New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-17
DR.. GOldwater FavOrs Re
stricting Sale of poi
sonOus" Mixtures.
MORE LIGHT ON
HEADACHE POWDERS
Bureau of Chemistry Bull
letin Shows Dangers IN
Heart DepreSSantS.

ANY one taking any headache pow
ders or tablets containing acetphene-
tidin. acetanilid or any other OF the
heart depressants derived from coal
tar runs grave risks. The use Of these
drugs may lead to bad case Of poi
soning. TO acquiring the habit, and
DEATH
The foregoing statement was made
bv Dr.. $. S. Goldwster. Commissioner
Of Health. when the subject o. head
ncho "cures" was brought mp By re-
porter for The Tribune.
Dr. Goldwater believes that none oil
these deadly Drugs should be sold eX-
cent on physicians prescription.
Conscientious druggists will not sell
these drugs or mixtures containing
them without first warning the pnr-
chaser of the deadly nature Of the IN
gredients contained therein.
There are scores OF diseases IN when
headache is prominent symptom
some Of the more common are;
Most infectious diseases Of the Sc
we're type. such as smallpox at onset
Typhoid, az onset
All forms Of meningitis, simple ep'-
demic or tubereular
Chronic Briyht's disease, espeeiS''y
with urrmic manifestations.
Heart disease, with failing compen-
sation. s;ao.sos in
volving the organs OF digestion
Auto-intoXication
Defective vision. t;,,,;, 9,
Various brain diseases Deei"'''"e
paresis. manias, etc.
Various diseases OF women
DIR. Bolduan Advises.
Dr Charles f. Bolduan. director OF
H. Pureau of Public Health Education
of New York's Department OF neS.tn'
e.vs This about headaches and the USE
of headache "cures'; 80. Int
OF The Tribune make TINS poih'
plain: That a person suffering rom Z; a
headache who attempts 10 trea' ~
,yitbout consulting a physician Is Ilke
an engineer of a passenger Tram We.
on seeing q red light on inc la IA
ahead stops his train, puts OUT the IeS
liebt and then speeds his train forWaIu
,nrobably to destruction. A heaoSSio
is generally a symptom OF some dIs
case that requires medical treatment
Ionoring the symptom may lead 10 so
rious illness and probably death
Most head che powders, as polnteu
out in The Tribune's article yesterday
in which Antikamnia was dealt WIN:
denend for their potency on one OF
three heart d6pressants, aee'"ni'i"'
aeetpbenetidin and antipyrln.
OF six headache powders purchased III
one drug store four contained acesa VI,
lid. perhaps the most dangerous OIL al
the coal tar derivatives used IN heau-
ache powders. These four were Ut
aneeine, 3romo-Seltzer, Shac and Ut.
James's Brand Miniature Heaoaene
Powders. The other two, Antlkamnlss
and Kohler Antidote for Headache ana
NEURALGIA, contained acetphenetidln'
Any one reading Bulletin No. 10 OF
the Bureau of Chemistry OF the De
part of Agriculture, showing the num-
bers of poisonings. deaths and cases Oh
bab;tual users that these heart de-
nressants cause, would Immediately de-
eide that legislation TO curb the lndls-
criminate sale OF these drugs e'tnei
pure or in the form of patent or pro-
prietary medicines, such as headaSne
powders. ought TO be adopted, as Inc
Tribune advocates.
Poisoned nv Acetanilid.
Speaking Of the advent OF aeetanilid