/Secret Nos bndSYSTEMS - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Shelf .„Q_S_ _ : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ;-: . SECRET NOSTRUMS AND SYSTEMS OF MEDICINE A BOOK OF FORMULAS COMPILED BY CHARLES W. OLESON, M. D. (Harvard) FIFTH EDITION v^eFfl^ Revised and Enlarged/^••, 1 >of each % oz. Oil pennyroyal . . f 7 Oil hemlock J Alcohol 1 qt. — New Idea. BARKER'S BONE AND NERVE LINIMENT. FOR MAN OR BEAST. Cures rheumatism, sprains, bruises, chilblains, * * * etc., etc. We have made an examination of the foregoing lin- iment and find it to be essentially a liquid petroleum product, containing large quantities of camphor and turpentine, and with smaller quantities of oil of tar and probably oil of thyme. The bottle is square and deeply paneled and holds two fluid ounces of a dark colored fluorescent liquid. The following formula, according to H. W. Snow, makes a preparation not to be easily distinguished from the original : Take of — Camphor 70 gr. Oil of tar y 2 fl. dr. Oil of thyme 1 fl. dr. Oil of turpentine , . 2 fl. dr. Franklin oil (black oil, lubricat- ing oil) sufficient to make ... 2 fl. oz. — New Idea. l6 SECRET NOSTRUMS BATJNSCHEIDT'S OIL. ' This preparation is sold to accompany the instru- ment used for counter-irritation. It sells in the sur- gical instrument stores for $1.35 per vial. The following formula may be taken as making substan- tially the same preparation as the Baunscheidt's Oil: Take of — Croton oil 1 oz. Cotton-seed oil 4 oz. Oil of caraway 2 minims. Mix. BECKER'S EYE SALVE. Take of— Calamine 1 )4 dr. Tutty 1% dr. Red oxide of mercury 6 dr. Camphor in powder 1 dr. Almond oil . . . .1 dr. White wax ij^ oz. Fresh butter 8 oz. Reduce the mineral substances to a very fine pow- der and incorporate with the oil, in which the camphor has been dissolved with the wax and butter,- previously melted together. — Kilner's Modern Pharmacy. BEGGS'S FEVER AND AGUE PILLS. Beggs's Fever and Ague Pills, for radical and per- manent cure of ague upon " purely scientific princi- ples," consist, according to our examination, as follows: AND SYSTEMS. 1 7 Each pill contains one grain of quinia sulphate, one- half grain cinchonia sulphate, rhubarb one grain, with a little flavoring. These pills are put up in a half- ounce plain flint vial ; they are uncoated, 32 pills in a bottle, balance of space filled with powdered licorice root. A small slip with title, uses, and directions sur- rounds the bottle, and a red lead wrapper, type set, surrounds the whole. This is an excellent ague cure. — New Idea. BENSON'S SKIN CURE. This secret nostrum consists of two preparations, one for internal use and one for external application. A — Internal. — An elongated, round, long neck green bottle contains scant 2 fluid ounces of a watery, light brownish yellow liquid of no reaction, of pronounced bitter taste and rosemary-like smell, reminding one of bay rum or of a barber shop. The half clear liquid has pieces floating in it resembling petals of clover blossoms. It consists, according to our examination, of clover blossoms 720 grains, yellow-dock root 90 grains, gentian root 120 grains, boiled (one hour) with one pint of water. Cool, transfer to a closed vessel, and add one ounce of alcohol in which has previously been dissolved oil of rosemary, oil of thyme each one minim; let it stand over night, strain next morning; make up to one pint with water sufficient. B — External Application. — An elongated, round, long neck green bottle contains 4 fluid ounces of a whitish, permanently acid liquid of slight acid metallic 1 8 SECRET NOSTRUMS smell, depositing when at rest a small amount of gray- ish precipitate. This solution consists, according to our examination, of acetate of lead 2 grains, acetate of copper 1 grain, acetate of zinc 15 grains, benzoated water 12 fluid ounces ; mix. The benzoated water is readily prepared by agitating half an ounce of tincture of benzoin with 12 ounces of warm water, allowing it to cool and settle; then filter. It is warranted to cure all the skin diseases described in the medical dictionaries. — New Idea. BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRTJP. We copy from December World, 1885: Take of— Oil of tar 1 fl. dr. Fluid extract ipecac 4 fl. dr. Fluid extract wild cherry 6 fl. dr. Tincture of opium 4 fl. dr. Carbonate of magnesia 3 dr. Water 6 fl. oz. White sugar 10 oz. Triturate the magnesia, first, with the oil of tar; then with a mixture of the fluid extracts and water; filter and form a solution with the sugar, by agitation, without heat. BRANDRETH'S PILLS. Dr. D. S. Clark {American Druggist) says the fol- lowing is the formula: AND SYSTEMS. 1 9 Take of— Extract colocynth i scruple Aloes, Socotrine 2 dr. Gamboge 1 dr. Castile soap ^ dr. Oil peppermint 2 drops Oil cinnamon 1 drop Powd. arabic and alcohol, of each sufficient quantity. Mix and make 80 pills. Dose: 1 to 3, as directed. BRINKERHOFF SYSTEM OF TREATING PILES AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE RECTUM. There have been so many inquiries of late concern- ing the above treatment that we deem it a duty to tell our readers, as nearly as possible, of what the alleged specific treatment consists. The following is the Brin- kerhoff secret pile remedy or injection: Take of— Carbolic acid . . . 1 oz. Olive oil - 5 oz. Zinc, chloride , 8 gr. Mix. Inject into the largest piles, eight drops; into the medium sized piles, from four to six drops; into small piles, from two to three drops; into club shaped piles, near the anal orifice, two drops. He directs hot sitz baths for cases where violent pains follow an injection. He recommends an interval of from two to four weeks between each injection. 20 SECRET NOSTRUMS The following is the formula for his " celebrated ulcer specific: " Take of— Dist. ext. hamamelis 5 dr. Liq. ferri subsulph 1 dr. Acidi carbolici, cryst 2 gr. Glycerin 2 dr. Mix. For fistula in ano, inject ten or fifteen drops deep into the fistula and press the track of the fistula with the finger, to force the fluid more deeply in. In cases of rectal ulcer he gives the following treat- ment: To an ounce and a half of water add half a teaspoonful of the " ulcer specific " and a half tea- spoonful of starch, and inject into the rectum every night. Sometimes he orders an injection of starch into the rectum of mornings, after the bowels have moved. — The Medical Waif. The "Brinkerhoff System " as applied to fissures of the anus is this: Once or twice a month, as the itin- erant comes around on his circuit, he inserts his little speculum, cleans out the ulcer, and applies to it a solu- tion of nitrate of silver, forty grains to the ounce. Be- tween the applications the patient uses a morning and evening treatment himself. Each morning he is to evacuate the bowels, then inject the rectum with luke- warm water, and finally insert into it a little ointment, consisting of three grains of carbolic acid and eight grains of sulphur to the ounce of vaseline or lard. For evening treatment he uses Brinkerhoff Ulcer Remedy [the preparation of extract of hamamelis, sol. AND SYSTEMS. 21 persulph. iron, etc., given above as " Ulcer Specific."] Add half a teaspoonful of this to the same quantity of starch and about an ounce and a half of water. Inject into the rectum every evening. This system is gotten up for itinerants who are ex- pected to be ignorant, and who cannot be trusted with edge tools ; it, therefore, sternly prohibits all cutting operations, and furnishes no instrument with which an incision can be made. — Andrews's Rectal and Anal Surgery. In treating polypus Brinkerhoff directs his itiner- ants to tie the pedicle close to the wall of the gut with waxed saddler's silk. Then, if the pedicle is long, they are to snip it off outside the knot. If it is short they leave it in situ, put the patient to bed, and consti- pate the bowels for about three days, when they are to give a gentle cathartic. — Andrews's Rectal and Anal Surgery. BEECHAM'S PILLS. Take of— Saffron 24 gr. Sulphate of sodium 24 gr. Rhubarb 90 gr. Aloes 480 gr. Mix. Make into three grain pills. —Indiana Pharmacist, 22 SECRET NOSTRUMS KIOKAPOO INDIAN SAGWA. The following formula makes a preparation hard to distinguish from the proprietary article : Take of— Capsicum i oz. Ground rhubarb . 4 oz. Aloes 4 oz. Ground mandrake root 8 oz. Gum guaiacum 1 lb. Cubebs crushed 1 lb. Licorice ground 1^ lb. Sal soda 20 lb. Alcohol , 6y 2 gal. Water 36 gal. Macerate all except the soda in dilute alcohol for twenty-four hours, then percolate and add remainder of water and the soda. GREENE'S NERVURA. An approximate preparation of this proprietary medicine can be made with the following formula : Take of— Tincture of cinchona 5 oz. Tincture of damiana , . . . 5 oz. Tincture of coca 5 oz. Mix. The tincture of damiana is to be made by taking five ounces of the leaves and one pint diluted alcohol. AND SYSTEMS. 23 Put into a wide-mouthed bottle and placing it in a water bath bring to a boil and boil for half an hour. Filter, and add sufficient diluted alcohol to filtered product to measure one pint. Prepare tincture of coca in same way. LYDIA PXNKHAM'S COMPOUND. A Boston correspondent furnishes the following recipe for a preparation said to resemble this " com- pound: ,, Take of— Cramp bark i lb. Partridge-berry vine i lb. Poplar bark y 2 lb. Unicorn root y 2 lb. Cassia y% lb. Beth root 6 oz. Sugar 6 lb. Alcohol y 2 gal. Water, a sufficient quantity. Reduce the six first named ingredients to No. 40 powder, add boiling water enough to cover, let stand till cold, and then percolate with water until 2^2 gallons of liquid are obtained. To this add the sugar, bring to a boil, remove from the fire, strain, and when cold add the alcohol. — Druggists' Circular. 24 SECRET NOSTRUMS REYNOLDS' GOUT SPECIFIC. A formula said to produce a similar preparation adopted from Dorvault has been given in Druggists* Circular. Wine of Colchicum (Reynolds). Take of— Rum 30 parts. Colchicum root 250 parts. Sherry 500 parts. Poppy flowers sufficient to color. Mix. FOSTER'S MAGIC REMEDY. Take of— Tinct. capsicum 2 dr. Tinct. opium 1 oz. Tinct. camphor 2 oz. Simple syrup 1 oz. Mix. SMITH'S ELECTRIC OIL. Take of— Chloroform 4 oz. Sassafras oil 8 oz. Linseed oil 2 pts. Olive oil 4 pts. Mix. AND SYSTEMS. 25 BROMO-CHLORALUM. Kilner gives the following: Take of — Alum, coarse powder i lb. Boiling water 2 pts. Aqua ammonia sufficient. Muriatic acid sufficient. Bromine JH2 oz. Water sufficient. Dissolve the alum in the boiling water. Add 2^ gallons of cold water and mix well ; then add aqua ammonia until the odor of the ammonia can be de- tected in the mixture and a precipitate is formed. Allow it to settle and pour off the supernatant liquid. Put on fresh water again, stir well, allow to settle and again pour off. Then place the precipitate upon a muslin strainer and drain well; put the precipitate into a closed vessel and carefully add the bromine; finally add sufficient muriatic acid, little at a time, to dissolve the precipitate, and then enough water to complete the measure of one-half gallon, and filter. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES. Said to be like the original formula: Take of— Powdered ext. of licorice 1 lb. Powdered sugar i>4 lb. Powdered cubebs % lb. Powdered gum arabic % lb. Ext. coniunT 1 oz. — New Idea. 26 SECRET NOSTRUMS BROWN'S CAMPHORATED SAPONACEOUS DENTINE. According to L. H. Gardner's analysis, made in our laboratory, this preparation has the following compo- sition : Take of — Calcium carbonate 71 per cent. cam P h<;;;:.'.".:::::::;::[ 2 9P ercent - New Idea. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Are said to contain in each fluid dram: Iron 1 gr. Calisaya bark 2 gr. Phosphorus 1-200 gr. Coca 1 gr. Viburnum prunifolium , 1 gr. BROWN'S MALE-FERN VERMIFUGE. Is offered in bottles containing 11 fluid drams of preparation. The following formula, though not offered as strictly "the same" as that used in the manufacture of the secret article, makes a preparation sufficiently near for all ordinary purposes: Take of— Fl. ext. male fern 3 fl. oz. Oil wintergreen 1 minim. Simple syrup 5 fl. oz. Mix. — New Idea. AND SYSTEMS. 27 BRUNELLI PROCESS OF EMBALMING. The circulatory system is cleansed by washing with cold water until it issues quite clear from the body. This may occupy from two to five hours. Alcohol is injected so as to take out as much water as possible. This occupies about a quarter of an hour. Ether is then injected to abstract the fatty matter. This occu- pies from two to ten hours. A strong solution of tannin is then injected. This occupies for imbibition from two to ten hours. The body is then dried in a current of warm air passed over heated chloride of calcium. This may occupy from two to five hours. The body is then perfectly preserved and resists decay. BRYAN'S PULMONIC WAFERS. " Warranted to give relief in ten minutes after use, and cure in a few days all coughs, colds, irritation of the uvula and tonsils, influenza, bronchitis, asthma, sore throat, consumption, and all diseases of the lungs and chest." This Canadian preparation, which is warranted to do so much in such a short length of time, was found to consist wholly of sugar and corn starch. Our readers may judge for themselves as to the true effi- cacy of such a preparation. — New Idea. 28 SECRET NOSTRUMS BUCKLER'S CROUP MIXTURE. Take of— Tartar emetic 2 gr. Pulv. ipecac 40 gr. Syrup of squills 2 fl. oz. Mix. Dose: teaspoonful every ten minutes until emesis occurs. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. Take of — Extract arnica 1 oz. Resin cerate 8 oz. Vaseline 2 oz. Raisins, seedless. . . 8 oz. Fine cut tobacco , % oz. Water sufficient. Boil the raisins and tobacco in one pint of water until the strength is extracted; express the liquid and evaporate to four ounces. Soften the extract of arnica with a little hot water and mix the liquid with it; add this to the resin cerate and vaseline previously warmed and mix thoroughly. — Kilner's Modern Pharmacy. BULL'S BLOOD SYRUR Take of— Iodide of potash 12 dr. Red iodide of mercury 2 gr. Tinct. of poke root 3 dr. Comp. syrup of stillingia 6 oz. Simple syrup, to make 1 pt. Mix. — National Druggist. AND SYSTEMS. 29 BULL'S COUGH SYRUP. We purchased one of the smaller sized bottles and submitted it to examination. The bottle, a so-called " four ounce," was deeply paneled, and contained three fluid ounces of a syrupy, reddish-brown liquid. Its composition is exceedingly simple, and we were unable to find anything except morphia sulphate with sugar-house syrup as a vehicle. The morphia sulphate was present in quantities of about three-fourths of a grain to a grain per bottle of three ounces. It is also worthy of note that it contains a caution label which reads: "Medicine should never be kept within the reach of chil- dren. It is highly important to pay strict attention to the directions for taking Dr. Butt's Cough Syrup." We have no reason to believe that it contains any- thing else of medicinal consequence than the morphia and sugar-house syrup. — New Idea. CALDER'S SAPONACEOUS DENTINE. L. H. Gardner, who made an analysis of this pre- paration in our laboratory, states it to be: Take of— Calcium carbonate 56 per cent. Soap (by difference) 44 per cent. Perfumed with oil of wintergreen. — New Idea. 30 SECRET NOSTRUMS CALIFORNIA LINIMENT Take of— Tinct. myrrh , i oz. Tinct. capsicum i oz. Sweet spirits nitre i oz. Sulph. ether i oz. Chloroform y 2 oz. Tinct. arnica i oz. Oil spearmint 2 dr. Oil wintergreen 2 dr. Oil lobelia 1 dr. Aqua ammonia ^ oz. Alcohol 1 qt. Mix. — Kilner. CANCER PASTES AND PLASTERS. CANCER PASTE. Take of— Chloride of zinc, pulverized bloodroot, flour, equal parts of each, and moisten with aromatic sulph. acid, and it is sure. I use another which will remove lupoids nicely; but, notwithstanding it is simple, it is much more severe than the former. I drain off the white of an egg, then place the yolk in a common mortar, stir into it all the chloride of sodium I can; grind it to a thor- ough paste. This is guaranteed to draw the man out of his boots. I use these frequently and always with success. Remember, it is not " what we like, but when, where, and how," and I am sure all doctors can use these just as well as the cancer doctor. — F. B. Brewer, M . D., in Chicago Med. Times. AND SYSTEMS. 3 1 CANCER PASTE. The last number of your journal contained an inquiry as to how the paste to cure cancer is made. I will tell you how I have made it for, the last twenty- three years. Take equal parts (by weight) of chloride of zinc, pulverized bloodroot, and wheat flour; mix well, add enough water to form a paste; spread the paste, just the size of the sore, on a rag and apply. Put olive oil around the ulcer before applying, in order to protect the sound tissue. Leave the paste on as long as the patient can bear it. Then remove and if convenient apply a mild poultice or salve. In six or eight days the cancer will come out; if it leaves a smooth and healthy surface, all is well; if not, repeat the application until all diseased tissue is removed. This has never failed me, but remember that many so-called cancers are not cancers at all; then again, some are so malignant that this paste and all others will not cure, but all the cases I have had for twenty-three years were healed. One that I have on hand now, on the lower lip of a man thirty-four years old, is stubborn, but I hope it will finally yield. I will be pleased to furnish any further information in my power. — Jer. Hess, M. D., in Med. World. CANCER PASTE. Take of— Arsenic, Sulphur, Zinc sulphate, and Rochelle salts. 32 SECRET NOSTRUMS Of each equal parts; add yolk of one egg, till of the consistence of paste; bake with slow heat until dry, and then pulverize. When desired for use mix again with egg, and apply as paste or on cloth. — Med. and Surg. Reporter. ANOTHER. Take of— Solid extract of poke root, Solid extract of mandrake, Solid extract of bloodroot, Chromic acid, Chlor. carbon. (Quantities are not given.) ANOTHER. Take of— Chloride zinc, Chloride of bromine, Chloride gold, Chloride antimony. Mix into a paste with flour. (Quantities are not given).