The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-04

which we are liable, has sent thousands to
the tomb and poisoned the blood of gen
erations. To such an extent, indeed, have
its rayages been carried that Consumption
NAV, in more countries than one, be Justly
regarded as national calamity.
Nor have the remedies hitherto admin
istered been, in many respects, better than
the disease itself. The English and
American doctors generally, despairing of
curing the patient, have simply sought to
alleviate the sufferings and smooth the |
passage to the grave If this could be ef |
fected they imagined their whole duty dis
charged, their whole work done. In En- /
gland the plan generally advised has been
based on change of scene The sick have !
been sent to Nice, Egypt, or Madeira, and
what these places are to Europe, Colorado
has been to America Inninety nine cases
out of hundred, however, the change of |
climate has wrought no cure, and the only |
visible result has been that, instead of !
death bed surrounded by the gentle minis |
trati0ns of relatives and friends, the con
sumption stricken has passed away in
foreign land, tended too often by strangers
only. Even this alleviation and slightly
prolonged term of life was possible only to
the wealthy the poor and those whose
circumstances would not admit of such
migration were necessarily devoted to
fate no less certain but more rapid
| To the man, therefore, who, after fire.
quent experiments and diligent investiga-
| ton, has at length discovered prosess by
which this plague can be stayed, and which
while thoroughly efhcacious, is within the
reach of all, statue seems to be due no
/ less than to Jenner in London, or Bichat
in Paris and we are proud to be able to
name an American as the great benefacter
of his species TO whom this tribute must
be assigned. DIR. Joseph II. Schenk, of
Philadelphia, is, in one word, the first
physician who has conclusively proved that
consumption can be cured His zeal has,
no doubt, been stimulated by the fact that
it was hereditary in his family. His
father, mother, brothers, and sisters all
died of it, and he himself was wasting
ments, he finally adopted the different
name famous from Maine to Mexico. and
rescued thousands upon thousands from
the untold pains that herald the approach
to premature grave. The good thus
) conferred upon the community has been
so widespread and universally confessed
that it is become one of the events Of the
period, and as such the leading journals
have everywhere regarded it.
Before naming the remedy it will illus
trate the design if we briefly refer to a
few of the leading features of the disease
itself Pulmonary consumption then aris-
es from many causes, some Of the chief
of which are hereditary predisposition
cold or damp. 1t is marked by small
rounded substances, called tubercles, de
posted in the substance of the lungs hy
the blood This is the beginning of tht
disease; but, as soon as formed, thest
tubercles undergo several changes, which
,, it is unnecessary to enumerate, and, aftel
, producing Inflammation of the parts of the
.. lungs adjacent to them, end in liberation
open passage into the bronchial tubes
and pass out in splitting The spot
thus left vacant then become cayitie
which, by gradually enlarging
leave great holes in the lungs, and unles
! this destructive process can be arrested
death inevitably ensues. The outwart
and visible accompanying signs are various
but almost all suffer more or less fror
shortness of breath, from dry, haekin
cough, at first scarcely noticed and from
! pulse abnormally quick Other symptom
. are flushed cheeks, hot hands and feet
{ loss of appetite, troubled sleep, chills
night and often cold perspirations, disol
dered stomach, constant expectoratioT
n aud sharp pains in the side This expet
J. tOration is the effort nature herself make
n to expel the foreign substance from th
IS lungs but emaciation and general debilit
q so rapidly follow the progress of the mali
e dy that unless nature is aided it soon b,
= comes first difficult, and then impossibl
+ and finally the lungs themselves becon
> eoagulated with yellowish curdy matter, an
e death is the only relief Other symptom
IT are very striking, and among them we ma
II mention an increased brightness in the ey
N and hectic, and often to the inexperienee
eye beautiful, briliancy in the con
L plexion.
e Il results therefore. that while the mo
a important organ Of the body is disease,
d the stomach being deranged, refuses
d prepare healthy blood to renevate the i
N bilitated system, and consequently it is u
X enough TO attempt to get rid of the h
lg bercles already formed, the disease eann
y, be treated locally, that is in the lungs onl
r, it must be also attacked in its origin-tl
st blood and stomach.
The stomach and the bowels must fir
Of then be cleansed, and this DIR. Schent
u effects by his preparation called Mandral
re Pills. They are a most excellent aparier
he and, containing no calomel OR other mine
ie ais, but being composed solely of vegetah
rs matter they open the bowels gently, b
thoroughly, without resultant weakness
ID gripping pains They also act upon t
nd Al
I'd from dull, torpid state, and thereby or
= ating the healthy flow Indispensable
n proper digestion, and restoring the latt
H. to their activity of action. The stoma
nd and its organs being thus ready to ser
he like a well cleaned Kitchen, as it were, f
the preparation of wholesome nutrime
for the formation of pure blood, the ne
re step is naturally to recreate the lost app
T. tite. This the decter effects by the Sc
weed Tonic, which not only tones d
e- stomach, but does it ia such manner th
nd there is no reaction, and the natural era
ed ing for food is thus restored in syste
prepared for it. The emaciated or det
!" tated sufferer speedily feels the benehci
on results. With a healthy digestion, nutr
H. tious food reasserts its strength and hes
m ing powers, the action of the heart ar
:. pulses DScOine regular, bne unnatui
'n' brightness of eye and cheek disappear
ID and stronger, richer and purified blo.'
I'm is pumped through the arteries and yel
We Gus system; the thinned, diseased flu
m almost misealled blood, is driven ava
- and circulation established from VIII!
" no tubercles are deposited The fes
OF weight and strength are gradually restofr.
me and vigorous health takes the place Of
he rapid decline in all energy and vital poWe
ha meanwhile, however, the disease mu
slso De treated locally, and the Pulmlof