This is a semisecret preparation, since the quantities of most of the ingredients are not given and the vehicle is not named. This complex combination, too, is unwarranted. PHOSPHOGLYCERATE OF LIME (CHAPOTEAUT) This is said to be prepared by the Laboratories de Pharmacologie Générale, Dr. Ph. Chapelle, Paris and New York. It is sold in this country by E. Fougera and Co., Inc., New York. It is offered in several forms, especially in that of wine, which is called the “Medicinal Wine and Tonic Par Excellence.” The alcohol is no doubt the constituent to which this preparation is indebted for such popularity as it has attained, for it is much more freely advertised than the syrup, capsules or granulated form. The usual claims are made with regard to the efficacy of calcium glycerophosphate “during convalescence, in cases of enfeebled vitality, and nervous affections associated with an excessive elimination of phosphates.” ELIXIR GLYCEROPHOSPHATES, NUX VOMICA AND DAMIANA This is manufactured by Sharp and Dohme, Baltimore. The manufacturers’ statement of composition is: “Each fluidounce represents Nux Vomica 8 grains, Damiana 64 grains, combined with Glycerophosphates of Calcium and Sodium.” “Alcohol 20 per cent.” Sharp and Dohme call this mixture a “Reconstructive Nerve Stimulant, Aphrodisiac,” and claim that: “Phosphorus in elemental form has long been prescribed under the title of Elixir Phosphorus, Nux Vomica and Damiana, but due to the rapidity of chemical change occurring in preparations containing this form of Phosphorus, much of the Physiologic action is lost. The Glycerophosphates present Phosphorus in its most available form--the form in which it exists in the brain and nervous system. They powerfully stimulate the functions of nutrition and are rapidly assimilated by the system. “Nux Vomica is a general Nerve Tonic. Damiana exerts a stimulant effect upon the sexual appetite and function.” The claim that the glycerophosphates may be substituted for elementary phosphorus is, at least, novel. The elixir is an unscientific semisecret combination. RECOMMENDATIONS All of the preparations mentioned violate Rule 6 (unwarranted therapeutic claims). In addition, Robinol and Elixir Glycerophosphates, Nux Vomica and Damiana violate Rule 1 (secrecy of composition) in that not all the quantities of the ingredients are declared; Tonols, Phosphorcin Compound and Robinol violate Rule 8 (objectionable names). It is recommended that the Council endorse Marshall’s findings[98] and declare that Tonols (Schering and Glatz), Phosphorcin Compound (Eimer and Amend), Robinol (John Wyeth and Brother), Phosphoglycerate of Lime Chapoteaut (E. Fougera and Co.), and Elixir Glycerophosphates, Nux Vomica and Damiana (Sharp and Dohme) are ineligible for New and Nonofficial Remedies.--(_From The Journal A. M. A., Sept. 30, 1916._)