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knowledge of the use of test tubes, 

 burettes and reagents can make good 

 use of them, is best fit to pursue the 

 work and to advance with it. 



The chemistry he is taught in the col- 

 lege of pharmacy should be of great help 

 to him. Most of the colleges give him 

 the necessary training by teaching chem- 

 ical and microscopical examination of 

 urine, milk, etc. Some also have a fair 

 course in bacteriology. 



But, to become fully able to handle 

 rdl the work expected of a first class 

 clinical laboratory, the pharmacist would 

 have to broaden the scope of his knowl- 

 edge by taking special courses in clinical 

 pathology and bacteriology. There is no 

 reason whatsoever why every pharma- 

 cist should not begin to work with urine 

 analysis, which constitutes fully 90 per 

 cent, of the work in the average labora- 

 tory. He can creditably perform the 

 examination of urine with the utensils 

 and reagents that should be found in a 

 properly equipped pharmacy, with but 

 a small addition of a few apparatus and 

 chemicals specially employed in urinary 

 work, which would necessitate a trifling 

 outlay of money. The only relatively 

 expensive item is the microscope, but 

 the investment would show good returns 

 in a very short time. 



Beginning with urine analysis, by con- 

 stant application and with the aid of 

 literature on the various subjects, one 

 becomes interested in the work, acquires 

 experience and technical knowledge and 

 can gradually take up the examinations 

 of blood, sputum, smears, cultures, gas- 

 tric contents, milk and so on. Nearly 

 all the work, with the exception of com- 

 plement fixation tests and autogenous 

 vaccines, could be mastered in a reason- 



ably short time and carried out success- 

 fully in the drug store. 



It is to be expected also that oui 

 schools of pharmacy will eventually re- 

 alize the situation and. governed by the 

 law of supply and demand, will include 

 in their curricula full courses in clinical 

 pathology and bacteriology. 



The manner in which the work can 

 be carried on and developed depends 

 largely upon location, environments and 

 the ability of the pharmacist. Some may 

 use it as an adjunct to their prescription 

 department, others, especially in the 

 large cities, may make a specialty of it. 

 Whichever course is followed, the re- 

 sults will always be gratifying. 



It is needless to enlarge upon the 

 moral efifect that this line of work will 

 have in raising the professional standin'j 

 of the pharmacist, both in the eyes of 

 the public and in the estimation of the 

 physician. He will be looked upon by 

 the public as a scientific man, when 

 called upon to make a puncture in a 

 finger for a drop of blood to be ex- 

 amined ; he is certainly not considered 

 so when he hands out a package of 

 razor blades or a glass of ice cream 

 soda. As to the physician, he will cer- 

 tainly be more than pleased to learn thai 

 the pharmacist has entered that field of 

 work. He will hail the new order of 

 things with delight and satisfaction, 

 when he will be able to send to the drug 

 store in the evening a throat culture and 

 ascertain early next morning by tele- 

 phone whether it is a case of diphtheria 

 or not. At times some clinical data are 

 wanted while the patient is undergoing 

 an examination, and what will be more 

 gratifying to the physician than to know 

 that the pharmacist downstairs can be 



