iOri]rj90h2arm-}  Drugs  and  Food  Products.  191 
Copp's  White  Mountain  Bitters,  "  not  an  alcoholic  beverage  "  .  .  6*o 
(It  should  be  noticed  that  this  "tonic"  contains  more  alcohol 
than  the  strongest  beer.) 
Drake's  Plantation  Bitters  33*2 
Green's  Nervura  .  17*2 
Hoofland's  German  Bitters,  "entirely  vegetable  and  free  from 
alcoholic  stimulant"  25*6 
Hostetter's  Stomach  Bitters  44*3 
Kaufmann's  Sulphur  Bitters,  "  contains  no  alcohol  "  20*5 
(As  a  matter  of  fact  no  sulphur  was  found  in  this  preparation.) 
Paine's  Celery  Compound   .  2i'o 
Walker's  Vinegar  Bitters,  "  contains  no  spirit"  61 
Warner's  Safe  Tonic  Bitters  357 
Ayer'3  Sarsaparilla .  .   .  26*2 
Hood's        "   ,  .   i8'8 
Dana's         "  13.5 
And  so  on. 
You  will  observe  that  the  dose  recommended  on  the  labels  is 
from  a  teaspoonful  to  a  wineglassful  from  one  to  four  times  a  day, 
"increased  as  needed."  What  a  perversion  of  justice!  Some  poor 
wretch  will  be  sent  to  the  workhouse  for  selling  a  little  whisky  to  a 
few  friends,  without  a  license,  and  men  like  the  "tonic"  manufac- 
turers, who  sell  cheap  whisky  by  the  thousands  of  gallons,  go  scott- 
free  and  accumulate  millions  from  their  nefarious  business. 
That  the  various  "  hair  tonics  "  contain  dangerous  proportions  of 
lead  will  be  somewhat  more  unpleasant  news  to  our  "belles" 
who  improve  on  nature  by  those  "  innocent  "  remedies,  or  endeavor 
to  restore  their  faded  charms.    Here  are  a  few  of  them  : 
Per  Cent,  of  Lead. 
Renown  Hair  Restorer  contains   i*86 
Mrs.  Allen's  Hair  Restorer  contains   2*30 
Hall's  Hair  Renewer  contains    -   175 
Wood's  Hair  Restorative  contains   1-59 
King's  Vegetable  Ambrosia  contains   1*51 
Parker's  Hair  Balsam  contains   2-32 
That  these  people  are  not  indicted  and  prosecuted  for  wholesale 
poisoning  is  a  mystery  to  me!  But  such  is  our  free  country. 
"  What  fools  ye  mortals  be." 
Now  what  should  be  the  duty  of  the  druggist  in  the  matter  of 
adulteration  ?  His  duty  is  clear.  As  a  citizen  and  a  consumer  he 
should  put  forward  his  best  efforts  to  secure  laws  which  would  at 
least  punish,  if  not  prevent,  wholesale  fraud.  As  to  drugs,  he  is 
evidently  to  be  on  the  offensive  rather  than  the  defensive.  His 
