Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1878 — A Health-Destroying Vapor [ARTICLE]

A Health-Destroying Vapor

Is generated by the action of the sun’s rays upon damp, decaying vegetation, stagnant pools, and marshy, low-lying tracts. The true nature of this miasma is by no means clearly understood, but there are two facts in relation to it that are. The first is, that the periodical fevers which it breeds are of the most virulent type; the second, is, that these maladies are rarely cured, although they may be ameliorated, by the ordinary remedies employed to overcome them. The 'true antidote to the effects of miasma is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. This medicine is one of the most popular remedies of an age of successful proprietary specifics, and is in immense demand wherever, on this continent, fever and ague exists. A wine-glass-ful three times a day is the best possible preparative for encountering a malarious atmosphere, regulatifag the hver, and invigorating tile stomach.