Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-07
DR.. SCHENCK'S
PULMoNIC SYRUP,
sEAWEED TONIC,
and MANDRAKE PILLS,

As the proprietor Of these medicines / conscien.
tiousy offer them to the public as safe reliable and
certain remedies for the Cure of Consumption. and
with equal confidence as almost specific for those
morbid conditions Of the body. which. II neglected
are apt to terminate in fatal diseases OF the lungs
claim that the Of my remedies win cure Con.
sumption
do not claim that the disease be cured after the
lungs are destroyed for no medicine can create new
ones; but maintain that the first stages of Con-
sumption durable when the lungs arc partially
decsyed. When one lung is sound 1 am almost GER
tain Of making cure II the patient win take proper
care Of himself and follow my directions
1t may be asked How is It that you can know 80
much about this disease. and pretend it. wheE
% many educated physicians. who have made study
Of IT for years. pronounce IL incurableg"
The question is fair one. and shall be fairly an
svered: do NOT claim TO know more than other
physicians about the Causes nature and history Of
Consumption I suppose that my views on these
points would be found TO agree with those of most
educated and intelligent physicians We should agree
that while the final is obscurein other words,
while Is possible say ,ohv Consumption selects
this or that person victim-yet the predlsposng
causes are:
LIST. Inheritance. Consumption is hereditary in q
wonderful degree One parent very often entails t
the offspring. and botA SIN more frequently 80
that whole families often swept away. and hane
the predispositIon down to their children.
ID Cold By this We do not mean those changes Of
weather which often produce Inflammation: but long
continued and steady cold that condition of de-
billy IL produced Indeed whatever tends to pro-
dnce iong-continued debility will in some persons
generate Pulmonary Consumption Prominent among
these Influences insufficient diet. living un
wholesome air. sedentary habts grief anxiety. dis
appointment whether OF the affections or In bust
ness and AL other depressing emotions: the abuse Of
mercury and the influence Of weakening diseases
also agree with the best doctors to the In
which the lungs become affected Pulmonary Con-
sumption q also called T1bsrcuIos Consumption By
which We mean disease Of the lungs caused By
tubercies A tubercie ID . small roundish body.
which deposited In the substance Of the lungs By ths
blood This q the beginning and rst act Of the dis
ease Many Of these are often deposited at once.
Each one undergoes several changes After producing
Inflammation Of the paris OF the lung next TO f. 70
ends In liberation. opens passage into the bronchial
fubcs AID passes ont 1t the mouth By splitting The
place where the tubercie grew and ripened now be-
comes cavity. and where there ara great many
tubereieA Of course they make great many Of these
littls cavities. which gradually une and leave great
holes in the lunss- Unless stop can b put 70 this
process IL WIN 20 On untnthe subuspcs Of the lunu
= consuned and desth ensues.
ofeeerse ssrse Yin tsr faculty upsa tie Emy-