The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-08
COMMON SENSE VA. PREIUDICE,

BY Il. Y. PIERCE, NJ. D., Of the Worlds
DispCnsary, Buffalo, N. Y, Author Of
"The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser" etc, etc.
lam aware that there Is popular, and
not altogether uniounded, prejudice against
'tpatent medicines" owing to the small
amount Of merit which many Of them pos.
sess. The appellation "patent Medicine"
does not apply to my remedies, az no patent
has ever been asked for or obtained upon
them, nor have they been urged upon the
public as "Chre.alls." They are simply some
favOrlte prescriptions, which, in very OK.
tGnsive practice, have proved theirSuperior
remedial virtues in the cure Of the diseases
for which they are recommended. Every
practiCing physician has his favorite rene.
dies, which he oftenest recommends or
Uses, because he has the greatest confidence
In their virtues. The patient does not know
their composition. Even prescriptions are
usually written in language unintelligible
to any but the druggist. As much secrecy
is employed as In the preparation Of pro.
prietdry medicines. Does the fact that m
article Is prepared by a process known only
tOthC manufacturer render that article less
valuable How many physicians know the
elementary composition Of the remedies
which they employ, some Of which have
never been anGlyied2 Few practitioners
know how Morphine, Quinine, POdophyl.
lin, Leptandrin, Pepsin, or ChlorolOrm, are
made, or how natiseous drugs are trans.
formed into palatable eliGirs; yet they do
not hesitate 10 employ them. II IL not in.
consistent to use a prescription, the compo.
sition Of which Is unknown to us, and die.
card another preparation simply because II
is accompanied by printed statement Of
It's properties with directions for It's user
Some persons, while admitting that my
medicines are good pharmaceutical com.
pounds, object 10 them .on the ground that
they are too often used with Insult.
Client Judgment. 1propose to obviatc this
difficulty by enlightenlng the people as to
the structure and functions OF theif bodies,
the causes, character, and symptoms, Of
diseases, and by indicating tho proper and
ludicious emplOymentof medicines, 10.
gethef with such auxiliary treatment as may
be necessary. Such Is one Of the designs Of
the Peoples Medical Adviser, forty thou.
sand copies Of which have already been
publisheth and are sold at the exceedingly
low price Of 81 80, and sent tpost pald) to
any address within the United States and
Canada.
II you would patroniEe medicines, sci.
entihcally prepared, use my Family Medi-
Cines. Golden Medical Discovery Is tonic,
Alternative, or blood cleansing, and an une.
qualed cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, scarcely larger than a mustard seed,
constitute nm agreeable and reliable physic;
FavUfite Prescription, remedy for debili.
tated females my Compound Extract Of
Smart. Weed, magical remedy for pain,
bowel complaints, and an uueqnaled Lini.
ment for both human and horse.aeSh; while
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy Is known the
world over as the greatest specific for Ca.
tarrh and "Cold in the Head" ever given
to the public.
These standard remedies have been be.
fore the public for many yeafs-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 during the past six
months. eod,swAw