The
Little Red Book
1878. Warning!
Against Counterfeits of the Magic Cure.
No Box is genuine without owxnew Steel Engraved,
Proprietary Stamp.
Do not be deceived by imitations of our Remedy
under other names, which are on the market at low
prices ! This is only evidence of the success of our
medicine, and the experience of all worthy prepara-
tions.
Our Little Red Book also has been imitated by
competitors, whose cupidity found no conscience to
restrain their ingenuity.
All stories of pretended partners are false. I never
had a partner in this business, and no man living
was ever permitted to know anything of the ingre-
dients of the Magic Cure, except the proprietor
himself.
All statements to the contrary are false and fraud-
ulent, and attempts to trade on the merits of the
Magic Cure
Also,
Substitute for Quinine'
The Magic Cure is a full substitute for Quinine
in all cases ! Costs far less ! More certain in its
results ! Without unpleasant effects !
You will observe we have nearly stopped the pub-
lication of testimonial letters. It is mostly cheap,
worthless remedies that rely upon that method of
publicity. We guarantee a cure in every case where
directions are followed. Obstinate cases, however,
should consult proprietor’s office, giving particulars.
N. B.—Do not be deceived by a new, cheap imit-
ation of our trademark, called Mag-net-ic Cure. The
Little Red Rook
New Series
Published by
George Tallcot,
No. 191 Fulton Street, New York.
1878
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1S78 by Gborgr Tallcot,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Publisher’s Notice.
With the present series, The Little Red Book
begins the Sixth year of its existence.
The past has been a success ; the future is full of
promise.
Read by the rich and poor alike, an enormous num-
ber has gone into circulation.
We tender our thanks to the numerous enthusias-
tic patrons who have given their influence to make
us known to their friends far and near.
New and Startling.
We are aware that some of the propositions here-
in promulgated are new and somewhat revolution-
ary; but the experience of many years in testing
these theories has proved them correct; and we make
bold to stand by the announcements.
Material progress is the work to which we devote
time, talents, capital.
The world is benefited by the dissemination of
new ideas. *
If “the law and justice” become mere glittering
generalities, subverted by “ absurd decisions ” from 3
the “bench,” or the tricks and strategy of lawyers,
the people should arouse and quietly annul all old
precedents and start again with a new and simple
style of jurisprudence, that all can understand.
If the old and learned profession of medicine have
settled into a groove so deep, dogmatic, and unsuc-
cessful as to lose the confidence of a progressive
people, the gate is opened for other minds with less
pretensions and more practical work.
Whatever may be said of the centuries passed and
gone, ours of the 19th is an age of thought, by the
masses of people.
Now, truly, “time and tide wait for no man;”
unsuccessful ideas are quickly cast aside by a think-
ing world.
Our Subject.
From the earliest settlement of this continent, the
practical American mind has been keenly alive to
the value of expedients.
Boundless fields for enterprise opened before a
scanty population.
Necessity demanded, and machinery took the
place of men.
Horse power became too slow, and the locomotive
revolutionized travel and transportation.
The ocean was found inconveniently wide, and
steam reduced it three-fourths.
When the forests disappeared we plunged deep
into the earth and brought up coal. Oil, springing like water from subterranean arter-
ies, supplied the student’s lamp, when other resour-
ces failed.
Thought demanded conveyance equal even to its
own activity, and Morse traversed land and sea with
a network of wires, and placed a very Jupiter at
every intersection.
One Deficiency.
During all these years of progress, one great and
increasing defect had developed, which the resour-
ces of science and perseverance of men have vainly
essayed to correct.
Our Country,
Blessed with great varieties of soil, climate, and
productions, is found to contain also elements de-
structive to the health and life of its peoples.
Succeeding generations of men appealed to science
for reiief, but no adequate relief came.
Was science a failure ?
Must the wheels of progress turn back in conse-
quence of the impending decrepitude of the people?
Forbid it ! Enterprise ! ! !
Forbid it ! Patriotism ! ! !
Forbid it! Common Sense !
Where was the ever ready practical American mind,
which had so often in the great past, come to the
aid of progress ? Where ? Hush ! ! See !!
A blank page on the scroll of history is just receiv-
ing the words of relief as seen in the illustration on
our title page, ! ! ! The Magic Cure ! ! ! Malaria.
STRANGE as it may seem, with ail the security
which the advancement of the present day affords,
there is a danger to which all are exposed—a dread
monster, at whose shrine all are hourly in danger of
being offered up.
Miasm, or Malarial influence, will in certain con-
ditions of the atmosphere, envelop whole sections of
country, cities, and towns, and every individual,
whose physical system is in a condition to receive it,
will be more or less affected.
After a person has become inoculated with M da-
ria, symptoms of disease are most certain to ensue.
Generally, these symptoms proceed from the vege-
table organs, which it attacks first; but, above all,
and primarily, the liver. An almost immediate
effect is, a retarded secretion of bile, the preparation
of which is manifestly, from a knowledge of physi-
ology, encompassed by the functions of the liver,
the largest gland in the body; its weight being about
four pounds in the healthy adult.
Whenever the biliary secretion is diminished,
constipation is a certain result ; the en ire ali-
mentary canal becomes surcharged with effete pro-
ducts, which become perfectly dry, or nearly so, 6
the absorbents carrying away the fluids into the
circulation. As the apparatus for waste ceases to
perform the work of removing the excrementitious
materials, the stomach, the grand factory for the
separation of the same, refuses, longer, to perform
the prescribed functions.
By sympathy with the brain, through the pneumo-
gastric nerve, the mental faculties become deterior-
ateTrTeacTache, dizziness, dimness of vision, loss
of memory, melancholia, or even insanity or a
general condition of stultification, may be superin-
duced.
This M-daria is a Microscopic GernT of disease
which enters the blood through the lungs, thence
conveyed to every part of the system, sooner or
later develops into an active poison, and becomes a
sort of parasite on the vital forces.
