The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-24
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\ gentleman once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist TO explain the secret.oi
the almost universal demand for Dir, Rich.
mond's Samaratan NeTvinC. He said that il
was IN fact genuine medicine-Suctt conf
pound as every good physician would pre.
scribe for thediseases which it was advertised
TO cure. OF course it cost less than any drug.
gist would charge for the same article suppl.
cd on physicians prescription, and besides,
there was saving OF the doctors fee IN
addition. Moreover, by buying the drugs
IN such enormous quantities, aud having Il
perfect apparatus for compromising the mix.
ture, he was not only enabled 10 get better
articles IN the first place, but also 10 present
the medicine in better form and at less Price
than the same preparation could be possibly
obtained from any other LOurce. DR.. Rich.
mond has devoted all his energies 10 the'alleyiA-
ton othuman uiltring. 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 merited success. There
can be no real success without true merit,
mat his success is real Is evidenced by the fact
that his reputation as man and physician
does not deisFiorate, and the fact that there
is steadily increasing demand for his Sa.
maratau Nervine proves that it is no nOs,ruM
but reliable remedy. lie has repeatedly in.
formed the public that II Is no patent nledi.
cine, and no patent has ever been asked for
or obtained. Neither does he advertise it as
u cure'all. There are hundreds OF diseases
that lie acknowledges It will not cure ftmay
be urged that some OF these diseases ARE SO
widely different that it 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 coHsideYa-
ton the fact that remedies may possess vari-
Gus properties. Thus, some medicines are
both tonic and Alternative; others may be
tonic and laxative, the properties differing
according to the qnnniity administered and
the time ind circumstances which demand
its employment.
IN the manufacture OF any pharmaceu.
teal preparation the purity and strength of
the materials used, and the requisite ma.
chinery TO he employed, are among the chief
essentials, The tirSt is insured by purchasing
tue ingredients In large quantities, whereby
the exercise OF greater care in selecting the
materials can be afforded; and the second cap
only be accomplished where the business i
sufficiently extensive 10 warrant u large out.
lay Of capital In procuring chemical aPpa.
ratus. These facts apply with especial force
to the manufacture Of our medicines, their
quality having been vastly improved since
the demand has become so great US to require
their manufacture in very large quantities.
These ideas are not mere Specn alive re.
marks to nIislead the reader, or to Undue
him with false views Of tue superiority Of
our medicines. While inspecting DR., Rich.
mond's establishment you would besurprised
To see the admirable facilities, both chemical
and mechanical, which he employs in the
prosecution Of his business. Everything IS
arranged In the most perfectly systematic
order, aud while to tue general observer
there appears to be no room for improve.
ment, yet new apparatus and mechanical sp.
pliancrs are constantly being procured for
the establishment. paw