The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-22

:, A gentleman once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain the secret of
the almost universal demand for DR.. Rich.
mnnd's Samaritan Nervine. He said that IL
was in tacta genuine medicine-such n com.
pound as every good physician would pre-
scribe for the diseases which II WIS advertised
TO cure. VI course It cost less thAn any drug.
slst wOul charge for the same article suppli-
cd ona physicians prescription, and besides.
Tiers waSa saving Of the doctors fee in
addition. Moreover, by buying the drugs
in such enormous quantities, aud having "A
perfect apparatus FOR compuundihg tho mix.
tnre, 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 rr;ee
than the same preparation could be possibly
Obtained from my other source Dr Rich
mond has deyotedall hiseDcrIieS 10 tn. 4lleyil.
ton ofhuman suffering With ihisOndin view.
ana with his whole heart in his urent
labor for the benefit OF the afflicted, he has
achieved marked and merited SUCCESS. There
can be no reI success without true merit,
That lliSsucCess is reali is evidenced by the fact
tllat his reputation US man and physician
does not deteriorate, and the fact that there
~ stCahily increasing demand for his Sa.
nardtdn NervIne proves that it is no noStrum,
nut reliable remedy. He liGs repeatedly In.
e'He, 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 he acknowledges IT will not care. lsHay
he urged that some OF these diseases are so
widely different that it seems absurd to pre-
scribe the same remedy. They n,ny differ in
symptoms, yet 10 character be precisely sim.
liar; and then VIC must take into COnsilera.
ton the fact that remedies may possess yari-
Gus properties. Thus, some medicines arc
both tonic and Alternative; Others may be
tonic aud laxative, the properties differing
according to the quantity administered and
the lime and circumstances which demand
its employment.
Ia the manufacture of any pharmcceu-
teal preparation the purity and strength OF
the materials used, aud the requisite ma.
chiHeFy 10 he employed, are among the cIttef
essentials The first is insured BY purchasing
the ingredients in large quantities, whereby
the exercise OF greater care in selecting The
materials cNn he Afforded and the second CAR
only be accomplished where the business is
sufficiently extensive TO warrant large ollt-
lay ot capital in procuring chemical appa-
rAtns These facts apply with especial force
to the manufacture Of our medicines, their
quality having been vastly improved since
the demand has become 50 great US to require
thelF manufacture III very large quantities.
These ideas are not mere Specu alive re-
marks to mislead the reader, or to Undue
him with false views OF the superiority of
our medicines. While Inspecting DR.. Rich.
mond'S establishment yOu would be surprised
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, and while to tile general observer
there appears TO be no room for improve
ment, yet nCwHNppNrHus and mechanical up.
pinnceS arc constantly being procured for
the establishment. nav