Directions for combining and using A. Stewart's compound vegetable and other pills : accompanied with correct tables, suitable for nearly all of the most commom complaints, whether simple or compound : taken from every day's observations and practice, of the numerous patients which I have had the honor to prescribe for, with unbounded success, both in Surgical and Medical cases.

  • Stewart, Adam, 1775 or 1776-1842.
Date:
1837
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Credit: Directions for combining and using A. Stewart's compound vegetable and other pills : accompanied with correct tables, suitable for nearly all of the most commom complaints, whether simple or compound : taken from every day's observations and practice, of the numerous patients which I have had the honor to prescribe for, with unbounded success, both in Surgical and Medical cases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4. Ulcers, Consumptive, Alterative Pills. These Pills are designed for Consumptive complaints in all their different stages, and may be taken with perfect safety; they act altogether as an alterative. The same kind of Pills have twice saved my life in consumption, when every thing was prepared for my funeral except the coffin ; to these, and Pill No. 2, I owe my present wonderful recovery from a complication of diseases, accom- panied with ulcers of the phagadaenic nature, which, for nearly nine years, bid defiance to the first physicians of Massachusetts and New York, and was pronounced by them incurable. The Pills are pure vegetable, and act very powerfully on the system, without producing any dangerous or disagreeable effects. In consumption alone, the dose is, begin with three at night, and increase one every night, begin with No. 2 and take alternate doses. If accom- panied with other diseases, as Herpes, Exedens, and Phagadaenic Ulcers or Erysipelas, Scrofula and Callous Eating Ulcers, see Ta- ble No. 6. Price $1 per Box. In a great many cases of Rheumatism, Gout, Swellings, Pains and Ulcerations, violent Headache from flow of blood, and diseases of the Eyes, recourse must be had to surgery, such as dry and wet cupping, scarifying by artificial leeches, and there is often occasion to draw off matter from Ulcers, Abscesses, and long seated Chronic diseases, which, along with the Pills as directed, assist in perform- ing the cure. All of which operations are performed by A. Stewart. 5. Rheumatic Pills. These operate by stool, urine, perspiration, and as a general alter- ative. Rheumatism is often accompanied with pains in various parts of the body, and other diseases, such as Scrofula, Scurvy, White Swelling, Gout, Syphilis. It is impossible to lay down posi- tive rules for the patient. Where nothing is supposed to be present but Gout and Rheumatism, they are an infallible remedy, by taking them in dosea of from five to twelve every evening. Should the patient be costive, I advise a dose, two or three times a week, of Pill No. 1. Should the Pills in the course of two or three weeks fail to produce any beneficial effect, there will be reason to suspect some other disease lurking in the system. See Directions. Prico $1 a box. 6. Asthmatic Pills. An infallible remedy for Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Shortness of Breath, with a wheezing noise in the throat, &c, Whooping Couch, Asthma, and Dropsical complaints; they are expectorant and slightly purgative. To produce a beneficial effect they must be taken in doses, beginning with three, night and morning; also, eleven o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon. (HT Let an additional Pill be taken every night only till they pro- duce a slight nausea, or degree of sickness, and cause a plentiful expectoration, which to a certainty they will do in a very short time, when the patient may decrease, as occasion may require. It is sometimes necessary, in costive habits, to accompany these with No. 1. See Directions. Price $1 per Box.