On the package it is stated that:
When used in conjunction with the Catarrh Cure, they cure discharges from the head and throat, dryness, soreness and scabs in the nose, pains in the head, and all symptoms of Catarrh.
The directions are:
Dissolve one Tablet in 20 teaspoonfuls of warm water and use this solution for thorough cleansing of the nose and throat, night and morning. Inject through the nostrils with Munyon’s Atomizer or by snuffing.
The tablets had an average weight of 6 grains. Analysis showed the composition to be:
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1·87 | grains. |
| ”chloride | 1·81 | ” |
| Borax, partly dehydrated | 2·20 | ” |
| Phenol (carbolic acid) | trace. | |
| Gum | 0·12 | grain. |
in one tablet. The amount of borax was equivalent to 2·58 grains of the fully hydrated salt.
The estimated cost of the ingredients for 17 tablets is one-twentieth of a penny.
Besides the “Catarrh Cure” referred to in the above as intended for use with the tablets, there is a “Special Catarrh Cure” which costs 4s. a package containing 460 pilules.
On the package it is stated that: