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him down fifty of somebody's "Digestive Tablets." 

 That sort of thing is positively not fair and square, 

 and it is hurting medical practice in your town. 



Now tablets have a perfectly proper range both 

 in dispensing and prescribing. If you figure out 

 how often you would prescribe tablets, or alka- 

 loidal granules, or filled capsules, you will know 

 just how often you should dispense them,; and if 

 you note how often you write for tinctures and 

 fluidextracts, you will be able to determine very 

 accurately how often you should dispense them in 

 your office, if you dispense at all. The argument 

 of "convenience" is no argument at all in the face 

 of disease and human need. 



It is no harder to dispense tinctures and fluid- 

 extracts in your office than to dispense potassium 

 iodide and other bulk drugs, once you are prepared 

 to do so. 



With my work as a writer, editor, and prac- 

 titioner, one side of my office is fitted with desk, 

 books, and typewriter, and the other with drugs, 

 appliances, and dressings. Half of the drugs on 

 my case are liquids; and yet, for all that and in my 

 office, I write for more than I dispense, as many 

 preparations are bulky, some should be freshly 

 made, and the compounding of many forms re- 

 quires considerable time. 



The especial point I wish to make is that there 

 are few obstacles in the way of the physician dis- 

 pensing liquid botanic medicaments if he simply 

 arranges for a convenient supply of the drugs, 

 bottles, corks, diluents, flavoring agents, etc. The 

 results in actual practice I can assure you are highly 

 gratifying. 



