Wyeth’S Effervescing LITtIIA TABLETS 
Since the introduction into medical practice by Garrod of the lithium salts foi 
the treatment of rheumatism, their value has been so thoroughly demonstrated that 
it is superfluous for the manufacturing chemist to add anything as to their efficacy 
in the treatment of subacute and chronic rheumatism, rheumatic gout, uric acid 
diathesis, rena! calculi composed of uric acid, and irritable bladder due to an 
excess of acid in the urine. It has, however, been almost universally conceded that 
the most effective and agreeable form of administering these-salts is in carbonic- 
acid water. This is often troublesome and inconvenient as well as expensive. Our 
Effervescing Lithia Tablets obviate all these objections and are, besides, more 
convenient. A tablet dropped into a tumbler of moderately cold water will in a few 
moments dissolve with decided effervescence, producing a pleasant and agreeable 
sparkling draught. Physicians will appreciate the convenience, utility and superior 
advantages these tablets possess over any other form of prescribing lithium salts. 
The natural lithia waters so extensively used contain lithium in too small quanti- 
ties (one to two and one-half grains to the gallon) and often in unfavorable com- 
binations. The dose of the artificial lithia waters prepared from our Compressed 
Tablets can be regulated very readily by dissolving one or more in any desired 
quantity of water from a tumblerful to a pint, quart or gallon, and taking as may 
be directed. The tablets embrace advantages not possessed by any other form of 
administration, i.e., economy, absolute accuracy of dose and purity of ingredients, 
portability and permanence, convenience and ready solubility. 
Tablets contain three and five grains Xithium Citrate respectively 
It is not probable that a natural spring water may be of uniform strength, but 
that tha percentage nr sapc present must vary according tn the season, wet or dry., 
and that, therefore, properly prepared lithia tablets are to be preferred at all times to 
the natural water, since we thus insure the presence of a uniform amount of the 
salts. 
WYETH’S GRANULAR EFFERVESCING SALTS 
SODIUM PHOSPHATE 
Each teaspoonful (one drachm) contains 30 grains of the salt 
Sodium Phosphate has long been the favorite purgative, inasmuch as it acts 
gently but surely, has little or no taste, and is easily taken by children and delicate 
persons, in the present form (the effervescent) it is a delightful remedy, consti- 
tuting a refreshing, sparkling draught of bland action. 
Sodium Phosphate is a mild but certain hepatic stimulant, and relaxes the 
bowels both by promoting an excretion of bile and by acting directly upon the 
mucous membrane of the intestines. It does not cause griping, nor does it derange 
the stomach or excite nausea. Unlike many other purgatives, it has a beneficial 
effect upon the appetite and digestion, stimulating the flow of gastric juice. 
Sodium Phosphate is useful in the treatment of biliousness, constipation and 
jaundice. It is particularly adapted for the treatment of these maladies in children 
on account of its absence of taste and its efficient but unobjectionable properties. 
Diarrhoea and dysentery in children are effectually controlled, very often, by the 
action of this salt in cleansing the mucous membrane of the lower bowel and 
evacuating in a complete and unirritating manner the rectum and large intestine. 
The employment of Sodium Phosphate leads to an increased urinary excretion, 
and, by withdrawing large amounts of water and fatty nitrogenous matters through 
the kidneys, materially reduces the total of adipose tissue. WYETH’S GRANULAR EFFERVESCING SALTS—CONTINUED 
HEADACHE SALTS 
CAF-ACETAN (trade mark) 
Acetanilide, Caffeine, Bromide of Sodium, with Effervescing Citrate Salt 
The chief ingredients of this preparation (acetanilide, caffeine and bromide of 
sodium) are efficient and highly esteemed remedies for headache, neurasthenia and 
many nervous disorders in which pain and sleeplessness are prominent symptoms, 
and also in those diseases where stimulant, diuretic and alterative medicaments are 
indicated. 
We know of no combination so effective as our Headache Salts, taken as 
directed, affording immediate relief, almost invariably lessening the nervous 
depression and tendency to sleeplessness, stimulating the appetite and toning up 
the whole system by neutralizing the primary source of the indisposition, whether 
from indiscretion, nervous exhaustion, or due to anxieties or worry, all of which 
frequently occasion suffering so difficult to relieve, and will prove valuable in the 
treatment of sea-sickness, taken in the morning before breakfast and on retiring. 
