The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-01-12
tIHE CAUSE AND CURE OF

Il CONSUMPTION.
The primary cause of Consumption Is deranre.
prod ces deficient nutrition and assimilatio n
BY assimilation / mean that process by which
the nutfiment of the food IL converted into
blood and thence into the solids OF the body,
Persons. with digestion thus impaired, having
the slightest predlsposition TO pulmonary dis.
ease, or If they taRe cold will be very liable to
have Consumption Of the Lungs in some of its
fOrmsi and hold that IL will be impossible to
cure any case of Consumption without first re-
storinga good digestion and healthy assimila-
ton. The very 1tst thing To he done IS 10 cleanse
the stomach ana bowels from all diseased mucus
and slime, whi Is clogging these organs 10
that they cannot perform thclr functions, and
then rouse up and restore the liver TO n healthy
action For this purpose the surest and best
remedy is Schcnck's Mandrake Pills. These
dead and morbid slime that is causing disease
and decay in the whole system. They will clear
ulated there, and rouse IL up TO n rev and
healthy action by which natural and healthy
The stomach, bowels, and liver are thus cleanse
ed by the use of Schenck's Mandrake Pills but
there remains In the stomach an excess of acid,
the organ is torpid aud the appetite poor. In
the bowels the lacteals are weak, and requiring
shength and support. 1t is in a condition like
this that SchCnCk's Seaweed Tonic proves to be
the most valuable remedy ever discovered. II
is alkaline, and its use Will neutraize all excess
of acid, making the stomach sweet and fresh 1t
will give permanent tone to this important or
gan, and create good hearty appetite, and pre-
gestion, and ultimately make good, healthy,
living blood. After this preparatory treatment,
what remains TO cure most cases OF ConSump-
tion is the free and peTsevering use of Schencl s
Pulmpnic syrup. The Pulmonic Syrup nOurishcs
the system, purifles the blood, and is readily alb
sorbed into the circulation, and thence distrib.
uted TO the diseased lungs There it ripens all
morbid matters, whether in the form of abscess.
es or tuberclos and then assists Nature to eXpel
all the diseased matter, in the form of free eX-
pectoraton, when once 1t rlpens. 1t is then, by
the great healing and purifying properties OF
Schencll's Puim onic syrup, that ali Ulcers and
cavities are healed up sound, and my patient X
cured.
The essential thing to be done in curing Con.
sumption is to get up n good appetite and good
digestion, so that the body Will grow in uesh
"a cavity or abScess thCre,-the cavity cannot
heal the matter cannot ripen, SO long as the sys-
TEN is below par. What is necessary to cure Is a
new order OF thihSs-a good 9ppelte, g99d
nutrition, the body TO grow in flesh and get lat (;
matter Will Iipen and be thrown or in rye
quantities, and the person regain strength.
This is the tue and only plan to cuio Cousump-
ton and i person Is very hal, II TIE lungs are
not entirely destroyed or even ii one lung IS en-
tirely gone If there is enough vitality Lett 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 Will do to cure
Consumption. They will clean ont the stomach,
sweeten and strengthen ii, get up good dlges-
tion, and give Nature the assistance she needs to
clear the system of all the dsef Sc that is in tho
lungs, whateN er the form may be-
1t is important that while using Schencl 3
Medicines, care should be exercised not to take
cold; keep indoors in cold and damp weather {;
avoid night air, and take QUITO exercise only
! wish it distinctly understood that when rec
ommeud q patient to be careful In regard to al-
ing cold while using my Medicines, do so for n
special reason. a man who has but partially re-
covered from the eftt cts OF bad cold is far more
liable to a relapse than one who has been entire
ly cured and II is precisely the same in regard
to Cons umptiOn, So long as the lungs ere not
perfectly healed, just so long Is there imminent
danger Of a full return OF the disease Hence II
is that l so strenuously caution pulmonary pa
tents against exposing themselves to an almOs-
phere that is not genial and pleasant. Confirm
ed CousumptiVeS' lungs are a mass OF sores,
which the least change of atmosphere Will in
flame. The grand secret OF my success with my
| Medicines consists in my ability to subdue in
Illumination instead of provoking II, as many of
the 1lculty do. An infiamed lung cannot, with
safety 10 the patient, DE exposed to the biting
blasts of Winter or the chilling winds of Spring
or Autumn. 1t should be carefully shielded from
all irritating influences. The utmost caution
should be observed in this particular rs without
1t a cure under almost any circumstances Is an
impossibility.
nutritious diet, and all the Medicines continued
| until the body has restored TO II the natural
| quantity of flesh and strength.
| l was myself cured by this treatment of the
worst kind of Consumption, and have lived 10
| get tat and hearty these many years, with one
| lung mostly gone. | have cured thousands since
| and very many have been cured by this treat
| ment whom have never seen.
About the First OF october expect to take
possession ofm new building at the Northea3
Corner of Sixth and Arch Streets, where shal
be pleased to give advice to all VINO may require
| 1t.
Full directions accompany all my Remedies
| SO that person in any part OF the world can D(
readily cured by strict observance OF the same
j. ii. SCHENCk, NJ. ID.
Philadelphia.
! johnson, Hollaway & Cowden, COZ Arch stree
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