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  • Sloughs of the leg due to the application of nitric acid to treat varicose veins
  • Dial (diallylbarbituric acid) : the safest, non-narcotic and non-habit forming hypnotic and sedative.
  • Calculi: eight examples, including uric acid calculi. Chromolithograph after Scharf and L. Aldous, ca. 1888.
  • Calculi: twelve examples, including uric acid and lime calculi. Chromolithograph after L. Aldous, ca. 1888.
  • The new water-soluble analeptic with a camphor action : Coramine (pyridine-β-carbonic acid diethylamide).
  • 'Tannafax' brand tannic acid jelly : tannic acid, with 0.5 per cent. phenol, in a water-soluble base : the modern treatment of burns and scalds : always ready for immediate application / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • 'Tannafax' brand tannic acid jelly : tannic acid, with 0.5 per cent. phenol, in a water-soluble base : the modern treatment of burns and scalds : always ready for immediate application / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • An oesophagus, stomach and duodenum after death from drinking sulphuric acid. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
  • Lactart acid of milk makes a delicious beverage : with water and sugar only / Avery Lactate Co.
  • Lactart acid of milk makes a delicious beverage : with water and sugar only / Avery Lactate Co.
  • Relief from dyspepsia and heartburn : Zantac : turns down the acid to turn down the pain.
  • Relief from dyspepsia and heartburn : Zantac : turns down the acid to turn down the pain.
  • Relief from dyspepsia and heartburn : Zantac : turns down the acid to turn down the pain.
  • Processing of sulphuric acid and section of a chimney used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Relief from dyspepsia and heartburn : Zantac : turns down the acid to turn down the pain.
  • Calculi: twelve examples, including a uric acid calculus from the kidney. Chromolithograph after L. Aldous, ca. 1888.
  • Mersalyl B.D.H. : the sodium salt of salicyl-(y-hydroxymercuri-β-methoxypropyl) amid-O-acetic acid.
  • Alfred Baring Garrod discovers the role of uric acid in gout. Colour process print after D.T. de Losques, 1910.
  • Livogen : the restorative tonic : Vitamin B1, liquid extract of yeast, liquid extract of liver & nicotinic acid.
  • A chemist making confectionery in a laboratory; various bottles of acid in the background. Colour lithograph after Gris, 23 October 1909.
  • Gout, rheumatism, couty eczema, liver and kidney diseases are caused by the presence of uric acid in the blood : Kruschen Salts.
  • Gout, rheumatism, couty eczema, liver and kidney diseases are caused by the presence of uric acid in the blood : Kruschen Salts.
  • Atoquinol (allyl phenylcinchoninester) : the most active eliminant of irritant or toxic acid waste without harmful action on digestive or other systems.
  • Fizzade-Dabs : add contents to water as required : ingredients: sugar, citric acid, mag. carb. levis, ol. limon... / packed by Jasco Ltd.
  • A dialogue between alkali and acid: containing divers philosophical and medicinal considerations wherein ... a late ... new hypothesis asserting alkali the cause, and acid the cure of all diseases, is proved groundless and dangerous ... Being a specimen of the ... mistakes and great ignorance of ... John Colbatch / by T.E. chirurgo-medicus.
  • Zyloric prevents the formation of high uric acid levels in the body : apply a raw lean beef-steak to the gouty part ...
  • Zyloric prevents the formation of high uric acid levels in the body : apply a raw lean beef-steak to the gouty part ...
  • Zyloric prevents the formation of high uric acid levels in the body : apply a raw lean beef-steak to the gouty part ...
  • Zyloric prevents the formation of high uric acid levels in the body : apply a raw lean beef-steak to the gouty part ...
  • Concentrated carbolic acid : to be well diluted before use, according to the directions on the label and case : for the household, sick room, stable, kennel, etc. : poison.