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Show MEDICINES THAT ARE HARMFUL Combinations of Drugs Dangerous It Not Used at Once. Just oho year from the tine the medicine was lost It Rhowcd up ngaln at tlio drug storo. A woman brought it In. "This bottle wns left nt our house by mistake," she said. Tho clerk read tho name on tlio wrapper nnd tho dato on tlio label, then he called to a man who But loan-Ins loan-Ins against t'lo cigar counter with his head pro) pod tip in his hands. "captain," lie said, "hero Is that nvdlclno wo had such n time about. 1 don't nee," he added, turning to tho woman, "why you didn't bring t back sooner." "1 didn't think of it," alio explained. "Tho maid took it In .one day when we wero all out. Sho thought II belonged to somebody In our house. It has lain around there In u cupboard nil this while. It never occurred" to us to return re-turn It until Just this morning, and then It struck me you might bo nblo to use It." The man by tlio counter lifted his head out of his hands. "Use It?" ho said. "Of courso wo can. I had tho grip last jear when It was put up and l'vo got tho gilp now. I can take that medicine as well as a now bottlo full." "No, you can't," paid tlio clerk "Some druggists might penult you to, but wo won't. It iplght upsot you for a month. Some medicines nevor loso their healing power, while othuis not only fall lo produce tho desired effect, ef-fect, but b.-corao positively harmful after standing a fow months, The length of time a medlchio ictalns Its efficacy depends upon' tho Ingredients. Some combinations of drugs keep on good terms with each other Indefinite-ly, Indefinite-ly, while others get into a row aftei1 being mixed together for a while, nnd the man wl swallows a dose of tho stuff Is apt lo feel a good deal worse than before ho took It. As a rulo medicines that are qulto sweet keep their cuiatlvo virtues longer than those that aro acid or bitter. Most any medicine can bo taken In safety six months after compounding, and ir ay will l, all right six years hence. Thoso that aro not good geneially tako on a curdled, milky appearance; but thnt is by no means an Infallible test, km the personwho wishes to save his system uncomfortable complications would do well to let old medicines 'strictly alone." The man looked at tho bottlo regretfully. re-gretfully. "And that was an expensive proscription, pro-scription, too," he salilf. "It seems a shamo to wasto It." "Nover mind," said tho clerk, "Wo aro willing to stand tho loss. Wo would rather do that than to tako chances on losing a good customer like you." |