The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-15
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a gentleman once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain the secret o
the Utmost universal demund for DR.. Rich
mohd's Samaritan Servinc. lie said that |
was In fact genuine medcine-such q com
pound as every good physician would pre-
scribe for tho diseases which 1t was advertise,
10 cure. or course II cost less than any drug
gist would charge for the same article SUP
Piled on physicians prescription, and be
sides, there was saving OF the doctors fet
In addition. Moreover, BY buying The drug
In such enormous quantities, and having /
perfect apparatus Tor compromising the mix
ture, he was not only enabled TO get BETTE
articles in the first place, but also 10 present
the medicine In better form and at less prict
than the same preparation could be possibl,
obtained from any other source. Dr.. Rich
mond has devoted all his energies to ,ht
alleviation.of human suffering With this emf
In view, and with his whole heart in his erea,
labor for the benefit OF the afflicted, he has
achieved marked and merited success. There
can be no real success without true merit
That his success Is real Is evidenced by the fac,
that his reputation as n man and physician
does not dcteriorate, and the fact that there
is n steadily increasing demand for bis So.
maratan Nesvine proves that 1t is no nostrum
but reliable remedy. He has repeatedly In.
formed the public that 1t is no patent nied..
cine, and 20 patent has ever been asked for
or obtained. Neither does he advertise 1t as
acure-all. There are hundreds OF diseases
that he acknowledges 1t will NOT cure. II nav
DO urged that some OF these diseases are Sc
widely different that 1t seems absurd to pre-.
scribe the same remedy. They may differ in
symptoms, yet In character be precisely sim.
liar; and then We must take into considera.
ton the fact that remedies may possess yari.
Gus properties. Thus, some medicines arc
both tonic and Alternative; Others may be
tonic and laxative, the properties differing
according to the quantity administered and
the time and circumstances which demand
its employmea. -
In the manufacture II any pharmaceutical
PREPARATION tho purity and strength OF the
materials used, and the requisite machinery
to be employed, are among the chief essen
tials. The frs: Is insured by purchasing the
ingredients In large quantities, whereby the
exercise OF greater care in selecting the ma.
terla!s can be afforded; and the second can
only be accomplished where the husness is
extensive to warrant a large out.
lay OF capital III procuring chemical appara.
.,'s These facts apply with especial force to
the manufacture oil our medicines. their
quality having been vastly improved since the
demand has become so great as to REQUIRE
their manufacture in very large quantities.
These ideas are not mere speculative re.
marks to mislead the reader, or to Undue him
with false views OF the superiority OF our
medicine. While inspecting Dr.. Riohmond's
establishment YOU would he surprised to Sc
the admirable facilities, both che mical and
which he employs in the prose.
cu;ion OF his business. Everything Is arranged
in the most perfectly systematic order. and
while to the general observer there seems to
be no room for improvement. yet new appa.
ratus and mechanical appliance are con slant,
~ being procured for the establishment. dAw