Middletown transcript., 1907-01-26
NEW LABELS ON ALL DRUGS
Proprietors No Longer Claim Their Med
iciues Win Acccmpgisfs Cures


d Proprietors No Longer Claim Their Mef
icines Win Accomplish Cures
i Ever sii.ce .Ianaars ist, ehel, tie nel
! pure faod asnE dfilg lau went iato effscl
!, the nsauliaesurpr- 81 proprietary am
! patent medicines Rave hpstl Ilsy witt
mucilage and brnslt fastil.g labels on th,
bottles, ,buxrs aud cartosis containing tllpi
preparations, y icli are guaranteed t
tell the trntl,, tie whole trntii and moth
ing but tie truth, ailn,t wl,at tlle pack
ages contain.
The law is very strict al,ont The sale sol
lnt dicinrs and sets forth long list Of re-
stlieted drugs which cannot be sold IN
mixtuFes uailrss t.s,e name and am niHt OF
the restricted drug i4msniionel in bold
type on the b.dtle ur i,ex in which iife
medicn,e i contained. File law also says
that descriptive matter upon the label
shall be free from any statement, design
or device regarding the article or the in
gradients ursnfztances contained therein,
or qHalit, therefor p FACE ofutigin. which
! is false Or nlislea ling IN aay pa.ticnlar
For tie n,,sl part only supplementary
labels are being used al The present time
The Law gives Ihe manufacturers Until
October i of this year to use up old labels,
that may be on hand, and elil rgqnifes:
| that Whenever any statement therein con-
sained il contrary 10 tie food and drug
act as 10 character OF the contents III
shall be corrected By a supplemental label.
stampor poster Some medicine manufac-
turers. however have gotten out entirely
new labels, AMI these, as we'll as the little
strips used AZ supplemental labels, un.
fold some interesting things. Itfact, il is5
remarkable What changes the Law has
brought about. A reading of some Of
these labels will coinirce- ans7eue tst
few of tie patent medicines a.e low
claimed = possess half Of the virtues
which were attributed to them prior 10
the passage OF the act
Before the law Was passed it was not
uncpmmoniu for the manufacturer of pat
ent medicine to attribute TO ii tie ability
70 eute nearly every disease 70 which
human flesh is heir. Now few Of The
medicines are claimed to cure anything.
In fact, the word cure has in many in
stances disappeared from labels and
the words "beneticity in the treatment
of have been inserted in its place. Some
manufacturers Of patent medicines, who
formerly called their preparations by
such names as 6 Headache Cure, Liver
Cure" and liketerms, no longer employ |
such wording, tut have substituted less
pfetentions labels bearing the words
For Headache or For the Liver as
the case may be.
Tie clause rtqniting the name of any |;
restricted drug that may be used in the
Of bottle Of medicine to
be printed upon the label has also been
productive Of many changes. Certain
medicines which formerly were war
ranted not TO contain any deIeterious
,r harmful iugtedients are now to be
.een on the market With labels gnaran.
eving them to contain SO much alcohol,
lrsenie, opium or other things regarded
is equally dangerous. The law requires
,ily tile name Of the restricted drug to
ppear on the labsl, and this has led
many medicine men to label their goods
s containing 50 n.ucll norphine aud
thrr Ingredients or SO much opium aud
ther ingredients. Such labels nsaailyI
reate curiosity 10 lie reader to know
rllat tlle other Ingredients s.iay be-
Just aliat effect the law is going to
ave on the sale Of medicine eau only G
e coniect.lred. There can be but little
Quit that certain medicines which con- s
iii. an excessive amount Of the restricted 9
rings viii be forced mt Of the market Y
lie seaserage person abhers taking reme- =
les containing snch ingredients as NOR Z
liiiip aud opium, fur fear that the per-
steft use 81 the medicine will create a Y
esire within lin Tor the drng il It's pure
late. The fact that he has taken tie Z
ledieine before and that it has made Z
in drug fieHd will probably have ?
title effect. There is considerable diff 7
renee in tile minds Of most persons be-
xeen knowingly taking preparation 9
llich contains npinm and taking it mr. 7
4 ii
noNi. giy. y
A. geeat many medicines contain one = =
{ more oflhe restricted drugs, il is more
lan probable that the sales Of such as do 9
i'll be materially cut DOWN Such, at !.
,ast, is The view taken BY many drug =
lists aho profess to SCI. in the workings
ffle new LAW 4 falling off ii the use Of = :
atent medicines ana more general re- !
,rt 10 physicians prescriptions Should =
lis prediction prove correct, It viii mean 9
decided increase in the profit 81 tAe re- 2
III druggist, wha. generally clears as =
luch money on a ;335 cent prescription as Z
E does on dollar bottle Of patent lneeii- :
me. For instarce, certain person =
as heard comp aiming not long fgo be- .
ause a druggist bad charged him 335eents =
,r=tilling prescription which contained =
My I5.dfops d earboiic acid SO drops d 9
reeliaie and ounces Of water. IN this 7
use i was said The druggists j profit q. :
le medicine and bottle must have been
like 4 % per cent The profit :
E
b a bottle d. patei.t medicine sold At 81 &
generally about s3a per cent.
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