We find a large proportion of the sufferings of
mankind are the result, directly or indirectly, of this
Malarial or Miasmatic Poison in the air we breathe.
Scientific Research
And extensive experiments have determined with
much certainty the results which follow the impreg-
nation ; and we are justified, on general principles,
in boldly asserting that probably not a man, woman,
or child entirely escapes some form of its develop-
ments. Broad Ground.
These developments cover a ivide field; are felt in
nearly every organ of the body, suggesting the presence
of many different maladies by name, which are in re-
ality only symptoms produced by the one pHme, suffi-
cient cause, viz.: the
germ in the blood.
We do not Recognize
The existence of numerous different diseases, each
requiring different treatment and remedies. This
theory has thrown mystery, doubt, and uncertainty
over the treatment of disease fora thousand years.
This Poison Malaria
enters the citadel at the lung gate, seizes the nervous
centres of the brain, heart, liver, stomach, and
other organs, and with a despotism and profligacy
worthy of a Caligula, drives the whole machinery
of the body on to its own destruction.
Ail the various functions are perverted, bringing
forth' many kinds of disorders, for they must obey
thi3 terrible dictator of nervous force.
Liver Complaints, Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Weak Eyes, Heart Disease,
Spinal Disease, Kidney Disease, Scarlet Fevers,
Intermittent, Bilious, Typhoid, and Yellow Fevers,.
Need we wonder then that Diphtheria, Female Complaints, Scrofula, Cancer,
Tumors, Insanity, Paralysis, and other maladies are
produced in a healthy body ?
With our battery of Magic Cure, we charge direct
upon the unnatural despot who has taken posses-
sion of the citadal or centre of nerve force and
caused all this demoralization, release Nature from
her thralldom, and she reconstructs the diseased
parts and restores them to their former harmonious
whole.
While continuing the subject of prevalent diseases
which are amenable to the influence of the
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Magic Cure,
we are bound to remark that the ancient idea of
finding a separate specific for every form of com-
plaint7%has about exploded.
The fact of the matter is, that in working from
this point of view the medical profession has failed
to find bottom.
It is one thing to palliate, or temporarily relieve,
and quite another to eradicate from the foundation
up
For many years, in the Little Red Book and
otherwise, I have advocated the proposition that the
various forms of physical suffering are resalts
of a general condition of the system, caused by
malarial or other poisons in the Liver and
Blood ! lienee, one course of proper treatment
should relieve them all, if continued a
proper length of time.
Our Experience
with the Magic Cure for ten years has proved the
correctness of this theory to a remarkable extent. Disease of the Over,
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Developed into Disease of the Clings,
Developed into Disease of the Kidneys,
Developed into Diseases of the Spine,
Developed into Diseases of the Skin,
Developed into Diseases of the Heart,
Developed into Diseases of Females,
Developed into Diseases of the Brain,
are all treated and cured on this principle.
All Chills vanish immediately when this remedy
is used. All types of Fever are subdued ; Rheuma-
tism, Neuralgia, and Dyspepsia are entirely relieved.
Coughs, Weak Lungs, Hemorrhage, Consumption,
General Debility, Scrofula, Boils, Abscesses, Cancer,
Tumors, and all types of Female Weaknesses or Ir-
regularities, are all reached and relieved when other
treatment has failed ; the complexion is thus greatly
improved and beautified.
Cancer ancl Tumors!
Among all morbid growths, none is so formidable
as Cancer. This terrible phenomenon arises from a
point of infection, a poison germ, which causes
the growth of tissue around it in an abnormal man-
ner, different from the natural interchange of parti-
cles.
A Parasite.
The nutrient material is appropriated by this king
germ, and a considerable parasite upon the vital
iorce3 asserts itself in the face of Nature and leads
the victim down to death.
Xo Knife or Caustic,
Caustics and the knife are equally barbarous and Ineffectual. The Magic Cure does not attempt vain
attacks upon the full-hedged production, but eradi-
cates the poison from the blood, reverses the order
of things; interrupts the supply of that strange mixt-
ure of virus and nutriment, and so opera ing upon
the forces of secretion and absorption as to compel
the disruption of the mass little by little until the
original kernel or point of infection is reached and
destroyed.
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Consumption.
Conspicuous among the novelties in adaptation
of *fu Magic Cure appeals that disease, Con-
sumption.
The experience of ages gives little hope for a cure ;
the poison tint produced it may have been trans-
mitted for generations.
and'are perfec ly able to substantiate the same:
Tuat large numbers of consumptive cases are
curable. "We assure all unfortunates that a stern
and regular use of our Magic Cure will be followed
by astonishing results in cases of their class.
We waste no time in the attempt to palliate results,
our remedy searches out and removes the active
cause of the infection, tmd Nature relieved from its
presence, soon repairs damages, and the voyage of
life goes on.
We Propose Iiere to Say!
This vicious malarial or miasmatic poison which
abounds all around us and which we now so success-
fully combat with the Magic Cure, is introduced
imo tbs circulation through the medium of the air
ami lungs then conveyed to all parts of the body,
to all the organs and tissues.
It Is a Poison. Shortness of Breath and Heart Disease.
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Although we uniformly disown the claim that
our Magic Cure is a panacea, it seems to be almost
unlimited in range of adaptation !
This arises from the fact we claim first to have
promulgated—that so many different types of disease
spring from one prime sufficient cause, this common
enemy,
The Poison Berm in the Blood,
which our remedy eradicates.
May be a positive result from obstructions in the
air tubes of the lungs, caused by local disease, as in
Bronchitis, when the tubes are obstructed by ex-
cessive secretion of pus.
The mucous membrane of the lungs, in Bronchitis,
is doing excessive duty and secreting abnormal
material
The Magic Cure is very effectual in regulating the
secretions of the glands.
But the common difficulty, called Shortness
of Breath or Dyspnoea, arises from
Shortness of Breath!
Disease of tlie Heart,
where the valves become thickened or otherwise
distorted, resulting in wrhat is called regurgitation or
backward escape of the blood, as of water through
the valves of a force pump.
