Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-07-12

Its uses as n Medicine I'm Diseases
the Liver, stomach and Bowels.
Mandrake was first usei by the IniIilns, in a
crude state, but even Ia the.r hank performed
such wonderful cures that il attracted the atten-
zion Of physicians, more especially il was found
TO produce all the good results Of mercury, with
out any Of the dangers attending the use of this
mineral poison
Since its Introduction % the me heal world, it
has almost entirely taken the place of mercurial
preparations in diseases for which mercury was
formerly used.
Mandrake Is found throughout the United States
In low, shady situations. 1t hears It's flowers in
May or June, and natures its fruit in September
or October. II is more common in the Western
andMd1le States than In New England or the
South. The root only Is used as 4 medicine, the
proper time for gathering being the early part OF
November, soon af,er the rpening of the fruit. 1t
should never be used when freshly gathered, and
even when dry If will -omeiimes 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:
Prot. Joan King, VI. D., says In T7,s -iiaeTic,rl
DispensdtOTy: '.As a deobSfruent ii is one Of the
most valuable in our maieria medica, acting
through and upon al the tissues of the system. Ia
bilious and typhoid febrile diseases it is very valu-
able as 4 cathartic, often breaking up the disease
| at once.
| In Chronic Hepatitis I.lver COmpliin) there Is
not Its superior in the whole range Of medicines,
| being vastly more useful than mercurial agents,
arousing the liver 10 healthy action, increasing the
flow Of bile, and keeping up these actions longer
/ th1:l any other agent with which ac-
quainted. In constipation Il acts on the bowels
without dispOsing them 10 subsequent costiyeaess-
As cholagOgue cathartic IL probably has no
| equal II produces a specific action on the liver,
arousing II 10 acton an producing free bilious
| excavations In bilious feyers, either remttent
/ or Intermittent, wei as acute disease OF he
/ liver, or bilious pneumonia, il not unfrequently
arrests the disease at the first prescription,
| far mOlnes the attack that the ease becomes mild
and manageable. In chronic Hepat,c deTaHge-
ment Oliver Complainp with Dyspepsia, il is ;
most valuable remedy Its range of application Is
|
medicine, and while in any AMI every ease It Will
do all the good that is claimed for mercury it il
entirely free from any of the objections TO that
article"
The late Professor T. V. Morrow says: "Per-
haps no medicine has been introduced TO the medi-
cal profession for the last one hundred years
| which promises TO be Of 50 much value ~ Polo
phyllin Clandrakel An experience somewhat ex-
tensive in the use Of this agent in the treatment
OF great variety of cases OF disease has fully
yinced me of its immense value as a rene
dial agent, especially as purgat.ve and
| Alternative. II operates with energy and erl-
cheney, without harshness, leaving the bowels in
gently lax condition for two or three days after It's
| operation. With one single dose of this medicine
| have frequently arrested a attack Of bill
ious remittent fever, requiring nothing further to
complete the cure except some gentle tonic and q
.roper avoidance ofths exciting causes.
The results of my experience in the use OF tnis
article az remedial agent, on the WHOLE are such
as to leave no doubt in my mind that it is destined
/ to occupy conspicuous place among the most
| valuable remedies Of the materia meIica, with a
very extended range Of applications in the treat
ment OF disease. Indeed, it promises to be more
than 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 foruls by phy-
scians and Others, but ii never brought before
/ the public in perfect and practical way until pre-
pared and combined with other practical med;-
eines by
DR.. J. H. Schenck