— T. S. Pyle, M. D., in Med. World. ANOTHER. Take of— Zinc chlor. ) f each Aluminis pulv. ) ° fe Acid tannici 2 gr. Ferri persulphatis 3 gr. Glycerine, sufficient quantity for paste. Mix. Apply as paste or plaster. — W. N> Sherman, M. D., in Med. World. AND SYSTEMS. 33 ANOTHER. Dr. J. B. Goodwin, of Stockton, Tenn., sends the following, which he thinks came from a quack: Take of— Chloride of zinc, Pulverized bloodroot, Flour. Of each equal parts. Mix and make paste. Encircle the cancer with adhesive plaster, spread the paste on a cloth and apply it. — Med. World. DR. FELL'S CANCER SALVE. Take of— Zinci chloridi 8 gr. Pulv. sanguinaria rad 6 gr. Amyli 8 gr. Mix. Apply on piece of kid or leather. heber's cancer paste. Take of— White arsenic i dr. Gum kino i oz. Cinnabar i oz. Hydrastis Canadensis 2 dr. Make the above ingredients into a paste with simple ointment composed of white wax and olive oil. Apply a thinly spread layer to the cancerous surface for twenty-four hours, or it may be rubbed on an eruptive surface once in twenty-four hours. If the cancer is large or covers considerable surface, the application should be premised by preparing the 34 SECRET NOSTRUMS system by giving the hydrated sesqui-oxide of iron in full doses for a few days, to counteract the effect of the arsenic upon the system. — The House We Live In. FORMULA OF DR. LANDOLFI, OF NAPLES. Take of — Zinci chloridi i dr. Auri chloridi i dr. Antimonii chloridi i dr. Brominii chloridi i dr. WatS, 1 Suffident t0 form thick paste. Spread on linen, and apply to ulcerated surface. CANCER PASTE OF ITINERANTS. Take of— Zinci chloridi i dr. Flour 3 dr. Aqua sufficient Make into paste. Lombard's secret cancer remedies. Dr. J. L. Horr says in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal: Having, without solicitation on my part, become possessed of the knowledge of the " secret reme- dies " employed by the late Doctor Lombard, the famous " cancer doctor " of Maine, I feel it my privilege, as a member of a scientific profession that has only for its object the advancement of knowl- edge and the relief of suffering, to make a simple AND SYSTEMS. 35 statement of the remedies and methods which were employed in the so-called "treatment of cancer." The remedy employed, if the cancer was small, was the inspissated juice of leaves of the Phytolacca decan- dra (garget) which was applied in the form of a plaster until sloughing took place. The after treat- ment was some simple dressing like simple cerate.' If the tumor had attained considerable size, Dr. Lom- bard first used a paste composed of chloride of zinc and pulverized sanguinaria until an eschar was pro- duced, and then the same plaster as before was applied until the mass sloughed away. The knowl- edge of these remedies was given to me by Dr. Lom- bard himself, while I was attending him during his last illness and a few days before his death. CAKBOLATE OF IODINE INHALANT. The following is said to be similar to Cutler's. Take of— Compound tincture of iodine. . . 180 minims Carbolic acid, No. i 48 minims Glycerine 1 fl. dr. Water 5 fl. dr. Mix and expose to the sunlight until the mixture is entirely colorless. — Nat. Druggist. CARBOLIC SMOKE BALLS. One of the latest introductions for the purpose of banishing catarrh, neuralgia, headache, deafness, hay 36 SECRET NOSTRUMS fever, asthma, croup, whooping cough; also cures (?) granulated eyelids and sore eyes. Directions. — Hold the ball about one-eighth inch below the silk floss, with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, about one and one half inches below the nose, and directly in front of the mouth. Snap rapidly on side of the ball, but only on the place soft- ened and marked, during each inhalation, with the middle finger of right hand, which will cause the smoke to arise. As found it consists of a small, round ball, wrapped in red cloth, with the ends hanging slightly loose. Upon opening, it was found to contain 310 grains of a gray powder, which upon snuffing up the nose caused violent sneezing, and there is an odor of smoke due to a tarry body. Upon an examination, made in our laboratory by H. W. Snow, it was found to con- sist of glycyrrhiza and flour (identified by microscop- ical examination and physical properties) and one of the veratrums, probably white hellebore (identified by means of the alkaloid jervine, which was separated and identified). The smoky body is some tar product, not easy to say just which. It is this latter and the white hellebore which it contains that cause it to yield a temporary relief; permanent relief we do not believe it can afford. No quantitative estimates were attempted. This cure costs the consumer $2.50 per ball. Money could be made on the material at 10c. a pound, enough for 19 balls with a little to waste; or prepared in the AND SYSTEMS. 37 form of a ball as it is sold, it would yield a handsome profit at 5 c. a ball. — New Idea. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. " For headache, torpid liver, constipation, and the complexion take one pill every night. As a purgative take 4 to 8." Weight of 12 pills about 7^ grains; of which prob- ably 2to 2^ grains is sugar coating. They contain podophyllin and aloes made into a pill and coated with sugar. On the above we deduce the following formula as closely resembling the original: Take of— Podophyllin i^gr. Aloes (Socotrine) 3^ gr. Mucilage of acacia sufficient. Mix; divide into 12 pills and coat with sugar. — New Idea. CASTORIA. The following formula, from the Indiana Pharma- cist, is given as approximating this preparation: Take of— Senna , 4 dr. Manna 1 oz. Rochelle salts 1 oz. Fennel, bruised 1 % dr. Boiling water 8 fl. oz. Sugar 8 oz. Oil of wintergreen sufficient. 38 SECRET NOSTRUMS Pour the water on the ingredients. Cover and macerate until cool; strain and add the sugar, dissolve by agitation and add oil of wintergreen to flavor. CATANI'S SPECIFIC. Catani's specific for uric acid is a mixture of — Carbonate of lithium 1 part. Carbonate of sodium 2 parts. Citrate of potassium 4 parts. All in powdered form. — Pharm. Post. CAZEAUX'S NIPPLE OINTMENT. Take of— White wax 4% oz. Oil sweet almonds 1 oz. Clarified honey % oz. Balsam Peru 2^ dr. Mix. — Kilner. MADAME RUPPERT'S FACE BLEACH. Recent analysis assigns the following composition to this highly vaunted cosmetic : Take of— Corrosive sublimate 1 gr. Tincture of benzoin 7 gr. Water 500 gr. Mix. — Western Druggist. AND SYSTEMS. 39 CENTAUR LINIMENT. This widely advertised nostrum comes in two forms, "For Man" and "For Beast," and is put up in each case in two sizes. Examination shows both varieties to be soap emulsions of essential oils with aromatic oils for masking. FOR MAN. This is in a creamy white condition, with an odor strong of pennyroyal and with smaller amounts of oil of thyme, soap, and fixed alkali. The bottle holds three fluid ounces of liniment which is claimed to re- lieve rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains, burns, stiff joints, bites, stings, bruises, swellings, chilblains, lock- jaw, earache, toothache, etc. The following may be taken as being very close to the original. Take of— Oil pennyroyal ^2 oz. Oil thyme % oz. Oil turpentine % oz. Soap 130 gr. Caustic soda iogr. Water to make i pt. FOR BEAST. This bottle holds the same amount of liniment as that for man. The article is, however, thinner and darker colored as well as different in odor. It is claimed to have curative effects over spavin, ringbone, wind-galls, big-head, sweeney, scratches, poll-evil, 40 SECRET NOSTRUMS sprains, spring-halt, bruises, wounds and sundry other local ailments of animals. The following may be taken as representing its com- position in essential respects. Take of— Oil spearmint i dr. Oil mustard 15 minims Oil turpentine % oz. Oil amber (crude) y? t oz. Black oil ^ oz. Soap 130 gr. Caustic soda 10 gr. Water to make 1 pt. Method of preparing is that of an ordinary soap emulsion. The soap should be placed, together with the alkali, in a flask and then dissolved in two ounces of hot water; add the mixed oils in very small quanti- ties at a time with vigorous shaking. When the mix- ture has once assumed a creamy consistency the oils may be added more rapidly, but in any case reason- able care should be observed, and this is true in add- ing more water, which should be quite warm until the full pint is made. If the oils do not emulsify readily, it is necessary to begin over again, as either too much oil was added at first or the water was not warm enough. Strict attention must be paid to both of these considerations in order to secure success. — New Idea. AND SYSTEMS. 41 CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC, CHOLERA, AND DIAR- RHOEA REMEDY. Take of— Tinct. capsicum. 20 fl. dr. Tinct. camphor 16 fl. dr. Tinct. guaicum 12 fl. dr. - Mix. — Med. World, CHAMBERLAIN'S RELIEF (J. J. Pierson, Ph. G.) Take of— Tinct. capsicum (about) 1 oz. Spts. camphor " ^ oz. Tinct. guaiac " % oz. Color tinct. to make 2 oz. Mix. — The Drug Mill. CHLORALUM. A formula for chloralum which we have states it to be: Take of— Aluminum chloride 20 oz. Sulphate of lime. ...... Yi oz. per. gal. — New Idea. CLARK'S BLOOD MIXTURE. Take of— Iodide of potassium 64 gr. Chloric ether 4 dr. Liquor potash 30 drops. Water 7^2 fl. oz. Caramel to color. 42 SECRET NOSTRUMS The chloric ether is made by dissolving one part by weight of chloroform in nineteen parts by volume of alcohol. CHIiORODYNE. There is no preparation prescribed to such an extent, or that has such a variety of formulas, as chlorodyne or chloranodyne. Every druggist is acquainted with Brown's, the original. It is undoubt- edly owing to the value of the preparation that so many analyses have been made, and consequently so many formulas exist, not in the number of articles, but in the quantities used. There is no doubt that the original contains morphia, hydrocyanic acid, pep- permint, chloroform, and capsicum, combined with molasses. All the formulas that I have seen contain the above; others contain cannabis indica, which undoubtedly is a valuable addition, but that the original contains cannabis indica has never been proved; the original also contains licorice. The fol- lowing is a mixture resembling Brown's, and I think fully as good: Take of— Chloroform i dr. Morphia 5 gr. Ether % dr. Oil peppermint 4 drops. Dil. hydrocyanic acid 1 dr. Tinct. capsici 1 dr. Molasses 10 dr. Ext. licorice 15 gr. Mix. AND SYSTEMS. 43 The following is a mixture put up by a manufactur- ing firm: Take of— Sulph. morphia ... 24 gr. Tinct. cannabis indica 6 dr. Chloroform 6 drops. Tinct. capsici 12 drops. Oil peppermint 12 drops. Dil. hydrocyanic acid 72 drops. Alcohol 31 oz. Glycerine 31 oz. Mix. There is no doubt as to the superiority of the lat- ter preparation in its appearance. The former con- tains molasses, which was an article much used when the preparation was first introduced, but which modern pharmacy has entirely discarded. As to the effective- ness, there is probably not much difference, for the amount of morphia, the principal ingredient, is about the same. The former might be used where chloro- dyne has been prescribed, and the latter where chlo- ranodyne is specified. — Fred. Rohnert, in American Pharmacist. CHLORODYNE. The following formula, by Maltbie, yields probably the best substitute for the British nostrum: Take of — Morphine hydrochlor. (mur.) . . 32 gr. Alcohol 3 fl. oz. Tinct. cannabis ind 1 fl. oz. 44 SECRET NOSTRUMS Tinct. capsicum 30 minims. Oil peppermint 12 minims. Chloroform 1 fl. oz. Acid hydrocyanic dil 2 fl. dr. Glycerin sufficient to make. . . 8 fl. oz. Dissolve the morphine in the alcohol, add the tinct- ures and the other ingredients in the order named. CLEARY'S ASTHMA POWDER Is stated to be made according to the following formula: Take of— i Pulv. stramonium leaves 30 parts. Pulv. belladonna leaves 30 parts. Pulv. saltpetre 5 parts. Pulv. opium 2 parts. Mix. A little to be burned and fumes inhaled. — Chemist and Druggist. COALINE HEADACHE POWDERS. "We guarantee these powders to cure sick head- ache, and headache arising from nervousness, neural- gia, fatigue, exposure to the sun, alcoholic excesses, etc. A trial will convince you. Price, 25c. The Coaline Co., Syracuse, N. Y." Coaline is guaranteed not to contain "opium, chloral, morphine, or other narcotics; consequently they are perfectly harmless and leave no after effects AND SYSTEMS. 45 whatever." Examination shows that the proprietors of this preparation have taken advantage of the newly discovered value of antipyrine in the control of migraine and sick headaches. The powders, which come three in a box, retailing at 25c, contain anti- pyrine and sugar. The amount of antipyrine was not determined nor the weight of the powders, as we only received one from our correspondent; we would, however, suggest antipyrine, 3 grains, cane sugar in powdered form, 15 grains, to each powder. One powder to be dissolved in a teaspoonful of water and taken as a dose, to be repeated in three-quarters of an hour if necessary. — New Idea. COBB'S PILLS. The following is said to be the composition: Take of— Extract of hyoscyamus y^ dr. Extract of conium ^ dr. Extract of colocynth 11 gr. Extract of nux vomica 4 gr. Mix. Divide into thirty pills. COE'S DYSPEPSIA CURE (Nelson), Take of— Powdered rhubarb 2 dr. Fluid ext. of gentian 3 dr. Peppermint water 7^2 oz. Bicarbonate of sodium 6 dr. Mix. Dose: — A teaspoonful half an hour before meals. — The Drug MilL 46 SECRET NOSTRUMS COMBE'S APERIENT. Take of — Sulphate of magnes 35 parts, .Roasted coffee 40 parts. Boiling water . 500 parts. Mix. Boil for two minutes, sweeten to taste with white sugar. Dose: — One wine-glassful in the morning. COMEDONE LOTION. Take of— Sulphuric ether 1 oz. Carbonate ammonia 1 dr. Boracic acid 20 gr. Water to make 16 dr. Mix, and apply twice a day. The ammonia carbonate forms a soap with the grease. The boracic acid acts as an antiseptic and the ether as a solvent. — Analectic. An excellent preparation for " black heads," " pim- ples," " greasy skin," etc. COOK'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC LINIMENT. Take of — Alcohol 1 gal. Oil amber 8 oz. Gum camphor 8 oz. Castile soap (fine) 2 oz. Beef's gall 4 oz. Aqua ammonia 12 oz. Mix. — Kilner. AND SYSTEMS. 47 CORRASSA COMPOUND. Recipe for the permanent cure of spermatorrhoea, seminal weakness, involuntary emissions, impotence, etc.: Take of — Extract of corrassa apimis 8 dr. Extract of salarmo umbellifera . . 4 dr.. Powdered alkermes latifolia 3 dr. Extract of carsadoc herbalis . ... 6 dr. Mix well together in a mortar, then put the mixture in a box and keep it covered, or wrap it in paper and cover with tinfoil to exclude the air. For a dose, take about half a tea-spoonful of the mixture, and moisten it with a little cold water in a glass or cup, then add about two table-spoonfuls more of cold water, or just enough to enable you to take it down easily. Take the medicine at night before going to bed, and in the morning before eating. If you wish to sweeten it you may add as much sugar or syrup to each dose as may suit your taste. REMARKS. The above named herbs, so remarkable for their healing qualities, are found in the great valley of the Amazon and through most of the valleys of the South American mountains. Their wonderful medicinal prop- erties are known to the Indian medicine men, and also to some of the learned missionaries from Europe, who reside in South America. 48 SECRET NOSTRUMS This particular combination of remedies is called the Corrassa Compound, taking its name from the first of the four medicines which compose the recipe when it is ready for use. The Corrassa Compound acts particularly on the membranes which line the urinary and genital organs, allaying irritation, curing the unhealthy discharges, and imparting a healthy tone to the nerves and tissues which compose these parts. Its tonic properties give strength to the weak and incompetent, while its sooth- ing properties keep down over-excitement of the sex- ual organs. In gonorrhoea or gleet this medicine cures almost like magic. It is also highly beneficial for females who suffer from leucorrhoea or whites. This remedy from South America (the land of med- icines), is entirely a product of the vegetable world. No deleterious ingredients enter into its composition; no injury to the constitution can possibly occur from its use, and no other remedy will so effectually erad- icate mercury and other mineral poisons from the body. On the human system it acts like a charm. It improves the digestion, purifies the blood, gives tone to the nerves, prevents the tendency to consumption, imparts to the skin a fresh bloom, and gives to the counte- nance an animated and brilliant expression. The good effects of this medicine in my own case you will find related in the following circular, which you will please read. (Extract from accompanying circular.) Following this, the Rev. Jos. T. Inman tells a plain- tive story; how he suffered from the effects of his AND SYSTEMS. 49 youthful indiscretions; how he tried all the best phy- sicians in America and Europe; how at last his friends managed to transport him in the good ship Reindeer, R. I. Marsh, captain, to Para, South America, to spend his last hours as a missionary among the heathen. While there he devoted his " spare time to the study of medicinal plants," and while doing so, " first learned the virtues of theCorrassa Compound," and also made the acquaintance of a " learned and venerable physi- cian named Fernandez Colina, a native of Spain, who had studied in Paris, and had traveled extensively through South America." — New Idea. All of this is intended to frighten and obtain money from the hoped-for victim. No such drugs as are given above being in existence, the dupe is expected to purchase them at an exorbitant price from the "Reverend" Inman. This wonderful (?) preparation having been analyzed by Dr. A. B. Lyons, of Detroit, was found to consist of: Gentian 15 per cent. Licorice root 15 per cent. Sugar 50 per cent. Sodium bicarb 1 7 ^2 per cent. Cochineal 2 ^2 per cent. All in fine powder. COMPOUND OXYGEN. We take the following formulae for compound oxy- gen from the Druggists' Circular: 50 SECRET NOSTRUMS i. " Compound Oxygen. Keep dark." A color- less aqueous solution of nitrate of ammonia and nitrate of lead, the two salts being in nearly equal proportions, and together forming about three per cent, of the solution. 