Physicians will find the salts invaluable in the nausea of morning sickness and in all 
cases of irritable dyspepsia induced by uterine disorders. In cases of insomnia one 
or two doses will quiet all nervousness, insuring restful and refreshing sleep, with 
the advantage, as already stated, of correcting the tendency to sleeplessness. 
For migraine, or hemicrania, or sick headache, this mixture is especially 
designed. Migraine is known by its periodic character, and as being attended at 
the end of the attack with vomiting or, at least, nausea. In neurasthenia, head- 
ache is an almost constant symptom and a primary indication of this disease, and 
is often accompanied with sleeplessness. Both of these ailments will be greatly 
relieved by means of several doses of this preparation, taken at the moment when 
the attack comes on, and repeated at suitable intervals. 
ARTIFICIAL VICHY SALTS 
AND ARTIFICIAL KISSINQEN SALTS 
Convenient for the extemporaneous preparation of artificial Vichy and Kis- 
singen water of a definite and uniform composition, affording a means of always 
having freshly prepared waters, avoiding the objection so often advanced by 
physicians against the use of natural mineral waters that may have become stale 
and unfit for use, due to the long time which they may have been carried in stock 
or from loss of the carbonic-acid gas. 
They are both employed very considerably for the reduction of obesity, admin- 
istering them on alternate days. 
PHOSPHO-LITHIA 
Lithium Carbonate 3 grains 
Sodium Sulpho-Phosphate 50 grains 
Potassium Bicarbonate 10 grains 
EACH DESSERTSPOONFUL CONTAINS 
A combination possessing laxative and aperient properties, and in the effer- 
vescing form is most palatable and agreeable to the patient. It is indicated in the 
treatment of lithemia, gout, rheumatism, cystitis and all similar affections having 
their origin in uric acid diathesis. 
Care should always be exercised in its use to avoid excessive catharsis, 
although in some instances, as the physician will recognize, this would be 
desirable. WYETH’S GRANULAR EFFERVESCING SALTS—CONTINUED 
LITHIUM AND POTASSIUM CARBONATES 
(ALKALINE) 
Caffeine 1 grain I Sodium Bicarbonate ... 10 grains 
Potassium Bicarbonate .10 grains j Lithium Carbonate ... 5 grains 
BACH DESSERTSPOONFUL REPRESENTS 
In chronic rheumatism, rheumatic gout, uric acid diathesis, cystitis and other 
affections due to an acid condition, this remedy will be found preferable to any 
other alkali. The presence of caffeine in the formula neutralizes the tendency to 
affect the action of the heart and renders the combination more desirable for pre- 
scribing than the various salicylates as heretofore frequently used by the physician. 
STRONTIUM SALICYLATE COMP. 
(AUKALIINB) 
Strontium Salicylate ... 5 grains I Lithium Bitartrate .... 2 grains 
Ammonium Salicylate . . 5 grains | Aik. Effervescing Base . . q. s. 
The presence of lithium bitartrate insures elimination of the salicylates without 
producing an irritating effect upon the kidneys. In the effervescing form the 
greatest volume of therapeutic power is obtained, permitting small doses and avoid- 
ing toxic effects. This preparation is indicated in the treatment of rheumatism, 
gouty affections, neuralgia, migraine and all other disorders in which the salicy- 
lates are recognized as being specific. 
EACH DESSERTSPOONFUL CONTAINS 
Each dessertspoonful contains 30 grains Sodium Phosphate with 30 grains 
Sodium Sulphate 
SODIUM SULPHO-PHOSPHATE 
As an alterative aperient in gout, obesity, hepatic derangement, etc., one des- 
sertspoonful morning and night. As a purgative for adults, one or two dessert- 
spoonfuls. For children, to relieve constipation, etc., a small dose only is neces- 
sary, one-half to one teaspoonful, according to age and effect desired. 
Sodium Sulpho-Phosphate is an improvement over the plain Sodium Phosphate 
for use with patients in which it is desirable to produce a more pronounced aperient 
effect. In the effervescing form it produces, when dissolved in water, a delightful 
and refreshing aperient remedy. 
