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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1839
Page
3
An oration attributes to Dr Louis Orrox Gormcne of Germany a groundbreaking doctrine on consumption. It frames consumption as a disease caused by a disordered life principle and lauds the Matchless Sanative as a universal cure, praised by clergy and scholars for its life-saving impact.
An advertisement extols GOW BE O'S Matchless Sanative as a cure for consumption and many diseases, claiming it draws from vegetable animal and mineral kingdoms to offer thirteenfold power. It prescribes adult one drop, child half drop, infant quarter drop and prices at three and one-third six dollars per half-punce, with a note that a German coin is worth 75 cents.
A broad public caution highlights dangers of morbid affections and hyped remedies. It promotes Dr William Evans who offers medicines from Europe claiming cure for asthma liver disease and other chronic conditions. The document cites patient anecdotes, a sworn deposition by Joseph Browne, and a certified statement dated January 4 1837.
A catalog of patent medicines including O Fats Lite Pills Phoenix Bitters Evans chamomile and fever pills Goelicke’s Sanalive Peters anti bilious pills Beckwith anti dyspeptic pills Bernard cholera Carter’s embrocation Parson’s balm Dupont’s Tooth ache Elixir and Harrison’s adhesive plaster sold by Geo. Howard with printed directions. The list claims cures for dyspepsia digestion fever ague cholera rheumatism scrofula and various skin and respiratory ailments.
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