2. " Oxygen Aquae, for digestion. Keep cool." One of the grades of Compound Oxygen, a colorless, odorless and tasteless liquid, found to be water of a commendable degree of purity, quite free from sophistications; probably this is the original Com- pound Oxygen. 3. "Compound Oxygen." Dr. Green's, 1880. An aqueous solution of nitrate of ammonium with a very little nitrate of lead. 4. " Compound Oxygen." A white crystalline solid, obtained for analysis about five years ago, and then found to be nitrate of ammonia alone. " Contains all the vitalizing elements of the atmosphere, but com- bined in a different way." 5. " Compound Oxygen." Sent out from Boston. A colored, fragrant liquid, consisting of alcohol, chloroform, and balsam of tolu. 6. " Compound Oxygen." Dr. O'Leary. Con- tains alcohol, chloroform, bitter almond, balsam of tolu, and red coloring matter. The first two samples were sent to Prof. Pres- cott for analysis, by the editor of Good Health, who remarked as follows : " It should be remem- bered that this solution is to be used by inhala- AND SYSTEMS. 5 1 tion, a tea-spoonful being added to a small quantity of warm water, through which air is drawn by means of a glass tube. Neither of the substances contained in the solution is volatile at the temperature at which the solution is used, so that it is impossible for any medi- cinal property whatever to be imparted by this boasted remedy, except what comes from the warm water, which is itself very healing when used in this way, as we have demonstrated in hundreds of cases. Prof. Prescott also tested the vapor given off from the pure solution when it was boiled, but found nothing more than the vapor of water." The " Compound Oxygen " is usually accompanied by what the manufacturers are pleased to call " Oxy- gen Aquae," which they recommend their patients to take as an aid to digestion. The analysis of this showed it to contain nothing but water. The most careful tests revealed nothing else. COSMETICS OF THE MARKET. In a paper by Dr. James P. Tuttlt, (Me dica/ Record), the popular opinion that cosmetics, if free from lead, are not injurious, is demonstrated to be fallacious. An analysis of the most largely sold of these com- pounds reveals the following: • POWDERS. Named Preparation. Main Constituents. Pearl White Subnitrate bismuth. Flake White Carbonate lead. Saunders' Face Powder Oxide of zinc. 52 SECRET NOSTRUMS Complexion Powder Bismuth subcarbon. Riker's Face Powder Calcium and zinc carbonate. LOTIONS. Circassian Cream Corrosive sublimate. Kalydor Corrosive sublimate and potash. Milk of Roses Corrosive sublimate, rose-water, and oil of almond. ENAMELS. Laird's Bloom of Youth Oxide zinc and cal- cium. French's Grease Paint Oxide zinc and cal- cium. Gouraud's Oriental Cream Calomel and water. Hagan's Magnolia Balm Oxide zinc. Bradford's Enameline Oxide zinc. Eugenie's Favorite Carbonate lead. Snow White Enamel Carbonate lead. Snow White Oriental Cream Carbonate lead. It will thus be seen that mercury enters largely into the composition of .the lotions and enamels as well as zinc. The similar behavior of lead, mercury, zinc, and bismuth with the alkali metals found in the blood would in the beginning suggest an analogy in their physiological effects. The acute toxic effects of these drugs are no less similar, and zinc, and possibly bis- muth, may produce the same general effects. AND SYSTEMS. 53 CRAM'S FLUID LIGHTNING. Mr. I. L. Fulton [Western Druggist) gives the following formula which was represented to him as being the original from which Cram's Fluid Lightning is prepared: Take of — Oil mustard 2 fl. dr. Oil cajeput 2 fl. dr. Oil cloves 2 fl. dr. Sassafras ; . . 2 fl. dr Ether . . . , 1 fl. oz. Tinct. opium- 1^ fl. oz. Alcohol 20 fl. oz. Mix and filter. CUTICURA OINTMENT. The much advertised " Cuticura Ointment" has been found to consist of a base of petroleum jelly, colored green, perfumed with oil of bergamot and containing two per cent, of carbolic acid. — Northwestern Lancet. CUTICURA RESOLVENT. This preparation is said to be: Take of— Aloes, Socot 1 dr. Rhubarb powd 1 dr. Iodide potass 36 gr. Whisky 1 pt. Macerate over night and filter. — St. Louis Druggist. 54 SECRET NOSTRUMS DAY'S KIDNEY PAD. Take of— Black cohosh i oz. Powd. gum benzoin i oz. Powd. gum guaicum i oz. Juniper berries i oz. Queen of the meadow i oz. Digitalis leaves 2 oz. Oil of juniper 1% oz. Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and mix with the oils and gums. Make an oblong pad to wear over the kidneys. Said to be useful in kid- ney complaints. — Kilner's Modern Pharmacy. DELLENBAUGH'S COUGH CURE. Take of— Picrate of ammon 2 gr. Chloride of ammon 1 dr, Extract of licorice 1 dr. Water 3 fl. oz. Mix and form a solution. Dose: — One fluid ounce every three hours. DERBY LINIMENT. Take of— Linseed oil 1 gal. Aqua ammonia 4 oz. Tinct. capsicum 1 oz. Oil origanum 1 oz. Mix. — Kilner. AND SYSTEMS. 55 DESHLER'S SALVE. Take of— Resin 1 2 oz. Suet ... 12 oz. Yellow wax .... 12 oz. Turpentine t 6 oz. Linseed oil 7 oz. Mix. OCTJLINE, OR "THE BRILLIANT EYE." This is a collyrium advertised by a New York firm. It is guaranteed to cure every description of eye disease, and to impart a beautiful and lasting bril- liancy to the organ of vision. Examined by Dr. Fr. Hoffman, it has been found to consist of water containing 1 per cent, of boric acid and 5 per cent, of glycerin. — Pharm. Rundschau,. LOW'S WHITE LIQUID PHYSIC. Take of— Sodium sulphate 8 oz. Dissolve in water 24 oz. Then add nitro-muriatic acid ... 2 fl. oz. Powdered alum 68 gr. Mix. The dose is a table-spoonful in water. A cooling purgative. ECLECTIC STILLINGIA LINIMENT FOR CROUP. Take of— Oil stillingia 8 dr. Oil cajeput 4 dr. 56 SECRET NOSTRUMS Oil lobelia 2 dr. Alcohol 16 dr. Mix. In addition it is sometimes given internally in one drop doses. EGYPTIAN EYE SALVE Is said to be similar to the following: Take of — White rosin 6 dr. Burgundy pitch 30 gr. Beeswax. , 30 gr. Mutton tallow 30 gr. Venice turpentine 30 gr. Balsam fir 30 gr. Spread on thin leather or cloth and apply to affected part. ELEPIZONE. Below we give a formula which, according to an analysis made by our chemist, fairly represents this "Wonderful Curative Agent." They say that "Our purpose will be served if we can be the means of res- cuing the unwary and unfortunate from the unprinci- pled hands of quacks, charlatans, empirics, and vendors of poisonous patent medicines which ruin thousands annually and which makes it the duty of some educated person to check their wholesale slaughter." This " Wonderful Curative Agent " costs the con- sumer only $4.00 per pint: AND SYSTEMS. 57 Take of — Magnesii bromidi 3 dr. Sodii bromidi 3 dr. Aquae i ^ oz. 01. cassiae 2 minims. Syr. simplex sufficient to make 4 oz. Ammonical sol. carmine to color. — New Idea. ELIXIR IODO-BROMIDE OF CALCIUM COM- POUND. The following is believed to be similar to the elixir iodo-bromide of calcium compound: Take of — Bromide of calcium 256 gr. Iodide of sodium 256 gr. Iodide of potassium 256 gr. Chloride of magnesium 256 gr. Comp. fl. ext. of sarsaparilla. . . 2 fl. oz. Comp. fl. ext. of stillingia 2 fl. oz. Elixir of orange N 4 fl. oz. Sugar 4 troy oz. Water to make 16 fl. oz. Dissolve the salts in the water, add the sugar and to this syrup add the fluid extracts, previously mixed with the elixir of orange. After standing two days, filter, adding water to make the measure sixteen fluid ounces. ELIXIR PINUS COMP. It is evident that this elixir is modeled on the Syrup of White Pine Comp. (White Pine Expectorant), 58 SECRET NOSTRUMS introduced some years ago by Mr. C. S. Hallberg. On the basis of the claimed formula of the elixir we would offer the following formula: Take of — Fl. ext. white pine bark 6 fl. dr. Fl. ext. balm gilead buds .... 5 fl. dr. Fl. ext. spikenard 5 fl. dr. Fl. ext. wild cherry 4^ fl. dr. Fl. ext. ipecac 40 minims. Sanguinaria nitrate 2 gr. Chloroform 64 minims. Morphia acetate 8 gr. Ammonium chloride 64 gr. Spirit of orange (1 in 8) 30 minims. Spirits of coriander (1 in 8) ... 10 minims. Spirits of anise 10 minims. Alcohol 3 fl. oz. Simple syrup 4 fl. oz. Water to make 1 pt. This elixir should be allowed to stand four or five days before filtering. — New Idea. ELIXIR THION COMPOUND. Take of— Powdered rhubarb 5 oz. Powdered golden seal 5 oz. Sodium hypophosphite 100 gr. Sodium sulpho-carbolate 40 gr. Alcohol 5 pts. Water 40 pts. Dissolve the salts in the water and alcohol and with this menstruum percolate the powdered rhubarb and golden seal. Flavor with peppermint. — Indiana Med. Journal. AND SYSTEMS. 59 ELLIMAN'S ROYAL EMBROCATION. This is another of the soap emulsions of essential oils, and does not differ very materially from the Cen- taur Liniment sold in this country, though it is proba- bly a better preparation. At any rate, it is more pleasing to the senses of sight and smell. The bottle is union oval in shape and contains a short pint of a creamy white, thick fluid, containing soap, fixed alkali, and essential oils with turpentine predominating. The following formula gives a close duplicate to the proprietary article: Take of— Oil turpentine ^ oz. Oil thyme y$ oz. Oil amber, crude, }£ oz. Soap 1 30 gr. Caustic soda 10 gr. Water sufficient i pt. To be prepared in the same manner as Mexican Mustang Liniment. — New Idea. ELY'S CREAM BALM. This is a proprietary article, largely advertised in the eastern states, and meets with rapid sales and is used for catarrh. The directions are to dip the little finger into the balm and insert up the nostrils, giving two or three inhalations. It is as follows: 60 SECRET NOSTRUMS Take of— Vaseline i oz. Thymol 3 gr. Carb. bismuth. , 15 gr. Oil wintergreen 2 minims. — Kilner's Modem Pharmacy. ENO'S "FRUIT SALT, FRUIT SALINE OR FRUIT POWDER." " A household remedy for preventing and curing by natural means all functional derangements of the liver." " A refreshing and invigorating beverage, most invaluable to travelers, emigrants, sailors, residents in tropical climates, or anyone exposed to sudden changes." Prepared only by J. E. Eno, Pomeroy street, New Cross Road, London, England. This preparation does not differ materially from that of Tarrant &* Co., but contains no magnesia sulphate. The following formula practically duplicates the pre- paration : Take of— Soda bicarbonate 168 parts. Tartaric acid 150 parts. Rochelle salt no parts. Mix. —New Idea. AND SYSTEMS. 6 1 ESPEY'S CREAM. The following formula, said to be similar, is given in Druggists' Circular; Take of— Cydonium i ^ dr. Ac. boric . 4 gr. Glycerine 2 oz. Alcohol 3 oz. Carbolic acid 10 gr. Cologne water 2 dr. Rose-water to make 1 pt. Dissolve the boric acid in four ounces of rose-water, macerate cydonium in solution for three hours, press through straining-cloth, add glycerine, alcohol, co- logne and sufficient rose water to make one pint. Lastly add the carbolic acid and shake well. FAHNESTOCK'S VERMIFUGE. This is said to be similar to the patent preparation: Take of — Castor oil 48 parts. Oil worm-seed 48 parts. Oil anise 24 parts. Oil turpentine 1 part. Tinct. myrrh 3 parts. Mix. — National Druggist. 62 SECRET NOSTRUMS FALXE'S STJLPHOLINE CREAM. It is composed of — Very thick mucilage of quince seeds. . .300 parts. Glycerine 40 parts. Sulpho-carbolate of sodium 20 parts. The mucilage is prepared with rose-water, or the completed preparation is scented with it, and if the finished preparation should not assume a pink tinge of itself the same can be given with a little eosine or carmine red. This preparation is made by Falke & Co., 418 Elm. St., St. Louis, Mo., and is stated to be, in the circular around it, a new and most elegant pre- paration for chapped hands or any roughness of the skin, and for inveterate obstinate eruptions, black head, and pimples. — New Idea. FEBRILINE. Manufactured by the Paris Medicine Co., Paris, Tenn. Is offered to the medical profession as the long-looked for tasteless preparation of quinine, it being distinctly stated on the label that each bottle of twelve fluid drams " contains twenty-four grains of quinine. ,, Dr. R. G. Eccles declares in the Druggists' Circular, May, 1889, that he has investigated a preparation sold under the name " Febriline or Tasteless Syrup of Amorphous Quinine (Lyons)," by the Paris Medicine Co., of Paris, Tenn., and finds that it contains no AND SYSTEMS. 63 quinine at all. Instead of quinine, quinidine is used, another alkaloid of cinchona bark, which is described as follows in the National Dispensatory, edition of 1879, P a £ e 1 181: " Quinidia is not officinal. Being very slightly soluble, it should be administered in mucilage or syrup. Its lack of bitterness renders it convenient for administration to children, and its imperfect solubility is not disadvantageous when a slow or tonic action is alone required." FELLOWS' HYPOPHOSPHITES. Take of— Glucose 1 lb. Simple syrup i pt. Hypophosphite calcium 128 gr. Hypophosphite potassium. , 48 gr. Sulphate iron 48 gr. Sulphate manganese 32 gr. Sulphate quinine 14 gr. Sulphate strychnine 2 gr. Water sufficient. Dissolve the calcium and potassium hypophosphites in two fluid ounces of warm water. Add to one ounce of water three fluid drams of the syrup and dis- solve in the mixture, by the aid of heat, the remainder of the salts. Mix the solutions and set by a few hours, covered, to deposit the sulphate of calcium which is formed. Filter into a bottle containing the remainder of the syrup, wash the residue with an ounce of boiling water, mix filtrate and washings with 64 SECRET NOSTRUMS the syrup; dissolve the glucose in the mixture, and add through the filter enough water to make two pints. The formula would be improved by substituting for the glucose a refined extract of malt like that pre- pared by Gehe, 'in Germany. The proportion of the medicinal ingredients in the syrup, it is true, is small; I shall not warrant it to per- form miracles of cure. It is simply offered as a sub- stitute for Fellows' Hypophosphites; whatever thera- peutic efficiency that nostrum has, we may count upon obtaining equally from this syrup. — A. B. Lyons, in Therapeutic Gazette. FIRWEIN. Dr. Lewis, of Belvidere, gives in the New Idea the following formula for Firwein: Take of— Solution bromine, iodine, and phosphorus, i oz. Fir bark in coarse powder i oz. White pine bark, coarse powder ^ oz. Tamarac bark, coarse powder y 2 oz. Dilute alcohol 16 fl. oz. Sugar 4 oz. Percolate the barks with the dilute alcohol until 13 fluid ounces are obtained; remove the tannin; add the solution bromine, iodine, and phosphorus. Dissolve the sugar; allow it to stand 24 hours and filter. The solution of bromine, iodine, and phosphorus is made thus: AND SYSTEMS. 65 Take of— Phosphorus 10 gr. Iodine 170 gr. Bromine. 170 gr. Alcohol 1 fl. oz. Glycerine sufficient to make 8 fl. oz. Dissolve the iodine in the alcohol, then add glycer- ine, then bromine and lastly the phosphorus gradually in fine shavings. Use great care in adding the phospho- rus. One ounce of this for the above Firwein. FLAGG'S RELIEF. Take of— Oil of cloves, about 1 dr. Oil of sassafras, about 2 dr. Spirits of camphor, about 1^ dr. Mix. — J. J. Pier son, Ph.C. FLEURY'S TASTELESS CASCARINE. " Harmless. A new remedy for biliousness, cost- iveness, dizziness, headache, torpid liver. Manufact- ured by the Fleury Medicine Company, Springfield, Illinois." Put up in a small wooden cylinder, which contains 45 grains of yellowish-white powder. Examination proves it to be subnitrate of bismuth and calomel, triturated through powdered cane sugar. — New Idea. 66 SECRET NOSTRUMS FORD'S BALSAM OF HOARHOUND. Hoarhound herb 3^ lb. Licorice root 3^ lb. Water 8 pt. Infuse for 12 hours, then strain off six pints. To these add: Camphor 10 dr. Opium 1 oz. Benzoin , 1 oz. Dried squills 2 oz. Oil of anise-seed 1 oz. Alcohol , 12 pt. Macerate for one week and then add 3% pounds of honey. — New Idea. FOSGATE'S ANODYNE CORDIAL. A long, round green bottle contains 1% fluid ounces of a deep yellowish-brown liquid, of bitterish, astringent taste, slight gingery flavor, and distinct rhubarb taste and smell. From our examination we consider the following an identical preparation: Take of— Fluid extract rhubarb. . . , 5 fl. dr. Fluid extract rhatany 2 fl. dr. Fluid extract ginger 6 minims. Paregoric 1 fl. dr. Simple syrup 1 fl. dr. Dilute alcohol 5 fl. dr. Mix. — New Idea. AND SYSTEMS. 6j FREEMAN'S VERMIFUGE OIL. Take of— Oil of worm-seed J4 oz. Oil of turpentine 2 dr. Castor oil 1% oz. Pink root ^2 oz. Hydrastin . 10 gr. Syrup of peppermint *4 oz. Dose for a child 10 years old, a teaspoonful three times a day, one hour after each meal. If it purges too freely, give it less often. FRENCH UTERINE PAD. Take of — Blue cohosh 1 oz. troy. Powdered guaiac 2 dr. troy. Witch hazel 1 oz. troy. Ergot % oz. troy. Cinchona 1 oz. troy. Angelica % oz. troy. Oil of tansy 4 fl. dr. Oil of stillingia , 4 fl. dr. Oil of lobelia 4 fl. dr. Oil of lavender 4 fl. dr. Oil of eucalyptus 1 fl. oz. Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and mix with the oils. Make into an oblong bag and wear over lower part of abdomen. FUNK'S CREAM OF ROSES. The National Druggist gives the following for Funk's Cream of Roses: 68 SECRET NOSTRUMS Digest one ounce of tragacanth in eight fluid ounces of water in the water bath; strain through muslin while hot; add to this one ounce each of glycerine and triple extract of white rose; color with carmine to a light pink. Mr. A. Hemenover, of Pipestone, Minn., writes regarding Funk's Cream of Roses that he thinks one dram, not one ounce, of tragacanth is the amount wanted in the formula already given. We ourselves think that Mr. H. is about correct. One ounce of tragacanth in eight ounces of water will make a very stiff mixture. — New Idea. GARFIELD TEA. Manufactured by the Stillman Remedies Co., 58 West 55th Street, New York. " The Garfield Tea, Stillman's Liver and Kidney Cure, is unriv- aled " " * * It is composed wholly of herbs; a natural remedy, potent and harmless. Directions: — Place a heaping tea-spoonful of the herbs in a tin cup or vessel; add a tea-cupful of boiling water, let the cup remain on the fire until the water boils up, then cover and remove from the fire; strain and drink every night on retiring. The tea may also be made by simply pouring boiling water on the herbs, letting stand a few hours; drink before retiring. Price of small package is 25 cents. Our examination showed it to contain chiefly semia leaves and crushed couch-grass. There are perhaps small amounts of other drugs present; but if so they are relatively of little importance. — New Idea. AND SYSTEMS. 