Year: 1868




the only medicines in use, find little favor with
the medical profession of the present day. Yet
at that early period of the worlds history the
ordinary term of human life was at least eight
times longer than it is now. 1t is, therefore,
manifest that the stamina OF man has seriously
declined in the lapse of ages.


1t isa significant fact that during this progress
of human degeneration and decay ali immense
number of powerful poisOns have been intro
duced into the medical repertoire, while the
mild, vegetable system of treatment, exclu-
sively practiced when the world was young,
has been in a great measure abandoned by the
medical profession This is a curious cOinci-
dence, and it suggests the possibility of dl-
rect connection between the physical detenOra-
ton of the species and the wholesale admin
istration of deadly mineral and other drugs
1t may well be doubted whether the mineral
salts and Oxydes, and the TO less dangerous
alkaioids which chemistry has added to the
pharmacopGa, have not destroyed more than
all the diseases they have been prescribed to
cure. One thing, at least, is certain, viz: That
the average term of human existence has been
fearfully shortened since the days when the
vegetable kingdom was the only medical dis
pensary known to mankind.


The truth is--and sensible people are becom-
ing more alive to it every day-that the world
is overdoctored The principals of medication
are simple but they have been so befogged by
technicalites, so mystiied by professional verb
iage, that one-half the community fancy they
can neither be interpreted nor applied except
by persons who have been taught to clothe the
living truths of science in the dead languages
1t is not to the interest of the Faculty that
the theory and practice of medicine should be
smpined and popularized, and, therefore, the
public conceive but little light on the subject
from that quarter.


To prevent crime is one of the great ends OF
civil law, and to prevent disease should be one
of the grand objects of medical science. 1t is
better to protect than to cure, and much easier
Vital power is the natural antagonist of all the
influences that initiate against health-whether
they exist in the air we breathe, in the water
we drink in the objects with which we come
in contact, OF in ourselves. Without suitl-
cheney of this resistant principal there can be
no reasonable hope of escaping prevailing cpl
denies or of enjoying, even under the most
favorable external circumstances, an immunity
from sickness and pain. This fact being es-
tablished the next question is how shall de-
fciency in physical and constitutional vigOr 5e
supplied Instructed by the experience of
twenty years. and sustained by the testimony
of thousands of individuals of both sexes, hail
ing from all parts of the world we reply that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the only medi
cine that can be fully relied on as a prOtec-
- alf faxa in oil
climates and under all contingencies. With a
system strengthened and fortified by the use
of this invigOrate no one who possesses com
mon prudence need fear the effects OF malaria.
1t is the best safeguard against infection and
contagion at present known. 1t produces appe-
tite; it promotes digestion it prevents con
stipation it regulates the flow of bile it
strengthens the nerves it puriiics the animal
fluids it clears the brain and the vehicle OF
its medicinal properties being pure diffuslbe
stimulant their influence is extended to every
portion of the system. Mere alcoholic stinu-
lants, though administered largely in medical
practice. are not in themselves medicines but
they prevade the whole organization more GER
tainly and swiftly than anything else that can
he given. They are quickly taken mp by the
absorbents, and there is not a fiber of the
body between the crown of the head and the
sole of the foot which is exempted from their
influence. Hence a spurious stimulant is the
best medium for conveying to all the organs
and members of a feeble or disOrdered system
the means whereby that system is to he re-
cruited and regulated. 1t is for this purpose
that the alcoholic element is used in the prep
aration of Hostetter's Stomach Btters. Ii is
simply the instrument or vehicle by which the
medicinal virtues of the preparation are carried
to their objective points and rendered active.


The great objection to ordinary tonics, with
an alcoholic basis is, that the spirit used is im
pure. The charge is true, and the objections
to them founded on this cause are rational and
Just. The poison of adulterated liquor counter
acts the effect of any sanitive vegetable juices
or extracts with which they are combined, and
hence the worse than useesSness of the tonic
tinctures habitually prescribed by physicians.
They are all, without exception, made of infe-
rior alcohol, and seven-eighths of them are
positively deeterious HOstctter's bitters are
entirely exempt from this serious drawback.
The diflusbe stimulant employed IN their
preparation is rye spirit, absolutely pure. Ii is
rectifed and tested until it is found to be
utterly free from volatile oil, or any other un-
wholesome ingredient, and it is believed that
there is no other proprietary medicine IN eX-
istence which is manufactured with such con-
scientious care, with regard to all its cOmpo-
nents. as Hostetter's Bitters. Most tonics are
powerful excitants, but this preparation is not
an excitant at all. On the contrary, it soothcs
and calms the nerves, and is delightful
anodyne as well as an unequaled stomachic and
Alternative.


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