An Out-Spoken Letter To The PuMie,
TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN:
It has been well said that better than great riches Is an established
reputation for honesty and square dealing. In the long run no man ever loses
anything by open, frank dealing--by taking his customers into his full con
fidence. That Is the way I felt when I decided to take those who may be
benefited by the use of my well-known medicines "Golden Medical Discovery" and
"Favorite Prescription" which are to be found in every drug store of the land,
into my full confidence and tell them just what ingredients enter into the
oomposltion of these well-known medicines. I recall that In the practice of
my chosen profession, I have often noticed that very many of my patients have
wanted to know what I had prescribed for them to take It'is but natural that
one should have some Interest In the composition of that which he Is expected
to swallow. It is not unreasonable that we should have some regard for what
we take into our stomachs, whether it be food, drink or medicine
A BADGE OF HONESTY ON EACH BOTTLE.
to conceal from the
great majority of
printing
Reasoning along the above line and having nothing
thousands who take my family medicines, and thinking that the
my patients would proDaoiy like to Know what they are taxing, I am now
on the wrapper or eacn Dottle or my mediomes tne ingredients or which it Is
composed I feel that I oan afford to take my patients into my full confi
dence, for my remedies contain nothing but such ingredients as have been ap
proved and endorsed by the most eminent medical authorities men who have stood
at the very head of the medical profession in this Sincerely.
country. (SEE ENDORSEMENTS BELOW.
This? mediotne Is a superior remedy for the ears
Of all severe, chronic, or lingering' Coughs, Bron
chitis Laryngitis, Weak Lungs, Bleeding from
Lung's, pubUo speakers' Sore Throat, Hoarseness
and Suppression or Loss of Voice. It does not
nauseate, or debilitate the stomach or system,
as other cough medicines do, but, on the contrary,
Improves digestion, ctreng-thens the stomach,
builds up solid flesh when reduoed below a
healthy standard by disease, and Invigorates
and cleanses the whole system. As a remedy
for Torpor of the Liver (generally termed " Liver
Complaint" or "Biliousness"), and for habitual
ConaUpation of the Bowels, It has no equal. For
loss of Appetite, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and
for General or Nervous Debility or Prostration,
la either sex, It is a very superior medicine. As
an alterative, or blood puri&or, this medicine is
far superior to any preparation of sarsaparilla,
iodide of potassium, or any other medicine now
offered for general sale. It is, therefore, very val
uablo in all forms of Sorofulous and other Blood
Diseases; also for all Skin Diseases, Eruptions,
Plmplea, Rashes, and Blotches. Boils, Ulcers,
Sores, and Swellings, arising from Impure Blood,
are oured by the use of a few bottles of this com
pound. Unlike other Alteratives or blood-cleans-In?
medicines, it does not debilitate, but strength
ens the system. THIS IS A VERT CONCENT
TBATED, VEGETABLE EZTSACT. The dose it
mall and pleasant to the taste. FULL DIREC
TIONS FOR ITS USE will be found In the pam
phlet whioh is wrapped around each bottle
IfASTOrACTURBD at tbb chemical laboratory of
CTUD'S PIBPIKSaRT XISIOaL ASSOCIATION, ProiiliUrt,
BUFFALO, 1ST. If.
Endorsed by Leading
Medical Writers.
THE eick don't have to take Dr. Pierce's word
alone as to the efficacy of his medicines, for every
ingredient contained in thera has been extolled, over
and over again, by leading medical writers. (See
extracts below from several standard authors). Inas
much as the people place confidence in Dr. Pierce
and his medicines, there is nothing to fear from
taking the public into his full confidence and frankly
giving them the formula for his medicines, thus re
ciprocating the confidence reposed in him. His
patients may now know exact'y what they are swal
lowing when they take these medicines. The ingre
dients are printed, in plain English, on the wrapper
of each boUle that leaves the great laboratory at
Buffalo, N. V. This is a very unusual thing for a
manufacturer of proprietary medicines to do. In
fact, Dr. Pierce stands quite alone in this respect.
Truth Is Mighty.
SO many false formulas and malicious statement
concerning his medicines have been published
through the connivance of jealous competitors and
disgruntled doctors, that he is determined to com
pletely disarm his assailants by a full and frank state
ment of their composition. He acts upon the belicl
that "Truth is mighty and trust prevail," while fraud
is a bubble that must soon burst.
