CURE ALLS.
The greater number of the proprietary medicines described in these
pages are advertised as cures for a wide range of ailments, but
usually there is some one disease for the treatment of which they are
particularly recommended, so that it has been possible to classify
them according to their alleged purposes. In very many other cases,
however, the claims made are so wide that the article is put forward
as a sort of cure-all. Thus one of the articles described is stated to
cure such different disorders as constipation, rheumatism, St. Vitus’s
dance, heart disease, rickets, sleeplessness, kidney complaints, and
women’s special ailments, among many others, and is said to be “a
real elixir of life in solid form”; the facts as to its composition,
ascertained by analysis, show what the possibility of its being a
“cure”—for heart disease, for instance—is. As to “Pink Pills,” another
of the nostrums analysed, which probably owes its popularity partly
to bold advertisement and partly to its alliterative name, the method
followed appears to be to recommend them for different diseases in
different advertisements; personal testimony, or what is put forward
as such, from sufferers who have been cured, is made the basis of
most of these, and illustrations are employed to catch the eye of the
casual reader. Analysis showed that these pills were practically the
ordinary iron-carbonate pills commonly called Blaud’s pill, which ought
to be freshly made. The Pink Pills are of lower strength than usually
prescribed, and to judge by the proportion of iron that was found to
be in the higher state of oxidation, very carelessly prepared. They
differ vastly, however, from other Blaud’s pills in the price charged
for them. Thus the proprietary Pink Pills are sold at a little over a
penny each, while coated Blaud’s pills can be bought retail at a few
pence a gross, and wholesale in large quantities at a little over a
penny a gross. The analyses of other proprietary preparations show a
similar disparity between the market price of the drug supplied and
the price charged to the person who is beguiled into purchasing; thus
thirteen-pence-halfpenny, two shillings and sixpence, and two shillings
and ninepence are the selling prices of nostrums, the ingredients of
which are estimated to cost respectively one-eighth, one-third, and
one-tenth of a penny.
Preparations of this class are not in all cases very clearly marked
off from those recommended for some special disease, such as have been
dealt with in previous chapters, for many of them are recommended
for some one disease, of which nearly all others are asserted to be
variations.
DR. MARTIN’S MIRACLETTS.
These wonders are supplied by a Medicine Co., from an address in
London. The prices are 1s. 1½d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per bottle.
A 2s. 9d. bottle contained sixty tablets.
They are described on the package as:
A real Elixir of Life in solid form. The world’s
greatest remedy.
Cures Constipation, Indigestion, Headache, Neuralgia,
Anæmia, Nervous Disorders, Liver Troubles, Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Gout, St. Vitus’ Dance, Hysteria, Rickets,
Heart Disease, Kidney Complaints.
Cures Melancholia, Loss of Appetite, Sleeplessness,
Lassitude, Mental Depression, Brain Fag, Palpitation,
Stomach Disorders, Women’s Special Ailments and
Irregularity of Health, etc., etc.
A little book, entitled “A Fortune for All,” enclosed in the package,
contained the following statements:
Whatever you may be suffering from do not worry or
fear, as Dr. MARTEN’S MIRACLETTS will be
certain to cure you!
Dr. Martin’s Miracletts make the weak and sickly become
strong and healthy, and the aged become youthful and
full of energy; the tired worn-out look being replaced
by an appearance of cheerfulness and vivid health. The
pale and wrinkled face with bad complexion gives way
to rosy cheeks and a clear skin; the thin gain flesh,
and the stout lose superfluous fat; indigestion quickly
disappears, the appetite returns, and a _new life_
is open to all.
A separate small slip enclosed in the package was worded as follows:
GUARANTEE.
Dr. Martin’s Medicine Company being absolutely
confident of the marvellous curative properties of
their Miracletts, will willingly refund the money
to any purchaser who has taken eighteen Miracletts
according to directions, and is not satisfied with the
results.
Much less conspicuously, on another slip chiefly devoted to the
relative quantities in the packages of different size, it was stated:
Those whose ailments have been of long standing must
not expect immediate perceptible results, but with
a little patience and perseverance the result is
SURE.
The “Miracletts” consisted of sugar-coated tablets, the coating being
coloured brown with ferric oxide (so-called chocolate coating). After
removal of the coating they had an average weight of 4·3 grains;
this included the weight of a strong coating of varnish, which was
not removed with the sugar-coating. Analysis showed them to contain
valerianates of quinine and zinc, iron oxide, menthol, kaolin in
considerable quantity, and a little talc. A substance of extract nature
was also present to the extent of about 5 per cent.; it possessed no
characteristic taste or other property by which it could be identified;
a resinous substance, which was found in small quantity, appeared to be
merely the varnish with which the tablets were covered. The quantities
of the different ingredients were determined as nearly as possible, and
the results indicated the following amounts:
Quinine valerianate 0·4 grain.
Zinc valerianate 0·1 ”
Ferric oxide 0·3 ”
Menthol 0·03 ”
Kaolin and talc 2·3 grains
In one tablet.
The estimated cost of the ingredients of the tablets is 4d. a hundred.
THERAPION.
Another “medicine company,” also with an address in London, advertises
three preparations which it calls Therapion. Therapion No. 1 was
described as “the most efficacious remedy” for “all discharges”;
Therapion No. 2 as “the great remedy for impurity of the blood, scurvy,
pimples, spots, blotches, pains and swellings of the joints, gout,”
and so on; and No. 3 as a new French remedy, by the use of which the
shattered health will be restored.
The Expiring Lamp of Life Lighted Up Afresh,
and a new existence imparted in place of what had
so lately seemed worn, “used up,” and valueless.
This wonderful medicine is suitable for all ages,
constitutions, and conditions, in either sex, and it is
difficult to imagine a case of disease or derangement,
whose main features are those of debility, that will
not be speedily and permanently benefited by this
never-failing recuperative essence, which is destined
to cast into oblivion everything that had preceded
it, for this widespread and numerous class of human
ailments.
The claims for No. 3 being so inclusive, it was deemed sufficient to
analyse it only. The dose of all three was stated to be the same—a
piece about the size of a small marble three or four times a day; as
the package, costing 2s. 9d., contained 1⅓ oz., and as it was referred
to as providing twenty ordinary doses, a single dose would be about
30 grains. The substance consisted of a dark stiff paste smelling
strongly of camphor. Analysis showed it to contain, in addition to
camphor, glycerine, powdered liquorice, a bitter extract agreeing in
all respects with extract of gentian, calcium glycerophosphate, and a
trace of alkaloid; there also appeared to be a second extract present.
The alkaloid, which amounted to 0·06 per cent. only, could not be
identified with any of the ordinary medicinal alkaloids. There was some
evidence that the second extract was that of damiana, and a paste made
up with this and the other ingredients agreed well with the original;
but extract of damiana possesses no distinctive characters by which it
can be identified in a mixture. Quantitative determinations were made
of those ingredients capable of it, and the proportions of the others
estimated by comparison. The results indicated the following formula:
Camphor 2·5 parts.
Glycerine 24 ”
Powdered liquorice 40 ”
Calcium glycerophosphate 1·8 ”
Extract of gentian 5·0 ”
Extract of damiana (?) 8 ”
Alkaloid 0·06 ”
Water to 100 ”
In addition, there appeared to be present a slight trace of the oil of
one of the umbelliferous fruits, probably anise or fennel. Disregarding
the trace of alkaloid, the estimated cost of the ingredients for 1⅓ oz.
is 2d.
