The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-12-03
Common Sense va preiudioe.

BY r. " PIERCE, NJ. D., of the Worlds Dispensary,
Buffalo, ". Y, Author OF "The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" ETC., etc.
am aware that there is popular and not
altogether unfounded prejudice against pat
tent medicines" owing to the small amount of
merit which many Of them possess. The APP
pellation OF " Patent Medicine" does not apply
to my remedies, al no patent has ever been
asked for or obtained upon them, nor have
they been urged upon the public as "cure-
ais" They are simply some favorite prescTip-
tons, 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
favorte remedies which he oftenest recon-
mends or uses, because he has the greatest con-
tidence in their virtues. The patient does not
know their composition. Even prescriptions
are usually written in language unintelligible
to any but the druggist. AS much secrecy il
employed as in the preparation OF proprietary
medicines. Does the fact that an 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 analyzed? Few
practitioners know how Morphine, Quinine, Po-
dophyllin, Leptandrin, Pepsin, or Chloroform,
are made, or how nauseous drugs are trans
formed into palatable elixirs yet they do not
hesitate to employ them. Is it not inconsistent
to use prescription, the composition Of which
ration simply because it is accompanied bv
printed statement of Its properties with direc-
tons for its use
Some persons, while admitting that my medi-
cines are good pharmaceutical compounds, OBJ
ject to them on the ground that they are too
often used with insufficient judgment. 1 pro-
pose TO obviate this difficulty by enghtening
the people AZ to the structure and functions OF
their bodies, and by indicating the proper and
judicious employment OF my medicines, to-
gether with such auxiliary treatment may be
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 exceeding low price of $3.50, and
sent (post-paid) to any address within The
United States and Canada.
IL you would patronize medicines, scientific
ally prepared, use my Family Medicines
Golden Medical Discovery is tonic, Alternative.
or blood cleansing and an unequaled
cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
scarcely larger than mustard seed, constitute
an agreeable and reliable physic Favorte Pre-
scripton, a remedy for debilitated females /; my
Compound Extract of Smart-Weed a magical
remedy for pain, bowel complaints, and an UNI
equaled Liniment for both human and horse
flesh while DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is
known the world over as the greatest specific
for Catarrh and - Cold in the Head, ever given
to the public.
These standard remedies have been be fore
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 80 great 20
during the past six months.