Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-30
Mell.Merifeh Sncoe. :.

A gentleman once asked a distin-
guished dispensing druggist to explain
the secret of the almost universal de-
mand for DR.. Richmond's Samaritan
NerviDe. He said that it was in fact
genuine medicine--such compound
as every good physician would pre-
scribe for the disease which it was
advertised TO cure. OF course it cost
less than any druggist would charge
for the same article supplied on a
physicians prescription, and besides,
there was a saving of the doctors fee
in addition. Moreover, by buying the
drugs in such enormous quantities,
and having a perfect apparatus for
compounding the mixture, he 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.. Richmond has devoted
all his energies to the alienation of
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
meritod success. There can be no
real success without true merit. That
his success is real is evidenced by the
fact that his reputation as a man and
physician does not deteriorate, and the
fact that there is steadily increasing
demand for his Samaritan 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 as a cure
all. There are hundreds Of diseases that
he acknowledges it will rot cure. 1t may
be urged that some of these diseases
are so widely different that it seems
absurd to prescribe the same remedy.
They may differ 10 symptoms, yet in
character be precisely similar; and
then we must take into consideration
the fact that remedies may possess
various properties. Thus, some med
icines are 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
employment.
ln the manufacture of any pharma.
ceutical preparation the purity and
strength of the materials used, and
the requisite machinery to be en-
ployed, are among the chief essentials.
The first is insured by purchasing the
ingredients in large quantities, where
by the exercise Of greater care in Sc
lecting the materials can be afforded;
and the second can only be accom-
plished where the business is sufi
ciently extensive 30 warrant a large
outlay Of capital in procuring chcmi-
cal apparatus These facts apply with
especial force to the manufacture Of
our medicine, their quality having
been vastly improved since the demand
las become so great as to require their
manufacture in very large quantities,
These ideas are not mere speculative
remarks 20 mislcad the reader, or 10
Undue him with false views Of the
superiority Of our medicines. While
inspecting Or. Richmond's establish
ment you would be surprised to sec
the admirable facilities, both chemical
and mechanical, which he employs ia
the prosecution Of bis business
Everything is arranged in the most
perfectly systematic order, and while
to the general observer there appears
10 be no room for Improvement, vel
new apparatus aud mechanical appli,
ances are constantly being procured
for the establishment.