El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

is of the required strength Every man
ufacturer of ergot has a coop full of
roosters to aid him in his tests OF
strength. IN the case of digatalis it Is
literally ''tried on the dog" A dog Is
anaesthetized and given a dose of the
medicine. His heart is then cut out and
placed in a gage. If the expansion fills
the gage properly, the drug is known
to have the proper strength
From Glands of Aanimnls.
Andrenalin comes from the suprare-
nal gland of animals, a little gland at
tached to the kidney 1t is one of the
most powerful of drugs. one millionth
of a grain for every two pounds Of
body weight having a vast effect on the
human system. Pepsin, which is the
prepared linings of pig stomachs, will
digest from three TO four thousand
times it's own weight in hard boiled
eggs In one factory there is half an
acre of glass in the drying closets that
is covered over with pepsin all the
time.
If Darwin had lived to the present
day he would have had much stronger
proof of his theory of the close rela-
tionship between man and monkey. He
would have gathered it, not from the
anthropologist. but from a test in the
chemical laboratory that has been de-
vised to detect the presence Of human
blood. Quantities of human blood are
injected into the blood vessels of a
rabbit at intervals for several days
This makes the little animal feverish
and restless After a certain time has
elapsed the ''humanized' blood of, the
rabbit IS taken. and it will produce GER
tain well recognized effects when ap-
piled to any blood other than that of
human being or monkey. In dogs,
cats guinea pigs, horses and all other
animals, except men and monkeys, this
reaction VIII take place. With mon
key blood it behaves exactly as with
human blood In tests to discover the
presence Of human blood. the merest
trace Of it win stand revealed and POSI-
lively identified
"Corneringv Drugs.
One would suppose that the drug
market would be immune from the at
tacks of the man who seeks 10 corner
something, but as a matter of fact no
where else is the opportunity so great
and so much improved. Where 1T may
take 100000 TO corner the wheat
market, a few hundred thousand dol
lars will effectively corner the market
on a given drug. Then the operator is
ready to name his price and often he
sells at an advance of from 100 TO 300
percent. AS the prescription charges of
the average druggist remain the same
year in and year out, the advance comes
out of his pocket
Just now there is a war on between
the doctors and a certain association OF
druggists. About 10000 druggists have
formed a syndicate for the compound
ing and sale of a line of preparations
made from the best prescriptions that
have come to them in the course of
business. They advertise widely. de-
claring that it is foolish to pay doc
tors fee and a prescription fee when
just as coed a remedy may be had for
less than the prescription would cost
OF course the doctors do not like this.
and in some cities have boycotted the
druggists who carry these goods. In
many cases it has sufficed to bring the
druggists to terms
Profit In Proprietary Remedies.
That there Is a vast profit in proprie-
tary remedies is shown by the census
figures. In certain year it was found
that the wholesale value of patent med
icines was S75,o0O,00O. and that the
cost Of the materials entering into their
manufacture was $4,000. 000-a gross
profit of nearly 500 percent. The retail
price was more than double this amount
One of the strangest anomalies of the
scientific world is the fact that while
every physician. who prescribes must
be. licensed after a rigorous examina-
ton. and every druggist who fills the
prescription must undergo a like ex-