The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-29
Common Sense as. Prei,,,Jjce.

BY r.. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, n. Y, Author of "The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Advi-
Ser, ete., etc.
am aware that there is a popular, and
not altogether nntounded, prejudice against
'patent medicines" owing TO the small
amount of merit which many of them pos
sess. The appelatou ''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 prescriptions, which, in very ex-
tensive practice, have proved their superior
remedial virtues in the cure of the diseases
for hich they are recommended. Every
practcing physician has his favorite RENE
dies which he oftenest recommends or uses,
because lie has the greatest con filence in their
virtues. Patients do not know their compost
tion. Even prescriptions are usually written
in n language unintelligible TO any but the
druggist. Asmuch secrecy is employed as in
the preparation of proprietary medicines.
Does the fact that an article is prepared by
Il process known only to the manufacturer
render that article less valuable? How
many physicians know the elementary COM
position of the remedies which they employ,
some of which have never been analyZed
Few practitioners know how Morphine,
Quinine, Podophyllin, Leptandrin Pepsin,
or Chloroform, are made, or how nauseous
drugs are transformed into palatable eliXirs;
IL not Inconsistent to use prescription, the
composition of which is unknown to us, and
discard another preparation simply because
IL is accompanied by a printed statement of
it's properties with directions for its use?
Some persons, while admitting that my
medicines are .gooh pharmaceutical COM
pounds object to them on the ground that
they arc tCo often used with insufficient
Judgment. l propose to obviate this diff
Guilty by enlghcning the people as to the
structure and functions Of their bodies, the
causes, character, and symptoms of disease,
and by indicating tile proper and judiciOuS
employment of my medicines, together with
such auxiliary treatment as may be neces-
sary. Such is one of the designs of People S
Medical Adviser, forty thousand copies of
which have already been published and are
sold at The exceedingly low price of S1.5o,
and sent (post paid) to any address within
the United States and Canada.
Ii yOu would patroniZa medicines, scien-
tificaily prepared, use my Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is tonic, altera-
tive, or blood cleansing, and an unequaled
cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
scarcely larger than mustard seed, consti-
tutc an agreeable and reliable phvsic Fa-
vorite Prescription, remedy for lebilitatetl
females; my Compound Extract of Smart
Weed, magical remedy for pain, bowel
complaints and an unequaied Liniment for
both human and horse flesh while DIR.
Sagc's Catarrh Remedy is known the world
over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and
Cold i'll the Head" ever given to the pub
lie.
These standard remedies have been he fore
the public for many years-a period long
enough to fully test their merits, and the
best argument that can he advanced in their
favor is the fact that their sale was never so
great as during the past six months.