69 GARGLING OIL. Take of— Crude petroleum 13 fl. oz. Ammonia water 6 fl. oz. Soft soap , 16 fl. oz. Benzine 16 fl. oz. Crude oil amber 2 fl. oz. Tincture iodine . 1 fl. oz. Water 5 pts. Mix the petroleum and soap, add the ammonia water, oil of amber, and tincture of iodine, and mix thoroughly. Then add the benzine and finally the water. — Salmon's Pharmaceutical Compendium, GENUINE WHITE OIL LINIMENT. Take of— Ammonia carbonate 19 parts. Camphor 20 parts. Oil turpentine 21 parts. Oil origanum 20 parts. Castile soap , 19 parts. Water. . .to make 300 parts (by weight). Mix. GILES'S IODIDE OF AMMONIA LINIMENT. Take of— Iodine 1 dr. Camphor 1 oz. Oil of rosemary y 2 oz. Oil of lavender ^ oz. Aqua ammonia 4 oz. Alcohol 2 pts. 70 SECRET NOSTRUMS Dissolve the iodine in the alcohol; add the camphor and then the oils; then add water of ammonia enough to remove the dark color of the mixture. — Kilner. GOLDEN EYE-WATER. Take of— Sulphate of hydrastia 2 gr. Distilled water 1 oz. Make solution. This is an excellent wash for inflamed and granu- lated lids. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM. Gombault's Caustic Balsam states on its labels that it is a safe, speedy, and reliable remedy for curb, splint, sweeney, poll-evil, grease-heel, capped hock, strained tendons, founder, wind-puffs, mange, skin diseases, old sores, dropsical affections, inflammations, throat difficulties, swellings or ulcerations, lameness from spavin, ringbone, and other bony tumors, and many other diseases or ailments of horses, cattle, sheep, and dogs; will quickly remove all bunches or blemishes, without leaving any scar or other injurious effects. It can also be reduced with sweet or raw linseed oil, and used as a most valuable liniment for all kinds of simple lameness, strains, etc. The following formula makes a preparation which replaces the secret article to good advantage: AND SYSTEMS* 7 1 Take of— Croton oil 4 fl. dr. Cotton-seed oil 2 fl. oz. Oil of camphor 1 fl. dr. Oil of turpentine 2 fl. dr. Oil of thyme ^ fl. dr. Kerosene 4 fl. dr. Sulphuric acid 20 minims. To the mixture of croton and cotton-seed oils add the sulphuric acid, stirring continually, then add the other constituents. After standing a few days it resembles the original preparation fairly well. — Western Druggist. GOOCHE'S MEXICAN COUGH SYRUP. " The most certain, speedy, and greatest remedy in the world for coughs, colds, consumption, bron- chitis, ***** anc j a u complaints of a pulmonary nature." With a view of obtaining an insight into the com- position of this highly advertised cough syrup, we purchased an unopened bottle, and our chemist, H. W. Snow, submitted it to examination. It comes in a square, deeply-paneled bottle, with red label and black lettering giving uses and directions both in German and in English. The bottle contains a full three fluid ounces, of a light-brown, slightly fluores- cent liquid. We proved absence of alkaloids — hence morphine, opium, ipecac, and lobelia cannot be present — and also proved absence of tartar emetic. It 72 SECRET NOSTRUMS contains large quantities of glycerine, syrup, and tar, also wild-cherry bark. The following formula makes a preparation scarcely to be distinguished from the original preparation: Take of — Fluid extract wild cherry 2 fl. dr. Glycerine 6 fl. dr. Simple syrup 2 fl. dr. Syrup of tar, sufficient to make 3 fl. oz. — New Idea. GOOD SAMARITAN COUGH SYRUP. Take of— Morphiae muriat 1 gr. Aq. lauro-cerasi 1 dr. Syrupi 2 oz. Mix. 1 dr. to 2 drs., once or twice daily. GOOD SAMARITAN LINIMENT. Take of— Oil of sassafras 1 fl. oz. Oil of hemlock 1 fl. oz. Spirits of turpentine 1 fl. oz. Tinct. of capsicum 1 fl. oz. Tinct. of opium 1 fl. oz. Tinct. of myrrh 4 fl. oz. Oil of origanum 2 fl. oz. Oil of wintergreen 4 fl. dr. Gum camphor 2 troy oz. Chloroform 1 y^ fl. oz. Alcohol 4 pints. Mix. — Kilner. AND SYSTEMS. 73 GRANDMOTHER'S OWN COUGH REMEDY. One green panel bottle contains 7^ fluid ounces of a brownish-yellow, semi-clear, very sweet, thickish liquid, of a tarry odor, and pronounced taste and smell of chloroform. From a close examination we have ascertained that an exactly similar preparation is easily made in the following way: Rub well together — Liquid tar 8 5 gr. Fluid ext. hemlock 1 fl. dr. Powd. white sugar 2 oz. av. and add Alcohol Yz fl. oz. Water 1% fl. oz. Molasses 3 oz. av. Fluid ext. ipecac 8 minims. Mix well and add finally Chloroform 1 fl. dr. Mix. — New Idea, GRAY'S SPECIFIC PILLS. Nearly all these specific pills are composed of asafoetida with a little camphor and sometimes hops or lupuline. The following will approximate the "specific:" Take of— Asafoetida 2 gr. Camphor 1 gr. Lupuline }i gr. Mix. 74 SECRET NOSTRUMS The "specific action" is in the direction of an aphrodisiac- GREAT LONDON LINIMENT. Take of — Acetate of morphia iogr. Chloroform i oz. Olive oil i oz. Water of ammonia i oz. Mix. GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER. The following is said to make a preparation similar: Take of— Rhubarb 360 gr. Golden seal 90 gr. Cape aloes 16 gr. Peppermint leaves 120 gr. Carb. of potash 1 20 gr. Capsicum 5 gr. Sugar 5 oz. Alcohol 3 oz. Water 10 oz. Ess. of peppermint 20 minims. Powder the drugs and macerate with the mixed alcohol and water for seven days ; filter and add enough diluted alcohol to make the product measure one pint. — New Idea. AND SYSTEMS. 75 GREEN MOUNTAIN SALVE. Take of— Resin 5 lb. Burgundy pitch % lb. Beeswax ^ lb. Mutton tallow % lb. Oil of hemlock 1 oz. Balsam fir .... , 1 oz. Oil origanum 1 oz. Oil of red cedar 1 oz. Venice turpentine 1 oz. Oil wormwood ^2 oz. Verdigris (powdered) 1 oz. Melt the first articles together, and add the oils; having rubbed up the verdigris with a little oil, put it in with the other articles, stirring well; then put into cold water and work until cold enough to roll. GREEN WONDER OIL. Take of— Terebinth Venet 4 oz. Zinci sulphat 15 gr. Cupri acetat . . . . t 1^ oz. Bals. Peru 1 dr. 01. olivae 1 lb. 01. lini 1 lb. Boil the oils; when warm add the turpentine and zinc; when almost cold add the other ingredients and stir well. For scalds, burns, wounds, and piles. 76 SECRET NOSTRUMS GRIMATJLT'S INJECTION OF MATICO. Manufactured solely by Messrs. Grimault & Co., 8 Rue Vivienne, Paris, France. " The invaluable plant called matico, a native of Peru, possesses extraordinary preventive and astrin- gent properties. A few injections each of very short duration are sufficient to arrest the most inveterate discharges." The absence of mineral astringents and caustics, though not expressly stated, is intimated in the circular which accompanies the preparation. This preparation comes in an oval flint-glass bottle with white embossed paper wrapper, covered with small green prints of monograms of G. C, and with a cut of the matico plant in green on the label. The bottle contains five fluid ounces of an aromatic liquid, having a light bluish tint. Examination shows it to contain copper sulphate in solution, in amounts not far from ^ of a grain to the fluid ounce. It is difficult to say just what plant has contributed the odor. Certain it is, however, that it is not due to the matico pure and simple. The matico, if it contained any of it, has undergone a considerable change of physical and sensible properties. The odor is somewhat suggestive of a rose-water which has stood a long time and undergone decomposition. A satisfactory and valu- able substitute for it could be made by distilling about Yz to i fluid dram of fluid extract of eucalyptus globulus, with water sufficient to obtain 5 fluid ounces of distillate, and then in this dissolve 4 grains of sulphate of copper. — New Idea. AND SYSTEMS. 77 GULL'S COUGH MIXTURE. Take of— Cod liver oil i fl. oz. Fresh lemon juice i fl. oz. Strained honey i fl. oz. Mix. Tea-spoonful to table-spoonful three or four times daily. GUNN'S RHEUMATIC LINIMENT. Take of— Linseed oil i oz. Oil cedar i oz. Oil amber i oz. Take gum camphor J^ ounce; rub in a mortar with alcohol or sulphuric ether till pulverized, and while still damp add Olive oil Y<2 oz. Turpentine % oz. Laudanum ^ oz. after which add the first three articles. HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM. Said to resemble the genuine. Take of— Pure oxide of zinc i oz. Rose-water 4 oz. Glycerine 1 dr. Perfume 25 drops. — Lillard's Prac. Hints and Formulas. 78 SECRET NOSTRUMS HAINES'S GOLDEN SPECIFIC FOR OPIUM HABIT. Take of — Bayberry-root bark, powdered. . . 16 oz. Ginger, powdered 8 oz. Capsicum, powdered i oz. Mix. — Westemt Druggist. DR. B. W. HAIR'S ASTHMA CURE Is put up in a square bottle with truncated corners, having the name blown into the glass on the back. Dr. Hair says, " The great success which has attended the use of this medicine has induced me to publish to the world that I have found a certain cure for those who are afflicted with the above named disease." It is prepared only by Dr. B. W. Hair, Cincinnati, Ohio. Price only $3.00 per bottle. Dose for adult is one tea-spoonful five times a day. If necessary to over- come a paroxysm, it may be taken in table-spoonful doses four times a day. It contains 16 fluid ounces, of a brownish fluid having an odor of tar. Examina- tion shows it to contain notable quantities of iodides, but neither bromides nor chlorides. It contains some tar, but no alkaloids; consequently no ipecac is present. It is also slightly colored with caramel. The following formula may be taken as duplicating very closely the original article: AND SYSTEMS. 79 Take of— Potassium iodide i oz. Tar water* 16 fl. oz. Caramel sufficient to color light brown, or about 30 gr. — New Idea. There is another formula given by Dr. Elmore Palmer in the Medical World for April, 1885. Dr. Palmer writes, " I do not know where I ran on to this formula, but I do remember that at the time I had no doubt of its correctness, and recent devel- opments have strengthened this belief." It is as follows : Take of— Wine of tar 14 oz. Iodide of potassium 220 gr. Make a solution. Shake well before taking. The w T ine of tar to be used in the above must be made as follows: Take of— Common pine tar 2 dr. Sherry wine 2 pt. Pine sawdust ^ oz. Mix the tar with the sawdust so as to form a sort of powder; then macerate it for a week with the wine and filter through paper. * Tar water may be made by same process as U. S. P. syrup of tar, but omitting sugar. Make same strength per pint as U. S. P. syrup of tar. 80 SECRET NOSTRUMS "If this is not just the way Hair's Asthma Cure is made, it will certainly do all that is claimed for that nostrum, and more too." HALL'S CATARRH CURE. According to an examination of this preparation, made by us, it contains gentian, cardamom, probably bitter orange peel and iodide of potash. We took it to be the compound tincture of gentian of the British Pharmacopoeia, in which was dissolved potassium iodide. The following formula makes a preparation very closely resembling the original: Take of— Gentian root in coarse powder., i^ oz. Bitter orange peel " " 5 dr. Cardamom seeds " " 100 gr. Potassium iodide 1 oz. Dilute alcohol sufficient. Macerate the crude drugs in 12 ounces of dilute alcohol for 48 hours, then transfer to a percolator and allow to percolate slowly; when the liquid has ceased to percolate, pass enough menstruum through the per- colator to make the finished product measure 16 ounces. In this dissolve the potassium iodide. — New Idea. HALL'S HAIR RENEWER. Take of— Sulphur precipitated 1 dr. Lead acetate : 1 dr. AND SYSTEMS. 51 Salt 2 dr. Glycerine 8 fl. oz. Bay rum 2 fl. oz. Jamaica rum 4 fl. oz. Water 16 fl. oz. HALL'S HYGIENIC TREATMENT. Several months since, an advertisement appeared in a medical journal of wide circulation, calling the attention of its readers to the fact that Dr. Wilford Hall's Microcosm had " recently announced a most remarkable remedy for disease, without medicine of any kind. It is said to be accomplishing wonders. The June Microcosm is full of its confirmation." This same " June Microcosm " contains this an- nouncement of the " discovery: " "So important do we regard the daily recurring developments of this treatment for the cure of almost every known form of disease, as well as for the per- manent preservation of health and prolongation of life, that we feel it our imperative duty to make every- thing else we do secondary to the widest possible pro- mulgation of this discovery. " Though absolutely knowing the importance and even priceless value of this treatment, as we did in its personal application to our own shattered constitution during forty consecutive years, yet we are free to con- fess that we had formed but a slight conception of its range of adaptation to the diseases flesh is heir to, pre- vious to commencing the distribution of our Health- Pamphlet among the afflicted. 82 SECRET NOSTRUMS " Already we could fill scores of these pages with the most startling and enthusiastic acknowledgments of cures ever read by man, and which have been vol- untarily sent to us as grateful tributes of praise for the marvelous benefits received." There Seem to have been continuous and per- sistent appeals in behalf of afflicted relatives and friends of the readers of his journal, and to enable them to obtain its benefits the following scheme is developed: " The pamphlet which unfolds the new treatment we sell invariably at $4.00, by mail, on the purchaser's agreeing by * Pledge of Honor ' not to divulge the treatment outside of his or her family, — doctors being allowed, ii> addition, the right of using the treatment with their patients. No one should complain of the price asked for this information, when they consider that, if it is put into practice, it will save the owner of the pamphlet from all future bills for ordinary drugs and medical attendance, as well as from more than nine-tenths of the misery, inconvenience, and losses incident to ill-health." Dr. Massie, in the Medical World, says in regard to this " wonderful discovery:" " I don't know anything about Hall's right to use the prefix ' Dr.,' but suspect it is merely a trap to get some unwary M. D. to send for the June number of his alleged scientific journal, and be by it further deceived into sending $4.00 for his alleged ' Hygienic Method' for the treat- ment of disease without the use of medicine. Hall's AND SYSTEMS. 8$ method constitutes him a veritable quack. He pub- lished many articles in the Microcosm concerning a book he was going to write, in which he proposed to give a method for treating all the ills that flesh is heir to — in fact, to demolish the science and practice of medicine at 'one fell swoop.' " At last, when he thought he had a sufficient degree of curiosity aroused to make his scheme 'go,' he came out with the diffident announcement that he could not afford to give the results of so many years of patient toil and squirting of hot water through a rubber syringe for less than $4.00 a 'give;' con- sequently he published his secret in paniphlet form, and sells- it at the above figure, exacting a pledge of secrecy from each purchaser. But when a secret is put in print, it is a secret no longer, and seeing that the ' cat is already out of the bag,' here is his whole 'scheme:' " Disease depends on the absorption of poisonous materials from the colon and rectum. Wash these out thoroughly with hot water once or twice a day, and disease is robbed of its power, death of its terror, and the doctor of his occupation. Use lots of water (a gallon or two); retain it as long as possible, and then 'let her go, Gallagher.' This is a sure cure for con- sumption and Bright's disease, and minor ailments vanish like mists before the sun." That " flushing the colon" is the principal part of this " Hygienic treatment" is confirmed by publica- tions in other journals. The benefit to be derived 84 SECRET NOSTRUMS from " flushings " of this character is, nowever, con- ceded, and, should any of our readers desire to know the best plan of procedure, the following from the Medical Standard gives Prof. Etheridge's method of administering these " flushings.' 5 "The use of along rectal tube is unnecessary. The patient should be placed in a genu-pectoral position, the shoulders thus * being lower than the hips. The water will be made to descend while anatomically ascending the intestines. Patients can be made to receive from one to six pints of water in this position without the slightest trouble. As one of the effects of the water is to distend the colon, and .thus press away the walls of the loculi from the accumulations, these fall into the- current of water and are passed out while the water is leaving the intestine. The patient will oftentimes complain of severe 'tormina; checking the current of water for a few seconds will be followed by complete relief. The presence of such a strange foreign body in the intestine as hot water, in many cases excites prodigious peristaltic activity, thus producing the tormina. Plain hot water is all that is necessary to use. The water should be hot; cold water, or tepid water, will not do. It will produce great suffering. One patient took the flushings for a fortnight, and returning vowed she never would use any more because they produced such terrific cramps. Upon inquiry it was found that she was using tepid water. The subsequent use of hot water by her was never followed by a cramp. Upon many patients this large amount of water acts AND SYSTEMS. 