THE 
CAPSULE0- 
“MoK.<bR.” 
PILLS. 
ORIGINATED 1870 BY 
McKesson & Robbins, 
Manufacturing Chemists, New York, 
Trade Mark, Registered. 
The Profession and Trade are warned against Imitations. 
OBSERVE remarks from the “ British Medical Journal ” on last page of this Circular. 
The reputation of Gelatine-coated Pills has been created by our manufacture. 
FOR SALE BY THE PRINCIPAL WHOLESALE HOUSES 
IN THE TRADE THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN 
AND IRELAND. 
Peculiar Merits of the “ McK. & R.” Pills. 
The covering entirely disguises the taste, and, because of the ovoid 
form, they are easily taken by persons who cannot swallow round pills— 
even when coated with sugar. 
The Pills are perfectly sealed by a complete envelope of pure transparent 
gelatine—applied while the mass is soft—protecting all delicate substances 
from the oxidizing influences of the atmosphere, and keeping the Pills in 
a perfectly soluble condition. The capsule dissolves very quickly when 
placed in the mouth. 
They are not subjected to that injurious application of heat, which so 
greatly impairs the ordinary coated Pills. 
REVISED LIST OF FORMULAS. 
(Of the British Pharmacopoeia and other Standard Authorities.) 
The uniform drugs and the exact subdivision of them in the ‘‘ McK. 6° K. Pills ” can be relied 
upon with confidence by the Profession, and these advantages can always be secured regardless of the 
locality in which they are dispensed. 
PUT UP IN BOTTLES CONTAINING 25 OR 100 EACH. 
A 
Aconitine Crystals (Dxiquesnel’s) 1-500 gr. 
Aconitine Crystals (Duquesnel’s) 1-200 gr. 
Aloes Barb, B.P 5 grs. 
f Aloes Barb. Pulv. 2 1-2 grs. Conf. Rosae 1 1-4 grs. \ 
\ Saponis Pulv 11-4 grs. 01. Cari J 
Aloes Dilute (Hall’s Dinner). 
{Aloes Barb. Pulv. Saponis Pulv. \ 
Ext. Glycyrrhizae Theriaca aa 1 gr. / 
Aloes Socotrine, B.P 5 grs. 
( Aloes Soc. Fulv 2 1-2 grs. 1 
1 Saponis Pulv, Conf. Rosae aa 1 1-4 grs. > 
( OL Myristicae ) 
Aloes and Asafcetida, B.P. .. 5 grs. 
/ Aloes Soc. Pulv. Saponis Pulv. 1 
\ Asafcetida Conf. Rosae..aa 11-4 grs. J 
Aloes and Iron, B.P 5 grs. 
f Aloes Barb. Pulv.. .1 gr. Cinnam. Co. Pulv. 1 1-2 grs. 1 
\ Ferri Sulph 3-4 gr. Conf. Rosae 13-4 grs. J 
Aloes and Myrrh, B.P 3 grs. 
f Aloes Soc. . .1 gr. Myrrha 1-2 gr. \ 
\ Crocus .... 1-4 gr. Conf. Rosae ..11-4 grs. / 
Aloes and Myrrh, P.B 5 grs. 
/ Aloes Soc. 1 2-3 grs. Myrrha 5-6 gr. \ 
\ Crocus F 12 gr. Conf. Rosoe 2 1-12 grs. / 
Aloes and Nux Vomica. 
/ Pulv. Aloes Soc.. .1 1-2 grs. \ 
(Ext. Nucis Vom 1-2 gr. J 
Aloin 1-10 gr. 
Aloin 1-4 gr. 
Aloin 1-2 gr. 
Aloin 1 gr. 
Aloin Compound. 
/ Aloin Res. Podophylli. .aa 1-8 gr. \ 
(Ext. Belladonna: 1-4 gr.j 
Aioin and Strychnine. 
