The propaganda for reform in proprietary medicines / [Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Assoication].

Date:
[1910?]
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Credit: The propaganda for reform in proprietary medicines / [Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Assoication]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is also represented that Bovinine is of great service in case of an irritable stomach. This is not borne out by ex- periment. Bovinine fed to dogs by the mouth, either alone or mixed with food, induced vomiting, which was less marked when Bovinine was given with the regular diet. An examina- tion of the urine of these animals showed a marked diminu- tion of the amount of indican, while the ethereal sulphates were enormously increased, both absolutely and relatively, when Bovinine was given. Experiments on rabbits have shown that Bovinine injected into the peritoneal cavity was invar- iably followed by large quantities of albumin in the urine, which persisted for from 24 to 48 hours. Thirty to 50 c.c. per kilo given by mouth daily caused emaciation and weakness; in some cases, irritation of the gastrointestinal canal, with death of the animal in from 7 to 12 days. CARNINE Carnine is a French preparation imported into the United States by Fougera & Co., of New York City. In physical ap- pearace it looks like highly concentrated food, but analysis shows that it consists of a small proportion of defibrinated blood dissolved in a mixture of syrup and glycerol, the whole agreeably flavored. It is represented as a “juice of rare meat, prepared by cold process. Each tablespoonful represents 100 gm. of raw meat, or 31% ounces.” It is clear that Carnine is not a meat juice in any sense of the word. VALENTINE’S MEAT JUICE Valentine’s Meat Juice resembles in physical appearance taste, odor and by chemical analysis a diluted meat extract. The nutritive value of meat extracts is virtually nil, as is well-known by the medical profession. Notwithstanding the composition of Valentine’s Meat Juice and the fact that beef extract represents little nutritive value, the manufacturer makes the following misleading representations: “The two-ounce oval bottle, adopted for the Meat Juice contains the concentrated juice of four pounds of the best beef, exclusive of fat; or the condensed essence of one and a half pints of pure liquid juice which is obtained from the flesh of beef.” “The use of hot water with the Meat Juice changes its character and impairs its value.” [Italics in original.—Hd.] The company must certainly be aware of the fact that its product contains little, if any, coagulable proteids. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion; neither Bovinine nor Carnine is a meat juice, the former is anything but palatable and the latter soon
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