Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . Rathbun, of Sedan. Kan. Mr. Rathbun stated that he had a remedy for diphtheria,tonsillitis, ulcerated sore throat and similar conditions. Sofar the letter differed in no essential respect from othersdescribing the virtues of cures proposed by laymen. Hewent on to say that he wished the medical profession to know Ulfin iiliu \ ( / i;i:s HiT of the remedj so that ii mighl be moxv widelj used, and tothat end had interviewed Professors
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . Rathbun, of Sedan. Kan. Mr. Rathbun stated that he had a remedy for diphtheria,tonsillitis, ulcerated sore throat and similar conditions. Sofar the letter differed in no essential respect from othersdescribing the virtues of cures proposed by laymen. Hewent on to say that he wished the medical profession to know Ulfin iiliu \ ( / i;i:s HiT of the remedj so that ii mighl be moxv widelj used, and tothat end had interviewed Professors Bailej and Havenhill ofthe State University of Kansas. These men had suggestedthat he write to the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry andmake known his desire; hence the letter. With the letterwen- the statements of two physicians oi Sedan. Kan., to theeffect that the preparation had considerable value an an anti-septic for stomatitis, tonsillitis and similar conditions. was told that if he wished to give physicians thebenefit oi his remedy he should describe briefly its compo-sition and method of preparation. This he did in the follow-ing words:. r- --tf S . ? - 1 i mm ALLEGED DIPHTHERIA CURES AND PREVENTIVES
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