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From: "Joy Chase" <>
Subject: Re :MILK OF ELEPHANTS
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 23:23:43 GMT


Sounds like snake oil to me! Reminds me of the time, when I first came to
the United States, that someone asked me if we drank Tiger's Milk in India.
I said "yes, and we have tiger farms and milk them electrically!" And, they
believed me! They were referring to a brand of condensed milk, I think,
which we had in the 50's? Any one heard of it? Joy


>From: "D & A Augier" <>
>To:
>Subject: SNIPPETS ~MILK OF ELEPHANTS
>Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 20:45:27 +1100
>
>Selection from Calcutta Gazette
>
>
>Part II Editorial
> Thursday , November 21 1816
>
>The following advertisement appeared in a late English paper. The scheme
>of converting milk into pills is not the least curious part of the nostrum!
>
>The astonishing effect of the MILK OF ELEPHANTS has seriously attracted the
>attention of the medical world; by which mercury, that "deleterious poison"
>(in italics), which swept millions of unhappy wretches to their graves, is
>totally superseded and "abolished for ever." Mr Campbell, of the Royal
>College of Surgeons, No 29 Marlborough-street, London, is appointed to
>conduct the medicine. The poor are cured of the most dangerous diseases for
>5s. the medicine is sold at 11s the bottle, or in pills at 2s 6d., with
>directions, whereby any person may cure himself most effectually, in cases
>of debility &c., &c., to be had if ordered , from all medicine sellers
>throughout the kingdom.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>Douglas & Audrey Augier
>
>
>ICQ 2274459
>
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