CURIC WAFERS.
These so-called wafers, also put up by an English Company, are recommended as a “safe and certain cure for headache, toothache, and neuralgia”; stated to be prepared “from the Prescription of an Eminent West-End Physician.”
The “wafers” consisted of ordinary cachets, with the name of the article embossed on one face. They contained the medicaments in the form of powder. The package contained 12 wafers for 1s. 1½d. The average weight of the contents of one wafer was 8·2 grains, but that of the contents of individual wafers in a package varied from 7·3 to 9·3 grains. Analysis showed the composition of the powder to be:
| Acetanilide | 3·28 | grains |
| Phenacetin | 3·28 | ” |
| Caffeine citrate | 1·64 | ” |
Directions for taking the wafers were given, but it was not stated whether the dose is one or more.
The estimated cost of the drugs (98·4 grains) in a packet is nine-tenths of a penny.