BOARDS OF PHARMACY. New Hampshire Commission of Pharmacy.-At the fourth quarterly meeting, held July 27, the following candidates were successful: Ira S. Jackman, Franklin; Herbert A. Blaesdell, Somersworth. -[GEO. F. UNDERHILL, Concord, Secretary. The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy held a meeting at El Reno, July 12. Twenty-four candidates took the examination, of whom the following were successful: Chas. F. Adams, Sabetha, Kan.; J. C. Burton, Stroud, Okla.; E. E. Cristie, Cleo, Okla.; Lee H. Golden, Perry, Okla.; H. Glenn Hooper, Yukon, Okla.; J. R. H. Hannah, Arlington, Okla.; George Hardenbrook, Arapahoe, Okla.; J. Mooney, Moral, Okla.; E. F. Rockwood, Pawnee, Okla.; W. J. Smith, Cloud Chief, Okla.; H. W. Shaffer, Ponca City, Okla. The next regular meeting of the board will be at Oklahoma City, October 12. Candidates who failed on first trial can take the next examination free. The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy met at Minneapolis, July 19. The class numbered fifty-one, and the following were granted certificates as pharmacists: Leon V. Helk, Minneapolis; Benjamin E. Jones, Bert W. Payne, St. Paul; Edward R. Dodds, St. Cloud; Frank M. Hickman, Worthington; Leonard H. Olds, Wells; Charles O. Peterson, Alexandria; Frank H Poetz, St. Peter; Harold A Tonneson, Lowry. The following were granted certificates as assistant pharmacists: Charles H. Orth, George S. Burch, Arthur S. Greenwood, Wm. H. Johnson, Evan M. Jones, Edward L. Loomis, Martin A. Lillies, John E. MacCarthy, George P. Norgren, Fred M. Tilford, Edward Lansing, Jr., Charles A. Danielson, Howard L. Gibbs, William F. Tullar. The South Dakota Board of Pharmacy held its fourth quarterly meeting for examination of candidates at Mitchell, July 20. There was a class of eleven. The following gentlemen received licentiate certificates: Fred L. Shelby, of Arlington, on his recent Minnesota examination with a rating of 91%. By examination-George F. Swartz, Parkston; Edwin L. Haswell, Mellette; Sidney Creoser, Britton; Josiah Wagner, Frankfort; A. H. Harris, Ph. G., Parker; O. S. Close, Parker; Emery T. Erb, Hermosa, Black Hills; Geo. G. Nelson, Brookings. Assistant-Louis Knudson, Canton. Meetings were held at the Dix House, which provided every convenience for the work of the board and class.-[E. C. BENT, Secretary. The California Board of Pharmacy met at the College of Pharmacy, 113 Fulton street, San Francisco, July 13 to 16. Present: Messrs. W. M. Searby, S. L. Waller and C. A. Seifert, of San Francisco; E. A. Baer, of Bakersfield; S. Oberdeener, of Santa Clara, and A. G. Orena, of Los Angeles. Mr. Sale, of Los Angeles, was absent. Messrs. E. C. Whiting, T. Allen, H. E. Turpin, W. R. Monroe, A. J. Dibert, C. D. Hakes, C. R. McNulty and Nora B. Curtis were registered as graduates in pharmacy. Messrs. Andrew D. Fretz and Wallace M. Hefton passed a satisfactory examination and were registered as licentiates. Paul Herbing was registered as licentiate on diploma. The following were registered as assistants: A. Leavell, E. A. Cockburn, A. Spiro, W. A. Madden, Kate R. Chaigneau, L. Welti, C. Evers, D. R. Terwilliger and L. C. Jacobs. It was resolved to vigorously apply the law to all who are carrying on business as pharmacists in an illegal manner. The Next Meeting of the board will be held at Los Angeles, October 5, and at San Francisco, October 12. - [JOHN CALVERT, Secretary. New York Board of Pharmacy. - Ninety-seven candidates appeared before the board for examination recently and of this number thirty-one were passed and sixty-six were rejected. Of the successful candidates twenty-six were licensed as pharmacists and five as assistant pharmacists. The licensed pharmacists are: William B. Bunker, Albany. W. A. Minor, M. D., Bloomville. Walter D. Webster, Binghamton. The assistant pharmacists are: The Next Examination by this board will be held on September 2 at Albany, before A. B. Huested; at Plattsburgh, before J. Clitherow Smith; at Rochester, before C. H. Haskin; at Syracuse, before E. S. Dawson, Jr., and at Yonkers, before F. L. Norton. The South Carolina Board of Pharmacy held a meeting at Freundschafts Bund Hall, Charleston, S. C., July 20 and 21. Five (5) applicants presented themselves for examination, of whom the following were successful: Samuel Connor Hodges, of Greenwood, S. C.; David Bailey, of Georgetown, S. C.; Wm. B. Hoole, of Darlington, S. C. Licenses were also granted to the following graduates in pharmacy without examination on presentation of their diplomas: Mark D. Sullivan, of Pelzer, S. C., Maryland College of Pharmacy; Jack H. Young, of Clinton, S. C., Maryland College of Pharmacy; Ernest F. Slater, of Orangeburg, S. C., Buffalo College of Pharmacy; Walter M. Wannamaker, of