And the following, whose very truth must bring the blush of shame to all physicians who have the interest of scientific medicine at heart:
“Prescribed by physicians all over the world for twenty-one years.”
“Ask your doctor or send for booklet.”
“Used by doctors for the last twenty-one years.”
“One of the highest tributes paid Tyree’s Antiseptic Powder is the fact that the most successful physicians have been using it for the last twenty-one years.”
Not that Tyree has entirely forsaken the medical journals, although he seems to be dropping them one by one. At the beginning of this year at least fifteen medical journals were carrying the Tyree advertisement; by March the number had fallen to seven, while in June the only journals carrying it were:
| Medical Record | Chicago Medical Recorder |
| American Journal of Obstetrics | Pacific Medical Journal |
Those who answer the newspaper advertisements receive a free sample of the powder and several leaflets and circulars giving the various uses (?) of the nostrum. Incidentally these leaflets advertise, in addition, Tyree’s “Elixir Buchu and Hyoscyamus Comp.,” which is recommended, in various combinations, for such conditions as acute nephritis, epilepsy, neurasthenia, gonorrhea and delirium tremens.
Bearing in mind the claim that is made in the newspaper advertisements that Tyree’s Antiseptic Powder is the “best preventative” known, it is interesting to see what Tyree has to say to those druggists whom he offers to supply with circulars for free distribution:
“As these circulars deal with the care of rubber goods, for both medicinal and toilet purposes, they are of great value to the customer and will be retained for further reference. They are boosters for your rubber goods sales, too.”