The daily gazette., 1875-10-19
Common Sense ys. Prpjud,cf

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BY R. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., of the Worlds
UIspensary. Buffalo. N Y. Author Of
"The Peoples Common Sense Medical
adviser" etc.
am aware that there is a popular.
and not altogether unfounded. prejudice
against patent medicines" owing to
the small amount Of merit which many
OF them possess. The appellation "Pa-
tent Medicine" does not apply to nv
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 favor
lte prescriptions. which. in a very extern
sive practice. have proved their superior
remedial virtues in the cure of the dis
eases for which they are recommended.
Every practising physician has his remi-
dies, which he oftenest recommends or
uses. because he has the greatest conf.
dence in their virtues. The patient
does not know their composition. Even
prescriptions are usually written in a
| language unintelligible to any but
the druggist. As much secrecy ia en-
ployed as i'll the preparation of proprie.
tary medicines. Does the fact that an
l article is prepared by q process known
| only to the manufacturer render that ar.
tible less valuable? How many physi.
clans know the elementary composition
| OF the remedies which they employ some
Of which have never been analysed:
Few practitioners know how morphine
quinine, podophy lin. leptandrin, pepsin
or chloroform, are made, or how nause.
GUS DIR igs are transformed into palatable
| elixirs; yet they do not hesitate to EN-.
| ploy them. Is it not inconsistent to use
prescription, the composition of which
is unknown to us, and discard another
preparation simply because it is accom-.
panied by printed statement Of its
properties with directions for its usep
Some persons, while admitting that
my medicines are good pharmaceutical
compounds, object to them on the ground
that they are too often used with INSULT
cient judgment. l propose to obyiate
this difficulty by enlightening the peo-
pie as to the structure and functions ot
their bodies, the causes, character anC
symptoms OF disease, and by indicatins
the proper and judicious employment
Of my medicines. together with sucl
auxiliary treatment as may be necessar,
Such is one OF the designs Of the People
Medical Adviser, forty thousand sopie
of which have already been published
and are sold at the exceedingly lew pric
of 81 so, and sent post paid to any ed
dress within the United States and Can
ada.
If you would patronize medicines, sci
entihcally prepared. use my Family Med
icines. Golden Medical Discovery i
tonic, Alternative, or blood cleansing, an
an unequalled cough remedy; Pleasan
Purgatiye Pellets. scarcely larger tha
mustard seed, constitute an agreeabl
and reliable physic; Favorits Prescrir
tion, a remedy for debilitated females
my Compound Extract Of Smart Weec
a magical remedy for pain, bowel CON
; plants, and an unequalled Linimen
both for human and horse-hesh, Will
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy ia known th
world over as the greatest specific fc
catarrh and cold in the head, ever give
to the public.
These standard remedies have bee
before the pu bile fer many years-a p,
riod long enough to fully test the
merits. and the Test argument that ca
be advanced in their favor is the fax
that their sale was never 80 great as du
ing the o st six months. eod&w1t