The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-23
MERlTED SUCCESS.
Baseless Attacks Upon the Rep
utation and Business OF
Physician are Without Avail.

There lives in Buffalo, N. Y, man
who is widely known as the proprietor
of the Pierce Family Medicines; Or.
Pierce has lately come into added pup
licity because Of the unWarranted at
tack made upon his medicines by a
certain periodical, which charged that
they were not what they were repre-
sen{ed to be by the doctor He
promptly met that attack by suing the
owners of the journal in question for
100000 damages. Upon the filing OF
this suit retraction was printed by
the editors, who acknowledged that
their statement was entirely without
foundation, but notwithstanding this
covert attacks have still been mace
mon DR.. Pierce and his business; ..
DR.. Pierce's business, winch mas us
center at Buffalo, where ne mas laIgo
laboratory known as the WORLDS DIS
nensarv. for the manufacture of his
rnedicines-the "Favorite Prescr1p-
tion,' and the "Golden Medical Dis
coverv'' and a hospital, known as the
Invalids' Hotel, for the treatment OF
various ailments by large stall OF
physicians and surgeons, IS the result
of thirty eight years of honorable ana
honest dealing with the public, he IS
a man of honor, respected IN the CON-
munity and enjoying the confidence 10, OF
his fellow citizens. They know that
he is neither a quack nor charlatan,
but that he has attained success IN lie
because he deserves it.
Comley's History of New York State,
containing biographical sketches OF the
men who shave given wealth, stamina
and character to the Empire State,
gives sketch of the distinguished ply.
Stefan, from which the following brief
extracts are made: Every nation
owes it's peculiar character, its prosper
ity-in brief, everything that dis
tinguishes it as an individual nation
to the few men belonging to it who
have the courage to step beyond the
boundaries prescribed by professional
tradition, or social customs. .
Of this class Of men the medical pro-
fession has furnished a distinguished
example in the successful and justly
celebrated physician, DR.. R. V. Pierce,
of Buffalo, n. Y, and any history
treating of the industries of the Empire
State would be incomplete without a
sketch of his useful and earnest work.
profession, he early supplemented his
studies by extensive and original re-
search in its several departments. De-
voting his attention to certain special
ties Of the science he has SO carefully
investigated, he has been rewarded in
a remarkable degree. In these special
ties he has become a recognized leader
Not few of the remedies prescribed by
him, have, it is said, been adopted and
prescribed by physicians in their pri
vate practice. His pamphlets and larger
works have been received as useful
contributions to medical knowledge
That his success is real, is
evidenced by the fact that his reputa
ton, as a man and physician, does
not deteriorate; and the fact that there
is steadily increasing demand for his
medicines, proves that they are moi
nostrums, but reliable remedies for dis
ease. - ..ss d.
DR.. Pierce s establishment at Buffalo
is one Of the show points of thai
fiourishing city, and is we'll worth {
visit just to see how modern medicines
even though they be 'patent,'' ar
compounded with the utmost skill by
trained chemists and on the most sci
entifc principles 1t is also worti
while for the purpose of seeing tn,
methods followed by which each ap
plicant for aid, whether he be a cor
respondent or patient at the hospital
secures the care of eminent specialist
in medicine and surgery. Once thes
things are seen it will be speedil,
acknowledged by the most skeptica
that all patent medicine businesses ar,
not the frauds which some careless pa
pers have declared them to be.