Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-22
Special NOtlreS.
The Cause and Cure of Consumptlo


The primary cause of Consumption is derange-
Heht OF the digestive organs, This arrangement
I produces deficient nutrition and assimilation. BY
simllaton mean that process by which the nu.
II thence into the solids OF the body. Persons with
digestion thus impaired having the slightest pre-
disposition to pulmonary disease, or if they take
cold, will be very liable to have Cons umpton ofhe
Lungs in some of its forms; and hold that it will
oe impossible to cure any case of Consumption
without first restoring good digestion and healthy
assimilation The very first thing to G done is to
cleanse the stomach and bow els from all diseased
mucus and slime which is clogging these organs
that they cannot perform their functions, and then
rouse up and restore the liver to healthy action.
for TINS purpose, the surest and best remedy is
Schenck's Mandrake Pills. These Pills cleanse the
I stomach and bowels of all the dead and morbid
slime that is causing disease and decay in the whole
system They will clear out The liver of all diseased
bile that has accumulated there and arouse 1t up
to anew and healthy action by which natural and
! healthy bile is secreted.
The stomach, bowels and liver are thus clearsed
by the use of Schtnck'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 ldcteals are weak, and requiring strength and
support it is in condition like this that Schenck's
scn"ttu lohlc proves 10 be the most valuable
remedy ever discovered. is alkaline, and it, use
ach sweet aud fresh it will give permanent tone to
tins important organ, and create good, hearty APP
petite and prepare the system for The first pro, es
OF good digestion, and ultimately make good
healthy, living blood. After this preparatory treat
ment What remains to cure most eases of consuinp.
ton is the free and perServerng use OF Sehenck's
Puimorlc syrup. The Pulmonic Syrup nourishes
the system, puriiies the blood and is readily alb
sorbed into the circulation and thence distTjhted
10 tne 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 expectoration when
once it rpens 1t is then by the great healing and
h h properties of sehencks P1lmonc syrup
ana my patient is cured.
The essential thing to be done IN curing Consump-
non Is to get up good appetite and good dges-
',on so tnat the BODY Will grow in flesh and get
stropg II person has diseased lungs Il cavity or
apsccss tiere, the cavity cannot heal, the matter
cannot Tlpen. so long as the system is below par
"lat necessary TO cure Is new order OF things,
good appetite, good nutrition, the body to grow
IN flesh and get fat; then Nature is helped the cav
ties VIII heal the matter will ripen aud be thrown
OH IN large quantities and the person regain health
ana strength. This is the true and only plan to
cure Consumption, and ifa person is very bad, If
lung is entirely gone If there is enough vitality left
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 viii do tocure
Consumption. They will clean out the stomach,
sweettn and strengthen it, get up good digestion,
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 geni
nj 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. y 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
ii Is precisely the same in regard to consumption.
50 long as the lungs are not perfectly healed just
long Is there imminent danger of full return ofthc
disease Hence II Is that | so strenuously caution
pulmonary patients againt exposing themselves to
an atmosphere that is not genial and pleasant.
Confirmed consumptiyes lungs are mass of sores,
winch the least change of atmosphere will intame.
The grand secret of my success with my medicines
consists in my ability to subdue inflammation instead
OF provoking IL, many of the faculty do. An
exposed to the biting bastsof winter or the chill
ing winds Of spring or autumn. Ii should be care
fully shielded from all Irritating influences. The
utmost caution should be observed in this partcu-
lar, without it under almost any circum-
stances is an E.possibility.
The person should he kept on wholeso ae and
nutlicicus dict, and all the medicines continued
until the bodyha 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
gone. l have cured thousands since, and very
many have been cured by this treatment whom
have never seen.
sion eff my building at the northeast corner of
Sixth and Arch streets, where l shall be pleased to
give advice TO all ho may require it.
Full directions accompany all my remedies so
that person in any part of the world can be read
lily cured by IA strict observance of the same,
j. II. SCHENCK, NJ. ID.
Phlade phia.
GEO. c. GOODWIN d CO., Agents,
BOSTON.