A treatise on the physiology and pathology of the digestive organs : with introductory remarks, &c. / by William Sears.

  • Sears, William.
Date:
1834
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Credit: A treatise on the physiology and pathology of the digestive organs : with introductory remarks, &c. / by William Sears. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rious effects. It nauseates and impairs the tone of the sto- mach, and greatly debilitates the digestive organs. Hence it often happens, although obstructions may have been re- moved, that before tone and strength has been restored to the digestive organs, the same obstructions return, and re- quire a repetition of the same unpleasant and uncertain means. These Pills will produce all the good effects of mer- cury, in removing biliary obstructions, and promoting the healthy secretions of the liver, and at the same time give lone and strength to the digestive organs. They may with perfect safety and certainty be relied upon, as being more ef- ficacious in functional diseases of the liver, than any prepa- rations of mercury; and, as a common family medicine, to be taken on all occasions of indispostion ; they are not sur- passed by any medicine. The immediate effect of these Pills, when taken according to the directions accompanying them, will be, to excite an in- creased vermicular or peristaltic action throughout the sto- mach and intestines, and produce a discharge from them, of all the morbid, bilious, and offensive matter which they may contain. They also operate directly upon the liver, increase its action, and promote its healthy secretions. They may be relied upon as an effectual and sovereign remedy for all diseases of the liver, originating from bilious obstructions, or derangement of the biliary secretions. They also stimulate the absorbent vessels into action, remove all obstructions, and promote and sustain all the natural secretions of both «exes, and produce a general diaphoresis or perspiration over the whole system; removing all cutaneous eruptions, and rendering the skin smooth and clear. The countenance, which has become sallow and deeply tinged with bile, will,