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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    saying that it is “misbranded, of no medicinal value and that it contains sewer gas.” The patient is instructed to wash the cancer with dilute Kadio-Sulpho solution and then apply the “clieese poultice.” The poultice is to be made b^ taking one pound of “real imported” Limburger cheese and kneading it thorougldj^ with B 10- Dissolves artel absorbs all poisons from the Human system. Is a powerful germ- icide, antiseptic and pore cleanser. Principally used for Uric Acid, Urin* emia, Poisons, Rheumatism, Swellings, Blood Poisons, Cancers, etc. Is successful in the hands of anybody, when directions are followed. Price per bottle, $1.00. One dozen bot- tles $10.00, express paid. RADIO-SULPHO BREW. Internal Remedy. This Is the Greatest- Blood Remedy in the World. It can be taken by every'body. It removes the .Acids, Poisons, Effete Matter and the Catarrhal conditions from the blood, stomach, kid- neys. intestines and the bladder. This BREW shows its great beneficial, effect within 13 hours. Price, $1.00 per bottle. By express, $1.35 Weight, 214 pounds. These Remedies can be used and ap- plied anywhere in the world. We allow good discounts to the Pro- fession and Drug Trade. A letter or postal will bring you valu- able information. Write today. We have thousands of Honest Testi- monials from Prominent People. We have one Institution in this city where the complete RADIO-SULPHO treatments are given for Rheumatism; we will soon have others* opened throughout the United States. Send for our Pamphlets and descriptive literature. Free for the asking. Address THE RADIO-SULPHO CO, DENVER. COLORADO The Radio-Sulptio Cancer Cure; “a had smell capitalized for a million dollars.” This nostrum When used in conjunction with a plaster made of Limburger cheese was supposed to “cure cancer.” five ounces of pure glycerin. The poultice and washing are to be renewed every twelve hours. Says INIr. Scbuch, Jr.: “A person that has a weak constitution . . . should never use the Limbergor | sic] cheese for a poultice, as it is too powerful a magnet. A person must l)e robust and liealthy, aside from the cancer, to stand the powerful drawing of Limherger [sic] cheese, prepared as described.” This statement is certainly the most—and possibly the only—conservative one in the booklet which is sent ont by the concern. The mere tlionght of plastering a sick person with such an indescribably nauseating mess as Limburger cheese and glycerin is enough to sicken one. Nor is tliis all! The nostrum itself has as vile an odor as the cheese. lu fact, it reeks wdtli sulphuretted hydrogen (the gas which imparts the distinctive odor to rotten eggs) and the state chemist