The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-09
Common Sense w., Prejudice.

by Il V. Pierce, NJ. d., OF the Worlds Dis
pcnsary, Buffalo, y. y, Author OF f"lhr
Peoples Common Sense Medical Advi-
SER, etc, etc.
] am aware that there is u popular and
I not altogether unioundcd prejudice
against patent medicines" owing TO the
small amount of merit which many OF
them possess. The uppella,ion Patent
Medicine does not apply 10 my rcmG-
dies, as no patent has ever been asked for
been urged upon the public as "cure-
ais They are simply some iavoritc
prescriptions, which, in n very extensive
practice have proved their superior rem
edml virtues in the cure of the disease
for which they are recommended Ever
practlcing physician has his favorit
remedies, which he oftencst recommends
or uses, because he has the greatest con-
tdynCc IN their virtues. The patient
does not know their composition. Even
prescriptions are usually written in
language uninlelhgible to any but the
druggist. As much secrecy is employed
As III tie preparation OF preparatory
medicines. Does the fact that an article
is prepared by the process known only 10
the Manufacturer render that article less
valuable? How many physicians know
the elementary composition Of che RENE
dies which they employ, some of which
have never been analyzed2 Few prac-
tItiOners know how Morphine, Quiuinr,
Podophylln, Lcptandrin, Pep,in or
chlorotorm, are made or how nauscous
drugs are transformed into palatable el-
ixirs; yet they do not hesitate to employ
them. Is II not inconsistent to use "A
prescription, the composition OF which is
unknown to Us, and discard another prep.
aratlon simply because II is accompanied
by printed statement OF its prUpcrtIc,
with directions for its use?
Some persons, while admitting that nv
medicines are good pharamaccutica com.
pounds, object to them on the ground
that they are too often used with INSULT
cient judgment. propose to obyiatc thi,
by cnlightening the people M
to the structure and functions of their
bodies, the csuscs, character and symp-
toms Of disease, and by Indicating the
proper and judicious employment of my
together with such auxiliary
rs may be necessary. Such Is
one of the designs of the Peoples Medical
forty thousand copies Of which
have already been published, and ARE sold
at the exceeding y low price OF II 80 and
sent post paid to any address within
the United STATES and Canada.
If YOU would patronize medicines, sci.
prepared use my Family Med
cInc-. Golden Medical Discovery Is
tonic, Alternative or blood cleansing and
an unequaicd cough remedy; Pleasant
PurgatIve Pellets, scarcely larger than
mustard seed, constitute al agreeable and
reliable physic; Fnvoritc Prescription,
remedy for dcblIitatrd females; my Com
pound Extract Of Smart W ced, n magi-
al remedy for pain, bowel complaint and
AS WHN4Nalr9 lNNimeNt iUr Doln hUman
and hor,e.h"sh; while DR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy j. known the world over as the
greatest specific for Catarrh and "Cold III
the Head ever given 10 the public
These standard remedies have been be-.
fore the public many years. period
long enough to fully test their merits,
and the best argument that can be- ad-
vanced in their favor is the fact that their
sale was never So great " during the pat
six months,