Orangeburg. S. C., South Carolina College of Pharmacy; Hazard E. Reeves, of Orangeburg, S. C., Atlanta College of Pharmacy; M. S. Dantzler, of Ellwee, S. C., South Carolina College of Pharmacy; W. Hampton Champa, Charleston, S. C., South Carolina College of Pharmacy; F. H. Williams, of Charleston, S. C., South Carolina College of Pharmacy; Daniel Wayne, third, Charleston, S. C., South Carolina College of Pharmacy. Special licenses granted to the following physicians living in places under 300 inhabitants, on presentation of their diplomas: Benj. H. Carlton, of Donalds, S. C., Georgia Medical College; Ernest W. Pinson, of Cross Hill, S. C., Louisville Medical College. The next meeting of board will be held at Rock Hill, S. C., during the annual meeting of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, November 15 and 16.-[R. B. LORYEA, Manning, Secretary. WHERE YOU CAN ATTEND COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. NAME OF COLLEGE. Alabama Polytechnic.. Detroit College of Medicine Dept. of Pharmacy Iowa College of Pharmacy of Drake University Leonard School of Pharmacy... Maine University Dept. of Pharmacy. Medico-Chirurgical College Dpt. of Pharmacy Michigan University Dept. of Pharmacy. National College of Pharmacy. Northern Indiana School of Pharmacy. North Carolina University Dept. of Pharmacy St. Louis College of Pharmacy. South Carolina College of Pharmacy Scio College of Pharmacy... Tennessee University Dept. of Pharmacy LOCATION. Auburn.... Albany, N. Y Atlanta, Ga... 465 State street.. Kansas City, Mo... Lawrence, Kan Raleigh, N. C... Louisville, Ky. Orono... 107 Aisquith avenue Boston.. Sept. 14, '98 June 14, '99 Dr. Le Roy Brown. Oct. 3, '98 Mar. 14, '99 D. Van Aken, 222 Hamilton st. Sept. 19, 298 Apr. 7, '99 Joseph Feil, 79 Hough av. [erine sts. Sept. 28, '98 May 11, 199 C. C. Sherrard, St. Antoine & Cath- Sept. 30, '98 May 1, 99 Dr. F. J. Shadd, 901 R st., N. W. Oct. 10, 98 Apr. 7, 199 Dr. J. R. Moechel, 714 Wyandotte st. Oct. 1, '98 May 12, 199 !sts. '99 G. L. Curry, Dean, Preston & Market W. F. Jackson. Sept. 26, '98 May 19, 199 E. B. Fischer, 828 N. Washington st. Philadelphia, Pa... Oct. 3, 98 May 20, '99 C. E. Smith, Cherry, above 17th. Minneapolis. Canada.... Newark... New York City Knoxville, Tenn... New Orleans, La... Richmond, Va Nashville, Tenn. J. F. Sommerhoff, M. D. Sept. 26, '98 Apr. 15, '99 Thomas F. Main, 115 W. 68th street. Sept. 1, '98 June 17, '99 O. Oldberg, 2421 Dearborn st Aug. 11, '98 May 25, 199 B. S. Young. Sept. 15, 98 June 16, '99 Geo. B. Kauffman, Dean. Sept. 15, 98 Apr. 29, 299 I. T. Lewis, St. James Square. Sept. 14, 98 June 7, 199 A. L. Green. Oct. 1, 98 Apr. 14, 99 T. S. Wiegand. Sept. 26, '98 Mch. 20, '99 J. A. Koch, Bluff and Pride sts. Sept. 27, 198 June 25, '99 J. H. Beal. Sept. 15, '98 June 14, '99 Chas. W. Dabney. Oct. 20, 98 Apr. 19, 99 S. E. Chaille, P. O. Drawer 261. Pullman, Wash..... Sept. 22, '98 June 24, '99 George W. Watt. Some colleges falled to answer our requests for information. The COLLEGES OF PHARMACY. Cincinnati College of Pharmacy stands second to none in its teaching facilities and its equipment, and offers courses of graded instruction unsurpassed in thoroughness and completeness by any other institution. The Cincinnati College of Pharmacy further seeks to establish uniformity in degrees and at the same time place a proper value upon them. With this object in view, four degrees are conferred by this institution, viz.: Graduate in Pharmacy-Phar. G. Master of Pharmacy-Phar.M. The Hemlock Plant grows wild in many countries, but is strongest and most abundant in the active poisonous principle in Italy and Greece. It is a plant of exceedingly unpleasant odor and all parts are considered poisonous. This will explain why the above table is not complete. The above is the title page of a little book presented by the class of 1898 to its friends in and out of the profession. AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION A National Department of Health in our government will become a fact in the course of time. The A. Ph. A. at the 1897 meeting indorsed the movement, thus co-operating with the American Medical Association in this direction. The Commercial Section of the A. Ph. A. is still alive and may, for all we know, possess latent vitality sufficient for centuries to come. Records show quite conclusively that no great amount of vital energy has been exhausted during its past annual sessions. With a new chairman of a new kind we may confidently look for new developments, and at the Baltimore meeting all eyes will be turned upon Chairman Joseph Jacobs. His record in the past is such that his friends confidently expect something substantial in his programme. JOSEPH JACOBS. There Has Been Fun without limit, and we might say