Medicines of Known
Composition.
IP suffering from an obstinate malady which would
one naturally prefer to take, a medicine of known
composition, every ingredient of which has the en
dorsement of the most eminent medical practitioners
and writers, ot one which, for aught you may know,
maybe made up of very inefficient and even harmful
agents? Is it not best to insist upon knowing what
one is taking, as is every one's right, whether being
prescribed for by the family physician or making use
of a proprietary remedy ? We think so, especially in
view of the very disparaging articles concerning vari
ous advertised remedies with which the drug and
medical journals have been filled for months past
Dr. Pierce courts the severest criticism of the med
ical profession as to the value of his published
formula, confident that he will receive fair treatment
from all fair-minded, well qualified brethera of the
medical profession who cannot be blamed for not
endorsing medicines of the composition of which
they and the people are kept in ignorance.
No Alcohol Used.
DR. PIERCE never believed it necessary or advis
able to use alcohol in the preparation of either
his "Favorite Prescription" for weak women, or his
Golden Medical Discovery," the well-known altera
tive tonic, which is so largely used as a remedy for
indigestion, torpid liver, bad blood and kindred
ailments. Over forty years ago, he discovered that
chemically pure glycerine is a far better solvent of
most of the active principles residing in our native
medicinal plants, when used at a proper and sus
tained temperature, than is alcohol; and, furthermore,
he found that a glyceric extract kept much better
than an alcoholic one, and that the glycerine pos
sessed intrinsic remedial value, being demulcent,
nutritive and an effective anti-ferment. Although
costing somewhat more, Doctor Pierce predicts that
glycerine medicinal extracts will, in the not distant future, largely replace
alcoholic ones so generally prescribed by physicians and pit out by proprie
tary or "patent medicine " manufacturers, as being more efficient and entirely
free from the serious objection of making inebriates when used in lingering
or chronic cases, where a somewhat protracted use of medicine is necessary,
no matter how good or well adapted to the case it may be, in order to ob
tain permanent results.
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Ask Your Family Physician
IF a medicine scientifically prepared from just the right proportion of each
of the following ingredients must not in proper doses be a splendid tonic,
restorative and nervine for weak, nervous, worn-out women. If he is an honest,
fair-minded man, well up in his profession, and not given to extreme jealousy,
he will answer in the affirmative. The ingredients are : Blue Cohosh root,
Unicorn root, Golden Seal root, Black Cohosh root, Lady's Slipper root and
chemically pure Glycerine of proper specific gravity. These are the ingredients,
combined in just the right proportions, from which,
with proper apparatus and appliances, Dr. Pierce
makes a non-alcoholic glyceric extract, working
after a process which cost him and his collaborating
chemists and pharmacists a long time study and a
tedious and painstaking course of experiments, be
fore he was able to produce, in satisfactory perfec
' tion, the two leading medicines which bear his name
and which are generally acknowledged to be elegant
pharmaceutical compounds.
A Weak, Ailing Woman
OR an invalided man, don't need to take Doctor
Pierce's word alone as to the remedial virtues of
his medicines. To any one writing Dr. Pierce at
Buffalo, N. Y., care of Invalids' Hotel, he will take
great pleasure in mailing a little book of extracts
made up from the standard medical books of the day,
giving the most trustworthy endorsement of the
several ingredients used in making his medicines.
No words of ours could possibly extol these virtues
to exceed the language used in these numerous ref
erences. On account of lack of space, we can only print,
below on this page, a few brief extracts from standard
writers on Materia Medica, to show that the ingredi
ents of which Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription are composed,
are to-day acknowledged by all schools of medicine,
to be the most valuable remedial agents known for
the several diseases for which we recommend these
medicines. Forty years ago, when Dr. Pierce began
the use of these several ingredients in his daily prac
tice many of them were little known to medical
practitioners in general. As an indication how some
of them have grown in use and professional favor
since that time, we note that Golden Seal root, which
could then be bought in the open market at from
fifteen to twenty-five cents a pound, is to-day worth
upwards of one dollar and fifty cents a pound. Lady's
Slipper root (" American Valerian ") has also advanced
greatly in professional favor, and is to-day prescribed
by the most advanced physicians to such an extent
as to have caused its market value to quadruple.
We point to these significant facts as confirmatory
of Dr. Pierce's good judgement in selecting the com
ponent ingredients, of which he makes his now
wide-renowned remedies.
