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PROGRESS  IN  PHARMACY. 
A  QUARTERLY  REVIEW  OF  SOME  OF  THE  MORE    INTERESTING  LITERA- 
TURE RELATING  TO  PHARMACY. 
BY  M.  I.  WlLBERT, 
Apothecary  at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 
The  Food  and  Drugs  Act  continues  to  be  a  favorite  subject  for 
discussion  in  pharmaceutical  journals.  From  the  evidence  now  at 
hand  there  are  not  lacking  dealers,  and  even  manufacturers,  who, 
having  discovered  that  this  law  is  actually  to  be  enforced,  are 
anxious  to  have  a  number  of  the  regulations  abrogated  or  amended. 
The  evidently  inspired  attacks  that  are  being  made  in  the  columns 
of  medical,  pharmaceutical  and  confectioners'  or  food  journals,  on 
the  individuals  who  have  been  entrusted  with  the  enforcement  of  the 
Federal  law,  may  rightfully  be  considered  as  being  indicative  of  the 
far-reaching  influences  of  this  law. 
Pure  Drug  Bill  in  New  York. — The  Whitney  Bill,  introduced  at 
the  request  of  the  druggists  of  New  York  State,  has  been  passed  by 
both  branches  of  the  State  Legislature. 
This  bill  places  the  enforcement  of  the  act  entirely  in  the  hands 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  though  it  does  not  in  any  way 
abrogate  the  present  power  or  privileges  of  the  State  or  local  boards 
of  health. 
Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law  in  Kentucky. — A  pure  food  and  drug 
law  recently  enacted  in  Kentucky  is  based  on  the  Federal  law,  but 
contains  a  number  of  clauses  that  are  original  or  distinctive. 
Among  other  rather  interesting  features,  a  drug  will  also  be 
deemed  adulterated  "  if  one  article  is  substituted  for  a  different 
article,  or  if  a  greater  or  less  quantity  of  any  ingredient  specified  in 
the  prescription  is  used." 
Another  clause  provides  that  "  no  prescription  shall  be  knowingly 
refilled  except  for  the  person  for  whom  it  was  written." 
The  sections  regarding  drugs  are  to  take  effect  on  January  1, 
1908.    {Jour.  A.M.A.,  March  21,  1908,  page  985.) 
An  Important  Precedent. — The  first  suit  that  has  been  brought 
under  the  provisions  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  has  been  decided  in 
favor  of  the  Government.  This  case,  popularly  known  as  the  Harper 
case,  establishes  the  precedent  that  a  name  like  "  Cuforhedake  Brane 
Fude  "  constitutes  a  violation  of  the  misbranding  clause  of  the  Food 
