Nostrums and quackery : articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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[1911]
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Credit: Nostrums and quackery : articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    properly, wliieh will cause gas in the stomach and bowels and will effect [sic] the heart, yon have caught a little cold which has set- tled in the back and stomach and you wull have a nervous feeling.” 4'a i» >' fctd-MKDi.c i vt foV: I MAIM OrPIC*. 17-I1-*I SMeUDON tT Van Byst6rv6l(i MedicinB Go.. Ltd Inspectors and Examiners of URINE MANUFACTURERS OF PROPRIETARY MEDICINES Grand Raolds,Mick, Dec. 26th,, joj-io Mx‘9. W. S. 4 >./ St., Chicago, 111. Dear liadara:-- Careful exaiaination of the urine ahowa there ia poor circulation of the blood which will cause a general weakn- ness, the liver is not working properly which will cause gaa in the stomach and bowels and you will have a weak, tired nervous feeling, also headaclie and backache spells. We can see no reason why a few weeks treatment should not show you very beneficial results and trust that you may see your way clear to favor our method with at least a trial, which we feel confident will convince you of its merits You can receive treatment either oy the week or month at $1.25 per week or service to GRS-H. Thanking you for favors and hoping to be of further you, we remain. Yours respectfully, VAN aYSTERVELD IffiDICINE CO., LTD. I'hotogi-aphic reproduction (much reduced) of ouc of the “diagnos-is” letters sent in reply to a supposititious patient who had submitted a mixture of hydrant water and glucose. Diagnosis 3.—‘‘Careful examination of the urine shows you are losing too much albumin in the urine, which will cause the back and kidneys to bo weak, and there is a catarrhal condition of the stomach and bowels, and you will have a tired nervous feeling most of the time.”