Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-12
LOCAL AND BUSINESS NOTICES
Common Senoe vs.. Prejudice.

By r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., of the Worlds Dispen-
sary, Buffalo, n. Y, Author of "The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser. etc, etc.
am aware that there is popular and not alto
gether unfounded prejudice against patent medi-
Cines," owing to the small amount Of merit which
many of them possess. The appelation Patent
Medicine, does not apply to my remedies, as no pa
tent has been asked for obtained upon them, nor
have they been urged upon the IubIic as aus
They are simply some favorite prescriptions, which
in very extensive practice, have proved their SUI
Ierior remedial virtues in the cure of the diseases
for which they are recommended. Every prac-
ticng physician has his favore remedies, which
he ottenest recommends or uses, because he has
the greatest confidence in their virtues. The pa
.ient does not know their composition. Even pre-
scriptions are usually written in language unin-
tellgible to any but the druggist. As much Sc
crecy is employed as in the preparation Of propri-
ETY. medicines. Does the fact that article is
prepared by process known only to the manu-
facturer render that article less valuable How
many physicians know the elementary compost
ton Of the remedies which they employ, some of
which have never been analyZedf Few practi-
TONERS know how Morphine, Quinine, Podophyl-
lin, Leptandrin, Persin, or Chloroform, are made
or how naseous drugs are transformed into palat-
able elixirs; yet they do not hesitate to employ
them. Is it not inconsistent to use prescription,
the composition of which is unknown to US, and
discard another preparation simply because it is
accompanied by printed statement Of its proper
tics with directions for its use
Some persons, while admitting that my medi-
cines are good pharmaceutical compounds, object
to them the ground that they too often used
with insufficient judgment. / propose to obvate
this difficulty by enightening the people as to the
structure and functions Of their bodies the causes
character, and symptoms, of disease, and by indi-
eating the proper and judicious employment Of my
medicines, together with such auxiliary treatment
as may be necessary. Such il one of the designs
Of the Peoples 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.
Ifyou would patronize medicines, scientifically
prepared use my Family Medicines. Golden
Medical Discovery is tonic, alternative, or blood
cleansing and an unequaled cough remedy; Pleas
ant Purgatve Pellets, scarcely larger than mus
tard seed, constitute an agreeable and reliable
pbysc Favorite Prescription. remedy for debil-
itated females; my compound extract Of Smart
Weed magical remedy for pain, bowel COM
pla ints. and an unequalled Liniment for both hu
man and horse. flesh; while DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy is known the world over as the greatest
specific for Catarih and "Cod in tie 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 never great as during the past six
months. oct9 t&wlw