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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The label bore the words, “For Kidney and Liver and Bright’s disease
and jaundice, gravel, stone”—and a long list of other complaints. “Dose
for adults, one tablespoonful 5 or 6 times a day.”
A “medical pamphlet” of 34 pages accompanied the bottle, from which the
following extracts are taken:
Warner’s “Safe” Cure is a purely vegetable compound,
and contains no narcotic or harmful drugs; it is free
from sediment and is pleasant to take; it is a most
valuable and effective tonic; it stimulates digestion,
awakens the torpid liver, and puts the entire system in
the very best receptive state for the work of restoring
the kidneys. It does its work with absolute method,
preparing the tissues, soothing and stimulating the
enfeebled organs, healing at the same time. It builds
up the body, gives it strength, and restores the
energy which is or has been wasting under the baneful
suffering of kidney disease. Warner’s “Safe” Cure was
discovered about thirty years ago by one of the most
eminent specialists in diseases of the kidneys, who had
made a life-study of kidney and kindred diseases.
How to test your kidneys. Put some morning urine in a
glass or bottle; let it stand for twenty-four hours; if
there is a reddish sediment in the bottom of the glass,
or if the urine is cloudy or milky, or if you see
particles or germs floating about in it, your kidneys
are diseased and you should lose no time but get a
bottle of Warner’s “Safe” Cure, as it is dangerous
to neglect your kidneys for even one day. Bright’s
disease, gravel, liver complaint, pains in the back,
rheumatism, rheumatic gout, inflammation of bladder,
stone in the bladder, uric acid poison, dropsy, eczema,
scrofula, blood disease, offensive odour from sweating,
so-called ‘female weakness,’ painful periods, too
frequent desire to urinate, and painful passing of
urine are all caused by diseased kidneys, and can be
speedily cured by Warner’s “Safe” Cure, which has been
prescribed for twenty-five years.”
Of Bright’s disease it is remarked:
It is one of the harassing complaints which physicians
in family practice seldom have the patience to
investigate and manage with sufficient care.
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