650 MISCELLANEOUS FARM SUBJECTS 



rations were daily imported. The Pure Food and Drug law of 1906 

 shows the progress made since that time. There are many prepara- 

 tions on the market containing alcohol, morphine, caffein, cocain, 

 chloral, hydrate, heroin (derived from morphin), acetanilid, anti- 

 pyrin, phenacetin, opium and perhaps other such drugs. It was not 

 an uncommon practice in former days to represent to the consumer 

 that such agents were absent, when as a matter of fact the very 

 drugs named in the disclaimer were present. The reason for this 

 subterfuge is plain. No one desires to take preparations containing 

 known habit-forming agents, which are frequently responsible for 

 the use of, or demand for, the preparations containing them. During 

 the last few years both federal and state laws have been enacted, 

 requiring a declaration on the label of the quantity or proportion 

 of certain habit-forming agents when present in remedies intended 

 for the treatment, mitigation, or prevention of disease in man or 

 animals, but the consumer in many instances is not sufficiently con- 

 versant with the deleterious and harmful nature of these agents to 

 avoid them. Again, these pernicious drugs are present in products 

 which may not be classed as medicines within the meaning of the 

 above definition. 



The several classes of products will be considered as nearly as 

 practicable in the order in which they are used, from infancy to old 

 age. It should be stated at this point that only the most commonly 

 used and known products of each class are considered here. 



Soothing Sirups. Soothing sirups naturally occupy the first 

 place in such a list. Under this title be briefly considered baby 

 sirups, soothing sirups, colic cures, children's anodynes, infant's 

 friends, teething concoctions, etc. It has long been known to the 

 medical profession that these products as a rule contain habit-forming 

 agents, but the majority of mothers have been and still are ignorant 

 of this fact, and give them with a certain feeling of security, with 

 the result that in some instances the baby is put to sleep never to 

 awake again. Numerous cases of this character are on record. In 

 some instances, in which the remedy is freely used there is developed 

 a case of infant drug addiction. As soon as the effects of one dose 

 pass away, the child becomes irritable and fretful, with the result 

 that another dose is administered, the craving is met, and the child 

 is quieted, a condition which is analogous in every respect to drug 

 addiction among adults. The following are representative of this 

 class: 



Children's Comfort (morphin sulphate.) 



Dr. Fahrney's Pepsin Anodyne Compound (morphin sulphate.) 

 Dr. Fahrney's Teething Syrup (morphin and chloroform.) 

 Dr. Fowler's Strawberry and Peppermint Mixture (morphin.) 

 Dr. Groves' Anodyne for Infants (morphin sulphate.) 

 Hooper's Anodyne, the Infant's Friend (morphin hydro- 

 chlorid.) 



Jadway's Elixir for Infants (codein.) 



Dr. James' Soothing Syrup Cordial (heroin.) 



Kopp's Baby's Friend (morphin sulphate.) 



