SECRET REMEDIES,
WHAT THEY COST AND
WHAT THEY CONTAIN.

BASED ON ANALYSES MADE FOR THE

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

London:
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
429, Strand, W.C.

1909.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
I.—Catarrh and Cold Cures[ 1]
II.—Cough Medicines[ 9]
III.—Consumption Cures[20]
IV.—Headache Powders[37]
V.—Blood Purifiers[42]
VI.—Remedies for Gout, Rheumatism and Neuralgia[50]
VII.—Kidney Medicines[66]
VIII.—Diabetes[76]
IX.—Obesity Cures[83]
X.—Skin Diseases[105]
XI.—Medicines for Baldness[114]
XII.—Cancer Remedies[117]
XIII.—Remedies for Epilepsy[124]
XIV.—Soothing, Teething and Cooling Powders for Infants[130]
XV.—Remedies for Ear Disease and Deafness[134]
XVI.—”Eye Diseases[142]
XVII.—”Piles[147]
XVIII.—Preparations for Rupture[158]
XIX.—Cures for Inebriety[162]
XX.—Cure Alls[170]
Appendix[182]
Index[185]