Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-04-16
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Inc PeOpleS Common Sense Medical Ad-
viser in plain English, or Medicine simpli.
fed; by r. V. PIERCE, VI. D., Counselor.in-
Chief of the Board of Physicians and Sur
geons at the Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo, N.
Y. The above Work-a book of about nine
hundred large pages, protusely Illustrated
with Wood Engravings and COlored plates,
and well and strongly bound-will be sent
postpaid, to any address for One Dollar and
Fifty Cents-making it THE CHEAPEST BOOK
EVER OFFERED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Other books treating Of domestic medicines
Of like size and style OF binding, and not
nearly as well Illustrated, with no colored
plates, and some Of them containing no pre-
scriptions and making known no means OF
sef-cure for the diseases which they discuss.
sell for from three dollars and a half to five
dollars. Were Dr. Pierces Work not pub
lished by the author, printed and bound with
his own machinery, and were it sold through
agents, as other like works are, the price Of il
would have to be not less than FOUR DOLLARS
For when the publisher pays the author a
fair price for his production, then adds a
profit to his investment large enough to sat
isfy himself and compensate him, not only
for his labor, but also for the risk of pecuniary
loss which he assumes in taking the chances
OF the enterprise proving a success, and when
the State, county and canvassng agent has
each received his profit, they have added to
The expense Of o "OOk that originally cost
about $l.25 so mlcn that the people have to
pay not less than $4.0O for it. The Peoples Med
ical Adviser, on the contrary, is placed within
the pecuniary reach of all classes by the author
who adopts the plan of the Grangers, dispcns.
ing with middle-men and giving the benefit
of their profits to the people, Offering his
book at price little above actual cost OF
publication. That those desiring the book
may run no risk Of losing their money in
sending it through the mails the author ad.
vertises that money addressed to him at Buf.
falO, y. Y, and inClosed in REGISTERED let.
ters, may be at his risk of loss The author.
large correspondence with the people upon
medical matters (Which, we are credibly in.
formed, frequently exceeds 800 letters a day
and requires several trained and skillful med
ical assistants and shorthand reporters to en-
able him to entertain and answer them) as
well as his large daily dealings with disease
at the Worlds Dispensary appear to have pc.
culiarly fitted him for writing the Work by
rendering him very familiar with the every.
day medical needs of the people. He en-.
deayors, in this work, to answer all the nu.
merous questions relating to health and dis.
ease that have been addressed to him by the
people from all parts of the land, and hence
1t contains important information for the
young and old, male and female, single and
married, nowhere else to be found All the
most prevalent diseases of both sexes are also
plainly and fully considered, and means OF
self.cure made known. Unlike other works
on Domestic Medicine, 1t includes the sub.
jects of Biology, Cerebral Physiology. Hv.
gieue, Temperaments, Marriage Reproduc.
tion. etc, all of which are treated in an Origi.
nal and Interesting manner. 1t is a com.
pendium of Anatomical, Physiological and
Medical Science, and embodies the latest dis.
cOveries in each department.