ROUGH DRAFT OF A PROPOSED LAW TO PREVENT THE ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND MEDICINE, AND TO CREATE A STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, WITH EXPLANATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

OF THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF THE LAW

Reprinted from

“ The Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of

New York,” for 1879

NOTES IN REPLF TO, CRITICISMS EY THE. PRESS.

THE BRITISH “SALES OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT OF 1875