| Milk sugar | 34 | per cent. |
| Phenolphthalein | 6 | per cent. |
| Pyramidon | 60 | per cent. |
Each powder, therefore, contains about 22⁄3 grains of milk sugar, 2⁄3 of a grain of phenolphthalein and 62⁄3 grains of pyramidon.
What was said of pyramidon in the preceding article applies equally well here. The claim that Nurito is composed of “U. S. P. ingredients” is evidently a falsehood. The chief therapeutic ingredients are pyramidon and phenolphthalein, neither of which is described in the United States Pharmacopeia.—(From the Journal A. M. A., Aug. 10, 1912.)
MU-COL
Salt and Borax as Wonder-Workers
“Mu-col, for Cleansing Mucous Membranes” is a nostrum put on the market by the Mu-col Company (Inc.), Buffalo, New York. As a specimen of the claims made for the preparation, the following is typical:
“Mu-col obtains most gratifying results in catarrhal inflammations of the mucous membranes. Leucorrhea, Tonsillitis, Sore Throat, Cystitis, Internal Hemorrhoids, Nasal Catarrh and Pus Cases respond at once to irrigation with Mu-col solution. Strong solutions of Mu-col have proven of sterling value in treating Hives, Prickly Heat, Ivy Poison, Sunburn, Eczema, Typhoid and Scarlet Fever.”
This, and much more Mu-col will do—according to its manufacturers! No wonder physicians want to know the composition of Mu-col. As the manufacturers do not give this information the aid of the Association’s Laboratory was invoked. Let the chemists speak: