Comments on: Gibson's Cordial Balls http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/gibsons-cordial-balls/ Panacean powders, pills, potions and pamphlets, as advertised in historical newspapers. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caroline Rance http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/gibsons-cordial-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Caroline Rance Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:40:50 +0000 http://quackdoctor.wordpress.com/?p=1699#comment-59 A lot of other horse medicines did contain antimony, or it was given powdered in the feed as a way of making the horse's coat shinier. It wasn't as poisonous to horses as to humans, hence not many equine equivalents of Mr Bravo, but if given in large enough quantities it didn't do them any good. There were occasionally cases of dodgy vendors selling arsenic in place of antimony, which had a much worse effect. It could be pretty grim to be a horse. A lot of other horse medicines did contain antimony, or it was given powdered in the feed as a way of making the horse’s coat shinier. It wasn’t as poisonous to horses as to humans, hence not many equine equivalents of Mr Bravo, but if given in large enough quantities it didn’t do them any good. There were occasionally cases of dodgy vendors selling arsenic in place of antimony, which had a much worse effect. It could be pretty grim to be a horse.

]]> By: Lidian http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/gibsons-cordial-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Lidian Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:12:03 +0000 http://quackdoctor.wordpress.com/?p=1699#comment-60 The name makes it sound like it ought to be a sort of Christmas confection, though, doesn't it? At least they did not have antimony in them - that always makes me think of the Bravo case. The name makes it sound like it ought to be a sort of Christmas confection, though, doesn’t it?

At least they did not have antimony in them – that always makes me think of the Bravo case.

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