Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-29

The Cause and Cure of Consump-
ffen.

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The primary cause Of Con sumption Is de-
rangsment Of the digestive organs This de-
range ment produces deficient nutrition and as
.imilstion. BY assimilation m an tn at process
by Which the nutriment of the food 10 converted
tnto blood, aud thence into the solids of tho
body Persoss with isesti,n thus impaired,
hnvlng he ightvst prsdisposition to pulmona-
ry disease, ii they take cold, will be very liza
BILE TO have Cor sutaption OF the Lungs in some
gifts forms; ani Ihsli that il win be impos-
si6le to cure say case Of Csnsu npton without
FIRST restoring good digestion and heSlthy as
similAtion. The very hrst thing te be done 10
to cleanse TIE stomach and bowels from al dis
CEASED mueus anu slime which is ologgiug these
organs so that they cannot perform their func-
tons Sn! then rouse up and restore the hv,r
to healthy acIiou. For this purpose the sur
est and best remedy is seheaok's Mandrake
Pills. These Pills clean the stomach snd bow
els of all the dead and morbid slime that is caI-
sing disease and dsc.y in the whole system
They will clear out the liver of all diseased bile
that has accumulated there, and arouse tuP to
+, new and healthy sstion, by which natural and
healthy bile is Seeretsd.
The sto mach, bowels and liver are thus elsa
sed BY the use eff sehsnck's Mandarin Pills;
but there remains in the stomach an excess Of
acid the organ is torpid and the appetite PoOE.
In the bowels the lacterals are weak, and requir
ing strength and support. 1t is in condition
like this that schsnck's sesweed Tonic proves
to be the N ost valuable remedy evsI discovered.
Il is alkaline, and its will nsutraiEe all ex
cess of acid, making the stomach sweet and
fresh it will give permanent tone to this lm-
pOrtant organ, and create a good, hearty aPPe-
tite, and prepare the syste for the first process
Of good digestion, aud ultim Aiely make good.
healthy, nving blood. After this preparatory
treatment, what re@Sins to most cSses Of
Consump tion Is tso free aud persevsring use Of
sehenok's Pulaonie Syrup. The Pulmonie
syrnp nourishss the system, purifss the blood
snd is readily absorbed into the circulation, an
thence distributed to the diEsased lsngs. There
At ripens all morbid matters, whether in the form
OF sbessses or tuberclss, aud then ASSISTS NAtur,
to exp ell all the diseased matter in the form o
expectorstion, when ouce it ripens. 1t il thsE
BY the great healing aud Pariyiug properties o
scheneks Palmonic Syrup, that all ulcer. anC
cavities are healed up sound, and my patient Il
cured
| The essential thing to be done in curing Cen
sumption /. to get up good appetite and
good digestion, so that the body will grow il
flesh and get strong. If a person has disease,
lungs, &C Why or Aossess there, the cavity can
not heal, the matter cannot ripen, SO long as tn
Sysseln is below par. What necessary to cure
a new order of things, good appetite goo
nutrition, the body to grow in aash and get IA
then Nature is helped, the cavities will heal, th
20 latter will rpen end be thrown eff in larS
quantities, and the person regain health an
strength. This is the trus and only plan I
cure oonsamptiC.., and if person is very bAt
If chs luags s1s not entirely destroyed, or eve
: If one lung is entirely gone, If there is enoug
vitality lsfs in the other to heSl up, there Is hop
havs seen many person cured with only o.
.ouud lung, iiys and sujOy life TO good old AZ
This lie what SShsncks Medicines viii do to sul
Consumpto They will cleAn out the stomach
s~oeten and strengthen it, get up good dige
ton, and give Nature the assistance she neet
20 clear the system Of all abe disease that is i
sGe lungs, va lteyer III form may be-
Ii Is .np,rtaat that, waiie asing SeAsaoA
medicines, care should be exercised net to tai
oold keep ia doors "a cool Aud damp weather
avo I'd nish AIR, ANA take out dooF exercise on
L genial and warm sunshine.
Q visa * distinctly uudsrstood that when
b reoommsu i,d a patient be careiul il regard :
=
/, Tor a special reason. a maa who has but par
- italy recovered from the effects OF a bad cold
s.r more liable to relapse than one who hS
cen entirely cured, sad 1t is precisely the sam
10 regard to consumption. SO leng as the Iung
.re not perfectly healed, just SO long is ther
imminent danger of full r,t1rn of the diseas
Hence il is thst I so streuuousy caution pul
monRry patients against exposing themselves
a" atmosphere that is not genial and pleasau
Confirmed eontunptivss' Iuogs are mass
sores, which the least change OF AtmospheFe vi
nhAme. The grand secret of my success Wit
nv medicines consists in my ahiI''s 90 snodu
ljngsuuaticn instead Of provoking II, as u &C
Of tb. faculty do. An inAAned lung came
with safety to the patient be exposed TO th
/ oltibG DlhAtB OF WINTER or tDe ohhIlhE NlHut
spring or Autum. Il should be carefully shield
ed from al irritating inauspess. The utaOi
oautiSD should be ObTerved in this pArticulA
as without it cure under almost say oircu 4
stances "a an imPossibility,
The person shout be kept on wholesom
and nutritious diet, and all the medicines cor
tinued until the body has restored to it the a
ural quantity Of hesh and strength.
Iwts self cured by this trea 'ment Of ii
worse kind of Consumption, and have lived I
get fat and hearty these many yeArs, with OF
lung mostly gone. l have cured Thousand
since, and very many have been cured by til
treatment whom have never seen
About the first of October l expect to tai
possession Of my new building at the q or he a
corner Of Sixth and Arch streets, where .ha
? oe pleased to give advice to all who may r.
/. quire it.
Il Fall directions accompany all my rsmsdie
+ 80 that person in any part of the world can
readily cured by strict observance of the sam
J. b. sCHENCX, MD,
Philadelphia.
HURLBUT EDSALL,
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