Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
Liver Complaint.
BY r. V. Pierce, Md, of the World
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Liver Complaint.
By r. Y. Pierce, Md, of the Worlds
Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y.
A healthy liver secretes each dav about two
and half pounds of bile, which contains q
great amount Of waste material taken from
the blood. When the liver becomes torpid or
congested, it fails to eliminate this vast
amount of noxious substance, which, there
fore, remains to poison the blood, and be con-
veyed to every part of the system. What
must be the condition of the blood when it is
receiving and retaining each day two and a
half pounds OF poison? Nature tries to work
off this poison through other channels and
organs-the kidneys, lungs skin, ETC., but
these organs become overtaxed in performing
this labor In addition to their natural func-
lions, and cannot long withstand the pressure,
but become variously diseased.
The brain, which is the great electrical CEN
tire of all vitality. is unduly stimulated by the
unhealthy blood which passes to it from the
heart and it fails to perform it's Office health
fully. Hence the symptoms of bile poisoning.
SYMPTOMS OF LIVER COMPLAINT AND OF SOME
OF THE DISEASES PRODUCED BY IT.
A sallow or yellow color of the skin, or yell
lowish-brown spots on the face and other
parts dullness and drowsiness, with frequent
headache, dizziness, bitter or bad taste in the
mouth, dryness of the throat, and internal
heat: palpitation of the heart, in many cases
a dry, teasing cough, with sore throat; un-
steady appetite. sour stomach, with a raising
of the food, and a choking sensation in the
throat sickness and vomiting, distress. heavi-
ness or bloated and full feeling about the
stomach and sides, which is often attended
with pain and tenderness aggravating pains
in the sides, back or breast, and about the
shoulders; colo, pain, and soreness through
the bowels, with heat; constipation of the
bowels. alternating with frequent attacks of
diarrh@a; piles, fatulence, nervousness, cold
ness of the extremities: rush of blood to the
head, with symptoms OF appoplexy; numb
ness of the limbs, especially at night; cold
chills, alternating with hot flashes, with dull
ness, low spirits, unsocability, and gloomy
forebodings. The blood itself being diseased,
as it forms the sweat upon the surface of
the skin, it is SO irritating and poisonous that
1t produces discolored brown spots, pimples,
blotches, and other eruptions sores, boils,
carbuncles and scrofulous tumors. Only few
OF the above symptoms will be likely to be
present III any case at one time.
RATIONAL AND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT.
A large variety of diseased conditions are
produced by liver complaint. By curing the
disease Of the liver remove the cause, and
thereby radically cure, not only the liver COM
plalnt but also the various other diseased con-
dltlons produced by it.
1t is generally the custom to take strong
liver stimulants for the liver complaint, and
both the mineral and vegetable kingdoms have
been diligently searched to procure the most
drastic and poisonous purgatives in order to
produce powerful effect upon the liver, and
rouse the tagging and enfeebled organ These
medicines are given freely and in large doses,
which keep the liver III an excited condition
while under their influence. This system of
treatment is on the same principle as that of
giving weak and debilitated man large por-
lions of brandy to enable him to do certain
of
readily see or imagine the condition the man
would be in when the work was done and the
brandy withheld; and it is just so with the
liver When the stimulant is withheld. the or
gan rapidly relapses into a more torpid or
sluggish and weakened condition than before.
What, then, is wanted? Evidently medicines,
that, While they arouse the liver to action, will
do it, not by an irritating and stimulating eff
feet as is produced by dose of great, repul
siye, sickening, drastic pills. calomel blue
mass, mandrake, or podophyllin, but by
tonic lnvlgoratlng and strengthening influence
upon that organ. Medicines are wanted that
while they cause the bile to flow freely from
the liver as that organ is toned into action
will not overwork and thus debilitate it, but
WILL when their use is discontinued, leave the
liver strengthened and healthy. Such medicines
[ am happy to have been able to discover and
introduce to the afflicted for their relief and
cure. As remedy for all the various manifes-
tations of disease resulting from ''Liver Com
plant, as it is usually termed, and as blood
purifier DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is positively unequaled. By it the liver and
stomach are changed to an active, healthy
state. the appetite regulated and restored. the
blood and secretiOns thoroughly purified and
enriched, and the whole system renovated and
built up anew.
Its action is mild, yet pOsitiUe and lastinq
It does not simply palIjate the disease and re-
ieve it for the time being, but it produces radi-
cal and lasting benefit.
There are, however, some peculiar constitu-
tons on which the Discovery will not prove
sufficiently laxative to unclog the bowels, and
instead Of taking it in larger doses than two
teaspoonfuls four times day, if that quantity
does not move the bowels twice in twenty
four hours, take from one to three of Dr.
Pieces Pleasant Purgative Pellets each day.
or just sufficient to produce the desired relaxa-
ton, which should fall short of cathatric
effect. In fact, the combined use of the Pei
lets and the Discovery from the first in the
mild doses which recommend will be found
most effective in arousiIg the secretion of the
liver, and subdulng congestion Or inflammation
of that organ. Do not use any other laxative
or catha1tic with the Discovery, as none other
is SO well calculated to work in harmony with
and assist the Discovery in its congenial opera
ton Other cathartics will frequently counter
act and interfere with, or neutralize the power
and good effects of the Discovery: they should
not therefore be used. These little PI1rgative
Pellets, or Sugar-Coated Root and Herbal
Juice, Ambitious Granules, On the other
hand, are so compounded as to harmonic with
and assist the Discovery
Discovery and Pellets are sold by druggists
the world over.
CURE OF LIVER DISEASE
RUsK Tex, May 10, 1873.
DR.. r. Y. PIERCE-Dear Sir: My wife last
year at this time was confined to her bed with
Chronic Liver Disease. I had one of the best
doctors to see her. and he gave her up to die.
when came upon some of your medicine. /
bought one bottle, and commenced using it.
She then weighed 80 pounds, now she weighs
l4O pounds, and is robust and hearty. She
has taken eight bottles il ALL so you see I am