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proprietary medicines. 199 least, a spot of induration may be detected ; but all of these were excluded by careful vaginal examination, and by bi-mauual palpation, and the uterus was found to be freely moveable in tho pelvis; and finally, the absence of tympanitis, the increased and excessively fetid lochial discharge, the profuse and irregular perspirations, the typhoid condition of my patient all served to strengthen my diagnosis, while all must admit that the occurrence of two pneumonic spots is at least allowable as a "sign of token." Respectfully, R. L. Payne, Jr., Medical Student. PROPRIETARY MEDICINES. � We know of no paper that has done nearly so much good as an ally of the medical profession as the American Agriculturist. While many papers, religious as well as secular, rely upon the advertisers of nostrums to a large extent, none ever appears in this ex-"^cellent monthly. We were particularly struck with an article in the August number on "Quack Medicines�Proprietary Medicines�Specifics," which should have a wide circulation. The whole article is abundantly worth reproducing if we had the space for it. We quote the following paragraphs : " The one redeeming feature in this whole patent medicine business is the fact that souie, would that Ave could say all�of the so-called remedies are actually as inert as [bread-pills]�producing no other effect than to amuse those Avho are actually ill, Avhile nature is curing them, and have a soothing influence on those whose disorders are of the imagination only. " But there is a darker side to the picture ; many, indeed, most, of tho medicines are not thus harmless. Most of the liquid medicines consist largely of Avhiskey or other cheap form of alcohol, qualified with some stuff to give a medicinal taste. Even the so-called 'Temperance Bitters,' and others claimed to be non-alcoholic, are open to this charge. AVe once collected twelve varieties of these compounds, all said to be practically non-alcoholic, and on subjecting them to simple distillation, no one of them failed to yield less than nine per cent, of pure alcohol, and one labelled ' Temperance,'gave 284^ per cent, of alcohol. Common Avhiskey contains only lO to GO per cent, of pure alcohol."
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-19: North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Publisher | Wilmington; Charlotte : The Journal?, 1878-1899. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1880 |
Identifier | NCHH-19-006 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 6 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1318861 |
Revision History | done |
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Fixed Title * | Page 199 |
Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Publisher | Wilmington; Charlotte : The Journal?, 1878-1899. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1880 |
Identifier | NCHH-19-006-0205 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; editorial |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | northcarolinamed06jack_0205.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 6 |
Issue Number | 4 |
Page Number | 199 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | proprietary medicines. 199 least, a spot of induration may be detected ; but all of these were excluded by careful vaginal examination, and by bi-mauual palpation, and the uterus was found to be freely moveable in tho pelvis; and finally, the absence of tympanitis, the increased and excessively fetid lochial discharge, the profuse and irregular perspirations, the typhoid condition of my patient all served to strengthen my diagnosis, while all must admit that the occurrence of two pneumonic spots is at least allowable as a "sign of token." Respectfully, R. L. Payne, Jr., Medical Student. PROPRIETARY MEDICINES. � We know of no paper that has done nearly so much good as an ally of the medical profession as the American Agriculturist. While many papers, religious as well as secular, rely upon the advertisers of nostrums to a large extent, none ever appears in this ex-"^cellent monthly. We were particularly struck with an article in the August number on "Quack Medicines�Proprietary Medicines�Specifics" which should have a wide circulation. The whole article is abundantly worth reproducing if we had the space for it. We quote the following paragraphs : " The one redeeming feature in this whole patent medicine business is the fact that souie, would that Ave could say all�of the so-called remedies are actually as inert as [bread-pills]�producing no other effect than to amuse those Avho are actually ill, Avhile nature is curing them, and have a soothing influence on those whose disorders are of the imagination only. " But there is a darker side to the picture ; many, indeed, most, of tho medicines are not thus harmless. Most of the liquid medicines consist largely of Avhiskey or other cheap form of alcohol, qualified with some stuff to give a medicinal taste. Even the so-called 'Temperance Bitters,' and others claimed to be non-alcoholic, are open to this charge. AVe once collected twelve varieties of these compounds, all said to be practically non-alcoholic, and on subjecting them to simple distillation, no one of them failed to yield less than nine per cent, of pure alcohol, and one labelled ' Temperance,'gave 284^ per cent, of alcohol. Common Avhiskey contains only lO to GO per cent, of pure alcohol." |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-19/nchh-19-006.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-e; nchh-19 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-19-006 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-19 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1318861 |
Revision History | done |
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