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.
BELL’S FAIRY CURE.
This Fairy Cure, which is put up by an English Company, is stated to give relief instantly in all cases of neuralgia, headache, etc. A handbill enclosed in the package made further claims, from which the following extracts are taken, “guaranteed to be an instant and absolute cure” for “neuralgia, headache, brain fag, nerve pains.” “Nothing else is like it. Nothing else is so good. Don’t compare it with ordinary ‘cures’ or ‘powders.’ Fairy Cure stands absolutely alone.”
Ten powders were sold for 7d. The average weight of a powder was 2·7 grains, but individual powders in a package varied from 2·0 to 3·7 grains.
Analysis showed the composition of the powder to be: