Souvenir B.M.A. meeting Cardiff 1928.

  • Burroughs Wellcome and Company.
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Souvenir B.M.A. meeting Cardiff 1928. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Burroughs Wellcome & Co., is while, crystalline, stable and more soluble than the phosphate. Preparation 'Wellcome' brand Ergotoxine Ethanesulphonate (Trade Mark) Tubes ^q.j gramme B. W. & Co.] 'Infundin' is the Burroughs Wellcome Co. preparation of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It claims pre- eminence because its dominating characteristic has always been a high and unfluctuating degree of activity. As with other preparations of animal substances, there have been w ide variations in therapeutic effect between different pharma- ceutical products of the pituitary gland, and Reliable even between different hatches of the same pituitary extract preparation. Before issue each batch of 'Infundin' has always been submitted to physiological tests of exceptional stringency ; any batch failing to pass these tests is destroyed. Tests carried out in the United States Government Hygienic Laboratory on seven varieties of pituitary extract established the superiority of 'Infundin.'* Reports of its use in practice show that 'Infundin' has been found to maintain its potency for over ten years in spite of the fact that it is absolutely free from preservatives of any kind. 'Infundin' may be employed generally for its action on the uterus in all post-partum conditions for which ergot is used. It is also of great value in cases of shock and collapse, because of the protracted rise in blood-pressure produced. Preparations 'Hypoloid' brand ' Infundin ' ™l Pituitary (Posterior (Trade Mark) Lobe) Extract (Original Strength, 10 Inter- national Units per c.c.) B. W. & Co.] H erjiietically-sealed containers of 0-5 c.c. and 1 c.c, in boxes of 6 'Hypoloid' brand 'Infundin'™ Pituitary (Posterior (Trade Mark) Lobe) Extract (5 International Units per c.c.) [» B. W. & Co.] Hermetically-sealea containers of 0-5 c.c. and 1 c.c, in boxes of 6 NOTE.—' Infundin' (Original StrengtJi) is always supplied unless the lower potency is specified. * Hygienic Laboratory, U.S. Public Health Service Bulletin No. 115