Secret remedies : $b What they cost and what they contain — John Shaqi
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
The estimated cost of the ingredients for 1⅛ oz. is ½d.
DR. MACKENZIE’S “ONE DAY” COLD CURE.
This is supplied by a Company described as of London and New York. The
price charged for a box containing 30 tablets is 1s. 1½d.
This preparation is described on the package as:
The Best Cure! For the Worst Cold!
A Speedy Cure in all Cases of Cold, Influenza, Headache,
and all Neuralgic Affections.
Nature’s Remedy.
Dose.—One tablet to be swallowed with a little water
every two hours until relieved.
As a preventive, one every four hours.
Not for Children.
The tablets were coated with sugar coloured with ferric oxide
(so-called chocolate coating); after removal of the coating they had an
average weight of 2 grains. Analysis showed them to have the following
composition:
Cinchonidine sulphate 0·83 grain.
Acetanilide 0·71 ”
Camphor 0·10 ”
Talc 0·21 ”
Water 0·15 ”
The estimated cost of the ingredients for 30 tablets is 1¼d.
KEENE’S “ONE NIGHT” COLD CURE.
This also is supplied by a Company giving its address as New York and
London. The price charged is 1s. 1½d. a box, containing 30 tablets.
This is recommended in the circular enclosed in the box in the
following terms:
Keene’s One Night Cold Cure will break up any cold
overnight; or money refunded! Influenza cured in three
days. Guarantee Label around every Box. If Keene’s
One Night Cold Cure fails to Cure your Cold, your
money will be cheerfully returned on presentation of
Guarantee Label.
Keene’s One Night Cold Cure is in Tablet form and
contains nothing injurious, being chiefly composed
of Quinine, Cascara, Camphor, and other Ingredients
adopted by the Leading Medical Authorities for Colds in
the Head, Throat, and Lungs.
The “guarantee label” is worded as follows:
GUARANTEE.
If Keene’s “One Night” Cold Cure fails to effectually
break up any ordinary cold, return this Guarantee with
box to your Chemist and he will refund price paid.
Cascara—Bromide—Quinine—Ipecac—
Camphor—Bryonia—tablets. 7½d. per box.
The Keene Co.
Irving A. Keene, Treasurer.
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