Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co product called the "smoke ball" and claimed it to be a cure for influenza and a number of other diseases. (The 1889–1890 flu pandemic was estimated to have killed 1 million people.) The smoke ball was a rubber ball with a tube attached. It was filled with carbolic acid (or phenol). The tube would be inserted into a user's nose and squeezed at the bottom to release the vapours. The nose would run, ostensibly flushing out viral infections. The Company published advertisements in the "Pall Mall Gazette" and other newspapers on November 13, 1891, claiming that it would pay £100
Abdus Salam (name) variant spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to: Abdus Salam (name) Abdus Salam () is a male Muslim honorific or given name, built on the Arabic words "Abd", "al-" and "Salam". The name means "servant of the All-peaceable", "as-Salam" being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the "al-" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to "Abd al-Salam", the usual pronunciation corresponds to "Abd as-Salam". Alternative transliterations include "Abdul Salam", "Abdul