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' - a and how Potter’s Materia Medica describes those substances V — (x 6 America' “It resembles that of tuipen-except that it is more irritant the oil producing viscation if applied sufficient-l- y long" Potter stated “Inter- nally a full medicinal dose causes hfcat sensations nau- seous eructations flatulence I about my ' ' rBIRwId ar in v ' lis a “Many had 1 inten- - these - Heroin had become an upper- - We learn by ' niitrln prad-- cial vanity cases initialed by famous jewelers containing gold or platinumsyringes" Escohotado said r Upton Sinclair's The Jun- - popular medicines were loaded with narcotics alcohol and other dangerous drags Congress passed' the Pure Food and Drag Act While not banning the use of opium or alcohol it required that patent medicine makers disclose the ingredients of their ' wares The Pure Food and first the Drag Act was just step tardscreatingFood and ' holism signifies weakness of character These extreme cases cannot be attributed to the -- : : regu- - 9f ledsil1bganfcs- - Adams one of the early muckraking jour- centu- nalists at the tum-of-t- : fmnyelmgnostram Cra'ChmKTD- THE ARTS AND CRAFTS STORE d ' - Also thedrag was believed : to be particularly helpful to ' ' blonde people Redd However pointed out " that part of the problem was giving the proper dose The standard dosage size is ajjuar- ter of a milligram to ah eighth of a milligram Acaciae: Gum of Arabic Sacchari albi: White sugar TincturaeOpii Deodorat: Tincture of deodorized opium extract prepared ' a water-base- d with ether and alcohol ' Potter described opium say- ing ‘The cerebral faculties are stimulated to a pleasant “There was no standardiza- " ' bloodincreased Who knows how' much tion activity by was in there? They were all supply ideas follow each other rapidly through the doing their own extracting”: mind and an exhilaration bor-Redd said “There’s a fine line between treating and killing" ' dering on mild intoxication is experienced succeeded by a - - Redd said digitalis is con- ic calm of variable length Sleep sidered a indexed dnig meaning the generally follows disturbed by dreams and after waking drug is monitored closely and headache maliase constipa-is administered just for specify tion digestive disturbance and icpurpqses " some depression result" ' 01 Anisi: Anise flavoring ' ‘ He praised its medical Alcoholis: Pharmacy grade value: “Probably no dragin alcohol According to Redd :' - - fromJJtahls longest MjwnMriil Pireant Off Discowris An Off Original Tidurlad Pried X i hi i Kin p iiwjiip MPft" i tiS'r III — ‘ L 7iho PoTdoc& lLasf fJlichaolo GiiS Card ! $ wmammib&aa (KUfM&tffiis m a j £ 1? z : 11 a t riu'iia dollar See DOCTOR on A14 he narrow-therapeut- : ' ‘ - - tabhshed medicines propier they all belong to the tribe of Capri- com under one of two heads harmless frauds Or deleterious drags” Adams stated “Acetanilid will undoubtedly relieve the headache of certain kinds but acetanilid as the basis of headache powders is prone to remoyp the cause of the symptoms permanently by putting a complete stop to the heart action" ' Adams whose bluff was being called by patent medi- -' cine makers followed The Great American Fraud article ' up with a list of 24 victims of acetanilid and their addresses for verification Adams was also Credited with exposing the behnd-the-s- c business makers cine practireso turned "nyof -- heart"--- W5 ' - !al'SeiiSlbUt0? ‘ ’ - ' 1 Magazineon patent medicines gie7 and the knowledge that DrugminisMand “But alximroTO of you wonder from the leaves of the purple fox-- : ) glove This drag had been ' known for centuries by 19Q0 and was bielieved to help peon heart or to pie with reduce excess fluid retention - Potter warned: “Too much of the drag paralyzes the medicine-prepare- Utn “in-- WJUinoupimllieniMc lions” he said? ’ ‘‘Many persons are founds with idiosyncrasies in respect ' to opium somebeing easily-- ' narcotized others being ' remarkably insusceptible to its action and many suffer from a decided shock after its hypo- dermic administration- whiejv may even produce alarming symptoms of collapse" Potter said Tinctura Digitalis: Digita- ’ - ' cer patients” century respected medical authorities beginning to opiumwas more poiSul thWthey had ever imagined j - v tj!anihylcl” ' ’ i types of coughs tuberculosis patients included (4) Mor- ’ phine addicts treated with this substance immediately lost all interest in morphine” Of course they did Heroin was five titties as potent as morphine Europe was also the first to sound the alarm of addiction“In 1879 a German medical magazine published the first v accounts of morphine addic- - Though he said that medi-- ’ cine — depending on the dosage — could have been dangerous he said many of the drugs and regimens in the book still have medical merit “Morphine is still widely used in pain relief” Redd explained “We use it to help deal with pain in terminal can- : -P- ' - mixtures” - IT extracts’1 : medical practice 100 years from now" e ' ten in 1899 — and medicine ‘ wonder what they’ll be saying 212003 — A7 - wwEg- me because increased cardiac action and irritation of the kjdneys increased menstrual activity” ' Not the kind of thing-onwould want to take right before a Christmas party Redd speculated that the drug was probably included in ' the Woman’s Tonic prescript tion because of its ability to ' help control excessive strual flow Cinchonae: Cinchona tree - is native to South America and' India The harfrnf the tree contains quinine h is a bitter tonic ' “At first it promotes appetite digestion the flow of saliva and of gatfric juice long cbntinued'it sets up a gastric catarrh impeding digestion and causing consti- pationi In large doses it pro-duced flatulence and eructation ” Potter said “It is extremely serviceable in asthchronic bronchitis and ma generally in weak subjects of flabby flesh and freely per-spiring skin “ It was principally usril to treat malaria ' Cinnamomi Cinnamon flavoring Potter explained that it is used as “a pleasant vehicle for extemporaneous - - ' “ "It scares itihe ' - - V from thesmall juniper shrub grown in both Europe and The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday December i LOCtOf : goof w20- Sabinae: An extract made - hesaidmostphhnnaceutical alcohoftnided to be 160 nhr rfnn Continued from A1 I ' ‘ themateriamedica isso use-ful as opium or has so wide a ranjge of application At the r t i - ft - i |