Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-09-13
Minnesota Dairy and Fsod Com
mission.
ST. Paul, Mimi, Sept, l. 100

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This department. has been deyoting
considerable time to the analysis Of
certain patent medicines, and full
report of the findings of Chief Che
mist J. Horvet is given below. In
the absence of drug law under
which his department. may class the
different kinds OF medicine analysed,
the report is simply given and the
reader may be the judge.
This work has been done for the
purpose OF demonstrating the great
need of an adequate law governing
the manufactur, and sale OF these
products. The department does not
condemn all patent medicines perse,
but there are so many fraudulent and
injurious "dopes' on the market,
that radical measures should be
adopted by the legislature of this
state to compel manufacturers who
use certain ingredients to at least
make a plain statement of facts upon
the label.
The analyses as given are not neces-
sarily complete with all samples.
Further investigation will be made
and later reports given if other in
gradients are found.
The report just as received from the
laboratory is as follows:
Hon. E. K. Slater,
Dairy and Food Commissioner:
The following report is a state
ment of results of analyses which
have been made to date on a lot of
proprietary medicines which were
submitted during thu past summer.
The samples include many of the
well-known patent "remedies'' and
"cure-alls,' such as dyspepsia cures,
consumption cures, cough cures, kid
ney cures, cholic and diarrhoea re-
needles, pills, salves and tonics.
There is also added tabulation
showing the percentages of alcohol
found in a number of so-called ''bit-
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latter preparations will be of inter-
est. and it is believed that comments
on these results are unnecessary The
properties of the various substances
detected in the proprietary medicines
are briefly described in separate Sec
tiOn.
ANALYSES.
Dewitt's Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Alcohol. ISL per cent. Low grade
sugar syrup added to give desired
consistency. Samples contain salicy-
lie acid and strychnine.
Kennedy's Honey and Tar.-Con-
tains a small percentage of alcohol.
Low grade sugar syrup added to pro-
duce desired body. Sample also con-
tains chloroform, salicylic acid, CO.
define, croton oil, peppermint and
sassafras.
Bees Honey and Tar.-Sugar syrup
used to give consistency of thick mo-
lasses. Sample also contains chloro-
form, salicylic acid, morphine, croton
oil and peppermint.
Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption-Sugar syrup added to give
consistency Of thick rnolasses. Sam
pie contains chloroform, morphine,
pine tar and honey (?) flavor.
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. contains large
percentage Of alcohol, viz, So. 80 per
cent. Also contains large amounts
of chloroform and morphine, together
with peppermint.
Peruna (Sometimes spelled Peru
Na).-AlcohoI rs. 50 per cent. Ex-
tract O.5l per cent. The percentage
of material other than alcohol and
water being SO small (0.51 per cent.
it is not easy to imagine that this So
called remedy for all human ills is
anything else than diluted low
grade whisky.
The following preparations, so far
as analysed, show the foIlwing:
x Alcohol
Sample per cent.
Kilmer's Swamp Root 1890
Paine's Celery Compound 1880
Warmers Safe Cure 1850
F. G. Quick Relief 26.lO
A sample of Duffy's Malt Whisky
is UNDERGOING Investigation. So far