The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-12-11

B. r. v. PIERCE, NJ. D., of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, N. Y, Author of "The
/ Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser
ETC., etc.
altogether unfounded, prejudice against pa
| tent 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
prescriptions, which, in a very extensive prac-
tice, have proved their superior remedial vir-
tues in the cure of the diseases for which they
are recommended. Every practicing physi-
clan has his favOrite remedies, which he
oftenest recommends uses, because he has
| the greatest confidence in their virtues. The
patient does not know their composition.
Even prescriptions are usually written in a
language unintelligible to any but the drug
gist. As much secrecy is employed as in the
preparation of proprietary medicines. Does
the fact that an article is prepared by pro-
cess known only to the manufacturer render
that article less valuable? How many physi-
clans know the elementary composition of the
remedies which they employ, some of which
have never been analysed? Few practitioners
know how Morphine, Quinine, Podophyllin,
Leptandrin, Pepsin, or ChlOrOform, are made,
or how nauseous drugs are transformed into
Palatable elixirs; yet they do not hesitate to
ttnplOy tf1ei1 IL Is HOT lucOllSiSttut 10 use IL
prescription the composition of which is UNI
!. known to u.s. and discard another preparation
simply because it is accompanied by printed
statement of its properties with directions for
.its use?
Some persons, while admitting that my
medicines are good pharmaceutical COM
pounds, object to them on the ground that
they are too often used with insufficient judg-
ment. l propose to obviate this difficulty by
enfightening the people as to the structure
and functions of their bodies, the causes,
character, and symptoms of disease, and by
indicating the proper and judicious employ
ment of my medicines, together with such
auxiliary treatment as may be necessary.
Such is one of the designs of the Peoples
Medical Adviser, forty thousand copies of
which have already been published, and are
sold at the exceedingly low price of S1.5O, and
sent (pOst-paid) to any address within the
United States and Canada.
If you would patronize medicines, scientifi-
cally prepared, use my Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is tonic, Alternative,
remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets, scarcely
larger than mustard seed, constitute an agree
able and reliable physic; FavOrite Prescrip-
ton, a remedy for debilitated females; my
Compound Extract of Weed, a magical
remedy for pain, bowel complaints, and an
unequaled Eminent for both human and
horse-fiesh; while DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
is known the world over the greatest spe-
citic for Catarrh and "Cold in the Head,
ever given to the public.
These standard remedies have been before
the public for many years-a period long
enough to fully test their merits, and the best
argument that can be advanced i'll their favor
is the fact that their sale was never so great
as during the past six months.