Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-10-09
LOCAL AND BUSINESS NOTICES.
Common Sen vs. Prejudice.

Common Sen 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 when
many of them possess. The appellation Patent
Meucine, docs not apply to my remedies, as no pa
tent has been asked for or obtained upon them, nor
have they been urged upon the public as "cure ais
They simply some tavoritc prescriptions, which
in a very extensive practice, have proved their su-
rerior remedial virtues in the cure OF the diseases
for which they are recommended. Every prac-
ticing physician has his favorte remedies, which
he oitenest recommends or uses, because he has
the greatest confidence IN their virtues. Ihe pa
tient does not know their composition. Even pre-
sc,iptions are usually written in language unin-
teligible to any but the druggist. As much Sc
crecy is employed in the preparation of propri-
ETY. medicines Does the fact that an article Is
prepared by process known only to the manu-
facturer render that article less valuablei How
many physicians know the elementary compost
ton Of the remedies which they employ, some OF
which have never been analysed! Few practi-
TONERS know how Morphine, Quinine, Podophyl-
lin, Leptandiin, Pepsin, 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 It's proper
tics with dreosions for its usei
Some persons, while admitting that my medi-
cines are good pharmaceutical compounds, object
to them on the ground that they are too often used
with insufficient judgment propose to obyiate
this difficulty by enlghtening 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 judcious employment Of my
medicines, together with such auxiliary treatment
as may be necessary Such sone 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 80, 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 Purgative Pellets, scarcely larger than mus
physic; Favore Prescription remedy for debil
tated females; my compound extract of Smart
Weed magical remedy for pain, bowel COM
plants, and an unegualled Liniment for both hu-
man and horse-fesh while DIR. Sage's Catarih
Remedy is known the world over as the greatest
specific for Catarlh and "Cod in Tie Head" ever
given to the public. e.Fl{S,4.g
These standard remedies have baen 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 great during the past six
months 49, octS T&wlw