THE MILK IN THE COCOANUT. 



Korae twi) and a half years ago we uitroiinced a preparation under the name 

 Lloyd's Hvih-nstis, which met with so much Idyorbv the medical protession tluit it 

 has displaced almost eiitiivlv other hvdrastis preparation-;, and especially a ceitaiii 

 glycerine and water soliiti.ju has siillered, which tormcil\' had an e\teiisi\e sale. 

 The inaniifactnrers oF tins preparation have tried in yam to injure the sale ot 

 Lloyd's Hydrastis, and haye^ throu-h (ra\ (ili iiij,- men and .otherwise circulated the 

 story, first that "Lloyd's Ilydraslis was siniplv a sululion ul the While Alkaloid," 

 afterwards that "Lloyd's Hydrastis was merelv a uiyceiine sohUion containing 

 4hira " 4s loni{ as tnese attacks were made in a. ya^iie wav, we did not deifjn to 

 reply, knowing that onr patrons would consider the source and animus lil the 

 attacks. 



in tlie Alarch issue ot the K. M. Lonrnal of Cincinnati in the advertising pages 

 ippeiis m ilk^c 1 an lUsis of 1 lo\d s Ihiliisti^ m uU l)\ i ii pntihk . hi mist 

 which we reproduce on the reyerse. It is now tune tor us to act, and we propose 

 to do so ill a manner that will he bolli heard ami lelt. The challenge apiieariiig on 

 the reverse ot this we have sent to the party publishing the alleged analysis. [I 

 It is not accepted, can we ask turther viiulieatioln before the pharmacists of tins 

 country ot the lalsity ot the charae ■: 



W K A IS S E K I' 



'I'liat the |»til)lisli('(l aiiiilysis is not correct. 



That Lloyd's Hydrastis as louiid ill origiual hottlcs is ricli in the peculiar 

 White Alltaloid of Hydra.'itis. 



It only contains snch constituents as are derived from Hydrastis root, and 

 every pound sold has heen uiauufactured from Hydrastis alone without the 

 addition of any substance whatever, excepting' the solvents. 



We g'rant that it contains inorganic compounds, but they are derived from 

 hydrasiis root, and are necessary components of any preparatio<i that repre- 

 sents the medicinal action of the drug". 



When the process was discovered by US we wibmitted it in confuhMice to the 

 Chairman of the United Slates IdiarmacopcBial Committee, 



l»K. OHAS. KT(;E of New Yorlt 



Than whom there is i>erhaps none more eminent in scholarship. On the publica- 

 tion of this recent alleged analysis, he writes ; " In the very beginning when 

 Idoyd's Hydrastis was first put fui the market,! was then fully aware what the 

 preparation conl;ained. so that the annonncement now that it contains inorganic 

 compounds is nothing new to mo. 1 fiaye know the whole process for seyeral 

 years, and Mr. Jdoyd in his first communication showed that the preseni'c of these 

 compounds were an absolute necessity. My judgement tells me that Mr. Lloyd 

 has acted honorably and honestly during all this period, reserving only that wliic^h 

 could legitimately I'je classed under the head of business secrets, iiut idaciug every- 

 thing else at the ilisposal of the public" 



PHOK. L. E. SAYRE, 



(Professor of Pharmacy and Materia Medica, Dean of department of Pharmacy, 

 Kansas State University), writes under recent date : "Mr. idoyd submitted to n'le 

 the pro<'ess liy which it was produced about the time the preparation a|)peared. 

 Ldesire to state that the process is entirely different from any known, and gi\es a 

 product dillereiit from that made by any ether method printed The inorganic 

 salts that it <;ontains are the result of manipulation and not admi.xture. They are 

 obtained from hydrastis root, and these components are not jiresent in any other 

 prejiaration of the plant that is known lo me." 



Physicians and pharmacists who have honored us with their patronage and 

 confldeiice, need have no fears but that we can demonstrate in any way necessary, 

 that no misrepresentations have been made by us regarding the merits, coustitti- 

 ents, or source ot Idoyd's Hydrastis. 



sKico'inicRsiDR. LLOYD BROTHERS, Cincinnati, 0. 



