Oil of juniper 1 drop. Hemlock pitch 10 grains. Potassium nitrate 5 ” Powdered fenugreek 17 ” Wheat flour 4 ” Maize starch 2 ” In twenty pills. The estimated cost of the materials of the 40 kidney pills and 4 dinner pills, ½d. The dinner pills, of which four were included in the box of kidney pills, are also supplied separately in boxes of 50 for 1s. 1½d. The label stated that: Doan’s Dinner Pills Cure Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness, Dizziness, and all deranged conditions of Stomach, Liver, and Bowels. The directions were: For adults, 1 to 3 Pills; for children, ½ to 1 Pill. These statements and directions were amplified in a handbill enclosed in the package. The pills were ovoid and enclosed in white sugar-coating; the average weight of one, without coating, was about ¾ gr. Analysis showed the presence of podophyllin, aloin, oil of peppermint, a resin that appeared to be jalap resin, cayenne, liquorice, gum, maize starch, and a small quantity of an extract that resembled extract of henbane; as the extract last named had no sufficiently well-marked characters to enable a small quantity of it to be distinguished perfectly when mixed with larger quantities of the other drugs named, the identity of this ingredient could not be completely established. The following formula gives a similar pill: Oil of peppermint 1 drop. Podophyllin 3·8 grains. Aloin 6·9 ” Jalap resin 0·8 grain. Powdered capsicum 0·5 ” ” liquorice 0·6 ” Maize starch 0·5 ” Acacia gum 1·5 grains. Extract of henbane 1·5 ” In twenty pills. Estimated cost of materials of 50 pills, 1d. DODD’S KIDNEY PILLS. These pills, made by an American Company advertising from a London address, are sold in boxes containing 35, price 2s. 9d. The label round the box stated: A positive cure for all kidney diseases: cures rheumatism, Bright’s disease, diabetes, backache; cures female weakness, purifies the blood, cleanses the system. The following extracts are from a circular enclosed with the pills: Experience has proved that Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the only cure for kidney diseases. Dodd’s Kidney Pills is the only remedy that has cured Bright’s Disease. Diabetes—Dodd’s Kidney Pills will cure this disease. Dropsy—The first object in treating dropsy is to restore the kidneys to their normal condition. This is what Dodd’s Kidney Pills do and hence their peculiar efficacy for this disease. Dodd’s Kidney Pills will cure any form of heart disease.