Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-08-21
Special Notices.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills, for
Liver Complaint

Liver Complaint, Jaundlce and all bilious dis.
orders arise from torpidity of the liver, causing
flow of unhealthy bile; Inflammation of that or
gan producing an overflow into the stomach and
intestines, or from dsSangement of the digestive
organ with which the liver Is so closely connected.
Unhealthy bile in The gall bladder and the liver,
still laboring crowding this unhealthy matter INTO
the blood, and which it then circulates over the
body, causing a sallow tinge and torpor of the
whole system. Either of the above described de-
engagements of the functions of the liver produces
numDerless trains of diseases, the whites of the
eyes yellow, the tongue coated with u teverish
white or brown tinge. Where the liver Is disor.
dered, digestion is unhealthy, sometimes a fair
appetite and sometimes none at all the patient
will suffer from costiyeness or diarrhea, or some
times both; general drowsy and melancholy feel
ing often watchtul and sleepless great WEAKNESS
Paintings are often felt. The stomach laboring to
digest food often creates palpitation of the heart
and is frequently mistaken for heart disease. Ere.
quently the skin breaks out in biles and sores,
marked symptoms of cry sipelss, with great itching
and insunerable restlessness. The irritation from
scorged bile in the blood often produces an irrita.
ton of the mucus membrane of the bronchial
tubes, and from slight cold severe cough follows,
with dry, ropy expectoration; often nausea and
vomiting. This unhealthy bile mixed with the
blood passes into the kidneys produces pain in the
urinary passages, sometimes pain in the back and
darling pains through the shoulder blade, and fire.
quent.y all through the body; soreness is fire.
quently felt about the region of the liver, across
the stomach and spine. Many dangerous com
liver and stomach Two-thirds of the cases OF
Consumption originate from liver complaint in
termittent, remittent and bilious fevers, bilious
Frequently one box of Schenck's Mandrake Pills
will remove all those diseases; they have an effect
according to the directions, and then one Pill q
night, for week or ten days, they will regulate
the liver and throw OFF all impurities, and soon
perform its natural functions without the use of
large doses of purgative medicine In the spring
OF the year these bilious disorders most commonly
commence, and box OF these Pills may prevent
continuous disease the whole season. They
warranted not to contain a particle of calomel or
mercury, in any shape, and are perfectly harmless.
My Pulmonic Syrup has been before the public
many years, and has raised hundreds from their
death-bed. Since the invention of the Mandrake
not before. The stomach and liver often
inactive the Syrup cannot digest, and one Man
drake Pill, at night although the patient will think
they were having no effect, will soon regulate the
stomach and liver without reducing the patient, and
the Pumonic Syrup will assist in getting up
healthy circulation These Pills act on the liver
public that there is no caomel or mercury in their
composition, or anything to injure the system. l
ard House, and he asked me If l ever recommend
ed my Pills for piles answered no. He said that
Mr.. Conklin sent to my store short time ago and
got a dozen boxes end gave him one, as his wife
had been cOstlye Tor years and had the piles very
bad for long time, and was almost afraid to take
them on that account, but Mr.. Conklin recommend.
ed them highly that she commenced taking
them, one every night and she is now well it
cured the piles, and her bowels are as regular as
they can be.
These Pills were invented to assist Schenck's
Pulmonic syrup in curing Consumption when there
Is constipation OF the bowels and q torpid liver,
but they are used now for nearly every complaint.
They even prove to be u great Nermituge. Some
few weeks ago, a lady called on me and said she
had liver complaint for many years. gave her
box OF Pills. She came back IN week, and said
she had passed several worms ten inches long.
An old gentleman in Baltimore. that had been
complaining with cough; pain in his right side,
skin sallow, tongue coated, bowels costive, and
dried up appearance, called on me at my room. l
gave him the Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills:
lie came back the next week to see me, and said
he was much better, and that he had passed thous-
ands of these small worms. He is now well.
About eight years ago, when ! was receiving pa
tients at the Malboro' Hotel, in Boston, a lady
called on me and said she had been complaining
for a long time with a Tape Worm as her physi-
clans thought Che said that she was in great pain;
at times something would twist around in her
stomach, and even come up towards her throat and
bite and almost set her crazy nothing would sat-
isfy it but milk; she would have to take quart
every night to bed with her, and when it would be-
gin to move she would take Il drink to satisfy it.
This lady, when she visited me- was sight to be-
hold, bowels very costye, tongue coated, breath
offensive, and dried up, sallOw complexion, very
nervous, and almost subject of the insane asylum.
gave her some SEA WEED Tonic and MANDRAKE
PILLS In large doses ten pills for three consecutive
nights, and then one each night for three nights
Cher bowels being in such congestea state, it re.
qHired an enormous amount Of pills to unlock
them) and then to come and see me again. She
came and said she was very sick; said she did not
animal, or whatever 1t was troubling her, was
dead. 1 ordered her to take ten more pills; alter
taking them she passed something resembling
snake or rzard, between nve anu FIX , ine1es IN
Boston.
schenck's Pumonic Syrup, sea-weed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills are manufactured by Dr: j. IL.
Schenck Il Son, N +. corner of Sixth and Arch
streets, Philadelphia, Penn. George e. Goodwin
4 Co., 80 Hanover street, Boston, and John +.
Henry, College place, New York, Wholesale
For sale by Druggists generally.
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