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solution  of  commercial  calcium  sulphide.  Of  course  the  preparation 
was  not  a  liquid  sulphur,  since  sulphur  will  not  remain  in  solution  a 
sufficient  time  to  make  it  a  commercial  commodity,  and  was  certainly 
not  "  Nature's  greatest  germicide,"  nor  a  great  or  any  cure  for 
diphtheria.  Information  was  duly  filed  against  the  manufacturer, 
and  upon  his  plea  of  guilty  the  court  fined  him  $100. 
Another  preparation  formerly  manufactured  in  Ohio  was  "  Con- 
centrated Oil  of  Pine  Compound."  Samples  were  obtained  by  the 
Department  and  analyzed  and  it  was  found  that  the  preparation  was 
a  mixture  of  fixed  oil,  a  resinous  substance,  and  a  small  amount  of 
volatile  oil  obtained  by  steam  distillation  resembling  turpentine. 
This  analysis  plainly  showed  that  the  article  could  not  truthfully 
be  called  a  "  Concentrated  Oil  of  Pine  Compound,"  and  it  was 
therefore  misbranded.  The  members  of  the  firm  of  manufacturers 
were  duly  prosecuted  and  convicted  upon  their  plea  of  guilty  and 
were  sentenced  to  pay  fines  and  the  costs  of  the  court. 
Samples  of  a  preparation  labelled  "  Blackburn's  Cascara,  Wild 
Lemon,  Castor  Oil  Pills,  Compound  "  were  obtained  by  the  Depart- 
ment in  Michigan  in  January,  1908,  and  analyzed.  The  analysis 
showed  that  the  preparation  consisted  of  calcium  sulphide,  capsicum, 
atropine  (introduced,  probably,  in  the  form  of  belladonna  extract), 
and  a  mere  trace,  if  any,  of  castor  oil.  The  label  was,  therefore, 
false,  deceptive,  and  misleading  because  the  preparation  purported 
to  be  castor  oil  pills,  when,  in  fact,  it  did  not  contain  a  medicinal 
dose  of  castor  oil,  if,  indeed,  there  was  any  present  at  all.  The 
manufacturer  in  Ohio  was  prosecuted,  convicted,  and  sentenced  to 
pay  a  fine. 
In  October  of  last  year,  one  of  the  collaborating  agents  of  the 
Department  discovered  in  a  drug  store  in  Topeka,  Kansas,  forty-one 
boxes  of  a  preparation  labelled  "  Muco-Solvent  cures  croup,  whoop- 
ing-cough, diphtheria,  all  throat  troubles,  and  catarrhal  disorders." 
It  was  apparent  that  the  statement  in  this  label  that  it  would  cure 
diphtheria  and  the  other  diseases  mentioned  was  false,  misleading, 
and  deceptive.    The  goods  were  seized  and  confiscated. 
In  June,  1908,  an  inspector  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
found  in  the  possession  of  one  of  the  department  stores  in  the  city 
of  Washington  eighty-five  dozen  packages  of  preparations  labelled 
"  Mme.  Yale's  Excelsior  Fruitcura,"  "  Mme.  Yale's  Fertilizer 
Tablets,"  "  Mme.  Yale's  Excelsior  Hair  Tonic,  "  Mme.  Yale's 
Excelsior  Complexion  Bleach,"  "  Mme.  Yale's  Antiseptic,"  "  Mme. 
