The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 14, 1916, Page 7

il (Seeond arhnle on’ dmg fakes) " . S N ITS, first article on patent medi- 3 " cines’ and fake’ “cures”. exposed in a ; bulletin "from the <hemistry. depait- h : ' ment of the North Dakota Agricul- > . firal college, last week, the Leader gave number of worthless and dangerons stock _Temedies. 'This field is ‘well ‘exploited, i -and permxts the 'use of crude materials, " IEa " but it is as nothing compared with the ? ,j’-? S field opened up in human ailments, and SR it is astounding' to find how crude aré the i materials: used here,’ as we!l as how | RN utterly. worthless, and even dange LA tohealthandmsomeusestohfeth ‘. nostrums are. 2 o Many of the most widely advertlsed i 7 -nostrums are, included - in the “list |of 1B .- preparations the Agncultural’ college has_ (. Nanalyzed ‘and found positively bad, or far /. below the elaims made for tien.’ One of - = the branches of lucrative return that has Jook ~ proven most attractive to these fakers Ry is that of toilet preparations.. Face i 3 powde!s and creams, shampoes, and ; varions other articles of the barber shop and dressing table are t.he subject of: <+ 'this ‘week’s article. ; To ‘many ‘a patron of the barber shop i it it may come as a’surprise that the bottle : b | . he discriminatingly . selected upon the ¢ ) ~< barber’s. polite’ suggestion, was 71 per :cent alcohol;” and for the rest largely - .~ ‘borax.: The fact that it was beautifully & .colored, daintily poured from a fantastic ¢ - urn-and ndmed “Eau de Quinine,” will - not give the a]cohol _any greater power o\ make a-hair grow on the pate that felt . its:last hair:fall off many years .ago. == . 'The borax will-not be any better substi- - i ‘tute for soap; because it was named: “Eau - ‘de Quinine,”Yand the ‘user must content himself. with thinking he got his money’s . worth out "of the beautiful dye, and the masterly way in which 1t was apphegl to = his yearmng ‘scalp. : Yet this is the “Eau de Qumme" of . commerce—and the barber shop—as ‘'« found by the A. C. chemists,. They. did. LR ‘notsayxtwmldmnwhat]:mrwxsle.ft S they did not say that-a mixture contain-' ing 71 per'cent alcohol is use!ess. They . merely ana!yzed it.. : “Coke’s ' Dandruff Cure" \vas a]so analyzed and found to fall far, far behind “Eau de Quinine”—in quantity and qual- ity of aleohol. It possessed 21:25 per ~ cent of wood alcohol." “Duby’s Hair ;Tonlé.” mnde by the “Ozark Herb. Ce, . St. Louis, Mo.” was worse than -either. It was found to-be a compound of lead acetate and sulphur, and contrary to the o the names ‘of the: manufacturers of a I otions that ,are suggest.xod of its name, not purely a vege- table compound.. The ‘bulletin' says-the ‘bottle bears misleading statemelfis. THIS ONE COMPOSED - OF WEAK VINEGAR “Klaussen’s Hair Tonie;” 1 manufactured by-“D. Klaussen” of Duluth, Minn., had one ‘hetter on the: famous appheahons above, for it was not even of alcohol, but “a dilitte solution of vinegar,” say. the chemists. - Yet, ‘no doubt, some ‘people had bought ‘this weak winegar at higher prices than they would have to ~pay their grocer and the water deparb— ment. . Another drug store g'em s “Crowg' Feet Lotion.” Every one knows “erdws < feet, Totion.” It stares them in the face at many a-turn, Mt costs three cents and _sellg” for -$1 . for threeaquarters of an ounce. ' The bulletin says it is ‘‘composed ©of: approximately 70/ per’ cent alum, 30 per cent Epsom- salts. ' Of its curative effect upon the tired feet it is 'supposad to ease, " the ,bulle'tm comments thus: “This product is similar ‘to-‘Saxolite’ in that it will tend to tighten'the skin, sinee alum is an astringent, but the skin will Saxolite ‘was found to be also 2 mix- ture of Epsom: salts and alum;-pe and $o cost two cents for a bottle retail- ing at 65 cents. “Mercolized Wax” is another nostram that is today being widely advertised and which the Agricultural college .