Telegram-herald., 1886-05-23
some Facts About Hoptonio.


Il all the wide range Of botany the hop
plant is the sole representative of It's genus
the ne plus ultra of all clamberlng vines,
and for the medicinal virtues of which
there l. no substitute in materia medica.
So far back As the time of Plato, the great
Greek philosopher, hops We're known as
containing rare medicinal properties, and
the tender shoots were eaten at the table, as
they are toby fn Belgium and some other
countries. as \ .delicacy and Us a diet for
scrofulA and f0ther blood disorders. In
EnglandNas far back as 1850 A. ID, the hop
was put iIAtbe usual drinks of the day on
account of W. high tome qualities. In 1867
A D. celebrated medical writer said Of
hops: They are good To cleanse the bad-
der and the kidneys of gravel; they like
wise open Instructions Of the liver and
spleen, and cleanse the blood and loosen
the bowels; and as they cleanse the blood,
so consequently they help to cure erup-
tons of the skin" In 1853 the hop was
recommended by the best medical su-
thorities of the day as an altera-
tive, remedy for hypochondria
and numerous other nervous disorders.
a. MALT.
When compounded with hops, as in Hop
tonic, tonic preparation Is obtained, very
beneficial in cases of debility, being nutri-
adapted TO febrile complaints. The various
preparations malt, extracts of malt, etc,
now on the market, give evidence of the
high estimate put upon its worth. In fact,
these preparations of malt have, TO a large
extent, heretofore taken the place of ex-
tracts of meat. on account of the cost of beet
extracts. In the peptonized beef used by
the HOptonic Company, the heretofore
weak points in extracts of meat. as TO their
I.,-
great cost, have been more than met.
The malt issO combined with the pepton-
lied beef,i Hoptonio, as to secure the food
and tonidproperties of each.
PEPToSIzEk BEV As USED By THE Hor
T0tIc COMPANY.
Peptonizsi Heef as used by the Hop Tonic
Company, 5S concentrated beef already
digested, and in such condition is readily
tfIsble,i passing through the membranes
which undigested albumem will not. Ii is
not an irritant and will, therefore, be re-
tanned by the weakest stomach. even when
nearly every other food is rejected. 1t is al
once and easily assimilated and taken up
by the system. and is. therefore, highly
suited 10 the needs of the invalid Even
were all the ultimate elements of the meat
contained in the other meat extracts, still
the stomach must be able 10 first di-
f, gest them before they could be assimilated
and taken up by the system but, pepton-
lied beef, as used Dy the Hoptonic Company
Is already digested, and assimilation only is
necessary; and, in greatly weakened con-
ditiOn OF the stomach. will at once nourish
and replete the enfeebled and wasted sys-
tenn In other words it will at once build
up the system by afiording concentrated
nOUrishment without the delay occasioned
/ by the tardy action of the enfeebed stom-
ach, and, perchance consequent imperfect
/ process Of digestion
With such a base and with the other well
known an viliary specifics and invigorating
stimulants the success OF Hoptonic as q
/ thoroughly reliable and generous tonic i:
no longer a matter o. surprise.