85 as a vigorous diuretic. Where patients suffer as well from renal insufficiency, I am in the habit of telling them to use a pint or a pint and a half of hot water after the flushing has passed away, and to lie upon the back with hips elevated for half an hour. Thus retaining the water, it will act as a powerful diuretic. Some patients can administer this flushing with greatest ease, while others will develop a most phe- nomenal awkwardness. I am in the habit of telling patients to kneel in the bath tub, who are at all awk- ward about using these flushings. ,, HAMBURG DROPS. Take of— Powdered Socotrine aloes i^ oz. American saffron )/? oz. Tincture of myrrh 16 oz. Macerate for fourteen days and filter through paper. HAMBURG TEA. Take of — Senna .8 parts. Manna 3 parts. Coriander 1 part. — Dr. Sarge?it in Med. World. 86 SECRET NOSTRUMS HAMLET'S AGUE PILLS. Take of — Sulph. quinine 2 dr. Powd. myrrh 1 dr. Powd. capsicum 1 dr. Mix. Make sixty pills. HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL. Dr. Douglas, Medical World, gives the following analysis of Hamlin's Wizard Oil. The formula dates back to 1866, and hence is not a new discovery: Take of— Alcohol „ 1 pt. Gum camphor 1 oz. Oil sassafras - y 2 oz. Tinct. myrrh ^ oz. Tinct. capsicum V 2 oz. Chloroform ^2 02,. Mix. I consider this recipe as harmless (and useful too) as Hamlin's famous Wizard Oil, and I believe it is as perfect an analysis as we can get. HANSON'S MAGIC CORN CURE. A good corn cure that is similar in every respect to Hanson's Magic Corn Cure, is made by taking of: Simple cerate 1 oz. Salicylic acid 1 dr. Mix intimately. — Indiana Pharmacist \ AND SYSTEMS. 87 HARDY'S OINTMENT, According to Bouchardat consists of: Beef tallow 17 dr, Castor oil 6 dr. Gallic acid 30 gr. Essence vanilla sufficient to flavor. HARLEM OIL. Take of— Flowers of sulphur 2 oz. Linseed oil 1 lb. Oil of amber 2 oz. Oil of turpentine sufficient. Boil the sulphur and linseed oil on a gentle fire until the sulphur is dissolved; then withdraw from the fire, and when the mixture has somewhat cooled, add the oil of amber and enough oil of turpentine to bring the preparation to the consistence of molasses. — National Druggist. HARTLEY'S SOUTH AMERICAN CURE. During the summer of the present year a man calling himself Prof. Hartley occupied a vacant lot in Detroit, with a large tent lighted by electric light, wheiein he had immense audiences every evening during his stay, which lasted some two months. The professor gave a short lecture upon a South American cure, which he stated to be composed of roots, herbs, seeds, barks, and flowers growing exclusively in South America, and used for centuries by the 88 SECRET NOSTRUMS Araucanians, a tribe of people who inhabit the western slope of the Andes, in the southern part of Chili. During his lecture the professor managed to give the audience to understand that this wonderful medicine performed more cures of indigestion, dyspepsia, catarrh, rheumatism, liver complaints, and kidney diseases than any other medicine on the face of the earth. Being curious to know something more con- cerning the internal constitution of this South Amer- ican Cure, we purchased a bottle, and subjected it to an analysis, according to which we find that it consists of fluid extract of rhubarb, 8 parts ; fluid licorice and anise, each 2 parts ; fluid capsicum, j/3 part ; fluid aloes, yi part ; alcohol, 6 parts ; water enough to make 32 parts, to which a small percentage of sodium bicarbonate is added, about ten grains to the ounce. How is this for a South American Cure, which country does not furnish to commerce one ingredient in the nostrum ? It is asserted that nearly 60,000 bottles were sold in Detroit in the few weeks that this so-called professor held forth. — New Idea. * BORDET'S HAIR TONIC. Take of— Carbolic acid ) r , Tincture cardamom \ of each • ' 3° m ^ims. Tincture nux vomica 2 dr. Compound tincture tinchona ... 1 dr. Cologne water 1 dr. Cocoanut oil, enough to make. . . 4 oz. — American Druggist. AND SYSTEMS. 89 HEATON' S CURE FOR HERNIA. Dr. Heaton, of Boston, for a number of years treated cases of hernia by a method peculiar to him- self. The doctor amassed a fortune and was success- ful in many cases in obtaining a radical cure. The process he kept secret for along time, but it was found to consist of the injection of a solution of oak bark between the hernial sac and the skin, in the inguinal canal. The object was to excite inflammation around the sac, and thus cause the canal to be narrowed. Heaton's instructions were as follows: " Invaginate the right forefinger in the scrotum and find the external abdominal ring; then with the left forefinger press perpendicularly upon the integument directly over this ring, and use sufficient force to, if possible, press the integument with the finger directly into the ring. The left forefinger being at or in the ring, the spermatic cord and the sac, if in the way, are to be pushed to one side, so that nothing may remain between the external pillar of the ring and the finger, except the integument and subjacent superficial fascia." The instrument is then passed quickly into the canal, the fluid injected, and firm pressure made for a few minutes to prevent the escape of the fluid from the canal. The adaptation of the modern aseptic system to the Heaton method is thus given by Dr. Shimwell, of Philadelphia, in the Medical World: 90 SECRET NOSTRUMS Heaton's method is first to cleanse the parts anti- septically with soap, ether, and the bichloride of mercury. He then uses a special syringe, the needle of which is sharp and has two small openings on the side, one-eighth of an inch from the end. He now takes nineteen minims of a solution, to which is added one drop of carbolic acid. This solution is made by mixing over a hot bath extract of quercus alba, four- teen grains; fluid extract of quercus alba, one-half fluid ounce. He also adds one-eighth of a grain of sulphate of morphia to each injection. His procedure of operation is to elevate the patient's hips on a pillow, so that gravity carries the bowel away from the canal and ring. The finger is now introduced into the canal, invaginating the tissue until the finger reaches the internal ring. The finger is held here at the margin of the ring. The syringe is now introduced perpendicular to the plane of the abdomen, and pushed firmly down until it is recog- nized by the finger in the invagination. It is now in front of the internal ring. The invagination finger is withdrawn slightly, so the skin will not be punctured as the needle is inserted well into the tissues of the canal. The needle is outside of the peritoneum. Then about three minims of the fluid is injected. The needle is then inserted half an inch to the right, left, above and below the ring, and a similar quantity injected with each puncture. Now the^ finger is withdrawn, the needle following after until the ex- ternal ring is reached; then the needle is withdrawn. AND SYSTEMS. 9 1 The balance of the fluid is injected in the canal. The instrument is then withdrawn entirely, a compress of iodoform gauze is placed ovei the puncture, then covered with bichloride cotton, and a spica bandage applied. The patient keeps on his back ten days or two weeks, and is not allowed even to sit up. The pain is slight and the inflammation mild. Within a few days induration is noticed, and increases, and embryonic cells in surrounding tissue formed. A truss with a soft pad should be worn for at least six months after. If failure ensues, the operation may be repeated. Dr. DeGarmo, in the Medical Record, gives as the result of seven years' experience in this method the following advantages: i. Freedom from danger. 2. Cure in forty-five per cent, of unselected, seventy- five of selected cases. 3. Control of many cases not amenable to treat- ment by the truss. 4. Improvement in nearly every case. 5. Children nearly always cured. HEISKELL'S TETTER OINTMENT. Heiskell's Tetter Ointment, according to the Western Druggist, is said to be simply cerate of sub- acetate of lead. 92 SECRET NOSTRUMS HELMBOLD'S BTJCHU. Said to resemble the genuine. Take of— Short buchu 9 oz. Uva ursi 4^ oz. Licorice root 10 dr. Macerate in 9 pints of boiling water, strain, and add: Caramel 2 oz. Molasses 8 oz. Mix well, and add: Fluid extract cubeb 5 oz. Alcohol 2 pt. Oil peppermint 1 oz. • Water sufficient to make 12 pt. — Lillard's Prac. Hints and Formulas. HELMBOLD'S JELLY OF GLYCERINE AND ROSES. Our examination shows the following to be the formula for the above- Take of — Tragacanth 1 dr. Triple ext. of rose 6 drops. Glycerine 2 fl. oz. Water 4 fl. oz. — New Idea. HIMROD'S ASTHMA CURE. Dr. Geo. Covert, of Clinton, Wis., in a recent arti- cle, says in regard to this preparation: AND SYSTEMS. 93 "A one-time schoolmate and friend of mine cured himself of asthma with his own remedy. He went to Europe, introduced his asthma remedy to the notice of Kaiser William, who used it with benefit and gave it his royal commendation. Our friend's fortune was made and Himrod's Asthma Remedy is still on the market." This is said to be the formula: Take of — Powdered lobelia 2 oz. Powdered stramonium leaves 2 oz. Powdered nitrate of potash 2 oz. Powdered black tea 2 oz. Sift well and mix. HINKLEY'S BONE LINIMENT. Take of— Oil of wormwood 40 minims. Oil of hemlock 2 dr. Oil of thyme 2 dr. Oil of turpentine 4 dr. Fl. ext. of capsicum 1 dr. Alcohol to make 4 oz. Mix. HOLLO WAY'S OINTMENT. The formula for this preparation is said to be: Take of— Yellow wax 10 parts. White wax 10 parts. Turpentine 25 parts. 94 SECRET NOSTRUMS Lard 50 parts. Sweet oil 75 parts. Mix. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. Take of— Aloes .- 2 dr. Rhubarb 1 dr. Capsicum 20 gr. Saffron 5 gr. Sulphate of soda . . . . 5 gr. Make one hundred pills. HOLMES'S LIVER PILLS. Take of— Colocynth pulp , 1 oz. Gamboge , 1 oz. Scammony 1 oz. Barb, aloes 2 oz. Castile soap ^ oz. Oil peppermint 2 fl. dr. Water sufficient. Make into three-grain pills, of which from two to three are an average cathartic. These pills for- merly had a big reputation in the city of Pitts- burgh, Pa. HOP BITTERS. The following is said to be the formula: Take of— Tinct. of hops ^ oz. Tinct. of buchu 3 dr. AND SYSTEMS. 95 Tinct. of senega 3 dr. Podophyllin (dissolved in spirits of wine) iogr. Tinct. of cochineal 20 drops. Distilled water sufficient to make 1 pt. Mix. — Medical World. HOSTETTER'S BITTERS. Take of— Sugar 2 lb. Calamus root 2 lb. Orange peel , 2 lb. Peruvian bark 2 lb. Gentian root 2 lb. Columbo root 2 lb. Rhubarb 8 oz. Cinnamon 4 oz. Clove* 2 oz. Diluted alcohol 4 gal. — The Medical Bulletin. HUNTER'S RED DROPS. Take of— Corrosive sublimate iogr. Muriatic acid . . .* 12 drops. Rub in a glass mortar and gradually add: Compound spirits of lavender. . . 1 oz. Dose: — Five to twenty drops in wine, or spirits and water. A powerful alterative in syphilitic diseases. 96 SECRET NOSTRUMS HTJNYADI JANOS WATER. Take of— Sulphate of lime 1% oz. Glauber salts 24 oz. Epsom salts 26 oz. Sulphate of potassa 1 dr. Water 10 gal. Mix, and charge with gas. INJECTION BROU. The preparation comes in a bottle of very peculiar construction, made on a private mould, and contains short 7% fluid ounces of a slightly yellowish fluid containing a reddish-brown sediment in suspension. Analysis shows the presence of alcohol, acetic acid, sulphuric acid, traces of an alkaloid, mnd a tannin- bearing drug. Just what drug has yielded the tan- nin it is impossible to say. It is not any of the ordi- nary tannin-bearing drugs, as none of them yield such a colored precipitate with the lead and zinc salts. The essential parts, however, are the mineral astringents and alcohol, and a preparation which is substantially the same, may be made by the following formula: Take of— Tinct. catechu (1 in 16) 1 dr. Cocaine muriate. 10 gr. Lead acetate 10 gr. Zinc sulphate 10 gr. • AND SYSTEMS. 97 Water 6% fl. oz. Alcohol % fl. oz. Dissolve the mineral salts each in ^2 ounce of water and mix them. Dilute the tinct. catechu with 4 fluid ounces of water; add the minerals and then the solu- tion of cocaine muriate in an ounce of water; lastly the alcohol and water to make 7^2 fluid ounces. The color of Injection Brou may be fairly well simulated by using a small amount of magenta. — New Idea. JACKSON'S COUGH SYRUP. The following is the formula recommended by Prof. J. U. Lloyd, to be followed as a standard for the above preparation, which also goes by the name of "Compound Syrup of Morphine ": Take of — Fl. ext. ipecac % dr. Fl. ext. senega , 3 oz. Fl. ext. rhubarb 4 dr. . Sulphate morphine 8 gr. Oil sassafras 22 minims. Syrup . . , to make 32 oz. — American Druggist. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT. The following is given in New Idea as approximat- ing this preparation : gS SECRET NOSTRUMS Take of— Syrup squills « 2 oz. Tinct. tolu 1% oz. Tinct. camphor 1 dr. Tinct. digitalis 1 dr. Tinct. opium 2 dr. Wine ipecac 2 dr. Antimon. and pot. tart 2 gr. Mix. JAYNE'S ALTERATIVE Is said to be similar to the following: Take of— Tartar emetic 4 gr. Spirits of camphor 1 fl. dr. Fluid extract of ipecac 4 drops. Laudanum 2 fl. dr. Tinct. of lobelia 1 fl. dr. Syrup of tolu 12 fl. dr. Tinct. of digitalis 1 fl. dr. Syrup of squills 2 fl. oz. — National Druggist. KASKINE Is a preparation sold in small flat green-glass vials, each containing about 20 grains of a white, granular powder, freely soluble in water, of a sweet taste and without any odor. Claimed by its manu- facturers to stand " unequaled and unrivaled in the world of science as the only medicine that can destroy the germs that cause each particular disease and restore perfect health." AND SYSTEMS. 99 Dr. Fr. Hoffman says: "The chemical examination by the writer, of several vials of Kaskine bought from different leading drug firms in New York City, proves the fact that Kaskine is nothing more nor less than granular sugar of the fine grain and grade as used in homoeopathic pharmacy, without even any infinitesimal medication or flavoring whatsoever." KEATING'S COTJGH LOZENGES. Take of— Lactucarium 7^4 gr. Ipecac 3Mg r - Squills 3 gr. Ext. licorice 3 dr. Mucil. tragacanth sufficient. Mix and divide into lozenges each containing KELLOG'S RED DROPS. Take of — Spirit of camphor 2 oz. Spirit of origanum j£ oz. Oil of sassafras % oz. Oil of turpentine % oz. Color tincture (about) 4 oz. Mix. — Pharmacist and Chemist. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE Is put up in a twelve-sided amber bottle, which contains 5^ ounces of a clear, brownish-red liquid. IOO SECRET NOSTRUMS It contains camphor, and a heavy petroleum oil, turpentine, alcohol, free iodine, and oil of rosemary. The following formula makes a preparation sub- stantially the same as the proprietary liniment: Take of— Turpentine i fl. oz. . Alcohol 2 fl. oz. Camphor 240 gr. Iodine 25 gr. Petroleum oil (heavy) Yz fl. dr. Oil of rosemary 1 fl. dr. In the mixed oils (without filtering) dissolve the camphor and the iodine. — New Idea. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. Take of— Sneezewort 1 oz. Bitter-root 4 dr. Mix and add — Boiling water 8 fl. oz. Proof spirits 10 fl. oz. Licorice root 4 dr. Macerate for 48 hours, then add — White sugar 4 oz. Tinct. gaultheria 1 oz. — King's American Dispensatoi-y. KENNKLE'S VEGETABLE WORM SYRUP. Upon examination we find that it is put up in an oval green bottle, containing 4^ fluid ounces of an opaque, yellowish-brown, thin, syrupy liquid of AND SYSTEMS. IOI slightly acid reaction. According to our examina- tion each bottle contains: Santonine 27 gr. Oil sassafras , 1 minim. Alcohol 2 fl. oz. Fl. ext. pink-root 2 fl. oz. Fl. ext. dandelion y 2 fl. oz. Fl. ext. golden seal % fl. oz. Molasses y 2 fl. oz. The santonine in a finely triturated condition. — New Idea. KEPHALGINE. A remedy for headache, consists of: Antipyrine 5 parts. Roasted coffee 5 parts. Caffeine 2 parts. Salicylate of sodium 2 parts. Mix. — America,7i Journal of Pharmacy. KICKAPOO INDIAN OIL. A round, green bottle, about four inches long, holds and contains full ten fluid drams of a clear, light straw-colored thin liquid, which readily turns white on the addition of water, and is composed, about like hundreds of its kind flooding the market, of — Camphor J^ oz. troy. Oil turpentine 1 fl. dr. Oil peppermint y 2 fl. dr. Oil wintergreen y 2 fl. dr. 102 SECRET NOSTRUMS Tinct. capsicum ^ fl. oz. Alcohol sufficient to make. ... i pt. — New Idea. KINGPS NEW DISCOVERY. The following is said to represent its composition: Take of— Sulph. morphia 8 gr. Fl. ex. ipecac y 2 dr. Chloroform 60 drops. Tinct. white pine 2 oz. Water 7 oz. Carbonate of magnesia % oz. Sugar 14 oz. Rub the magnesia with one ounce of the sugar in a mortar, and triturate with the tincture of white pine and the fluid extract of ipecac; gradually add the water, and triturate with the mixture in the mortar. Filter and dissolve the morphia sulphate in the fil- trate; mix the chloroform with the rest of the sugar in a bottle and add the liquid above. Keep in a tight vessel. -New Idea. KITCHELL'S LINIMENT. Take of— Water ammonia 1 part. Water 3 parts. Caramel to color. Mix. — Western Druggist. AND SYSTEMS. 103 KLINE'S NERVE RESTORER. Dr. R. H. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer is made from the following formula, which is well known as introduced by a celebrated European M. D.: Take of — Bromide of ammonia 3 dr. Bromide of potassium 3 dr. Bicarb, of potassium 80 gr. Tinct. columbo 6 fl. dr. Water 6 fl. oz. Mix. Dose: — Tea-spoonful thrice daily in water. — Dr. Wade in Med. World. KREYDER'S AGUE PILLS. Take of— Sulph. quinia 20 gr. Dover's powder 10 gr. Sub. cart), iron 10 gr. Mix with mucilage of acacia and form twenty pills. Dose: — Two each hour, commencing five hours before the chill should set in. Then take one night and morning until all are taken. KTJMYSS. Mr. H. W. C. Martin, of Chicago {Western Drug- gist), in quite an extended experience in the manu- facture of Kumyss, gives the following details for its preparation: 104 SECRET NOSTRUMS Fresh milk 14 gal. Skimmed milk 28 gal. Water 6 gal. Sugar, granulated 10 lb. Milk sugar 2 lb. Yeast, 1 package, or about y 2 oz. These portions were selected for the reason that cow's milk contains, according to the best author- ities, about 4 per cent, of fat, while mare's milk con- tains only about 1 per cent. By using skimmed milk and water, the 4 per cent, is reduced to the desired 1 per cent. Again, the addition of water has reduced the phosphates in cow's milk to near the desired amount present in mare's milk, while the subtraction of casein from the skimmed milk, together with the addition of water, reduced the amount of casein from 4^ or 5 per cent, to about the 1% or i^- per cent, contained in mare's milk. Take the skimmed milk, and by aid of a steam bath raise it to the temperature of 90 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Add one-third of the yeast, first dissolved in a small quantity of water, and keep it at this temperature until the casein sepa- rates into a thick mass. Pour off the whey and strain it through muslin into a 40-gallon cask already con- taining the fresh, milk. Now add the balance of the yeast dissolved in a small quantity of the milk, and lastly the water with the sugar dissolved in it. The cask should be made of oak, with a wooden faucet just below the lower hoop, to which is attached a rubber hose about 15 feet long and one-half inch in diameter, so as to allow it to go into the neck of a AND SYSTEMS. 