American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-06


By r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D.. of the Worlds Dispen-
sary, Buffalo, n. Y. Author of The Peoples
Common-Sense Medical Adviser" ETC., etc.
1 am aware that there is a popular and
not altogether unfounded prejudice against
patent medicines" owing to the small
amount of merit which many of them pos
sess. The appellation =" 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 a very
extensive practice, have proved their supe-
rior remedial virtues in the cure of 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 a language unintelligi-
BILE to any but the druggist. As much Sc
crecy is employed as in the preparation OF
proprietary medicines. Does the fact that
an article is prepared by process known
only to the manufacturer render that article
less valuable2 How many physicians know
the elementary composition of the remedies
never been analysed? Few practitioners
know how Morphine, Quinine, Podophyllin,
Leptandrin, Pepsin or Chloroform are made,
or how nauseous drugs are transformed into
palatable eliXirs; yet they do not hesitate to
employ them. Is it not inconsistent to use
a prescription the composition of which is
unknown to us, and discard another prepa-
ration simply because it is accompanied by
printed statement of its properties with
directions for its 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. l 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 disease,
employmen0of my medicines, together with
such auxiliary treatment as may be neces-
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 so,
and sent (post-paid) to any address within
the United States and Canada.
If you would patronize medicines scien-
tiically 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, constitute
an agreeable and reliable physic; Favorite
Prescription, q remedy for debilitated fe-
males; my Compound Extract of Smart
Weed, magical remedy for pain, bowel
both human and horse flesh; while DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the world
over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and
"Cold in the Head" ever given to 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 is the fact that their sale was never so
great as during the past six months.