Show Cure AIls Airs Fakes Says Federal Official YOUR KNOW-YOUR-DRUGS NO 22 j A re recent ent death from tuberculosis of a woman In in Ill again emphasizes the dangers of self self- self medication medication and the hazards faced by the ill who reI rely on cure alls cure and fake medicines according to andI Dr F J Cullen Federal Food and I Drug Administration The woman had taken nostrums up to the day of her death While there is no known drug cure for tuberculosis SO 80 per cent of the early or incipient incipient incipient cases are arrested under mod modern modern ern sanatorium care In times of e economic stress the ill are arc especially inclined to treat I themselves themselves- for both minor and I andI serious diseases says Doctor Cul Cul- Cullen Cullen lIen len Instead of seeking competent I medical and hospital attention many rely upon the claims of medi medical cal fakers and dose themselves with medicines which have no value Cure alls are arc always fakes Doctor Cullen declares The Gov- Gov Government Gov Government in December concluded a cose against the manufacturer of ofa ofa ofa a preparation Anti fAnti fAnti which consisted of a weak eak solution solution solution tion of sulphur dioxide and water but which was falsely and fraud froud- fraudulently fraudulently labeled as being a cure for many serious diseases including and diabetes The manufacturer claimed that the preparation would cure disease through controlling bacterial fer fer- fer- fer fermentation fermentation The solution was inert Put up by R E 1 Co Pensacola Fla FIa the product had been jurisdiction shipped into Federal tion rendering the manufacturer liable to prosecution The Federal court at Pensacola found the firm finn guilty and imposed a fine While most medical products now no entering into interstate com com- commerce commerce commerce merce are truthfully labeled some are advertised in a grossly exaggerated exaggerated manner The Food and jurisdiction Dru Drug Administration has no juris juris- juris- juris diction over collateral advertising ad so the prospective bu buyer er will do dowell dowell dowell well to read the label carefully |