The blood in the system does not go the round
sufficiently rapid, nor does a proper natural quantity
of blood reach the lungs in a given time to receive
oxygen from the air, hence Dyspnoea, or a feeling
I.ike Lack of Air! Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
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Probably no developments of the poison germ in
the blood are so common as those designated by the
peculiar groans which are termed respectively
Rheumatism and Neuralgia. #
Tbe conflict which rages almost continuously be-
tween the nervous system and the usurping enemy
may, perhaps, be compared to a cloud of satans
dancing their hornpipes on the telegraph wires.
These nerve wires, so well intended for the convey-
ance of pleasurable sensations, may nevertheless be
found to do unpleasant service.
As we are specimens of Nature, and participate
in her sufferings and joys, so must we necessarily
experience whatever pain or d scomfort occurs from
violence to her laws, whether from our own acts or
conditions forced upon us.
A slight disturbance, at first, of the equilibrium
that Nature arranged so beautifully in the organi-
zation of man, is often sufficient to produce a shriek
of anguish from any sensitive nerve imposed upon.
Head-ache, Tooth-ache, Ear-aclie, Pain
in the Eyes, and Pain in the Face are
Neuralgic.
Back-ache, Shoulder-ache, Hand-
ache, Knee-ache, Foot-ache, etc,, may he
classed Rheumatic.
While a pain in the sides, pain in the chest, papi *>
around the Eiver and Heart may be either one.
Diseases of the spine, including curvatures, are
fearful illustrations of the effects of the Poison
germ in the blood.
Very bad cases of all these are constantly being
subdued by our Magic Cure, when used with
persistence. In the investigations of Malaria and its connection:
with prevalent diseases, the discovery has been
lately made that the exciting cause in cases of the
above class is the malarial or miasmatic poison of
which we treat.
This theory has been so thoroughly proven, that,
in the city of New York, the diseases can be mostly
located geographically, by persons familiar with
the health of the wards. But the poison may spread
to other localities !
The Magic Cure, applied to Diphtheria and Scar-
let Fever, finds itself in conflict with the same
malicious invader that entered the citadel at the
lung gate and usurped control of the entire nerve
forces.
There is, however, in symptoms of this class, a
tendency to more rapid progress of the disease,
more malignant, and more frequently fatal, than in
most other types of malarial developments.
The blood loses its vitality, and the patient sinks
for lack of strength. It is, therefore, of paramount
importance to give strength. A teaspoonful of gin,
or rum, or bourbon, should be given every one or
two hours, also raw eggs beaten up in milk, and other
nutritious diet.
One pill of the Magic Cure every four to six hours,
according to age, the formeg when over ten years.
This treatment rarely fails if persevered in.
The Magic Cure will surely
prevent attacks when used in advance by others, in
a family exposed to the poison.
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever, 14
, Our Remedy.
R is a vegetable compound, not a cathartic; contains
no Quinine, no Mercury, no Arseni', no Strychnine,
»r any other poison, and is entirely harmless, even
when used continuously a long time.
But Words are Cheap.
We do not rely on argument so much as deeds, and
therefore present to an appreciative, but much
abused publie, some evidence we have selected t®
prove, by results, the correctness of these theories
This edition of the Little Red Book is intended to
circulate chiefly in the vicinity of New York, there-
fore the cases selected for reference are mostly re-
sidents here where they can be easily found to verify
our statements.
Liow Malaria! Fever. — Frank Flanders,
late well-known conductor on the Erie, also on the Hudson
River R. R., residence No. 15 West 46th Street, N. Y. The
fever continued about a year; baffled all previous medical
treatment; w;.s r dued very low, but Anally relieved and
brought out of it by the Mag'c Cure in a manner almost a
marvel to his friends. Amo; g other remedies that faded to
re ieve him was Moore’s Pilules. This case wi 1 be vouched
for by John C. Mackenzie, Lawyer, 68 Wall Street.
Sciatic Rheumatism.—Adie, i T. H.
Ryan, of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, late of the Brooklyn
Argus. Numerous liniments, mineral waters, and Physicians’
prescriptions f died to relieve: a few boxes of the Magic Cure
entirely subdued the symptoms.
Chronic Rheumatism of loug standing.—
Aid rman James Webb, 62 Morton Street, N. Y., was nearly
incapacitated for business. Is now a strong advocate of our
remedy. Chronic Rheumatism,—Extreme nervous
ness, emaciation, loss of sleep, poor ap-etit ■, chronic indi-
gestion. Mrs. T. S. Ellis, wife of the well-known Capt. Ellis,
•MO Bergen Street, Brooklyn. N. Y. Her ca-e began with a
milk leg, 25 years ago, has been a great sufferer; all medi-
cal skill was baffled until the Magic Cure was applied ; now is
re ieved, sleeps well, gains flesh and strength.
Pneumonia, Typhoid Fever, Ilcmnr-
rliage of the Lungs and Cough.—Manly A. Burnham,
45 Grove fetree*, N. Y. A bad case re ieved and cured,
Heihcs Suppressed, Early Consump-
tion.—Miss Mary Kelley, hen of 330 East 63d Street, N. Y
since m t r ed and removed to Albany. Her case will be found
on page 29,
Chills and Fever.—A. B. Cohu, Merchant,
197 Water Street, N. Y.
Bright’s Disease, with sedimentary deposit.
—A complicated case, with much suffering and debility, and
pronounced incurable. Edward H. Borland, Merchant 307 4th
Avenue, N. Y., residence 152 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn,
N. Y Ent rely relieved in about three months.
Neuralgia.—A bad case of suffering ! Mrs. S.
M. Randall, 018 Leonard Str-et, Gceenpoint, N. Y. She was
advised to use the Magic Cure by Sergeant Reade, of the 7th
Precinct, Brooklyn Police.
Stiff Neck.—Believed by one box of the Magic
i 'ure, o the person of Charles II. Williamson, General Man-
ager of the Aldine Press, N. Y. He is much delighted with his
ra. id cure, which had baffled other treatment.