/ Aloin 1-5 gr. \ 
\ Strychnina . .1-80 gr. J 
Aloin, Strychnine, and Belladonna. 
/ Aloin 1-5 gr. Strychnina.. 1 -60 gr. 1 
( Ext. Belladonnse 1-8 gr. J 
A tonic laxative granule, prescribed where a painless 
persitaltic action is required. 
DOSE.—1 or 2, three times a day, as directed. 
PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF “McK. & R.” PILLS. IN ORDERING, BE CAREFUL TO SPECIFY “McK. & R.” P LLS. 
“McK. & R.” CAPS. PILLS 
THE HEADY SOLUBILITY of “ McK. & H. Pills ” is easily proved by the administration of a dose of the Cathartic Comp. U.S.P. (Purgative.) 
According to Formulas of the British Pharmacopoeia and other Standard authorities. 
“McK. & 11.” Caps. Pills are prepared expressly for the use of Physicians and Surgeons, and to he dispensed in Prescriptions. 
Anti-Cholera 2 grs. 
{Opii Pulv i part. 1 
Capsici Pulv. Piper. Nig. Pulv. > 
Camphora Asafoetida aa 4 parts. ) 
Anti-Dyspepsia (Fothergill’s). 
/Strychnina... .1-20 gr. Pulv. riper. Nig. 1 1-2 grs. \ 
\ Pulv. Ipecac... 2-3 gr. Ext. Gentianae igr. J 
Aphrodisiac. 
( Ext. Turnerae Aphrodisiacae 2 grs. 1 
-(Phosphorus 1-100 gr. > 
( Ext. Nucis Vomicae 1-3 gr. ) 
Arsenious Acid 1-50 gr. 
Arsenious Acid 1-20 gr. 
Asafoetida, U.S. 
/ Asafoetida 3 grs. \ 
X Pulv. Saponis z gr. J 
Asafoetida Compound, B.P. .. 5 grs. 
{Asafoetida, Galbanum, Myrrhae . .aa i 3-7 grs. \ 
Theriaca 5-7 gT. J 
Atropine 1-300 gr. 
Atropine 1-100 gr. 
B 
Blue Mass, B.P 1 gr. 
Blue Mass, B.P 2 grs. 
Blue Mass, B.P 3 grs. 
Blue Mass, B.P 5 grs. 
Blue Mass, Colocynth, and Hyoscy. 
{Massa Hydrarg i gr. Ext. Hyoscj\ ..i gr. \ 
Ext. Colocynth. Co.. .3 grs. J 
C 
Calcium Sulphide 1-10 gr. 
Calcium Sulphide 1-4 gr. 
Calcium Sulphide 1-2 gr. 
Calcium Sulphide 1 gr. 
Calomel, Colocynth, and Hyoscyamus. 
( Hyd. Chlor. Mite. ) 
< Ext. Hyoscyami aa i gr. > 
( Ext. Colocynth. Co. . .3 grs. ) 
Calomel, Comp. B.P 5 grs. 
J Hyd. Chlor. Mite. 11-8 grs. Res. Guaiaci Pulv. 2 1-4 grs. 
\Antim. Sulph 1 1-8 grs. Ol. Ricini 1-2 gr. 
Calomel and Opium. 
f Hydrarg. Chlor. Mite. 2 grs. \ 
\ Pulv. Opii 1 gr. / 
Camphor and Hyoscyamus. 
{Camphora \ 
Ext. Hyoscyami. .aa 1 gr. J 
Camphor Mono-Bromated .. 2 grs. 
Cannabis Indica-Extract.. .. 1-4 gr. 
Cannabis Indica-Extract.. .. 1-2 gr. 
Cascara Sagrada Extract.. .. 3 grs. 
Cathartic Compound, U.S.P. (Purgative.) 
( Ext. Jalapae Pulv. Hyd. Subchlor . .aa 1 gr. ) 
< Ext. Coloc. Co. Pulv 1 1-3 grs. V 
( Cambogiae Pulv 1-4 gr. ) 
DOSE.—One to three. 