Read What Others Say
of the ingredients of Dr. Pierce's medicines in the
columns below and you must be convinced of their
exceptional value and curative potency. The author
ities quoted are standard in their several schools of
medicine as any well-read physician will recognize.
World's Dispensary Medical Association, World's
Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
Ours Not a Gift Enterprise.
WE send no free, give away, or "trial " bottles for
experimental work. Our medicines have a
well established value, can be had at all medicine
stores at reasonable prices, are of known composition
and well attested curative potency. Vou don't ex
periment with your case when you employ them for
any of the easily recognized ailments for which we
recommend them.
World's Dispensary Medical
Association, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y.
lortlie cure of those
AND
FtfIX DIRECTIONS
for using this medicine, also history and
symptoms of numerous eases and form
I oj disease for which, it is especially
i adapted, may be found in the
inclosed pamphlet.
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Medical Authorities Endorse and Extol the Ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's Two Leading Remedies are Composed.
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WORDS OP PRAISE
FOR INGREDIENTS OF
DR. PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
From Eminent Medical Writers,
Dr. Bartroi.ow, a recognized authority on Materia
Medica and Therapeutics, says of Hydrastis (Golden
Seal): "Very useful as a stomachic tonic (stomach tonic)
and in atonic dyspepsia. Cures gastric catarrh (catarrh
of stomach) and headaches accompanying same. In
catarrh of the gall duct and jaundice, it is of especial
utility. Constipation, dependent upon different de
ficient secretions, with hard and dry stools, may be
ivreimm , Vi rt ri . d . Phrnnif. catarrh r( t Vi inttm
Muty utriicuLcu uj xiyutasiin. 111 unsure ui luc auua,
hemorrhage (bleeding) from the rectum, and ulceration
of the rectal mucous membrane, hydrastis produces
3sVfir viv-Trvy I healing. It may be given as a remedy for intermittent,
"TjfVSJ 7IV I chronic and malarial poisoning, and enlarged spleen of
uiaiiiuai uiiKUi. n lessen, luc buviciluu ui niuuiu ill m
chronic Bright' disease, diminishes mucus in catarrh -of
the bladder. It may be expected to do much good in
cases of paresis and paralysis, when the lesions causing
them are not of recent origin ; also in paralysis suc
ceeding fevers and other acute diseases. Valuable in
uterine hemorrhage, menorrhagia and congestive dys
menorrhea. Locally good in uterine and vaginal leucor
rhiea, ulceration and erosion of the cervix, unhealthy
and sloughing sores and old ulcers of the leg."
The foregoing is certainly a wonderfully strong en
dorsement of one of Dr. Pierce's chief ingredients used
in " Golden Medical Discovery," and also in his "Favorite
Prescription."
From "Organic Medicines," by G ROVER Cok, M. D., of
New York, we extract the following : "Hydrastis (Golden
Seal) exercises an especial influence over mucous sur
fucrt. Its action in this respect is so manifest that the
indications for its employment cannot be mistaken.
Upon the liver it acts with equal certainty and efficacy.
Ai a cuologogue (liver invigorator), it has few equals. In
affectious of the spleeu, and abdominal viscera generally,
it is an efficient and reliable remedy. Also iu scrofula,
glandular diseases generally, cutaneous eruptions, indi
gestion, debility, diarrhaa and dysentery, constipation,
piles and all morbid and critical discharges."
Dr. Cos continues: "Hydrastis (Golden Seal), has
been successfully employed in the cure of leucorrhcea.
It is of singular efficacy When that complaint is com
plicated with hepatic (liver) aberration (derangement).
Hydrastis is also of inestimable value in the treatment of
chronic derangements of the liver and portal circulation.
It seems to exercise an especial influence over the portal
vein end hepatic (liver) structure generally, resolving
(diSHolving) biliary deposits, removing obstructions, pro
moting secretion, and giving tone to the various func
tions. It h eminently cholagorue (liver accelerator), nnd
may be relied upon with confidence for the relief of
hepatic (liver) torpor."
"In many deraneements of the urinary apparatus we
have found the Hydrastis to answer an admirable pur
pose. In chronic inflammation of the bladder, we deem
it one of the most reliable agents of cure. As a tonic in
the convalescing- staees of fevers, nnrumnmi clvmT.trrv.
and other acute diseases, particularly when a laxative
property Is needed, the Hydrastis Is peculiarly appropriate. It promotes digestiou and assim
ilation, obviates constipation, and gives tone to the depurating functions generally."
