its case. The principle of life is no
longer drained from the veins by the quart, and
water-gruel for the strengthless invalid has
ceased to DO considered an appropriate diet
Nigor is the motto of tho rational members Of
the profession, and they understand, at last, the
value OF a sterling vegetable tonic. So, also,
with the people at large: and without consult
ing medical men at all, they have adopted the
Bitters AS a household remedy, thereby econo-
missing both Cash and health.
toto the fact that Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters
is sold in bottles only never in bulk and that
the abnrtions springng up in various parts OF
the country, and sometimes offered as substitutes
for the great national specific arc all utterly
worthless aug 2l-colw
I'll Vino Cuiaiima.-The announcement
that has beon su generally heralded throug hout
tho country that an American company has again
commenced importing this celebrated Wine
Tonic is Il matter of no small Importance, and
will be hailcd with joy by. all those seeking Il
pure and invigorating tonic; also, those who
need pure, pleasant and refreshing stimulant
will find in the Ell Vino Catalina, or Browns
Catalina Wine Tonic, what they want. 1t will
be remembered that importations were made in
1866 of this noted Brand but in consequence Of
tho high duty then demanded BY this govern
mcnt, the enterprise ceased, t. the regret or
thousands who had learned its value 1t is tho
oldest tonic in tho world, and doubtless the most
invigorating, the purcst and best, and if impor,,
tAton continues at tho rates now started, 1t will
take its place in every family in this as well us
in the old countries. Its merits will make 1t a
household article and we hope that every ono
who has ever used any Bitters or common patent
tonic, will at least try one bottle of tho Catalina,
and then decide for themselves whether they
will use this Tonic, prepared from the pure
Juice of the Cnta alma grape with Calisaya and
mon whiskey and bitter field herbs. This is An
invaluable preparation for weakness and debli-
ty; it relieves morning languor and gives fresh
ness and appetite not followed byan unpleasant
reaction.
1t cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Costveness,
Bilious DeSansomcnts, Cramp Collie, Fatu-
lence, Darrhoea, Dysentery Nausea, Vomiting,
Morning Sickness, Chills and Fcyers, Headache,
Nervous Irritability, Armenia, Heart Disease,
Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder Diseases
of the Skin, and all Eruptions, either caused by
other diseases or impurity Of the blood. AS n
Tonic in Consumption, it has no superior, OF
which thousands believe themselves to have
been cured by its use We do not claim that it
will cure Consumption, but VIC are sure that it
will prevent it if taken freely in time.
AVERY & DAVIDSON, Grocers and Liquor
Merchants, 22G King street, Alexandria, Va,
Agents for Alexandria and tho counties; j. NJ NJ.
CONRAD & Co., 10 Light street. Baltimore, Md,
General Agents for the L. S. Office Of the Com
pany, IS S. Howard street. Baltimore, Md.