The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-17
A $500 BOOK FOR SI,5O.


Tho Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in plain English, or Medicine
Simplifed: BY 3, v. PIERCE, N. D.,
CounSClor.in.Ch OF tho Board Of Physi.
cians and Surgeons, at the Worlds Dis-
pensaFy, Buffalo, N. Y. The above Work
"a book Of about nine hundred large
pages, profuSely illustrated with Wood
EngravingS and ColorGd platOs, and we'll
and strongly bound-will be sent, post
paid, 10 any address, for One Dollar and
Fifty Cents-making 1t the cheapest
book ever offered to the American Peo.
Pile. Other books treating OF domestic
medicine, of~liko size and style Of bind
ing, and not nearly as we'll illustrated,
with no colored plates, and some OF them
containing no prescriptions and making
known no means o fself-Curo for the dis
oasss which they discuss, sell for from
three dollars and half to Eve dollars,
Were DR., Pierces Work not published
by the author, printed and bound with
his own machinery, and were 1t sold
through agents, rs other like works are,
the prico Of II would have to DO not less
than four dollars. For when tho pub.
fisher pays the author a fair price for his
production, then adds a profit to his in.
vestment large enough 10 satisfy himself
and compensate him, not only for his la
Dor, but,also for tho risk Of pCounlary
loss which hO assumes In taking tho
chances Of tho enterprise proving a sue
oo,s nnI ,yhon thn Stotn Hnuntv nd non
wasting agent has zach rocOivedh his profit,
they have added to tho expense Of a book,
that originally cost about SIPS, 40 much
that tho people have to pay not less
than $500 for It, The Peoples Medl.
cal Adviser, on tho contrary ls placed
within the pecuniary reach Of all classes
by tho aulhor, who adopts the plan Of tho
Changers, dispensing with middle men
and giving tho benefit OF their profits To
tho people, offering his book at price
little above actual cost Of publication.
That those desiring tho book may run no
risk Of losing their money In sending II
through the mails, tho author adyerttHos
that money addressed to him at Buffalo,
N. Y, and inclosed In registered letters,
may DO at his risk Of loss. Tho authors
largo correspondence with tho people
upon medical matters, which we are
informed, frequently exceeds
three hundred letters day, and requires
several trained and Rklllful medical as
aistanh and shorthand reporters to Ona-
bic him To entertain and answer them Us
well as his largo daily dealings with di.
aeasO at the Worlds Dispensary, appear
10 huvO peculiarly fitted him for writing
tho Work, by rendering him very
familiar with tho every day medical needs
Of tho people. ITc OndCayors in this
Work to answer all tho numerous ques-
lions relating to hoalth and diseaso that
have boon addressed to him by tho people
from all parts Of the land, and hence II
contains Important information for tho
young and old, male and female, single
md married, nowhere else 10 DO found.
All The most prevalent diseases Of both
,oxs arc also plainly and fully consider
ed and means Of adf.cure made known.
Unlike other works on Domestic Medi-
zinc, II includes the subjects Of Biology,
Physiology, Hygiene, Tempara.
nents, Marriage, Reproduction, etc, all
Of which aro treated IN an original and
interesting manner. Ills compendium
Df Anatomical, Physiological and Medical
Science, and cm6odicS the latest dis
rovCries In cash department.
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