January 26, 2010
Categories: MacCrimmon, Sonja, Medical Topics
Tags:Antiseptics, ingredients in patent medicine, Zam-Buk
I thought that Zam-Buk might be boring. I vaguely remember a tin of it at home when I was a child although I don’t remember it being used. It was just there. According to the script on the tin it … Continue reading →
January 19, 2010
Categories: MacCrimmon, Sonja, Medical Topics
Tags:cannabis, chloroform, Cold remedy, Consumption, Cough syrup, Hazeltine & Co., Health issues., Patent Medicine, Piso Company, Piso's
This medication was first manufactured by Hazeltine & Co in 1864 apparently started out labeled as a remedy for consumption although it was really only ever a cough remedy and the jury is still out on that. One source says … Continue reading →
January 2, 2010
Categories: MacCrimmon, Sonja, Medical Topics
Tags:Dr. Arthur J. Cramp, ingredients in patent medicine, Leonard Ear Oil, Maltby Brothers Limited, Patent Medicine
Leonard Ear Oil is the first patent medicine in the collection that I found that was condemned as useless by a medical authority. In 1925, DR. ARTHUR J.CRAMP (Director of the Bureau of Investigation, American Medical Association) condemned Leonard Ear … Continue reading →