Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . It used to be a cure ; now it is a treatment. Photographicreproductions of Towns trademarks before and after federal prose-cution. The stuff was declared misbranded because of the ridic-ulously false claim that it would cure epilepsy. The casewas brought to trial before the Supreme Court had decidedthat lies such as Towns printed were not contrary to thespirit of the Food and Drugs Act. Towns pleaded guilty andwas fined $25.—[Notic


Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . It used to be a cure ; now it is a treatment. Photographicreproductions of Towns trademarks before and after federal prose-cution. The stuff was declared misbranded because of the ridic-ulously false claim that it would cure epilepsy. The casewas brought to trial before the Supreme Court had decidedthat lies such as Towns printed were not contrary to thespirit of the Food and Drugs Act. Towns pleaded guilty andwas fined $25.—[Notice of Judgment,. No. 1170.] Dixie Fever and Pain Powder These headache powders were prepared and sold by theMorris-Morton Drug Co., Fort Smith, Ark. The followingclaims were made for them: Useful in all cases of fever to lower the temperature and relievepain. A positive and immediate relief for headache, neuralgia, catarrh,la grippe, cold in the head, rheumatism, sleeplessness, and allnervous conditions. It relieves all pains in the Head, Face and Body, which arecaused by Cold, La Grippe. Neuralgia, Exposure or Dissipation. 1//N/.7, l \DED DRl us AND FOOD&a


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