The Great American Fraud: The Patent Medicine EvilAdams, Samuel Hopkins
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The Great American Fraud: The Patent Medicine Evil
Adams, Samuel Hopkins
Patent medicines; Quacks and quackery
infection most nearly as the human organism responds), at which Dr.
Gradwohl, representing the Liquozone Company, was present, and in which
he took part. The report follows: {030}
LEDERLE LABORATORIES.
Sanitary, Chemical and Bacteriologic Investigations.
518 FIFTH AVENUE,
NEW YORK CITY.
October 21, 1905,
Anthrax Test. Twenty-four guinea-pigs were inoculated with anthrax
bacilli, under the same conditions, the same amount being given to each.
The representative of the Liquozone people selected the twelve pigs for
treatment. These animals were given Liquozone is 5 c.c. doses for three
hours. In twenty-four hours all pigs were dead--the treated and the
untreated ones.
Second Anthrax Test. Eight guinea-pigs were Inoculated under the same
conditions with a culture of anthrax sent by the Liquozone people. Four
of these animals were treated for three hours with Liquozone as in
the last experiment. These died also in from thirty-six to forty-eight
hours, as did the remaining four.
Diphtheria Test. Six guinea-pigs were inoculated with diphtheria
bacilli and treated with Liquozone. They all died in from forty-eight
to seventy-two hours. Two out of three controls (i. e., untreated
guinea-pigs) remained alive after receiving the same amount of culture.
Tuberculosis Test. Eight guinea-pigs were inoculated with tubercle
bacilli. Four of these animals were treated for eight hours with 5 c.c.
of a 20 per cent, solution of Liquozole. Four received no Liquozone. At
the end of twenty-four days all the animals were killed.
Fairly developed tuberculosis was present in all.
To summarize, we would say that the Liquozone had absolutely no curative
effect, but did, when given in pure form, lower the resistance of the
animals, so that they died a little earlier than those not treated.
Lederle Laboratories.
By Ernst J. Lederle.
Dr. Gradwohl, representing the Liquozone Company, stated that he was
satisfied of the fairness of the tests. He further declared that in his
opinion the tests had proved satisfactorily the total ineffectiveness of
Liquozone as an internal germicide.
But these experiments show more than that. They show that in so far as
Liquozone has any effect, it tends to lower the resistance of the body
to an invading disease. That is, in the very germ diseases for which
it is advocated, _Liquozone may decrease the chances of the patient's
recovery with every dose that is swallowed, but certainly would not
increase them_.
In its own field Liquozone is _sui generis_. On the ethical side,
however, there are a few "internal germicides," and one of these comes
in for mention here, not that it is in the least like Liquozone in
its composition, but because by its monstrous claims it challenges
comparison.
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