105 quart champagne bottle. About four inches from the end there is attached to the tube an arrangement sim- ilar to those we see on fountain syringes, whereby the flow can be controlled at will. The Kumyss is now stirred once in about five or ten minutes while the bottling is proceeded with. Place the bottles in rows convenient to the cask, and fill to within three inches and a half to four inches of the top. When all are filled, soak some straight wide corks of proper size in lukewarm water, and cork thoroughly with the aid of a corking machine, and so that the corks do not pro- trude more than one-quarter of an inch above the neck. Tie with good, stout twine, the same as you would a bottle of citrate of magnesia, and lay on their sides. The temperature of the room should be about 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and the bottles should be shaken once in five or six hours. At the end of 15 or 18 hours fermentation will have perceptibly begun, and they are ready for the ice-box. The temperature of the box should be kept under 55 degrees Fahren- heit to allow a slow and even fermentation to go on. If kept below this point, Kumyss does not need any more shaking after it is in the ice-box. It is only too high a temperature and rapid fermentation which causes the lumps and grittiness which should be entirely absent in a good Kumyss. I06 SECRET NOSTRUMS LAC VIRGINIS. COSMETIC FOR SKIN. Take of— Tinct. of benzoin 10 parts. Rose-water 150 parts. Mix. A tea-spoonful of this mixture, added to an ordinary hand-basin of water, makes an admirable cosmetic for the skin of the face and hands. LALLEMAND'S SPECIFIC. Take of— Sulph. quinia 1 dr. Sulph. cinchona 1 dr. Ext. colocynth , r 4 dr. Wine colchicum seeds 8 oz. Tinct. verat. viride 1 oz. Dilute alcohol 8 oz. Sherry wine 31 oz. Mix. Dose: — One tea-spoonful. — National Druggist. LANGELL'S ASTHMA REMEDY. Take of— Powdered belladonna leaves. . 1 part. Powdered nitrate of potash. . . 10 parts. Mix. LAUBACH'S ECLECTIC LINIMENT. An analysis of a bottle of this preparation made by us shows that it is a light, amber-colored liquid, put up AND SYSTEMS. 107 in a so-called 4-ounce panel bottle (holding about 3 fluid ounces) with rubber cork. We formulate a similar liniment as follows: Take of— Oil of turpentine 60 parts. Tincture of arnica flowers. . 120 parts. Stronger water of ammonia. 120 parts. Soap liniment 900 parts. Oil of sassafras 6 parts. Oil of thyme 2 parts. Alcohol 240 parts. Total parts (by measure) . . . 1448 — New Idea. LAVARRE'S SURE CURE. Upon examination we find that it is in a white glass, oblong, square-panel bottle, holding 2^ fluid ounces, of a rather turbid, deep pinkish-red liquid, with a sweetish, saline, aromatic taste, the composition of which is about as follows: Fl. ext. poke berries 80 minims. Fl. ext. sassafras 40 minims. Liquid ammonia, caustic 5 minims. Sodium bromide 20 gr. Alcohol y 2 fl. oz. Oil of peppermint 1 minim. Powdered cochineal 4 gr. White sugar 3 dr. troy. Water (enough to make) a fl. oz. The bottle is enclosed in a straw-board pipe, and wrapped in a thick, light-blue wrapper, upon which is 108 SECRET NOSTRUMS stated " Health is Wealth," with the portrait of an old gentleman with clerical tie, high forehead, and sparse white locks. The wrapper states it is a sure cure for neuralgia, rheumatism, toothache, headache, back-ache, and all diseases produced by any derangement of the nervous system. A special guarantee is printed on the wrapper that it contains no morphine, opium, chloral hydrate, or other poisonous drugs. Another paragraph states that the contents of the bottle con- tain the virtues of two pounds of the choicest barks and herbs. — New Idea. LAVILLES'S GOUT CURE. This patent preparation is said to have the following composition: Take of — Quinine * 7.7 gr. Cinchonine 9.3 gr; Colocynthin 3.8 gr. Lime salts 7 . 6 gr. Coloring matter 4 . 6 gr. Alcohol 3^ fl. dr. Water 2^ fl. dr. Port wine 1 234 . o fl. dr. — National Druggist. LEE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. Take of — Calomel , 30 gr. Jalap 60 gr. AND SYSTEMS. IO9 Gamboge 12 gr. Tartar emetic 3 gr. Beat into a mass and make into 24 pills, mix with gum arabic or extract of dandelion. Dose: — 3 to 5 pills as a purgative. By substituting podophyllin in the place of calomel (same quantity) it makes a safer and better pill for common use. Dose: — 2 to 3 pills. LEE'S GRAVEL REMEDY. Take of — Sapo. Venet 4 oz. Sal. nitre pulv 4 oz. Oil juniper 4 oz. Gum arabic pulv . . 1 oz. Sal. absynth 1 oz. Beat into a mass. Dose: — One pill three times a day on an empty stomach. Keep the mass entirely excluded from the air, in a bladder or wide mouth bottle covered with oiled silk. Pills to be made of the size of buck shot. Drink dan- delion tea for a constant drink — "nothing else." LEE'S LITHONTRIPTIC. Take of Powdered castile soap 2 oz. Carbonate of potassium 4 dr. Nitrate of potassium 2 dr. Powdered gum arabic 5 dr. Oil of juniper 2 fl. dr. Mix. — Druggists Circular. HO SECRET NOSTRUMS LIEBIGPS CORN CURE. The following formula for Liebig's Corn Cure is said to be very effective: Take of— Extract of cannabis indica ... 5 parts. Salicylic acid 30 parts. Collodion 240 parts. Mix until dissolved. Apply with a camel-hair pencil four consecutive nights and mornings to form a thick coating. The collodion protects the corn from irritation and rubbing, while the extract of cannabis indica acts as an anodyne, and the salicylic acid dissolves and disintegrates the corn. For relieving the pain of corns the following has been recommended: Take of— Powdered sugar of lead 1 dr. Powdered myrrh 1 dr. Powdered camphor 1 dr. Powdered litharge - . . . 1 dr. Sweet oil and saxoline, of each . . . sufficient. Make the powders into stiff paste with sweet oil, then add saxoline to bring up to the consistency of an ointment. It is stated that this application gives an almost instant relief. The following is a formula sometimes used to dis- solve and soften corns: AND SYSTEMS. Ill Take of— Solution of potassa i dr. Tincture of iodine i dr. Glycerine 4 dr. Water sufficient to make 1 oz. 'LAFAYETTE MIXTURE. This is a gonorrhoea mixture, much used in this section of the country. In New York it is very generally used in the hospitals and dispensaries. Its formula is as follows: Take of— Balsam of copaiba y 2 fl. oz. Spirit of nitrous ether ^ fl. oz. Comp. spirit of lavender y? fl. oz. Solution of potassa 1 fl. dr. Mucilage of acacia, enough to make 4 fl. oz. Mix the balsam with the solution of potassa, then add the two spirits. Put the requisite amount of mucilage into a bottle, pour the other mixture on top, and mix the whole by agitation. In some institutions it is customary to use equal volumes of mucilage and syrup, instead of mucilage alone. — American Druggist. LINDSEY'S PAIN CUKE. " This is an excellent application for pain of any kind, or in any place, and especially for neuralgia and inflammatory rheumatism." 112 SECRET NOSTRUMS I obtained this from Mr. G. W. Snyder, of Des Moines, Iowa, the present manufacturer, who very readily gets 50 cents for % of an ounce. Alcohol 4 oz. Ethereal oil of wine 4 dr. No. six 4 oz. Spts. camphor 4 oz. Oil hemlock 2 oz. Oil cinnamon 1 dr. Oil sassafras 1 oz. Oil cloves 4 dr. Ether 2 oz. Chloroform 2 oz. Sweet spirits of nitre 4 oz. Chloral hydrate 2 oz. Lard oil 4 oz. Oil cedar 4 oz. Oil origanum 1 oz. Oil wintergreen 2 dr. Mix. It may be taken internally in doses of 5 to 60 drops. The number six is tincture of capsicum and myrrh, made double strength. The spirits of camphor is also made double strength by the aid of chloroform. — Dr. McCann in Medical World. LINIMENT FOB MAN AND BEAST. Take of— Powdered myrrh 1 oz. Powdered aloes 1 oz. Balsam fir 1 troy oz. Alcohol 8 fl. oz. Mix. — National Druggist. AND SYSTEMS. 113 LIQUOR CARBONIS DETERGENS. Take of— Quillaya saponaria (soap bark) ... 4 lb. Alcohol (65 per cent.) 2 gal. Macerate and filter : Tinct. (as above) *. 100 parts. Coal tar 50 parts. Mix. After eight days, filter. Used externally in skin diseases. LEAD IN HAIR RESTORATIVES. There is a popular impression that the continued use of hair restoratives leads to paralysis. In the light of the facts below it is not strange that lead paralysis is caused by these preparations. The following is taken from the report of Prof. C. F. Chandler to the N. Y. Board of Health : Mrs. S. A. Allen's World's Hair Restorer. One fluid ounce contains : Lead in solution 5 . 26 gr. Lead in the sediment 0.31 gr. Hall's "Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. One fluid ounce contains : Lead in solution 6 .45 gr. Lead in the sediment 0.68 gr. Ayer's Hair Vigor. One fluid ounce contains : Lead in solution 2.81 gr. Lead in the sediment 0.08 gr. 114 SECRET NOSTRUMS Hoyt's Hiawatha Hair Restorative. This is an ammoniacal solution of nitrate of silver, containing 4.76 grains of the nitrate in one fluid ounce. It contains no other metals. Clark's Distilled Restorative for the Hair. This preparation contains in one fluid ounce : Lead in solution o . 1 1 gr. L. Knittel' s Indian Hair Tonique. One fluid ounce contains : Lead in solution 5 . 16 gr. Lead in the sediment i.i3gr. Chevalier's Life for the Hair. One fluid ounce contains : Lead in solution o . 22 gr. Lead in the sediment 0.80 gr. Pearson & Co.'s Circassian Hair Rejuvenator. One fluid ounce contains : Lead in solution 1 .40 gr. Lead in the sediment 1 .31 gr. LITTLE HOP PILLS. " For headache, biliousness, weak nerves, dyspepsia, constipation, deranged liver, and general debility." Manufactured by the Hop Pill Manufacturing Com- pany, New London, Conn. Weight of 12 pills =16 grains. They contain oil of peppermint, podophyllin, rhubarb in small quantities, and probably extract of colocynth. Sugar coated. AND SYSTEMS. 115 Allowing four or five grains for sugar coating, we suggest the following as a formula closely resembling the original: Take of— Podophyllin 3 gr. Ext. colocynth 6 gr. Oil of peppermint 1 drop. Ext. rhubarb sufficient. Mix, divide into 12 pills and coat heavily with sugar. — New Idea. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. Take of— Sugar 10 dr. Starch 10 dr. Gum arabic 5 dr. Lactucarium 75 gr. Equal parts each of Vinegar of squills, Oxymel of squills, Wine of ipecac. The last three are to be mixed and evaporated to one-sixth the original bulk and added to the pow- ders in quantity sufficient to make a mass of proper consistence. This is to be divided into lozenges of seven and one-half grains each. LOWNDES'S MAGIC CREAM. Take of— Hydrarg. ammoniat 1 part. Zinc oxide 3 parts. Il6 SECRET NOSTRUMS Must be thoroughly incorporated in powder; suffi- cient glycerine and lard then added to make a stiff cream. For application to venereal ulcers. LOW'S MAGNETIC LINIMENT. Low's Magnetic Liniment is a thin, reddish liquid, put up in panel bottle (containing three fluid ounces) with a rubber cork. It contains according to our analysis, oil of turpentine, capsicum, camphor, ammonia, oil of sassafras, and alcohol. The follow- ing formula furnishes a liniment nearly identical in contents, character, and color: Take of— Oil of turpentine 90 parts. Tinct. of capsicum 120 parts. Spirits of camphor 960 parts. Stronger water of ammonia . . 90 parts. Alcohol (sp. gr. 820) 180 parts. Oil of sassafras 6 parts. Fluid ext. of sassafras 40 parts. Total (parts by weight) . . i486 — New Idea, LYON'S KATHAIRON. The following formula will exactly duplicate the original: Take of— Castor oil 1 fl. oz. Tinct. cantharides 1 fl. dr. AND SYSTEMS. 117 Oil of bergamot 20 minims. Stronger water of ammonia. . . 1 drop. Alcohol sufficient to make 3 fl. oz. — New Idea. MAGNETIC LINIMENT. Take of— Tinct. of cantharides 2 dr. Oil of origanum 1 oz. •Muriate ammonia 2 dr. Sulphuric ether 1 oz. Alcohol 1 pt. Mix. MALVINA CREAM. Prepared by Prof. I. Hubert, inventor and proprietor, Toledo, Ohio. " Warranted to remove freckles, beautify the complexion, and preserve the smoothness of the skin." Used in conjunction with Malvina Lotion. According to our examination it is as fol- lows: Put up in a white glass ointment jar, contain- ing 386 grains of a white, pleasant appearing and pleasant smelling ointment, which consists of white wax, white petrolatum, a bismuth salt, and mercuric chloride in very small quantities. We recommend the following formula as one which will make a pre- paration closely resembling the original: Il8 SECRET NOSTRUMS Take of — Saxoline 265 gr. White wax 50 gr. Spermaceti 30 gr. Bismuth oxychloride 40 gr. Mercuric chloride ^ gr. Spirit of rose (4 drams of oil to 1 pint) 20 minims. Oil of bitter almonds -^ minim. Warm the saxoline, white wax, and spermaceti together until melted. While cooling incorporate the bismuth oxychloride and the mercuric chloride, this last previously dissolved in a little alcohol, and when nearly cold, stir in the perfumes. — New Idea. MALVINA LOTION. "an addition to malvina cream." " This lotion should be used as directed with the Malvina Cream, as it is of great importance to cure freckles, pimples, moth patches, liver mole, ring- worm, and salt rheum. It straightens wrinkles in face, speeds the respiration of the blood, cleanses and softens the skin to youthful freshness." Put up in a white glass, square bottle, holding 4^2 fluid ounces of a milky-white fluid, with a powder in suspension. No quantitative estimates were attempted. In solution we found mercuric chloride, and the powder in suspension is a carbonate or sub- carbonate of zinc. The milky fluid is evidently an emulsion of almonds Doorly made. The following AND SYSTEMS. II9 formula will make a preparation in most respects sim- ilar to Malvina Lotion. Make up an emulsion of almonds (2 drams to 1 pint) with rose-water. In one pint of this fluid dissolve two grains of mercuric chloride, and suspend in the mixture three drams of zinc oxide. — New Idea. MATHIETPS VERMIFUGE. Take of — Tin filings 1 oz. Fern root ^ oz. Worm-seed ^ oz. Ext. of jalap 1 dr. Sulphate of potassa 1 dr. Honey to form an electuary. A tea-spoonful every three hours for two days, then substitute the following : Jalap 2 scruples. Sulphate of potassa 2 scruples. Scammony 1 scruple. Gamboge 10 gr. Make into an electuary with honey and give the same dose as the preceding. MEIBOM'S PECTORAL BALSAM. Take of — Benzoin 10 parts. Dragon's blood 10 parts. Opium 10 parts. Bals. Peru 10 parts. 120 SECRET NOSTRUMS Spermaceti 5 parts. Butter 10 parts. Sweet oil of almonds 50 parts. Oil of turpentine 100 parts. Acetic acid 2 parts. Digest for some days, frequently shaking, and strain through linen. To be rubbed on the breast once daily and taken internally once or twice daily, in doses of ten to fifteen drops, for coughs and catarrh. METZ'S BALSAM. Metz's Balsam, which is quite popular in some sec- tions of the country, it is said is prepared as follows: Take of— Linseed oil .... .. 180 parts. Olive oil 180 parts. Oil of laurel berries 30 parts. Turpentine (oleo-resin) 60 parts. Melt by a gentle heat and add: Powdered aloes 8 parts. Powdered verdigris 12 parts. Powdered white vitriol 6 parts. Pour into a bottle and add: Oil of juniper 15 parts. Oil of cloves 4 parts. Mix by shaking. It is used as a dressing for ulcers, boils, wounds, etc. — National Druggist, AND SYSTEMS. 121 MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. This widely advertised liniment comes in a round bottle surrounded by a circular and enclosed in a lithographic wrapper. The bottle holds 1% fluid ounces of a preparation which is a light brownish emulsion, smelling of petroleum products and ter- ebinthinate oils. The following may be taken as a very fair duplicate: Take of — Oil turpentine % dr. Oil thyme y 2 dr. Oil amber, crude y 2 dr. Black oil i dr. Kerosene oil 3 dr. Water 3 oz. 2 dr. Soap 35 gr. Caustic potash 3 gr. The soap should be placed, together with the alkali, in a flask, and then dissolved in two ounces of hot water; add the mixed oils in very small quantities at a time, with vigorous shaking. When the mixture has once assumed a creamy consistency, the oils may be added more rapidly; but in any case, reasonable care should be observed, and this is true in adding more water, which should be quite warm, until the full pint is made. If the oils do not emulsify readily, it is neces- sary to begin over again, as either too much oil was added at first, or the water was not warm enough. Strict attention must be paid to both of these consid- erations in order to insure success. — New Idea. 122 SECRET NOSTRUMS MILLER'S GOLDEN OIL. The label on bottle of Miller's Golden Oil states it will cure diphtheria, bronchitis, coughs, colds, whooping-cough, catarrh in the head, croup, burns, rheumatic pains, neuralgia, toothache, headache, pains in the side, breast and neck, sore throat, earache, stiff neck, sprains, wounds, bruises, broken breasts, salt rheum, sore eyes, tetter, asthma, frosted feet, piles, deafness, corns, etc. Directions. — This oil should be taken inwardly and applied externally. According to New Idea, this consists mainly of : Essential oil of lavender 20 minims. Essential oil of eucalyptus. 