STEARNS’S HEADACHE CURE.
This remedy, advertised by an American Company with agents in London, is recommended as “A Speedy, Certain, and Safe Cure for Headaches of all Origins, whether Sick, Bilious, Nervous, or Hysterical.”
Like the foregoing it was put up in cachets described as wafers. The package contained 12 wafers for 1s. The average weight of the powder contained in one wafer was 9·8 grains; but the weight of individual wafers in a package varied from 9·3 to 10·2 grains.
Analysis showed the composition of the powder to be:
| Acetanilide | 3·92 | grains. |
| Caffeine | 0·98 | grain. |
| Sugar of milk | 4·90 | grains. |
The dose was one wafer. “If relief is not obtained, repeat in an hour, but more than two wafers should not be taken.”
The estimated cost of the drugs (118 grains) in a packet is a little under ½d.