Neuralgia,—Major J. Braisted, New Brighton,
Staten Island, N. Y. Severe case. Mr. B. is a strong advocate
of the Magic Cure.
Dumb Ague.—The two Messrs. Cleveland, of
the firm of Edgar p. rmer & Co , Trunk Merchants, No. 18
Oortlandt Street, N. Y., their factory and residence at Newark,
N. J Both ger.tierxien Lave beer so well cured that they a.e
strong friends of the remedy.
15 malarial Fever,—A little daughter of Capl
If. H. Russell, of the U. S. N., Washington. D. C. Her case
was critical and baffled other medicine. Complete relief was
obtained by the M gic Cure.
Spinal Curvature.—Much suffering, prostra-
tion, loss of appetite and nearly helpless. U. B. Mumford, a
young Lawyer, of Albany. N. Y., now removed to Nebraska
Eminent Pnysicians of :his ciiy had failed to reiieve him.
The Magic Cure gave him a good backbone and general
health so improved he is attending to business.
Inflammatory Rheumatism.—The terrible
case of Mr. John Car-on, Haverstraw, N. Y. This man was a
great sufferer for a long time, and there seemed to be no reme-
dy adequate to relieve him, at least the doctors found none.
He became helpless, in bed, and nearly dead. The Magic Cure
relieved bis sufferings, saved his life, took him out of bed, and
at last accounts he was comfortable, able to take care of him-
self, and walk about as he pleased. It required much per-
severance through several months’ use of tee medicine toac-
comp ish this much. The Rev. Oscar Wood and others at
Haverstraw will vouch for this statement.
Case of a Young Cady.—A young unmar-
ried lady, daughter of a distinguished Professor of the French
language, in this city of New York, had been suffering from
female irregularities for three years, resul ing in pronounced
heart disease, with extreme (Ability and pr stra’ion, unable
to endure the least exertion, and very pallid complexion; all
medical treatment failed to relieve, and her physician con-
sidered her recovery hopeless. The Magic Cure was then ap-
plied through the advice of a friend, and the young lady soon
relieved in every particular. Reference to the parties of this
case may be obtained at the Magic Cure Office, 191 Fulton
Street, N. Y., or of S. M. Beckley, Esq., 132 East 24th Street.
Ovarian Tumor.—Case of Mrs. Hannah Wil-
liams, of Westfield, Union Co., N. J., age 03. In the spring of
1875 began to notice a fullness and weight in the abdomen,
became much bloated ar d painful to move about. Soon a hard
lump appeared. That summer she had a severe attack of
bilious fever, followed by typhoid, lay sick some time, de-
lirious, etc. The doctor’s attention being called to the lump,
he pronounced it an ovarian tumor. It grew to about five
inches diameter. The doctor did n t seem to give relief to
her fever or general condition. A box of the Magic Cure was
16 obtained, and she took a pill every hour for seven hours, when
the fever entirely left. She continued these pills according to
directions, and in three days was able to leave her room, r-he
took the Magic Cure with faith and perseverance seven or
eight mon*hs, when the tumor was entirely gone and her
health better than for years, no symptoms i f its return now
over two years. The Rev. James Greaves, her pastor, con-
firms this woman’s statement.
Paralysis of the entire left side, affecting
speech, hearing, and thought.—Mrs. Emily A. GreileU. No. 33S
7th Street, Jersey City, N. J., age about 25 years. Her trouble
began with chills and fever some months before, showing
malaria to be the original cause. She was now entirely re-
lieved by the Magic Cure and full poweis restored after about
four weeks treatment. Older persons would likely require
longer time to obtain relief from a similar affection.
Neuralgia.—One of the most obstinate cases on
record had been treated a long time without success by the
best skill in the profession. Her sufferings were fearful. The
wife of D. L. Clayton, Undertaker, Turkey P. O., N. J. Even
the Magic Cure was baffled for a long time, but after an almost
hopeless struggle with the malady for several months our
great remedy came out triumphant. Many citizens of Mom
mouth Co., N. J , are our witnesses, for she had the sympathies
of the entire community.
Sick Ilcarf-aclie.— Numerous cases cured,
but we have neglected to keep a record of the names. In most
of ,his class of cases perseverance in taking the remedy is nec-
essary to perfect a cure, and a small number will not be cured
at all.
Tic Douloureux, or Facial Neuralgia in its
most intense form.—Sevc:al cases of this teriible affliction
have come under our reatment and been entirely relieved. It
may be remarked that the active cause of this ty; e of disease
usually also produces chronic indig stion, and we have to cure
both at the same time and in cases that have long baffled the
best medical akill oi the world.
The Magic Cure removes the original cause in the liver and
both results cease.
Persons who resort to this remedy for relief from this type
of anguish, must remember our injunction, perse vere, for
thus only can you succeed. Some relief will be obtained
sooner, but bad cases will require several months continuance
to entirely stou the recurrence. The (Mew York Juvenile Asylum, and Sol-
diers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Asylum, New
York, are using the “Magic Cure” among
their children in place of Quinine, with ex-
cellent success
John V. Farwell, Esq., of Chicago, 111 (Firm of
John V. Farwell & Co., the Great Wholesale Dry
G ods and Carpet House of the Wesi), was cured of
a severe bilious attack with chills, and his general
health greatly improved by the use of this remedy,
and the firm, in consequence, have sold a large
quantity of the medicine.
Every Druggist will supply it.
The sense of security in having the “ Magic Cure ” in
one's possession, is worth a hundred times its cost
Interview.
One day in January, 1873, I called at the new and
beautiful palace of
Messrs. Tiffany & Co.,
Union Square, Xew York, when I had the
following interview with C. L. Tiffany, Esq, , the
head of this eminent firm of Jewelers.