Codeine 1-2 gr. 
Colocynth Comp. B.P 4 grs. 
( Coloc. Pulpae Pulv 4-5 gr. Potass. Sulph.) 
< Aloes. Barb. Pulv 1 3-5 grs. Ol. Caryoph. V 
( Scammon. Virg. Pulv. . .1 3-5 grs. ) 
Colocynth Comp. B.P. .. ..5 grs. 
{Coloc. Pulpae Pulv 1 gr. Potass. Sulph. 1 
Aloes Barb. Pulv... 2 grs. 01. Caryoph. > 
Scammon. Virg. Puiv.. .2 grs ) 
Colocynth Comp. & Blue Mass, 5 grs. 
fPil. Coloc. Co. B.P...3 grs. \ 
\ Massa Hydrarg 2 grs. J 
Colocynth Comp, and Calomel 5 grs. 
{Ext. Coloc. Co 4 grs. \ 
Hyd. Subchlor 1 gr. J 
Colocynth Comp, and Hyos. B.P., 5 grs. 
f Pil. Coloc. Co. B.P. 3 1-3 grs. \ 
\ Ext. Hyoscyami... .1 2-3 grs. / 
Colocynth Comp. Extract, B.P. 5 grs. 
( Coloc. Pulpae 11-5 grs. Saponis Pulv. 3-5 gr. 1 
< Ext. Aloes Soc... 2 2-5 grs. Cardam. Sem. 1-5 gr. > 
( Res. Scammon 4-5 gr. ) 
Conium Compound, B.P 5 grs. 
( Ext. Conii 4 1-6 grs. 1 
< Ipecac. Pulv. ..5-6 grs. > 
(Theriaca ) 
Copaiba Compound. 
{Ferri Sulph. Exsic.. .1-2 gr. Massa Copnibae 1 gr \ 
Terebinth Venet. 11-2 grs. Cubebne Pulv 2 grs. / 
Copaiba and Oleo-Resin Cubeb, 5 grs. 
{Massa Copaibas 3 grs. \ 
Oleo-Resina Cubebce .. 2 grs. / 
Corrosive Sublimate .. .. 1-30 gr. 
Corrosive Sublimate .. 1-20 gr. 
Corrosive Sublimate 1-10 gr. 
Croton Chloral 1 gr. 
Croton Chloral 2 grs. 
Cubeb, Oleo-Resin, with Soda. 
/ Oleo-Resina Cubebae 1 gr. \ 
\Sodii Bicarb 1-8 gr. / 
D 
Digitalin ... 1-60 gr. 
E 
Elaterine 1-20 gr. 
Emmenagogue (Mutter’s). 
{Ferri Sulph. Exsic. Tercbinthina. .aa 1 1-2 grs.\ 
Aloes Soc l-2grs. J 
Ergotin ..3 grs. 
Each Pill contains the active principles o/30 grains Ergot 
of Ilyc or 30 minims of the Liquid or Fluid Extract. 
This Ergotin is prepared with great care from the best 
quality of fresh selected Ergot of Rye, and it contains, in the 
most potent form, all the active constituents of the drug. 
This form presents many advantages over the ordinary 
liquid preparations ; it is more reliable and uniform in its 
effect, and is more acceptable to patients, when admin- 
istered, and is specially desirable in neurotic treatment. 
Euonymin 2 grs. 
Euonymin 3 grs. 
Euonymin Comp. 
( Euonymin... .1 gr. Ext. Nucis Vom. ..l-8gr. 1 
< Aloin 1-4 gr. Ext. Hyoscyami ....lgr. > 
(Ext. Rliei....l gr. ) 
F 
Ferruginous (Blaud’s) .. .. 3 grs. 
