The advertised promise was universal cure. The National Library of Medicine records that Radam appealed “broadly to the public by saying his cure was for everyone with consumption, including pregnant women and babies, as well as those sick with combinations of diseases,” and that newspaper advertisements offered to cure “any disease that your doctor has pronounced incurable”; Barnett notes that many of the New York-era jugs were lettered “CURES ALL DISEASES” beneath the trademark. The claim was carried almost entirely on testimonials, the published letters of customers reporting relief, rather than any controlled demonstration; it is logged here as a testimonial-grade claim and refuted. No medicine cures all diseases, the named conditions (tuberculosis, rheumatism, dyspepsia, dropsy) have unrelated causes, and a dilute acidulated water has no therapeutic action against them; the federal government later condemned the cure-all labelling as false and fraudulent under the Sherley Amendment.