The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2

by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry

FROSST’S BLAUD CAPSULES

Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry

Frosst’s Blaud Capsules and Frosst’s Blaud, Arsenic and Strychnine Capsules were submitted to the Council by C. E. Frosst & Co., Montreal, Canada. This firm claims, on the authority of the report of a firm of analytical chemists, that:

“... of three leading Blaud preparations bought by us on the open market, the iron in Frosst’s Blaud Capsules showed the highest percentage of Ferrous carbonate.”

The Chemical Laboratory of the American Medical Association found this claim unjustified. The laboratory reported that there was no especial difference in the ferrous iron content of the various Blaud pills found on the market, and that among ten specimens examined, the total iron content was the lowest in the Frosst specimen. In view of this the Council refused recognition to Frosst’s Blaud Capsules and Frosst’s Blaud, Arsenic and Strychnine Capsules.—(From Reports of Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, 1915, p. 164.)

---