Classified ad for<unk>  from The Courier (Hobart, Tasmania) November 1, 1856, p. 4.<unk> , or Ervalenta, was a preparation sold in the 18th century as an empirical diet for patients, extraordinary restorative virtues being attributed to it. The product that was mass-marketed was, in reality, only a preparation of the common lentil, its first name being formed for disguise by the transposition of its earlier botanical name, Ervum lens. While indeed lentils are a healthy and nutritious food,<unk> 's value was about similar to the common pea-meal (or ground split peas).
Revalenta arabica
Scyllatoxin
Hirudo medicinalis
Arnica montana
Simmondsin
Ephedra distachya
Laudanum
Malum perforans