Dodd's almanac : 1902 / the Dodds Medicine Company.
The pattern
This still is filed under Borrowed medical authority.
Define
The claim wears a lab coat: a diagram, a percentage, a clinical tone that is not necessarily a clinician.
Mechanism
Authority costume. Science-looking form transfers trust. Use it only when the substance matches, or we are documenting a historical mechanism. We do not recommend the abuse.
Verdict
We have real evidence and the buyer needs it in a form they already trust: a chart, a protocol, a named standard.
Why it works
It educates the prospect on a single underlying cause for all their varied symptoms, then presents the product as the specific cure for that cause.
Steal this when
When selling a health product by educating the customer on the root cause of their symptoms.