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turpentine
Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) is a fluid obtainable by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines. Principally used as a specialized solvent, it is also a source of material for organic syntheses.
Angostura bitters
concentrated bitters made of water, alcohol, herbs and spices
snake oil
fraudulent medication
Miracle Mineral Supplement
toxic solution of 28% sodium chlorite in distilled water
Vin Mariani
coca wine and patent medicine of the 1860s
Fernet-Branca
Fernet-Branca () is an Italian brand of fernet, a style of amaro or bitters. It was formulated in Milan in 1845, and is manufactured there by Fratelli Branca Distillerie.
Fowler's solution
Chemical compound
Radithor
thumb|A bottle of Radithor at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in New Mexico, United States Radithor was a radioactive patent medicine brand of distilled water containing at least each of the radium-226 and 228 isotopes, sold in bottles. In 1932, the illness and death of business magnate Eben Byers was unambiguously linked to his fervent use of Radithor, leading to the collapse of the radium fad and the strengthening of regulatory control of pharmaceutical and radioactive products in the United States.
medicine show
touring act
patent medicine
product that is promoted and sold as a medical cure, which may not have any medical value
ukrain
Ukrain (; also called celandine) is the trademarked name of a semi-synthetic substance derived from the plant Chelidonium majus and promoted as a drug to treat cancer and viral infections, including HIV and hepatitis. It was created in 1978, by the famed Ukrainian chemist (). Ukrain is named after the nation of Ukraine and is produced by the Austrian company Nowicky Pharma.
Pemberton's French Wine Coca
coca wine
orvietan
Orvietan or orviétan was a medical concoction popular during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was used as a panacea against poisonings with criminal intent, as well as against mushroom poisonings, snakebite, scorpion stings, bites by rabid animals, and the plague.
Tolak Angin
Herbal supplement product from Indonesia
cordial
drink valued for its medicinal or restoritive properties
Gerovital
thumb|250px|Original presentation of Gerovital Gerovital H3 (or procaine hydrochloride and products known as GH3 and other variants, which may or may not be identical to Gerovital H3) is a preparation developed during the 1950s and promoted by its advocates as an effective anti-aging treatment. In the United States, the FDA bans Gerovital H3 from interstate commerce as an unapproved drug and, since 1982, has prohibited its importation.
Hires Root Beer
root beer flavored soft drink