without qualification, in many of the sessions of the commercial department of the A. Ph. A. and one of the midnight deliberations of this section at the Chicago meeting closely resembled a political campaign demonstration, where more than one faction claimed the right of authority. Fortunately the stenographer was not able to keep up with the discussions and they have never been placed on record At Denver the section made another record, while at Montreal the transactions were less vigorous, but equally entertaining. Owing to the inspiring surroundings at Lake Minnetonka, or under some other unrecognized influence, the commercial section disposed of its work in a brief period of time and without any special demonstration worthy of the attention of a sensational newspaper. So there is no question about fun in the commercial feature of pharmacy as seen at the A. Ph. A. meeting, but ex-chairman Lewis C. Hopp in his address pointed out in his usually droll and characteristic manner that "the commercial side of pharmacy is not fun." Perhaps this is the reason why so little for the good of the trade feature of pharmacy has been accomplished by that section of the national association. Let us hope that the new chairman, Mr. Joseph Jacobs, will act upon the hint thrown out by his predecessor and see that the work is performed in a workmanshiplike manner, which may disappoint circus-loving visitors, but render profit unto the bread-and-butter side of the retail druggists' occupation. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT. BY W. W. KERR, SECRETARY ARKANSAS BOARD OF PHARMACY, RUSSELLVILLE. Motto. It is not numbers that win; it is grit. Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy will hold its next meeting in Little Rock on Wednesday, November 9, 1898. Arkansas Association of Pharmacists will convene in annual session at Hot Springs on the second Tuesday in May, 1899. Why am I not a Member of the A. Ph. A.— (Read before the Arkansas Association of Pharmacists, 1898, by W. W. Kerr). It Would be a Hard Matter to select a more difficult subject for a paper to be read before a pharmaceutical association than this one I have chosen. We often see papers on "why I belong to the A. Ph. A.," and I have even essayed that job myself on a few occasions, but that is plain sailing, for the reasons are so many and come to the mind so fast, that the greatest trouble is to cut the thing off before it gets too long; but now to take the opposite of the proposition and attempt to spread it out into an article for the delectation of wide awake, progressive, scientific pharmacists, such as I know the Arkansas Association is composed of, is a task from which I shrink, and if I had not put my hand to the plow, I should most assuredly turn back, and am almost persuaded to do so anyway, but for this once will allow brass to prevail, and "sink or swim, survive or perish," I plunge into the Rubicon. In the First Place, I am not a member of the A. Ph. A., because I am not a pharmacist; that is, if I understand what that word means. I don't want to be one, and I don't have to be one. The whole object of that association seems to be to elevate and advance pharmacy, a thing in which I am not interested. If they would turn their attention to devising plans by which I could outwit my neighbor across the street, and knock him off the Christmas tree, I might consider a proposition to join. Again, I do not Belong because all of those long papers which they read at their meetings are confined to the experiences of the big bugs in making the preparations which I use in my store. What have I got to do with that? I don't make anything; don't know how to make anything, and don't need to make anything as long as Huntem & Ketchem will sell them to me cheaper than I could make them if I knew how. It is true that some folks say that these people are not very reliable, and that their goods are made to sell and not to cure, but that is their business and not mine. It is my business to make money, and the way to do that is to buy the cheapest goods I can get and sell them for the most I can get for them. Another reason is that we never see anything in the proceedings of the A. Ph. A. about patent medicines, and patent medicines are my strongest hold. Take that branch of my business away and you can have the balance, and I will jine the army. If they would spend their time in fixing up some sort of way by which I could get these goods cheaper than my neighbor over the way, and so cut prices on them and hunch him off the track, I could see some sense in belonging to it; but instead of that, they seem more inclined towards adopting some way by which to stop all cutting of prices, and who wants to belong to an institution of that kind. Then