The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-30
80 DE-. 1dvlssias. 1, tive.

the last thirty Eve yyears .devoteds my whole I
time and: attention to- the study of lung; dis
stand fully the cohrse ii &c oaSst fo be pur-
sued to restore t0ierably bad pnae 81 diseased b
Lungs TO healthy sound dnsss. Tho first and
| avoid taking cold, and the beat Of all places
on this continent for this purp0ae IN winter s.
is Florida. wcll down in the State, where tbs Z
temperature is regular, and not subject to-
snch variations aB in more Northern latitudes.@
Palatka is point can recommend. "A good I
hotel is kept there Ivy Peterman. Last win /
ter l. cav several .perton there whose lnpgss
had been badly diseased but who, under the
healing influence OF the climate and my medi-
cines, were getting we'll. .fi, .SfIi - IS.
One hundred miles further down the river
is point which would prefer to Palatkn,as
and bracing. Mollonvio and Enterprise are
| iocaLed there. I should givea decided pre-
ference to Melonville. II is two miles from
river or lake; and it seems almost impossib!e
might be better, and patients complain at
| times, but that is good sign, as it indicates
a return of appetite, and when this is tho case
they generally increase in flesh, and then tho
lungs must heal. #
| Jecksonville, Hibernia, Green Cove, and
many other places III various parts OF Florida,
can DC safely recommended to. .consumptives
! in winter. My reasons for saSi ing 80 are that
patients are less liable to take cold there than
where there Is less even temperate nre, and it
is not necessary to cay that where consnmp-
lie is certain to die shortly. The trefoTe. my
advice is, go well down into the State. cut OF
he reach Of prevailing East winds and fogs.
5aGkaonyie. or ALMOST any Other Of the 10
| are troubled with torpid liver, disordered
| stomach, dcranged boweje, sore throat or
cough, but for those whose lungs are diseased
| a moro Southern point ia earnestly recon-
| mended. :SsS A
For fifteen years prior to 1869, I WAS profess
sionally in New York, Boston, baltimore and
| Philadelphia every week, where I saw and e1-
amined on sn average five hundred patit nis q
week. practice 30 extensive. embracing
every popsibls phase ot lung die ass, has ena-
bed mo to understand the disease fully, and
hence my caution in regard to taking cold. A
person may axe vast quantities Of '.scheneA's
pulmonic Syrup, Seawetd Tonic and Man
drake Pills" aud yet die ii he does not avoid
taking cold.
Schcnck's Mandrake Pills, for the climate is
moro likely 10 produce bilious habits than
more Northern lattudcs. i is well est..b-
lished fact that natives Of Florida rarely die
of consumption, especially those Of the South
ern part. On tho other hand. in New Eng
land, 0nc.third, at least, OF the population
die OF this terrible disease. In the Middle
States it does not prevail 30 largely. still
| What vaet per ctntage OF life would be eaved
IT contumptives were as easily alarmed in re-
gard to taking fresh cold as they are about
scarlet fever. smallpox, DO. But they are
not. They take what they term little cold,
WI ich they arc credulous enough to bsieve
will wear off 10 few days. They pay no at
tention to it, and hence it lays the foundation
for another and another still, rntil the lnnga
| are diseased beyond oil hope for cure.
My advice To peraons whose innge are
affected even slightly is. to lay In o stock OF
Tonic and Rchenck'a Mandrake Pills md go
to Florida. recommend these particular
medicines because am thoroughly acquaint-
ed With their action. know that wheI 9 they
nj in a{ri dfvnc
tions, they will do the work that is required.
This accomplished, nature will do the rest.
The physician who prescribes for cold, cough
or niRht-sweats and then advises the patient
TO walk or ride out every day, will bo sure to
have orpse on his hands before long.
My plan is to give my three nc edicines, In
accordance with. the printed directioRs, ex-
cept in some cases where Q freer 1se OF the
Mandrake Pills is necei eary. MY object is to
give tone to the etomach-to get up good
appetite. It Ia alwa, o good sign when a
.n.b oesRs sIeM a IA have I
qualification OF that relish comes good blood,
and with it more flesh, which is closely fol-
lowed by healing Of the lungs. Then the
and clamny nigbtsweats no longer prostrate
and annoy, and the patient gets well, proyid.
ed he avoids taking cold. 5 ~ ~
NOW there are many nyconsnmpttyes who have
not the means to 20 to Florida. The que stion
may be asked. is thero no hope Tor such?
Certainly there is. My advice to such is. and
ever has been, to stay in a.warm room during
the winter, with temperatures of about
seventy degrees. which should he Kept
regularly ut that point. by mems OF ther-
monIctcr. Let snch a patient take his ex-
ercise within the limits OF the room by walk
ing up aud down as much as his strength will
lt rniL, III order to keep up @ healthy circula-
tinn OF the blood. have cured thousands
by this sys,cm, and can do go again. Con-
sumption is as easily cured as any other
disease. if tAken iii time, and the proper kind
or treatment is pursued. The fact ttAnds
undisputed on record that Schenck'e e Pulmo-
Iit syrup, nsss.;d..s: T:ile scA aeaweed Tonic
have cured very many OF what seemed to be
hopeless cases OF consumption. Go where
you will, you will be- Utmost certain ktO and
some poor consumptive who has been rescued
from tho very Jaws uf death byitheir nee. rs
| so far as tho Mandrake Pile are concerned,
everybody should keep supply Of them on
hand. They act on the liver better tn an, calo.
mel, and leave none Of ito hnrtfnl 'efects be-
hind In fact, they are excellent in all caees
whero a purgatiye medicine is required IL
you have partaken too freely Of fruit and
diarrhosa ehs1es, dose OF the Mandrakes
will cure you. II you are subject to sick
headache, take a dose Of the Mandrakes and
they will relieve you in two hours.s II. you
would obviate the effect Of, change OF water,
or the too free indulgence in, fruit, take
ono OF tho Mandrakes every night nr every
other uiGht and Won NAV then drink water