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Nostrum

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(neuter of Lat. nosier, our), the name given to preparations of which the ingredients are not made publicly known, a patent or "quack" medicine; it is taken from the label ("of our own make") formerly attached to such medicines.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nostrum'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​n/nostrum.html. 1910.
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