POTASSIUM BICARBONATE 
The most obvious and perhaps the most frequent employment of Potassium 
Bicarbonate is in hyperacidity of the stomach in children and adults. Here it acts 
as an alkalinizing agent by overcoming the excess of acid. To accomplish this in 
these cases it must be given in large doses, for a small dose, on the contrary, 
increases the secretion of the gastric juice without neutralizing an excess of acid. 
Owing to the stimulative effect upon the secreting cells of the stomachal wall, 
Potassium Bicarbonate is of the greatest use in dyspepsia, particularly in that form 
where washing out and cleansing from accumulations of partially digested irri- 
tating foods is needed. Here the effervescence of this preparation and its copious 
dilution materially increase the beneficial properties of the remedy. In chronic 
gastric catarrh the bracing effect of this “ lavage” of the stomach and subsequent 
promotion of the flow of gastric juices render the greatest service to the patient. 
When there are bitter eructations and nausea, and especially vomiting of a violent 
nature, this preparation, given in rather large doses and in but little water, affords 
a soothing, positive sense of relief. It may be employed with advantage in intes- 
tinal catarrh, in catarrh of the biliary and urinary passages, when these affections 
are chronic and would demand a water similar to that of Carlsbad and Vichy, 
Each dessertspoonful contains 8 grains of Potassium Bicarbonate WYETH'S GRANULAR EFFERVESCING SALTS—CONTI HU Sits 
A most pleasant and agreeable morning draught, acceptable to the stomach 
and mild but effective in action. 
APERIENT 
BROMIDES MODIFIED 
Nerve sedative and hypnotic; more especially intended for use in cases suffer- 
ing from kidney disorders. 
CAFFEINE CITRATE 
Each drachm represents two and one-half grains Caffeine Citrate 
This preparation is a valuable remedy for headache, neuralgia, migraine and 
for the relief of pain. By virtue of its decided cardiac and diuretic action, it is 
indicated in dropsy, cardiac weakness, etc. 
The advantage of this preparation over combinations containing drugs from 
which caffeine is obtained is that, while possessing the same therapeutic properties, 
definite strength is assured. 
LITHIUM CITRATE 
CAFFEINE HYDROBROMATE 
Indicated in rheumatic, gouty and kindred conditions. Owing to its less 
nauseating character it will prove more acceptable than the carbonate. 
MAGNESIUM SULPHATE 
A valuable laxative, cathartic and refrigerant, possessing the power to render 
the secretions alkaline, particularly those of the alimentary canal. A mild and 
gentle action will be secured if used in moderate doses. 
MAGNESIAN APERIENT 
An aperient and refrigerant, possessing the quality of rendering the secretions 
neutral or alkaline, more especially those of the alimentary canal. The mild and 
gentle action characteristic of magnesia attends the use of this. 
Possesses all the laxative and purgative properties of the liquid preparation, 
but has the advantage of being more economical ; is effective, at the same time 
pleasing to the taste. 
POTASSIUM CITRATE 
MAGNESIUM CITRATE 
Diuretic, diaphoretic and febrifuge; a delightful draught, more pleasant for 
administration than the ordinary alkaline waters. Especially recommended for 
neutralizing the secretions. 
SEIDLITZ MIXTURE 
A saline laxative, effective in relieving moderate constipation and reducing the 
fever natural to kindred disorders. A more convenient form than the ordinary 
Seidlitz Powders. 
SODIUM BICARBONATE 
This salt is largely prescribed in cases of dyspepsia due to acid fermentation— 
in fact, is especially valuable for overcoming the acid condition of the secretions. 
SODIUM SALICYLATE 
A valuable remedy in chronic or acute rheumatism, gout and all the various 
forms of uric acid diathesis. 
SODIUM SULPHATE 
In small doses this remedy will be found to possess aperient and diuretic prop- 
erties, Its particular office, however, is that of a laxative, and its popularity in 
that capacity In the shape of an effervescing salt resulted in its addition to the 
British Pharmacopoeia. 
John Wyeth & Brother, inc. 
Manufacturing Chemists 
PHILADELPHIA