Question.—“Mr. Tiffany, you have used the
medicine ‘Magic Cure for Chills and Fevers.’ I
would like to inquire with what result ? ”
Mr. Tiffany.—“We have had the ‘ Magic Cure’ in
use some time in my family and the families of those
we employ—nearly two years—and with the most
gratifying success. My wife looks after such things more than I. She values the medicine highly, I
know, for I have, at her request, been down to 96
Liberty Street myself and purchased it by the dozen
boxes at a time. She recommends it to all her
friends.”
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Question.—“Do you have much Chills and Fever at
your country residence V ”
Mr. Tiffany.—“We have had some Chills at Ir-
vington (on the Hudson) before we obtained the
‘ Magic Cure,’ but we have no fear of it now. This
medicine has been a first-rate thing for some of our
families at Irvington. Our domestics were sick with
Chills and we were much troubled until we heard of
this * Magic Cure.’ It has worked admirably in all
cases we have known anything about. My wife con-
siders it the best thing she can get anywhere for Chills
and all malarious troubles, and always keeps a sup-
ply at both our Madison Avenue residence and Ir-
vington.”
Interview with Rev. E. W. Hager,
Chaplain in the IT. S. Xavy.
Mr. T.—“Mr. Hager, you had a somewhat remark-
able experience in a trial of the Magic Cure, and I
would like to publish the facts. The public want
proofs, and your evidence will furnish another
valuable link in our chain which may convince
some other doubling sufferers.”
Mr. H.—“Yes, Mr. T., I will cheerfully give you
the facts. About two years ago, your Little Red
Book fell in my way. I looked at it and cast it 20
aside; again I saw it and read a portion of it; again
sought, found and read it thoroughly.
I had suffered intensely five or six years, with
every pain and ache and symptom that malarial poi-
son can produce; among which are vertigo, irregular
action of the heart and pulse, excessive flatulence,
nervous prostration, chronic indigestion; every few
weeks, terrible cramp in the pit of the stomach, last-
ing from ten minutes to an hour, during which I
could scarcely speak or breathe; eminent physicians
said to my friends, as I since learned, that in one of
these attacks, not far in the future, I would die. At
times my breathing was difflcult though painless;
unable to walk any distance, or ascend a flight of
stairs without much weariness and profuse perspira-
tion.
I consulted many physicians whose treatment and
remedies failed to relieve, and I lost faith and well-
nigh gave up in despair.
In this condition I read your Little Red Book,
sent for the medicine, and began its use.
In less than a week I felt that recuperation had
begun. My recovery was slow, but decided and
sure The spasms or cramps in the pit of the
stomach, which had continued for years, ceased very
soon; not a single recurrence or symptom My
strength of body, limbs and voice returned, and now
I am well, in fact, feel new again 21
But it took months of time and a score and a half
•f boxes to affect this.
My daughter at the West has been for years a
great sufferer, and after tiying many physicians
without relief, is now using the Magic Cure, and
wonderfully benefited already by that destroyer of
malarial poison.
In March, 1873, I had the following interview
with Mr. Charles E. Eglee, of the Fourth National
Bank of New York, corner of Pine and Nassau
Streets.
Another Interview !
Question.—“Mr. Eglee, I have called to make a
few inquiries on a subject foreign to banking, if you
can spare a few moments. I am informed you have
used the medicine, ‘ Magic Cure for Chills and Fever,’
in your family. What is your opinion of it?”
Mr. Eglee.—“My experience, and the experience of
those I know who have tried it, has given me a very
decided opinion as to its merits.”
‘41 think this remedy the greatest discovery of the
age.
“My wife was sick with the Chills for six years,
summer and winter, with scarcely any interruption.
The most stubborn case that all the Doctors I em-
ployed ever heard or read of—and I had twelve
of the best Physicians I could get, and not any
of them could stop the Chills. I don’t believe a
mere stubborn case could possibly exist.”
Question.—“ What,Mr. Eglee, do you mean to say
six years of almost uninterrupted Chills?”
Mr. E.—“ Yes, indeed; I do mean just so. Itook 22
her to different sections of the country, for ' change
of air;’ but it was of no benefit at all. She had the
Chills just the same.
“ I look upon this Malaria—as they call it—as a
most terrible scourge. I heard of others being cured
with all sorts of remedies, and I made haste to get
them all; indeed I might say I procured * everything
under the sun,’ I could hear of, for this complaint,
and all to no purpose.
“ She became so reduced, so feeble, and so emaci-
ated, that the Physicians did not dare give her any
more medicine. Her case seemed hopeless indeed.
“ This was her condition when I chanced to learn
of the ‘Magic Cure,’ and it was only after two or
three interviews with Mr. Tallcot that I ventured
to try them, and then with hesitancy, hardly daring
to hope for any favorable results. But imagine our
delight and astonishment, when, in a short time, the
Chills stopped, and after taking a few boxes, there was
an end to that six years of ChiUs and Fever."
Question.—“Has she had any Chills since?”
Mr. E.-“ No! she recovered perfectly from them
with the use of three or four boxes of ‘ Magic Cure.’”
Question.—“How did you learn of the ‘Magic
Cure?”’
Mr. E.—“ A friend told me of it. I never saw any
advertisement of it, but I think it ought to be exten-
sively advertised as a great public benefit. You may
refer to me at any time and give my address: Fourth
National Bank of New York.
One evening in February, 1873, I bad the pleasure
of the following interview with Mr. H. E Hosford,
Another Interview! 23
of Elizabeth, N. J. (Office, Pine Street, New 'fork,
Broker.)
Question.—“ Mr. Hosford, I have come to have a
little chat with you this evening about the ‘Magic
Cure for Chills and Fever.’ Hearing you have had
some experience iD its use, I am anxious to know
anything you are willing to tell me.”
Mr. II.—“ Well, Sir, I have had an experience
with it, and it's not been a little trivial trial, but a long
and persistent effort to test it to the uttermost. And
I have something to tell that you may possibly tig ok
pretty large talk, but I can substantiate everytf ng
I say with the best of testimony—good, sound, living
witnesses.
