Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-15
DIR. SCHENK'S
PULM0NIC SYRUP,
SEAWEED TONIC,
and MANDRAKE PILLS

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ton, and with equal confidence as almost speci-
tic for those morbid conditions OF the body which.
ii neglected, are apt to terminate in fatal diseases
/ ~ the lungs / claim that The use of my remedies
will cure Consumption.
! do not claim that the disease can be cured
after the lungs are destroyed, for no medicine
can create new ones but maintain that the first
stages Of Consumption arc durable, even when the
lungs are partially decayed When one ,ms is
sound l am almost certain Of making cure il
the patient will take proper care OF himself and
! follow my directions.
II may be asked, "How is il that You can know
so much about this disease, and pretend 10 cure
it. when SO many educated physicians, who have
made a study of it for years pronounce it incur
shles'
The question is a fair one. and shall be fairly
answered: do not claim TO know more than other
physicians about the causes, nature and history
az Consumption. Isuppose thatmy views ON these
points would be founo to agree with those ofmost
educated and intelligent physicians We should
agree that while the mai cause IS obscure-n
other words. while it is not possible TO say rig
Consumption selects this or that person as a vic.
! tim-yet the pFsdiSp0Sipq causes arc
list, HlhGjtGnce Consumption is hereditary in
tails it upon the offspring and both still more fire.
Queuty SO that whole families are often swept
away and hand the predispositon down to their
| chndru.
"a, Cold. BY this we do not mean those changes
Of weather which often produce Inflammation;
but longcontinued ana steady cold, SO that a con-
dition ofdcbility is produced Indeed, whatever
tends TO produce longcontinued debility will, in
/
Prominent among these influences are insufficient
diet living in unwhoesome air, sedentary habits
grief, anxiety, disappointment, whether OF the af-
tectious or in business, and all other depressing
emotions; the abuse Of mercury and the influence
OF weakening diseases also agree with the best
doctors as TO the manner in which the lungs be-
come affected Pulmonary Consumption Is also
called Tubercaious Consumption, by which we
mean a disease Of the lungs caused by tubercles.
a hberclc is a small roundish body which is de
posted in the substance Of the lungs by the blood
This Is the beginning and first act Of the disease.
Many of these are often deposited at once Each
| one undergoes several changes. After producing
inflammation Of the parts Of the lung next to it,
ends in liberation, opens passage into the brou-
chal tubes. and passes ont at the mouth by spit
| thug The place whcN The tuhercle grew and
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are great many tubercles Of course they mako
great many Of these little cavities which
gradually unite and leave great holes in the lungs
Unless stop be put to this process, It will 20
on until the substance of the lungs is consumed
and death ensues
or course 7 agree with the faculty upon In
| symptoms and course of the disease -the short
dry, hacking cough. SO slight at first but grad.
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quickening pulse, then feverish sensations, flush.
ing Of the cheeks and heat in the palms OF the
hands and soles of the feet, the slight but grow.
ing emacation with feeble appetite, homorrha-
ges, increasing cough disturbed sleep fcevered
tongue, then loss or appetite, expectoration of
softened tuborcle in the shape OF small humps Of
yellowish cheesy, or curdy matter; hectic fever
| brilliant eye chills, night sweats sharp pains in
/ the sides, increasing emaciation and debility,
! disordered stomach and bowels, diarrhea nausea,
| swollen eNtrcmties, hollow checks. sunk en eyes,
] weakness so great that eXpecturatiun Is imposs
/ BILE; tlen death bringing welcome relief FROM
| The torturesofthis horridimunstcr
| Now as have said I mainly agree with the
| medical faculty on these points Bat when We
! from it totally. The doctors believe Pal
| mouary Consumption cannot be ruTcd There
| fore they do not try 30 do anything more than 30
! smooth the patients path ~ the vrnve and s. Gu
! quite reckless of the medicines they give, so thu
the patient Is kept com Portable aud cnsV even IT
life Is shortened. As.s0on rs tuhercles begin tn ap
pear IN the lungs Of patient IL Is a common p
! iice with many leading physic ans TO begin usng
| with whlskey in ucreaSRg quantities, until the
! favageS Of excessive DIRE m~rinkiug are added 10
Z. e raYages Of the dsea q, and have vet to near
! OF a single case OF consumption which was cifrG
| by stimulants. can dy the same of Cod Liver
! oil Many physicians send their patients away
| from home on distant voyages 10 Mnnesota or
| florida-anything or anywhere so that they may
/
1 they have no remedies when will do so Now
! say not only disease OF the lungs can be cured
Dut that my medicines do cure them. The proof
| e., that IN their use MOtsdHds N C0nsuHpficcs
! hare been and are nor being cured IN them
| The whole science of medicine is based ON cX
/ pcrmentS. We cannot bY any process Of reason
| ing decide that any particular medicine Will help
/ ar cure any particular disease How was H. fOuud
| nat outline will cure chills and fcverss Why by
! trying one thing after another, until experience
demonstrated that Il Yves specific for thar disease
| IN just that way the knowledge was gained Of my
remedies, which are almost specific IN diseases of
the lungs.
Pulmonary consumption a. hereditary in my
fathers family. His father mother. brothers and
| sisters died Of H. and he had reached almost tho
last stages Of the disease when he was prOyid"n-
ially led 10 experiment with the articles which
are Incorporated IN these medicines. lie was cured
~ them, and lived strong healthy man for over
| forty ycnrs after his recovery What cured him
has cured thousands Of others al over the country.
These results are not accidental. There Is 10
/ such thing ns accident n nature
/
monary consumption is IN the blood Whenever
! from any Of The predispOsiug causes which ! itau
ust now mentioned. the blood becomes dcgener.
ltCd 10 begins 10 make tubeuuious deposits IN the
substance Of the lungs This must be stopped OF
/ death viii surely follow II will not be enough a.
| get rio OF the mbercles already deposited. and
| heal up the sores already made, but something
must be done 30 stop further deposits. What
| shal that beg The regular faculty say nothing
can be done. N say purify, enrich, aud tone
/ up the blood until IL becomes So healthy as
4 30 longer to make tubercles. Can this BE- done
/ NeS. How By the easiest nhd most natural way
/ in the world. Take man who shows W the eX.
perieuced eye by many intallible signs, that con
sumption hh. set n He Is feeble aud without ap
l petite Now, zee what ] intend to do.
/ Fret. ] TgOpoac ~ cleaHse his stomach 0al
4 bgpcts ~ then dcnd, aimH ci00g,HG matter
/ This i shall do withmy Mandrake Pills, which are
1 the best cathartic pius IN the world They con-
I tain no ealoinel or other minerals, only vegetable
matter They eyacuate the stomach and bowels
( gently but thoroughly and donOt weaken or Rrlpr
They act like magic on the liver, rousing out ~
4 rs dull ton id state, and promoting a full free
/ How OF healthy bile, without which there can b.
I no perfect digestion. nov that The stomach and
bowels are cltanscd and ready neEty Crc0to
M 0VDetite Tins do bY my Sea Weed Tonic
/ The effect pf this medicine Is wonderful lulike
4 temporary gtimulant which by reaction lets tlt'
/ organs affected sink lower than before this not
only tones up the stomach, but keeps 10 toned up
L al inc ffifs nil