Thumbnails of Helfand Slide Talk - 39
Slide #39: Before and after pictures are natural illustration for proprietary medicines, and this 1872 card for Hamilton's Buchu and Dandelion is a classic example. The ingredients, buchu and dandelion, have excellent diuretic properties, giving patients evidence of some activity, but this does not necessarily mean that they are good for "all diseases of the kidney and liver."