DR. FOX, OF SHEFFIELD. This eminent botanic doctor, speakin of tonics, says:—"Medicines that increase the tone of the muscular fibre consist of vegetable bitters. These remedies act by their influence on the digestive organs, and hence on the whole system. The use of & bitter principle in vegetables is exemplified in the case of animals which feed on them, for it has been found that if restricted to a food which has not a sufficiency of a bitter principle, they soon become ■weak and die. lhe wisdom of Providence is mamtested in the fact that the majority of plants in the vegetable kingdom contain this bitter principle, so essential to existence. Rhubarb, Cascara, Dandelion, Mav Apple and other tome herbs of this . class, enter into the composition oi [ that, great medicine, s May > Apple, but so compounded bv special process as to render it most palataDie, i yet retaining its virtue m the highest degree. Impey's May Apple-the Dys--1 peptic's Tonic. Price, 2s 6d per bottle. —Advt. t OT. PUNCH is a Skilful Blend of « several Fruit Juices, combined with . Chillies, which makes a delightful, warming and invigorating beverage.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8101, 30 May 1906, Page 5
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