Quack or Cure? Quiz

Incorrect! These tablets were essentially a laxative, with no major curative properties, and their magic secret ingredient was found to be rhubarb and liquorice.

Incorrect! Genuine testimonials show they helped cure anaemia - ingredients contained vitamins, and magnesium sulphate which was great for iron intake.

Incorrect! The ingredients used to make Marmola powder were dried seaweed, table salt, oil of peppermint, glycerin and dried thyroid gland which may have sounded like it would help but it is not correlated to weight loss, and definitely wouldn’t have taken off up to 7 pounds a week.

Incorrect! Before Penicillin was found to be an effective treatment against syphilis in the early 20th century, organic arsenic compounds were discovered to be the most effective treatment against syphilis, however patients still experienced many negative side effects, and some patients even died.

Incorrect! Nearly a century after their production they were proven to have nothing to do with the liver at all. Looking at the pill’s ingredients – mandrake root and aloe, these were items used to treat genital warts and help with anti-aging... no wonder the Federal Trade Commission forced them to remove liver from their name!