The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-13
COMMON SENSE Is. PREIUDICE,

By r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Of the Worlds Dis
peusary, Buffalo N. Y, Author Of "Tht
People's Common Sense Medical Adviser !
etc., etc.
Lam aware that there is a popular. and M,
altogether unfounded. prejudice against pat
ent medicines" owing to the small amount OF
merit which many Of them possess. The ap-
pellatlon Patent Medicines" does not apply
asked for or obtained upon them, nor have they
been urged upon the public as "cure-allso .
Iney are simply some fayorite prescriptions,
which, In very extensive practice, have
cure Of the diseases for which they are recon-
mended. Every practlcing physician has his
favorite remedies. which he oftenest reconi-
mends or uses, because he has the greatest con-
know their composition. Even prescriptions
are usually written in a language unintelligi-
BILE to any but the druggist. AS much secrecy
is employed as In the preparation Of proprie-
tary medicines. Does the fact that an article
Is prepared by a process known only to the
manufacturer render that article less yaluableP
How many physicians know the elementary
composition OF the remedies which they en-
Few practitioners know how Morphine, Qui-
nine, Podophyllin, Leptandrin, Pepsn, or
Cnioroform, are made, or how nauseous drugs
are transformed into palatable elixirs; yet
inconsistent to use prescription, the compo-
slti0n oil which is unknown to us, and discard
another preparation simply because 1t is ac-
c0mpanied by a printed statement OF its prop
critics with directions for its use?
Some persons, while admitting that nv med
icines are good pharmaceutical COMPOUNDS,
object to them on the ground that they are too
often used with insufficient Judgment / pro-
pose to Obviate this difficulty BY enlightening
the people as to the structure and functions Of
their bodies, the causes, character, and symp-
toms, OF disease, and by indicating the proper
and Judicious employment of my medicines,
together with such auxiliary treatment as may
De necessary. Such is 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 90, and sent (post-paId) to any address
within the United States and Canada.
IL you will patronize medicines, scientifically |
use my Family Medicines. Golden |
Medical Discovery is tonic, alternative, or \
blood cleansing, and an unequaled cough rem |
edy; Pleasant Pergative Pellets, scarcely larg- |
er than mustard seed, constitute an agreeable |
and reliable phy5ic; Favorite Prescription, a /
remedy for debilltated females; my Compound |
Extract of Smart Weed, a magical remedy for |
pain, bowel complaints, and an unequaled |
Liniment for both human anu hOrse-hesh;
while Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the |
world over as the greatest specific for Catarrh |
and "Cold in the Heai," 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 was never SO great |
as during the past SIX months.