Dr. Cob continues: "We would here add that our experience has demonstrated the
Hydrastis to be a valuable remedy in bronchitis, laryngitis, and other auections of the respi
ratory organs-"
After reading the foregoing extract who can doubt the great efficacy, in a long list of dis
eases, of "Golden Medical Discovery " one of the principal ingredients of which is Golden Seal
(Hydrastis)? BLACK CHERflYBAItlC (Prunua Virginians). ''
ROBERT BathoIX)W says: "Wild Cherrybark is su excellent stomach tonic i it ha long
en held in great esteem in dometic practice, a a remedy in catarrhal states of the bronchial
ucous membrane and in Phtbiais (Consumption)." "The tirup is much used as an ingredient
permanently cures bronchitis relieves irritations an
important
Bern
may
cough remedy coughs of years standing
ired. Aids in blood-making and nuti
taken without harm for long periods."
MANDRAKE (Podophyllum).
Certain, sure cathartic ; leave bowels in improved
condition. A gentle stimulant tonic ; improves the appe
tite. Particularly valuable in dyspepsia, gastric aud
intestinal catarrh. Beneficial in some affections of
bladder.
DLOODROOT (Sangulnaria).
Stimulates digestive organs, increases action of heart
and arteries stimulant and tonic. Very valuable as a
cough remedy acts as a sedative further valuable as
alterative.
STONE ROOT (Colllnaonlo Canadensis).
Alterative, tonic, stimulant. Valuable in laryngitis
"Ministers sore throat." In diseases of stomach and in
testines improves appetite, promotes flow of gastric
juice: tonic effect upon organs involved. A good
remedy in indigestion, dyspepsia, chronic gastritis, in
creasing the secretion from kidneys and skin.
The foregoing four, several extracts are all taken from
the American Dispensatory, by Professors Kino and
Scudder.
Prof. Wm. Paine, M. P., of the old Philadelphia
University of Medicine and Surgery, in his work en
tiled "The Medical Properties and Uses of Concentrated
Medicines," writing of Collinsonin (the active medicinal
principle residing in Collinaonia Canadensis, or Stone
root), says: "I, not long since, had a patient who was
so much oppressed with a valvular disease of the heart
that his friends were obliged to carry him up-stairs. He,
however, gradually recovered under the inlluence of Col
linsoniu, and is now attending to his business. Hereto
fore physicians knew of r.o remedy for the removal of
so distressing and so dangerous a malady. With them it
was all guess-work, and it fearfully warned the afflicted
that death was near at hand. Collinsonin unquestion
ably affords relief in such cases, a id in most instances
effects a cure." He further says : " Iu a case of persistent
ascites (dropsy), where the ordinary remedies fail to af
ford anything more than a temporary relief, Collinsonin
produced a permanent cure."
Prof. John M. Scxdder, M. D., in his treatise entitled
"Specific Medication," says: "Collinsonia (stone root),
is a specific in 'ministers' sore throat' (chronic laryn
gitis)." He continues: "It proves beneficial in other
cases of chronic laryngitis, in chronic bronchitis and
phthisis (consumption), allaying irritation and check
ing cough. It also exerts a favorable influence upon the
digestive processes, improving the appetite, facilitating
digestion and acting jis a general tonic. It passes off
through the kidneys and exerts a tonic influence upon
the entire extent of the urinary tract I regard it as one
of the most direct and valuable agents of the Materia
Medica and one that will give saiisaction to uhotver
tmftloys it."
The above are stronjj endorsements of one of the most
valuable ingredient i contained in "Golden Medical Dis
covery," viz., Collinsonia, or stone root. Its virtues how
ever are r.ot over-c.-tolled, as we can attest from our
experience and observation in watching the beneficial
action of the "Discovery "io heart affections, laryngitis,
bronchitis, incipient consumption and other ailments
noted above.
be
raucous
in cough mixtures."
QUEEN'S ROOT (Stlllln3U).
