The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-03-26
500 RooIx for On so:

The peoples common sense medi-
cal adviser, in plain English, or
medicine simplified: BY Il. ".
Pierce, NJ. D., chief of
the board of physicians and sur
geons, at the worlds dispensary,
Buffalo, N. Y. The above works
book of about nine hundred large
pages, profusely illustrated with
wood engravings and colored plates,
and well and strongly bound-will
for one dollar and fifty cents--mak-
ing ii the cheapest book ever offered
to the American people. Other
books treating of domestic medi-
cine, of like size and style of bind
ing, and not nearly as well illus
trated, with no colored plates, and
some of them containing no pI e.
scriptions and making known no
means of self-cure for the diseases
which they discuss, sell for from
three dollars and q half to five dol
lars. Were DR.. Pierce's work not
published by the author, printed
and bound with his own machinery,
and were it sold through agents,
as other like works are, the price
of IL would have to be not less than
four dollars. For when the pub
lisher pays the author a fair price
for his production, then adds q
profit to his investment large
enough to satisfy himself and COM
pensate 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 q
success, and when the state, county
and canvassing agent has each re-
ceived his profit, they have added
to the expense of u book, that orig
inally cost about $1.25, so much that
the people have to pay not less than
$500 for it. The peoples medical
adviser, on the contrary, is placed
within the pecuuiary reach OF all
classes by the author, who adopts
the plan of the grangers, dispensing
with middle men and giving the
benefit of their profits to the peo-
pie, Offering his book ut q price little
above actual price of publication.
That those desiring the book may
run no risk of losing their money
in sending 1t through the mails, the
author advertises that money ad.
dressed to him at Buffalo, N. Y,
and inclosed in registered letters
may be at his risk of loss. The au'
thor's large correspondence with
the people upon medical matters
which we are cTedibly informed
frequently exceeds three hundred
letters q day, and requires severa
trained and skillful medical assist
ants and Shorthand reporters Il
enable him TO entertain and and
answer them, as well as his large
daily dealings with disease at TIT
World's dispensary, appear to havI
peculiarly fitted him for writing thl
work, by rendering him very fsmil
lar with the every day medica
needs Of the people. He endeavor
in this work to answer all the nu
merous questions relating to healtl
and disease that have been address
ed 20 him by the people from al
parts Of the land, and hence IL con
tains important Information for tn
young aud old, male and female
single and married, nowhere els
to Be found. All the most preva
lent diseases Of both sexs ere ala
plainly and fully considered an
means of selg-cure made know
Unlike other Worka on domesti
Medicine, is includes the subjects Q
biology, csrsbral physiology, by
giene, temperAments, marriage, RI
producticns etc. all OF which ar
treated In an original and Interest
ing manner. It Il Q eompendIuI