The Drug Products Company was told that the facts just mentioned rendered “Pulvoids Calcylates” ineligible for New and Nonofficial Remedies. The company in its reply objected to the Council’s conclusions, and in support of its position submitted testimonials from a number of physicians. The reply of the company embodied no facts or arguments which had not been considered by the Council’s referee, and the testimonials from physicians contained no evidence to show that the combination has any real advantage over sodium salicylate.
The Council therefore declared “Pulvoids Calcylates” ineligible for New and Nonofficial Remedies for the following reasons: Unwarranted therapeutic claims are made for the mixture (Rule 6); the name does not describe the composition (Rule 8), and the mixture is an unessential modification of an established remedy (sodium salicylate) (Rule 10).—(From The Journal A. M. A., Sept. 9, 1916.)
SULFURYL MONAL
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
Sulfuryl Monal is said to be manufactured by Monal Frères, manufacturing chemists of Nancy, France. It is sold in the United States by George J. Wallau, Inc., New York City. According to the label:
| “Each Pastille |  | Contains: Sulfuryl (combined polysulphurets) |
| = 0.35 centigr.” | ||
| Liberates: Nascent sulphurretted Hydrogen | ||
| = 2 cub. cent.” |
The Chemical Laboratory of the American Medical Association was requested to check the amount of available hydrogen sulphid. An original bottle of Sulfuryl Monal was used; this contained tablets having the taste of licorice extract and an odor of hydrogen sulphid. The tablets were found to liberate about 6 c.c. hydrogen sulphid to each tablet.
Among the claims made for the preparation are:
“Dissolved by the saliva, Sulfuryl Monal reaches the stomach where, under the influence of the gastric juice, it generates nascent sulphuretted hydrogen. Professor Albert Robin’s remarkable researches have proven that it is in the nascent state that drugs produce the greatest effect with the smallest dose.... Being thus eliminated by the entire respiratory tract: the lungs, bronchi and the throat, the sulphurretted hydrogen passes from the interior to the exterior, that is to say, goes right through these organs which are, as a consequence, thoroughly cleansed, antisepticized and freed of the pathogenic micro-organisms.... Then, again, part of the sulphuretted hydrogen, liberated in the stomach, is eliminated by the mouth and acts as an antiseptic and disinfectant of the mucous membranes of the throat and mouth. Hence Sulfuryl Monal is a perfect protective agent against contagious diseases.... Numerous clinical tests have demonstrated its real efficacy in diseases of the throat and of the respiratory tract: laryngitis, pharyngitis, hoarseness, granulations, tonsillitis, colds, bronchitis, pulmonary catarrh, asthma, emphysema, grippe, whooping cough, simple and infectious pneumonia, and in the first stage of pulmonary tuberculosis.”