More secret remedies : what they cost & what they contain secret remedies--second series / based on analyses made for the British Medical Association.

  • British Medical Association.
Date:
1912
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    A pamplilet enclosed in the package bears the title: Goul a,.d Goutines., Their c^use, By Geo. P. Pond, M.P.S., SuTgeon-Chiropodift. In practice The degree of enlightenment to be obtained from this treatise may be judged from the following extracts: No food or drink is gouty; yet, no alcoholic drink can be said to ^ good for gout; that is, anti-gout; it is the quantity and quality which ''Nrone'can reasonably deny an instinctive knowledge and ^ power exerted in the stomach by a conscious principle which selects an rejects, and which in its natural purity may be ranked as a nerve ot again, is as necessary with every mouthful in the process of digestion as the gastric juice itself; it mixes with the saliva which pour» out of four different glands of different kinds and forms a powerful solven for the food. ... Water, like air, is nourishing. ... Cold is death, warmth is life. Cold is, perhaps, the greatest cause of disease. ... Of all supposed remedies to strengthen the body, cold baths in cold weather are the most dangerous. Several other preparations from the same maker are recom- mended in the pamphlet. The price of “ Arthriticus ” is 2s. 6d. per package; this was found to contain a bottle holding nearly 13 fluid ounces of liquid and 16 powders. The directions are: One of the Powders to be taken with every dose, mixed thus : In a tumbler pour a wineglassful of water, mix with it a sixteenth part of the Arthriticus, then add one of the Powders and drink immediately, while effervescing. It is ordered to be taken night and morning for gravel and affections of the kidneys and bladder, and all abnormal con- ditions of the urine; twice or thrice daily for rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, etc.; and similarly in other cases. The powders varied in weight from 10.9 grains to 17.4 grains, the average being 14.2 grains; they consisted of tartaric acid. Analysis showed the mixture to have the following composition . Lithium citrate Potassium citrate Sodium citrate Sodium salicylate Potassium bromide Potassium bicarbonate ... Glycerine Chloroform water, about Water, to In one dose, approximately. 1.4 parts 5.0 grains 0.9 part 3.0 „ 0.2 „ 0.7 grain 1.5 parts 5.3 grains 1.6 „ 5.6 „ 8.0 „ 28.0 „ 5.1 „ 18.0 „ 10 by measure 100