HAGEE’S CORDIAL OF COD LIVER OIL
“Under the deceptive heading ‘Making Cod Liver Oil Palatable,’ the Charlotte Medical Journal in its December issue prints a boost for ‘Cord. Ext. Ol. Morrhuae Comp. (Hagee),’ or, as it is generally known to the drug trade, ‘Hagee’s Cordial of Cod Liver Oil.’
“The boost intimates that this is a preparation in which cod liver oil has in some way been rendered palatable, and then goes on to say that this is a cod liver oil product which has not suffered the least loss of those essential elements which make the crude oil such a high-class reconstructive.
“At first sight one might question whether a cod liver oil product which contains absolutely no cod liver oil had not suffered the loss of essential elements. But a closer reading discloses a significant qualification, namely, the phrase, ‘those elements which make the crude oil such a high-class reconstructive.’
“The boost is misleading from beginning to end. The manufacturers have not succeeded in this preparation in ‘making cod liver oil palatable,’ nor does their preparation in any way possess the virtues of cod liver oil. These claims have again and again been refuted, but they continue to be published—at a price but rarely in reputable medical journals.”
The above is quoted from the Weekly Bulletin of the Department of Health of the City of New York. The Bulletin is issued for the enlightenment of the public.—(From The Journal A. M. A., Jan. 8, 1916.)