Show medicine output hits new peak aspirin in lead washington consumption ot of medicine by the american people reached a record peak ot of about ab out 40 million pounds last year it Is disclosed in a report compiled by the chemical division ot of the tariff commission missi orL production ot of medicinal preparations by the industry which is by tar far the largest producer exceeded 44 million pounds last year according to the report while some ot of this was produced tor for export and some was retained for a reserve supply the greater part was consumed by americans both military and civilian aspirin was the largest single item the report reveals eleven million pounds of this and simlar mild pain killers were produced the greater part of this supply presumably passing over drugstore counters running a close second were the sulfa drugs chemical factories producing nearly six million pounds this represented a gain of pounds in a year the increase being attributed to war demands wholesale return from the sulta sulfa drugs was placed at 20 million dollars vitamin production amounted to pounds according to the report with a total valuation ot of about 50 million dollars the report also shows that chemical factories turned out 18 million pounds of perfume and flavoring substances exclusive of those perfumes extracted directly from flowers the demand went up about 10 per cent in a year |