In the “formula” it is stated that 20 grains of saliodin contain approximately “salicylic acid (aceto-salicylate) Grs. XV.” The statement is not clear, but conveys the impression that 20 grains of saliodin contain an amount of aceto-salicylate, a salt of acetyl-salicylic acid (aspirin), equivalent to 15 grains of salicylic acid. But the chemical examination shows that it contains neither acetyl-salicylic acid, nor salt of acetyl-salicylic acid, nor even salicylic acid itself. In the place of these, the analysis shows that over half of saliodin is the common, every-day sodium salicylate. [Illustration: +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | It is an “Iodated, Aceto-Salicylate with Adjuvants,” and the | | SPECIFIC treatment for every form of URIC ACID DIATHESIS. | | “Saliodin” is a SOLVENT and ELIMINANT of URIC ACID and is a | | happy combination of ℞ Salicylic Acid, Iodine, Acetic Acid, | | Aconite, Bryonia, Colchicum, Capsicum and Gaultheria and | | chemically appears in the form of a PINK, GREYISH POWDER | | soluable in water 1 to 3--dose grs. X to grs. XXX; for the | | EXCLUSIVE USE OF PHYSICIANS--put up in one ounce bottles; | | price PER OUNCE $1.50. Is manufactured ONLY by the Saliodin | | Chemical Co. “SALIODIN is SPECIFICALLY indicated in | | RHEUMATISM, GOUT NEURALGIA, MALARIA and LA GRIPPE; is | | ANALGESIC, ANTIPYRETIC; an INTESTINAL ANTISEPTIC, DIAPHORETIC,| | DIURETIC, EXPECTORANT, DEOBSTRUENT, SIALAGOGUE, CHOLAGOGUE, | | EMMENAGOGUE, ANTI-SYPHILITIC, GONOCOCOCIDAL, PARASITICIDAL, | | ASEPTIC, BACTERICIDAL and ALTERATIVE. Doctor, you may | | prescribe Saliodin with confidence wherever IODINE or a | | SALICYLATE is indicated. Used both internally and externally. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Reproduction (much reduced) of a paragraph in the advertising pamphlet on Saliodin. Note the twenty-one indications for Saliodin. Lest some condition might be overlooked, we are advised to use it “internally and externally.” Isn’t this scientific therapy?] According to the “formula,” each 20 grains of saliodin contains “iodin (iodate), equivalent to iodid potass. Grs. XV.” This statement, too, is vague, but conveys the impression that 20 grains of saliodin contain an amount of iodin, in combination as an iodate, which corresponds in iodin content to 15 grains of potassium iodid. But the analysis shows that the product does not contain any iodate whatever, and that the amount of iodin contained in it is sufficient to account for only 1/4 grain of potassium iodid in each 20 grains of saliodin. COMMENTS