Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
SHY OF POISON.
From the Washington Daily pos,l

tVLu the hSSQLuStou O1ly EuStl
For many years physicians have been
much exercised over the use of drugs and
medicines containing opIates or poisons.
Opium smoking by the Chinese and the in
PRODUCTION of the habit into America is an
evil which has been sought TO be remedied,
and the police of Philadelphia have recently
made successful raids on opium '.ioints" and
arrested the proprietors. \ more insidious
form OF poison than this, however, and one
which largely Affects not only the health but
the lives of children, is that which comes in
the form of popular medicines. Nine out OF
ten of these, it is known, contain narcotics or
deadly metallic oxides. The difficulty, how
ever, has been to find substitute for such
things which would be purely vegetable, and
at the same time effect prompt cure. That
such a discovery had been made was announc-
ed recently, and DIR. o. Grothe, chemist to the
Brooklyn Board OF Health, and u graduate
of the University of Kiel. Germany, pub
hcly certified that he had aualYzed the RENE
dy and found 1t free from narcotics, opiates
or injurious metallic oxides, and harmless
and happy combination, which will prove
highly effective. Hearing that DR.. Samuel
n. Cox, graduate Of Yale, and expert an
alytical chemist of this city, had also ana
lyZed the remedy in question and given pub
lie testimony as 10 its purity and efficacy,
reporter of the Post was told by him that he
had given such certificate, and that he be-
lieyed the remedy marked new stage in the
treatment of throat and lung diseases He
knew also that many public men in Washing
ton had given the remedy trial, and felt
confident if they were called upon that they
would cheerfully iudorSe it. One of them
was Hon. J. c. s blackburn, Senator elect
rom Kentucky. Mr.. Blackburn, on being
approached, said he had used the remedy
with marked effect and found great benefit
especially during his occupancy of the Speak
err chair. 1t had removed all irritation from
his throat and relieved cough which had
troubled him much.
Senator German, OF Maryland, said that he
firmly believed in the remedy, which he had
personally tested. congressman j. III. Bag
ley, Jr., of New York; VIM. Mutehler, of
Pennsylvania; }. Ii. Brewer, of New Jersey;
Hart b. Holton, of Maryland, and j. p. Lee
dom, Esq, of Ohio, Scrgeant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives, were emphatic in
their Endorsement of the remedy. MeSsrs.
Ed A. Clark, Architect of Public buildings;
E. \. Carman, Acting commissioner of the
Agricultural Department; Thomas 5. Miller,
chief clerk in the Surgeon Generals Depart
mept; II. L. Weaver, eX-Con@rcSSman from
Mississippi, and now chief of the collecting
division in the General Postofice; J. IL.
Gravenstine, hca of the labor division in the
same department, and +. Il. Conger, City
Postmaster, and son of senator Congcr, of
Michigan, all pronounced it n valuable dis
covery, and had found its effects not only
soothing, but lasting. The remedy i'll queS-
ton is Red Star Cough Cure. 1t is free
from opiateS or poiSons, and is purely
vegetable.
A physician who stands in close relation to
the Board of Health of the District of Column
bia said that there are two things which seri-
susly affect the health OF the people,-im-
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