New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
The Tribune's Inquiry OF
aCures" Shows Need of
Truth on All Labels.
FACTS MUST BE
PUT IN ENGLISH
One Patent Medicine Pro
moter Destroys His Stock
and Agrees to Quit.

The Trounes inNee''s
,.ncans, has led it TO the decision
..hs two most important provisions
,.u regulating the sale Of patent
~ S.a,ciues should contain are;
s~-,tbfulness with respect TO claims,
qualification Of the names and the
.,,;,v Of the ingredients in English
10 the lsbel. .
ne Board Of Health OF the Oity OF
A., york meets on December %, and
n, s. s. Goldwster, Commissioner
:, Health; Arthur Woods, Commits
.,,,, Of Police, and DR.. J. ]. o'Con-
an composing the Board of Health,
rs.,sed with the safeguarding Of pub
sc health Of the city, The Tribune re-
,psttully submits the foregoing rec
,rmsndstions for consideration then.
For Health Boards Attention
Let the Board of Health summon be-
far. them or that day James P. Atkin-
NJ, and Halsey Dursnd, chemists in
"a. laboratories of the Department OF
Es.ltb. who will testify to the need Of
,uch regulations. Or let them summon
,nv medical head Of any hospital in
n. city and they will learn Of the
rsed Of such law.
Mr.. Atkinson and Hr. Durand, who
tavs snalyzed almost every type OF
patent medicine made. have told the
rspOrter for The Tribune that these
nostrums, for the most part, consisted
chiefly Of sugar and water or alcohol,
with either bit-forming drugs like
cocaine and opium, or their derivatives,
,dded. or else some herb more or less
lnsrt, some coloring matter. or, as IN
ne case Of most headache powders,
holding base with deadly heart de-
pressants such as scetanilld, acct
phsnstdln or anupyrln.
When the city adopts such Law
through It's Board OF Health, as The
Tribune hopes il will. other municipali-
hes will probably follow suit. Thus
.is way toward urging upon Congress
The need of g federal law controlling
Ibis gigantic traffic, & law which The
tribune will draft and urge for pas
nge in the next Congress, will be made
sssieE
The demand for national law has
been recognized By leading medical
men and others who are interested
ind active IN preserving the public
isalth. The pure food and drugs act
unsatisfactory as it is in many re-
Ipec,s-has shown what the govern
nent may do in stopping frauds on the
nck and ignorant. Many remedies now
,dvertised ss cough and cold mixtures
we're. until the passage of that act,
,oodng the country with lying claims
nat they we're consumption cures.
The United States government in the
present year has adopted only for
srplication in the Philippine Islands
an excellent law that will mean the
Elimination Of all fake consumption
cures" and other fake patent medi-
eines from the islands.
Law for Philippines.
When this law was discussed BY
he Tribune with DR.. Goldwater.
Health Commissioner of New York
City, he said be saw no reason why
NE same law should not be adopted
ior the entire United States.
The patent medicine law for the
Philippines gives the Bureau of
health OF the Philippine Islands the
tsnt 70 censor all Advertising matter
concerning any patent medicines whose
ialt shall be permitted In its juris-
oiehon. This prevents lying claims
toneerning the nostrums.
As an example Of how the American
psoie supports the patent medicine
industry, an industry representing an
sshnated investment Of $500. 900, 900,
ne Tribune will present to-day two
nostrums.
Vne, Professor HofF's Prescription,
ohse known as Professor Hof's Con-
sumption Cure, is the type that would
sppeai 70 the intelligent, and it has
Sssh exploited perhaps az few con-
SUMPTION cures have been.
Inc other is Jackson's Magic Bal
sen' and II Is advertised In its litera-
.1'e a. a remedy for almost every all
Is,' under the sun in man and beast,
As.eding toothache, headache, rheu-
Lsa.asn, oiarrhps, neuralgia, bron-
sans, colds and old chronic cholera
oHens diseases, asthma, Group
.Yn'hs, bruises, burns, pains in any
Nn OF the body, sore eyes, warts, hard
aa soft eorns, kidney disease, dysen-
u. - n
"eep a. night.
ssesson's Magic Balsam can be pur-
saased.-f your druggist hasn't it
.on 7. Van Alstlne, Baltimore. II
,,.'s % cents, 30 cents and 81 bottle
fraud on it's very face, and il
~ person believes that this nostrum
,;..,sshing 9l.5 per cent Of alcohol
~ dash % morphine and chloro.
I'm can do any Of the things II
ss.'h' 70. this newspaper will furnish
s,. nhtiyes with insanity experts
=, H charge.
a, ..s'n the Hof MIXTURE was analysed
lo.s Department Of Health Labore-
~. 49, 70 see II IL contained opium Gt
a.. @ ~ the label mentioned none
=, T" The chemists said:
t.. oont know Bendiner Il Schles
49, Maoe consumption cures. They
lsh.oect an old-estsblished chemical
cs,ynrry cs,.s'ory over on Third az. on the
'y,esr o. iOth a."
,.., 90 pamphlet accompanying the Hof
s9m gave one the idea that here
ess,s remedy for consumption, asthma
g.. bronchitis and chronic coughs
t,,s. me N II in heavy black letters
nov Journalism Made Professor
.en'inusd on page 5. column