The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-04-13
HIGHLY IMPORTANT =
TO THE PUBLIC


Remarkable Conversation of anothsf
Doctor to the improved Treatmsnt Of
Fever and Az ue, and Bilious Feve.s.s
Great afficacy of DR.. Brage's Sugar
Coated Pills further confirmed ~
Medical men-- Removal of the injunc-
tiOn ofsecrecy, called for--Dr. BragsA
answer--No protection Of a ssPatsnt
Rls sh,'' desired by him! as.s
Rocky FoRD. ARK, July Seth, 1917
DEAR SIR.-I am a physician and hans
always bitterly opposed every mediciat
offered to the public under the protection
of secrecy or patent, Indeed, have are
ways had mortal hatred of what We
termed 'Quack Medicines, Patent Nos
trums,' &C., and have uniformly discouri
aged their use among my patients and
friends. But one of your agencies fouas
its way into this place last year, just ar
Fever aud Ague and Congestive Fevs.
began to spread extensively among the
reople. There being no other Doctor 10
the place, ! could not attend to half the
slck-and the result was that bundredh
we're compelled to make trial Of your Pills
both the Anti-billious aud Tonic.
Their speedy cure Of all cases was 60
astonishing, and so much extoled by ev.
cry one, that wasinduoed at last to make
trial of them in my practice--and the rek
suit has been to convince me, much againsf
my prejudices, that they possess a SPE4
ClFIC CONTROL over Fever and Agus
and other Bilious diseases. not known to-
any other medicine belonging to the mac
10 m ediCo
So convinced am I Of their great vic
tues, that ! think You ought; in justice ts
suffering humanity, TO make public the
recipe from which they are made-or az
least, to furnish your pill mass to physics
'ans IN small jars, to be used in their
practice. Your Anti bilious Pills are Ger
ain to take the place of Calomel, and
Tonic Pills the place of Quiuine, very
soob in the Agues and Fevers of the South
and West. Very respectfully,
r. MCDOWELL, M, d.
DR. BRAGG ST. Louis ,.l -,
or Tn publicly replying 10 the absvss
Dr. Bragg takes the occasion to say to
his numerous correspondents in all the
Southern and Western States, who write
similar letters, that his Indian Queen
Vegetable Sugar Coated Pills claim none
OF that protection supposed to arise from
the humJuggery of a PATENT RIGHT.
His p Ills are not a pafened medicines; he
never asked for patent TO protect their
Manufacture or sale. 1fahy one were to
make and sell counterfeit Pill with hii
name, the public ould not be slow to 6ud
out the imposition. The want of virtue
IN such pill would at once expose ii as
- n. oc EDAIyn n,
Bragg has no idea that il will fall to- the
lot of man, in the next FIVE and twenty
wears, to discover a medicine Of equal g.
greater virtues than bis. II il should, hs
will be the first to rejoice at the increas>
ed blessings thus bestowed upon mankind.
| He advocates the glorious advantages and
results of an untrammelled competition
IN all the concerns of life--in the science
and practice and compoupding Of msdi-
cine, as well as IN commercs and the arts
and manufactures. 1t was on this &C.
count that he did not ask MONOPOLY
through the boasting protection Of 'Pat-
ent Right II is on this account, TOO.
that he ia not constantly clamoring At
the top of this voice--(as does one alright.
ed sugar.coating gentleman who leans
upon patented proiection--) sCAUTION;f
BEWARE;' LOOK OUT FOR COUN.
TERFEITS;' &c. &c.M I.
The Cure of $4,000 Persons Annually!i
OF Fever and Ague, is all the protection
DR.. Bragg desires, from the FRAUDS OF
Counterfei,ers. His Pills. com mbine .
concentration ofmedicinal extracts here
tofore unknown to the world. Away,
then, with the humbuggery of spatsnt
rights'-when the consumption Of these
Pills has already reached J..
HALF A MILLION BOXES ANNUAL.
LY!!!
In regard to making public the recipe
from which they are made, DR.. Bragg
conscienciously believes that, iastead of
subserving the cause of humanity, il
would act as a perfect outpouring of Pan.
do ra's Box. This has been fully exem-
plified in the publication Of the recipe Of
'SAPPINGTON'S PlLLS'-there being
now scarcely box Of the genuine Pills
TO be found! They are put up now by
Tom. Dick or Harry out of the cheap
such as s.ARSENlCand WHITE XITROL
Ito lake the place of Qulnine, formerly
used in them--causIng more destruction
of human life, than all the Yellow Fever
or Ship Fever Of the same period! Who
then. can wonder at the loss of public
confidence which has befalen this one
popular Pill. ,y.
For sale by the following agents 10 Wy.
andot. t-
ID. N w. Ayres, Upper Sandusky.-
VIM. Fl. Harris. Wyandot House.
Sho,b & Martin, Little Sandusky.
John Bevington, Wyandot.
VIM. ID. Whitney Bowsherville.