Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-21
Common sense vs.. Prejudice.

b, X. v Pierce, NJ. d of the Worlds Dlspensary,
Buiaio y. u, Author OF The Peoples Common
sense Medica! adviser etc, etc.
am aware that there Is a popular and not Alto
gether unfoundsd prejudice against "patent medi-
cnes, owing 10 the small amount Of merit which
many Of them possess J he ap relation Patent
Medicine" does not apply to III REM dies as no nat
ent has ever been asked for or obtained upon them,
nor nave they been urged upon the public as cure-
ais lhey are simply some iavorite prescriptions
when, IN a very extensive practice, h ave proved
III -ir Superior remedial virtues in tine cure OF the
diseases Tor which tn ~ recommended. Every
practiclng physician has his f4vnrite remedies,
which he ofIenest recommends or uses because h !
h the greatest confidence in their virtues. he
patient does not kn W their composition. Ey n
prescrp ions are usually written in a language un-
Ineligible 10 any but The druggist. rs much
secrecy Is employed az In IN preparation of pro-
prletary medicines. Does the fIct that an article
Is prepared By process known ouy TO the manu-
facturer rehder that article less valuable? How
many ply sic ans know the elementary composition
OF the remedies which tn " employ some OF which
have never been anatzed? Few practitioner,
know how Morphine Qunlue, Podophyllin. Leptan-
drn, Pepsi, or thlorpforn, are made, or how nau-
Sous drugs are tran formed into palat4be elXirs
yet they d" not hesitate EN- lOy them. IL 1t not
Inconsistent to u'e d prescription, the composition
Of which Is unknown u US. ami discard another
preparation s'inpy because 1t is accompanied by a
printed statement OF us properties with direc.Ons
| for It's use?
ONE per oas, while ADMITTING that my medicines
| are good pharnsceu ica compounds object to them
on the ound That hey are to) often used with in
sufficient Judgment. propos. to oDvia tls diIli-
Guilty bS enlghtenng the people as TO the structure
and functions OF tnelr bJdias the ca lse- character
aud symptoms Of disease, and by ndc ing the pro-
per nd ju icous employment OF my msdcin, s. 10
get 1er with sue auxiliary treatment as NAV he ne
cessary. such IL OF the designs Of the People 3
| Medical Adviser, forty thousand copies OF which
hav" already be N published. and sold the ex-
ceedlngy low price OF 80 and sent u st paiD to
| any address within the United tates and Canada
| II you would patron re me iicne4, scientifically
| prepared, use my Family Medicines. Gold n we'd
lea Discovery Is tonic, Alternative, or hood cleans
| Ing, and an unequaed cough remedy Pleasant
| Purgative Pellets, scarcey larger than mustard
SEED, constitute an agreeable and reliable physc
iay rite prescription remedy for denl itat d fe-
males my compound extract of Smarl- Weed, a
| magical remedy for pam, bowel compl .ints, aud an
nnequalled Llniment for both human and horse
| flesh While DR.. sage Catarrh Remedy is known
the word over as the greatest specific for Caarri
| and 'Cold in the Head ever given to the public.
These standard remedies have been before the
pubic for many years-a period long enough 10 fully
FEST their merits and the beet argument that he
advanced in their favor IL The Tact that their sale
WAS never so great as during the past six ontf..
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