POMIES’ ANTI-CATARACT MIXTURE.
This application is sold from a place called an Ophthalmic Institution in London at the price of 2s. 6d. for a pot containing 162 grains.
It is one of a series of preparations sold under the name “Pomies,” including anti-cataract oil, anti-inflammation eye lotions Nos. 1 and 2, sedative collyrium, and others. The package itself was singularly free from printed matter; the directions on the label were as follows:
“Take some of the Mixture on a camelhair brush and introduce it into the eye in wiping the brush between the lids two or three times, twice a day.”
Analysis showed the composition of the substance to be:
| Potassium iodide | 5·6 | per cent. |
| Glycerine | 56·5 | ” |
| Starch | 6·4 | ” |
| Water | 31·5 | ” |
The estimated cost of the ingredients, for 162 grains, is one-third of a penny.