The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-29
COmuon.ScDse vs.. ProiuIfce,


BY r. V. PIERCE IT. D., of the Worlds Dispen-
sary. Buffalo. Y. Y. Author Of The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" etc, etc.
l am aware that there is q popular and
not altogether %unfounded prejudice against
"patent medicines" owing to the small
amount of merit which many Of them pos
scss. The appcllatiOn Patent Mcdicine'
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 rs "curc-alIS." They are simply
some ~fayorite prescriptions which, in a 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 fav0rlte
! remedies. which he ~oftCnrst 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 a language unintclligi-
Bile 10 any hut the druggist. As much Sc
crccv is employed rs in the preparation OF
proprietary medicines. Does the fact that
an article ia prepared by a process known
only to the manufacturer render that article
less valuable? How many physicians know
the elementary composition of the remedies
which they employ, some OF which have
never been analyZeds Few practitioners
know how Morphine, Quinine, P~od0phyilln,
Lcptasdrin, Pcpsin or Chloroform are made,
oE no" IlSttlSt'tDilk III tl8N AK lIuiielti liNN
paiatahlo "cliXirs; yet they do not hesitate to
employ them. Is it not Inconsistent to use
q prescription the composition OF which is
unknown to Us, aud discard another pTepa-
ration simply because it is accompanied by
4 printed statement OF its properties with
directions for its use?
Some PERSONS, while admitting that my
medicines are good pharmaceutical com
pounds, object tu them on the ground that
thry are too often used with insufficient
Judgment. | propose to obviatc this dill
ci.Ly by cuiightcuiny the people as 10 this
structure and functions of their bodies, the
causes, character and symptoms OF disease,
..Hi ~ indicating the proper and judicious
,HHivvIneHt Of my medicines, together with
such auxiliary treatment as may be neccS-
sacv. Such IS one of the designs OF the PeO-
pies Medical Adviser, forty thousand copies
e which have already been published, aud
are sold ut the exceedingly low price OF $40,
tni sent (pO>t-paidl to any address within
the United States and Canada.
# Won would patroniZe medicines scien-
tiiically prepared, use my Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is tonic, altera-
tive OK biOOd-ciCansing and an uncquAIed
cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
scarcely iargcrtha mustard-sced, constitute
an agr"taHla and reliable Dhysic; FAvorite
Prescription, a remedy for debilitatcd fe-
males; my Compound Extract of Smart
Weed, 4 magical remedy for pain, bowel
complaints, and an u~neQuaied Linimcnt Tor
both human and horse flesh; while Or.
Sa@c's Catarrh Remedy is known the world
over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and
"Culd in the Ilcad' ever given 10 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 il their
favor is the fact that their sale WAS never SO
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