Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-10-29

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 altogether unfounded prejudice against
patent medicines" owing to the small
amount of merit which many of them pos
sess. The appellatiou patent Medicine"
does not apply to my remedies, as no patent
has ever been asked for or obtained upon
them, nor have they been urged upon the
public as cure-alls." They are simply
some favorite prescriptions which, in q very
extensive practice, have proved their supe-
rior remedial virtues in the cure of the dis
eases for which they are recommended.
Every practicing physician has his favorite
remedies, which he oftenest recommends or
uses, because he has the greatest confidence
in their virtues. The patient does not know
their composition. Even prescriptions are
usually written in language unintelligi-
BILE to any but the druggist. As much se-
erecy is employed as in the preparation OF
proprietary medicines. Does the fact that
an article is prepared by process known
only to the manufactures render that article
less valuable? How many physicians know
the elementary composition of the remedies
which they employ, some Of which have
never been anaiyzedY Few practitioners
know how Morphine, QUinine, Podophyllin,
Leptandrin, Pepsin or Chloroform are made,
or how nauseous drugs are transformed into
palatable eliXirs; yet they do not hesitate to
employ them. Is it not inconsistent to use
a prescription the composition of which is
unknown to us, and discard another prepa-
ration simply because it is accompanied by
printed statement Of its properties with
directions for its use?
Some persons, while admitting that my
medicines are good pharmaceutical com
pounds, object to them on the ground that
they are too often used with Insufficient
judgment. / propose to obviate this diff
Guilty by enlightening the people as to the
structure and functions of their bodies, thC
causes, character and symptoms of disease
and by indicating the proper and judicioui
| employment of my medicines, together will
such auxiliary treatment as may be neces
sary. Such is one of the designs of the Peo
| ple's Medical Adviser, forty thousand copie
| of which have already been published, ant
are sold at the exceedingly low price of 81 80
| and sent (post-paid) to any address within
the United States and Canada.
If you would patroniZe medicines scien
| tifcally nrcpaEed. Use my Family Medicines
! Golden Medical Discovery is tonic, altera
tive or blood-cleansing, and an unequalet
| cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets
scarcely larger than mustard-seed, constitut
| an agreeable and reliable physic; Favorit
| Prescription, a remedy for debiltated fC
| males; my Compound Extract of Smart
Weed, a magical remedy for pain, bowe
| complaints, and an unequaled Liniment TO
both human and horse flesh; while Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the worl
over as the greatest specific for Catarrh an
"eold in the Head'' ever given to the public
These standard remedies have been befor
the public for many ycars-a period lon
| enough to fully test their merits, and tn
best argument that can be advanced in thei
| favor is the fact that their sale was never s.
great as during the past six months.