Boston Mackerel

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The Percomorph Fishes No. 7 of a series BOSTON MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus) Order:Percomorphi Sub-order: Rhegnopteri Series: Scombriformes Family: Scombridae Upon the abundance of mackerel (Scomber scombrus) depends the economic welfare of many American citizens on both sides of the continent. On the Atlantic Coast, Scom- ber scombrus is found; on the Pacific Coast the common mackerel is scientifically termed Pneumatophorus diego, which is closely related to the Japanese mackerel, Scomber japonicus. About 400,000 barrels of mackerel are salted by the Massa- chusetts fleet, annually, while on the Pacific Coast the eggs. The eggs are buoyant, due to the presence in majority of the catch is canned. Schools of mackerel, each of a smalldroplet of oil.For food the mackerel sub- estimated to contain a million barrels, have been re sists largely on planktonic and pelagic organisms of all ported. Its habit of traveling in schools anakes it a kinds. Adult mackerel average about a foot in length prey to many fish. It is very prolific, however, for and a pound in weight, although reports give a maxi- one female of medium size produces some 450,000 mum weight of 372 pounds and length of 20 inches.

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OL AVVES O DE NO EEVANSVILLE INO. RANKL DEAR DOCTOR: Scomber scombrus is one of the percomorph fishes the liver oil of which is a constituent of Mead's Oleum Percomorphum. 1. This product has 100 times the vitamins A and D strength of the U. S. P. minimum standard for cod liver oil. 2. It is clinically effective. 3. It contains natu- ral vitamins A and D only. 4. The dosage is in drops. 5. The cost to your patient is low. 6. It is advertised only to the medical profession. Mead's Oleum Percomorphum is used for the pre- vention and cure of rickets, and for the treatment of tetany and osteomalacia. It contains 8,500 U.S. P. units of vitamin D, and 60,000 U. S. P. units of vi- tamin A per gram. Dosage and clinical data sent only to physicians on request. J. S. Sturtevant, M. D., 37 Weld St., Dixfield, Maine. MEAD JOHNSON & COMPANY Evansville, Ind., U. S. A. For your patients' convenience, please request your druggist to stock Mead's Oleum Percomorphum, 10 cc. and 50 cc. bottles; also 10-drop capsules in boxes of 25 and 100. New price reduction, Sept. 1, 1936. Additional copies of this card, without printing on this side, are available to physicians on request.