PINK PILLS FOR PALE PEOPLE.
These pills, sold by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, from an address
in London, are stated to be manufactured in the United States of
America. The price is 2s. 9d. a box, containing 30 pills.
The pills are advertised for a great variety of diseases, prominence
being usually given to one disease in each advertisement; thus four
long advertisements appearing simultaneously in different papers were
respectively headed:
Afraid of being touched. So sore with Rheumatism. A
once-crippled victim tells how Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
cleansed his system of Rheumatism.
Eczema expelled. Mr. John Chamberlain tells how
his sufferings from Skin Disease were cured by Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills.
Sciatica’s Swift Pains rendered this Lady helpless. Her
case had defied treatment, but Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
succeeded by curing the cause of Sciatica.
The Dark Days of Dyspepsia.... Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
go to the very cause of the mischief.
Each advertisement included a long description of a “case,” and as a
rule a picture was introduced. The following is from the concluding
paragraph of the first of these advertisements, and the others ended in
a similar way.
THE DR. WILLIAMS’ WAY.
When the muscles and nerves are tortured by poisons
in the Blood, be the result Rheumatism, Sciatica,
or Lumbago, the only way to a cure is to Enrich
and Purify the Blood. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, in
this way alone, have cured not only Rheumatism, but
Anæmia, Indigestion, Palpitations, Influenza’s
After-Effects, Eczema, Sciatica, St. Vitus’ Dance,
Spinal Weakness, the many forms of Nervous Disorders
dreaded by men; also the special ailments of women.
The pills were ovoid in shape and coated with sugar, coloured pink;
after removal of the coating they had an average weight of 3 grains.
Analysis showed them to contain ferrous sulphate, potassium carbonate
(these two having reacted more or less completely, and about one-third
of the iron having become oxidized to the ferric state), magnesia,
powdered liquorice, and sugar. Since it has been stated that these
pills contain arsenic, careful search was made for it, but it was not
found, The pill is thus merely one of the many variations of Blaud’s
pill. The quantities of the different ingredients found indicated the
following formula:
Exsiccated sulphate of iron 0·75 grain.
Potassium carbonate, anhydrous 0·66 ”
Magnesia 0·09 ”
Powdered liquorice 1·4 ”
Sugar 0·2 ”
In one pill.
The estimated cost of the ingredients for 30 pills is one-tenth of a
penny.
BEECHAM’S PILLS.
A box of these pills, advertised to be worth a guinea, is sold for 1s.
1½d., and the prime cost of the ingredients of the 56 pills it contains
is about half a farthing.
In a circular wrapped round the box it is stated that “these renowned
pills are composed entirely of Medicinal Herbs,” and cure Constipation,
Headache, Dizziness or Swimming in the Head, Wind, Pain, and Spasms at
the Stomach, Pains in the Back, Restlessness, Insomnia, Indigestion,
Want of Appetite, Fullness after Meals, Vomitings, Sickness of the
Stomach, Bilious or Liver Complaints, Sick Headaches, Cold Chills,
Flushings of Heat, Lowness of Spirits, and all Nervous Affections,
Scurvy and Scorbutic Affections, Pimples and Blotches on the Skin, Bad
Legs, Ulcers, Wounds, Maladies of Indiscretion, Kidney and Urinary
Disorders, and Menstrual Derangements.
The pills had an average weight of 1¼ grains, and analysis showed them
to consist of aloes, ginger, and soap; no other medicinal ingredient
was found. The quantities were approximately as follows:
Aloes 0·5 grain.
Powdered ginger 0·55 ”
Powdered soap 0·18 ”
In one pill.
NERVLETTES.
Of these pills, which are sold in a bottle, price 1s. 1½d., containing
27 pills, a circular enclosed in the package said
Coleman’s Nervlettes or Nerve Pills generate brain and nerve-force.
The pills were coated with talc; after removal of the coating they had
an average weight of about 1½ grains. Analysis showed them to contain
free phosphorus, quinine sulphate, a little powdered liquorice, and
about 20 per cent. of a powdered vegetable tissue, which could not be
identified; the remainder of the pill appeared to be of the nature of
excipient only. The amounts of phosphorus and quinine were determined,
and indicated the following formula:
Phosphorus 0·005 grain.
Quinine sulphate 0·07 ”
Vegetable powder 0·3 ”
In one pill.
MOTHER SEIGEL’S CURATIVE SYRUP.
The price of a bottle of Mother Seigel’s Syrup containing 3 fluid
ounces is 2s. 6d.
Although this was described on the wrapper as “for dyspepsia” so
many disorders were stated to be due to this cause, and amenable to
treatment with this preparation, that it may fairly be included in
this chapter. On the other side of the wrapper it was called “A cure
for impurities of the blood,” and “A cure for dyspepsia and liver
complaints.” In a circular enclosed with the bottle it was stated:
The symptoms mentioned above are the smoke of the fire
of indigestion—a fire that will eat out your very
vitals and sap your strength and vitality. For it can’t
be too often repeated that indigestion is the root
of a great deal of evil; the origin of a great many
disorders which no man quite understands how he came
by. And why this is can easily be explained. Disease
is poison; its symptoms are the manifestation of the
poison. Indigestion creates many dangerous poisons, and
is therefore the cause of many diseases.
So let us get rid of the smoke by putting out the fire,
and purify our blood and system with Mother Seigel’s
Syrup, which will sweep away the poisons and make us
healthy and strong.
Mother Seigel’s Syrup is a highly concentrated, purely
vegetable compound, having a specific action on the
stomach, liver, and kidneys.
Analysis showed the presence of free hydrochloric acid, which is not
usually classified as a vegetable compound, tincture of capsicum, a
bitter substance agreeing in its properties with aloes, and sugar
(partly as invert sugar); the colouring and flavouring substances also
present indicated that the sugar had been added in the form of treacle.
Quantitative determination of those ingredients capable of it, and
estimation of the others by comparison with known mixtures, indicated
the following formula:
Dilute hydrochloric acid (_B.P._) 10 parts by measure.
Tincture of capsicum 1·7 ” ”
Aloes 2 parts.
Treacle 60 ”
Water to 100 parts by measure.
The estimated cost of the ingredients for 3 fluid ounces is one-third
of a penny.
THE ILLS OF HUMANITY.
Several examples have been encountered in previous chapters of the
system of getting into personal communication with a possible customer,
and addressing to him a series of letters warning him of the dire
consequences should he fail to purchase the advertiser’s “treatment.”
Over and beyond the chance of frightening the customer, the system,
which seems to have originated in the United States of America, has
the advantages that a profession can be made of adapting the treatment
to the individual case, that the price may be lowered if the charge
first made is considered too high and that possibly, in return for
this concession, testimonials and the names of other sufferers may be
obtained. A letter-writing system of this kind is found at work behind
the advertisement from which the following paragraphs are extracted:
Free! Free!
To the Sick and Ailing Everywhere.
The Cure for your Disease—Delivered Free—Free for the
Asking—Free to You.
To the sick—the suffering—to every man and woman
victim of organic disease—local trouble or broken
general health—Dr. Kidd’s offer of free treatments is
given in the absolute faith and sincere belief that
they can and will stop disease, cure it, and lift you
up again to health and vigour....
Rheumatism, kidney trouble, Bright’s disease, diabetes,
heart disease, partial paralysis, bladder troubles,
stomach and bowel troubles, piles, catarrh, bronchitis,
weak lungs, consumption, asthma, chronic coughs,
nervousness, all female troubles, lumbago, skin
diseases, scrofula, impure blood, general debility,
organic vital ailments, etc., are cured to remain and
continue cured....
