Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-04

By r. v. PIERCE. N. d., Of the Worlds Dipen
sary, Buffalo, n. T.. Author of :" The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" etc sh

By r. v. PIERCE N. d.. Of the Worlds hspen.
sary, Buffalo, N. T.. Author Of " The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" etc ETC.
am aware that there Is a populE and
not altogether unfounded prejudice against
"patent medicines" owing TO the small
amount of merit which many Of them pOs
sess. The appellation Patent Medicns'
does not apply TO my remedies, as no patent
has ever hren asked for or obtained upon
them, nor nave they been urged uponAs
public as cure-alls." They are simply
some favorite prescriptions which, in aver
extensive practice, have proved their supe
rior remedial virtues in the cure Of the d.
eases for which they are recommends
Every practicing physician has his fayoHe
uses, because he has the greatest confidence
In their virtues. The patient does not know
their composition. Even prescriptions are
usually written In language unintellig'
BILE to any but the druggist As much Sc
crecy is employed as In the preparation o.
proprietary medicines. Does the fact that
an article Is prepared by process known
only to the manufacturer render that article
less valuables How many physicians 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 Chloroforn are made,
or how nauseous drugs are transformed into
palatable ellxirs; yet they do not hesitate 70
employ them. Is IL not inconsistent to use
prescription the composition of which Is
unknown to us, and discard another prepS
ration simply because IL Is accompanied y
printed statement Of Its properties win
directions for its usey
Some persons, while admitting that N!
medicines are good pharmaceutical com.
Dnnnns In IN ha
they are too often used with insufficient
Judgment. ] propose to obyiate this dim
Guilty by enlightening the people as to TIE
structure aud functions Of their bodies, th
causes, character and symptoms OF disease
and by indicating the proper and judciom
employment of my medicines, together wl'a
such auxiliary treatment as may be neces
sary. Such is one of the designs OF the rec
pies Medical Adviser, forty thousand copies
OF which have already been published, ana
are sold at the exceedingly low price OF sly
and sent (post-paid) to any address within
the United States and Canada.
IL you would patronize medicines scien'
tlhealiy prepared, use my Family Medicine
Golden Medical Discovery is tonic, alter
sve or blood-cleansing, and an uneqnasa
cough remedy; Pleasant Purgatiye Pelles,
scarcely larger than mustard-seed coDstitue
an agreeable and reliable physic; Fayorh
prescription, remedy for debilitated u
males; my Compound Extract of smart
Weed, magical remedy for pain, b2wa
and an unequaled Imminent 10
both human and horse flesh; while ",
sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the wofi1
over as the greatest specific for Catarrh aoa
. Cold In the Head" ever given TO the pubic
These standard remedies have been beios
the public for many years--a period iops
enough to fully test their merits, ana ".
best argument that can be advanced 10 theH
favor is the fact that their sale was never /"
great as during the past six months.