This, Mr. Goat, the druggist, has to fill out, affix a stamp and send to the Manola Company. In return for all this, Mr. Goat has his shelves loaded up with a dozen bottles of Manola and, for that privilege pays $8 out of his own pocket. Dr. Ezymark gets three free bottles. Incidentally, he also gets the contempt of his druggist—and of such patients as learn of it.
The only one who profits by all this is the Luyties Pharmacy Co., alias the Manola Co., alias the Walker Pharmacal Company.
Evidently this method of exploitation pays; that it does pay is a disgrace to the medical profession. To those physicians who have in the past acted as pedlers for Manola we would say: If your patients really need sherry wine let them purchase it under its own name and at the ordinary market price. You will then know what they are getting and you will be able to retain not only your own self-respect but also the respect of your druggist and the public.
The Composition of Manola
Examination of Manola in the Association laboratory indicates that its composition is consistent with its origin, for its medicinal ingredients are present in truly homeopathic quantities. The laboratory report follows:
An examination of an original bottle of Manola gave the following results:
Specific gravity at 25 C. | 1 | .0329 | |
Alcohol | 18 | .00 | per cent. by vol. |
Non-volatile matter (residue on evaporation) | 15 | .93 | gm. in 100 c.c. |
Ash | .96 | gm. in 100 c.c. | |
Phosphoric pentoxid (P2O5) | .0668 | gm. in 100 c.c. | |
Total alkaloids | .0047 | gm. in 100 c.c. | |
Calcium | Traces. | ||
Magnesium | Traces. | ||
Iron | Traces. | ||
Sodium | Traces. | ||
Arsenic | Traces. | ||
Manola is a light amber colored liquid having the odor and taste of sherry wine. The above analysis indicates that it is nothing more than wine, fortified with alcohol and a slight amount of medicinal substances added. The non-volatile matter appears to be nearly all sugar, glycerin, or some similar substance and the presence of less than one gram of ash to 100 c.c. excludes the presence of more than a small amount of organic salts. From the amount of phosphorus found there appears to be about one dose of phosphoric acid to a twenty-ounce bottle. Arsenic is present in such small amounts that the ordinary hydrogen sulphid test failed to show its presence and the delicate Gutzeit’s test had to be used to detect it.—(Modified from The Journal A. M. A., April 2, 1910.)