ollowing foods thus:--

Carpanutrine 17.3 alcohol; Liquid Peptones (Lilly & Co.) 22.0;
Nutrient Wine of Beef Peptone (Armour) 21.5; Nutritive Liquid
Peptone 23.0; Panopepton 18.5; Peptonic Elixir 18.8; Tonic Beef
16.1. The report on these says: "There are no fatty substances
present in these products; their food value from this point of
view is, therefore, _nil_."

A prominent physician of Philadelphia said of these "Foods" in the
Journal of the A. M. A.:--

"I have long been convinced that many a patient has suffered
severely when preparations such as these were being used, and
that not a few of them have died, chiefly of starvation. * * * A
very important disadvantage of these foods is their alcoholic
content. Even in the small doses customarily used, the quantity
of alcohol is often irritating to the stomach, and may be
disadvantageous in other ways."

The Committee on Pharmacy also reported on cod-liver oil preparations.
They said: "A preparation claiming to represent cod-liver oil which does
not contain oil in some form is fraudulent. Waterbury's Metabolized
Cod-Liver Oil and Hagee's Cordial of Cod-Liver Oil are cited as
examples. It is claimed by the manufacturers that the latter represents
33 per cent. of pure Norwegian cod-liver oil, but in neither of these
preparations did the tests made by the committee show any oil. Analysis
revealed sugar, alcohol, and glycerine, none of which is contained in
cod-liver oil."

Vinol is advertised as Wine of Cod-Liver Oil, but is admittedly without
oil, and according to analysis contains 18.8 per cent. alcohol.
Wampole's Tasteless Preparation of Cod-Liver Oil showed 20.05 per cent.
of alcohol.

Cod-Liver Oil is considerably out of date now as a prescribed remedy
because physicians have found that it impairs appetite. Cream and fresh
butter and olive oil are advised instead.

Australia has been such a harvest field for patent medicine
manufacturers that a government commission was appointed to study the
subject. This commission presented a voluminous report to the
parliament of 1907. This report gives an analysis of most of the
extensively advertised medicines. Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are said
to be made of oil of juniper 1 drop, hemlock pitch 10 grains, potassium
nitrate 5 grains, powdered fenugreek (Greek hay) 4 grains, wheat flour 4
grains, maize starch 2 grains. The report says: "The stuff is the
cheapest ki