The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-10-12
Common Sense VS.. Prejudice.


BY Il. v PIERCE, NJ, d., Of the Worlds
Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y, Author Of
"The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser" etc., etc.
am aware that there is popular, and
not altogether unfounded prejudice
against "patent pedicines,' owing to the
small amount Of merit which many Of
them possess. The appelation "Patent
Medicine" does not apply to my remedi-
es, as no patent has ever been asked for
or obtained upon them, nor nave they
been urged upon the public as "cure. alls."
They are simply some favorite prescrip.
tions, which, in very extensive practice,
have proved their superior remedial vir.
tues in the cure Of the diseases for which
they are recommended. Every praotic.
ing physician has his favorte remedies,
which he oftenest recommends or uses,
because he has the greatest confidence in
their virtues. The patient docs not know
their composition. Even prescriptions
are usually written in language uninIol.
ligiblo to any but the druggist. As much
secrecy is employed as n the preparation
of proprietary medicines. Does the fact
that an article is prepared by process
known only to the manufacturer render
that article less valuablo2 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,
Quinine, Podophyllin, Leptandriu, Pep.
sin, or Chloroiorm, are made, or how
nauseous drugs are transformed into
palatablo olixirs yet they do not hesitate
to employ them, Is it not inconsistent to
use q prescription, the composition OF
which is unknown to us, and discard an
other preparation simply because it is 40
companied by a printed statement of it's
properties with direction 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 INSULT
cient judgment. propose to obviate
this difficulty by enightening the people
as to the structure aud 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 il
one Of the designs Of the Peoples Modi-
cal Adviser, forty thousand copies oil
which have already been published, and
are sold at the exceedingly low price oil
$3.50, and sent (post.paid) to any address
within the United States and Canada.
If you would patronize medicines,
scientifically prepared, use my Family
Medicines. Golden Medical Discovery
is tonic. Alternative, or blood cleansing
and an unequaled cough remedy; Pleas,
ant Pnrgativo Pellets, scarcely larger
than mustard seed, constitute an agree.
able and reliable physic; Favorite Pres
cription a remedy for debiltated females;
my Compound Extract of Smart.Weed, a
magical remedy for pain, bowel COM
plants, and an unequaled Liniment for
both human and borse flesh; whio Dr.
Sago's Catarrh Remedy is known the
world over as the greatest specific for
Catarrh and Gold in tho Head" ever
given to the public.
These standard remedies have been be.
fore tho public for many years-a period
long enough to fully test their merits
and the argument that can be advanced
in their favor is the fact that thor sale
was never SO great as during the past six
months