The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-08-17
HTHGLY IMPORTANT
TO THE PUBLICs

Doctor to the improved Treatment of
Fever and Aaue, and Bilious Fevers--
Great afficacy of DIR. Brags's sugar
Coated Pills further confirmed by
Medical mem! Removal Of the injunc.
tion of secrecy called for--Dr. Brags's
answer--No protection of tsPateht
Right. desired by him!
ROCKY FoRD, Ark, July Both, 1847.
DEAR SIR.-I am physician and hane
always bitterly opposed every medicial
offered to the public under the protection
Of secrecy or patent Indeed, have are
ways had mortal hatred of what We
termed 'Qnack Medicines, Patent Nos. e
trums,' &c, and have uniformly dscour.
aged their use among my patients and
friends. But one OF your agencies found
is way into this place last year, just as
Fever and Ague and Co0gestive Fever
began to spread extensively among the
reope. There being no other Doctorin
the place, could not attend to half the
sick--and the result was that hundreds
were compellei to make trial of your Pills
both the Anti.bilious and Tonic.
Their speedy cure Of all cases was SO
astonishing, and so much extoled by evA
cry one, that wasinduced at last to make
trial Of them in my praotice-aud the re-,
suit has been to convince me, much egdinss
ing pre- ejudices, that they possess a SPE-
|ClFIC CONTROL over Fever and Agua
and other Billions diseases, not known to-
any other medicine belonging to the mtn
terra medica.
So convinced am of their great viie
tues, that think you ought; in justice tc
suffering humanity, TO make public the
recipe from which they are made--or at
least, to furnish your pill mass to physic.
lans in small jars, TO be used in their
practice. Your Ami. bilious Pills are Ger
tain TO take the place of Calomel, and
Tonic Pins the place Of 4uinine, very
soon, in the Ag,ies and Feyers of the South
and West. Very respectfully,
r. MCDOWELL, M. D.
Dr. BRAGa, ST. Louis.
fI7- In publicly replying to the atbve,
Dr. Bragg takes the occasion to say to
his numerous correspondents in all the
Southern aud Western States, who write
similar letters, that his Indian Quaen
Vegetable Sugar Coated Pills claim none
Of that protection supposed TO arise from
The humbuggery of r PATENP RIGHT.
His Ills are not patened medicine; he
manufacture or sale. II any one were to =
make aud sell counterfeit Pill with his
name, the public would not be slow to find
out the imposition. The want of virtue
IN such pill would at once expose 1t as
the offspring Of BASE FRAUD. DR..
Bragg has no idea that il will fall to the
lot of man, in the next five aRd twsnty
wears, 10 discover medicine Of equal or
greater virtues than his. Ii it should, he
W Ill be the first TO rejoice at the increas,
ed blessings thus bestowed upon mankind
lie advocates the glorious advantages and
results Of an untrammeled competition
IN all the concerns of life--in the science
aud practice and compounding of medts
cine, as well as In commerce and the arts
and manufactures. 1t was on this ac-
count that lie did not ask MONOPOLY,
through the bnastog protection OF pat
ent Right 1t is on this account, toeB
that he is not constantly clanoring at
the top of this voice as does one alright.
ed sugarscoating gentleman who leans
upon paipnted protecfion--) 'CAUTIONj'
'BEW ARE;' LOOK OUT FOR COUNs
rERFEITS;' &c &c.!!
The Cure of 5000 Persons AnnualiyIs
~ fe'er ana Ag"e' ~ al '"e p,o'eone
l',n,as;, D'' ","ss III. pn,s combins !
l;,;,aIav,,aot. hor.
oonosn'lalion o. "eu,u'""' ,L ar,a eN1'' 49, "
'o'oie un4'o"" ~ t"e "v''u ".'
'oe"' WIN ."e ""mu"sseay ~ P'ta P'ta"s
,,s"'1 nt,', ~" ~ otI
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10 regatd to making public the recipe
from which they are made, DR.. Bragg
conscienciousiy oelieves mat instead ot
subservlng the cause OF humanity, y