Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-20
Common sensey,, pr,judtce.
BY R. V. Pierce, NJ. D, of the Worlds mspensary
Buffa.o y. ", Author OF " lie People,. Con III ).
sense Medical Adviser" etc etc.

ByR. V. Pierce, NJ D of the Worlds pispensary,
Buiao y. ", Author OF lie Peoples Con mjh
sense Medical ADVISER, ec etc.
! am aware that there Is a popular, and no. alto
geiher uufoundsd, prejudice against patent medi-
enes,n owing to the small alnOnni Of merit which
many of them posses. ! he ap3e.lstion Patent
Medicine" does not apply to M rome dies no pat
ent has ever been asked for o5tained upon them,
nor nave they been urged upon the public as curt
ais " They are simply toms fGvur,te prescripto u.s.
which, in very extensive practice, have proved
their Superior remedial virtues IN the OF the
diseases for which III ~ are recommended hvery
praclcing physician has his tvnrlte remedles
which he oflenesi recommends Ct uses. because h =
h IS the greatest COZ tdence in t6or virtues, he
patient does not knIw theiT composition Evru
prescriptions are usual written IN language un
ntegible 10 any but he druPgisr. S much
secrecy is employed as In N preparation Of pru-
prietary medicines, Does the fac, that au article
Is prepared by a process knONn only To the manu--
facturer render that article less valuable? How
manv phys.ca ans know the elementary composition
of the remedies which th1y employ some OF which
have never been analyzsn? Few Practitioners
know how Morphine Qninine, PolophyIlin, Lepan-
drin, Pepsir, or OhlOruforn, are made, or how pau
$ -ors drugs are tran formed into paatable eIXlrs ;
yet they do not hesitate u em 10y them. IL 1t moi
Inconsistent to use prescription, the CON mpositiln
of which Is unknown t. u.s. ant discird another
preparation s'mpy bee 4use It Is ACCOMPANIED by n
pr nted statement OF li5 propcai Wnh uirec ions
Tor It's use?
rome perols while admitting that my medicines
are coed pharnaceu tcai lnpOund5 object 10 them
on the K Quad that they are 10 often used with III
suilclen Judgment. propose to obviae tl's di-
Gully bY enphtoling the people As to the siGuc ure
and functions Of tneir bgdlss, the isss character,
ard symptoms I disease, and by ind citng tie pro-
per and Ju icous employment OF NY medicines, to-
Retier with suc1 auxiliary treatment as NAV be ne
cesEary such is one or the desgus oil the People 8
Medical Adviser, forty thOusaud coples OF wGich
have already Detn published. and sold al the
ceedingly low prlcl o; sl.50 aud sent p st pal) 10
any address within the United = tates AMI Canada
II you would patron q. medicines scientifically
prepared, use my Family Medicines. Goa Ii We'd
lcal Discovery Is tonic, Alternative, bivod c'eans-
Ing, and an unequaled cough remedy; Pleasant
purgativs ie.lets, scarce larger tnan mustard
eeeo, constitute an agreeable and reiable phyAc
avprite prescriptions rene y for dell ltal d le-
| males my compound extract Of Suar- Weed, d
magical remedy for raln, bowel compl nt5, amt an
unequall"d liniment for bDlh human and horse
| flesh while Dr. Ssges Cltirrh Remedy is known
tie word over the greatest specific for Ceiarrh
| anh "Coid IN the Head ever given tp Ihc puhHc
These STANDARD remedies have been before the
public for many yesrs-a period long enough 20 fuly
es' their Ineriis and the best argument that he
advanced iu their favor Is the TACT that their sa
WIS never so great as during the past six II oElhI
Octls, ,3teUd