Will you let me do this for you—will you let me prove
it—brother and sister sufferers? Are you willing to
trust a master physician, who not only MAKES this
offer, but PUBLISHES it and then sends the test and
proof of his remedies without a penny of cost to anyone
except himself?...
My home office is at Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A., but
for the benefit of my thousands of English patients, I
have established an office in London. Please address
Dr. James W. Kidd, “Box” No. ____, E.C.
The advertisement was illustrated by the portrait of a man who, it
might be assumed, was the “master physician” in question, but that
in a book of some hundred pages, entitled “The Ills of Humanity, by
Dr. James W. Kidd, Fort Wayne, Ind.,” issued apparently by “the J. W.
Kidd Co.,” there is a portrait of Dr. James W. Kidd, which seems to
represent a totally different person.
The book is principally occupied with a series of paragraphs on
different complaints, rather over a hundred being dealt with; in the
majority of cases the description leads up to reference to Dr. Kidd’s
treatment, or medicines, etc. Dr. James William Kidd, the book states,
possesses a profound knowledge of medicine, a remarkable power over
disease, and has “among his resources remedies that enable him to treat
successfully many diseases that are generally considered incurable.”
After this the fact disclosed by analysis that his remedies seem in
reality sadly lacking in originality and novelty, must excite a mild
surprise.
It appears that persons writing to Dr. James W. Kidd, or the J. W.
Kidd Co., receive a “Self-Examination and Consultation Blank.” In one
instance in which the blank was filled up, the reply was as follows:
Diagnosis and Case Record. By Dr. James W. Kidd, Fort
Wayne, Ind.
For a complete description of your case, the probable
results and my method of treatment, see pages 46, 99,
29, 13, 9, of the pamphlet “The Ills of Humanity,” sent
you under separate cover.
I find that you are afflicted with Rheumatism,
Scrofula, Catarrh, Dyspepsia and Gastritis.
Rheumatism MEANS an excess of uric acid in the blood.
Scrofula is a constitutional disease almost synonymous
with tuberculosis.
Catarrh is an excreting inflammation of the mucous
membrane.
Dyspepsia (Indigestion) MEANS impaired secretion of
pepsin and consequent imperfect digestion.
Gastritis MEANS catarrh of the mucous membrane of the
stomach.
TAKE THE REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS:
One Tablet “A” before breakfast.
One Tablet “B” before dinner.
One Tablet No. 18 before supper.
One Tablet No. 7 after dinner and after supper.
One Tablet No. 45 on retiring.
This was accompanied by tablets marked “A,” “B,” and “18,” three of
each, four marked “45,” and five marked “7”; also by a letter which
appeared to be lithographed, and although the name and address were
in the same writing and the same ink, they showed evidence of having
been added afterwards. It seems probable, therefore, that, although
professing to be a personal letter, it was one in regular use. It
stated that Dr. James W. Kidd has “to-day selected and will forward
to your address upon receipt of your remittance of 1_l._ the complete
course of treatment,” the tablets sent being only samples. The letter
apologizes for the smallness of the samples on the ground that the
drugs “are very expensive.” The writer adds: “I have taken special
interest in your case, because I want a cured patient in your immediate
vicinity.” The tablets were analysed as completely as was possible with
the small quantities sent, with the following results:
_Tablet A_ (triangular) was coloured externally with a salmon-pink
dye; the outer coating was of sugar, and below this was a rather
thick coating of chalk, forming a very hard and resistant covering
to the tablet. The decoated tablets weighed about 3-¼ grains each;
they contained 52 per cent. of sodium bicarbonate, and the remainder
consisted principally of a bitter extract agreeing in all respects with
extract of gentian; small quantities of potato starch and a substance
of resinoid nature, which could not be identified, were also present.
No other medicinal substance could be found.
_Tablet B_ (triangular) was coloured externally with a bluish-purple
dye; the coating and the material of the tablets agreed in all respects
with Tablet A, and the two were apparently identical.
_Tablet 18_ (circular) was white; the coating was of similar
composition to that of A. The decoated tablets weighed about 3·8 grains
each; analysis showed the presence of about 1 grain of sodium benzoate
in each, together with a small quantity of a greenish, moderately
bitter resin which could not be identified, and a trace of oil of
wintergreen. Faint indications were obtained of a trace of an alkaloid,
but not enough to amount to positive evidence. No other medicinal
substance could be found; the remainder was of “extractive” nature.
_Tablet 45_ (circular) was coloured externally with a pink dye; the
coating was of similar composition to that of A. The decoated tablets
weighed about 1·1 grain each; the chief constituent was aloes, and
there was also present a very small quantity of ginger extract, and a
small quantity of a resin, which was probably jalap or scammony resin;
also a moderate trace of alkaloid, which was not the alkaloid of nux
vomica, belladonna, or hyoscyamus, but was not present in quantity
sufficient to be identified; the only other ingredient found was a
little potato starch.
_Tablet 7_ (circular) was not coated. The average weight of these was
6·5 grains each, and they consisted principally of charcoal, with some
sugar and a very little saccharin.
“These special remedies are very expensive!”
BURGESS’S LION OINTMENT.
The results of an examination of Burgess’s Lion Ointment may be given
here inasmuch as it will be seen that it is recommended for the cure of
a great number of disorders. It is supplied in boxes at 1s. 1½d., 2s.
9d., 4s. 6d., 11s., and jars at 22s.; the 1s. 1½d. box contains 1 oz.,
and the next size 3 oz.
A circular wrapped round the box was headed “Amputation avoided—the
knife superseded,” and continued:
E. Burgess’s Lion Ointment and Pills Have deservedly
become the popular remedies for curing all diseases of
the Skin, Old Wounds, Ulcers, Abscesses, (including
Tuberculous), Tumours, Polypuses, Piles, Fistulas,
Shingles, Venerea Sores, Whitlows, Broken Breasts, Bad
Legs, Boils, Scurvy, Scrofula (_King’s Evil_),
Scorbutic Eruptions, Poisoned Wounds _of all
kinds_, Stings, Venomous Bites, Scurf, Ringworm,
Itch, Corns, Chilblains, Chapped Hands, Cracked Lips,
Cuts, Burns, Scalds, Gatherings in the Ear, Toothache,
Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica,
Quinsey, Bronchitis, Asthma, Deafness, etc.; also
Ulcerous Affections of the Womb, for the treatment
of which apply to the Proprietor, personally, or by
letter, _in all cases free_. These invaluable
medicines have not been introduced as remedies for
any of the above complaints, or diseases, until
they have in each case PRACTICALLY proved
EFFECTUAL. To those who are suffering from
diseases _apparently_ rendering amputation
necessary, they are especially recommended, as they
entirely do away with the necessity for the same by
drawing all the cause of the disease from the affected
part, cleansing the blood, and restoring the system to
a sound, healthy condition.
They are vegetable preparations, and the Ointment
can be applied with perfect confidence to the most
tender skin. It is entirely free from all poisonous
ingredients, a great recommendation for the
nursery—for which it is invaluable.
