Show safety if in proprietary medicines replying to the charge thit certain popular proprietary medicines contala couta cont aln ln narcotic drugs an authority says some years ago one of 0 the leading pharmacists of america in connection with alth some borne official work undertook to ascertain by an elaborate inquiry in re representative presenta ive cities of tha country percentage what percentage of physicians pre contained a narcotic drug drue of some kind out of depre senta tentative tive prescriptions dispensed ir lit drug stores in all parts of the united states it was as found that 70 per cent contained opium or somo some one of 0 its ita preparations proprietary medicines are almost invariably accompanied by the most detailed and specific directions tor for use while the directions physicians prescriptions tire are generally very brief and sometimes illegible it Is also true that but a moderate p proportion 0 O of proprietary medicines co contain any poison or narcotic arid and when they do it Is generally in such small quantities or so protected by accod manying antidotes as aa to carry with mth it no danger whatever |