Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . tsuse. C I VCBR CI REfi 51 No. 1. From the representations made at the hearing itappears that the company depends very largely for results onthe preparations known as Red Ointment. The analysis suggested that but little caustic effect couldbe expected and experiments were instituted with a view ofconfirming or refuting the caims made. The remedy wasapplied both moist and dry to normal tissues, with the resultthat after twenty-four
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . tsuse. C I VCBR CI REfi 51 No. 1. From the representations made at the hearing itappears that the company depends very largely for results onthe preparations known as Red Ointment. The analysis suggested that but little caustic effect couldbe expected and experiments were instituted with a view ofconfirming or refuting the caims made. The remedy wasapplied both moist and dry to normal tissues, with the resultthat after twenty-four hours application little, if any causticeffect was noticeable. These experiments, therefore, show thatthis preparation, for which such remarkable were made,possesses but little virtue as an agent for the destruction ofcancerous growth or tissue. In conclusion, this office is of the opinion that the natureof these remedies is such that they can not possibly effect acure except by the merest chance. They are absolutely worth-less for internal cancer. The claims, representations and prom-ises employed in promoting this treatment are false and Greatly reduced photographic reproduction of the furry cancercure uostrums. i /•.// courtesy of tin Committee on InterstattForeign Cowmen i.) The Department of Agriculture also made an investigationof its own, and the chief inspector of the Bureau of Chemistrymade the following statement regarding the treatment: This treatment is sold as a cure for cancer. The wordsCancer Cure in the name of the company* itself implies anability to cure what is generally recognized as an incurabledisease. The labels, correspondence, testimonials and other ad-vertising literature of the concern are saturated with the ideathat the treatment above described will cuie cancer. As amatter of fact there is no drug or combination of drugsknown at the present time which can be relied on with anydegree of certainty whatever to effect a cure for ca
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