Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-03-06
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yCyHE unparalle led reputation OF this medicine IS
such, and its pre- eminent virtues are so well es
tablished, and SO fully acknowledged by an intelligent
public, that it is scarcely necessary to say any thing
further than that it is A SOVEREIGN REMEDYin
diseases of the Liver: Debility resulting from intern
perance and di. ~sipation: Old and in~veterate Ulcers;
Pains in the Bones, attended with swellings OF the
Joints; Indigestion; Blotches on the Face, Pimples, SC.
syphilis; Cutaneous diseases generally, and letter in
PARTICULAR ercural and ScrofuIous complaints
The certificates Of wonderful cures performed by the
Catholicon, have become so numerous. asto preclude
heir insertion in any newspaper, and has made 1t ne
cessary for the proprietor to print them in a pamphlet
of about 100 pages. This will be forwarded as soon
as possible to the several Agents for gratuitous distn
button, and must, on perusal, strengthen the good OPT.
Mon now ent attained by the friends OF this medicine,
and disarm, as it is hoped. the p~rejudices ct those who
view with distrust any medicine not known in what's
called Irregular practice - Facts arc stubbornthings
and cannot he gainsayed.
At the earnest solicitation otmembers oftht medical
faculty, and others who have witnessed the aston,sh
ing cures effected by the use of the Vegetable Catholi.
con, and who are anxious that its benefitsto mankind
may be more widely diffosed. the proprietor has con
scented to reduce the retail price TO Tue Dollars per
bottle; and this will be done without in any way deter
Grating the quality oftbe medicine. or reducing the size
of The bottle, as las been materially done in the case
Of Swaim's Papacea.
Extracts of letters recently received from physicians
and from agents for the sale of Potter's Cathollcon,
most OF whom are al. o agents Tor SWAIN $ panacea.
ist. 1T is a bold step in Mr. Swaimto attempt to de
ceive the public by saying that the increasing demand
for his medicine has enabled him to reduce his prlceto
two dollars Ter bottle, this being entirely at variance
with the established usages of trade, as 1t is usual to
raise the price Of an article when in demand Inc
true cause is, that the sale Of his Panacea has rery much
diminished. and we sell no moye Of 1t since the reduc
ton in price,"
Cd. ..If YOU conclude to lower the price OF the Ca
tholicon to two dollars, this will increase its sale very
much. I shonld also advise YOU to continued the guam
tity the same as now. Mr.. SWANS bottles aPpearto
be only about t,co-thirds their former size"
Sd. 1.-The demandfor your Catholicon remains good
at three dollars, notwithstanding We bavered hcedthe
price OF Swaim's Psnacea to two dollars BY ms ORDER
18th. al retail more than a d zen bottles oil your Ca
tholicon where sell one bottle of Swaim's Panacea;
and l reel great pleasure in informing YOU that IN every
case IN which have seen the Cathoicon tired, II mas
produced decided benefit"
9Th. Could YOU afford TO reduce the price OF your
Catholicon TO two dollars, l should more frequently
prescribe 1t to my patients. and this would also De done
BY a number of other phi ysicisrs in this town and ,ici
nity who have ased it with the best effects. after all the
other Panaceas, and the Compound Syrup Of Sarsapa-
rila. had failed. The use ofthe I~ounponnd syrup o. BAR
saparilla, or what is termed the wood practice having
been formerly put dc,ca by the medica faculty, and
recently got up again b. some Of orr brethren in New
York and PniIadelp,is whose pockets appea' to be the
seat Of their Judgment, / D. moi like to say much about
it,"
9th .sAn eminent physician saws, Il have known
several cures performed bv the use Of your Catholicon,
which had previously resisted the ordinary prescrip-
tons of the faculty. and | have never known it to pro-
duee injurious cGects."
CAUTION.