[2] From the circular accompanying a package bought over a year ago, we find the powder recommended for the following conditions: “For Leucorrhea, Gonorrhea, Vaginitis, Pruritus, Ulcerated conditions of the mucus membrane.... Scrofulous, Syphilitic and Varicose Ulcers ... for Spraying the Nose and Throat, ... for immediate deodorizing and disinfecting ... for prickly heat, poison oak, squamous eczema and other conditions of similar nature.... As a deodorant and prophylactic in dental work, ... for disinfecting offensive cavities ... for profuse and offensive perspiration, swelling, soreness and burning of the body and feet.... As a delightful toilet preparation after the bath and shaving.” [3] Last January the national Food and Drugs Act went into effect; one of its provisions is that the label must not lie. This is not the exact verbiage, but it means the same thing. So, instead of repeating the old false statements, the new label of Tyree’s antiseptic powder contains nothing whatever about the composition; the law does not require that it should--unless the preparation contains certain specified drugs. Why is the formula omitted? “There is nothing new, startling or dangerous in such changes in formulas. The Pharmacopeias and national books of authority are continuously improving their formulas. It is the same with every preparation on the market. [Mr. Tyree, as a nostrum maker, is in a position to know. His plea evidently is: “I am no worse than others.”] The apparent difficulty in my case is caused by my exceptional frankness [“exceptional frankness” is good under the circumstances] with the profession in telling them [when and where?] about this improvement before I was ready to announce full details and particulars, or place my improved [sic] powder on the market. “Yours very truly, “J. S. Tyree.” For years Mr. Tyree has been misleading physicians by making false statements regarding the composition of his powder and regarding its value as a therapeutic agent. When exposed he tries to defend himself and his business by statements and excuses that are worthy of a schoolboy trying to get out of a bad scrape. We would respectfully suggest to him that he either take his wonderful powder off the market, or--which would probably amount to the same thing--tell the truth, and the whole truth, about it.--(_From The Journal A. M. A., May 18, 1907._) APERGOLS[F] Abstract of Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry [F] For abstract of report on Ergoapiol see p. 82; for the unabridged report of the Council’s action on Apergols, see Reports Council Pharm. and Chem., 1914, p. 64.