Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Common Sense vs. Preiudice.
By R. V. Pierce, M. D., of the Worlds Disper sary, Buffalo, N. Y., author of "The People Common Sense Medical Adviser" etc., etc.

By R. V. Pierce, M. D., of the Worlds Dispen-
 sary, Buffalo, N. Y., author of 'The Peoples
 Common Sense Medical Adviser," etc., etc.
 I am aware that there is a popular and not altogether unfounded prejudice against "pat- ent medicines owing to the small amount of merit which many of them possess. The ap- pellation, "patent medicine" does not apply to my remedies, as no patent has ever been asked for or obtained upon them, nor have 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 virtues in the cure of the diseases for which they gre recom- mended. Every practicing physician has his
 favorite remedies, which he oftenest recom- mends or uses, because he has the greatest
 confidence in their virtues. The patient does not know their composition. Even prescrip-
 tions are usually written in a language unin- telligible to any but the druggist. As much
 secrecy is employed as in the preparation of
 proprietary medicines. Does the fact that an article Is prepared by process known only to
 the manufacturer render that articlo less valu
 able? How many physicians know the ele-
 mentary composition of the remedies which
 they employ, some of which have never been
 analysed? Few practitioners know how nor
 phine, quinine, podophyllin, leptandrin, pepsin
 or ehlorofo1m are made, or how nauseoue
 drugs are transformed into palatable elixirs ; yet they 10 not hesitate to employ them. Is it not inconsistent to use prescription, the con- position of which is unknown to us, and dis
 card another preparation simply because it ie accompanied by printed statement of its properties, with directions for it's use?
 Some people, while admitting that my medi- | cines are good pharmaceutical compounds, ob- ject to them on the ground that they arc too often used with insufficient judgment. pro- pose to obviate this difficulty by enlig ghtenIng the people as to the structure and functions of their bodies, the causes, character and symp- toms of disease, and by indicating tue proper
 and judlcious employment of my medicines. together with such auxiliary treatment may be necessary. Such Is one of the designs of the Peoples Medical Adviser, forty thousand copies of which have already been published. | ald are sold at the exceedingly low price of $1.50, and sent postpaid to any address within the United States aud Canada.
 If you would patronize medicines scientif- cally prepared, use my family medicines. | Golden Mo5irai Discovery is topic alterativo
 or blood cleansipg, and all unequaled cough remedy; Pleasant PurgStive Pellets, scarcely | larger than mustard seed, constituto ai agree able and reliable physic; Fay, rite Prescrip- tion, remedy for dei il tatsd females; my | Compound Extract of Smart-We ed, 8 magical | remedy for pain, bowel complaints, aud an un- equaled liniment for bosh uuman and horse- flesh; while Dr. Sage's Ca.arrh Remedy is
 known the world over as the greatest specific
 for catarrh and cold in the head ever given
 to the public.
 These standard remedies hare been before
 the public for many yeals-d perod iong
 enough to fully test thelr merits and tte bes argument that can be adv&ncoA ill their favor
 is the fact that thei1 sale was never so great a-
 during the past six mont hs.-Conp.