Prof. JOHM Kino, M. D., say : "An alterative unsurpassed by few if any other of the knows
alterative at aucrcifiu la akin aud suofulouA aflcctimi. Bene final ia bronchial affections
WORDS OFPRMSE
FOR INGREDIENTS OF
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
from welt recognized authorlflem of
all Schoolm ot Medicine,
What Edwin M. Hale. M. V ,' Professor Materia
Vedica, at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, ay :
"Among the earliest medical writer of thi country was
Prol. JUriNKaQua, a ecieuune botanist aaA nj
scholar. He thus writes of Hydrastis (Golden Seal),
' Internally, it is used as a bitter tonic in disorders of the
stomach, liver, etc.' "
Dr. Hale continues : "Howard, writing in 1836, says:
'It is very useful in recovery from fever, for dyspepsia,
indigestion, sore eyes, ulcers, loss of appetite, etc.' 1
"Dr. Barton and Dr. Tully estimated it very highly
as a ' pure tonic, and as an alterative iu diseased condi
tions of the mucous membranes.'"
"Prof. John King, M. D., gives it a prominent place
among medicinal agents ; reiterates all that previous
writers have said about it, and adds that it is valuable in
'chronic affections of the mucous membrane of the
stomach, intestines, bladder, etc' "
Dr. Hale continues: "Prof. John M. Scudder says,
'It stimulates the digestive processes, and increases the
assimilation of food. By these means the blood is en
riched, and this blood feeds the muscular system.' ' I
mention the muscular system because I believe it first
feels the increased power imparted by the stimulation of
increased nutrition. The consequent improvement on
the nervous and glandular systems are natural results.'
'In relation to its general effects on the system, there
is no medicine in use about which there is such general
unanimity of opinion. It is universally regarded as the
tonic useful in all debilitated b tales.'"
BLUE COHOSH (Cautophyllum).
Of Caulophyllura (Blue Cohosh), Rafinesque states
that : "As a powerful emmenaogue it promotes men
struation and dropsical discharges," and that "It was
employed by the Indians for rheumatism, dropsy,
epilepsy, hysterics, inflammation of the uterus, etc."
I'rof. King first employed Blue Cohosh for its beneficial
influence on abnormities of the mucous tissues, using
it for aphthous stomatitis (sore mouth), in decoction,
alone or combined with Hydrastis (Golden Seal). Prof.
Scudder believed that this agent exerted its influence
through the hypogastric plexus (of nerves), thus affecting
the circulation, nutrition and functions of the repro
ductive apparatus. The American Dispensatory says :
" Blue Cohosh is emmenagogue, and its use as a partu
rifacient originated in the custom of the Indian squaws
of employing a decoction of the root for two or three
weeks previous to labor to facilitate child-birth."
I'rof. John Kino, M. D., says: " As s partus prtrpar.
ator. Blue Cohosh has enjoyed a well-merited repu
tation. When used by delicate women, or those who
experience prolonged and painful labors, for several
weeks previous to confinement, it gives tone aud vigor
to all the parts engaged in tue accouchement, facilitating
its progress, and relieinng much suffering." Prof
Hale testifies that women who have taken Caulophyllum
previous to confinement, have over-run their time from
ten to twelve days, but all had very easy labors and
made good recoveries. Blue Cohosh acts as an anti
abortive by relieving the irritation npon which the
tiouble depends. Kino states that for this purpose it is
fully equal to viburnum. He continues, "It has been
employed to relieve irritation of the reproductive
organs dependent on congestion. It controls chronic
inflammatory state of the organ and give tone in cases
of debility. In the sexual disorders of the femaie it is
indicated by tenderness and pain in the uterus. In de
bilitated patients, it has been very successfully used in
cases of hysteria to overcome the attack, and to relieve
ovarian, or mammary pain, or irritation when accom-
Jianying that disorder. Chronic ovaralgia, uterine
eucorrha-a, amenorrhea (suppressed menstruation ) and
dysmenorrhcea painful menstruation), are conditions
in which it has been most successfully employed. It has
an established reputation as a remedy for rheumatism
of the uterus, with nervous excitement, for uterine
cramps attending menstruation, and for menorrhagia
"flooding.
UNICORN ROOT (Chamalirlum).
The American Dispensatory (prepared by Professors
Kino and Scvddf.b), says: "He Ionian, or Unicorn root,
has been found very beneficial in dyspepsia, loss of
appetite, and for the removal of worms. It is more
especially applicable in indigestion, dyspepsia and mal
assimilation, where the trouble is reflex from, or asso
ciated with, wronis of the female reproductive appar
atus. Such digestive) disturbances as depend upoa
uterine and ovarian irritation, or npon lack of uterine
activity, in chlorotie anemia, are benefited by it It is
valuable in atony (weakness) of the generative organs."
