Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-01
SAYS THAT HIS MEDICINES Do
NOT CONTAIN ALCOHOL
OPIUM. NOR OTHER NARCOTICS
TAIN TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
DENYING THIS.
ASSERTIONS WE'RE ANNOYING
More Than That, the Doctor Sayp, Thew
Hurt His Business aud he Will
Try to Recover Damages.
From The Buffalo Evening Tmcs)

UErom The Buffalo Evening Timcs)
Thc suits s"ccnty instituted by tho
Worlds Dispcnsary Medical Association
of this city, against certain propagandists
OF the w. G. r T., and others had their
origin in a conflict Of statement which
was at once annoying to Or. Pierce. the
president of the above Association, Drr-
SonallN, and injurious to his business in
forests. For some time the advertisements
OF Or Pierce's Favoritc Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery" have LAID
great stress upon the fact that these
medicines contain no alcohol. and are alb
solut"lN free from opium cocaine. and
all other narcotics IT is generally known
that most put-up medicines contain a
large quantity of alcohol and that in
other cases liberal use is made of opium
cocaine. or other narcotics the continual
use of which Is disastrous to body and
mind. 1t was supposed. therefore. that
tcmptfanco leaders, especially tho women
would recognize the fact that the nom
alcoholic and nSn-narcotic character Of Dr.
Pierces medicines gave them a prior
claim to the attention of ali those engaged
in fighting the use of alcohol Eut instead
Of this. certain leading temperance wu-
men sent out pamphlets in which they as
sumed to give the formulas Of Ia. rlcrcc's
medicines ana claimed that they contain
ed both alcohol and opium.
In solf-protection and in order to pub
liclv nail this oiItrar,ou. f,Is.bood ,r.ro
vt,s onl, ono him "a do L~i, s,,i+
AGAINST tho authors Of tho Iiba'on. -t,tn-
ments This The Doctor nt orro nroc.sdod
to dc.
THE ETHICAL POINT OF VIEW.
From an ethical noint Of ,.ioyy m, most
statements as to the alcoholic and mar
cotic Ingredients contained I'm tho mpdi-
ciucn were made without first making
any ANALYSIS of the medicines and wore
based upon the false formulas puhlish, d
in the Interest of parties antagoni,tic to
Or Picrcc's business The publishers Of
these falls, formulas are also getting thu f.,
lesson in tho law.
The injury to DR. pierco's busiuoss from,
the circulation Of such statements AS
were made In The uanphlcts ahnvc re-
ferred to can readily be und,Sstcod 1t
was natural that the temperance people
to whom these pamphlets we're address. Il
should believe IN the statements of their
own leaders. and ACCEPT the fact that
the advoctisin If Or. Pierce was flag
rantlv false As "A matter of fact the
falschood vas entirely on the ether side,
ana Or. Pierce vas quick 20 suppo.t the
claims of his advertising Inv "a, offer of
NlWhuo Tor cdCn and every bottle of the
medicine which on analysis showed the
presence of alcohol or narcotics
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i'iN - AZ pf P'' lOr'o'
ANY one vino had 1coilaintauce With Dr
Pierce and the voll-kn,vr institution
tho Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tuto. of which he is chief consulting
physician. would have known bott,r I'M,
to attack his advertised statement oven
THOUGH rn1,1i.1 Il for,,,,I.., -.c,,, Il -, zoos,
trovcrt his claims. As one of tho largest
i'm tha United STATES Ir
Pierce haa also a .opututtou for tho MI
most cNactness OF statement If DIR
Piorco saws thai he has nearly a score of
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