The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13
MANDRAKE.
Its Uses as Medicine in Diseases
OF the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels.

Maudrsle was first used By the Indians in n
crude state, bat even ia their hands performed
,ueh wonderful cures that il attracted the atten-
ZION If physicians more especially it was found
70 produce all the good results of mercury, with
out any of the dangers attending the use OF .his
mineral poison.
Since lis introduction 10 the medical world. it
has almost entirely taken the place of mercurial
preparations in diseases for Will. n mercury was
formerly used.
3aLdiake Is found throughout the United
States il low shady situations. IL bears It's a W.
els il May OF June, aud natures il fruit in sep
TENDER Oe ober. It is more common in tas
western and Middle states than In New England
OF The South. The root only is used as a medicine,
The proyer time FOX gathering being the early part
of November, soon after the rpening OF the fruit.
II should never be used when freshly ga thered.
ard even when dry it viii 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 Mandrake.
Professor John King. II. D., says in the American
Dispensatory: GAS a deobstrueRt it is Que Of the
most valuable in our materia madica, acting
through and upon all the tissues of the systsm In
bilious and typhoid febrile diseases it is very val.
ease at once.
I'm Chronic Hepatitis Oliver Complaint) there
is not its superior in the whole range of medi.
cines, being vastly more useful than mercurisl
agents, arousiBg the Liver to healthy action, in
creating the flow OF bile and keeping up these
actions longer than any other agent with which
we are acquainted. In Constipation IL acts on the
bowels without disposing them to subsequent cos
tiveneFs.
"As a cholagogue cRthartic 1t probably has no
equal. It produces d specific action on the Liver,
arousing it to action and producing free bilious
excavations. In bilious fevers, either remittent
or intermittent, as well as acute diseases Of the
Liver, or bilious pneumonia, it not unlrequently
arrests the disease at the first prescription or il so
far modifes the attack that the case becomes mild
and manageable. Ia chToaie Hepatic derange-
ment Oliver ComplainD with Dyspepsia, it is a
most valuable remedy. It's range OF application
is perhaps more extensive than any other oathar.
tic medicine. and while in any aud every case it
VIII ali the good that IS claimed fo- mercury ii
is entirely ire from any CT zoe objections 10 that
article"
TIE late Professor T. V. Morrow says: Per
hars no medicine has been introduced to the med
icai profession for the last one hundre1 veac.
wt1tn prom 10 be OF so Tnuch value as P5tp-
rbvlin (MaIdIekc) An experience some shat
eN teusive IN me use CT THIS agent 10 the tcsdi
ment of a great variety Of Cases OF disease, ha
fully convinced me OF It's great value a rem adi =,
agent especially Is a puTga i've sud alternative. II
| operates with energy aud efficiency, wiIaou.
haJshness, leavirg the bowels in geetiy lax Ca
dillon fgT two three days after IFS oDeratio /.
WIN one single dose of this n sdiciEe [ nave tea
qhtltly GTstsIcd severe attack Il bilious remit
tent ieNCr. II quirlng nothing iurther io comp etc
the cure ut some gentle tonic and ps5p n
! svoidsIce Il tne excl r. gciuses.
1.-The results I NIX exyerienca IN tina use OF tni
article es u remedial ageui, On the whole are sucl
| as 20 leave no dOubl on ny mind that il Is des
/ tined 10 occupy conspicuous place among the
i most valuable remedies of the ma.eT1a n1edica
| With very extended range OF applications IN the
| ttaimenJ of olsease. Indeed, 10 promises 10 BE-
! more than II kub~tstute for mercury IL all case,
| whtre mercury has proved of any substantial
| value without the Liability of PRODUCING fiur
! Ms,ldIek G bas been used ia many forms by pay
! sieis ms and Others, but II never brought BE-
fore the pubic IN perfect and practical way u y
| III preIaf, ard -mtiafd with Oihcr vaiu III
| ADELPHIA. Thirty years ago he began IN,
| n anufacure OF bic now celeb ated nsodraSs
| Il lis. and ST. &c that mo thew have gained ths
nfdence Of The pubic SO fully that their sale Il
| the United States DOW far exceeds that OF AZ!
| other Cahariic me1icine. They do rot pTO1uc
sickness at the ST. msth, nausea or gripping Tlel
| set directly on the Liver. the organ which, whel
| IT. q healthy condition, purihes the blood for TIA
whole body.
The, are the only perfect preparation Of Man
| drake. that crest substitute for mercury. Their
Is not their equal in the whole range of Catharti
Medicines known TO man. They viii cure tn
most stubborn cases of Liver Complaint that grea
foTerunner and cause OF Consumption
With the cid of Dr. Schenck's Seaweed Tonic
they will cure the worst cases of Dyspepsia.
| Dr. Schenck's Book on Diseases OF the Lungs
EsF 20 P a II e S rs ee pos
who are afflicted with these diseases. Address