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Show Elixir Killing 73 Swept Off Market After Intensive ationwideearch medical diecovery. In each fluid ounce. The label aaid it waa "suggested for the treatment of all condition! In which the hemolytic hemo-lytic streptococci appear." Of the dosage instructions on the label, which aaid te "continue "con-tinue at this doss until recovery." recov-ery." the American -Medical association as-sociation sstd "this phrase Is ""tragically ironical in view of the number of deaths reported." CHICAGO, Nov. 15' Wl A month of intensive activity by medical men and federal agents showed today that every traceable trace-able quantity of elixir sulfanilamide, sulfanila-mide, a drug preparation which took 73 lives, had been removed from the public's reach. J. O. Clarke of the United Otates food and drug admlnistra-tion admlnistra-tion said that of the 200 gallons of the mixture shipped by the manufacturer from Bristol. Tenn. and 40 gallons from Kansas City all had been traced down except a few ounces. Participating In the nationwide search for the elixir containing diethylene glycol were 150 to 200 federal inspectors, aided by state health departments, physicians and medical roups. In some small towns, Clarke said, agents itood on streets and asked passers-by If they knew the persons per-sons named on prescription blanks. The elixir was placed on the market early in September and the firet death occurred later that month. Principal shipments went to the south and middle west and a number of two-ounce ssmpl-bottles ssmpl-bottles was taken by traveling salesmen. The American Medical assocla- tion said the situation was unprecedented un-precedented as to its magnitude. The drug contained 40 grains of sulfanilamide, a valuable new |