The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
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The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2
Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
Patent medicines
described in an editorial in The Journal, May 20, 1911, p. 1486.
[104] According to a report in the _Allgemeine medizinische
Central-Zeitung_ Jan. 6, 1912, p. 14.
The persecution of Dr. Kantor previously described shows no signs
of abatement nor has Dr. Kantor given evidence of loss of courage.
Some of the German medical societies have subscribed for the
_Gesundheitslehrer_ for each of their members. It is written in popular
style for the masses and is a sharp and effective weapon for the
campaign against quackery.--(_From The Journal A. M. A., April 27,
1912._)
ANTIKAMNIA
The Nostrum and Its Method of Exploitation
Our readers will be interested to learn some of the remarkable
properties which, according to the statements of the manufacturers,
this Antikamnia possesses. We quote from the advertising literature:
The well-known nerve specialist (?), Dr. Harley, in an interview
published in the _London Daily Express_, says: “I have treated more
than one American for nervousness and ‘brain fag’ directly due to
their incessant energy. I had a young man in here this morning who
complained of headache ‘in the back of the neck.’ He was threatened
with congestion of the brain, and seemed somewhat aggrieved when I
told him he had been trying to do too much. I also treated a young
American woman who, since her arrival in London, had apparently
been living on Antikamnia tablets by the advice of her physician.
It was the only thing, she said, which kept her ‘braced up’ for the
strain of sight-seeing.”
(Why did the young woman consult this Dr. Harley--for the drug habit?)
Note the following:
For the severe pains of rheumatism, dysmenorrhea, neuralgia,
gout, sciatica and lumbago, as well as for the lightning pains of
locomotor ataxia, there can be no quicker and more lasting relief
obtained than by the administration of Antikamnia and codeine
tablets.
Imagine an intelligent physician trying to treat the diseases
mentioned below with the various impotent means of the pharmacopeia
and physiological therapy when he might depend on Antikamnia! We quote
again:
As a Pain Reliever.--In headache, cephalalgia, hemicrania, migraine
[some other words might have been thrown in so as still more to
emphasize the headache business], myalgia, coryza, la grippe and
its sequelae, the lightning pains of locomotor ataxia and all pains
due to irregular menstruation.
As an Anodyne or Sedative.--In alcoholic delirium, indigestion,
cardialgia, gastralgia, dyspepsia, hysteria, insomnia, inebriety,
car-sickness, sea-sickness, worry and sight-seer’s fatigue.
As an Antipyretic.--In typhoid, intermittent, puerperal and
malarial fevers, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy, and tuberculosis.
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