“ First, then, we have cured our little daughter of
Chilis and Fever. She was a very sick child ; our
Doctor had been treating her for a long time, and yet
the disease seemed ‘ rooted and grounded ’ into her
very system. She was emaciated to a mere skeleton
and we became greatly alarmed about her. Just at
this time I chanced to meet Mr. Vernam, and he
told me of the ‘ Magic Cure,’ how much it had bene-
fited his wife and his father-in-law, Judge Qfacken-
boss (the Judge having been cured of Chills and
Fever after suffering over a year, and he is 83 years
old). Mr. Vernam persuaded me to try it, and I
immediately got a box of it and began to give it to
our little Ailie, and the effect was astonishing. She
was having a chill every day ; not a single chill did
she have after the first dose of ‘ Magic Cure.’
“ She had no appetite, but, after giving the medi-
cine one day she began to eat and for food,
and we gave it to her freely. She- lmproveo every
minute, and in five days she was another child—
cured This was so astonishing and surprising tc 24
me, after full five months’ treatment by our Doctor,
that it need not be wondered at that I had 4 Magic
Cure on the Brain.’”
Question.—“ Does the child stay well ?”
Mr. II.—“Yes, indeed. Here, Allie!” said he,
calling her by name, when in came from an adjoin-
ing room a lively little miss of ten or eleven years.
“ There,” said Mr. H., “ does she look anything like
being sick.”
“ Not a bit,” I answered.
Mr. H. went on to say : “ We believe we have
saved her from the very jaws of death, for a child of
one of our intimate friends had only recently died
with the same complaint.”
Question.—“ Well, Mr. Hosford, I can see you
have good cause for your interest in the ‘Magic
Cure.’”
Mr. n.—“ Yes ; the cure of my own child so as-
tonished me that, as I said before, I had ‘ Magic Cure
oa the Brain,’ and determined to see if it was as good
for man as child, told my brother-in-law, Mr. J.
Weston, who got it. He was sick with intermittent
fever and had been doctored for that the greatev
part of a year. Before he had the second box used
up he began to improve, slow but sure ; and ere he
had half finished the third box, lie had 4 Magic Cure
on the Brain.’ It cured him as effectually as it did
our child, though not quite so quickly. His case
was more stubborn, but the result -was just as happy,
and he has had ‘Magic Cure on the Brain’ ever
since,” •
Question.—“ What do I understand you by 4 Magic
Cure on the Brain?' ” Mr. H.—'“Ha! ha! well, you must excuse me. I
simply mean that I talk about it all the time. You
see, I felt and do vet feel grateful that it ever came
within my reach.”
Question.—“All right;- go ahead.”
Mr. H.—“The next thing I did was to buy ol
Mr. Tallcot, 96 Liberty Street, New York, a
package of a dozen boxes of the ‘ Magic Cure,’ and
began operations. I looked out for people sick with
Chills and Fever and I found them, and whether I
knew them or not, made no difference with me. I
went to them and told them of the medicine. I
was not long in convincing them that it was just the
thing for them; and, in cases where they were not
able to pay for the medicine, I gave it to them.
“My experience from this time grew wonderfully.
Not a man or child did I come across that had any-
thing like chills or intermittent fever, but I cured
them right up at once.
“ The first dozen boxes did notlast me long, and 1
got another dozen and in a short time they were gone.
Then another dozen; and again and again—many
other dozens—until I have had more than one
hundred and fifty boxes of the ‘Magic Cure.’”
Question.—“Is it possible? Did you sell them
all? ”
Mr. H.—“Yes, mostly. As I said, when I
couldn’t get pay, I gave them away.”
Question.—“That is a large statement, I confess.
What was your idea in following it up so long. Was
it the profit in selling it?”
Mr. II.—“No; not exactly the profit in the sale of
it Though I did not lose anything, still it was 26
nothing like pay for my time. I wanted to see what it
would do, It had answered so admirably in every
case I had tried, that I found it a fascination with
me. Then, I may say, I desired to be kind to my
fellow-man, and I certainly had a good thing for him
in the ‘Magic Cure;’ and'so made it known all I
could and did all I could with it, till I have had
over ©ne hundred and fifty boxes.”
Question.—‘ Have you had any other interesting
or difficult cases?”
Mr. H.—“Yes! several—three or four important
—one of which was Mr. John During, a member of
the Odd Fellows of Elizabeth, N. J.
“Two young men, members of the Lodge, board-
ing in the same house with me, were to sit up with
their sick brother, for the second time within a week.
When I inquired of them what was the matter with
the man, they answered he had Typhoid Fever, was
very low, and not expected to live. I asked them to
take me over and let me see the sick man. They did
so and I found him a great deal worse than any
other case I had attempted to cure. But, believing
in the ‘ Magic Cure ’ as a Specific for all Malarial
Poison, I said ‘ Your friend is very sick; but I believe
I can cure him, if you will discharge the Doctor
now treating him and give him into my hands. ’ ”
“Thev seemed a little incredulous, but having
heard of some of my cures of Intermittent and Bil-
ious Fevers, they communicated with the Lodge,
and the Lodge sent back word for me to commence
at once—and I did.
“ I hardly realized my case till I had watched with
the man a while. He was having from seven to ten
movements of the bowels per day; skin hot, dry and
very yellow; tongue parched and cracked; indeed,
all very bad symptoms. 27
“ Gave him the ‘ Magic Cure,’ 4 pills a day. The
first day he seemed no worse; the second day the
movements of the bowels were less, voice stronger;
third day bowels better; got him into a perspiration.
The odor from his body was fearful, and so strong
and disagreeable I had to disinfect the room with
Carbolic Acid. The fourth day he improved every
minute of the day. The fifth day he wanted to sit
up. (Only think of it, five days before this man was
just alive, now able to eat and relish the proper kind
of food, feeling strong enough to sit up). The sixth
day he was bound to sit up and he did, with no bad
effects. The seventh day I pronounced him
cured.”
Question.—“Well! I am surprised. He got en-
tirely well ? ”
Mr. H.—“ Yes, he is now a robust, hearty man,
laboring every day.”
