THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF PHARMACY 



two deaths occurred in Paris from 

 black hellebore recommended by a 

 quack to be taken in cider. 



Colchicum was known as "tue chien" 

 dog bane, supposed to be the active 

 part in "Eau de Medicionale de Hous- 

 son," a famous cure for gout. 



Elixir de St. Aur was a distillate 

 from eleven aromatics, Capuchin cor- 

 dial was from seven, Chartreuse cor- 

 dial from eighteen ingredients. 



Folk medicine had little usefulness 

 as Cartier obtained remedies from In- 

 dians. Herbs of St. John, mullein, 

 mugwort, and vervain are hung over 

 the door on St. John eve to keep off 

 witches and lightning. 



At Aix and Marseilles country folks 

 bring "de herbs de St. John" into town 

 on midsummer morning and every one 

 buys tiiem to deck their houses and 

 throw on the fire for luck, but they 

 must be plucked before sunrise with 

 the dew on them. "Great ])Owers lie 

 in stems of hypericum dug on the feast 

 of St. John, in twigs of wild cherry cut 

 off on sacred anniversary of St. Martin, 

 and the sympathetic aspen wood split 

 up at noon when the sun is in the sign 

 of Virgo, and the moon is in a cres- 

 cent." 



In Normandy morning dew is a cos- 

 metic ; in Brittany it cures fevers. 



When the vine is pruned drops ex- 

 ude, the vine weeps, and these tears 

 are a sovereign remed}- for eye trou- 

 bles. 



Heliotrope gathered in August, 

 wrapped in bay leaves with a wolf's 

 tooth, prevents anyone from speaking 

 an angry word to the wearer. 



Balsam of bats was made from ad- 

 ders, bats, sucking whelps, earth 

 worms, lard and stag's marrow. 



The waters of Lourdes began to cure 

 (1858) ; 250,000 persons go yearly to 

 bathe three minutes, and stocks of 

 crutches are left learly. A mail clerk 

 two years in bed, both legs paralyzed, 

 was cured in two days. 



The Academy of Medicine (1874) 

 stopped the sale of a salve that cured 

 everything from toothache to tuber- 

 culosis, and a cure for hydrophobia be- 

 fore it developed, and a cure for hydro- 

 phobia, caries, angina, and typhus in 

 cattle. A French medical specialty 

 (1900) sold for $115,000. 



A rich Parisienne (1901) paid 10,000 

 francs to a doctress for a vision of 

 angels and a few bills. The French 

 apothecaries (1575) subscribed to an 

 oath part of which was to disown and 

 shun as a pestilence, the scandalous 

 and pernicious practices of quacks, em- 

 pirics and alchemists. 



There was a mysterious mixture for 

 which fabulous prices were paid, com- 

 pounded of powdered coral, pearl, sap- 

 phire, emerald, topaz, gold and silver 

 leaf, grease of serpent's toad and uni- 

 corn. It was considered indispensable 

 in every household and found in almost 

 every home, especialy in Provence and 

 Languedoc. 



STATEMENT OP THE OWNERSHIP, 

 MANAGEMENT, ETC. 



"The New York Journal of Pharmacy," 

 Published Monthly at New York, N. Y. 



Editor ; 

 Curt P. Wimmer, 115 West 68th Street, New York. 



Managing Editor : 

 Curt P. Wimmer, 115 West 68th Street, New York. 



Business Manager : 

 Curt P. Wimmer, 115 West 68th Street, New York. 



