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The medicament consists of acetanilid alone. Being an unmixed drug it is not liable to stamp duty, and the package is accordingly unstamped. The dose is stated to be one powder, repeated in two hours if necessary ; half a powder for children of twelve years; not adapted for children under twelve years. Two " certificates " are printed on each wrapper from individuals who are notorious for giving testimonials in the guise of certificates of analysis. The only fact certified is that the powders are " free from any injurious substance," in which medical opinion will scarcely support the writers. Estimated cost of drug (60 gr.), £d. Curie Wafers. Put up by the Curie Company, London, E.C. Recommended as a " safe and certain cure for headache, toothache, and neuralgia " ; stated to be prepared " from the prescription of an eminent West End physician." The " wafers " consist of ordinary cachets, with the name of the article embossed on one face, and containing the medicament in the form of powder. The package contains twelve wafers for Is. ljd. Average weight of contents of one wafer, 8"2 gr.; contents of individual wafer in a package, 7 - 3 gr. to 93 gr. Analysis shows the composition of the powder to be — Acetanilid ... ... ■ ... ... ■■■ •■■ 3"28 Phenacetin ... ... ... ••■ ... ... 3"28 Caffein-citrate ... ... ... ... ... ••» 1*64 Directions for taking the wafers are given, but it is not stated whether the dose is one or more. Estimated cost of drugs (98'4gr.), T 9 s d. Steam's Headache-cure. Put up by F. Steams and Co., Detroit, U.S.A. Agents for Great Britain, Thomas Christy and Co., 10 Old Swan Lane, London, E.C. Keoommended as "a speedy, certain, and safe cure for headaches of all origins, whether sick, bilious, nervous, or hysterical." These, like the foregoing, are described as wafers, and consist of cachets containing powder. The package contains twelve wafers for Is. Average weight of contents of one wafer, 9 - 8 gr.; contents of individual wafer in a package, 93 gr. to 10"2 gr. Analysis shows the composition of the powder to be- —• Gr. Acetanilid ... ... ... ... ... ... 3"92 Caffein ... ... ... ... ... ... o'9B Sugar of milk ... ... ... ... ... ... 490 The dose is one wafer. "If relief is not obtained, repeat in an hour, but more than two wafers should not be taken." Estimated cost of drug (118 gr.), a little under |d. Bell's Fairy Cure. Put up by the F&iry Medicine Company, Norwich. Stated to instantly give relief in all cases of neuralgia, headache, &c. A handbill enclosed in the package makes further claims, from which the following extracts are taken: "Guaranteed to be an instant and absolute cure" for "neuralgia, headache, brain-fag, nerve-pains." " Nothing else is like it. Nothing else is so good. Don't compare it with ordinary ' cures 'or ' powders. . Fairy Cure stands absolutely alone." Ten powders for 7d. Average weight of one powder, 27 gr. ; individual powders in a package, 2 gr. to 3"7 gr. Analysis shows the composition of the powder to be— Gr. Acetanilid ... ... ... ... ... ... I*l6 Phenacetin ... ... ... ... ... ... I'l6 Caffeine ... ... ... ... ... ... 0"38 The directions are to take one powder, " repeat in an hour if necessary, then every two or three hours until a cure is effected." (Yet it is guaranteed to be an instant cure!) Not to be given to children below twelve years of age. In this case also an " analyst's report" is given on the wrapper: this states that the powder "is composed of several organo-therapeutic agents well known in medicine." Probably the "analyst" did not mean quite what he said in the following: "In my opinion the preparation is well calculated to fulfil the purpose for which it is intended —namely, neurotic affections." Estimated cost of drugs (27 gr.), £d. Kaputine. Put up by the Kaputine Company (Limited), Lidget Street, Huddersfield. Stated to cure in ten minutes headache, neuralgia, arid all nerve-pains. In view of the similarity in composition of these articles, the claims of uniqueness are amusing. In this case the wrapper bears the words, " Nothing as good. Nothing similar " ; while

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