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So well recognized is this use of the nostrum that a number of the Southern newspapers advertise a cure for the "Teruna habit."
THE GREAT AMERICAN FRAUDSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
But Isabel only laughed and told him to go to Anabel, who had a nostrum for every ill.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
Each one has his own nostrum to propound, and in the Babel of voices nothing is done.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LEWIS CARROLLSTUART DODGSON COLLINGWOOD
A few were wise enough to see the trick, but most people believed in the efficacy of the nostrum.
THE FUNNY SIDE OF PHYSICA. D. CRABTRE
In one respect, however, the labels help them by giving information as to which nostrum is the most heavily drugged.
THE GREAT AMERICAN FRAUDSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Still, the young native of Cologne delayed some time before using the nostrum.
BARBARA BLOMBERG, COMPLETEGEORG EBERS
"Let us now return and finish the brewing of good de Claverlok's nostrum," he said.
THE RED TAVERNCHARLES RAYMOND MACAULEY
By inference the claim repeatedly is made that the nostrum does not contain any salicylates.
THE PROPAGANDA FOR REFORM IN PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, VOL. 1 OF 2VARIOUS
Yes, certainly; but the true physician, or honorable apothecary, is then sunk in the nostrum manufacturer.
THE FUNNY SIDE OF PHYSICA. D. CRABTRE
It cannot, there298fore, be cured by any nostrum of constitution-mongers, or by the negative remedy of removing old barriers.
HOURS IN A LIBRARYLESLIE STEPHEN

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