Pain-Killer Almanac; a Facsimile Reproduction, Slightly Enl. of an 1868 Almanac

Pain-Killer Almanac; a Facsimile Reproduction, Slightly Enl. of an 1868 Almanac

Author: State Historical Society Of Iowa

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781230063652

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...taken anything that has done me so much good an your I.nan I'.al.-am. I uau not express the gratitude I Ii-el. I have not felt as weli for many years. I am so much better that I wanted you to know it; and I thank you maiiy tlmea for the benefit your medicine has been tome." 1! David Kiimobksmith, of Ellsworth, Fierce Co., Wls., writes ns March 21, ' 1864. lie says that he was sick for three years with a hard, dry cough, and, at times, a pain in his side aud breast, until last November. "I wa-s taken with severe pains in my breast. I called a doctor, who told me It was Consumption, aud there was no relief for me, aud I mustdie--that my right lung was entirely gone. I laid for a month in despair, thinking that I mnst leave my little J I family In this wicked world without care aud support. / nsed five bottles of "ft 'Javne's Expectorant and got /to relirf, until in February I happened to get one of 5 your Almanac, and rpad of the merits of ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM. I sent j to Red Wing, Minn., and got two bottles of it, and through its happy effect I ( waa brought to my teet again." Wm. N. Anget, Druggist, at Grand Haven, Mich., writes: "The subscriber was taken last October with a violent Asthma, induced, as my physician avers, by compounding drags, particularly Ipecac. My coughing was violent, and seemed to increase despite the remedies advised and taken. I saw by your Almanac that ALLEN'S LTJNQ BALSAM had been nsed with success In this disease, and on receipt of the BALSAM, about four weeks since, commenced taking it. Three days' nse brought me very sensible relief. I have nearly finished one bottle, and consider myself almost cared. I have no hesitation in recommending it to our cnstomers for any difficulty of...


Psychological Consequences of the American Civil War

Psychological Consequences of the American Civil War

Author: R. Gregory Lande

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-01-26

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1476626944

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The conclusion of America's Civil War set off an ongoing struggle as a fractured society suffered the psychological consequences of four years of destruction, deprivation and distrust. Veterans experienced climbing rates of depression, suicide, mental illness, crime, and alcohol and drug abuse. Survivors, leery of conventional medicine and traditional religion, sought out quacks and spiritualists as cult memberships grew. This book provides a comprehensive account of the war-weary fighting their mental demons.