West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-10-21
COMMON SENSE VS.. PREJUDICE.

% By r. v PIERCE, M. D., of the WorId's
Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y, Author Of ssThe
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser y
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 application "Patent Medicine"
does not apply to my remedies, as no pat
ent 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 prescriptions, which, in a
very extensive practice, have proved their
superior remedial virtues in the cure of the
diseases for which they are recommended.
Every practicing physician has his favorite
remedies, 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 a language unintelligible
to any but the druggist. AS much secrecy
is employed as in the preparation Of propri-
etary medicines. Docs the fact that an ar
ticle is prepared by a process known only
to the 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 analyzed? Few practitioners
know how Morphine, Ouinine, Podophyllin,
Leptandrin, Pepsin, or Chloroform, are
made, or how nauseous drugs are trans
formed into palatable elixirs; yet they do
not hesitate to employ them. Is it not in
consistent to use prescription, the compo-
sition of which is unknown to us, and dis
card another preparation simply because it
is accompanied by printed statement of
| it's properties with directions for it's use?
Some persons, while admitting that my
medicines are good pharmaceutical COM
pounds, object to them ON the ground that
they are too often used with insufficient
judgment. propose to obviate this diff
Guilty by enlightening the people as to the
structure and functions of their bodies, the
causes, character, and symptoms, of dis
ease, and by indicating the proper and judi
cious employment of my medicines, togeth-
er with such auxiliary treatment as may be
necessary. Such is one of the designs of
the Peoples Medical Adviser, forty thous-
and copies of which have already been pub
lished, and are sold at the exceedingly low
price of $1.50, and sent post paid to any
address within the United States and Can
ada. 2 r
If you would patronize medicines, scien-
tifically prepared, use my Family Medi-
cines. Golden Medical Discovery is tonic,
alternative, or blood cleansing, and an un-
equaled cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seed,
constitute an agreeable and reliable physic
Favorite Prescription, remedy for debili
tated females; my Compound Extract Of
Smart Weed, magical remedy for pain,
bowel complaints, and an unequaled Lini
ment for both human and dhorse-fesh; while
DR.. Sake's Catarrh Remedy is known the
world over as the greatest specific for Ca
tarrh and "Cold in the Head" ever giver
to the public.
These standard remedies have been be
fore the public for many years-a period
long enough to fully test their merits and
the best argument that can be advanced il
their favor is the fact that their sale was
never SO great as during the past months