Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-04-10
81 BOOK FOR 81 so.

The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in plain English, or Medicine
Simplihed: by II. v. Pierce, NJ. D..
Counselor-in Chief Of the Board OF
Physicians and Surgeons. attho Worlds
Dispensary. Buffalo, N. Y. The above
work-a book Of about nine hundred
pages, p~rofusely illustrated with Wood
Enemvings and Colored plates and well
and strongly bound-will be sent. post
paid, to any address, for u dollar and
fity cents making II the cheapest book
ever offered 20 the American people.
Other books treating Of domestic med
icine, OF like size and style OF binding.
and not nearly rs we'll illustrated, with
no colored plates. and some Of them
containing no prescriptions and making
known no means OF self-curo for the
diseases which they discuss. sell for
from three dollars and nhalf 10 five dol
lars. Were DIR. Piercc's Work not pub
lished by the author. printed and bound
with his own machinery. and were 1t
| sold through agents. rs other works arc,
| the price OF II would DO not less than
four dollars. For when tho publisher
pays tho author q fair price for his pro-
duction. then adds q profit TO his invest
ment large enough to satisfy himself
and compensate him. not only for his
labor, but also for the risk OF pecuniary
loss which he assume In taking the
chances Of the enterprise proving a n G
cess, and when the State. county and
~canyassing agent has each received his
profit. they have added to the expense OF
a book, that originally cost about 81 rs.
40 much that the people have to pay not
less than four dollars for II. The Peo-
pies Medical Adviser, ON tho contrary,
is placed within tho pccuniary reach OF
all classes by tho author, who adopts
the plan Of the Changers, dispensing
with middle men and giving tho benefit
Of their profits TO the people. offering
his book littlo above the actual cost Of
publication. That those desiring tho
book may run no risk Of losing their
money in sending u through the mails.
tho author adycrtises that money ad-
dressed 10 him at Buffalo, N. Y. and in.
closed in registered letters. may be ut
his risk Of loss. The authors large cor
respondencc with tho people upon med
icai matters, which wo arc credibly in
formed, frequently exceeds three hun
! bred letters q day. and requires several
trained and skillful medical assistants
and shorthand reporters TO enable him
to entertain and answer them, as well ~
his large daily dealings with disease at
the Worlds pispsnsary. appear 70 havo
| peculiarly fitted him for writing tho
Work. by rendering him very familiar
| with tho every day medical needs OF tho
people. He endeavors in his Work to
answer all tho numerous questions re-
| lating to health and disease that have
been addressed TO him by tho people
from all parts Of the land. and hence
il contains important information for
the young and old, male and female,
single and married, nowhere else to DO
found. AL the most prevalent diseases
| Of both sexes are also plainly and fully
considered and means OF self.cure made
known. Unlike other works OF Domcs-
tic Medicine. II includes the subjects Of
Biology. Cerebral Physiology, Hygiene.
| Temporaments, Marriage, Reproduction,
etc, all Of which are treated In an orig.
inai and interesting manncr. IL Is q
compendium Of Anatomical. Physiolog-
zeal and Medical Science. and cmbodies
tho latest discoveries In each depart
mont.