In spite of the ointment being a “vegetable preparation,” analysis
showed the principal ingredient to be lead oleate (lead plaster);
this is blended with resin, wax, and fatty ingredients; vegetable
extracts and active principles were found to be absent. It is not
possible to separate the ingredients of an ointment like this sharply
one from another; and, since the ingredients are not themselves simple
bodies but mixtures liable to rather wide variations, they can only
be approximately determined, and, as regards the lard and oil, even
identification cannot be placed beyond doubt nor can small quantities
of some other fats be certainly stated to be absent. These, however,
are matters of minor importance. The composition given below has been
checked by varying the analytical methods, as well as by comparison of
various ointments prepared according to formulæ suggested by analysis.
As a result of the investigation, the following formula was arrived at,
which gives an ointment similar to the “Lion” ointment:
Lead plaster 13 parts.
Beeswax 20 ”
Resin 11 ”
Olive oil 12 ”
Water 6 ”
Lard, to 100 ”
The estimated cost of the ingredients is about 1Od. per lb. of
ointment.
APPENDIX.
STAMP DUTY ON SECRET REMEDIES.
The duty on secret medicines is regulated by the Stamp Act of 1804 as
amended by the Stamp Act Amendment Act of 1812. The Act of 1804 was
itself in part an amending Act and regulated the duties to be paid on
paper, on books, on advertisements, and imposed _ad valorem_ duties
on hats and proprietary medicines. The tax on proprietary medicines
remains, but that on advertisements through and by which they continue
to exist and flourish has gone the way of the duties on hats, and
books, and paper. The Act of 1804 contained a schedule of medicines
to the number of some 450. In the Act of 1812 this was replaced by a
new schedule in which about 550 proprietary medicines were mentioned
by name. The final clause of this Act, however, is expressed in very
general terms, for it includes “all other pills, powders, lozenges,
tinctures, potions, cordials, electuaries, plasters, unguents,
salves, ointments, drops, lotions, oils, spirits, medicated herbs and
waters, chemical and officinal preparations whatsoever, to be used
or applied externally or internally as medicines or medicaments for
the prevention, cure, or relief of any disorder or complaint incident
to or in any wise affecting the human body,” if the person making or
selling these various preparations claim to have any occult secret or
art for making them or claim to have any exclusive right or title to
make them, or prepares and sells them under the authority of letters
patent, or if by public notice or advertisement, or by papers or labels
on, or with, the enclosures, bottles, or cases in which the preparation
is sold, the maker vendor, or proprietor recommend them as “nostrums,
or as proprietary medicines, or as specifics, or as beneficial to
the prevention, cure, or relief of any distemper, malady, ailment,
disorder, or complaint incident to or in any wise affecting the human
body.”
The Inland Revenue returns show that during the last ten years the
amount received by the State from the stamp duty on patent medicines
so-called has increased from £266,403 10s. 3d. in the year ending March
31, 1899, to £334,141 19s. 2½d. in the year ending March 31st, 1908.
The net receipts are the gross receipts after deducting repayments
and allowances, but the aggregates of these deductions are small. The
following table shows the net receipts in each of the ten years, and
the average for the two quinquennial periods, 1899-1903 and 1904-1908:—
TABLE SHOWING NET RECEIPTS FROM STAMPS ON
“PATENT MEDICINES” FOR TEN YEARS, 1899-1908.
-----+------------------+---------------------
Year.| Yearly. |Quinquennial average.
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| £ s. d. | £ s. d.
1899 | 266,403 10 3 |}
1900 | 288,827 8 1½ |}
1901 | 297,479 19 6 |} 298,483 18 3
1902 | 306,337 5 9 |}
1903 | 333,371 7 9 |}
| |
1904 | 323,445 14 0 |}
1905 | 331,438 17 6½ |}
1906 | 324,111 14 2 |} 328,048 16 0
1907 | 327,105 15 3½ |}
1908 | 334,141 19 2½ |}
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The value of the stamp which the vendor must affix to the bottle or
package varies according to the price charged for the medicine, and the
returns show the number of articles for which the several rates are
paid. The following table gives the amount of the stamp duty on the
several prices, the number of articles stamped in the fiscal year 1908,
and the amount of the stamp. An attempt has also been made to estimate
the total amount paid by the public for the articles stamped:—
TABLE SHOWING RATES OF DUTY, NUMBER OF ARTICLES STAMPED
AND APPROXIMATE SUM PAID BY THE PUBLIC IN THE YEAR
ENDING MARCH 31ST, 1908.
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Price of Article| Stamp. |Number of articles|Price paid by public.
without stamp. | | stamped. |
----------------+----------+------------------+---------------------
£ s. d. | s. d. | | £ s. d.
0 1 0 | 0 1½ | 33,037,202 | 1,858,342 12 0
0 2 6 | 0 3 | 7,565,822 | 1,040,300 10 0
0 4 0 | 0 6 | 1,002,549 | 225,573 10 6
0 10 0 | 1 0 | 122,249 | 67,236 19 0
1 0 0 | 2 0 | 18,445 | 20,289 10 0
1 10 0 | 3 0 | 11,308 | 18,658 4 0
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41,757,575 | 3,230,401 5 6
-------------------+---------------------
This estimate of the total amount paid by the public must be too high.
In the first place it will be seen that the stamp duty does not rise
by regular increments _ad valorem_. An article, the nominal price of
which is 1s., must bear a stamp of 1½d., but if the nominal price be
1s. 6d., the stamp is 3d., and for an article of the nominal price of
2s. 6d. it is the same. In the second place, a large proportion of all
the articles, probably the great majority of those at 1s., are sold at
a discount, “store prices.” In the above table the maximum price for
each rate of stamp duty and the full nominal prices are assumed. If a
deduction of 25 per cent. is made to meet these sources of error, we
have a sum of £2,422,800 19s. 1½d., as an estimate of the amount spent
by the public on patent medicine in the financial year ending March 31,
1908.
At one time some of the vendors of nostrums took to inserting in their
advertisements phrases intended to suggest that the Inland Revenue
stamp upon their packages implied some sort of Government guarantee
of the efficacy of the remedy. Though the Inland Revenue authorities
do not as a rule display any anxiety with regard to the welfare of
the public in the matter of the sale of nostrums, their efforts being
confined to the collection of the duty, and the enforcement of the
provisions of the Act should any vendor show a disposition to evade
them, the stamp in recent years has borne the statement “This stamp
implies no Government guarantee.” In spite of this vendors still
sometimes contrive to convey the suggestion that the stamp conveys some
sort of government guarantee; the suggestion looks the more plausible
if the vendor has his name or autograph printed on the stamp by the
government authorities; this will be done for him if he pays the cost
of the die, and by the use of such an endorsement the incautious buyer
may be led to assume that the Inland Revenue in some way shares the
vendors’ responsibility for the genuineness of the article, that is
to say for the genuineness of its claims. It has been suggested that
the Legislature might go further and require the composition and
ingredients of any secret remedy to be stated upon the label, box,
or package, and looking to the nature of the facts disclosed by the
analyses published in this book, it may well be believed that such
publications on the labels would act to a certain extent as a warning
to the public, for it would be apparent even to the least instructed
that the claims in the vendors’ circulars were not quite consonant with
the commonplace nature of the ingredients of the mixture, powder, pill,
lotion, or ointment.
INDEX.
