04-10-2013, 06:55 PM #12 it definitely has something to do with the formula they were using in their compounding
04-10-2013, 10:46 PM #13 This reminds me of several American cases. I guess when we do not know our history, we are bound to repeat it. Just look at the history of medicine in North America. I hope the patients are okay. I think a few lawyers gained new clients.
04-11-2013, 11:58 AM #15 The researchers examined the contents of dozens of century-old remedies held at a US museum :
04-11-2013, 12:02 PM #16 Large amounts of harmful elements such as lead, arsenic and mercury !!! "It was very interesting to see what they did use, what translated going back to Roman times - :-[ what has been kept up as far as 'healthy' or 'ways to heal'," "They were going off of what had been done for years. With some, like [those with] iron or calcium, they would have helped - but others were more bogus........... >
04-11-2013, 12:10 PM #17 Patent medicine ingredients [li] Dr Page's Rail Road Pills - high in lead[/li] [li] Dr F G Johnson's French Female Pills - high in iron[/li] [li] Anti Bilious Purgative Pills - high in mercury[/li] [li] Eilert's Day Light Family Liver Pills - high in mercury and bromine[/li] [li] Tripeptine Tablets - high in calcium[/li] [li] Dr Comfort's Candy-covered Cathartic Compills - small amounts of arsenic and mercury[/li]