Because it is a simple pharmaceutical mixture of well-known ingredients and has no advantage over established rubefacients which every physician knows how to prescribe and every pharmacist to compound. Incidentally, the name “Cream of Mustard” is misleading and not descriptive of the composition of this pharmaceutical of oils of mustard and turpentine.—(From Reports of Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, 1918, p. 79)
“PLURIGLANDULAR” MIXTURES
Caps. Adreno-Spermin Comp., Caps. Antero-Pituitary Comp., Caps. Placento-Mammary Comp., Caps. Thyro-Ovarian Comp., Caps. Hepato-Splenic Comp., Caps. Pancreas Comp., and Caps. Thyroid Comp., Not Admitted to N. N. R.
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
After considering the evidence for the several “pluriglandular” mixtures described below, the Council declared them inadmissible to New and Nonofficial Remedies. The Council’s action was communicated to the manufacturer, Henry R. Harrower, in accordance with the usual procedure. After giving due consideration to the manufacturer’s reply the Council authorized publication of the report which appears below.
W. A. Puckner, Secretary.
With the offer “to supply you with as much literature as may be necessary and as little of the actual remedies as may be desired” if “the prospects for the inclusion of these formulas in N. N. R. are good,” Henry R. Harrower sent the Council a booklet descriptive of his preparations and labels for the following mixtures:
Caps. Adreno-Spermin Comp., each said to contain “Adrenal Gland (total) gr. 1⁄4, Thyroid Gland (U. S. P.) gr. 1⁄12, Spermin Extr. (from Gonads), Brain and Spinal Cord aa gr. 1, Calc. Glycerophosphate q. s. ad gr. 5.”
Caps. Antero-Pituitary Comp., each said to contain “Anterior Pituitary Body gr. 2, Thymus Gland gr. 1, Thyroid Gland (U. S. P.) gr. 1⁄12, Calcium-phosphorus Comp. q. s. ad gr. 5.”