The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-01

President Pinkham obtained a state
ment from Mr.. Harrison that these
three gentlemen were all in the employ
of the Liquozone company.
Mr.. Harrison contended that Liquo-
zone could not be labelled a deadly
poison. DIR. Wayson asked IL the com
pany admitted there was free sulphurlc
acid in Liquozone. Mr. Harrison start
ed to reply what the virtues of Liquo-
zone were when Mr.. Wilmington in
| terrupted. He said that If It was a
question of adulteratfon there was GER
tainly no reason for the Board labelling
Liquozone a poison" Mr.. Harrison
said the Board had exceeded it's power
in making any regulation above what
the statute names as poisons.
You mean to say that sulphuric acid
is not deadly poison" inquired DIR.
Wayson.
: well. it depends upon the size of
the Dose" answered Mr.. Harrison.
I You can dilute drug down to
nothing. but do you mean to say that
! the drug therein is not deadly poi
son." rejoined DR.. Wayson.
| We'll, when 1t is diluted down, the
piNphihtiOh tiihlOl Dt CdllGu Il utduly
poison" replied Mr.. Harrison. IF
I there is enough sulphuric acid to make
it deadly poison that is different"
/ President Pinkham at this point
stated that the arguments were a lit
tie off. The revised statutes define
drugs inimical to life as poisons. If
the Liquozone people had chosen to
put their analysis on label on the
bottle he would have nothing to say.
But they did not do this and Chemist
Duncan calls their attention to the
fact that it does contain substances
inimical to life and the Liquozone peo-
pie have been given the privilege of
ceasing to sell the article or mark the
bottles in the way ordered by the
Board.
IF it is necessary for us to prove
that it is inimical to health 1 think
We can do it," said the president
quietly.
A few bottles of Liquozone were on
the table and from one of these the
president removed the book of direc
tions accompanying the bottle and read
a passage from it as follows:
mo man knows and no man can
discover all of the properties which
give to this product its unique and
remarkable power"
President Pinkham said that the en-
ployes of the Liquozone company are
making a great bluff" in their affi-
davits. He then proceeded to put u !
number of technical questions to Mr. |
Harrison, but the latter sidetracked by /
stating that he was not medical man |
4 10.
harm and frequently does good" and
that he had no analysis from the COM
pany.
do you know anything about
germs, Mr.. Harrison?" asked DR.. Way
son.
NO" answered Mr.. Harrison, "be-
cause l am not a medical man"
well, then said the doctor, "the
admission that Liquozone will kill
germs is an admission that it is strong
enough to kill human tissues"
well. what about whisky?" asked
Harrison.
"Well, some day we will take a look
at your stomach and decide that
point" was the medico's retort. How
ever, think that Liquozone should be
labeled Poison.
Mr.. Duncan said that druggists have
told him they consider Liquozone a
fraud and they would just as lief label
1t Poison" as not.
At this point MIR. Fleming asked
whether he could have the aff1davits.
Mr., Harrison said he could have copies,
as these were originals. Mr.. Fleming
glanced over one and remarked that it
was not even a typewriter copy, that
il was printed in imitation of type
writer type, and only the signatures
were original. Such affidavits We're
probably printed and issued by the
gross.
Mr.. Pinkham put the following argu-
ments before the Board: rs it con-
sistent for the Board of Health to
disregard it's own positive official in
formation and accept mere unsupport-
ed assurances, especially of interested
parties? If the statement made by the
Liquozone people that No man knows
and no man can discover the proper
tics which give to this product it's
unique and remarkable power is prop
erly summed up, has 1t not, to say the
least, the appearance on the part of
your company of an attempt to i'm
pose upon the credulty of the Board
of Health?"
Chemist Duncans analysis of Liquo-
zone shows that i'm n half pint bottle
there are the following substances
Oil of vitriol (sulp. acid), O.S7S per
cent. equal to 20 grains: sulphur di-
oxide, 02S2 per cent, equal to grains
The matter has been taken under ad-
visehent by the Board and report ,
may be made at am early meeting.