Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-05

We nave rUOm 70 puDiisn mere only a
few extracts from standard authorities,
but booklet Of authorities Of the several
schools Of medicines will be sent you free
on request
Prof Ellingwood, M. D., Of Bennett
College, Chicago, says OF Golden Seal:
sin its therapeutic (remediaD influence
its widest range Of action is upon the
stomach, in functional disorders OF that
organ. where the entire apparatus, includ-
ing the liver Is stagnant and imperative.
IL Is q most superior remedy in catarrhal
gastritis Inflammation Of the stomach),
chronic constipation, general debility, in
convalescence from protracted fevers, In
Frustrating night-sweats. 10 Is an TN
pOTtdnt remedy tH disorders peculiar to
iCOmen. In all catarrhal conditions, espe-
cially II there be muscular relaxation and
general enfeeblement, 1t is useful"
Edwin NJ. Hale. NJ. D., Professor Of
Materia Medica, at Hahnemann Medical
College, Chicago, states In regard to
Golden Seal Hydrastis): "In relation TO
its general effects on the system, there Is
no medicine t1 use about tChich there Is
such general undnimttvO of opinion. 1t Is
universally regarded as the tonic useful
in all debllitated states"
From the foregoing extracts it win be
seen that Golden Seal root is a very eff
cent curative agent in most Of the weak
nesses and ailments affecting the organs
peculiarly feminine.
Prof. John M. Scudder says Of Lady's
| Slipper root (Cypripedium PubeScens):
rThis root Is valuable in all cases of reTU-
otts ercttdbtlity or tTTttdbtlttg unconnected
with organic LESSONS, allaying the irritable
| ity, lessening any accompanying pain,
producing a calm and cheerful condition
! Of the body and mind, and consequently
| favoring mental tranquility, or sleep.
Hence II has been of service in hySterfd
chOred. nervous headaches, tCdItetltlHcss
and prostitution In lOlc fevers, and, indeed,
! in all cases Of morbid irritability Of the
nervous system, from functional derange-
ment or reflex irritation. II will be found
| very efficient In the nervousness hyp-
/ OchondTtd, or mental depression accom-
| panying certain forms of arrangement of
the digestive organs, which is more gen
orally met with among females"
Prof. John King, in the American Dis
| pensatory says of Black Cohosh root
| (Cimicifuga Racemosa): uThis is a very
active, powerful and useful remedy. and
| appears to fulfill great number of indi-
| cations. 1t possesses an undoubted In
! tluence over the nervous system. In small
doses the appetite and digestion are
| improved. Plays a very important part
in the therapeutics of Gyn@cology dis
eases of women). In the painful con-
! ditions, its remedial action is fully dis
| played. BY its special affinity for the
! female organs, II is an efficient agent and
Il Is surpassed by no other drug, being Of
greatest utility In Initiative and conges-
tive conditions Of the appendages. char
acteriZed by tensive, dragging pains,
resembling the pains Of rheumatism 1t
is good remedy for the reflex sdeache.
DR.. John Fyfe, of Saugatuck, Conn.
! Editor Department of Therapeutics I'm
| The Eclectic Review says of Unicorn root
| (Helonias Dioica) one Of the chief ingredi-
ents OF DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription:
"a remedy which Invariably acts as a
uterine invigoratOr and always favors a
condition which makes for normal acti-
witty Of the entire reproductive system,
cannot fail to be of great usefulness and
OF the utmost Importance to the general
practitioner Of medicine.
rIn Unicorn root we have medicament
which more fully answers the above
purposes than any other drug lUith 1Chtch
I am acquainted. In the treatment of
diseases peculiar to women 1t is seldom
that a case is seen which does not present
some indication for this remedial agent"