THE ** Um-KXttZ^.*' 



l^From the " Frovidence Advertiser."^ 



The foreign and domestic demand for Perry Davis & Son's great medicine— the Pain Kil- 

 ler — was never before so large as it has been of late ; and we think the time has arrived 

 when the declaration may be made, without the possibility of refutation, that the City of 

 Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, of the United States of America, has furnished 

 the entire habitable globe with a medicine, wliioh, in point of universality of demand, ex- 

 tent of usefulness, complete efficiency for all the purposes for which it is designed, and wiiJe- 

 spread, enduring popularity, has never been equalled by any general patented medicine 

 invented and issued either in Europe or America. 



The universaliti/ of the demand {or the Pain Killer, is a novel, interesting, and surprising 

 feature in this history of the medicine. From the City of Providence, in the small State of 

 Rhode Island, its "fame has gone out" into every quarter of the habitable globe. Tlie 

 Pain Killer is now regularly packed, sent, and sold, in large and steadily increasing quanti- 

 ties, not only to general agents in every State and Territory of the Union, and every Prov- 

 ince of British America, but to Buenos Ayres, Brazil, Uraguay, Peru, Chili, and other 

 South American States ; to the Sandwich Islands : to Cuba, and other West India Islands : 

 to England and Continental Europe; to Mozambique, Madagascar, Zanzibar, and other 

 African lands ; to Australia and to Calcutta, Rangoon, and other places in India. We be- 

 lieve it has al.-^o been sent to China, and we doubt if there is any foreign port, or any inland 

 city in Africii or Asia, which is frequented by American or European missionaries, travel- 

 ers, or traders, into which the Pain Killer has not been introduced and being sought after. 

 Millions of pages of pamphlets, tracts, bills, and other advertising matter, have been yearly 

 printed in different languages, and circulated everywhere in connection with this medicine. 

 Very few people have any idea of the vast amount of printing, and of business generally, 

 done for and by the proprietors of the Pain Killer. 



The extent of its usefulness is another great feature of this remarkable medicine. It is not 

 only the best thing ever known, as everybody will confess, for bruises, cuts, burns, &c.. 

 but for dysentary, or cholera, or any sort of bowel complaint it is a remedy unsurpassed 

 for efficiency and rapidity of action. In the several great cities of British India, and in the 

 West India Islands and other hot climates, it has become the standard medicine for all such 

 complaints, as well as for dyspepsia, liver complaints, and other kindred disorders. For 

 coughs and colds, canker, asthma, and rheumatic difficulties, it has been proved by the 

 most abundant and convincing trials and testimony to be an invaluable medicine. The 

 proprietors are in possession of letters from persons of the highest character and responsi- 

 bility, testifying, in unequivocal terms, to the cures effected, and the satisfactory results 

 produceil, in an almost endless variety of cases, by the use of this great medicine. 



Here in Providence — where the discoverer of the Pain Killer resides, and where he and his 

 son, under the style of Perry Davis & Son, manufactures it — the medicine now is, and, for 

 many years past, has been in the very highest repute. There is reason for believing that 

 nearly — if not quite — every family in the city has, at one time or another, used the Pain 

 Killer, and there can be no doubt that the great majority of them, at the present period, 

 either have some of it on hand, or are in the habit of purchasing and using it as often as 

 the accidents or diseases occur for ■which it has been found so speedy and satisfactory a 

 remedy. We cannot remember a single family of our acquaintance in which it is not used. 

 The expression of approbation, too, of the Pain Killer, have always been decided and 

 hearty. There has been no " faint praise" in the case ; but people have always spoken 

 as though they knew, from personal experience, that it was a good thing, and meant 

 to say so. We have used it many times, and invariably keep it in the house. In truth, it 

 is about the only medicine we have taken in a number of years. 



We are fully justified in saying that no medicine has ever gained a popularity so strong, 

 so extensive, and so enduring. Other preparations, in imitation of it and containing sotne 

 of the ingredients composing it, have, by means of extravagant advertising and deceptive 

 statements gained a short-lived patronage ; but their inefficacy and worthlessness has soon 

 become apparent, and they have proved disastrous speculations to their originators and 

 proprietors. The Pain Killer alone has been found the reliable and sure cure for the com- 

 plaints and casualities for which it is designed. Its reputation is enduring, and a fortune 

 to its worthy proprietors ; and we may add that they are, in every sense of the word, 

 worthy men and citizens. No men make a better use of their large means, and none more 

 truly generous and benevolent. No one, that we are aware of, envies them their good for- 

 tune, for it is believed that they have well deserved it. 



