The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05


BY X. v. PlKRoE. N. D. ~ the Worlds Dispen-
sary. Buffalo. n. Y. Author OF The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" etc, etc.
! am aware that there Is a popular and
not altogether unfounded prejudice, against
patent medicines" owing 70 the small
amount Of merit which many Of them pos
sess. The appellation Patent Medicine"
does not apply 20 my remedies, as no patent
has ever been asked for or obtained upon
them, nor have they been urged upon the
public a. "cure-alls" They are simply
some fayoritc prescriptions which In a very
extensive practice, have proved their supe-
rior remedial virtues In the cure 81 the dis
eases 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 language uninteiligi-
BILE to any but the druggist As much Sc
crscy Is employed as in the preparation Of
proprietary medicines. Does the fact that
an article IL prepared by "a process known
only 60 the manufacturer render that article
less yaluabley How many physicians know
the elementary composition OF the remedies
which they employ, some Of which have
never been analyzedy Few practitioners
know how Morphine, Quininc, Podophyllin,
Leptandrin, Pcpsin or ChlOrofOrfn are made,
or how nauseOu- drugs are transformed into
palatable elixirs; yet they do not hesitate 10
employ them. Is IL not inconsistent To use
q prescription the composition Of which Is
unknown To as, and discard another prepa-
ration simply because 10 is accompanied by
printed statement Of its properties with
directions FOR ia user
Some persons, while admitting that my
medicines arc good pharmaceutical com
pounds, object % them on the ground that
they are too often used with insufficient
ma / IN NJ.
Guilty by enlightening the people as 10 the
structure and functions Of their bodies, the
causes, character and symptoms Of disease,
and by indicating the proper and Judicioas
employment ~ my medicines, together with
such auxiliary treatment as may be ncces-
sary. Such Is one OF the designs OF the Peo-
pies Medical Adviser, forty thousand copies
OF which have already been published. and
are sold at the exceedingly low price Of 81 ~,
and sent postpaid To any address within
the United States and Canada.
IL you would patronize medicines scien-
tihcally prepared. use my Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery Is tonic altera-
tive or blood cleansing. and an unequaled
cough remedy; Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets,
scarcely larger than mustard seed, constitute
an agreeable and reliable physic; Favorite
Prescription, a remedy for dehilitatcd fe-
males; my Compound Extract Of Smart
Weed, a magical remedy for pain, bowel
complaints, and an uncqualed Linimcnt FOR
both human and horse flesh; while Or.
sagc's Catarrh Remedy Is known the world
over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and
"Cold IN the Head" ever given % the public.
These standard remedies have been before
the public for many years-a period long
enough to fully test their merits, and the
best argument that can be advanced in their
favor 4 the fact that their sale was never so
great as during the past six months.