Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-07-20

Mandrake is found throughout the United States
| In low, shady situations. II bears its flowers In
May or June, and natures It's fruit In September
| or October. 1t Ia more common In the Western
| and Middle States than In New England or the
South. The root only is used as q medicine, the
proper time for gathering being the early part OF
November, soon after the rpening OF the fruit. 1t
/ should never be used when freshly gathered, and
even when dry It will sometimes cause severe pain
unless combined with other medicines
We ask the reader to carefully peruse the fol-
lowing opinions OF two eminent physicians on the
great curative properties Of the Mandrake:
Prof. John King, NJ. D., saysin The American
DGspenSdtoTV: "As q deobstruent it Ia one OF the
most valuable In our materia medlca, acting
through and upon al the tissues of the system. In
bilious and typhoid febriIe diseases it is very valu-
able as cathartic, often breaking up the disease
| at once.
In Chronic Hepatitis Oliver Complain) there Is
not Its superior In the whole range Of medicines,
| beng vastly more useful than mercurlal agents,
arouslng the liver 70 healthy action, increasing the
| now Of bile, and keeping up these actions longer
| than any other agent with which we are &C
quainted In constipation it acts on the bowels
without dlsposing them 10 subsequent costiveness
M @ cholagogue csthartic It probably has no
| equal 1t produces specific action on the liver,
arousing It to acton ami producing free bilious
evacuations. In bilious fevers, either remittent
or intermittent, as well as acute disease OF he
liver, or bilious pneumonia, it not unfrequently
arrests the disease at the rst prescription, il
far modi1es the attack that the case becomes mild
| and manageable. In chronic Hepatic derange-
| ment Oliver Complaint) with Dyspepsia, IL Is O
most valuable remedy. Its range OF application Is
| perhaps more extensive than any other cathartic
| medicine and while In any and every case it will
do all the good that is claimed for mercury it la
entirely free from any Of the objections to that
article"
| The late Professor T.. " Morrow says: "Per-
haps no medicine has been introduced 10 the medl-
| cal profession for the last one hundred years
| which promises TO be OF so much value as Podo-
phyNin (Mandrake) An experience somewhat ex-
tenAve in the use OF this agent in the treatment
of great variety Of of disease has fully con-
| vinced me Of its immense value as a reme-
dial agent, especially as a purgatve and
Alternative. 1t operates with energy and efi-
cheney, without harshness, leaving the bowels in q
gently lax condition for two three days after Its
operation. With one single dose of this medicine
| have frequently arrested severe attack of bill
lous TenlttenI IeFers requiring notnng IurIner 10
complete the cure except some gentle tonic and q
proper avoidance of the exciting causes.
The results Of my experience In the use of this
article as a remedial agent, on the whole, are such
as TO leave doubt In my mind that it La destined
TO occupy conspicuous place among the most
| valuable remedies of the materia medlca, with
very extended range Of applications In the treat
| ment of disease. Indeed, it promises to be more
| than a substitute for mercury in all those cases
where mercury has proved of any substantial
value, without the liability Of producing injurious
effects on the constitution Of patients"
Mandrake has been used In many forms by ply
slcians and Others but 1t was never brought before
the public in perfect and practical way until pre-
| pared and combined with other practical medl-
| cines by