The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-06

"A gentleman once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain tue secret OF
the almost universal demand for DR.. Rich.
mond's Samaritan Sefvine. lie said thu, It
was In fact n genuine medicine-such com.
pound as every good physician would pre-
scribe for the diseases which 1t was advertised
10 cure. VI course It cost less than any drug.
gist would charge for the same article sub
piled OH physicians prescription, and be.
sides, there was saving OF the doctors fee
IN addition. Moreover, by buying The drugs
IN such enormous quantities, and having a
perfect apparatus for compromising the mix.
ture,, pc was not only enabled to get better
articles In the first place, but also to present
The medicine In better form and at less price
than The same preparation could be possibly
obtained from any other SOURCE DR.. Rich
mond has devoted MI his energies 10 the
alleyiation.ot human suffering. With this end
in view,and with his whole heart In his great
labor for the benefit OF the afflicted, he has
achieved marked and mcrited success. There
can DC no real success without true merit.
That his success is real evidenced by the fac.
that his reputation as man and physician
does not deteriorate, and the fac, that there
is q steadily increasing demand for his Sd
niaFatan Hefvine proves that It is no nos.rum,
but reliable remedy. He has repeatedly in.
formed the public tina: it Is no patent medl.
cine, and 70 patent has ever been asked for !
or obtained. Neither does lie advertise it as
acure'all. There arc hundreds OF diseases
that he acknowledges it will not cure. 1t may
be urged that some of these diseases are 10 |
widely different that 1t seems absurd to pre-.
scribe the same remedy. They NAV differ in |
symptoms, yet in Character be precisely sim.
iiari and then We must take into considers.
ton the TACT that remedies may possess vari.
Gus properties. Thus. souic medicines are |
ootn tonic and alternative; others may be |
tonic ana laxative, the properties differing |
according 10 the quantity administered and !
the time and circumstances which demand |
its employment.
In the manufacture OF any pharmaceutical |
PREPARATION the purity and strength OF the |
materials used, and the requisite machinery
10 pe employed, are among the chief essen |
tiats. The first is insured BY purchasing the |
ingredients in large quantities, whereby the |
exercise OF greater care in selecting the ma.
fer1als can be afforded; and the second can !
only be accomplished where the business is
snlhciently extensive 10 warrant u large out.
lay OF capital in procuring chemical u paara.
Jus. These facts apply with especial force 10
the manufacture OF our medicines. ,he;.
quality having been vastly improved since the
uehiaNa hAs become SO great ny 10 REQUIRE
'he T, manufacture in very large quantities.
these ideas are no; mere speculative re-
marks to misiead The reader, or to Undue him
with false views Of the superiority OF our
medicine. While inspecting DR.. Richmond's
establishment you would be surprised to see |
the admirable facilities, both che mical and |
mechanical, which he employs in the prose-
cu,ion OF lis business. Everything is arranged
10 Inc most perfectly systematic order, and
while to the general observer there seems 10
be no room for improvement. vet new appa.
,atus and mechanical appliance are constant
ly being procured for the establishment dsw