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Hemaboloids Arseniated
Made by The Palisade Manufacturing Company, Yonkers, NY
Hemaboloids arseniated (with strychnia) was a patent medicine used to treat people with anaemia (low red blood cell count). It contained 17% alcohol, and small amounts of arsenious acid (which contained arsenic) and strychnia (also known as strychnine), both of which were highly toxic in larger doses.
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Hemaboloids Arseniated
Made by The Palisade Manufacturing Company, Yonkers, NY
Hemaboloids arseniated (with strychnia) was a patent medicine used to treat people with anaemia (low red blood cell count). It contained 17% alcohol, and small amounts of arsenious acid (which contained arsenic) and strychnia (also known as strychnine), both of which were highly toxic in larger doses.
www.teara.govt.nz/ en/ photograph/ 28219/ patent-medicine
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