“brands posmvely 25 a fraud- The adver- - tising has been most adroitly done. The reader is surreptmously confronted with it in an 'innocent ‘looking advemsement, ; in “which: the name itself is not even capitalizéd. So far as the readers could discern from the _advertisement “mercol- - ized wax" is just memely a form of wax, - and mentmn of ‘it is:made for pure ben- evolence.” The statement is - casually made that is:can be had at any drug stove, S 2nd there is'not thie slightest intimation “that itis a patent medxcme, or; that it is actna!ly a poison, “Here is what fl:e A> C. bulletin says: of it: : i FIND DANGEROUS DRUG IN FACE COMPOUND i “Mercahzed Wax Dearhorn Supply Co., Clncago 1L Analysis showed: Zinc oxide 11 perum:l: ammoniated ‘merenry - 9)per cent; ointment base, 80 per. cent (whlte vaseline). ~ Ammoniated mercury ‘is a dangerous and irritating drug if left . v Face Cream that 1s Bug Poxson, Costly Halr Tomc that is Cheap Wood Alcohol . : T ' Mlserable }*akes - : i "Eckman s Alteratlve” as seen close up; “small bottle" for $1. “A ¢ruel fraud" : -“Dr. Boeschee’s German Syrup,” “the most the world for the cure of diseases of the throat,,hmgs chest, sych as consumphon, hemorrhages of -the lungs or stomach, pneumonia,: pains_in’ the chest, severe. colds seifled on _the breast, and all complaints of a pulmonary nature,” declares the volummous hterature that g'oes with every bottle. “Bunk” ‘say the chenusts. declam ong who has analyzed it. 2 il;f!edy and greatest remedy. in ! asthma, b*onc!utis pleurisy, cough attending old age; in emfiu:t with the skin very long. colized Wax will not absorb the bad skin as’ claimed, but the skin will absorb the ‘ mercury into the body and may eause’ :-safely be classed as a fraud'injurious-to ~. health, and one which should be left a!ona § Price 75 cents per.ounce.” .. Then there'is “Luxus- -Ashes of Roses.” Enoug'h to make an Orieftal swoon with lang'uo: Just to hear the name. It is ‘yery.. dainty,” very “high brow,”. Lyery elegant but it is notiashes of roses, and“the college chemists declared: it was fal.selylabeled in. the clainis’made for it.: " It purports to be’ashes of moses and is ,mam{mtured in: Paris. As a miatter of : fact, say the che “‘colored'with coal tar dye. . “Then there-is “Wrinkle Mud Powder” How awfully - common . “mud ‘powder” dsnext” to “ashes" .of roses.”. - But ‘one: of the secrets of these deli- 0 *:have. horrid ~names. i ud Powder" ]ms itsy d. Dlrectmns for usmg the N0 mlsrep;gsentaho’ at jal -and'" tha 3 a,ndfill ~of -mud Mer- : serious” trouble. “The prepatatxon ‘may - -mixture is frequently employed 4 says»~ _is useless for the purpose claimed for it. ‘it is 90 per cent - talc, with a.little magnesla and iron, ami 3 coctions—it is'a. sign of “high’ ~So- "'amd constltuent of certam animal and - wegetable fats, Tor one thing the “stiff- :‘ening” that makes mut‘tdn tallow set so -+ quickly. - Tt is often used With siuch soft + substances. as “paraffin- to; make candles +The cost of the material . used-is three ¢ s is Fpsom salts. Few people would con=". 7 4 sider corrosive sublimate harmless, and in_ - ' © ) fact “such a preparation would better be eomfined to a more legitimate, use, say . a~ bed-bug poison, for whieh a similar. the bulletin. 3 “Price’s' Tissue Developer” is another & fake, whmh finds sale only because of el of the false claims made for it. * It pretendé - to have the virtue of developing - the body. = : tissues, 'but it iz a . common mxxture'.; i which anyone could make up, and which = The college bulfetin. Says: “A’ mixture of ordinary fats and v.‘i ine or' Petroly enm pmducts Claims “are misleading’ and : ‘The iving. - claim” as” 4 bust developer is a' fraund.” It is made: by " the Franklm Pnce compnny, Io\\a City, Towa. “thone 2 manufactured by the Coopet i Pharmacal company, Clnoago 1., 4s for making “zintone - lotion.” "It ‘is made of ' one-fitth borax, ¢ne-fifth soap’ and over half\ “stearic a.clg Stearic "acid is- the - cents, the price of the mixture 50 cei > “zlntone" W g e eote \h@ 1! preparatmn, and doubtless the' zlycerine £ emciency-‘ s ény of the gredien B s $Youthline” ls “a watey solubwfi. 0lo; - slightly pink, of commu ‘saft, salt: and small - amg