20 minims. Essential oil of sassafras 20 minims. Oil of turpentine 1 fl. dr. Cotton-seed oil 7 fl. dr. MITCHELL'S EYE SALVE. "A certain, safe, and effectual remedy for sore, weak, and inflamed eyes. Prepared only by E. Taylor, chemical works, Rochester, N. Y." This preparation consists of a small quantity of oxide of mercury, and a considerable quantity of oxide of zinc, disseminated through a fatty base, seemingly lard, stiffened with a little white wax. We offer the following as an efficient substitute: Saxoline, snow white 350 gr. White wax 130 gr. AND SYSTEMS. 1 23 Oxide of zinc 45 gr. Oxide of mercury 5 gr. Oil of lavender 10 drops. Melt the white wax and saxoline together, and stir constantly while cooling. As soon as the mass begins to solidify incorporate the oxides and oil of lavender. —New Idea. MOREHEAD'S MAGNETIC PLASTER Is said to be composed of tar and extract of bella- donna, of each equal parts. MITCHELL'S SYSTEM OF TREATMENT OF PILES. In the year 187 1, there lived in the village of Clin- ton, Illinois, a young physician named Mitchell. His. practice was small, and afforded him superabundant leisure, which he employed in devising a new treat- ment for piles. Being a good thinker, he soon con- ceived the idea of treating hemorrhoids by the hypo- dermic injection of a mixture of olive oil and carbolic acid. Having tried his plan upon an old farmer of the neighborhood, he accomplished a triumphant cure. The old farmer was delighted and garrulous, and the young doctor was needy but ambitious, and the two made a sort of co-partnership, the old farmer attend- ing to the advertising while the young doctor received the patients and punctured their piles and their pockets with his hypodermic syringe. Knowledge of their methods spread. Certain itinerants began to 124 SECRET NOSTRUMS sell the secret to others, pledging them to secrecy in turn, and binding each to practice only in the district for which he had "purchased the right." Two men in Chicago are said to have paid three thousand dol- lars for the exclusive secret " right " to a certain por- tion of Illinois, including their city. Flocks of itiner- ants bought the secret of each other, and traversed the country in every direction until their handbills fluttered on the shores of the Pacific ocean. In the year 1876 one of the quacks revealed to us his method, and by taking measures adapted to the pur- pose, we found that his information was correct. We then entered into correspondence with a considerable number of the itinerants, some of whom seemed willing to make a clean breast. We also communicated with a large number of regular physicians who had observed the practice of the itinerants, and in some cases had made use of the method themselves. In the course of this investigation, we received about 300 letters, and got rough estimates of the results of the injections in about 3,300 cases. Mitchell com- menced with a mixture of one part of carbolic acid to two parts of olive oil, but he gradually varied from his first method, and at length, as I am informed, he partly abandoned the injections and adopted the plan of tearing the interior of the piles to pieces by angular needles set in handles. He probably met some of the dangerous accidents which have occurred in the injection practice and changed to the needles on that account. His disciples, however, persisted, AND SYSTEMS. I 25 and in their hands the injections were varied in numerous ways. One of the itinerants wrote us that he had tested " every caustic in the vegetable and mineral kingdoms," but that he came back to the car- bolic acid as the best, "and the stronger the better." The excipients generally used were oil, glycerine or alcohol, to which water was sometimes added. Car- bolic acid was generally, but not always, the active ingredient, and the strength varied from twenty to one hundred per cent. We were disappointed on the whole in the results. Although there were many beautiful cures, thirteen deaths were reported to us out of about 3,304 cases, besides a large number of dangerous abscesses, sloughings, and in some cases prolonged and terrible pain, or desperate shock, the latter being probably from embolism. In a num- ber of cases very dangerous hemorrhages occurred, presumed to be from the spasmodic grip of the sphincter bursting the thin walls of a pile, squeezing out the clot, and letting loose the floodgates of the hemorrhoidal veins, which, above the verge, have no valves. The itinerants varied greatly the strength of the fluids used. The weak solutions acted more mildly than the others, but they often failed of cure. The strong preparations almost always cured the piles, but they produced a multitude of cases of abscesses and sloughings. The Michigan itinerant above men- tioned states, that he preferred positive results, and always sought to cause the piles to suppurate or 126 SECRET NOSTRUMS mortify, and to that end he " preferred carbolic acid, and the stronger the better." Some of them use the acid at a strength of only three per cent, and others as high as ninety-five per cent. Regular physicians were for a number of years wholly at a loss to account for the success which these itinerants obtained. Our own discovery of the secret resulted partly from the indiscretion of a " specialist," who exemplified the saying, in vino Veritas, and partly from the information obtained by a Chicago druggist, who furnished the same man and others their solutions. We published the knowledge thus obtained simultaneously in five prominent medical journals, and as a result were shortly in receipt of hundreds of letters from per- sons of all classes, with reports of thousands of cases, and the results, both good and bad, of the method. The sale of " rights" ceased quickly. The sums paid for exclusive rights, in a limited district, were from one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars. — Andrews's Rectal and Anal Surgery. MOTHER SIEGEL'S SYRUP. Take of — Cone, decoction of aloes (i to 4) 60 m. Borax 1.3 gm' Capsicum, powdered 0.13 gm Gentian, powdered 2.3 gm Sassafras oil 0.3 gm. Wintergreen oil 0.12 gm. Rectified spirit 7 .5 gm. Fluid extract dandelion 7.5 gm. Syrup 125 gm. AND SYSTEMS. I 27 MOXIE— A NERVE FOOD. A correspondent desires to know the composition of Moxie Nerve Food, extensively advertised " as a very lively enemy to rum," etc. "Though neither a stimulant, poison, tonic, nor medicine, and contains not a drop of alcohol, yet it satisfies the drunkard's thirst better than anything else." * * * "It has created more excitement in the East than the railroad or the telegraph, and in Washington they all drink it, from the President down." Such is the driveling language of a quack nostrum, boomed by a retired homoeopath for the benefit of the dissipated elite. As usual, a romantic story goes with the nerve food, how it is prepared from a plant discovered by one Lieut. Moxie, and, "being entirely unknown to the botanists," was named in his honor. A large reward is offered for any chemist who can produce its equal, or give a correct analysis of the wonderful nerve food. This "Moxie," despite the wonderful tale of its discovery, and although so "wholly un- known to botanists," is, we presume to say, a plant otherwise termed avena sativa. The great " Nerve Food " is a decoction of oats, made into a syrup and flavored with sassafras and wintergreen. — Western Druggist. MTJRBAY'S INFALLIBLE SYSTEM TONIC, M. I. S. T. Manufactured by the M. I. S. T. Co., Indianapolis, Ind., S. B. Murray, manager. Claimed by them to be 128 SECRET NOSTRUMS "the only scrofula, catarrh, blood, liver, and kidney medicine on earth. " This preparation is put up in small gelatine capsules, each containing on an average 2^ grains of a brown, bitter, pasty mass. Retail price is $1.00 per box containing 50 capsules. Our examination proved it to be: • Aloes 50 gr. Cinnamon, pulv 25 gr. Glycyrrhiza root, pulv, ... 25 gr. Water sufficient. Make into a pill mass with a little water, and divide into 50 parts. Press into gelatine capsules for use. — New Idea. NERVE AND BONE LINIMENT. Take of — Oil of origanum 4 oz. Oil of rosemary 4 oz. Oil of amber 4 oz. Oil of hemlock 4 oz. Turpentine 4 pts. Linseed oil ... > 6 pts. Mix. For external use only. NUMBER THIRTEEN. Take of — Ol. santal alb. opt. 2 fl. dr. Tinct. cubebs ^ fl. oz. Spts. lavender comp y 2 fl. oz. .Spt. nit. dulc Y2 fl. oz. 01. cassia opt 15 drops. Syr. acacia 2 ^ fl. oz. Mix Dose: — A tea-spoonful before meals. AND SYSTEMS. 129 OIL OF GLADNESS. Take of— Oil of marjoram i fl. dr. Oil of peppermint i fl. dr. Oil of horsemint i fl. dr. Ether 2 fl. dr. Tincture of capsicum ........ 4 fl. dr. Tincture of opium 1 fl. dr. Tincture of red sanders 1 fl. dr. Alcohol, sufficient quantity to make 8 fl. oz. Mix. — Druggists' Circular. OIL OF JOY. Take of — Alcohol 4 pts. Gum camphor y 2 oz. Oil of sassafras 1 oz. Oil of cedar 1 oz. Tinct. of guaiac 1 oz. Tincture of capsicum 2 oz. Water of ammonia 4 oz. Chloroform 3 oz. Mix. OLIVE BRANCH. Olive Branch consists of powdered jequirity made into suppositories, with cocoa butter or white wax. — Boston Journal of Health. ORANGE BLOSSOM. Claimed by its proprietors to be a positive cure for all female diseases. The article is in the form of a 130 SECRET NOSTRUMS vaginal suppository. Our analysis shows it to be about as follows: An oblong body, about one inch long, by one-half inch wide and one-half inch thick, weighing full two grammes (31 grains). A single fold of heavy tin foil surrounds and encloses a light, grayish-yellow, unguentous mass, of a rancid, fatty odor, and astringent, metallic taste. The reaction very acid. The constituents are: Zinc sulphate 1 dr. Alum 15 gr. Cocoa butter 3 dr. White wax y? dr. Oil sweet almonds 1^ dr. Ext. henbane 1 gr. — New Idea. OSGOOD'S CHOLAGOGUE, OR CELEBRATED AGUE CURE. Take of — Sulph. quinine 2 dr. Fluid ext. leptandra 2 dr. Saturated tinct. stillingia 4 oz. Fluid ext. podophyllin 3 dr. Oil of sassafras 10 drops. Oil of wintergreen 10 drops. New Orleans molasses sufficient to make 8 oz. Mix. Dose: — One to two tea-spoonfuls. AND SYSTEMS. 131 OZONE UTERINE WAFERS. Ozone Uterine wafers consist of powdered jequi- rity in capsules. While jequirity is of value in uterine diseases, it should be used with caution. — Boston Journal of Health. PAGE'S LiaiJID GLUE. Take of — Best carpenter's glue 120 parts. Acetic acid 10 parts. Water 130 parts. Alum 1 part. Digest in water bath until dissolved, and when cold add Alcohol 30 parts. — New Idea. PALMER'S COSMETIC LOTION is said to be a weak (one per cent.) solution of sulpho-carbolate of zinc in glycerine and rose-water. — Western Druggist. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS are composed of acetic extract of colchicum and extract of hyoscyamus. -^New Idea. 132 SECRET NOSTRUMS GRAVES'S GOUT PREVENTIVE is a mixture made by steeping, for one week, dried orange peel and hiera picra, of each one ounce, and rhubarb, half an ounce, in brandy, one pint. PARSONS'S LOCAL ANESTHETIC. Take of— Chloroform 12 parts. , Tinct. aconite 12 parts. Tinct. capsicum 4 parts. Tinct. pyrethrum 2 parts. Oil cloves 2 parts. Camphor 2 parts. Dissolve the camphor in the chloroform, then add oil of cloves, and then the tinctures. The venerable Dr. Parsons, in sending this formula for publication, says : "I cannot expect to remain much longer in this world, and I want the profession to know the value of this local anaesthetic." — Southern Dental Journal. PATTERSON'S EMULSION OF PUMPKIN SEEDS. Patterson's Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds is said to be a good emulsion for expelling tapeworms. Take two ounces of pumpkin seeds, peel and pound to a paste with sugar, then add by degrees eight fluid ounces of water, the whole to be taken in two or three draughts at short intervals. AND SYSTEMS. 133 ACTINA. Prof. Flavel B. Tiffany, of the University Medical College, this city, says the extensively advertised "Actina" has this composition : Menthol crystals ...... i dr. Alcohol y* dr. Ether sulph i dr. Oil mustard 2 dr. Sponge sufficient to make 1 oz. Or Menthol crystals 1 dr. Ether hydrobromic 1 dr. Oil mustard 2 dr. Sponge sufficient to make 1 oz. — Kansas City Med. Index. PEEKSKILL'S COUGH SYRUP. Take of— Syrup of tolu 5 fl. oz. Syrup of ipecac 1 fl. oz. Paregoric 4 fl. dr. Syrup of wild cherry 1 fl. oz. Mix. — Medical World. PERRY'S COMPOUND SARSAPARILLA BLOOD PURIFIER. Take of— Turkey-corn root 2 lb. Stillingia root 2 lb. Sarsaparilla root 2 lb. Yellow-dock root 2 lb. Sassafras bark 1 lb. 134 SECRET NOSTRUMS Simple syrup 2 gal. Diluted alcohol 32 pt. Iodide of potassa 2 lb. Water sufficient. Percolate roots and bark with diluted alcohol, add syrup, then iodide of potassa. Dissolve in water to make six gallons. — Kilner's Modern Pharmacy, PERRY DAVIS'S PAIN KILLER. Take of— Gum myrrh ... 2% lb. Capsicum ' 10 oz. Gum opium 8 oz. Gum benzoin 6 oz. Gum guiac 3 oz. Gum camphor 10 oz. Alcohol S gal. PETTIT'S EYE SALVE. The formula for this old and popular remedy is as follows: Take of— Olive oil 4 dr. Spermaceti 1 y 2 dr. White wax % dr. Melt together, and add gradually, under trituration in a warm mortar, to the following in fine powder, and thoroughly mix: AND SYSTEMS. 1 35 White precipitate 20 gr. Oxide zinc 30 gr. Acid benzoic 2 gr. Morphine sulph % gr. Oil rosemary % gr. Finally stir until cool, and preserve in a well covered vessel. — Western Druggist. PARSONS' S PURGATIVE PILLS. TaKe of — Aloes , 1 gr. Calomel Yz gr. Powd. colocynth ^ gr. Gamboge y? gr. Soap yS CURE FOR CONSUMPTION AND HEMOPTYSIS. Take of— Zinc sulphate 6 parts. Alum 4 parts. Water 480 to 600 parts. Cochineal, sufficient to color. Mix. MARSHALL'S PILLS. Take of— Compound extract colocynth. ... 60 gr. Mass mercury 60 gr. Powd. aloes , 60 gr. Powd. soap 60 gr. Powd. rhubarb 60 gr Mix and make into 60 pills. — Pharm. Record. BRADYCROTINE. A compound closely resembling it may be made by the following formula : Caffeine (alkaloid) 5 gr. Potassium bromide 20 gr. Sodium bromide 20 gr. Simple syrup , . 2 dr. Alcohol 2 dr. Port wine sufficient to make .... 2 oz. Caramel sufficient to color. — Druggists' Circular. AND SYSTEMS. 2 2 1 CHILDS'S COUGH MIXTURE. Take of— Syr. squills 2 dr. Wine ipecac 1 dr. Tinct. camphor comp 1 dr. Simple syrup 4 dr. Water 3 oz. Mix. ATKINSON'S INFANT PRESERVATIVE. Take of— Carbonate magnesia 6 dr. White sugar 2^ oz. Oil anise 20 drops. Comp. spirits ammonia 2^ dr. Rectified spirits 2% dr. Tinct. opium 1 dr. Syrup saffron 1 oz. Caraway water enough to make 1 pint. Mix. Used as an antacid, anodyne and hypnotic. — Pharm. Record, LIGHTBURN'S LIQUID VETERINARY BLISTER. Powdered cantharides 1 oz. Oil of turpentine 8 fl. oz. Water of ammonia 4 fl. oz. Olive oil 2 fl. oz. Oil of sassafras 1 fl. oz. When dispensed, direct that the surface to be blis- tered be washed off with hot water and dried, and 22 2 SECRET NOSTRUMS that the liquid be rubbed in against the way the hair grows. When applying a blister, the animal's head should be tied so that it cannot get its mouth to the spot being blistered, and the pharmacist should caution his customers to that effect. — Druggists 1 Circular. BOERHAVER'S BITTERS. Take of— Alcohol, 90 per cent 140 parts. Sugar , 76 parts. Aloes 10 parts. Cinnamon 23 parts. Galangal 23 parts. Zedoary 23 parts. Angelica 23 parts. Cloves 23 parts. Gentian 23 parts. Quassia, cut 23 parts. Water 200 parts. Mix. —Hager. HTJMLEY'S COLIC CURE. [FOR horses.] Take of— Laudanum 1 oz. Essence of peppermint 1 oz. Spirits of nitre 1 oz. Ether 1 oz. Bicarbonate of sodium ......... y 2 oz. Whisky 4 oz. Linseed oil 4 oz. Mix. AND SYSTEMS. 223 Our contributor said that, among the very many remedies he had seen used, that made by the above formula had accomplished the most satisfactory re- sults and in the shortest time. What has to be done must be done quickly in this ailment. — Druggists' Circular. WHEELOCK'S COUGH MIXTURE. Take of— Sulph. ether 3 dr. Tinct. hyoscyamus 1 oz. Syr. wild cherry 1 oz. Syr. tolu 1 oz. Water to make 4 oz. Mix. — Pharm. Era. ROGERS'S ANTI-NEURALGIC PILLS. Take of— Asafoetida 10 gr. Ext. valerian 10 gr. Galbanum 10 gr. Castoreum « 10 gr. Mix. Make ten pills. Dose: — Three or four pills a day. — Country Doctor. BRODIE'S LINIMENT. Take of— Sulphuric acid 1 dr. Olive oil , 1 oz. Turpentine 1 oz. Add the acid gradually to the oil, stirring in a mortar ; afterward add the turpentine. 224 SECRET NOSTRUMS BRONCHILLINE. Bronchilline is said to contain in each fluid ounce the following therapeutic agents : Mullein 4 gr. Horehound 4 gr. Senega 4 gr. Ipecac 4 gr. Sanguinaria 4 gr. White pine 4 gr. Wild cherry 16 gr. Pine tar 8 gr. Chloroform , . . 4 min. To prepare a syrup having this composition pro- ceed as follows : Take of— Mullein .... * 64 gr. Horehound 64 gr. Senega • 64 gr. Ipecac 64 gr. Sanguinaria 64 gr. White pine 64 gr. Wild cherry 256 gr. Chloroform 64 min. Pine tar q. s. Sugar 14 oz. av. Alcohol q. s. Water q. s. Make a tar water, following the method of the U. S. P. for syrup of tar. Take the mixed drugs in about No. 40 powder, and, having mixed eight vol- umes of the tar water with three volumes of alcohol, proceed to moisten the drugs with this menstruum. AND SYSTEMS. 