Prof. Kino says, "have found this plant to possess a
decidedly benefical influence in cases of sexual lassitude
in both sexes, the result of excesses, especially in those
instances where there are symptoms of gastric (stomach)
derangement with impaired memory, mental apathy, or
indifference, and an enfeebled condition of the general
system, with weakness or dull pain in the renal, or
lumbo-sacral ('small of the back ) region. In diseases
of the reproductive organs of females, and especially of
the uterus (womb), it is one of our most valuable agents,
acting as a uterine tonic, and gradually removing ab
normal conditions, while at the same time it imparts
tone and vigor to the reproductive organs. Hence, it
is much used in leucorrhara, amenorrhaea, dysmenorrhcea
and to remove the tendency to repeated and successive
miscarriages. A particular phase removed by it is the
irritability and despondency that often attends uterine
troubles. In painful menstruation it has been found
especially adapted to those cases in which there is
pelvic fullness, a sensation as if the womb and rectum
were distended with blood, and the aching, bearing
down organs feel as if they would fall out of the body.
Its action here is very decided. It is considered use Ail
by some for the relief of the vomiting of pregnancy,
Helonias is a decided tonic, to the urinary tract,"
BLACK COHOSH.
(Clmiclluga Racamosa, SquawrooL Elo.)
Prof. John Kino, in the American Dispensatory says:
"This is a very active, powerful and useful remedy, and
appears to fulfill a great number of indications, It pos
sesses an undoubted influence over the nervous system.
In small doses the appetite and digestion are improved."
He continues, " Upon the reproductive organs it exerts a
specific influence, promoting the menstrual discharge."
"Macrotys (Black Cohosh) plays a very important part
in the therapeutics of Gynecology (diseases of women).
In the painful conditions incident to imperfect menstrua
tion, its remedial action i fully displayed. By its spe
cial affinity for the female reproductive organs, it is an
efficient agent for the restoration of suppressed menses.
In dysmenorrhea (painful periods), it is surpassed by no
other drug, being of greatest utility in irritative and
congestive conditions of the uterus and appendages,
characterized by tensive, dragging pains, resembling the 1
pains of rheumatism. It is a good remedy for the reflex
side-aches' of the unmarried woman. It should be re
membered in rheumatism of the uteru, and in uterine
leucorrhea. When there is a disordered action or lack of
functional power in the uterus, giving rise to sterility,
cimicifuga (Black Cohosh) often corrects the impaired
condition and cures, Keflex mammary pains during ges
tation are met by it, and in rheumatic subjects it promptly
relieves such ovarian troubles as ovaralgia and neural
gia. Its action is slow, but its effects are permanent. It
has been used successfully as n antispasmodic in hys
teria, epilepsy when due to menstrual failings, periodical
convulsions, nervous excitability, and many other spas
modic a fleet ions."
For headache, whether congestive or from cold, neur
algia, dysmenorrhcea, or from la grippe, it is promptly
curative. As a remedy for pain, macrotys is a very
prompt agent often relieving in a few hours, painful con
ditions that have existed tor a long time.-
LAOVS SLIPPER ROOT (Cyprf podium).
Prof. John M. Scudder says : "This root is valuable in all cases of nervous excitability or
irritability unconnected with organic lesions, allaying the irritability, lessening sny sccora
panyisg pain, producing a more calm and cheerful condition of the body and mind, and con
sequently favoring mental tranquillity, or sleep. Hence it has been of service in hysteria,
chorea, nervous headache, wakefulness and prostration in low fevers, epilepsy from reflex
irritation, and, indeed, in all cases of morbid irritability of the nervous system, txorn functions!
derangement or reflex irritation. It will be found very efficient in the nervousness, hypoc
hondria, or mental depression accompanying certssln forms of derangement of the digetive
organs, which is more generally met with among females."
The foregoing are only a few brief extracts taken from amongst the voluminous endorsements
which the several ingredients entering into Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription have received from
the most eminent medical writers of all the different schools of medicine. After reading them
can any reasonable person doubt that Dr. Pierce has selected and compounded his "Prescrip
tion " from the most valuable ingredients known to the medical profession for the cure of those
ckrenia diseases of women for which he recoaaujuU it 1
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