/ Ferri Sulphas \ 
X Potassii Carb.. .aa P.JE. j 
Ferruginous (Blaud’s) .. .. 5 grs. 
f Ferri Sulphas \ 
\ Potassii Carb.. .aa / 
H 
Hydrastine (White Alkaloid) .. 1-2 gr. 
I 
Iodoform 1 gr. 
Iodoform and Iron. 
{Iodoformum \ 
Ferrum Redact.. .aa 1 gr. J 
Ipecac. Powdered 1-4 gr. 
Ipecac. Powdered 5 grs. 
Ipecac. Comp. (Ipecac. & Opium) 5 grs. 
Ipecac, and Squill, B.P 5 grs. 
( Ipecac. Co. Pulv 3 grs.) 
< Scillae Pulv. Ammoniaci Pulv...aa 1 gr. > 
(Theriaca j 
Iron Arseniate 1-8 gr. 
Iron Carbonate, B.P... .. .. 5 grs. 
Iron by Hydrogen (Quevenne's) I gr. 
Iron Iodide (Blancard’s Formula) 1 gr. 
Iron and Quinine Citrate .. .. 2 grs. 
Iron, Quinine, and Strychnine. 
f Ferrum Redactum Quininae Sulph.. .aa 1 gr. 1 
\Strychnina 1-60 gr. J 
IN ORDERING, BE CAREFUL TO SPECIFY “McK. & R.” PILLS. IN ORDERING, BE CAREFUL TO SPECIFY “McK. & R.” PILLS. 
“McK. & R.” CAPS. PILLS 
According to Formulas of the British Pharmacopoeia and other Standard authorities. 
L 
Laxative Vegetable (Improved Cath.) 
f Ext. Coloc. Comp. Pulv 1 gr.Y 
J Jalapae Pulv. Res. Leptandrin aa 1-2 gr. I 
| Ext. Hyoscyami Ext. Taraxaci Res. Podoph. aa 1-4 gr. j 
V.01. Menth. Pip. J 
M 
Manganese Bin-Oxide .. ..2 grs. 
Mercury Bin-Iodide . 1-16 gr. 
Mercury Proto-Iodide .. .. 1-8 gr. 
Mercury Proto-Iodide .. .. 1-4 gr. 
Absolutely pure Proto-Iodide of Mercury should be a 
bright yellow impalpable powder, entirely free from globules 
of mercury or particles of bin-iodine. 
The title “Viride” should be discarded, and “ Flavum ” 
substituted as a correct descriplion of the chemically pure 
product of precipitation found in the “ McK. & R.” Pills 
containing 1-8 and 1-4 grain. 
Ap examination will show the importance of specifying 
“ McK. & R.” Pills in preference to any other. 
Morphine, Muriate 1-8 gr. 
Morphine, Muriate 1-4 gr. 
N 
Narcotic Extracts (Brown-Sequard.) 
Ext. Hyoscyami Ext. Conii. .aa 2-3 gr. 
!Ext. Ignat. Amarae Ext. Opii aa 1-2 gr. 1 
Ext. Aconiti 1-3 gr. f 
Ext. Cannabis I ndicae 1-4 gr. i 
Ext. Stramonii 1-5 gr. ) 
Ext. Belladonnas 1-6 gr. 
Nitro-Glycerin 1-100 gr. 
Nitro-GIycerin 1-50 gr. 
o 
Opium, Powdered 1 gr. 
Opium and Acetate of Lead, B.P. 5 grs. 
/ Plumbi Acet 3 3-4 grs. ) 
\'Opii Pulv. Conf. Rosse. .aa 5-8 gr. J 
Opium and Camphor. 
f Opii Pulv 1 gr. \ 
\ Camphora .. 2 grs. / 
P 
Pepsin, Pure Concentrated .. 1 gr. 
Each Pill equals 5 grains Saccharated Pepsin. 
Phosphorus.. .. .. .. 1-100 gr. 
Phosphorus 1-50 gr. 
Phosphorus 1-30 gr. 
