Project Gutenberg 2025-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 291 British Medical Association Association, British Medical BMA B.M.A. Secret remedies : $b What they cost and what they contain $aLondon :$bBritish Medical Association, $c1909. MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Secret Remedies: What They Cost and What They Contain" is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the analyses of various secret remedies, detailing their purported efficacy and actual ingredients, based on investigations conducted for the British Medical Association. It highlights the deceptive marketing tactics of such remedies by juxtaposing their extravagant claims against the realities of their composition. At the start of the book, the author provides a comprehensive introduction that discusses the allure of secret remedies among the public and the often unfounded claims made by their vendors. The writing prepares readers for a systematic exploration of different remedies, starting with catarrh and cold cures, where the book dissects various preparations, revealing their inconspicuous ingredients and the minimal costs of the actual components compared to their market prices. The opening sets the stage for an analytical critique of the misinformation prevalent in the remedy market, emphasizing the book's goal of enlightening consumers about the realities behind advertised health cures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/b21974615 20241022043523britishmed 1909 GB Reading ease score: 57.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Patent medicines RM Text Category: Health & Medicine Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 612930 2025-06-29T14:14:28.591765 text/html 582219 2025-01-21T12:56:03 text/html 519760 2025-06-29T14:14:40.755706 application/epub+zip 516182 2025-06-29T14:14:31.230790 application/epub+zip 513981 2025-06-29T14:14:29.730808 application/epub+zip 1253099 2025-06-29T14:14:46.807667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1246133 2025-06-29T14:14:39.463777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482403 2025-06-29T14:14:27.020330 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 462496 2025-01-21T12:56:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15609 2025-06-29T14:14:46.965659 application/rdf+xml 17338 2025-06-29T14:14:30.052774 image/jpeg 2615 2025-06-29T14:14:29.890736 image/jpeg 447536 2025-06-29T14:14:28.635869 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia