The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-23

The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser, la plain English. or Medicine Simpli-
fed; BY X. V. PIERCE, NJ. d.. Counsclor-iu-
Chief Of the Board OF Physicians and SUR.
geons, at the Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo.
\. Y. The above Work. book OF about
nine hundred large pages, profusely Illus
trated with Wood Engraving and tolored
plates. and well and strongly bOund-will be
sent, post paid, 20 any address for One Dol
lar aud Fifty cents--making ii the cheapest
book ercr altered % NE American People.
Other books treating Of domestic medicine. of
like SIZE and style Of binding. and not nearly
as well illustrated, with no colored plates,
and some OF them containing no prescriptions
and making known no means Of self-cure for
the diseases which they discuss, sell for from
three dollars and half tn five dollars. Were
DR.. Pierce's Work not published by the au-
thor, printc and bound with his own ma
chinery. and were II sold through agents, rs
other like works are, the price OF IL would
have TO be not less than four dollars. For
when the publisher pays the author fair
price for his production, then adds profit TO
his investment large enough to satisfy him.
self and compensate him, not only for his la
Dor, but also for the risk of pecuniary loss
which he assumes in TAX ing the chances Of
the enterprise proving success, and when
the State County and canvassing
agent has each received his profit,
they have added to the expense OF a
book, that originally cost about sl.25, 80
much that the people have TO pay not less
than "a 90 for it. The Peoples Medical Ad-
wiser, on the contrary, il placed within the
pecuniary reach of all classes by the author,
who adopts the plan Of the Changers, dis
pensng with middle men and giving the
benefit Of their profits to the people, offering
his book AT price little above actual cost OF
publication. That those desiring the book
may rnu M risL af losing heir IN in send
ing II through the mails, the author adyer-
ti,es that money addressed TO him at Buffalo,
y. Y. and inclo-ed in registered letters, may
be al his risk OF loss. The authors large cor
respondence with the people upon medical
matters. which. we are credibly informed,
frequently exceeds three hundred letters a
day. and requires several trained and skillful
medical assistants and shorthand reporters
TO enable him 10 entertain and answer them,
as we'll a. his large daily dealings with dis
ease at the Worlds Di-pensary, appear TO
have peculiarly fitted him for writing the
Work. by rendering him very familiar with
the everyday medical needs of the people.
He endeayors in this Work 10 answer all the
numerous questions relating TO health and dis
ease that have been addressed TO him by the
people from all parts Of the land, and hence
1t contains important information for the
Young and old male and female. single and
married, nowhere else to he found. All the
most prevalent diseases Of both sexes are also
plainly and fully considered. and means Of
scif-cure made known. Unlike other works
on Domestic Medicine, IL includes the subjects
Of Biology. Cerebral Physiology, Hygiene
Temperamen,s. Marriage. Reproduction. etc.
all of which are treated in an original and in
teresting manner. II j. a cOmpediUm Of
Anatomical. Physiological and Medical
Science. and embOdies the latest discoverie,
in each department.