Transcriber’s Notes: Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Old spellings have been preserved. Typographical and punctuation errors have been silently corrected. SECRET REMEDIES, WHAT THEY COST AND WHAT THEY CONTAIN. BASED ON ANALYSES MADE FOR THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. LONDON: BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 429, STRAND, W.C. 1909. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.—Catarrh and Cold Cures 1 II.—Cough Medicines 9 III.—Consumption Cures 20 IV.—Headache Powders 37 V.—Blood Purifiers 42 VI.—Remedies for Gout, Rheumatism and Neuralgia 50 VII.—Kidney Medicines 66 VIII.—Diabetes 76 IX.—Obesity Cures 83 X.—Skin Diseases 105 XI.—Medicines for Baldness 114 XII.—Cancer Remedies 117 XIII.—Remedies for Epilepsy 124 XIV.—Soothing, Teething and Cooling Powders for Infants 130 XV.—Remedies for Ear Disease and Deafness 134 XVI.— ” Eye Diseases 142 XVII.— ” Piles 147 XVIII.—Preparations for Rupture 158 XIX.—Cures for Inebriety 162 XX.—Cure Alls 170 APPENDIX 182 INDEX 185 PREFACE.