New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-31
) POWER OVER ALL CHRONIC DIS

DR.. Bel, the distinguished medical writer, and
the author CT standard medical work mineral
spring waters thus explains the great and varied
curative powers of the Gettysburg water in it's de-
monstrated influence over the digestive and ex-
cretOry functions. He writes:
"The manifest sanitary influence exerted by the
Gettysburg water over dyspepsia naturally prompts
to some remarks on the proteifOrm character of
the disease. Imperfect and disordered digestion
which is called dyspepsia is attended by host of
symptOms-but the smaller number of which are
directly referred to the state Of the stomach and
bowels. The dyspeptie often suffers from one
more of the following secondary disorders, viz:
Headache vertigo, neuralgia, cough, structure and
pain of the chest asthmatie OPPRESSION palpita-
TONS and hyp0chondriasis, and, if the invalid be
afemale hysteTia and arrangements Of health de-
pending upon her peculiar organization. The di-
gestive apparatus falling to do its duty, the food
can not be manufactured into chVle and blood of
such quality and in such quantity as to meet the
wants OF the other organs. The brain and nerves
and muscle suffer in consequence and perform
their respective offices of thought, sensation, and
locOmeti0n teebly and with effort The heart suf-
fers from palpitatiOn and irregular contraction of
its muscular walls, and the bloOd-vessels transmit
an impoverished vital fluid to the organs through
which they are distributed and in which they de-
p0sit the nutritive matter required by each of
them for its growth and performance of its par
ticular duty
"The skin is pale when not sallow or iaundiced
and is Geld and rough to the touch. From this inn
perfect nutrition, aided by impure air and damp
and dark lodgings, there ensnes serofula with its
many guises and chronic affections of the skin.
The kidneys, which are in close sympathy with the
digestive organs, sOoB evlnee responsive disease.
Many of these remote symptoms are treated as if
they were separate and independent disorders
and of course, empireally, in place of their being
regarded as effects of common cause, timper.
feet aud disOrdered digestion. If, then we have
remedy, at once simple and eficacious for this
central and primary disease, in the Gettysburg
water we have the means at the same time of
preventing and curing long catalogue of outlying
and secondary arrangements, which If they do not
destroy life, make it miserable, and too often use
less"
Hoping that the testimony Of these distinguished
witnesses may have had more weight with many
invalid readers than that heretofore published we
must proceed to inform them how and at what
terms theY may De supplied with this great medi-
cine Of nature.
THE GETTYSBURG WATER DEAII-
JOHNS.
We will hereafter sell the Gettysburg Katalysine
Water to the trade as well as to the consumer in
three and SIX. gallon demijOhns. Its genuineness
VIII De assured by the Enclosure of the cOrked nOZ-
zles or mouths OF the demijOhns in pieces of mus
I'm secured by wires which perfOrate the muslin
covering and bind it around the necks after which
Jhe TWO ends of the wire passed through small
metallic tube and imbedded IN leaden seal, bear
ing the impression of our trademark, or the words
Gettysburg Katalysine Water in raised letters.
The same words or trademark will also be stamped
demiiOhns
These precautions render it Impossible to omen
these demiiohns without breaking the wire. dis.
ruptiDg the leaden seal or tearing the muslin
wrapper. The water thus put up is Intended to be
sold in its original packages. No druggist or
other dealer will be permitted TO open them To seI
in small quantities, but must purchase the bOt.
tied water for this purpose. The withdrawal of
the corks of the demijohns, OF the evidence Of
their having been Withdrawn, such as the fracture
of the wire, or the muslin Covering or Of fbe
leaden seal must be regarded as pTipa facie evil
denee of fraud We can only guarantee the purity
of the water thus secured and in its original pac
ages and all honest dealers are Interested with rs
in preserving inviolate these safeguards
We will also furnish new pamphlet, embodying
additlonai VesF1mPnlals and extracts from medical