PAGE
Absorbit Reducing Paste, 87
Absorptive Pile Treatment, Van Vleck’s, 154
Acetanilide (antifebrin), 2, 5, 6, 37, 38, 39,
40, 41, 58, 165
Acetic acid, 16, 78
” ether, 16
Acetyl-salicylic acid, 56, 59, 60, 64, 77, 81
Act, Stamp, 182
Alcohol, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 17,
19, 26, 32, 44, 47, 52,
73, 74, 78, 80, 86, 87,
92, 103, 111, 118, 121,
127, 135, 160, 167
Allan’s Anti-fat, 92
Almond, oil of, 35, 135, 138
Aloes, 48, 49, 55, 104, 175,
176, 177, 180
Aloin, 69, 109, 110, 161
Alum, 51, 120
Aluminium oleate, 120
” sulphate, 145
Ammoniacum, 18
Ammoniated mercury, 113, 143, 144
Ammonium bromide, 126, 128, 129
” carbonate, 125
” chloride, 19
” citrate, 87
Aniseed, oil of, 12, 14
” powdered, 18
” Powell’s Balsam of, 14
Antexema, 105
Anthylla, 104
Anti-cataract Mixture, Pomie’s, 146
Anti-catarrh, Birley’s, 7
Anticelta Tablets 163
Anti-corpulent Preparation, Russell’s, 87
Antidipso, 165
Anti-epileptic Medicine, W. and J. Taylor’s, 126
Antiépileptique (Uten), 129
Anti-fat, Allan’s, 92
Antifebrin (_see_ Acetanilide).
Antigout soap, 64
Antimony oxide, 132
Antipon, 86
Anti-rheumatic Pearls, Baring Gould’s, 55
Appendix, 182
Aspirin (_see_ Acetyl-salicylic acid).
Assmann’s Whooping Cough Remedy, 19
Atropine, 168
Augenwol, 146
“Bacillentod” (G. Pohl’s Family Tea), 36
Baldness, Medicines for (internal), 114
Capsulated Haemoglobin Ovals, 115
Capsuloids, 114
Haemoglobin Capsules, 116
Balsam of Peru, 27, 113, 115
Balsamic Cough Mixture, Crosby’s, 15
Balsamic Elixir, Congreve’s, 26
Baring Gould’s Anti-rheumatic Pearls, 55
Barium sulphate, 122
Beans, Bile, 77
Bearberry (_Uvœ ursi_), 104
Beeoham’s Cough Pills, 18
” Pills, 175
Beeswax, 58, 88, 120, 140, 143,
149, 151, 181
Bell’s Fairy Cure, 39
Benzoate, Sodium, 180
Benzoin, compound tincture of, 15, 27
Berberine, 80
Berendorf’s Powder for Epilepsy, 129
Betony, 63
Bile Beans, 77
Birley’s Anti-catarrh, 7
Bishop’s Gout Varalettes, 62
Bladderwrack, 83, 84, 89, 91, 92, 93,
94, 100, 102, 103, 104
Blair’s Gout and Rheumatic Pills, 50
Blood Cure, Munyon’s, 44
” Mixture, Clarke’s, 42
” Pills, Harvey’s, 44
” ” Hughes’s, 48
Blood Purifiers, 42
Clarke’s World-Famed Mixture, 42
Harvey’s Pills, 44
Hood’s Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, 46
Hughes’s Pills, 48
Munyon’s Cure, 44
Phelps Brown’s Purifier, 46
Steven’s Consumption Cure, 21, 28
Townsend’s American Sarsaparilla, 43
Blue dye, 118, 119
Borax, 7, 129, 138
Boric acid, 106, 109, 113
Bostock’s Eye Ointment, 143
Brixa Tablets, 163
Bromide, 2, 35, 124, 129
” in Tuberculozyne, 35
Brompton Consumption and Cough Specific, 27
Brown’s Vervain Restorative Assimilant, O. Phelps, 127
Bryony, 63
Buckthorn, 104
Buer’s Mul’la, 149
Buer’s Piles Cure, 149
Burdock, 45
Burgess’s Lion Ointment, 180
Caffeine, 38, 39
Calcium carbonate, 6, 109
” glycerophosphate, 173
” phosphate, 132
” sulphate, 28, 109
Calling in the doctor, 9, 12
Calomel, 113, 131, 132, 148, 151
Camomile, 63
Camphor, 2, 5, 65, 135, 173
Cancer remedies, 117
Cardigan Cancer Curers, 121
Caustics and Cancer, 122
Canexia preparations, 163
Capsicum, 14, 35, 69, 156, 160, 176, 177
Capsulated Haemoglobin Ovals, 115
Capsuloids, 114
Carbolic acid (_see_ Phenol).
Cardigan Cancer Curers, 121
Carmine, 88
Cascara, 2, 6, 55, 74, 104, 156, 161
Cascarilla, 70
Cassia, oil of, 35
Catarrh Balm, Van Vleck’s, 3
Catarrh Cures, 1
Birley’s, 7
Lane’s, 2
Munyon’s, 6
Van Vleck’s, 3
Catarrh and Cold Cures, 1
Birley’s, 7
Keene’s “One Night”, 5
Lane’s, 2
Mackenzie’s “One Day”, 4
Munyon’s, 6
Van Vleck’s, 3
Caulophyllin, 80
Caustics and cancer, 122
C.B.Q. Tablets, Post’s, 61
“Century Thermal” Bath Cabinet, 99
Charcoal, 172
“Chijitse”, 22, 32
Children’s Cooling Powders, Fenning’s, 133
Chiretta, 168
Chloroform, 12, 13, 14, 16,
17, 74, 125
” spirits of 43
Chlorophyll, 111, 112
Cimicifuga, 57
Cinchonine, 2, 5, 6, 167
Cinnamon, powdered, 164
Citric Acid, 64, 81, 84, 86, 87
Clarke’s Blood Mixture, 42
Clifton’s Treatment for Deafness, 136
Cochineal, 27, 35, 86, 120
Cocoa, 41
Cocoa butter (_see_ Theobroma, oil of).
Cod Liver Oil, Pastor Felke’s Honey, 36
Colchicin, 61, 64
Colchicum, 51, 63
Cold Cures, 1
Keene’s “One Night”, 5
Mackenzie’s “One Day”, 4
Colds in the head, 1
Coleman’s Nervlettes, 175
Collie’s Ointment, 57
Colza, 88, 135
Congreve’s Balsamic Elixir, 26
Consumption Cures, 20
“Bacillentod” (Pohl’s Family Tea), 36
Brompton specific, 27
Congreve’s Balsamic Elixir, 26
Felke’s Honey Cod Liver Oil, Pastor, 36
Kefyr Ferment, 24
Körber’s, 36
Lieber’s Tea, 36
Pohl’s Family Tea (“Bacillentod”), 36
Star Tonic, 23
Steven’s (Sacco or Lungsava), 21, 28
Tuberculozyne, 21, 32
Weidhaas Hygienic Institute, 23
Consumption, Körber’s Cure for, 36
Consumption and Cough specific, Brompton, 27
Cooling Powders for Infants, 130
Fenning’s Children’s Powders, 133
Pritchard’s Teething and Fever Powders, 132
Copper in Tuberculozyne, 35
” oleate, 120
Corpulence (_see_ Obesity Cures).
