Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-10-22
BUSINESS
Common Sense VS.. Prejudice.

By r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., of the Worlds
Dispensary, Buffalo, n. Y, Author of
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser" etc, etc.
l am aware that theirs is popular, and
not altogether unfounded, prejudice against
patent medlcines,n owing to the small
amount of merit which many of them
possess. The appellation Patent Medi-
cine" does not apply to my remedies, as
no patent has ever oeen asked for or OBJ
tanned upon them, nor have they been urged
upon the public as ''cure-alls.'' - They are
simply some favorte prescriptions, which,
in very extensive practice, have proved
their superior remedial virtues in the cure
of the diseases for which they are recon-
mended. Every practicing physician has
his favorite remedies, which he oftenest
recomends 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 unintelligible to any but the
cruggist. AS much secrecy is employed
as in the.preparation of proprietary medi-
cines. Does the fact that an article is pre-
pared by a process known only to the
manufacturer render that article less valu-
able /? How many physicians know the
elementary composition of the remedies
which they employ, some of which have
never been analyzed ? Few practitioners
know how Morphine, Quinine, PodophylIin
Leptandrin, Pepsin, or Chloroform, are
made, or how nauseous drugs are trans
formed into paIatable elixirs yet they dc
not hesitate to employ them. Is it not in
consistent to use a prescription, the cnmpo
I oF ,..h &c Tn an1 dis
card another preparation simplify because
it is accompanied by printed statemen
of its properties with direstiOns for It's use
Some persons, while admitting that my
medicines are good pharmaceutical com
pounds, object TO them on the ground tha
they are too often used with insuficien
Judgment. propose to obviate this dli
ficulty by enlightening the people as TO tn
J structure and sunctions of this bodies. tn
cause, character, and symptoms, OF disease
and by indicating the proper and Judiclou
employment of my medicines, together wit
such auxiliary treatment as may be neces
} sary. Such is one ofthe designs of the Pee
ple's Medical Adviser. forty thousan
, copies of which have already been publish
ed, and are sold a. the exceedingly loV
price of S1.50. and sent (post- paid to an
ADDRESS WlLnlu Tue Oultcu Ctdlco an
Canada.
, If you would patronize medicines. scien
ti6caliy prepared, use my Family Medicins
|, Golden Medical Discovery is TOMS, alters
tive, or blood cleaning, and an unequale
4 cough remedy Pleasant Purgative Pellets
scarcely larger than mustard seed, cOnst
, tute an agreeable and reliable physic; Fa
vorite Prescription, remedy for debillta
ed females; my Compound Extract of Smar
Weed, magical remedy for pain, bov
complaints, and an unequaled Linimer
!, for both human and horse-hesh while d.
Sage's CataTrh Remedy is known the worl
over as the greatest specific for Catarr
: and Gold in the Head" ever given to th
= public.
f The standard remedies have been befo
the public for many years "a period loI
enough to fully test their merits, and q
u best argument that can be advanced
Il their favor is the fact that their sale wi
o never SO great as during the past S
months.