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July  22nd,  1914. — A  special  meeting  of  the  Board  was  held,  in 
answer  to  the  call  of  three  members,  to  take  action  on  the  death  qf 
William  E.  Lee,  a  member  of  the  Board.  Eleven  members  were 
present,  and  regrets  at  not  being  able  to  be  present  were  receiyed 
from  seven  members.  Remarks  appropriate  to  the  life  and  char- 
acter of  Mr.  Lee  were  made  by  Messrs.  Boring,  Campbell,  England, 
Moerk,  Poley,  and  Weidemann.  Mr.  Mulford  moved  that  a  com- 
mittee of  three  be  appointed  to  draft  resolutions  to  be  entered  on 
the  minutes  and  an  engrossed  copy  sent  to  the  family.  Being  so 
ordered,  the  Chair  appointed  Messrs.  Mulford,  England,  and  Camp- 
bell as  the  committee.  It  was  suggested  that  flowers  be  sent  to  the 
house  on  the  day  of  the  funeral.  This  being  considered  a  special 
tribute,  the  members  personally  paid  the  expense. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE  DISCUSSES  OBJEC- 
TIONABLE LABELLING  FOR  MEDICINAL 
PREPARATIONS. 
In  answer  to  many  inquiries  as  to  proper  labelling  for  medicinal 
preparations  to  comply  with  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  as  amended, 
the  Department  of  Agriculture,  through  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry, 
has  issued  the  following  suggestions  to  makers  and  proprietors  of 
medicinal  preparations : 
1.  Claims  of  Therapeutic  Effects. — A  preparation  cannot  be  prop- 
erly designated  as  a  specific,  cure,  remedy,  or  recommended  as  in- 
fallible, sure,  certain,  reliable  or  invaluable,  or  bear  other  promises 
of  benefit,  unless  the  product  can,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  be  depended 
upon  to  produce  the  results  claimed  for  i  Before  making  any 
such  claim  the  responsible  party  should  care  "uliy  consider  whether 
the  proposed  representations  are  strictly  in  harmony  with  the  facts ; 
in  other  words,  whether  the  medicine,  in  the  light  of  its  composition, 
is  actually  capable  of  fulfilling  the  promises  made  for  it.  For  in- 
stance, if  the  broad  representation  that  the  product  is  a  remedy  for 
certain  diseases  is  made,  as,  for  example,  by  the  use  of  the  word 
"  remedy  "  in  the  name  of  the  preparation,  the  article  should  actually 
be  a  remedy  for  the  affections  named  upon  the  label  under  all  condi- 
tions, irrespective  of  kind  and  cause. 
2.  Indirect  Statements. — Not  only  are  direct  statements  and  rep- 