Corpulin, 104
Cough Cure, Kilmer’s Indian, 15
” ” Veno’s Lightning, 16
” Drops, Lauser’s, 19
” ” Reichel’s, 19
” Lozenges, Keating’s, 17
Cough Medicines, 9
Assmann’s Whooping Cough Remedy, 19
Beecham’s Cough Pills, 18
Crosby’s Balsamic Elixir, 15
Kay’s Linseed Compound, 12
Keating’s Lozenges, 17
Kilmer’s Indian Cure, 15
Lauser’s Drops, 19
Owbridge’s Lung Tonic, 13
Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed, 14
Reichel’s Drops, 19
Tussothym, 19
Veno’s Lightning Cure, 16
Cough Medicines, Morphine in, 9, 13, 15, 18, 28
” ” Opium in, 10, 11, 28
” Pills, Beecham’s, 18
” Specific, Brompton, 27
Coza Powder, 162
Creasote, 113, 152
Crompton’s Specific for Deafness, 135
Crosby’s Balsamic Cough Elixir, 15
Cummin, powdered, 164
Curative Syrup, Mother Seigel’s, 176
Cure Alls, 170
Beecham’s Pills, 175
Martin’s Miracletts, 163
Nervlettes, 175
Seigel’s Curative Syrup, Mother, 176
Therapion, 172
Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, 170, 174
Curic Wafers, 38
Cuticura remedies, 110
Cystamin (_see_ Formamine).
Cystogen (_see_ Formamine).
Daisy Powders, 38
Dalloff’s Tea, 104
Damiana, extract of, 173
Daturine, 168
Deafness, remedies for ear disease and, 134
Clifton’s Treatment, 136
Crompton’s Specific, 135
Dellar’s Essence, 135
Nazaseptic, 139
Ohraseptic, 139
Ohrsorb Compound, 138
Dellar’s Essence for Deafness, 135
Diabetes Cures, 76
A Lancashire nostrum, 80
Dill’s Mixture. 76, 77, 79
Pesqui’s Uranium Wine (Vin Urané Pesqui), 76, 77
Diabetic foods, 81
” Mixture, Dill’s, 76, 77, 79
Dill’s Diabetic Mixture, 76, 77, 79
Dipsocure, 164
Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills, 67
” Pile Ointment, 151
Dodd’s Kidney Pills, 69
Drug Cures for Inebriety, 168
Duboisine, 168
Duty on Secret Remedies, Stamp, 182
Ear disease (_see_ Deafness, Remedies for).
Ekzemin Cream, 113
Electricum, 64
Eosin, 91
Epilepsy, Remedies for, 124
Antiépileptique (Uten), 129
Berendorf’s Powder, 129
Lamma Powder, 129
Osborne’s Mixture, 126
Ozerine, 125
Phelps Brown’s Vervain Restorative Assimilant, 127
Taylor’s Anti-epileptic Medicine, W. and J., 126
Trench’s Remedy, 127
Essence for Deafness, Dellar’s, 135
Eucalyptus, 4, 112
Eye diseases, Remedies for, 142
Augenwol, 146
Bostock’s Ointment, 143
“New and Marvellous Remedy”, 144
Okterin, 146
Opthalmol, 146
Pomie’s Anti-cataract Mixture, 146
Singleton’s Ointment, 142
Wisbech Remedy, 144
Eye Ointment, Bostock’s, 143
” Singleton’s, 142
Fairy Cure, Bell’s, 39
Felke’s Honey Cod Liver Oil, Pastor, 36
Fell Reducing Treatment, 97
Fenning’s Children’s Cooling Powders, 133
Fenugreek, 68
Ferric chloride, 121
” oxide, 5, 40, 54, 172
Ferrous sulphate, 174
Fever Powders, Pritchard’s Teething and, 132
Figuroids, 94
Fitch’s Kidney and Liver Cooler, 71
Fits, Trench’s Remedy for Epilepsy and, 127
Fluorescein, 70
Formaldehyde, 129
Formamine, 85, 96
_Fucus vesiculosus_ (_see_ Bladderwrack).
Galeopsidis, 36
Gall stones, 79
Galls, powdered, 156
Gaultheria, oil of, 73
Gelsemium, 60
Genoform Tablets, 60
Gentian, 62, 63, 161, 173, 179
Germicides, 31
Ginger, 49, 88, 89, 109, 110, 175, 180
Gloria Tonic, 53
Gloria Treatment for Rheumatism, 52
Gluten flour, 81, 82
Glycerine, 17, 30, 32, 35, 73, 74,
78, 89, 90, 92, 93, 103,
113, 120, 135, 138, 142,
143, 144, 146, 173
Glycerophosphate, calcium, 173
Gout, Rheumatism, and Neuralgia, remedies for, 50
Baring Gould’s Pearls, 55
Bishop’s Varalettes, 62
Blair’s Pills, 50
Collie’s Ointment, 57
Electricum, 64
Genoform Tablets, 60
Gloria Treatment, 52
Gower’s Green Pill, 56
Hamm’s Cure, 51
Laville’s Remedies, 64
Lazarus Soap, 64
Oquit, 59
Pistoia Powders, 62
Portland Powder, 62
Post’s C.B.Q. Tablets, 61
Rheuma Tabakolin, 65
Rheumacid, 64
Uricedin, 64
Weigand’s Spirit, 65
Zox, 58
Gout and Rheumatic Pills, Blair’s, 50
Gout and Sciatica Cure, Hamm’s Rheumatic, 51
Gout Powders, Pistoia, 62
” ” Portland, 62
” Varalettes, Bishop’s, 62
Gower’s Green Pills, 56
Graziana Reducing Treatment (Zehrkur), 103
Green Pills, Gower’s, 56
_Grindelia robusta_, 17
Guaiacum, 44, 54, 62, 64
Guarantee bonds, 30
Haemoglobin, 114, 115, 116
” Capsules, 116
” Ovals, Capsulated, 115
Hæmorrhoids (_see_ Piles, Remedies for).
Hair (_see_ Baldness).
Hamamelidis, 150
Hamamelin, 152
Hamamelis (witch hazel), 148, 149, 152
Hamm’s Rheumatic, Gout, and Sciatica Cure, 51
Hargreave’s Reducing Wafers, 91
Harmless Headache Powders, Hoffman’s, 41
Harvey’s Blood Pills, 44
Headache, 37
” Cure, Stearns’s, 39
Headache Powders, 37
Bell’s Fairy Cure, 39
Curic Wafers, 38
Daisy, 38
“Good as Gold”, 41
Hoffman’s Harmless, 41
Kaputine, 40
Retailers supplying, 41
Stearns’s Cure, 39
Healine Treatment for Rupture, 160
Hemlock pitch, 68
Hemotora, 153
Henbane, 69, 71
Hexamethylene-tetramine (_see_ Formamine).
Hoffman’s Harmless Headache Powders, 41
Homatropine, 168, 169
Hood’s Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, 46
Hughes’s Blood Pills, 48
Hydrastine, 80
Hydrastis, 77, 80
Hydrochloric acid, 121, 169, 176, 177
Hyoscine, 168, 169
Hyoscyamine, 168, 169
Icthyol, 140, 151
Ills of humanity, 177
Burgess’s Lion Ointment, 180
Kidd’s Treatment, 178
Indian Cough Cure, Kilmer’s, 15
Inebriety, cures for, 162
Antidipso, 165
Coza Powder, 162
Dipsocure, 164
Drug cures, some other, 168
Teetolia Treatment, 166
Inebriety, drug cures for, 168
Iodine, 84, 94, 102, 103, 126
” tincture, 126
Ipecacuanha, 2, 11, 12, 13,
14, 18, 28
Iridin, 157
Iron, 71, 87, 89, 121, 162
” chloride, 121
” phosphate, 89
” sulphate, 175
Jalap, 48, 49, 55, 57,
69, 70, 180
Jaundice, 72, 79
Juniper, 66, 68, 71
” preparations, 113
J.Z. Obesity Tablets, 87
Kaolin, 54, 109, 172
Kaputine, 40
Kay’s Linseed Compound, 12
” Linum Catharticum Pills, 12
Keating’s Cough Lozenges, 17
Keene’s “One Night” Cold Cure, 5
Kefyr, 23
Kidd’s Treatment, James W., 178
Kidney medicines, 66
Doan’s Pills, 67
Dodd’s Pills, 69
Fitch’s Kidney and Liver Cooler, 71
Munyon’s Cure, 75
Var’s American Pills, 70
Veno’s Seaweed Tonic, 74
Warner’s Cure, 72
Kidney Pills, Doan’s Backache, 67
Kilmer’s Indian Cough Cure, 15
Kino, 32
Körber’s Cure for Consumption, 36
Krameria, decoction of, 32
Kupfinn, “Dr.”, 139
Lactose (_see_ Milk sugar).
