Secret remedies, what they cost and what they contain, based on analyses made for the British Medical Association.

  • British Medical Association
Date:
1909
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Credit: Secret remedies, what they cost and what they contain, based on analyses made for the British Medical Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Tkese are specimens of guarantee Bonds, Another document, however, which appeared to be the guarantee bond actually given, differed in containing a clause by which the patient: hereby agrees to take samo [i.e., Stevona' Consumption Cure] according to the directions sent out with the medicine, for three calendar months from date hereof, and to follow as far as possible the advice given regarding habits of life, diet, etc., and to fill in the form on counterfoil attached, correctly. The form on counterfoil attached contained a number of questions to be answered by the patient, and also a portion to be filled in by a Medical Practitioner after the above has been filled in by the Patient,'* including such questions as : How long have you attended to this Patient 7 Do you consider this a mild, severe, or hopeless case 7 Do you consider this Patient has a fair chance of recovery providing Stevens' Consumption Cure is all it is claimed to be 7 and on the back the following appeared : This Guarantee must not bo given by a chemist or any one else until it is signed by a registered Medical Practitioner to the effect that he considers the Patient to have at least six calendar months to live. Thus the appearance was maintained of guaranteeing benefit or cure, and refunding the money if the undertaking were not fulfilled ; but the conditions to be complied with were such that it appears unlikely that Mr. Stevens is ever troubled with applications for return of money under one of his Bonds. A detailed direction sheet was supplied, from which the following is taken: One teaspoonful in a wineglass of water (as hot as can be conveniently taken for preference) one hour before breakfast and two hours after the last meal in the evening, unless the patient be in the habit of waking between 12 midnight and 3 a.m., in which case an extra dose may be taken then. After the first week's treatment half-an-hour before breakfast is quite sufficient. It appears that the use of this wonderful substance is not limited . to consumption cases. Stevens' Consumption Cure is a vegetable germicide, fatal to aU disease germ growths, but acts as a strong tonic ; is a blood purifier, stomach cleanser, and a nerve stimulator; one will readily imderstand that it must be all these to cure Consumption and build up a broken-down system entirely by itself. Stevens' Consumption Cure can safely be advantageously given wherever « germ disease exists or is 8ns|)eetftd,