The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-05
Miscellaneous.
.R. SCHENCK ADVISES CON.
~ SUMPTIVES TO GO TO FLORIDA IN

~ suMPTIvEs TO GO TO FLORIDA IN
Having for the last thlrty-nve years devoted
my whole time and attention To the study OF
lung disease, and consnption p ,i l9Gi m ,nat nn;
to restore a tolerably bad case OF diseased lungs
to healthy sonndneSs. The ilrst and most I'M
cold, and the best of all places on this continent
for this purpose In winter, is Florida, well down
and not subject to such variations rs In moro
Northern latitudes. Pelqtia Is point can rc.
man, Last winter saw several persons there
whose lungs had been badly diseased, but who,
under the healing influence of the climate aud
NV medicines, were getting well.
One hundred miles further down the liver is
point which would prefer TO palatka, as the
temperature is more even and the air dry and
bracing. Mellonvllle aud Enterprise are located
Mellonville. 1t stwo miles rom river or lake,
and 1t scems almost impossible TO take cold
there The tables IN aiqTiae ~ sS hng Hal III s
sign, as IL indicates n return of appetite, and
when this is the case they generally Increase In
Jacksonville, Ibernia, Green Cove, and many
other places In various parts of Florida, can bo
safely recommended to consumptiyes In winter
NV reasons for saying so are that patients are
less liable to take cold there than where there is
less even temperature, and II is not necessary
TO say that where a consumptive person exposes
himself to frequent colds he is certain to die
shortly Therefore my advice is, go well down
into the state out of the reach of pervading east
winds and fogs. Jacksonville, or almost any
other OF the localities have named, Will bene-
nt those who are troubled with u torpid liver, q
disordered stomach, deranged bowels, sore
Throat or cough, but for those whose lungs ar
diseased more southern point is earnestly 70
Tor ffteen years prior to 1862 I was profession.
ally in New York, Boston, Baltimore and Phila-
dclphla every week, where saw and examined
ON AN average five hundred patients week. a
practice so extensive, embracing every possible
phase of lung disease has enabled mo TO UNDER
stand the disease fully, and hence, my caution
vast quantities of ''Schencks Pulmonic syrup,
Seawced Tonic and Mandrake PMS anu yet
In Florldnuearly everybody is using SchencJ's
Mandrake Pils, for the climate is more likely to
produce bilious habits than more northern lati-
tudes. 1t is II well established fact that natives
OF Florida rarely die OF consumption, especially
those oi ihe Pdr a. on 5ae 9thSs Se m@a @
lation die Of this terrible disease. In the Mlllr
states 1t does not prevail so largely, stu th.re
are many thOugands of cases there. What aN.u,t
percentage of life would be saved II cOLsImp.
lives were as easily alarmed in regard to taking
fresh cold as they are about scarlet fever, small
pox, &C. But they are not. They take what they
term n little cold, which they are ereduluus
They pay no attention to It, and hence it ldys
| the foundation for another ana another stll,
until the lungs are diseased beyond all hope Tor
| My advice to persons whose lungs are affected
even slgntly is TO lay in stock OF SchencNs
Pulmonic syrup, Schepcl's Scaweed Tonic uud
Schenck's Mandrake Pills and 90 to Florida.
commend these particular medicines because
| | am thoroughly acquainted win thelr acton.
know that where they are used in strict accord
| ance with my directions they wll do the work
| do the rest, The physician who prescribes Tor
| cold, cough or nght-sweHts, ana then auNistS
| the patient to walk or ride out every day Will
| be sure 10 have n corpse on his hands before
| long. ,,-,
| cordance with the printed directions, except IN
| some cases where "A freer use of the Mandrake
| Pills is necessary. My object is to give tone 10
| the stomach-to get up good appetite. IL Is al
| ways II good sign when n patient begins TO grow
| hungry. have hopes of such. with relish tor
| food and the qualification OF that relish comes
| good blood, and with it more 1esh, which is
| closely followed by healing of the lungs. Then
the cough loosens and abates, the creeping chillN
| and cammy night-sweats no longer prostIHt"
| and annoy, and the patient gets well, PROVIDED
| Now there are many consumptves who have
| not the means to go To Florida. The question
may be asked, is there no hope FOR sucng5 Ger.
| has been, to stay in II warm room during tho
| winter with temperature of about seventy dc
| grees, which should be kept regularly at that
| point. by means of thermometer Let such u
patient take his exercise within the limits OF the
strength viii permit, in order, to keep up 3,
| healthy circulation OF the blood. have cured
| thousands by this system, and can do so again.
| Consumption is as easily cured as any other dis
| ease If IL is taken in time, and the proper kind
| puted on record that Schcnck Is Pulmonic syrup,
| Mandrake Pills, and Scawecd Tonic have cured
very many of what seemed To be hopeless eases
of consumption Go where you Will, Jou Will be
| almost certain to lind some poor consumptlNt
| who has been rescued from the vey jaws oil death
l. so lar as the Mandrake Pills are concerned
| every body should keep n supply of them on
| hand. They act ON the liver better than cHlpmcl
| and saye none of its hurtful effects behind In
| fact they are excellent in all cases where pur-
| gitive medicine is required. II you have par
| taken too freely of fruit and diarrh9a ensuc, Il
| dose OF the Mandrakes VIII cure ycu. If you urr
| subject to sick headache take dose of the Man
| brakes and they Will relieve you ia two hours.
| II you would obviate the effect of change ui
| water, or the too free indulgence in fruit take
| one OF the Maudrakes every night or every Other
| night, and you may then drink water and eat
| corn, without the risk of being made sicS by
| tn m. They Will protect those who live in damp
| situations against chllls and ieVcrs Try them.
| They are perfectly harmless. They can do you
| good only,
| / have abandoned my professional visits to Bo,-
| ton and New York, but continue to see patients
| ut my Office, No 10 n. SIXTH Street, Philadcl-
| Those who wish thorough examination Win
| the Respirometer Will be charged nyo dollar,
| The lespirOmeter declares the exact condition
| of the lungs, and patients can readily learn
| whether they are durable or not. But desire 10
| distinctly understand that the value OF my
| medicines depends entirely upon their being
| taken strictly according to directions.
| In conclusion, will say that when persons
| talsemy medicines and their systems ave brought
| into Il healthy condition thereby, they are mot
| so liable to take cold, yet no one with diseased
| lungs can bear Il sudden change of atmosphere
without the liability of greater or less irritation
| of the bronchial tubss
| Full directions in all languages accompany
| my medicines, SO explicit and clear that uuy
| can be bought from any druggist
| j. II. SCHENCK, NJ u.
| No 10 y SIXTH Street, Philudclphla
| nOyll70.l5t.