Secret remedies : $b What they cost and what they containBritish Medical Association
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Secret remedies : $b What they cost and what they contain
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Patent medicines
For over 21 years, a teaspoonful in water, at bedtime.
” 12 ” half a teaspoonful ” ”
” 6 ” 15 drops ” ”
” 4 ” 10 ” ” ”
” 2 ” 5 ” ” ”
Half Doses may be taken three or four times a day.
It is not intended for Infants.
For serious cases seek medical aid.
Analysis showed that 100 parts by measure contained 1·07 parts of
chloroform and 4·3 parts of alcohol, both by measure, and 67 parts of
solids; about 48 parts of the latter consisted of sugar, partly in the
form of invert sugar, and the remaining 19 parts consisted principally
of the mucilage of decoction of linseed; oil of aniseed was present,
and evidence was obtained of small quantities of preparations of tolu
and squill. Tho ipecacuanha alkaloids extracted amounted to 0·007 per
cent., and the morphine to 0·021 per cent. If the ipecacuanha were
present in the form of wine of the official strength, this represents:
Ipecacuanha wine 42 minims.
Morphine ¹/₇ grain.
Chloroform 5 minims.
in each fluid ounce.
OWBRIDGE’S LUNG TONIC.
This is sold by another English provincial company, price, 1s. 1½d.,
2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. a bottle; the 2s. 9d. size contained a
little over 6½ fluid ounces.
It is stated on the wrapper that this:
Cures Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Influenza, and
all Affections of the Chest, Throat, and Lungs.
Also,
This Preparation does not contain any Opium, Laudanum,
or Morphine, therefore does not require a Poison Label.
A pamphlet was enclosed in the package, from which the following is an
extract:
Having once contracted a cold, however slight, it
is of the first importance to have it thoroughly
and radically removed. To do this it is worse than
useless to rely upon a few lozenges, or any of the
simple expedients to which many have recourse. Avoid
linseed poultices, which are excessively weakening,
and highly calculated to make the patient liable to a
second, and, perhaps, more severe cold than the first.
All that is necessary is to take one dose of the lung
tonic in warm water on retiring to rest, and the cold
will have disappeared in the morning. The lungs and
bronchial tubes will be fortified and invigorated
to an extraordinary degree. Should the cough not be
quite removed by the first dose, continue according to
directions. Cure is quite certain.
The directions on the label were:
Scale of Doses.
Above 14 years one teaspoonful.
6 to 14 years half a teaspoonful.
3 ” 6 ” fifteen drops.
1 ” 3 ” five to seven drops.
6 months to 1 year three to five drops.
Not to be given to a child under Six Months old.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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