DIXON’S TUBERCLE BACILLI EXTRACT AND DIXON’S SUSPENSION OF DEAD TUBERCLE BACILLI
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1917, contains general descriptions of Dixon’s Tubercle Bacilli Extract and Dixon’s Suspension of Dead Tubercle Bacilli; the products of these manufactured by the H. M. Alexander Company being listed as dosage forms. It having become necessary to omit the preparations of the Alexander Company (see page [158]) the referee recommended that the general articles of “Dixon’s Tubercle Bacilli Extract” and “Dixon’s Suspension of Dead Tubercle Bacilli” also be omitted. He reported that no other firm appears to be marketing these products and that they had not been shown to be of special value.
The Council accepted the recommendation and directed the omission as proposed. In accordance with the procedure of the Council, these have been transferred to the annual Council Reports for reference and appear below.
W. A. Puckner, Secretary.
Dixon’s Tubercle Bacilli Extract.—An extract of tubercle bacilli dissolved in normal saline solution. (See “Fluid of Dixon,” Medical News, Jan. 17, 1891.)
Dixon’s Suspension of Dead Tubercle Bacilli.—A suspension in physiologic salt solution of dead tubercle bacilli which have been defatted by prolonged treatment with alcohol and ether. (See “Possibility of Establishing Tolerance for Tubercle Bacilli,” Medical News, Oct. 19, 1889.)—(From Reports of Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, 1917, p. 140.)