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Current  Literature. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      March,  1918. 
Vigilance  Committee  of  the  Associated  Advertising  Clubs  of  the 
World.  In  brief,  these  are  as  follows:  (1)  The  medicine  must  be 
appropriate  for  the  particular  affection  for  which  it  is  recommended 
and  must  not  affect  unfavorably  the  course  of  the  disease.  (2)  The 
remedy  must  not  be  named  or  advertised  in  a  way  to  conceal  its  pro- 
prietary character.  (3)  The  remedy  should  be  offered  through  the 
regular  wholesale  or  retail  channels  of  trade.,  and  not  directly  to 
the  purchaser  from  the  manufacturer.  (4)  If  the  preparation  con- 
tains alcohol,  it  must  be  sufficiently  medicated  to  prevent  its  use  as 
an  alcoholic  beverage,  and  the  proportion  of  alcohol  should  be  no 
greater  than  that  needed  to  hold  permanently  in  solution  the  essen- 
tial active  ingredients  of  the  preparation.  (5)  If  the  preparation  is 
one  which  may  occasion  injury  through  misuse,  proper  warning 
against  such  use  must  be  given  on  the  label.  (8)  The  preparation 
must  not  be  intended  for  use  as  an  abortifacient  nor  for  any  other 
immoral  or  illegal  purpose,  nor  must  it  be  advertised  directly  or 
indirectly  for  such  a  purpose.  (9)  The  preparation  must  not  be 
advertised  or  recommended,  directly  or  by  inference,  as  a  cure  for 
the  diseases  or  conditions  generally  recognized  as  incurable  by  the 
simple  administration  of  drugs.,  or  for  the  cure  of  contagious  dis- 
eases or  those  sufficiently  acute  to  require  skilled  treatment.  (10) 
The  preparation  must  be  in  strict  conformance  with  the  Sherley 
Amendment.  (11)  Advertising  not  accompanying  the  package  shall 
conform  substantially  to  the  statements  on  the  label,  carton  or 
accompanying  circular  as  to  origin,  composition.,  character  and 
curative  value. —  (J.  P.  Street,  Xew  Haven,  Conn. — From  Current 
Medical  Literature,  reprinted  from  The  Journal  of  the  American 
Medical  Association.) 
Mustard-Seed  Production  in  Russia. — An  increased  demand 
for  mustard-seed  oil  has  resulted  in  a  25  per  cent,  increase  in  the 
acreage  under  mustard  seed  in  Russia  in  the  current  agricultural 
year.  The  first  statistics  on  this  crop  were  gathered  in  a  special 
census  in  1916  and  showed  an  acreage  of  39. 588  dessiatines  (106,- 
876  acres).  In  1917.  133.700  acres  were  under  cultivation.  As  the 
average  yield  of  mustard  seed  per  dessiatine  is  50  poods  (approx- 
imately 1.800  pounds),  the  production  in  1916  was  about  35.700 
tons  and  in  191 7  about  44.700  tons. 
It  is  difficult  to  give  an  exact  figure  for  the  amounts  of  mustard 
seed  exported  from  Russia  because  in  the  customs  reports  the  seed 