Lamma Powder, 129
Lancashire Nostrum, A, 80
Lane’s Catarrh Cure, 2
Lanoline, 149, 154
Lauser’s Cough Drops, 19
Lavender, 104
Laville’s Antigout remedies, 64
Laxatol (_see_ Phenolphthalein).
Laxen (_see_ Phenolphthalein).
Laxoin (_see_ Phenolphthalein).
Lazarus Gout and Rheumatic Soap, 64
Lead, 122
” acetate, 113, 127, 148, 152
” oleate, 113, 119, 181
” oxide (litharge), 143, 144
” plaster, 181
” sub-acetate, 127
Lemon, 84
” grass, 113
” oil, 65
Leptandrin, 74
Lieber’s Tea for Consumption, 36
Lime-juice, 77, 81
Linseed compound, Kay’s, 12
Lion Ointment, Burgess’s, 180
Liquorice, 11, 14, 18, 19, 45, 54, 55,
61, 69, 89, 91, 102, 103,
133, 156, 173, 174, 175, 176
Lithium citrate, 62
Liver Cooler, Fitch’s Kidney and, 71
Lloyd Reducing Treatment, Nelson, 100
Lotion, X.L. Reducing Pills and, 89
Lungsava, 28
Lung Tonic, Owbridge’s, 13
Lycopodium, 71
Lymphol, Rice’s, 158
Mackenzie’s “One Day” Cold Cure, 4
Magnesia, 61, 109, 119, 174, 175
” calcined, 150
Magnesium, 71, 91, 119
Malachite green, 111
Mandelyl-tropeine (_see_ Homatropine).
Marmola, 85, 93
Martin’s Miracletts, 171
Medicine Stamp Act, 182
Medi-cone Pile Treatment, Oxien, 151
Menthol, 156, 172
Mercuric oxide, 143
Mercury, ammoniated, 113, 143, 144
Methyl, orange, 86
Metramine (_see_ Formamine).
Milk sugar (lactose), 19, 39, 56, 100,
131, 132, 165, 166
Miracletts, Martin’s, 171
Mixture for Epilepsy, Osborne’s, 126
Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup, 176
Muco-Food Cones (Van Vleck’s), 148, 155
Mul’la, Buer’s, 149
Munyon’s Catarrh Tablets, 6
” Catarrh Cure, 6
” Blood Cure, 44
” Kidney Cure, 75
” Pile Ointment, 150
Nazaseptic, 139
Nelson Lloyd Reducing Treatment, 100
Nerve stimulators, 31
Nervlettes, Coleman’s, 175
Nettle, 36
Neuralgia (_see_ Gout, Rheumatism and Neuralgia, remedies for).
“New and Marvellous Remedy for the Eyes”, 144
Nitre (_see_ Potassium nitrate).
“No cure no pay”, 5, 29, 95
Nostrum, A Lancashire, 80
Obesity cures, 83
Absorbit Paste and J. Z. Tablets (Zobiede), 87
Allan’s Anti-fat, 92
Anticelta Tablets, 163
Antipon, 86
Corpulin and Dalloff’s Tea, 104
Dalloff’s Tea and Corpulin, 104
Fell Treatment, 97
Figuroids, 94
Graziana Treatment (Zehrkur), 103
Hargreave’s Wafers, 91
J. Z. Tablets and Absorbit Paste, 87
Marmola, 85, 93
Nelson Lloyd Treatment, 100
Russell’s Anti-corpulent Preparation, 87
Trilene Tablets, 90
X.L. Pills and Lotion, 89
Zehrkur (Graziana Treatment), 103
Zobiede (Absorbit Paste and J. Z. Tablets), 87
Obesity Tablets, J. Z., 87
Ohraseptic, 139
Ohrsorb Compound, 138
Oil, Pastor Felke’s Honey Cod Liver, 36
Ointment, Collie’s, 57
Okterin, 146
Oleic acid, 115, 161
Opthalmol, 146
Oquit, 59
Origanum, oil of (_see_ Thyme).
Osborne’s Mixture for Epilepsy, 126
Owbridge’s Lung Tonic, 13
Ox-bile, 88
Oxien Medi-cone Pile Treatment, 151
Ozerine, 125
Paciderma Blood Wafers, 109
” cream, 109
” powder, 109
” preparations, 106
Pale People, Williams’ Pink Pills for, 170, 174
Paraffin, 4, 70, 100, 106, 109, 110,
111, 112, 113, 120, 140, 143,
144, 146, 151, 152, 156
Patients’ names, obtaining, 25
Peppermint, 14, 36, 69, 71, 77,
81, 94, 127, 160
Pepsin, 76
Pesqui’s Uranium Wine, 76, 77
Petroleum jelly, 58, 156
Phelps Brown’s Blood Purifier, 46
” ” Vervain Restorative Assimilant, 127
Phenacetin, 38, 39
Phenol (carbolic acid), 1, 3, 4, 7,
120, 151
Phenolphthalein, 77, 81, 85, 94,
96, 97
Pheun Skin Paste, 113
Phosphoric acid, 8
Phosphorus, 176
Phytolaccin, 54
Pile Ointment, Doan’s, 151
” Munyon’s, 150
Piles, remedies for, 147
Buer’s Cure, 149
” Mul’la, 149
Doan’s Ointment, 151
Hemotora, 153
Muco-food cones (Van Vleck’s), 148
Munyon’s Ointment, 150
Oxien Medi-cone Treatment, 151
Rollo’s Remedy, 153
Van Vleck’s Absorptive Treatment, 154
Pills, Kay’s Linum Catharticum, 12
Pine preparations, 64
Piperazine, 62
Pistoia Gout Powders, 62
Plasma, Van Vleck’s, 155
Podophyllin, 69
Pohl’s Family Tea (“Bacillentod”), 36
Pomies Anti-cataract Mixture, 146
Portland Gout Powder, 62
Post’s C.B.Q. Tablets, 61
Potassium bromide, 89, 90, 125, 126, 127,
128, 129, 165, 166
” carbonate, 174, 175
” chlorate, 133
” chloride, 89, 90, 125
” iodide, 43, 45, 47, 52, 54, 61,
89, 90, 92, 93, 111, 126,
142, 146
” nitrate, 66, 68, 70, 71,
72, 73
Powders, headache, 37
Daisy, 38
“Good as Gold”, 41
Hoffman’s Harmless, 41
Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed, 14
Prescriptions, secret remedies said to be made
from physicians’, 27, 38, 59, 80, 108
Pritchard’s Teething and Fever Powders, 132
Pumilio pine, 4, 15
Purgen (_see_ Phenolphthalein).