Phosphorus and Iron. 
f Phosphorus 1-50 gr. \ 
\ Ferrum Redactum 2 grs. / 
Phosphorus, Iron, and Quinine. 
f Phosphorus 1-100 gr. \ 
\ Ferri Carb, (Vallets) Quininae Sul.. .aa 1 gr. J 
Phosphorus and Nux Vomica. 
f Phosphorus 1-50 gr. \ 
\Ext. Nucis Vomicae.. 1-4 gr. J 
Phosphorus, Nux Vomica, and Iron. 
( Phosphorus 1-50 gr. \ 
< Ext. Nucis Vomicae. .1-4 gr. > 
l Ferri Carb 1 gr. ) 
Phosphorus and Quinine. 
f Phosphorus 1-50 gr. \ 
\ Quininae Sulphas 1 gr. J 
Phosphorus, Quinine, Iron, and Strychnine. 
( Phosphorus 1-50 gr. } 
< Quininae Sulphas 1-2 gr. Ferrum Redact.. .2 grs. > 
( Strychnina 1 -60 gr. J 
Phosphorus and Valer. Zinc. 
/ Phosphorus 1-50 gr. \ 
X Zinci Valerianas 1 gr. / 
Picrotoxin .. .. 1-80 gr. 
Podophyllin 1-8 gr. 
Podophyllin 1-4 gr. 
Podophyllin 1-2 gr. 
Podophyllin Comp. 
( Res. PodophyUi 1-2 gr. ) 
< Ext. Coloc. Co 2 grs. > 
l Ext. Hyoscyam 1 gr.) 
Q 
Quinine, Bi-Sulphate .. .. 1-4 gr. 
Quinine, Bi-Sulphate .. .. 1-2 gr. 
Quinine, Bi-Sulphate .. 1 gr. 
Quinine, Bi-Sulphate .. ..2 grs. 
Quinine, Bi-Sulphate .. 3 grs. 
Quinins, Bi-Sulphate .. 4 grs. 
Quinine, Bi-Sulphate 5 grs. 
Quinine, Sulphate 1-4 gr. 
Quinine, Sulphate 1-2 gr. 
Quinine, Sulphate 1 gr. 
Quinine, Sulphate 2 grs. 
Quinine, Sulphate 3 grs. 
Quinine, Sulphate 4 grs. 
Quinine, Sulphate 5 grs. 
Quinine, Comp, (Anti-Malarial.) 
(Quininae Sulphas Acid. Carbolic. ) 
< Cinchonid. Sulph. aa 1 gr. Mentha Camphor aa 1-8 gr. > 
( Acid. Arsenios. . .1-10 gr. Capsici Pulv 1-4 gr. J 
This Pill is largely prescribed in the most severe malarial 
districts of America with remarkable results. 
R 
Rhubarb Comp. B.P. .. .. 5 grs. 
/ Rhei Pulv 1 1-4 grs. \ 
I Aloes Soc. Pulv 1 gr. I 
< Saponis Pulv. Myrrhae Pulv. . .aa 5-8 gr. > 
f Theriaca ‘. 1-2 gr. i 
\ 01. Menth. Pip. / 
Rhubarb Comp, and Blue Mass, 5 grs. 
f Pil. Rhei Comp.. .3 grs. \ 
\ Massa Hydrarg.. .2 grs. J 
Rhubarb, Ipecac, and Soda. 
f Pulv. Rhei Sodii Bicarb.. .aa 1 gr. \ 
\ Pulv. Ipecac 1-5 gr. J 
S 
Salicylic Acid 2 grs. 
Salicylic Acid 5 grs. 
Salicylic Acid Comp. 
f Acid. Salicylicum 5 grs. \ 
X Morphinae Hydrochlor. .1-8 gr. / 
Soap Comp. B.P. 5 grs. 
/ Opii Pulv 1 gr. \ 
X Saponis Pulv. . .4 grs. J 
Squill Comp. B.P 5 grs. 
