Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-30
A $500 Book for $3.50.

The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser IN
plain English, or Medicine Smplihed: BY K. V
Pierce, Nj. D., COunse in Chief of the Board OF
Physicians and Surgeons, at the Worlds Dis.pen-
sary, Buffalo, N. Y. The above Work-a book
of about nine hundred large pages, proiusey il,
Illustrated with Engravings and Coored plates, and
to any address, for one dollar and fifty cents-mak-
ing it the cheapest book ever offered to the Amer
lean People. Other books treating OF domestic
medicine of like size and style, of binding, and not
nearly as well illustrated, with no cololed plates
and some of them containing no prescription and
making Known no means of self-cure for the dis
eases which they discuss, sell for from three
dollars and half to five dollars. We're
DR.. Pierces Work not published by the
author, printed and bound with his own ma
chinery and were it sold through agents, as other
like works are, the price Of it would have to be
not less than four dollars For when the publish
er pays the author fair price for his production,
then adds profit to his investment large enough
to satisfy himself and compensate him, not only
for his labor, but also for the risk of pecuniary
loss which he assumes in taking the chances OF
the enterprise proving success, and when the
State, County and canvassIng agent has each re-
ceived his profit, they have added to the expense
of book, that originally cost about Sl.25, so
much that the people have to pay not less than
$500 for 1t. The Peoples Medical Adviser, on
the contrary is placed within the pecuniary reach
of all classes by the author, who adopts the plan
of the Changers, dispensing with middle men and
giving tAS cSASAs VA 'AN.i sA~ f~Of-~f "
fering his book at a price little above the actual
cost Of publication. That those desiring the book
may run no risk of losing their money IN send
ing it through the mails. the author
advertses that money addressed to him
at Buffalo, n. Y, and nclosed in registered
letters may be at his risk of loss. The authors
large correspondence with the people upon medi-
cal matters, which we are credlbly informed fire.
quently exceeds three hundred letters day, and
and requires several trained and skillful medical
assistants and short hand reporters to enable him
to entertain and answer them, as well as his large
daily dealing with disease at the Worlds Dispen-
sary, appear to have peculiarly fitted him for writ
ing the Work, by rendering him very familiar
with the every day medical needs of the people.
He endeavors in this Work to answer all the nu-
merous questions relating to health and disease
that have been addressed to him by the people
from all parts of the land, and hence it contains
important information for the young and old, male
and female, single and married, nowhere else to
be found All the most prevalent diseases of both
sexes are also fully considered and means of self
cure made known. Unlike other works on Do
mestic Medicine, it includes the subjects of Bioo-
gy, Cerebral Physiology, Hygiene, Temperaments,
Marriage, Reproduction, etc., all of which are
treated in an original and interesting manner. 1t
is q compendium as Anatomical, Physiological and
Medical Science, and embodies the latest discover
les in each department. mar27 -teod&wlw