HEALTH NOTICE R Warning against the use of Witch Hazel. ECENT investigation has disclosed an alarming condition of affairs existing in this widley known family remedy. It has been proven couclusively that unscrupulous manufacturers have been selling Witch Hazel not only below the recognised standard of strength, but which is adulterated with WOOD ALCOHOL (poison), FORMALDEHYDE (poison) or both. These conditions prevail throughout the United States and are especially alarming on the Pacific Coast. Of thirty-three samples of Witch Hazel bought of retail druggists and department stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma, Spokane and Seattie, twentyseven were adulterated with WOOD ALCOHOL (poison), FORMALDEHYDE (poison) or both. The sure way to avoid the danger incurred in using these poisonous witch hazels is to use the only standard extract of Hamamelis (witch hazel), sold only in original packages as bottled by the manufacturer. 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