Litchfield enquirer., 1875-10-14
Common Sense vs. Prejudice.


 By R. V. PIERCE, M. D., of the Worlds r Dispensary, Buffalo, N Y,, Author of
 1.-The Peoples Common Sense Medical
 Advertiser" &c., sc.
 I am aware that there is popular. and not altogether unfounded prejudice against patent medicines" owing to the small amount of merit which many of them possess. The appellation Patent Medicine, does not apply to my remedies, as no patent has ever been asked for or obtained upon them, nor have they been urged upon the public as ''cure-alls." They are simply some .favorite prescnp- tions, which, in a very extensive practice, have proved their superior remedial vir- tues. in the cure of the diseases for which they arc recommended. Every practicing physician has his favorite remedies, winch he oftenest recommends or uses, because he has the greatest confidence in their vir- tues. The patient does not know their composition. Even the prescriptions are usually written in language nnintelligi- ble to any but the druggist. As much se- crecy is employed as in the preparation of proprietary medicines. Does the fact that an article is prepared by process known only to the manufacturer render that article less valuable? How many physicians know the elementary compost ton of the remedies which they employ, some of which have never been analysed? Few practitioners know how Morphine, Quiuine. Podophylin, Leptandrich, Pep sin, or Chloroform are made, or how nau- seous drugs are transformed into palata- able elixirs; yet they do not hesitate to employ them. Is It not inconsistent to use a prescription, the composition of which IS unknown to us, and discard an- other preparation simply because it is ac- companied by a printed statement of it's properties with directions for it's use? Some persons, while admitting that my medIcines are good pharmaceautical com pounds, object to them on the ground that they are too often used with insuffi- cient judgment. I propose to obviate this difficulty by enlightening the people as to the structure and functions of their bodies, the causes, character, and symp- toms, of disease, and by indicating the proper and judicious employment of my medicines. together with such auxiliary treatment as may be necessary. Such IS one of the designs of the Peoples Medi- cal Adviser, forty thousand copies of which have already been published, and are sold at the exceedingly low price of S1. 90, and sent (post-paid) to any address with in the United States and Canada.
 If you would patronize medicines, sci- entifically prepared. use my Family Med cines. Golden medical Discovery is ton- ic., alternative, or Elood cleansing, and an unequalsd'cOugh remedy; Pleasant Pur- gative Pellets. scarcely larger than mus tard seed, constitute an agreeable and re- liable physic; Favorite Prescription, a remedy for debiIitated females; my Com pound Extract of Smart Weed, a magical remedy for pain, human and horse-aesh; wfEne Dr.6,ae~S- C~t~~-h po.raAy ;a kno-vs the world over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and ''Cold in the Head, "ever giv- en to the public. These standard remedies have been be- fore the public for many years-a period long enough to fully test their merits, and the best argument that can be advanced in their favor is the fact that their sale was never so great as during the past six months; - '.' ...