“... give gratifying results in all nervous, anemic, and ‘run down’ conditions in which the liver function is usually subnormal.”
The objections to “Veracolate (plain)” are that it is semi-secret in composition, unscientific in combination and exploited under unwarranted claims. The same criticisms hold with reference to “Veracolate with Pancreatin and Pepsin” and “Veracolate with Iron, Quinine and Strychnine.”
These products are discreditable to the medical and pharmaceutical profession alike and their use is against the public good. The Council therefore refused recognition to Veracolate and its preparations.—(From The Journal A. M. A., April 24, 1915.)
HAYDEN’S VIBURNUM COMPOUND[AF]
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
The following report on Hayden’s Viburnum Compound was prepared by a member of the Council’s Committee on Therapeutics. The Council held the preparation in conflict with its rules and authorized publication of the referee’s report.
W. A. Puckner, Secretary.
Hayden’s Viburnum Compound, according to the advertising circulars, was first compounded in 1860 by W. R. Hayden. The medical profession is told that W. R. Hayden