New-York tribune., 1917-08-19

one member, "why not throw out 'baoy
Safety? That's dope, too"
"We will" replied the Commissioner
promptly, "if it's narcotic mixture.
Analysis showed that it was. IL was
banned. The manufacturer hastily sent
on his representative, who submitted q
new formula with no morphine IN IL
and a new label. The ban was lifted
But the patrons now complain that tns
new stuff has mo kick to II"
Another pharmacist brought in "Sweet.
Rest for Children" a concoctlon OF
opium. two grams to the ounce, put
out by an unprincipled manufacturer
in Plymouth. Penn, named GrobleWshl'
A circular inclosed with the bottle de-
clares that it contains no poison Is
harmless and should therefore be USED
for sleepless babies. It will not be so
used in Cleveland, at least not through
the agency OF the drug stores. wnlch
have swept their shelves clean OF 1t and
concurred with the Health DIVISION IN
putting il under the ban. Mr.. Groblew-
ski passionately argued that he EN-
ployed 900 workers. who would De
out of lob unless he could continue
the sale of his baby dope. The argu-
ment fell on deaf ears. II he and ms
employes yearn for lethal occupations =
they can 90 to making munitions, LOT
all the Cleveland drug trade cares
What they cannot do is to drug OleVe-
lands babies any more.
DR.. Groves Anodyne. for infants
which claims to be perfectly sate on
one side of the bottle and on the otner
admits containing morphine, is likewise
ont So are DR.. Fenner's Soothing
t. D.
And go hereafter will be all narcotic
nostrums sold or advertised for the use
of infants. For the representatives OIL
the retail drug trade presented reso,,,
luton before the committee banning all
this class of nostrums without turtner
specific action, which was unanimously
passed.
Thus far none Of the banned nos
trims has come into the open to hght'
Threats have been plentiful, OF whlch
the case Of Oxidaze is an example. ONi-
daze which is recommended by It's man
ufacturers for tuberculosis and pneu-
monia, was duly barred after analysis
and consideration Of its claims. IL
tbereupon undertook to bluff the health
authorities. An excited firm OF law
yers in Worcester, Mass, gave the ou-
reau one week in which to lift the pan,
after which time they proposed to hold
City Chemist White personally respon-
sibie. "We deem your action both I'M :,
pudent and libellous," they wrote; well
that's nothing to what the bureau
deems Oxidaze. "False, fraudulent and
misbranded," is the painful language OIL
the report. When ! left Cleveland, a
month after the bold and dire legai
threat, Oxdaze was still banned, noth-
ing further had been heard from the
militant legal lights in Worcester
Mass. and there were no obvious signs
of panic in the Health Division.
A natural process of elision operates
in some cases TO clear the field. A gen
tleman named Brewer arrived with
samples of half a dozen nostrums
wherewith he proposed TO rescue the
local populace from untlmely graves
He was referred to City Chemist White;
who is an expert in this branch, and
he opened proceedings with an lmpor.,,
tant medical discovery termed viva,
which restored youth to the aged, az
eested whatever one might put into ms
stomach and manufactured rich RED
blood on the side. Having considered