YADIL.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 211, 5 September 1924, Page 6

YADIL.

MUCK ADVERTISED SPEOfr. CHALLENGED. CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOBS INVESTIGATE. Tlie patent remedy sold ua(fc name of "Yadil" has recently bee, !• subject of investigation by J. .tope, senior rroiessor'of ChemS? in the University of Professor W. K. Dixon, JIX li"? jF.R.S., reader in Pharmacol •same university; and the "Dafl T ,on July 22 and 23 publishes the 2* of these authorities at great length. Prof. Pope's Report Professor Pope states that "V,*, antiseptic" consists of: ~.. "" Abou-o one per cent of tile chefel compound formaldehyde," About four per cent of glvceVine About ninety-live per cent of \nL And, lastly, a smell. • Professor Pope goes on to state- ' "The proportion of substance *v> constitutes the smell is so ematt'tw? cannot be determined chcmicalh^β? out using immense quantities O f expensive fluid. "* The smell can he closely imitatai i adding one part in fouf . nuTliom i weight of essential oil of carlit «m '' part in two hundred thousand bvitria* jof essential oil of mustard. . ' .' I Both the essential oils of garlfc lml iof mustard have been used in mt&A. although not with such resulir'' entitle them to rank as definite.^ itive agents; but when they have hm • prescribed the quantities indicated faT been enormously greater than those a tamed in a dose of YadiL N o exists for supposing that they sn , any function in Yadil other than & production of an unpleasant taatejui smell; the prescribed dose, oneteajpoot ful, of a medicamejit contaimoj „." ounce of oil of garlic to onThSrirri tons, can hardly owe therapeutic effi ciency to its content of this malofeoia ingredient *M We may now turn to tie maii ton. stituents of YadiL The ninety-greptr cent of water present probably eierteio curative or deleterious action; the four per cent of glycerine is also-deVoid-ot notable physiological effect in the tputity contained in a dose. But foimld* hyde is an active poieon, and its new a preservative of milk is conseqwnth;

prohibited in all countries which live legislation ou the subject, although tin amount needed to serve as a pr__>rt_. tive is vastly less than one per cent A grave responsibility (says, Sir Wl Ham Pope) is incurred by the inuofuturers of a secret remedy for internal use containing one per cent of fornul. dehyde.. especially when the comprdan- . sive advertisement literature iaelide. instructions for the use of the prodne: in "sterilising water and.'foodstuffs generally," and reconiniends tiit ___• dren under twelve months of ageehoiiH receive three or four . doses daily o! i diluted formaldehyde. The'»advertisement headed '"Yadil Conquers Di-ease," which says that "Yadil antiseptic a given to babies even within a lew houri of birth — a. striking proof "of Jts Jarm-lessness,''._B-in distinct.con.radjetioa. in the well-considered delerini-iatitfn'- o( most legislative bodies that ;fon____. Hyde shall not.be introduced into.foodStuffs." ' ■ .;■■ •-- J_r .-.-. _J

Professor Dixon's Condemnatioß. • : Profe«_or Dixon deals with tfre matter at some length, "as a medical mm -*i has spent his life in estimating, and investigating the value and action pi mt remedies." .He Bays in part:—"lf the •" proprieton of Yadil possess any qualifications for treating disease they have' successful!.* hidden them. Their claims .fo. rare disease are cruel and' heartless falsehoods. The drugs present in Yadil a~ worthless as a cure for tuberculous «d other diseases, and a. ruthless exposure to the public is necessary. "Formaldehyde, which is the'task of Yadil, is irritant and poisonous. Further, when taken internally it is .cumulative; that is, it combines with the W. r tissues and tends to become stored i» the l>ody, but the proprietors or ; Y«W recommend it for invalids and plnltaThat Yadil, like formaldehjd>, - poisonous is easy to show. Yadil sb* delays digestion in both gastric and p* creatic mixtures. .For some youra ™ public has been complaining of '6«* preservatives, and yet .Mr. Clemen' * vocates Yadil as a preservative forfflilfc It is to mc the quintessence of cr? e "T I'to permit statements to b'e.broidcut over the country that have .led thousands to. believe that a worthless ri~> .edy for tuberculosis holds out to'.tM" the hope of life."

An Action Pending. Clement and Johnson instituted « action for libel against the "Daily lU« and Sir William Pope in connection Jith the publication of these and; fon statements about their preparation. ■» the long vacation was due the UPP"" lants approached the courts to grant M interim injunction to prohibit any Wther publication pending the hearing « the case for libel. Mr. Justice Rode. m chambers, could not see his w»y to grant the injunction, _ut'_g»" permission to apply to the ccra" of appeal where Lord Jo 8" Bankes, Scrutton and Sargent mm the application for leave to serve won notice of appeal. The judges decimal to expedite the hearing of the appe^