Secret nostrums and systems of medicine : a book of formulas / compiled by Charles W. Oleson.

  • Oleson, Charles W. (Charles Wilmot), -1906.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Secret nostrums and systems of medicine : a book of formulas / compiled by Charles W. Oleson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    BRUNELLI PROCESS OF EMBALMING. The circulatory system is cleansed by washing with cold water until it issues quite clear from the body. This may occupy from two to five hours. Alcohol is injected so as to take out as much water as possible. This occupies about a quarter of an hour. Ether is then injected to abstract the fatty matter. This occu- pies from two to ten hours. A strong solution of tannin is then injected. This occupies for imbibition from two to ten hours. The body is then dried in a current of warm air passed over heated chloride of calcium. This may occupy from two to five hours. The body is then perfectly preserved and resists decay. BRYAN'S PULMONIC WAFERS. Warranted to give relief in ten minutes after use, and cure in a few days all coughs, colds, irritation of the uvula and tonsils, influenza, bronchitis, asthma, sore throat, consumption, and all diseases of the lungs and chest. This Canadian preparation, which is warranted to do so much in such a short length of time, was found to consist wholly of sugar and corn starch. Our readers may judge for themselves as to' the true effi- cacy of such a preparation.—New Idea.