Quinine, 2, 45, 61, 64, 167
“ sulphate, 176
“ valerianate, 172
Rapeseed (_see_ Colza).
Reducing Paste, Absorbit, 87
“ Pills and Lotion, X.L., 89
“ Treatment, Fell, 97
“ “ Graziana (Zehrkur), 103
Reducing Treatment, Nelson Lloyd, 100
Reducing Wafers, Hargreave’s, 91
Reichel’s Cough Drops, 19
Resin, black, 58
“ (colophony), 58, 112
“ plasters, 119
Retailers, headache powders supplied by, 41
Rheuma Tabakolin, 65
Rheumacid, 64
Rheumatic, Gout, and Sciatica Cure, Hamm’s, 51
Rheumatic and Gout Spirit, Weigand’s, 65
Rheumatic Pills, Blair’s Gout and, 50
Rheumatism (_see_ Gout, Rheumatism, and Neuralgia, remedies for).
Rheumatism, Gloria Treatment for, 52
Rhubarb, 45, 55, 74, 104, 111
Rice’s Lymphol, 158
“ Treatment for Rupture, 158
Rino Ointment, 113
Rock Rose, 46
Rollo’s Remedy for Piles, 153
Rupture, preparations for, 158
Healine Treatment, 160
Rice’s Treatment, 158
Russell’s Anti-corpulent Preparation, 87
Saccharin, 11, 172
Sacco, 28
Salicylate, alkaline, 57
“ sodium, 52
Salicylic acid, 92, 93, 113
“ Methylene-glycol-ester of, 61
Saltpetre (_see_ Potassium nitrate).
Sal volatile, 43
Sarsaparilla, compound solution of, 44
Sarsaparilla, Hood’s Extract of, 46
“ Townsend’s American, 43
Sassafras, oil of, 44
Scammony, 80, 180
Sciatica (_see_ Gout, Rheumatism and Neuralgia, remedies for).
Sciatica Cure, Hamm’s Rheumatic, Gout, and, 51
Scopolamine, 168
Seaweed Tonic, Veno’s, 74
Seigel’s Curative Syrup, Mother, 176
Senna, 19, 74, 104
Singleton’s Eye Ointment, 142
Skin diseases, cures for, 105
Antexema, 105
Cuticura Remedies, 110
Ekzemin Cream, 113
Juniper preparations, 113
Paciderma preparations, 106
Pheun Skin Paste, 113
Rino Ointment, 113
Zam-buk, 111
Zip Ointment, 112
Skin Paste, Pheun, 113
Soap, 57, 64, 65, 70, 113,
119, 135, 140, 175
“ Antigout, 64
“ Lazarus Gout and Rheumatic, 64
Soda alum, 142, 145
Sodium benzoate (_see_ Benzoate).
Sodium bicarbonate, 7, 41, 62, 70, 80, 96,
97, 109, 164, 179
“ bromide, 129
“ chloride, 1, 3, 7, 94,
96, 97, 146
“ phosphate, 74
“ sulphate, 77, 81, 120, 145
Soothing powders for infants, 130
Steedman’s Powders, 131
Soothing, teething and cooling powders for infants, 130
Fenning’s Children’s Powders, 133
Pritchard’s Powders, 132
Stedman’s Powders, 130
Steedman’s Powders, 131
Spearmint, 160
Specific for Deafness, Crompton’s, 135
Spirit, Weigand’s Rheumatic and Gout, 65
Stamp Act, 182
“ on secret remedies, 182
Star Tonic, 23
Stearns’s Headache Cure, 39
Stedman’s Teething Powders, 130
Steedman’s Soothing Powders, 131
Steven’s Consumption Cure, 21, 28
Stillingia, 46
Storax, 27, 115
“ Stramonine“, 168
Sulphur, 88, 140
” precipitated, 109, 113, 150
Sulphuric acid, 16
Tabakolin, Rheuma, 65
Tablets, Munyon’s Catarrh, 6
” Trilene, 90
Talc, 5, 54, 57, 59, 96, 97,
109, 156, 161, 172, 176
Tannin, 27, 32, 73, 152, 153, 161
Tar, 119
Taraxacum, 45, 66, 71, 73
Tartaric acid, 8, 62, 78, 96, 97
Taylor’s anti-epileptic medicine, W. and J., 126
Tea, Dalloff’s “Contre l’Obesité”, 104
Tea, Lieber’s (for Consumption), 36
“ Pohl’s Family (“Bacillentod”), 36
Teething powders for infants, 130
Pritchard’s Teething and Fever Powders, 132
Stedman’s Powders, 130
Teetolia Treatment, 166
Terebene, 118, 119
Theobroma, oil of (cocoa butter), 148, 152, 154, 156
Therapion, 172
Thermal Bath Cabinet “Century”, 99
Thyme (oil of Origanum), 19, 160
Thyroid Extract, 84, 94, 102, 103
Tolu, 13, 16, 18, 27
Tonic, Gloria, 52
” Owbridge’s Lung, 13
” Star, 23
” Veno’s Seaweed, 74
” Zox, 58
Townsend’s American Sarsaparilla, 43
Tragacanth, 106
Trench’s Remedy for Epilepsy and Fits, 127
Trilene Tablets, 90
Tropyltropeine (_see_ Atropine).
Tuberculozyne, 21, 32
Tumenol, 140
Turmeric, 70
Turpentine, 65, 113, 122, 136
Tussothym, 19
“Umckaloabo”, 22, 32
Uranium nitrate, 76, 78, 79
” Wine, Pesqui’s, 76, 77
Uricedin, 64
Urisol (_see_ Formamine).
Urotropine (_see_ Formamine).
Valerianate, Quinine, Zinc, 172
Van Vleck’s Absorptive Pile Treatment, 154
Van Vleck’s Catarrh Balm, 3
” ” Muco-food Cones (Pile Treatment), 148
Van Vleck’s Pile Pills, 155
” ” Plasma (Pile Treatment), 155
Var’s American Kidney Pills, 70
Varalettes, Bishop’s, Gout, 62
Varicocele, 161
Varicose veins, 161
Veno’s Lightning Cough Cure, 16
” Seaweed Tonic, 74
_Verbena officinalis_ (_see_ Vervain).
Vervain Restorative Assimilant, O. Phelps Brown’s, 127
Vervain (_Verbena officinalis_), 124, 125, 127
Vesalvine (_see_ Formamine).
Vin Urané Pesqui, 76, 77
Wafers, Curic, 38
” Hargreave’s Reducing, 91
” Paciderma Blood, 109
Warner’s Cure, 72
Weidhaas Hygienic Institute, 23
Weigand’s Rheumatic and Gout Spirit, 65
White precipitate (_see_ Ammoniated mercury).
Whooping Cough Remedy, Assmann’s, 19
Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, 170, 174
Wine, Pesqui’s Uranium, 76, 77
” spirit of, 32
Wintergreen, oil of, 73, 180
Wisbech Remedy for the Eyes, 144
Witch hazel (_see_ Hamamelis).
Xaxa (_see_ Acetyl-salicylic acid).
X.L. Reducing Pills and Lotion, 89
Yonkerman Company (Tuberculozyne), 32
Zam-buk, 111
Zehrkur (_see_ Graziana Reducing Treatment), 103
Zinc, 156
” chloride, 122
” oxide, 109, 129, 148, 151
” sulphate, 120
” valerianate, 172
Zip Ointment, 112
Zobeida (_see_ Zobeide).
Zobeide, 87
Zox, 58