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Show Comuion b'euso vs. Frejudice. Uy It. V, PiKi.er. M.U., of tho Worlds i)i-l"'"-arv. Iliitlalo. N.Y., auih..rof ' 1 lie l'e. p . '. (Amiiuon Semo Medical Medi-cal Advi-er, etc., clo. I am aware that there is a popular and not altogether unfounded, prejudice preju-dice Mgainit "patent nnd:cines," owing to the small amount of merit which many of them poes. The appellation "patent Mtdieine," doe's not apply lo my remedies, as no patent has ever Iven a-kii tor or oh-tatiud oh-tatiud upon them, nor have they been nrcod upon the public as "cure-alls." "cure-alls." They are simply some favorite pteeriptions, which, in a wry extensive exten-sive practice, haw proved their tu-perior tu-perior remedial virtuea in the euro of the di.-eas. for which they are recommended. Every praciising physician has lus lavonte leniedus, which he oUenest recoiumends or tH. s, Ivcnuso lie has tiiegreatist coulidenee in their virtues. vir-tues. 'I :e patient does not know their c mp-sitton. Kven prescriptions prescrip-tions ate usually written in a language lan-guage unintelligible to any but the drugg'st. As much eeeresy is em-plod em-plod as in the preparation of proprietary pro-prietary medicines Does the tact that an article is prepared b a pro cess known only to the manufacturer render that article Usa valuable ? How many physieiana know the elementary ele-mentary ciMiiVsiiion of the remedies whh h Hiey empioy, some of which have never been analyzed'.' Few practitioners know how Morphine, 1 ejuinme, Podophyliin, Lep'andriu, Pilsin, or Chloroform, nro made, or how nausrt-us drugs are trausiormod into palatable elixirs; yet liiey do not hesitate to employ them. Is" it not inconsistent lo use a prescription, the composition oi" which is unknown to us, and discard another preparation ."imply because ii is accompanied by a print-.d statement of iis properties with directions lor its use '.' Some persona, while admitting that my medicines are good pharmaceutical pharmaceu-tical eomp und( object to them ou tiie giour.d that thty are too often uj-td witii insuitieietit judgment. I propose to obviate this difficulty by enlightening the people as to" the stiui tore and functions ! their Udies, the causes, c laracter and symptoms of di-e.ise, ar.d ly indicating the proper pro-per and judicious employment of my meeiicm'S. logetiier with such auxiliary auxili-ary treatment as may be necessary. Sacb is one of tho designs of the People's Meet tea! Adviser, 40,000 eopies of which ave already been publk-hed, ar.d arc Sold at tiie exceedingly exceed-ingly low price of $l.o0, and sent . p.-l-pa:d) to any address within the L'nit.d Scales and Camula, 1 1 you wi'iiid patronise medicines, scienlifi.allv prepared, use mv Family Fam-ily Mediciius. Golden Medical Dis-t,"t Dis-t,"t very i$ tome, alterative, or blood cleansing, and an unequaled cough rtnudy; Pic.isant Purgative Peilels, scarce. y larger than mustard seed, constitute an agreeablo and reliabl-i physic; Favorite Prescription, a remedy rem-edy for debhilaicd females; my Com-ptnmd Com-ptnmd exlr.'.ct of Smart-Weed, a mayica remedy for pain, towel com-plamts.aud com-plamts.aud an uncqualed Liniment for lnth human and horse desh, while Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the world over as tiie greatest fjecilic for C-atarrh and "Cold in the Head," ever given lo the public. These suuul.ird remedies have been belore the public for many years a perioel long enough to fuily test their merits, und tiie lcst argument that can le advanced in their favor is the fact that their sale was never bo great ae during the past past six mouths. c'2 |