[21] Physicians who desire to use a solution of mercuric iodid in oil should direct their pharmacist to prepare it according to the method suggested by Lemaire (Repert. pharm., xxi, 97-102, from Chem. Abst., 1909, p. 1444), viz.: One gm. of mercuric iodid is dissolved in 50 c.c. sterilized castor oil by warming to about 70 degrees, 3 gm. guaiacol are added and the solution made up to 100 c.c. with sterilized poppy oil. Or according to a later suggestion (Dunning: Proc. Am. Pharm. Assn., 1910, p. 1123): one gm. of mercuric iodid is dissolved in 99 gm. of a mixture of equal parts of sterilized castor and olive oils, by warming on the water-bath. Cypridol Capsules are in conflict with the rules of the Council as follows: Rule 4: The dosage, price, etc., on the label, and the name “Cypridol” blown in the bottle, all tend to a direct self-prescribing by the public. In addition to the objectionable statements on the bottle itself, the preparation is put up in patent medicine style and is accompanied by a circular giving full directions for the use of this and of other proprietaries for the treatment of syphilis in all of its stages. The circular states that “a 1 per cent. solution of bin-iodide of mercury in an aseptic oil” is “An Improved Specific in the Treatment of Syphilis,” and after lauding the virtues of Cypridol, gives full directions for the treatment of syphilis in its various stages by means of Capsules of Cypridol augmented, during periodical cessation of treatment, by “small doses of iodide of strontium (Paraf-Javal’s standard solution, thirty grains to the ounce).” Further, the circular expounds the need of “a toning up of the general system” and by means of obsolete theories and obviously untrue assertions recommends “_Chapoteaut’s Wine_ [another of their proprietary preparations], each ounce of which contains 10 grains of phospho-glycerate of lime. This is a delicious, nutritive tonic. A pint bottle costs $1.00.” Rule 6: Whereas it is evident that Cypridol, depending for its effects on mercuric iodid, the ordinary well-known hydrargyri iodidum rubrum of the U. S. Pharmacopeia, must naturally have the properties of a mercuric compound, unwarranted claims such as the following are made: “CYPRIDOL does not render patients anemic. Ptyalism never follows the administration of the capsules or injections. On the contrary, patients rapidly put on flesh and keep well. There are no diarrhoeas or other symptoms of intolerance even when the dose is pushed.”