225 After allowing to stand twenty-four hours to swell, pack them in a percolator, and percolate with the menstruum until eight ounces of percolate have been obtained. In this dissolve the sugar with the aid of a gentle heat, and when cold add the chloroform and enough tar water to make one pint. — New Idea. KLINE'S PAINLESS CANCER PLASTER. Take of— White wax i oz. Fir balsam 2 oz. Chromic acid 1 oz. Melt the wax and balsam together, and add the acid slowly, stirring while cooling. Remove the cuticle by blistering, if necessary, and apply the plaster spread upon thin muslin. When a sufficient depth of tissue has been destroyed, slough out with poultices, if necessary. DAVISSON'S CANCER REMEDY. For many years a man named Davisson resided near Lake Zurich, in Lake county, Illinois, who treated cancers with a plaster of which the following is believed to be a correct receipt. It was given to the writer by Dr. Joseph House, of Marengo, 111., he claiming to have received it in return for some pro- fessional favor. Take of— Rochelle salts 1 oz. Sulphur , 1 oz. 226 SECRET NOSTRUMS Sulph. zinc i oz. Arsenious acid i oz. Beat well the yolk of eight eggs. Mix with the above ingredients to a thick batter, put in an earthen dish and bake well in an oven. To color, use a little sulphate of copper, taking less sulphate of zinc. To use : Mix with the yolk of an egg to a paste, spread to the thickness of a wafer and apply to the sore, then spread another larger plaster with the yolk alone ; put this over the first, binding it on tightly. It should produce inflammation and swelling, on the subsidence of which take off the plaster, and if a line of separation has not formed apply another, and so on until it does form, then dress with some healing ointment. If the cuticle is not off, remove by a blister. PAINLESS CANCER REMEDY. Take of— Monsel's solution, Liquor ammonia, of each equal parts. Mix together. Let stand an hour, pour off the supernatant liquid and place the pasty residue on a filter. Let stand until it obtains the consistence of an ointment, then triturate in a mortar, with half the quantity of lard, and when united add of arsenious acid ten grains to the ounce. Spread thickly on pieces of cloth and apply every day until the growth is killed. Remove the skin by blistering, if necessary. AND SYSTEMS. 227 A SUCCESSFUL ESCHAROTIC FOR CANCER, LU- PUS, AND OTHER MALIGNANT TUMORS. Mrs. G., aged about forty, applied to me to treat a tumor on the left side of her nose and about three- eighths of an inch from the inner canthus of the left eye. I found, on examination, that it was lupus exe- dens. I had no faith in any of the remedies, so called, in the books, nor did I have any faith in the knife. But I had purchased a cancer recipe in which I had faith, for I had known it to be successful in taking out many cancers, and that it took out roots as far as lymphatics contained cancer cells. So far as I have learned, none of the malignant tumors that had been taken out by this recipe had ever returned. The lupus on Mrs. G.'s nose was about three-quarters of an inch long and five-eighths of an inch wide, being rounded at each end. Without more of this, I will give treatment : Take of— Sanguinaria pulv i part. Galangal pulv 3 parts. Chloride of zinc, sufficient quantity. Mix. I first mixed the powders, then worked in gradually enough chloride of zinc to make a thick paste, or plaster, consistent enough to form with my fingers, about }£ in. thick and large enough to cover the whole tumor and about }i in. of healthy skin around the tumor. This I applied one morning, after put- ting isinglass plaster over the inner canthus of the 22 8 SECRET NOSTRUMS eye to prevent the possibility of any of the escharotic getting into the eye, and also to prevent tears getting on the plaster. Over this I applied strips of plaster, and a soft compress and bandage. I left two doses of morphine sulphate, 1-6 gr. each, to be taken in case pain was severe. The next morning I called to see Mrs. G., and made another plaster and applied it in the same way. On the third morning I called again and found that her face was considerably swelled, though she had suffered but little pain and had taken but two doses of morphine, but as it was my first experience, I did not make a third applica- tion that day, but called again on the fourth day and made a third application. On the fifth morning I called again, and from the blackened and shriveled appearance of the tumor I was satisfied it was killed, so I gave Mrs. G. basilicon ointment and directed her to dress the tumor once a day with this, and that in any cracks or fissures that occurred she should put olive oil with a feather, this treatment to be continued until the tumor came out. I directed her to let it come out without using any traction, and that it would come out in about five days, and to continue dressing with the basilicon ointment until the aper- ture was skinned over. I heard no more of the case for some two months, when, one day, Mrs. G.came to me with scarcely a scar where the tumor had been. So far as I can learn the regular profession know nothing of this recipe. What part the galangal plays I don't know, but the two powders with zinc chloride make a planter without the assistance of any liquid. AND SYSTEMS. 229 I have not had any other opportunity of trying it, but have no hesitancy in recommending it to the medical profession, especially as I was, in the pur- chase of it, placed under no restrictions to keep it a secret. The plaster must be made fresh each morn- ing, or twenty-four hours, as, if kept ready mixed it gets too hard to adapt to the part. I would advise, before commencing the treatment that theprimce vice be cleared out with some mild pur- gative, and that the diet be nutritious, but not coarse, during the three or four days' use of the escharotic, so that the bowels may not be overloaded in conse- quence of any anodyne given to relieve pain. I did not use exceeding two-thirds of a grain of morphine in the case described, but some might require more, and a purge after use of the plaster. — F. H. Lutterloh, M.D., %n Medical World, THE COST OF NOSTRUMS. The Indiana Pharmacist, in an article advising druggists to prepare their own stock medicines, in- stead of selling nostrums, gives the following figures estimating the cost of preparations, identical with or superior to the secret articles. "Why should you pay $1.90 a dozen for Bull's Cough Syrup, when you can put up a better article containing no opium, giving three times the quantity for the same money, at a cost of but 46 cents a dozen ? " Here is a formula for a most excellent cough syrup: 230 SECRET NOSTRUMS Take of — Fl. ext. ipecac 2 oz. 38 cents. Chloroform , . . ^ oz. 2 cents. Tinct. white pine 8 oz. 14 cents. Water 28 oz. Sugar 56 oz. 25 cents. Magnesia carb 2 oz. 3 cents. Tinct. gelsemium 1 oz. 2 cents. Total cost 84 cents. This makes five pints of finished product, which, put up in three-ounce ball-neck panels, holding 2% ounces, would make 3^5 dozen bottles. The cost of the bottles would be 50 cents, and the labels, wrappers, etc., would cost not mc*re than 10 cents, making a total cost of $1.44 for three and one-sixth dozen syrup, or about 46 cents a dozen, as against $1.90 a dozen for Bull's. Take the subject of bitters. None of the patents can be bought for less than $7.00 a dozen, and from that up to $8.50. They retail for $1.00, where " cut- ting" is not known. Take the following formula: Take of — Cinchona bark, red. .. . 8 oz. 30 cents. Gentian root 8 oz. 5 cents. Columbo root 8 oz. 10 cents. Juniper berries 8 oz. 3 cents. Glycerine 8 oz. 9 cents. Alcohol i part. 55 cents. Water 3 parts. To make one gallon of finished product. AND SYSTEMS. 2 3i Have the drugs ground to coarse powder, pack in a percolator, pour on menstruum until the top of the drug is evenly covered. When the percolate begins to drop, insert a cork in the percolator, cover the top, and allow the contents to macerate 48 hours. Then proceed to obtain 7^ pints of percolate, to which add the glycerine. Flavor with oil of wintergreen. This makes eight pints of finished product, which put up in pint bottles, sells for $1.00 a bottle. The bottles cost 28 cents, and the labels and wrappers not to exceed 10 cents, making a total cost of $1.50 for eight bottles, or $2.25 for a dozen, as against $7.00 to $8.00 for the regular nostrum. For a blood purifier that will " do the work every time:" Take of— Fl. ext. sarsaparilla . . 8 oz. 50 cents. Fl. ext. stillingia .... 8 oz. 25 cents. Fl. ext. yellow dock. . 8 oz. 25 cents. Podophyllin 24 gr. 3 cents. Aqua 2 pt. Elix. simplex 2 pt. 23 cents. Alcohol 2 pt. 55 cents. Iodide potash 1 oz. 18 cents. Mix and filter. Put up in paneled 14-ounce bottles. This will give 9 bottles to the gallon. The bottles will cost 26 cents, labels and wrappers 10 cents, making a total cost of $2.35 for 9 bottles, or $3.13 a dozen, as against $7.00 to $8.50 a dozen for the much-vaunted nostrums that are generally only a solution of epsom salts, colored and flavored. 232 SECRET NOSTRUMS For a kidney cure, one that invariably brings back the customer, recommends itself and makes business brisk : Take of— Fl. ext. buchu 8 oz. 35 cents. Fl. ext. pareira brava. 4 oz. 20 cents. Fl. ext. stone-root ... 4 oz. 20 cents. Acetate potass 4 oz. 15 cents. Holland gin, best. ... 8 oz. 20 cents. Simple elixir, to make. 1 gal. 72 cents. . Mix. Filter and put up in bottles holding eight ounces, plain or paneled, as best suits. The bottles will cost 44 cents, and the labels and wrappers 10 cents, making a total cost of $2.36 for 16 bottles, or $1.77 a dozen. This can be sold for 50 cents a bottle, and will afford a much better per cent, and larger profit than Warner's nostrums, and do the patient some good. For a liniment for general purposes, that will relieve pain and soreness, giving much better satis- faction than St. Jacob's Oil: Take of— Soap liniment 5 pt. $1.10 Aqua ammonia 2 pt. .12 Tinct. opium 1 pt. .60 Mix. INDEX. Actina. . 133 Albadermine 5 Alcohol in Patent Medicines 204 Allen's Lung Balsam 6 Allen's World's Hair Restorer 7 Anti-Constipation Pad 7 Anti-Fat s 135 Arabian Balsam 7 Aseptin 8 Athlophoros 8 Atkinson's Infant Preservative '. 221 Augsburg Essence of Life 14 Ayer's Ague Cure 9 Ayer's Cherry Pectoral 9 Ayer's Hair Vigor 10 Ayer's Sarsaparilla 10 Ayer's Vita Nuova. 12 Bareel's Indian Liniment 15 Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment : 15 Barnes's Frost Balsam 196 Bateman's Pectoral Drops 156 Bauncheidt Oil 16 Becker's Eye Salve 16 Beecham's Pills. 21 Beggs's Ague Pills . 16 Benson's Skin Cure 17 Big G Injection 195 Blair's Gout Pills 131 Boerhaver's Bitters 222 Bordet's Hair Tonic 88 Boschee's German Syrup 18 Bradycrotine 220 Brandreth's Pills 18 BrinkerhofT's System 19 233 234 INDEX. Brodie's Asthma Liniment 141 Brodie's Liniment 223 Bromo-Chloralum 25 Bronchilline : 224 Brown's Bronchial Troches 25 Brown's Dentifrice 26 Brown's Iron Bitters 26 Brown's Male-Fern Vermifuge 26 Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers 27 Bucklen's Arnica Salve 28 Buckler's Croup Mixture 28 Bull's Blood Syrup 28 Bull's Cough Syrup 29 Calder's Dentine 29 California Liniment 30 Cancer Paste and Plasters 30, 225, 226, 227 Carbolate Iodine Inhalant 35 Carbolic Smoke Balls 35 Carter's Little Liver Pills 37 Castoria 37 Catani's Specific 38 Cazeaux's Nipple Ointment 38 Centaur Liniment 39 Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy 41 Chamberlain's Relief , . . 41 Childs's Cough Mixture 221 Chloralum. 41 Chlorodyne 42, 43 Churchill's Prescriptions v . 216 Clark's Blood Mixture 41 Cleary's Asthma Powder 44 Coaline Headache Powders 44 Cobb's Pills 45 Coe's Dyspepsia Cure 45 Combe's Aperient 46 Comedone Lotion 46 Compound Oxygen 49 Cook's Electro- Magnetic Liniment 46 Corrassa Compound 47 Cosmetics 51 Cost of Nostrums 229 Cram's Fluid Lightning 53 Cuticura Ointment 53 Cuticura Resolvent 53 INDEX. 235 Davisson's Cancer Remedy 225 Day's Kidney Pad 54 Dellenbaugh's Cough Cure 54 Derby Liniment 54 Deshler's Salve 55 Double Chloride of Gold Cure for Dipsomania 211 Dow's White Liquid Physic 55 Edison's Polyform 218 Edwards's Alterative Bitters 196 Egyptian Eye Salve 56 Elepizone $6 Elixir Iodo-Brom. Calcium Compound 57 Elixir Pinus Compound 57 Elixir Thion Compound , 58 Elliman's Royal Embrocation. . . 59 Ely's Cream Balm 59 Embalming Fluids 27, 197, 198, 199 Enos's Fruit Salt 60 Espey's Fragrant Cream 61 Fahnestock's Vermifuge 61 Falk's Sulpholine Cream . . . , 62 Febriline 62 Fellows's Hypophosphites 63 Firwein 64 Flagg's Relief 65 Fleury's Tasteless Cascarine .... 65 Ford's Balsam of Hoarhound ... 66 Fosgate's Anodyne Cordial 66 Foster's Magic Remedy 24 Freeman's Vermifuge Oil / 67 French Uterine Pad 67 Frostilla 215 Funk's Cream of Roses 67 Gadberry's Mixture 218 Garfield Tea 68 Gargling Oil 69 Genuine White Oil Liniment 69 Giles's Iodide of Ammonia Liniment 69 Golden Eye Water 70 Gombault's Caustic Balsam 70 Gooche's Mexican Cough Syrup 71 Good Samaritan Cough Syrup 72 Good Samaritan Liniment 72 236 INDEX. Grandmothers Own Cough Remedy 73 ■Graves's Gout Preventive 132 Gray's Specific Pills 73 Great London Liniment 74 Green Mountain Salve 75 Greene's Nervura 22 Green's August Flower 74 Green Wonder Oil 75 Gnmault's Injection of Matico 76 Gull's Cough Mixture 77 Gunn's Rheumatic Liniment yy Hagan's Magnolia Balm yy Haines's Golden Specific 78 Hair's Asthma Cure 78 Hall's Catarrh Cure 80 Hall's Hair Renewer 80 Hall's Hygienic Treatment 81 Hamburg Breast Tea. 217 Hamburg Drops \ 85 Hamburg Purgative Tea 85 Hamlet's Ague Pills 86 Hamlin's Wizard Oil 86 Hanson's Magic Corn Cure 86 Hardy's Ointment 87 Harlem Oil 87 Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters 201 Hartley's South American Cure 87 Heaton's Hernia Cure 89 Heiskell's Tetter Ointment 91 Helmbold's Buchu 92 Helmbold's Jelly 92 Hemorrhoids, Rorick's Formula 148 Himrod's Asthma Cure 92 Hinds's Honey and Almond Cream 204 Hinkley's Bone Liniment 93 Holloway's Ointment 93 Holloway's Pills 94 Holmes' Liver Pills 94 Hop Bitters 94 Hostetter's Bitters 95 Humley's Colic Cure 222 Hunter's Red Drops 95 Hunyadi Janos Water 96 Idiation 197 INDEX. 237 Injection Brou 96 Jackson's Cough Syrup 97 Jayne's Alterative 9S J ayne's Expectorant 97 Kalodont 219 Kaskine 98 Keating's Cough Lozenges 99 Kellogg's Red Drops 99 Kelly's Tonic 181 Kendall's Spavin Cure 99 Kennedy's Medical Discovery 100 Kennkle's Worm Syrup 100 Kephalgine 101 Kickapoo Indian Oil 101 Kickapoo Indian Sagwa 22; King's New Discovery. 102 King's Royal Germateur 196 Kitchell's Liniment 102 Kline's Nerve Restorer 103 Kline's Painless Cancer Cure 225 Kohler's One Night Corn Cure 155 Kreyder's Ague Pills 103 Kumyss 103 Lac Virginis 106 La Fayette Mixture . in Lallemand's Specific 106 Langell's Asthma Remedy 106 Lassar's Paste 187 Laubach's Electric Liniment 106 Lavarre's Sure Cure 107 Laville's Gout Cure 108 Lead in Hair Restoratives 113 Lee's Anti-Bilious Pills 108 Lee's Gravel Remedy 109 Lee's Lithontriptic , 109 Le Page's Liquid Glue 131 Liebig's Corn Cure no Lindsey's Pain Cure in Liniment for Man and Beast 112 Liquor Carbonis Detergens 113 Little Hop Pills 114 Local Anaesthetic 203 Locock's Pulmonic Wafers 115. 238 INDEX London Paste , 200 Lowndes's Magic Cream 115 Low's Magnetic Liniment 116 Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 23 Lyon's Kathairon 1 16 McLean's Strengthening Cordial 201 Madam Ruppert's Face Bleach 38 Magnetic Liniment 117 Malvina Cream 117 Malvina Lotion 118 Marshall's Pills 220 Matthieu's Vermifuge 119 Mayer's Ointment 215 Meibom's Pectoral Balsam 1 19 Metz's Balsam 120 Mexican Mustang Liniment 121 Micajah's Uterine Wafers 219 Miller's Golden Oil 122 Mitchell's Eye Salve 122 Mitchell's Treatment of Piles 123 Morehead's Magnetic Plaster 123 Moseley's Cure for Consumption 220 Mother Siegel's Syrup 126 Moxie 127 Murray's Infallible System Tonic 127 Nerve and Bone Liniment 128 Number Thirteen 128 Oculine , 55 Oil of Gladness 129 Oil of Joy 129 Olive Branch 129 Orange Blossom 129 Osgood's Cholagogue 130 Ozone Uterine Wafers 131 Palmer's Cosmetic Lotion 131 Parker's Tonic 14 Parsons's Local Anaesthetic 132 Parsons's Purgative Pills 135 Patterson's Emulsion 132 Peekskill's Cough Syrup 133 Perry Davis's Pain Killer 134 Perry's Blood Purifier 133 Pettit's Eye Salve 134 INDEX. 239 Phenol Sodique 135 Pierce's Favorite Prescription 136 Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery 136 Pimple Lotion 137 Piso's Cure for Consumption 137 Piatt's Chlorides 138 Pleis's Fit Powders 138 Pope's Cure for Neuralgia 138 Powell's Balm of Anise-Seed 139 Price's Pile Ointment 139 Proctor's Vermifuge 140 Quick Stop for Headaches 140 Radam's Microbe Killer 141 Radway's Pills 142 Radway's Ready Relief 142 Radway's Renovating Resolvent I 142 Ransom's Hive Syrup and Tolu 143 Reave's Embrocation. , 143 Red Star Cough Cure, 144 Ree's Cholera Mixture 144 Reynold's Gout Specific. 24 Rex Magnus 144 Rheumatic Ointment 200 Richmond's Samaritan Nervine 145 Roche's Embrocation 146 Rogers's Excelsior Corn Cure 148 Rosalind 148 Royal Catarrh Cure 13 Russell's Botanic King 149 Russia Salve , 1 50 Sage's Catarrh Remedy 151 Sanford's Catarrh Cure 151 Saul's Catarrh Cure 1 52 Sawyer's Uterine Pastiles 1 $2 Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup 155 Scotch Oats Essence 167 Sea-Shore Diphtheria Cure 156 Secret Pile Remedy 210 Seeley's Pile Ointment 157 Senckenberg's Migraine Pastilles 157 Seven Barks 157 Seven Seals 158 Seven Sutherland Sisters' Hair Grower 158 24O INDEX. Sexual Disorders ...o« ;•••••• 159 Shiloh's Consumption Cure 162 Simmons's Liver Regulator ... 163 Sirop Gibert 163 Skinner's Dandruff Mixture 164 Smedley's Fever Powders 164 Smith Bros.' Cough Drops 164 Smith's Electric Oil 24 Steedman's Soothing Powders 165 Stillingia Liniment for Croup 55 St. Jacob's Oil 165 St. John's Liniment 166 St. John Long's Liniment 166 Stokes's Expectorant 167 Stomach Pad 168 Strong's Arnica Jelly 168 Swaim's Vermifuge 173 Swayne's Ointment 173 Sweet's Celebrated Ointment 171 Swift's Syphilitic Specific 171 Sykes's Catarrh Cure 169 Syrup of Figs 170 Syrup of Stillingia Compound 170 Tamar Indien 173 Tape-worm Specialists — Their Secret Methods 174 Tarrant's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient 176 < k That Liniment " 177 Thieleman's Cholera Mixture 177 Thomas's Electric Oil 177 Thompson's Eye- Water 178 Thorn's Cough Mixture 178 Tip-Top 178 Tobias' Venetian Liniment 179 Tolu, Rock and Rye 180 Townsend's Pills 180 Trafton's Balm of Life 180 Trask's Magnetic Ointment 181 Triumph Corn Plasters 182 Tropic Fruit Laxative 182 Van Buskirk's Fragrant Sozodont 185 Van Stan's Stratena. 185 Velpeau's Compound for Treatment of Gonorrhoea 183 Walker's Vinegar Bitters 186 INDEX. 241 Warner's Safe Cure 187 Washburne's Salicylica 214 Watt's Anti-Rheumatic Pills 188 Wayne's Diuretic Elixir 188 Wei de Meyer's Catarrh Cure 192 Western ' ' Rectal Specialists " 189 Wheeler's Elixir 190 Wheelock's Cough Mixture 223 White's Cough Syrup 191 White's Elixir 191 Wilson's Lightning Liniment 192 Winslow's Soothing Syrup 192 Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry 193 Witch-Hazel Pile Ointment 194 Wolcott's Pain Paint 194 Woolford's Sanitary Lotion 202 Yellow Family Drops 194