The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-12-15
Common Sense VS.. Prejudice.

By r. V. PIERCE, N. 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 medicines" owing to
the small amount of merit which many
of them pos sess. The appellation Pat
ent Medicine" does not apply to my
remedies, as no patent has ever been ask
ed for or obtained upon them. nor have
they been urged upon the public as
cure-alls." They are simply some ia
vOrite prescriptions, which, in very ex-
teusivc practice, have proved their supe-
rior remedial virtues in the cure of the
diseases for which they are recommend
ed. Every practicing physician has his
favorite remedies, which he oftenest re-
commeuds or uses, because he has the
greatest confidence in their virtues. The
patient docs not know their congestion.
Even prescriptions are usually written in
a language unintelligible to any but the
druggist As much secrecy is employed
as in the preparation of proprietary med
iciaes. Does the fact that an article is
prepared by a process known only to the
manufacturer render that article less val
liable? 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, POdoph-
yllin, Leptandrin, Pepsin, or ChlOroferm
are made, or how nauseous drugs are
transformed into palatable elixirs; vet
they do not hesitate te employ them. Is
il not inconsistent TO use a prescription,
the composition of which is unknown to
US, and discard another preparation sim
ply because it is accompanied by print
cd statement of its properties with direc-
tions for its use?
Some persons, while admit ing that
my medicines are good pharm aceuiical
compounds, object TO them on the ground
they are too often used with insufficient
judgment l propose TO obviate this
difficulty by enlightening the people as
to the structure and 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
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 81 so, and sent (post-paid) to any adj
dress within the United States and Cana
da.
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 Purgative Pellets, scarcely larger
than mustard seed, constitute an agree
able and reliable physic; Favorite Pre-
remedy for debilitated fe-
males; my Compound Extract of Smart
Weed, magical remedy for pain, bowel
complaints, and an unequaled Liniment
for both human and horse flesh; while
DR.. Sage's CataFrh Remedy is known
the world over as the greatest specific
for Catarrh and Gold lin 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 in their favor is the fact
that their sale was never so great as dur.
ing the past six months.