The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Good Proprietary Rem odics and Bad,
BY 8. j. NJ. D.
From American Journal of Health.1

from American Journal OF Health.1
Had Darwin pursued his researches
into the domain of proprietary reno
dies -.e might have aptly raphrased
his famous dictum and remarked that
"the fttest survive" The proprietary
remedy comes and goes with as much
regularity as the budding and fall u
the foliage of the year. Some RENE.
dies are perennial, however, and pub.
lie esteem will not suffer them to dis.
appear. These survive because they
orc In direct contrast to the ones
which have no basis of merit to sup
port them, and which meet with their
just and natural doom-oblivion.
There is always for what cures;
but the public wearied of the recur.
ring appearances of nostrum after nos.
trum, which are tried only in vain,
has grown to have little patience with
the impudent pretensions of quacks
and their products. Medical science
admits that proprietary remedies arc
in some instances m~eritorious, and on
dorsements are given to such by tho
medical and hygienic journals for the
legitimate reason thatit is known that
beneficial results have followed their
use, and will again.
S&AAR4C C4Ouk Id U1lO pOS1LlOA Ox
medical and health journals in this
connection; they gratuitously give
publicity to mcritorious remedies.
They labor also to protect people from
the impositions of INSCRIPTIONS pur-
veyors Of worthless preparations.
Moreover, the reasons why a beutth
journal approves or rejects q proprio-
tary remedy are based uron facts hat
cannot be g%ainsaid. When evidence
exists that a thing cures and has done
SO in spite of the fact that other
taings-equally loud in their own
praise-failed to cure the same com
plant, the course of common sense is
plain to be seen. The cure receives
credit, and the quack nostrom is re-
jected. No better example of this
proposition could be quoted than
Richards Catarrh Expellant," offered
by the c. H. Richards Company of
Omaha, Nebraska, as a cure for all
catarrhal affections of the head,
stomach, liver and kidneys. What Is
the secret of the great success which
has attended this remedy? Tho
simple secret lies in it's demonstrated
capacity to effect a permanent cure.
After a thorough Sitting of the
claims Of this proprietary preparation
the American Journal Of Health be-
slows its conservative endorsement.
We have asccrtaiped that the record
of success claimed by Richards Cat
arb Expellant is genuine, and that
suferers are really loud in their praise
of 1t. We do not refer to the evidence
merely of advertised testimonials, but
10 that which we have ourselves Sc
cured through the operations of our
inquiry bureau, and which leaves no
doubt Of the sterling merit Of this
remedy. That it has no superior as a
positive cure, and that it Is in conse-
quepce entitled to the patronage OF
sufferers and the support Of independ-
ent medical and hygenic opinion, is an
established truth. Richards Catarrh
Nxpellapt, we find, is daily strengthen
Ing its bold upon the public, because
1t is daily aHording fresh proof of it's
inVncible qualities as a curative, hav-
ing overcome many obstinate cases
which bad all bpt caused the sufferers
to conclude that no really permanent
cure COULD be had.
The advantages of proprietary RENE
dies a be secured by the exercise of
ordinary intelligence. Independent and
impartial endorsements giving by jour
nails like this-which have no possible
interest in the commercial success of
any remedy-indicate where the public
may safely choose. The choice Of
Richards Catarrh Expellant is recon-
mended by US because it does what it
promises to do, and offers a permanent
cure.