The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-28
WHY PROFESSIONAL ENDORSE
MENT OF PROPRIETARY REM
EDIES is GRANTED OR
WITHHELD.
BY r. S. Miller. NJ. D.

Ii may-we believe that it sometimes
is-asked, why a medical hygienic and
sanitary press is, as Il rule, so opposed
to the granting of its endorsement to
anything in the nature of a proprietary
remedy? The explanation is very SIM
pie Endorsements, when granted by
reputable and responsible journals whose
word carry weight are based upon rig
id investigation of the facts in the case,
and upon unanswerable demonstration
of genuine merit only. Now, there are
but few among the millions of proprie-
tary remedies (so-called) which are able
TO satisfy the exacting requirements of
journals like this, or whose record of
practical achievements as curatiyes of
the diseases they are supposed to com
bat will bear the merclless search-light
of our investigation This being so, it
follows that we grant wonderfully few
endorsements in proportion to the vast
number of proprietary medicines and
remedies which yearly make their APP
pearance on the market
The American Journal of Health
would rejoice to find itself iii a position
where it could conscientiously endorse
every remedy which comes under its
notice. But this cannot be; it is only
when merit is as clearly shown ms in
the case specially referred to in this ar
ticle that any praise can be by us edi-
torially bestowed Indeed, the present
instance IS but one of the exceptions
which prove the rule We have no hest
tation in cordially recommending Mrs.
Joe Persons Remedy, offered by Mrs.
Joe Person. of Kittrell. North Carolina,
as a specific for rheumatism, scrofula,
psoriasis, erythema, sores and all diseases
arising from impure or impoverished
blood We undertook to examine very
exhaustiyely into the claims of this
remedy, submitting the matter to the
joint Judgment of several competent
physicians. whose verdict was such that
we were obliged to admit the justice of
the claims of the proprietor. Contem-
poraneousy with the professional eXaml-
nation set on foot by us we instituted
a systematic inquiry into the record of
Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy. Here,
again, we established that its claims
10 be an extraordinarily successful cure
are founded upon truth. 1t has effected
a very remarkable number of recoveries
in cases where the best known, ordi-
narily recognized specifics had been baf-
fed, even when applied under the adj
vice of eminent professional men.
In any instance where a proprietary
remedy cam honestly demonstrate its
power to cure as clearly as Mrs. Joe
Persons Remedy has done, we frankly,
and in the public interest alone, publish
the fact gratuitously. Assurances from
persons who had experienced the benefits
of this remedy we found to be readily
obtainable during the course of our
inquiry, and we fully satisfied ourselves
of the trustworthiness of the deponents.
This remedy has unquestionably cured
where the hopes of cure had begun
TO fail because of the peculiarly obstinate
nature of the attack. We recommend
Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy from purely
disinterested motives, because it is one
of the rare specifics among proprietary
remedies which physician and patient
are alike ready to endorse from practi-
cal experience-American Journal of
Health