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Published monthly In the Interest of the Alumni Association of the College 

 of Pharmacy of the City of New York. 

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CHAS. A. L0T2, Ph.G., Editor CURT. P. WIMMER, Phar D., Associate Editor 

 Vol. XVI. SEPTEMBER, 1909. No. 9. 



collaborators. 



Charles F. Chandler, A.M., Ph.D., etc. Anton Vorisek, Phar.D. 



Henry H. Kusby, M.D. William Mansfield, Phar.D. 



Virgil Coblentz, A.M., Phar.M., etc. Clinton B. Knapp, M.D. 



George C. Diekman, Ph.G., M.D. W. A. Bastedo, Ph.G., M.D. 



John Oehler, Ph.G. Frederick A. Leslie, Phar.D. 



William J. Gies, Ph.D. Charles W. Ballard, Ph. C. 



Carlton C. Curtis, Ph.D. Harry B. Ferguson, Phar.D. 



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THE STATE OF PHARMACY. 



A fact is a fact. New ones present themselves every moment, 

 and the Pharmacist is brought face to face with such every day, 

 as he grows wiser in his profession. Something is the matter with 

 the Pharmacist. What is it? 



Most Pharmacists are independent, bound to none except them- 

 selves. So should they be. Of course, they are bound by the fies 

 of society and their business. Business brings competition, fruit- 

 ful to none but the consumer, and wholesaler is against whole- 

 saler, retailer against retailer. The result is chaos. 



Can you wonder then that some organizing minds get together 

 to take advantage of the disorganization? Capital comes in, form- 

 ing centers, and the independents begin revolving about these. 

 Different centers coalesce, till finally a state having two sides 

 evolves, the organized, intelligent, and powerful body, as against 

 the weak, disjointed and bewildered others. 



Pharmacy is a profession primarily, a business secondarily. 

 .A.S a profession, it should be in the hands of professionals. Each 

 store should be owned by a registered man who would then be 



