[Anna Farquhar Brooke], 1880

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Pierce's MEMORANDUM AND ACCOUNT BOOK

designed for Farmers, Mechanics AND ALL PEOPLE Who appreciate the value of keeping a memorandum of business transactions, daily events, and items of interest or importance, for future reference.

A PRESENT FROM THE WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION BUFFALO, N.Y., and LONDON, Eng.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by the World's Dispensary Medical Association, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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BEWARE OF SWINDLERS!

We have had our attention repeatedly called to the fact that imposters are traveling in different parts of the United States, and representing themselves to be our Dr. R. V. PIERCE or his brother, thereby securing the confidence of the afflicted, and swindling them, by obtaining fees under such misrepresentation.

Dr. R. V. PIERCE has but two near relatives belonging to the medical profession, Dr. F. D. PIERCE who is a member of the Faculty of the Invalids' Hotel, and one of the Professors in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Buffalo, and an uncle who is an eminent general practitioner in Sabula, Iowa.

We have no branches of the World's Dispensary, except in London, England, and that branch is under the management of competent medical gentlemen, formerly, and for a long time, connected with the old and renowned home institution located at Buffalo.

Others attempt to deceive the public by applying to their worthless preparations similar sounding names to those long used to designate our Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines. When desiring to purchase any of Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines always carefully observe the name printed upon the wrappers, and that they bear upon them our private Internal Revenue Stamp, the the words "U. S. Certificate of Genuineness" and our name engraved thereon. To imitate the name or style of putting up one of our medicines constitutes a felony under the statues enacted for the protection of trade-marks, and we shall prosecute to the full extent of the law all persons attemptions to trespass upon our rights.

WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N.Y., and Great Russell Street Buildings, London

Common Sense vs. Prejudice.

We are aware that there is a popular, and not altogether unfounded, prejudice against "patent medicines," owing to the small amount of merit which many of them possess. The appellation "Patent Medicine" does not, however, apply to the remedies herein recommended, as no patent has ever been asked for or obtained upon them, nor have they been urged upon the public as "curealls." They are simply some favorite prescriptions, which, in a very extensive practice, have proved their remedial virtues in the cure of the diseases for which they are recommended. Every practicing physician has his favorite remedies, which he oftenest recommends or uses, because he has the greatest confidence in their virtues. The patient does not know their composition. Even prescriptions are usually written in a language unintelligibile to any but the druggist. As much secrecy is employed as in the preparation of proprietary medicines. Does the fact that an article is prepared by a process known only to the manufacturer render that article less valuable? How many physicians know the elementary composition of the remedies which they employ, some of which have never been analyzed? Few practitioners know how Morphine, Quinine, Podophyllin, Leptandrin, Pepsin, or Chloroform, are made, or how nauseous drugs are transformed into palatable elixirs; yet they do not hesitate to employ them. Is it not inconsistent to use a prescription, the composition of which is unknown to us, and discard another preparation simply because it is accompanied by a printed statement of its properities, with directions for its use? We leave the intelligent reader to answer.

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RATES OF POSTAGE.

FIRST CLASS.—Letters go to any part of the United States for three cents per half-ounce, or fraction thereof, if prepaid.

Unpaid letters are sent to the Dead Letter Office, at Washington.

SECOND CLASS.—Newspapers.—One cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Publishers are now required to prepay all postage on newspapers; only one copy to each actual subscriber residing within the county in which the same is published goes free through the mails.

THIRD CLASS.—Books, pamphlets, unsealed circulars, and all printed matter, one cent for each two ounces, or fraction thereof.

FOURTH CLASS.—Merchandise, Types, cuttings, roots, seeds, metals, ores and minerals, and all mailable matter not in first, second or third class, one cent for each ounce, or fraction thereof.

MONEY ORDERS.—Money Orders can be obtained only at designated Money Order Offices. Money can be sent to any part of the country with absolute safety, by obtaining a Money Order, for which the fees are: Not exceeding $15, 10 cts.; over $15, and not exceeding $30, 15 cts.; over $30, and not exceeding $40, 20 cts.; over $40, and not exceeding $50, 25 cts. No order issued for more than $50.

POST ITEMS.—It costs 10 cents extra, besides the regular postage to register a letter. Letters may be registered at any Postoffice.

TO ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE.

Measure the girt close behind the shoulder, and the length from the fore part of the shoulder-blade along the back to the bone at the tail, which is in a vertical line with the buttock, both in feet. Multiply the square of the girt, expressed in feet, by five times the length, and divide the product by 21; the quotient is the weight, nearly, of the four quarters, in imperial stones of 14 lbs. avoirdupois. For example, if the girt be 6 feet, and the length 5 1/4 feet, we shall have 6 x 6=36, and 5 1/4 x 5=26 1/4; then 36 x 26 1/4=945, and this divided by 21, gives 45 stones exactly, or 45 x 14=630 lbs. It is to be observed, however, that in very fat cattle the four quarters will be about one-twentieth more, while in those in a very lean state they will be one-twentieth less than the weight obtained by the rule.

To Estimate the Amount of Hay in a Mow.

A gentleman largely engaged in the growing of hay and stock in Orange County, N. Y., writes: "In this part of the country we sell hay by measurement, in a mow, and allow 512 cubic feet for a ton, and it comes out very generally correct. I have just sold a mow of hay and weighed it, and measured the mow, and this rule proved correct."

The above rule no doubt approximates as closely as possible to a correct standard, the number of cubic feet required for a ton varying a little on account of the different degrees of pressure to which the hay has been subjected, and also with the quality of the hay as regards fineness.

