Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . contain the statement: This bottle contains Radol, a radium Impregnated fluid pre-pared according Lo the formula and under the .supervision of l> Wells. St. Louis, Mo. This fluid is not expected to retainits radioactivity beyond forty days from date of this label. 72 QUACKERY This treatment is supposed to last for one month, andeach month of subsequent treatment is to be paid for at thesame rate. POSSIBILITIES IN HYDRANT
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . contain the statement: This bottle contains Radol, a radium Impregnated fluid pre-pared according Lo the formula and under the .supervision of l> Wells. St. Louis, Mo. This fluid is not expected to retainits radioactivity beyond forty days from date of this label. 72 QUACKERY This treatment is supposed to last for one month, andeach month of subsequent treatment is to be paid for at thesame rate. POSSIBILITIES IN HYDRANT WATER In discussing the valuelessness of RadoF Mr. Adams tellsus that the analysis made for him of this radium impreg-nated fluid disclosed the fact that it contained exactly as THIS BOTTLE CONTAINS A RADIUM IMPREGNATED FLUID. PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE FORMULA AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF 2Dt\ iaupcrt 2Hell0 ST. LOUIS, MO. THIS FLUID IS NOT EXPECTED TO RETAIN ITS RADIO ACTIVITYBEYOND FORTY DAYS FROM DATE OF THIS LABEL FOR INTERNAL USE. NAME MTV . ^ -^V^ » address Bcii- i\an« W»Va» d*te- Aug 12th. 1907 directions Take one tablegpnnn-Piil in before, eaoh_. KEEP THIS BOTTLE IN A DARK COOL PLACE A photographic reproduction of a label on a package of the acidu-lated quinin solution sold as Radol. much radium as dishwater does. The investigations of thePostoffice authorities confirm the earlier analysis. Says thaofficial report: The Department of Agriculture purchased from the adver-tiser samples of Radol and made analyses of same. The in-vestigations disclosed that the fluid for internal use consisted CANCER < l ;. essentially of a weak, acidulated solution of quinin sulphatein water and alcohol in the proportion of about 1Vi grainaquinin to the ounce of the fluid solution and about 7 per cent,alcohol. The fluid for external use was found to be a waterysolution containing about 10 per cent, of glycerin and a smallquantity of inorganic salts. Both solutions were tested f
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