Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-08
DR.. SCHENCK'S
PULMoNIC SYRUP.
SEAWEED TONIC.
and MANDRAKE PILLS.

As the proprietor of these medicines I conscien.
ttously offer them to the public as safe. rsliable and
certain remedies for the Cure of Consumption, and
with equal confidence as almost q specific for those
morbid conditions of the body, which, II neglected,
are apt to terminate in fatal diseases Of the lungs. ]
claim that the use of my remedies will cure Con.
sumption.
lido not claim that the disease can be cured after the
lungs are destroyed, for no medicine can create new
ones; but I maintain that the first stages of Con-
sumption are durable. even when the lungs are partially
decayed. When one lung is sound I am almost Ger.
tain of making a cure, If the patient will take proper
care Of himself and follow my directions.
It may be asked 'Ho is it that you can know 80
much about this disease, and pretend to cure 1T, when
80 many educated physicians, who have made q study
of it for years, pronounce It tncurable2"
The question is q fair one, and shall be fairly an.
swered: I 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 mos
educated and intelligent physicians. We should agree
that while the final cause is obscure-in other words.
while 1t is not possible to say ,ohy Consumption selects
this or that person as o victim-yet the predispostnl
causes are:
1st, Inherftance. Consumption is hereditary in Z
wonderful degree. One parent very often entails II
upon the offspring, and both still more frequently. &c
that whole families are often swept away, and hand
the predisposttion down to their children.
I'd, Cold. By this we do not mean those changes Of
weather which often produce Inflammation; but long
continued and steady cold, so that . condition of de-
bility Ia produced. Indeed. whatever tends to pro-
duce long. continued debility will, in some persons,
generate Pulmonary Consumption. Prominent among
these influences are insufficient diet, living in an un'
wholesome air, sedentary habits, grief, anxiety, dis.
appointment, whether Of the affections or in bust.
ness, and all other depressing emotions; the abuse Of
mercury and the influence Of weakening diseases.
I also agree with the best doctors as to the manner In
which the lungs become affected. Pulmonary Con.
sumption is also called 7ubercuOus Consumption, BY
which we mean . disease Of the lungs caused BY
tubercles. A tubercle is o small. roundish body,
which is deposited in the substance of the lungs by thu
blood. This IL the beginning and first act of the dis
ease. Many of these are often deposited at once
Each one u~ndergoes several changes. After producing
Inflammation of the parts Of the lung next to it, 4
ends in liberation, opens a passage into the bronchia
tubea, and passes out at the mouth by splitting. Thu
place where the tubercle grew and ripened now be
comes q cavity, and where there are q great many
tubercles, of course they make . great many Of these
little cavities, which gradually unite and leave great
holes in the lungs. Unless a stop can be put to THU
process, It will 70 on until the substance Of the lungl
is consumed and death ensues.
OfcourseI agree with the faculty upon the symp-
toms and course Of the diseases; the short, dry, hack
ing cough. 30 slight at first, but gradually increasing;
then shortness Of breath, a quickening pulse, then fe'
vcrish sensations, flushing of the cheeks and heat II
the palm of the hands and soles of the feet; the slight
but growing emaciation. with feeble appetite, hemor
rhages, increasing cough, disturbed sleep. feverct
tongue, then loss of appetite, taken to the bed. then
oxpectoration of softened tubercle In the shape Of
small Jumps Of yellowish. cheesy, or curdy matter;
hectic fever, brilliant eye, chills, night sweats, sharI
pains In the side, increasing cancellation and debility,
dtsordered stomach and bowels, diarrhGa. nausea,
swollen cxtrcmities, hollow cheeks. sunkcn eyes
weakness SO great that expcctoratton is impossible
then death, bringing welcome relief from the torturel
of this horrid monster.
Now, as l have said, I mainly agree with the medical
faculty on these points. But when we come to the
treatment Of the disease l differ from it totally. The
doctors believe Pulmonary Consumption cannot be
cured, Therefore they do not try to do anything more
than to smooth the patients path to the grave, and
seem quite reckless of the medicines they give, 80 that
the patient is kept comfortable and easy. even II his
life is shortened. As soon as tubcrcles begin to appear
In the lungs of a patient, It is a common practice with
many leading physicians to begin dosing with whisky
in increasing quantities, until the ravages of excessive
dram drinking are added to the ravages of the dis
ease; and l have yet to hear of a single case of Con-
sumption which was cured by stimulants. I can say
the same Of Cod Liver Oil. Many physicians SEND
their patients away from home on distant voyages, to
Minnesota or FIorida-anything or anywhere so that
they may die easy. For they do not pretend to cure.
and they have no remedies which will do so. Now l
say not only that diseases of the lungs can be cured,
but that my medicines do cure them. The prooJn
that by their use thousands Of Consu'nptiues hdue been
and are no,c being cured bv them.
The whole science Of medicine is based on expert
mcnts. We cannot by any process Of reasoning decide
that any particular medicine will help or cure Any par.
ticular disease. How was 1t found that Quinine VIII
cure Chills and Fevers? Why. by trying one thing
after another. until experience demonstrated that II
was a specific for that disease. In just that way the
knowledge was gained of my remedies, which are al
most a specific In diseases of thu lungs.
Pulmonary Consumption is hereditary in my faith
er's family. His father,-mother, brothers and sisters
died of 1t, and no had reached almost the last stages Of
the disease when he was provtdentially led to expert
ment witt TIA articles which are incorporated In these