112  Approved  Proprietary  Preparations.  {^Schjgor"11, 
who  have  unconsciously  formed  drug  habits  by  taking  proprietary 
catarrh  cures  there  would  be  universal  amazement  at  the  depths  of 
degradation  to  which  a  manufacturer  will  lower  himself  in  order 
to  increase  the  profit  on  an  article  by  stimulating  an  increase  in  its 
sale.  Instances  have  come  before  the  authorities  at  Washington  in 
which  manufacturers  have  frankly  admitted  that  they  had  added 
morphine  or  cocaine  to  their  nostrums  in  order  that  their  continued 
use  might  be  assured. 
There  is  much  work  still  to  be  done  in  the  near  future  in  connec- 
tion with  the  enforcement  of  the  act  to  render  its  provisions  effec- 
tive, but  I  believe  that  I  have  given  enough  examples  from  the 
hundreds  which  I  have  at  my  disposal  to  indicate  that  the  ultimate 
effect  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  if  it  be  wisely  enforced,  as  is 
expected,  will  be  very  material  in  benefiting  the  health  of  the  com- 
munity at  large. 
PROPRIETARY  PREPARATIONS  APPROVED  BY  COUNCIL 
ON  PHARMACY  AND  CHEMISTRY. 
ARISTOCHIN. 
Aristochin. — CO  (C20H25N2O2)2=C41H46N4O5,  the  neutral  carbonic 
ester  of  quinine. 
Actions  and  Uses. — The  same  as  those  of  quinine,  but,  since  it  is 
only  slowly  acted  on  by  acids,  it  is  said  not  to  produce  disturbance 
of  the  stomach  and  to  be  notably  free  from  tendency  to  production 
of  cinchonism.  Dosage. — The  same  as  that  of  quinine,  in  powder, 
mixed  with  milk  sugar,  dry  on  the  tongue  or  suspended  in 
liquids.  Manufactured  by  Farbenfabriken,  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  & 
Co.,  Elberfeld,  Germany  (Continental  Color  &  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York). 
ARISTOL. 
A  name  applied  to  Thymolis  iodidum,  U.S.  P.  Manufactured  by 
Farbenfabriken,  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld,  Germany  (Con- 
tinental Color  &  Chemical  Co.,  New  York). 
aspirin. 
Aspirin  CeH-40(CH3CO)  COOH-  i  :  2  =  C9H804.  the  acetyl  deriv- 
ative of  salicylic  acid. 
