Volume 2

Report from the Select Committee on Patent Medicines : together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendices.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Patent Medicines.

Date:: 1914

Credit: Report from the Select Committee on Patent Medicines : together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendices. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Report, 1912—continued. Attorney-General.—Director of Public Prosecutions acts under, in ordinary circumstances but discretion rests with Director, Stephenson 1044, 1239 v. Lamplough, Highmore 14-15, Kirby 4812-21. | Aural diseases and remedies for.—Advertisements appear in better class papers than those which publish good many questionable advertisements, Yearsley 4090———Advertisements, number, Yearsley 4085, 4086——Appliances, may be useful, and electrophones and telephones aids to hearing and left out of question, Yearsley 4118. Artiticial drums: Comparison of price as sold by quacks and by well-known instrument makers, Yearsley 4084——Dangerous, and condemned by British Medical Association’s meeting in Edinburgh, 1887, Yearsley 4119—-—Harm done by, and instances, Yearsley 4084——\ Made by instrument makers rarely used but in special cases and under careful supervision, Yearsley 4153-4_—Pattern bad, Yearsley 4084, 4121-8, 4153-4. Claim to new discovery and £500 reward offered if fails to cure any case, Yearsley 4085-9—— Cure of all forms of deafness without operation by means of drugs and appliances promised und instances, Yearsley 4084, 4091, 4149-52——Cures guaranteed or money returned, and repeated applications without results, Paternoster 5394-6——Deaf quacks, and instances of, Paternoster 5389-98—— Existing law not applied, but should be enforced, Yearsley 4129-42 ——Harm done by quack remedies partly negative and partly positive, Yearsley 4084, 4141 ——Impossibility of prescribing one remedy for all cases, Yearsley 4155-6——Ingredients should be stated on labels, Yearsley 4112—Large sums spent by people, Yearsley 4084, 4091 ——Letter read showing class of people taken in by advertisements, Paternoster 5400-2—— Origin and training of quacks, question of, Yewrsley 4099-101 Quacks disappear and come up under other name with same old remedies, and question re prohibition of aliases, Yearsley 4084, 4087-9, 4096, 4104-11——Reputation worked up by advertisement, Yearsley 4096-7 ——Thriving trade, Yearsley 4096-7——Sale of appliances should be prohibited unless ordered by surgeon, Yeursley 4121-8——Self-diagnosis, and danger of, Yearsley 4084, 4143-4, 4148-52 4157——no Suggestions on subject of legislation, but considered a widespread and grave evil Yearsley 4093-5——Treatment by correspondence question, Yearsley 4084, 4113-16—— Vibrators.—harm done by, Yearsley 4084. Awral Medication Institute—Cure of all forms of deafness without operation by means of drugs claimed, Yearsley 4084. Australia.—Adoption in England of law similar to, not objected to, Woodward 9718-22, 9763—— Advertisements, laws in different States dealing with, Norris 13980-6, 18996-14002, 14014-23 ——Australian Medical Association, Norris 13805—-—Beale’s Report, omission of passages from, as of libellous nature, Neal 859-61, 1017; not purchasable, Veal 1018-20——Bills to amend the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act, 1905, Introduced as consequence of Mr. Beale’s report, but failed to pass into law, Neal 863-5, 885, 970,976, 995-1002, Norris 18948-54 British Medical Association, Norris 18805—-— Chief Medical Officer for Commonwealth in London, see Norris, Dr. W. Perrin, 13772-14218——-Commerce (Trade Description) Act, provisions, Veal 816-20, 824, 826-40, 938-9, 971-3, 1040-2, App. 2, Norris 13779-80, 18783-9, 13849, 14123-31. Commonwealth: Reasons leading to restrictive action regarding sale and advertisement of patent medicines, Norris 13776-7 Royal Commissioner appointed by, to enquire into matters concerning patent and proprietary medicines. drugs, medicinal preparations, toilet articles, food and drinks, but no law passed as result, Nenl 855-63, 995-1002—— Witness on behalf of, see Neal, Harry Ernest, 811-1042. Customs Act, provisions, Neal 853, Norris 13781-2, 14129-31, 14177-9, 14139, 14200. Department of Public Health: in Every State, Neal 967-9——would Initiate actions re patent medicines, Vea! 911, 969. Director of Quarantine: Censorship similar to that exercised by, necessary to control statements on labels and advertisements, MacFadden p. 716——Comptroller-General of Customs guided by re patent medicines, Neal 841, 927-9, 992-4—see Norris, Dr. W. Perrin, 18772-14213. no General Medical Council, but Government registration, Norris 13806——Growth in trade in secret remedies, Norris 13939-40. Home Manufactured Medicines—no Bar to manufacture of indecent or obscene works or articles although forbidden entry by Customs, Neal 854, 894, 908, 1032-5 Commonwealth law has no jurisdiction over patent medicine manufacture, V eal 936-7——Entirely unforeseen and unexpected development of Commerce Act, Norris 14004-7——Exportation of, very little, Neal 934-5 Growth in volume, Norris 138991——Legislation, Norris 13835-9— Increasing trade, Norris 13835——Manufactures of abortifacients and female remedies, question of, Norris 14008-13——Movement towards legislation, Norris 13989-92——in Preferential position, and not affected by Commerce Act, Norris 138854, 13827-34, 13840-5, 14027-33, 14060-1, 14004-7--—Question whether regulations re imports has encouraged, Neal 931-2, 943-7—Uniformity of restrictions with these on imported medicines desirable, Novis 14060-6. . Imported medicines: Acetanilide may not enter into any imported medicine without being declared on label, Harrison 2944-5, 2962-4, Lawson 10951——Active medicinal substances required to be declared, Norris 13955-8——Aggrieved parties invited to submit prepar- ations, etc., with accompanying printed matter to an indepencent and approved competent public authority, and if opinion adverse to opinion of Department matter re-opened, Norris 0.68 B 2 13813-22,$