Question.—“ Do you consider this a genuine case
of Typhoid Fever? ”
Mr. H.—“Yes, the Physician attending him said
it was a hopeless case of Typhoid and all the Lodge
of Odd Fellows well knew it was.”
Cases Treated.
Mrs. Benj. Delong, of Syracuse. N. Y., had been in poor
health many years. Chronic indigestion, great nervous pros-
tration, severe pains in the head, with hissing and roaring
sounds in her ears; pain and soreness in the neck and back,
with constant involuntary motion of the head from side to
side.
Bad. been treated by the best Physicians in Central New
York, without relief, and her case was pronounced hopeless,
Long acquaintance with the family prompted me to urge &
trial of the “ Magic Cure,” and it was undertaken. The results were Blow, but improvement sure, and after
about nine months the patient was cured, every symptom
yielded, and she has been well now about three years.
Another Case.
Pneumonia, Typhoid Fever; Hemorrhage of the
Lungs, Cough.
NewYohk, February 15th, 1875.
Manly A. Burnham, 45 Grove Street,
Superintendent of Buildings for Wm. B. Astor.
Mr. B. had suffered two attacks of Pneumonia, followed by
Typhoid Fever, Hemorrhage of the Lungs, Hollow Cough,
Difficult Expectoration, No Appetite, Sleepless Nights, and
Great Prostration; all covering a period of eighteen months.
Had been attended by several of the best physicians in the
city, who considered it a case of hepatised lungs, and pro-
nounced him hopelessly incurable. A single leaf of our Little
Red Book happened to fall under his eye and led to his sending
for the “Magic Cure.’’ He called this day at96Liberty Street,
and reported himself a well man, now for five months etui sly
cured by eight boxes of this remedy; he will reply to all
enquirers about his case.
Another Case.
Monroe, Mich., Sept. 12th, 1874.
Mr. Geo. Tallcot:
I have long suffered from Chills and. Fever, Neu-
ralgic Fains and Bilious Attacks, and had been seeking in
vain for seven years to find relief. Your “Magic Cure” has
proved a success; it has worked so kindly and effectively upon
me I am anxious its merits should be generally known. I sent
some to my son in East Saginaw, who had been suffering with
Ague, and he writes me the effect was indeed magical, relief
immediate, He gave some of it to a friend in the same state,
and the result was the same. I am satisfied, when known, it
will take the place of all other Ague remedies.
Rev. George B. Eastman.
Case of Miasmatic Poison.
Combined with Poison by Ivy.
Mrs. M. C. Milligan, 137 W. 25th Street, N. Y.
Six years ago she remained at Aspinwali, on the Isthmus,
two months, during the sickly season, and became poisoned by the deadly malaria, then immediately returned to New York
Her rugged constitution resisted the usual attacks of fever,
but suffered great prostration, loss of flesh and strength. Five
years of poor health with much suffering ensued, until on a
visit to her father, Caleb Gage, at Manchester, N. H., she got
Eoisoned by contact with the Ivy Vine. This seemed to com
ine with the malarial poison already in her Liver and Blood
and brought her great misery. Eruptions, no appetite, in-
creased nervous prostration, chronic indigestion,’ loss of
memory, severe spasmodic, neuralgic pains, with an occasional
chill; flesh reduced from 140 to less than 100 lbs. All treat-
ment and all remedies failed to check or modify the symptoms,
until in a hopeless condition she was advised to take the
“Magic Cure,” and about ten boxes were used.
Appetite and Digestion good, Pains all gone
and all her nature restored to nearly its normal condition, ex
cept flesh and strength, which latter time and care made up
Result.
Miss Mary Kelley, 330 East 63d St., New York.
Symptoms : Weariness, despondent, languid, no appetite,
prostration and much constipation, headache, vertigo, cheek?-
red to excess, hacking cough; age eighteen; never had but one
monthly period, eighteen months previous to October 1st, 1874
Her health had been excellent before; now very feeble and
going rapidly with consumption, could sit up only a short time
each day. Powerful cathartics were used to move the bowels.
At this time the ‘‘ Magic Cure ” was introduced. In one week
the symptoms began to improve very decidedly, and by the time
four boxes of the pills had been used she was favored by an
other monthly period. Prom that time her convalesence was
rapid until entirely cared, better than ever before in her life;
active, buoyant and happy. Beauty returned to her cheek,
and only required time to restore strength. This case is
vouched for by Mrs. M. P, Butler, 121 North 9th St.
Philadelphia, Pa, with whom she lived until obliged to
come home for treatment. Also by Mrs, M. C. Milligan,
formerly at the Appledore House, Isle of Shoals, N. H
Case.
The Magic Cure a Beautifier!!
Young Ladies ar.d Gentlemen who are annoyed by sallow
complexions, eruptions on the skin, etc., can be made happy
•>y the use of a few boxes of this remedy. 30
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Co., Legal Department,
Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 25,1876.
Mr Dear Sir:
I am indebted to you for the only substantial specific for
neuralgia I have been able to find. The Magic Cure pills you
gave me, have relieved me of neuralgic pains of many year*
standing. I have been a great sufl'erer on that account, and
have taken quinine enough to quicken the cold and motionless
blood of a dead man. Please accept my heart-felt thanks for
the kindness of your suggestion which first brought to my
knowledge the existence of this superb malarial antidote, and
believe me, Sir, very truly, your obt. servant, B. W. Hanna.
Rev. John Hawks, Rockville, Ind.
Terre Haute, Ind., Fib. 20, 1877.
Mr. Geo. Tallcot.
Yours of the 16th instant received. Of course you may use
the letter I wrote the Rev. John Hawks. I have recommended
your Magic Cure to a number of my friends, and they bear
uniform testimony of its efficiency. It is a wonderf ul remedy.
It ought to make you a million of money. Every box is worth
$100. to any afflicted as I have been. Use the letter sent Rev.
Mr. Hawks, and this, too, if needful. Very truly,
B. W. Hanna.
Mr. Geo. Tallcot. Cutler, Carroll, Co., Ind.
