Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . By This Sign We Conquer. // the Sign of the Cross Were to Be Destroyed the Next Best Sign Would Be The Index Finger Pointing Heavenward. Part of a typical Munyon advertisement. portion of leptandrin. Glycerin, a little phosphate, alcohol anda trace of chloroform are present and vegetable exti examination of the latter gave evidence of the pres-ence of the constituents of cascara sagrada, senna and rhu-barb. Munyons K
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . By This Sign We Conquer. // the Sign of the Cross Were to Be Destroyed the Next Best Sign Would Be The Index Finger Pointing Heavenward. Part of a typical Munyon advertisement. portion of leptandrin. Glycerin, a little phosphate, alcohol anda trace of chloroform are present and vegetable exti examination of the latter gave evidence of the pres-ence of the constituents of cascara sagrada, senna and rhu-barb. Munyons Kidney CureThe label on this preparation is said to bear the words:Cures Brights disease, gravel, all urinary troubles, and pain 514 NOSTIil M8 in the back or groins from kidney diseases. It is stated thatthe pills were found to vary much in size, the average weightbeing grain. Analysis showed them to consist of ordinarywhite sugar; no trace could be detected of any alkaloid orother active principle, or of any medication. The sugar wasdetermined quantitatively and found to be just 100 per cent,of the weight of the pilules. (From The Journal A. M. A.,Feb. 9 and March 16, 1907.) KU
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