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PONDS EXTRACT.
The show case of the Ponds Exfrac
Company, besides the popular remed,
which gives its name to the Company con
tains fifteen different pharmaceutical pre-
parations of the Witch Hazel besides ths
application Of the Hamamelis Yirginica t.
tanning purposes, and to the fabrication OF
toilet articles. The claims of this Com.
pany are that they have completely uti,
lized the Witch Hazel of Hamamelis Vir
glneia. They prepare it in variety 81
forms convenient for pharmaceutical pur.
poses. such as the plant natural and
ground, the ground bark. the blows, etc.
All the preparations are manufactured BIZ
methods especially adapted to extract ali
the valuable constituents of the plant. II
must be particularly observed that the
Ponds Extract" is merely the remedy
| made up in o popular form; besides Il
they made complete pharmaceutical
series, comprising solid extracts, the oIeo-
resin, and the fluid extract, tincture and
lie L uSeS
Ponds Extract" may be imagined from
the fact that it stops all hemorrhages and
cures all intammatory diseases, The Ex-
tract contains the oil of Witch Heel In a
large proportion, together with q notable
quantity ofsthe other medicinal constituents
OF the Hamamelis Firginiea, The value
OF the oil as curative agent needs no re-
COMMUNICATION; it is officially recognised in
the United States Dispensatorya for 1877
and is there recommended In certain ca
SEES by prominent physicians in the form
manufactured. by the Ponds Extract
Company" In fact the Company. as we
have already said, have utilised the viz
tues of the Witch Hazel to larger extent
than any other chemists, and have prepar-
ed its curative and useful principles in the
greatest varieties of forms. The fluid extract
tinctare and infusion also possesses the
medical qualities of Witch Hazel. By the
isolation of the oil. the Company are ena-
bled to offer this therapeutic agent in
perfectly pure form, result which has
not been previously accomplished. The
Fond 8 Extract Company have also sue
ceeded in Incorporating the active prinei-
pies OF Witch Hazel in az ointment and
plaster, in which preparations the above
medical properties are embodied in form
emlnently adapted to their special uses.
They llkwise prepare catarrh remedy,
which contains the curative qualities of
Ponds Extract so Modified as TO render
its application exceedingly soothing 10 in.
tanned and sensitive parts. The valuable
healing effects of the Extract upon the
tissues OF the cuticle have also been made
available by the Company in the form of
remedial preparations for toilet use, in
cludisg a toilet cream, soap, dentifrice and
llpsalve. which articles possess the virtues
of Witch Hazel, and are made exclusively
Of vegetable substances. being absolutely
free from metallic or other noxlous iugre-
dents. The technical lvaiue which the
fannie acid of Witch Hazel possesses has
been demonstrated by the Ponds Extract
COMPANY, who prerare superior writing
huid from this source; and have also sue
eessiully' applied the same taBuin princi-
pie to the manufacture of leather.