Again, they spend half the time of their meetings talking about elevating the standard of pharmaceutical education and the status of drug clerks. Now any man with common horse sense knows that this is all bosh. What do we want with schools of pharmacy or clerks who know anything? Why if I should find out that my clerk knew anything about the business except to wrap up goods and sweep out, I would discharge him on the spot, for as certain as he found it out he would want to charge me for what he knew, and I don't pay folks for what they know, but for what they do. Then again, in their public palavers the burden of their talk is about what they call the "metric system." Well I don't know anything about what that is, and the very fact that I do not, satisfies my mind that it is no good, for I know that I know enough to keep my trace stretched, and that is all anybody can know about the drug business; and as to weighing and measuring, I have that down finer than anything, even than the metric system. I Have a Pair of Scales that I bought second-hand from a fellow who wanted $5.00 for it, but I beat him down to $3.50, and I made the weights myself out of bullets to suit myself. I do most of my measuring in bottles that I bought because they look like they hold four ounces but really only hold two and a half; now I would like for you to show me a system that can beat that; why, it beats anything and everybody, except me. No, if all my other reasons were knocked out, this would forever keep me out of the A. Ph. A. as you call it. But I Have Another Reason for not joining. They want $5.00 for privilege. It is true they give you a great big book which they say is worth more than twice that sum, but I don't see it. The patent medicine almanacs furnish me with all the literature I need in my business, and I will simply save that $5.00 and bet it on a baseball game, while my boy stays at the store and makes another one. I Could go on and give you other reasons for not joining this organization, but if you are not convinced by what I have said, you are not convincible; and I will leave the subject with you by simply asking you one simple question: Why are you not members of the American Pharmaceutical Association? Milk From a Sow, blood from a weasel, a pregnant ass, seven drops of blood from the tail of a cat, or blood from a recently-executed criminal, are all remedies for epilepsy. Melt the lard and wax by heating with steam heat to eliminate water; add the liquid benzoin, and stir until cold." The objects gained by this process are getting rid of the impurities usually found in benzoin, the ether only dissolving out the pure gum, and a more thorough and perfect incorporation of the benzoin with the lard. The direction to heat to eliminate water, when dehydrated lard is prescribed, seems to be superfluous. The castor oil is added to maintain the fluidity of the benzoin, and the amount to be added is determined by the quantity of impurities found in the sample. The official directions to add five per cent of white wax or more, if the benzoinated lard is to be used in warm weather, should be inserted in the formula itself, as it is not too much in winter, and is a necessity in summer. Wood Alcohol.-Wood alcohol should be introduced in view of the number of cases in which it might be used in pharmacy in place of ethyl alcohol. Only the deodorized spirit should be official. Aqua Chlori-A process for making this preparation extemporaneously by generating the chlorine from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid should be inserted as an alternative formula, in view of the fact that it should really be made as required, on account of its uncertain strength when kept for any length of time. The following language in the directions for the preservation of chlorine water is bad. "Finally pour the chlorine water into small, dark, amber colored bottles, which should be completely filled therewith, and keep them in a dark and cool place," should read “and kept in a dark, cool place." Aqua Destillata.-The suggestion by some writer in the Druggists Circular to sterilize the condenser of the still by passing hot steam through it for some time before cooling, is a good one and should be made a part of the official requirement. It has always been followed by the writer and insisted upon. Aqua Hydrogenii Dioxidi.-Why is the word "solution" used in the English translation of this title and also in the synonym, when it is not used in any of the other waters, and is supposed to be the rendering for the liquors? It should be "hydrogen dioxide water." Aqua Rosa Fortior.-The direction to keep in well stoppered bottles is wrong. It should be kept in bottles stoppered with absorbent cotton or notched corks. [To be Continued.] |