The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-04-27
HIGHLY IMPORTANT
TO THE PUBLIC.

Fever and Aaue, and Bilious FeSeYs-.
Great afiicacy of DR.. Brage,s sugar
Coated Pills further confirmed by
Medical men-.Removai of the injunc.
tion of secrecy called for-.Dr. Brags's
answer--No protection of ssPatent
RIshto desired by him!
Rocky FoRD, Ark, July 3oth, ls47.
DEAR SIR.--I am physician and hans
always bitterly opposed every medicial
offered to the public under the protection
Of secrecy or patent Indeed, lave are
ways had a mortal hatred OF what te
termed sQuack Medicines Patent Nos
trums,' &C., and have uniformly discourd
aged their use among my patients and
friends. But one Of your agencies founi
Is way into this place last year, just 1
Fever aud Ague and Congestive Fever
began to spread extensively among tha
reope. There being no other Doctor id
the place, could not attend TO half the
sick-and the result was that hundreds
were compelled to make trial or your Pills
both the Anti,billious and Tonic.
Their speedy cure Of all cases was 50
astonishing, and so much extoled by ev.
cry one, that ! wasinduced at iast to make
trial Of them in my practice-and the re;
sult has been to convince me, much against
my pyejudires, that they possess a SPE-
ClFIC CONTROL over Fever and Ague
and other Bilious diseases, not known TO
any other medicine belonging TO the mte
teria medica.
So convinced am OF their great vive
tues, that think you ought; in justicetc
suffering humanity, TO make public the
recipe from which they are made--or at
least, 10 furnish your pill mass to physic.
ians in small jars, to be used in their
practice. Your Ami. bilious pills are Ger
tain to take the place of Calomei, and
Tonic Pills the place Of Qniuine, very
soon, in the Agnes and Fevers the South
and West. Very respectfully,
r MCDOWELL, M. d.
DR., BRAGa, ST. Louis.
! Or In publicly replying to the above,
DR. Bragg takes the occasion to say I'd
his numerous correspondents 10 all the
Southern and Western States, who write
similar letters, that his Indian Quaea
Vegetable Sugar Coated Pills claim noEa
Of that protection supposed to arise from
the hna,buggery ofa p PATENT RIGHT.
| His Ills are not patened medicine, ho
never asked for patent to protect their
manufacture or sale. Ii any one were I'd
make and sell counterfea Pill with hii
name, the public would not be slow to find
out the imposition. Ths want Of virtue
IN such pill would al once expose Ii as
the oAspring of BASE FRAUD. DR..
Bragg has no idea that il will fall to tho
tot Of man, in the next Eve and twenty
years, to discover medicine Of equal =
greater virtues than bis. II it should, hs
will be the first to rejoice at the increass
ed blessings thus bestow ed upon mankind.
He advocates the glorious advantages and
results of an untrammelled competition
IN all the concerns Of life--n the scienca
and practice and compounding of medi.
sine, as we'll as III oommeree and the arts
and manufactures. 1t was on this ao.
count that he lid not ask MONOPOI,Yi
through the boastiug protection Of pat.
ent Right Ii is on this account; too.
that be 10 not constantly cIamornG at
the top of this voice--(as does one alright.
ed sugar.coating gentleman who leans
upon paiented protection--) .CAUTION;'
.BEWARE;' LOOK OUT FOR COUN.
TERFEITS;' sc. &c.!!
The Cure of $4,000 Persons Annualiy9i
OF Fever and Ague, 10 all the protection
J DR., Bragg desirea, from the FRAUpe OF
: Cuunterfeiters. His Pills combine 4
concentration ofmedicinaI extracts here
tofore unknown to the world. Away,
; then, with the humbuggery Of 'patsRt
rights'-when the consumption Of these
Pills has already reached
, HALF A MILLION BOXES ANNUAL4
LY!!!
In regard to making public The reoips
from which they are made, DIR. Bragg
conscienciously believes that, instead OF
subscribing the cause of humanity. 1t
would act as perfect ohtpouring Of Pan.
dora's Box. This has been fully exsm.
plfed in the publication Of tho recipe OF
'SAPPINGTON'S PILLS'-thers being
now scarcely box Of the genuine Pills
TO be found! They are put up now by
Tom, Dick or Harry out Of the chsap
aud POISONOUS DRUGS ofthe shops
such as ARSENICaud WHITE VITROI
Ito take the place OF QuInine, formerly
used in demonstrating 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 befallen this ons
popular Pill.
For sale by the following agents 10 Wy
andot.
S D. & w. Ayres, UpperSandnsky.
VIM. III. Harris, Wyaudot HOUSE.
a Sho, b & Martha, Little Sandusky,
I John Beyington, Wyandot.