The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
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The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2
Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
Patent medicines
Carmine Co., | | | | | | | | | | |
Lefranco, Paris, | | | | | | | | | | |
France; Imported | | | | | | | | | | |
by Fougera & Co., | | | | | | | | | | |
Agents, New York |24.80| .86| .09| .33|68.94| .96|2.25| 2.56| .59|115.44| 1.65
City | [Y] | | | | [Z] | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
Meat Juice, | | | | | | | | | | |
M. J. Valentine, |57.64|10.26|1.77|3.41|20.41|3.06| .19| 5.44|6.06|135.12|16.97
Richmond, Va. | | | | |[AA] |[AB]| | | | |
------------------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+------+-----
[V] Including 0.20 per cent. as NH_{3};
[W] 8.17 per cent. alcohol found;
[X] 3.1 per cent. glycerol found;
[Y] vacuum 70 C.;
[Z] 47.50 per cent. cane sugar--14.2 per cent. glycerol found;
[AA] 8 per cent. of glycerol found.
[AB] including 0.22 per cent. NH_{3};
The several samples of beef juice were prepared from practically fat
free, finely comminuted, chuck and round beef, first by pressure at
the ordinary temperature; second, by heating the prepared meat for
several hours at 60 C., then submitting to pressure. Sample No. 6
was made from chuck beef, prepared as above, by heating six hours at
from 60 to 100 C., and expressing after cooling. It is not a beef
juice proper but was prepared, analyzed and added to the list for
information. Its composition resembles several commercial articles
closely. A number of products represented and sold as meat juice
in the United States were analyzed and the results recorded in the
accompanying table.
BOVININE
Bovinine, advertised as a “condensed beef juice prepared by a cold
process” is a mixture of alcohol, glycerin, added sodium chlorid,
and apparently some form of defibrinated blood. According to the
manufacturer’s literature egg albumin was used formerly but this
ingredient is said to be no longer employed. It is not a meat juice in
any sense of the word. Numerous misrepresentations will be found on the
label and in the literature of Bovinine, of which the following are
typical:
“The blood of selected steers prepared by a cold process,
furnishing a perfect food, free from insoluble elements.”
“The rapidity with which Bovinine is absorbed and assimilated in
the stomach ...”
“It supplies complete nutrition to the patient.”
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