( Scillae Pulv 1 gr. Ammoniaci Pulv. ) 
< Zingiber. Pulv.. .4-5 gr. Saponis Pulv.. .aa 4-5 gr. V 
(Theriaca j 
Strychnine 1-50 gr. 
z 
Zinc, Phosphide.. .. .. .. 1-4 gr. 
Zinc, Phosphide 1-2 gr. 
Zinc, Valerianate 1 gr. 
Being completely sealed, all substances are perfectly preserved from Oxidation. 
OBSERVE SPECIAL ROTE regarding the Proto-Iodide of Mercury. 
PRIVATE FORMULAS. 
Private Formulas of 3,000 or more Pills made and Capsuled to order for 
Hospitals and large consumers at special quotations. 
address : 
McKesson & robbins, 
91, Fulton Street, New York. 
IN ORDERING, BE CAREFUL TO SPECIFY “McK. & R.” PILLS. The Pills of McKesson & Robbins are quite of the highest class of merit, in respect to the method, in respect 
to the materials, and in respect to results.”—British Medical Journal, October 1881. 
NOTE what the “British Medical Journal,” 
Sept. 18, 1880, says:— 
“ d he McK. & R. Caps. Pills are beautiful in appearance, 
the color of the medicine showing clearly through the thin, but 
perfect and soluble covering of gelatine. Their oval shape 
appears to give them a great advantage over the round 
form of pill, as they are much more easily swallowed. They 
ARE ALL THAT CAN BE DESIRED IN POINT OF SOLUBILITY as the 
covering of gelatine is put on while the mass is soft. If one 
of their Quinine Pills be placed on the tongue (this is the 
best and most reliable test of solubility) the taste is at first 
ENTIRELY IMPERCEPTIBLE, until in about HALF-A-MINUTE the 
covering dissolves, and the mass itself being soft, dissolves 
in about two minutes more.” 
“ Phis of exceptional merit for originality and for excellence of manufacture.”—Medical Times and Gazette (London), October 1881. 
ine one iorm 01 Fin tnat is an advance on anything previously manufactured.”—Lancet, October 1881. 
PERMANENCE. 
The question whether McK. & R.’s Pills will remain 
unaffected in warm, damp climates seems to be satisfactorily 
answered in the following abstract of a letter from Aspinwall: 
“Commissary Department, 
“Panama Railroad, Aspinwall, U.S., Columbia. 
“ Messrs. McKesson & Robbins, 
“Gentlemen,—Almost everything perishes rapidly in this terrible climate, but your Pills 
put up in bottles keep remarkably well. The dampness does not appear to have the least 
effect upon them, as long as they are kept in bottles, though ordinary coated Pills are soon 
spoiled. 
“Yours respectfully, 
“ THOS. M. CASH, Commissary.” 
We have other letters from various points in the Tropics, 
speaking to the same effect. 
We are spending much money, time, and labor on the Pill department of our Labor- 
atory, desiring to make it as perfect as possible, and any suggestions from the Profession 
will be thankfully received. 
During the past few years, many imitations of our Pills, some of them quite inferior, 
have been put upon the market, and these, we regret to say, are sometimes dispensed on 
prescriptions when our Pills have been desired ; and as the preference for our Capsuled 
Pills is increased by microscopical and chemical, as well as therapeutical tests of quality, 
we would most earnestly and respectfully request Physicians to specify “ McK. & R.” on 
all prescriptions and orders to their retail druggists, and when circumstances will admit, in 
original vials of 25 or 100 Pills each. 
Yours respectfully, McKESSON & ROBBINS, 
91, Fulton Street, New York. 
“ hJ th,e class of Pills there are probably very few improvements that have attained such wide and speedy recognition in the profession 
as the beautiful Ovoid Capsuled Pills of McKesson & Robbins, New York.”—Medical Press and Circular, (London), Oct 1881.