New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-29
NOSUBSTITUTE FOR QULNINE.
DIR. HEwEr1's PRETENDED DISCOVERY EXPOSED IN
ENGLAND.

DR. HEwETI's PRETENDED DISCOVERY EAPosEo IN
ENGLAND.
Although duinine is at present comparatively
cbear and within reach OF every ore YET tue an
po1ncemsnt recently male by DR.. Cresswah he"e'''
OF Incons Inn Fields. London, that he had uscoVere
che ARTIFICIAL or synthetca method OF making quGiho'
WAS read with great deal of interest by the medical
n-o,ssiou and wholesale druggists II true IL would
revolutoaize this branch OF the drug trade inc con-
sunpon Of Quinine IL enormous In svcry land anu Inc
aggregate value OF the drug amounts 10 milnons o.
dollars Iftne artificial quinns were equai ID medic
ina pr ,peres to genuine 1t could be iurnisned az
much less cost which would represent large saving
70 the consumers Tho present quinine supply Is 90
from the cnchona There Is great waste la
xractin, the drug from the bark, the yield will not
average over two per cent, tile remaining Ninety eH"'
per cent being valueless. The En2hs1 boVerh"en'
amends annually about 100000 in the CULTIVATION Oh 'ne
clnchons tree 10 India alone, and substitute Tor quinne
has long been sought by the Government Or ho"e''
elaine that he discovered the artificial qulnne oy tue
o,taDtaI hreakng OF a bottle containing drug which
,ormed a combination with another drug with when
Il came in contact This SUBSTITUTE lor quiaine' d.
ue,t announced could be furnished TO the trade for
ahout Al cents winch would Drive 9uhine oue
NJ the market The process Dr. Hewett kept TO himself
hnt rsur ned that he recently submitted sample OF
hi, to Howard sonsof strstford one OF the
largest manufacturers OF quinns In the worli. "ho
90 clamed BIZ the friends OF Dr. Hewitt, analy1e the
amnIe and pronounced It the equal OF any qunine IN
tile market
Mr. Wiekham OF tho firm OF McKesson & ROBBINS
the we'll known drug dealers IN THIS CITY, VIM
has inst returned Europe, heard OF this ne" uru
wLile he was la London and investigated the CLAIMS Vi
Dr Hewst with view OF introducing the drug IN 'his
conntry He said yesterday to TRIBUNE reporter :
rhe, ia one word which exI all that there Is I'D
the sypthetcs qunine OF DR.. Hewet and that ls-nu"
bug The alleged discovery OF DR. Hewet' snsn nI
came out did mako little excitement IN eno ~ us
in London but the market Was not snected IN
The s9htest degree and never Will De u my oPni"
this drug endeavOred to get tel ounces VI y, DS
cnnId mt Lon don or smsts and several Irom otner
niacas have tried also 70 get some OF Dr' ue"oe .
ouinne hut have failed. He always reauy 10 glve
some away TO be tes,ed put never uu t..sad nv
support OF the drug that sample OF IL wa Dso,a "
How .rd Sons nut had our local Axene ln'e,
Sons and they positively arns etea 10 st
- M n 40 tuat the guarantee OF Howard sons
which of course would be excellent was never glVen
Ore nrm succeeded in getting some ot ~ nr"o ~
D.naratnn IL WAS given O thorough test ana tue
showed IL TO contain every properly ol
and there an excellent reason why sHv , =,
fhe mnls was being examined there was l0unu Ia 10
| anal card with the letter upon H. 70 the un-
intatei this would nothing, ont 70 those VI 'ne
drug business it that the package was PUT mp
wninsn, the druggist, whose preparasoaa y, sone
oaiuine shares popularity with toward sous sv 1
OF Whifsns auinino had been sent OUT ~ W. va
some yns for N, IL elaine. that IL WAS lue
svnrh stical ounine OF Dr. Hewett. This SGT AZ res
,bs nretensons OF DR.. welt discoverer anu ne
no the lauk stock OF the drug rauo III e.. n,
| ssvnth.tic,I anime has been long souznt TOT ny
.,nert chemists In Germany, wnere there nave poo
nuinrer OF compounds MADE "niom iy.ry mriisIne,
aud nave only limited sale "nF any VI ,ba ar,
have never been used extensively 10 una IN, IA
dsaref than the quinne OF whioh they are ipso w.
uosa ni.cs When auinias was So An ounce tner'
might have been show tor suah meal nee cass II 4
present OF go cents an tbap coud Be made
| difficult 70 conceive OF uius ''
| and "a "A effective.