[ List of Quack Medicines, Family Nostrums &c ] Dr. William James Almon
Date: Late 18th century; exact date unknown.
Source:
Manuscript Notebook of Dr. William James Almon
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: Almon Family Fonds
| Reference: MG 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,045
A chart of commercial medicines and medicinal ingredients detailing their composition, advertised effects, assessed efficacy, and purchase price, pp. 151-54.
List of Quack Medicines, Family Nostrums &c
Name |
Composition |
Advertized effects &c Diseases in which it is recommended as infallible - |
Real effects or effects of imprudent Administration |
Sale price inclusive of Stamp |
Per |
1st Soloman’s Cordial Balm of Gilead |
Tincture of Cantharides in Brandy |
Sexual Debility Nervous disorders &c |
Turor Uterinus Stranguary & Madness |
“ 10 6 |
Bottle |
2nd Gowland’s Lotion |
Dickensons Solution of Corrosive Sublimate in Almond Milk |
Diseases of the Skin |
Madness |
“ 8 6 |
Quart |
[2] Vincent’s Lotion |
The same as Gowland’s wt ye addition of Sal: Ammon |
Scorbutic Eruptions |
Madness |
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3 Walker’s Jesuits Drops |
Saffron, Oil of Sassafras,Gum Guaiacum, Salt of Tartar, Balsam of Copaiba, & Spt. of Wine |
Certain Complaints |
Aggravation of the Disease |
“ 2 9 |
¾ Bottle |
4 Whitehead’s Essence of Mustard |
Tincture of Camphor & Mustard in Ol: Terebinth |
Lumbago Rheu- -matism &c |
Not [removable] |
2 9 |
¾ Bottle |
5 Godbolt’s Vegetable Balsam |
Oxymel of Squills |
Consumptions |
Protraction of Pain |
1 1 “ |
Pint |
6 Essence of Coltsfoot |
Paregoric Elixir without a particle of Coltsfoot |
Coughs and consumptions |
The same wt the Paregoric of ye Shops |
- 2 9 |
31 Bottle |
7 Freeman’s Bathing Spirits |
Tincture of Camphor |
Bruises & c & c |
Useful |
.. 2 9 |
|
8 Patent Air Pump Vapour Bath |
- - - - |
Rheumatism Gout & c & c |
Inefficacious |
£20 to £30 |
each |
9 Whitehead’s Essence of Mustard Pills |
Balsam of Folic & Black Resin |
Rheumatism Gout & c |
Useless |
- 2 9 - |
Box |
10 Rymers Cordial Tincture |
Black pepper, Gentian, orange peel, Cardamon seed & Spirits of Wine |
Nervous Disorders |
Useless |
- 2 9 |
|
11 Taylor’s Anti[venereal] pills |
Calomel |
Lues & c |
Efficacious but dangerous |
- 2 9 |
Box |
12 Royal Preventative |
Sugar of Lead and Water |
Prevention of Gonorrhoea |
Inefficacious |
1 1 - |
Bottle |
13 Mordant’s Antiscorbutic Drops |
Solution of Corrosive Sublimate & Infusion of Gentian |
Scurvy & c |
Madness Colic & death * |
“ 10 6 |
Bottle |
*See the Trial of Ann Buterfield for the {...} of Mr. Sca[rin] |
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14 Anderson’s Pills |
Aloes a little Gum Arabic & Oil of Aniseed |
Cathartic |
Efficacious |
“ 1 1 ½ |
Box |
15 Tyces Preventative powder |
Common Caustic |
For preventing Gonorrhoea & c |
Dangerous & Inefficacious |
“ 2 6 |
Paper |
16 Walker’s Electuary |
Lenitive Electuary & Cinnabar |
For the cure of Gonorrhoea |
Harmless & useful when properly employed |
“ 2 9 |
Pol |
17 Durable Ink |
Solution of Lunar Caustic in Water |
Marking Linen |
Burning, but Useful when cautiously employed |
- 1 6 |
|
18 Imperial Tincture |
Tincture of Pimento |
Nervous Disorders |
Inefficacious |
1 5 - |
34 Bottles |
19 Dalby’s Carminative |
Magnesia, Peppermint water & a little assafotida |
Wind in the stomach |
Innocent & efficacious |
- 2 9 |
Bottle |
20 Botts Tooth Powder |
Chalk. Rose pink, [Orris] Root a drop of the Oil of Rhodium |
Cleaning and Preserving the Teeth |
Inefficacious |
- 2 9 |
Box |
21 Hooper’s Female Pills |
Hiera Picra & Copperas |
Obstructions & c & c |
Profluvia |
“ 1 1 ½ |
Box |
22 Salt of Lemons |
Equal parts of Cream of Tartar & Salt of Sorrel |
For taking out stains of Port wine Saline making Saline [mysticals] & Punch |
Useful |
1 ½ |
Box |
23 Henry’s Aromatic Vinegar |
The consentrated Vine =gar of the late London Pharmacopia with a small proportion of camphor and oil of cloves |
Security against Infection and from Fevers and plague |
Inefficacious |
- 2 9 |
Bottle |
24 Perkins Metallic Tractors |
Steel with a minute pro= portion of Silver, Gold or platina |
Rheumatism Gout & c |
Variable but generally in= efficacious |
5 5 .. |
Pair from |
25 Milk of Rose |
Oil of Almonds Rose water & Oil of Tartar |
Diseases of the skin |
Innocent |
- 1 1 ½ |
31 Bottle |
26 Haerlem Oil |
Oils of Amber and Turpentine |
Wound Debility &c |
Diuresis &c |
“ 1 1 ½ |
¼ 3 Bottle |
27 Hill’s Balsam of Honey |
Honey Flowers of Benja= =min & Spts of Wine |
Coughs and Consumptions |
Inefficacious |
“ 2 9 |
3iy Bottle |
28 Cundells improved Do |
Do. with Folic Lozenges |
Do |
Do |
2 9 |
do |
29 Singleton’s Eye Salve or Golden Ointment |
Yellow Arsenic & Hogs Lard |
Blindness & c |
very dangerous |
2 9 |
1/20 of [an] 3 |
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