Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-24
SPECE.RL NOTICES.
Medical Mistakes-Tt took Il,


faculty about a thousand years to discover that
the best way to cure disease was not to render
| the patient too weak to contend with it. Within
the last twenty years however the whole sys-
tenn OF medical practice has been changed for
the better In diseases or complaints caused by
| excessive heat for instance, the doctors no long
cr recommend the reduction Of the invalid S
strength by prostrating medicines. The vast
success which has attended the use Of Hostetter
Stomach Btters as remedy for debility, has
given even the most preiudiced members of the
old school an insight into the only true and "a;
tlo1al theory of cure. CantharidcS, calomel
and oVcrp0wering doses of opium, are now among
the obsolete nostrums of another age. The Ian
Get once US much the legitimate weapon of the
physician as the 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 BIO considered m appropriate dict
Vigor is the motto of the rational members of
the profession, and they understand, at last, the
value of sterling vegetable tonic. So, also,
with the people at large: and without consult
ing medical men at all, they have adopted the
Bltters as n household remedy thereby econo-
| missing both cash and health
Note the fact, that Hostetters Stomach Bitters
is sold in bottles only, never in bulk, and that
the abortions springing up in various parts OF
the country, and sometimes offered as substitutes
for the great national specific, are all utterly
worthless. aug 21-colw
Eel Vino CataIina.-The announcement
that has bcon so generally heralded Throughout
tho country that an American company has again
Tonic is matter of no small Importance, and
will be hailed with JOY by all those seeking a
pure and inyigorating tonic; also, those who
need pure, pleasant and refreshing stimulant
will find in the Fl Vino Catalina, or Brown 5
Catalina Wine Tonic, what they want 1t will
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1866 of this noted brand, but in consequence of
the high duty then demanded by this govern
ment, the enterprise ceased, to the regret OF
thousands who had learned its value. It is tho
oldest tonic in the world, and doubtless the most
invigorating, the purest ard best and if impor-
taton continues Mt tho rates now started, it will
take its place in every family in this as we'll as
in the old countries. Its merits will make 1t
household article and We hope that every one
who has ever used any Bitters or common patent
tonie will at least try one bottle of the Catalina,
and then decide for themselves whether they
juice Of the Catalina grape, with CallSaya and
the spices Of Ceylon, or bitters made or com
mon whiskey and bitter field herbs. This is an
invaluable preparation for weakness and debill-
ty; it relieves morning languor and gives fresh
ness and appetite, not followed byan unpleasant
reaction.
1t cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion. Costveness,
Bilious Derangements, Cramp Collie, Flatu-
lence, Diarrhea, Dyscntery Nausea, Vomiting,
Morning Sickness, Chills and Fevers, Headache,
Nervous Irritability, Anamia, Heart Disease,
Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder Diseases
of the Skin, and all Eruptions, either caused by
other diseases or impurity, of tho blood. AS a
Tonic in Consumption, it has no superior, of
which thousands believe themselves to have
beon cured by its use. We do not claim that it
will cure Consumption, but We arc sure that it
will prevent it if taken freely in time.
AVERY s. DAVIDSON Grocers and Liquor
Merchants, 226 King street, Alexandria, Va,
Agents for Alexandria and the counties; j. NJ. NJ.
CONRAD g. Co., 10 Light street, Baltimore, Nd,
General Agents for the U. S. Office Of the Com
pany, 4S S. Howard street, Baltimore, Did.
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