Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-19
Special n Offices.

THE CAUSE AND CURE OF CONSUMPTION
The primary cause Of Consumption Ia derange
ment OF the digestive organs. Ths arrangement
produces deficient nutrition and assimilation. By
assimilation mean that process by which the nu-
triment OF the food Is converted into blood, hnd
thence into the solids OF the body. Persons with
digestion thus impaired, having the slightest pre-
dsposition to pulmonary disease, or If they take
cold will be very liable to have Consumption
the Lungs In some of its forms; and hold that It
will be impossible to cure any case OF Consumption
without first restoring good digestion and healthy
assimilation The very nrst thing TO be doneisto
cleanse the stomach and bowels from all diseased
rnucus End slime, which iscloggng these organs so
that they cannot perform their functions anu then
rouse up and restore the liver 10 healthy action
For this purpose the suTest and best remedy is
Schenck's Mandrake Pills. These Pills clean the
stomach and bowels of all the dead and morbid
slimethnt is causing disease and decay in the whole
system They will clear ou. liver OF all diseased
bile that has accumulated there, and rouse 1t up to
new and healthy action, by which natural and
healthy bile Is secreted. -
The stomach bowels, and liver are thus cleansed
by the use OF Schcnck's ManGralc Pills; outthere
remains in the stomach an pexce5s or ecld, the
organ Is TORPID and The nppettesp poor In the bow
els the lacteals are weak, and requiring strength
and support. It Is In o condition like this that
Schcnck's Seaweed Tonic proves to be the most
valuable remedy ever discovered II Is alkaline.
Ing the stomach swce. and fresh; It will give per
manent tone TO this important organ, and create
q good, hearty appetite, and prepare the system
for the first process OF good digestion, and
ultimately make good, healthy, living blood.
After thi, preparatory treatment, what remains
to cure most cases Of Consumption. is the free
and perscvcrlng use OF Schenck's Pulmon!c Syrup.
The Pulmonic Syrup nourishes the system, puri-
fes the blood, and IL readily absorbed into the
circulation and thence distributed to the diseased
lungs There 1t rpens all morbid matters, whether
ns,lsts Sainre Il TO eSpel ali the diseased matter in
the form of free eIpectoration, when once ripens
1t is then. by the great healing md, nnd purifying
ulcers and cavities are healed up sound, and my
patient Is cured
sumption is TO get up good appetite and a good
digestion, so that the body will grow In flesh and
get strong II q person has diseased lungs
matter cannot rlpcn. so long rs the system s below
par Whist Is necessary to cure is q new order OF
to rrow in f esh and set Fat; then Nature is helped
the cavities will heal, the matter will ripen and De
regain health and strength. TIIs Is the true and
only plan TO cure Consumption, and II q person Is
very bad, II the lungs are not entirely destroyed
enough vitality LEFT In the other TO heal up there Is
hope.
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 il, get up good Digestion
and give Nature the assistance she needs to clear
the system OF all the disease tho. Is in the lungs,
whatever the form may be-
II Is important that while using Schenck's Med
clues, care should be exercised not to take cold :
night air and take outdoor exercise only in u
genial and warm sunshine.
wish il distinctly understood TINT when recon-
mend patient to be careful In regard TO taking
cold while using my Medicines, do so for special
reason; man who hes but p9rtiaiiy. recovered
a relapse than one who has been entirely cured
and 1t |, precisely the same In regard to Consump-
ton So long rs the lungs nre not perfectly healed
turn OF the disease. Hence 1t Is tina. no strenu-
ously caution pulmonary patients against exposing
pleasant Confirmed Consumptives' lungs are
mass of sores, which the least change of atnos-
cess with my Medicines consists in my ability to
subdue inflammation instead OF provoking 1t, as
many of the faculty do. An infiamed lung cannot,
with safety TO the patient be exposed 10 the biting
blasts OF Winter or the chilling winds Of Spring
" Autumn. It should be carefully shielded from
Should be Observed In this particular, ns without it
q cure under almost any circumstances is m nlpos-
The person should be kept on q wholesome and
nutritious diet and all the Medicines continued
until the body has restored to the natural quantity
WAS was myself @ caed by this treatment of the worst
kind Of Consumption, and have lived to get fat and
hearty these many years, with, one lung mostly
gone. i have cured thousands Since and very
many have been cured by this treatment whom
have never seen. t.t
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 1t.
Full directions accompany all my Rem edles, so
that person In any part of the world can be
readily cured by strict observance of the same
]. II. SCHENCK, NJ D.,
Philadelphia.
JOHN F. HENRY, College Place,
New York, wholesale. Agents