OVER 120,000 COPIES SOLD.

"The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser" appears in a revised form, having attained a sale of over 120,000 copies. It contains over 900 pages, nearly 300 colored and other illustrations, elegantly bound in cloth. Price, post-paid $1.50. Address WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y. 1

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TO MEASURE CORN IN THE CRIB. This rule will apply to a crib of any size or kind. Two cubic feet of good, sound, dry corn in the ear willl make a bushel of shelled corn. To get, then, the quantity of shelled corn in a crib of corn in the ear, measure the length, breadth and height of the crib, inside of the rail; multiply the length by the breadth, and the product by the height; then divide the product by two, and you have the number of bushels of shelled corn in the crib. To find the number of bushels of apples, potatoes, etc., in a bin, multiply the length, breadth and thickness together, and this product by 8 and point off one figure in the product for decimals.

BUSHEL MEASURE. The following table shows the legal number of pounds per bushel of the following articles on the States therein named:

ARTICLES. Mich. Ind. Ill. W18. Iowa. Mo. N.Y. Wheat....................................... 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 Corn, Shelled,............................ 56 56 56 56 56 56 58 Corn, in Ear,.............................. 70 68 70 70 70 70 70 Oats,......................................... 32 32 32 32 33 35 32 Barley,...................................... 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 Rey,........................................... 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 Buckwheat,................................ 42 50 52 40 52 52 48 White Beans,.............................. 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 Irish Potatoes,............................ 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 Sweet Potatoes,------------------------- 55 55 55 55 46 55 55 Turnips,.................................... 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 Onions,..................................... 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 Dried Peaches,.......................... 28 33 33 28 33 33 32 Dried Apples,............................ 28 25 24 28 24 24 22 Bran,........................................ 20 __ 20 20 20 20 20 Hungarian Grass Seed,.............. 48 48 48 48 45 48 48 Hemp Seed,.............................. 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 Flax Seed,................................. 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 Stone Coal,................................ __ 70 80 __ 80 __ __ Charcoal,.................................. 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 Coarse Salt,............................... 50 50 50 50 50 50 56 Clover Seed,.............................. 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 Timothy Seed,........................... __ __ 45 46 45 __ __

INTEREST TABLE. A SIMPLE RULE FOR ACCURATELY COMPUTING INTEREST AT ANY GIVEN PER CENT. FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. Multiply the principal (amount of money at interest) by the time reduced to days; then divide this product by the quotient obtained by dividing 360 (the number of days in the interest year) by the per cent. of interest, and Solution. the quotient thus obtained will be the required interest. $462.50 .48 ILLUSTRATION. --------- Require the interest of $462.50 for one month 370000 and eighteen days at 6 per cent. An interest 6)360 ) 185000 month is 30 days; one month and eighteen days --------) ----------------- equal 48 days. $462.50 multiplied by .48 gives 60) $222.0000($3.70 $222.0000; 360 divided by 6 (the per cent. of in- 180 terest) gives 60, and $222.0000 divided by 60 will -------- give you the exact interest, which is $3.70. If 420 the rate of interest n the above example were 420 12 per cent., we would divide the $222.0000 by 30 00 (because 360 divided by 12 gives 30); if 4 per cent., we would divide by 90; if 8 per cent., by 45; and in like manner for any other per cent. 2

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CHRONIC DISEASES of the LIVER, BLOOD AND LUNGS. THEIR TRUE NATURE RATIONAL TREATMENT. AND POSITIVE CURE.

By R. V. PIERCE, M. D., Author of the "People's Common Sense Medical Adviser" (over 900 Pages, nearly 300 Illustrations) and Founder of the World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., with branch at Great Russell Street Building, London, England.

NEW HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.

The writer desires to preface the consideration of the diseases mentioned at the head of this article by saying that the truthfulness of the new and common-sense theories which he is about to advance has been confirmed by a vast experience, embracing the successful treatment of thousands of cases at the largest private sanitarium in the world, and he therefore promulgates his views without fear of thier being successully controverted. He has discovered that to a congested, torpid and diseased liver can be traced many diseases of diverse symptoms, and affecting various organs. Many of these diseases are usually treated as if primary affections, both physician and patient being doomed to disappointment in an utter lack of favorable results; for to treat a disease successfully we must have a clear conception of its true nature. LIVER DISEASE. - The liver is the largest gland in the human system. It is the great purifying organ of the system, and has very appropriately been termed the "housekeeper" of our health. I have observed in the dissecting room, and also in the making postmortem examinations of the bodies of those who have died of different diseases, that in a large proportion of cases the liver has given evidence of having at some time been diseased. Liver affections are equally prevalent in beasts. Every butcher knows that the liver of cattle , sheep, and swine, are ten times as frequently diseased as any other organ. The importance of the liver as a blood-purifying and excretory organ cannot be overestimated. The foul and morbid matter absorbed from the various tissues and taken into the blood is absorbed therefrom by a healthy liver and converted into bile. When the liver became torpid or congested, it fails to estimate this vast amount of noxious substance, which, therefore, remains to poison the blood and be conveyed to every part part of the system. Nature tries to work off this poison through other channels and organs - the lungs, skin, etc. - but these organs become overtaxed in performing this labor, in addition to their natural functions, and cannot long withstand the pressure, but become variously diseased.

The following are Diseases caused by Faulty Action or Torpor of the Liver :

HEART DISEASE. - The blood surcharged with thr daily accumulated excess of bile unduly stimulates the nerves of the heart, and if this cause be long continued, it produces chronic irritation, paipitation, or undue excitement, and morbid nutrition of that organ, developing many forms of heart disease. 3

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