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Prescription 1883

This 1883 prescription issued to Sir John A Macdonald called for him to take a mixture of iron phosphate, arsenic and strychnine to treat digestive pain.

Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 122162

This prescription for Sir John A. Macdonald, 1883, addressed unspecified, ongoing gastric issues. Among the ingredients the chemist is directed to use for the remedy mixture are iron, arsenic, and strychnine.