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

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[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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    to combine the virtues of these two substances as digestants which are absolutely worthless for this purpose. The two substances mutually destroy each other and when diastase is also present with pepsin they also mutually destroy each other. The subcommittee reporting recommended: 1. That the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry refuse to approve liquid preparations that are claimed to contain both pepsin and pancreatin. 2. That the medical profession through THE JouRNAL of the American Medical Association be advised of the fallacy of employing such combinations. 3. That the attention of manufacturers be called to the worthlessness of such incompatible liquid preparations of pep- sin and pancreatin, and that they be urged to cease offering such products to the profession. 4. That, since the National Formulary has recognized a preparation of this xind under the title “Elixir Digestivum Compositum,” the American Pharmaceutical Association be requested to instruct its committee on the National Formulary to omit this preparation from the next edition. A partial list of preparations on the market is appended, with quotations from text books showing the incompatibility. PHENOL SODIQUE (Hance Bros. & White) Report of Examination by Council on Pharmacy and Chemis- try and Comments (Abstracted from The Journal A. M. A., Nov. 9, 1907, 1617) An examination of this article by a subcommittee of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry revealed unscrupulous claims which are a positive menace to public health. In view of this the Council has directed the publication of the follow- ing comments. W. A. Puckner, Secretary. COMMENTS. The preparation was not submitted to the Council by the manufacturers, but was taken up because it was extensively advertised and used. ‘The advertisements show extravagant claims made for the preparation, and booklets advertising other of this firm’s wares were found in the original package, as purchased in the open market. The booklets are entitled: “Dyspepsia,” “Worm News,” and “Catarrh,” advertising “Dys- pepsia Stop”’—some form of dyspepsia tablets; a remedy for round worms, and “Catarrh Stop,” apparently some mild an- tiseptic tablets. They are addressed frankly to the laity, although recourse to a physician is, generously, advised if the patient does not respond to treatment.
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