Letterhead containing a montage of images, including an exterior view of the dispensary factory, the company trademark, and pictorial details. Exterior view also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages. Trademark shows Asclepius standing on a globe. Details include a palm leaf. Dr. Ray Pierce, a Buffalo eclectic medical doctor, had from the late 1860s been manufacturing patent medicines, such as Dr. Pierce’s smart weed and pleasant pellets. He organized a dispensary of “medical gentlemen” in 1873 and in 1878 opened The Invalids' and Tourists' Hotel in Buffalo for the treatment of chronic diseases. In 1879 he merged the Consulting Department of the World's Dispensary with the hotel, and established the World's Dispensary Medical Association., Stamped above image: Dr. Pierce's golden Medical Discovery. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Dr. Pierce's Comp. Ext. of Smart-Weed. Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy., Completed in type on June 2, 1898 to "The Retail Drug Trade of America" from R.V. Pierce confirming "we regret being obliged to advance prices" in action to the "bill now pending in Congress for the stamping of proprietory medicines." Pierce suggests the retailers make substantive advance purchases to offset the pending increasing prices., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Billheads, etc. [P.2010.37.60]
