Thumbnails of Helfand Slide Talk - 36
Slide #36: Early advertisements for Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure promised cures for diphtheria, tuberculosis, croup, influenza, coughs, colds and sore throats, but were toned down after the passage of the Federal Food and Drug Act in 1906. They stressed the absence of opium in the formula and claimed to have 20% alcohol, but certain samples tested as high as 31%.