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of a package of your
Magic Cure, sent, as I suppose, at the suggestion or Rev. John
Hawks, of Rockville, Ind. Bro. Hawks was here holding a
protracted meeting. He found our son sick of Fever and Ague.
He had been sick for nearly two months, and we began to feel
concerned for his recovery ; but Bro. Hawks gave him a box of
your Ague Cure, and since his return home, has sent him a
second box, a part of which he has taken. His chills are
broken, and his health is so far restored that he is now up and
attending to his business. I thank you, dear Sir, for this valu-
able remedy, and allow me to say that there is no region that I
know of where such a remedy is as much needed as in Carroll
County, Indiana, especially along Wild Cat Creek. 1 shall
feel it. a duty which I owe to ny suffering fellow beings, to
recommend your Magic Cure wherever I go. I am, dear Sir,
yours in the bonds of a grateful remembrance.
Mr. Geo. Tallcot. Cutler, Carroll Co., Ind.
Yours of the 17th inst. is at hand. I reply, my letter is in your hanils; publish such portion as may suit your purpose,
and circulate as freely as you may deem proper, in Ohio, Indi-
ana, Iowa, and Missouri, where I am known among Presbyte-
rians as an humble minister of Christ. Yours very truly,
Rev. W. M. Stryker.
Merchant’s National Bank, New Haven, Conn., Feb. 16,1874.
“Geo. Tallcot, E^q.,
“ Dear Sir:—Three of my children were severely attacked
last spring with Chills and Fever. We called our Family Phy-
sician, who did what he could for them, but without any per-
manent effect; we also tried several ague remedies without
any relief. Through the kind nfluence of Mr. Geo. F. Robin-
son, of this city, we were induced to try your ’Magic Cur ;’
the effect was truly magical. Our children have not had a chill
since the first dose g.veu them, and they are now entirely well.
We would not be without the remedy on any account.
Respectfully Yours, J. C. Bradley, Cashier.”
Paris Exposition.
Tourists who contemplate visiting the Paris Exposition,
especially if they extend their journey to Rome, and other
Malarial points on the Continent, should provide themselves
with a package of the Magic Cure. The sense of security
thus afforded against attacks by those low malarial fevers, is
worth a hundred times its cost.
Sliip Masters should never go to sea without a supply
of this medicine. Bilge water fevers, Rheumat sm, > tc , are
cured by it; all danger of contagion at Southern and South
American ports is easily averted, or cured if a tacked. Numer-
ous reports have been made to us by com t anders and owners,
in our Merchant marine, sustaining these allegations,
Capt. Treadway, of the U. S. Revenue Steamer Boutwell,
was with his officers enabled to pass unharmed through the
Yeilow Fever epidemics of the past two years, at Savannah and
Fernandina. They used the Magic Cure as a preventive.
i Chief Engineer Sewell, U. S. N., Brooklyn, is a strong advo-
cate ofthe Magic Cure, also Eppigger, Russell & Co., Shippers,
160 Water Street, N. 1'.
Mr. Hill, Chief Engineer of one of the Old Dominion Line
Steamers, has had valuable experience with the Magic C n re. Recapitulation.
The developments of Malarial Poison, as we say elsewher.
cover a wide field, are felt in nearly every organ of the bod’
suggesting the presence of various diseases, which are in rea
i y only symptoms of a deranged general condition produce
by the growth and activity of this Poison Germ in the blood.
Ton speak of Biliou-ness, That’s what we mean
You compl .in of Rheumatism, That's what we mean
You suffer with Neuralgia, That's what we mean
Bilious a d Typhoid Fevers, These are what we mean
Liver Complaints, Dyspepsia, These are what we mem
Costiveness. Piles, Gout, , These are what we mean
Spring Sickness. Headache, These are what we mean
Short Breath, Weak Lungs, Cough, Fema receipt <
price, SI per box, 6 boxes $5, or 12 boxes $sl
Half boxes 50 cents each.
Our medicine U cheap because it cui'es when every other h(
failed ! !
Geo. Tallcot,
Offices and Store, 191 Fulton Street, N- "Y The Magic Cure.
This Remedy Is a certain specific for Chills and Fever, and a
full substitute for Quinine.
But it also has great value as a curative for advanced stages of
Malarial Disease.
Persons who have long been invalids and much afflicted are
relieved, even when the precise nature of their difficulties could
not be ascertained, and all other medicine failed.
Directions.
For ordinary types of Chills and Fever, take one pill four times
a day (half an hour before eating and one at bedtime).
Nearly all such cases will be relieved In twenty-four hours, but
the pills should be continued about two weeks to prevent a
relapse.
If the symptoms prove obstinate, give two pills at each dose,
three to four times a day, and persevere a longer time, for suc-
cess is sure.
With the most complicated, obstinate cases, the cure is a question
only of perseverance.
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Dumb Ague, Biliousness, and other
advanced stages of the disease, treat the same as for Chills, except
you must persevere a much longer time.
N'USEA.—When a patient suffers from this or frequent vomit-
ing, and cannot keep a whole pill down, give one quarter to half
a pill. If this is thrown up give another piece and another, until
the vomiting is less frequent, when it will soon subside entirely,
then proceed with four or six pills per day; once this barrier is
broken down the sufferer enjoys rapid convalescence.
The Bowels.—The effect of the Magic Cure upon the bowels is
excellent. Although not a cathartic, it sometimes loosens the
bowels, and the discharge is most beneficial, until a natural con-
ditionisreached.andtheconstipation is broken up. If the loose-
ness continues too long and frequent, producing prostration,
take pure Grape Wine orBrandy in small doses every three hours.
For Chronic Diarrhoea use the same treatment. In all cases
where there is much prostration of strength it is advised to use
some kind of pure spirits, in teaspoon doses, repeated often.
Avoid_fatf^U£_during^reatment.
The Magic Cure is the best friend of the female sex ever discov-
ered in the great medicine chest of the world, and safe for them
'u any condition.
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