The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-06-23


A gentleman once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain the secret OF
the almost universal demand for DR.. Rich
mond's Samaritan Nervine He said that
it was in fact a genuine medicine-such a
compound as every good physician would
prescribe for the disease which it was ad-
vertised to cure. Of course it cost less than
any druggist would charge for tho same ar
tcle supplied on physicians prescription,
| and besides, there was Il saving of the doc
tors fee i'll addition. Moreover, by buying
the drugs In such enormous quantities, and
having perfect apparatus for compounding
the mixture, he was not only enabled to
get better articles in the first place, bat
also TO present the medicine in better form
and at less price than the same preparation
could be possibly obtained from any other
source. DIR. Richmond has devoted all his
| energies to the alienation of human suffer
ing. With this end in view, and with his
| whole heart in his great labor for the bene-
fit OF the afflicted, he has achieved marked
| and rnerited success. There can be no real
success without true merit. That his sue
cess is real is evidenced by the fact that his
reputation as man and physician does not
| deteriorate, and the fact that there is a
steadily increasing demand for his Samari-
tan Nervine proves that it is no nostrum,
but a reliable remedy. He has repeatedly
informed the public that it is no patent
medicine, and no patent has ever been asked
for or obtained. Neither does he advertise
it as cure all. There are hundreds of dis
eases that he acknowledges it will not cure
1t may be urged that some of these diseases
are 50 widely different that it seems absurd
to prescribe the same remedy. They may
differ in symptoms, yet in character be pre-
cisely similar; and then we must take into
consideration the fact that remedies may
possess various properties Thus, some
medicines are both tonic and Alternative;
others may be tonic and laxative, the prop
critics differing according to the quantity
! administered and the time and circum-
stances which demand its employment.
In the manufacture of any pharmaceu-
tical preparation the purity and strength
OF the materials used, and the requisite
machinery to be employed, are among the
chief essentials. The first is insured by
purchasing the ingredients in large quanti-
ties, whereby the exercise of greater care in
J selecting the materials can be afforded; and
! the second can only be accomplished where
the business is sufficiently extensive to war
rant a large outlay of capital in procuring
chemical apparatus. These facts apply
with especial force to the manufacture Of
our medicines, their quality having been
vastly improved since the demand has be-
come so great as to require their manufac-
ture in very large quantities.
| These ideas are not mere speculative
remarks to mislead the reader, or to imbue
him with false views of the superiority of
our medicines. While inspecting DIR. Rich
mond's establishment you would be sur
prised to see the admirable facilities, both
chemical and mechanical, which he eiaplays
in the prosecution of his business. Every
thing is arranged in the most perfectly ags-
tematic order, and while to the geaersI
observer there appears to be no room fol-
improvement, yet new, apparatus and me
| chanical appliances are constantly being
procured for the establishment.