Frosst’s Blaud Capsules and Frosst’s Blaud, Arsenic and Strychnine Capsules were submitted to the Council by C. E. Frosst & Co., Montreal, Canada. This firm claims, on the authority of the report of a firm of analytical chemists, that:
“... of three leading Blaud preparations bought by us on the open market, the iron in Frosst’s Blaud Capsules showed the highest percentage of Ferrous carbonate.”
The Chemical Laboratory of the American Medical Association found this claim unjustified. The laboratory reported that there was no especial difference in the ferrous iron content of the various Blaud pills found on the market, and that among ten specimens examined, the total iron content was the lowest in the Frosst specimen. In view of this the Council refused recognition to Frosst’s Blaud Capsules and Frosst’s Blaud, Arsenic and Strychnine Capsules.—(From Reports of Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, 1915, p. 164.)
TYREE’S ELIXIR OF BUCHU AND HYOSCYAMUS COMPOUND
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
Each dessertspoonful of this preparation is said to represent
Buchu Leaves | 31⁄2 | grains |
Uva Ursi | 11⁄8 | grains |
Pareira Brava | 11⁄8 | grains |
Hyoscyamus | 11⁄2 | grains |
Hops | 11⁄2 | grains |
Acetate Potash | 71⁄2 | grains |
Spirits Nitre | 5 | grains |
Alcohol5 per cent. (by volume)” | ||
The manufacturer, J. S. Tyree, Washington, D. C., offers this formula to the medical profession with the following claim: