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EDITORIAL. 
List  of  the  Contributors  to  the  Building  Fund  for  the  New  Hall  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  ( Continued  from  Page  88,  of  this 
volume). 
A.  H.  Wirz, 
$  25 
00 
A.  C.Merritt, 
10  00 
D.  Jamison,  Jr., 
10 
00 
Jos.  B.  Shropshire, 
5  00 
P.  J.  Hassard, 
50 
00 
Nelson  Shropshire, 
5  00 
John  W.  Biddle, 
25 
00 
A.  Roidot. 
15  00 
Geo.  M.  Fried, 
10 
00 
Gilbert  Royal  &  Co., 
50  00 
Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co., 
100 
00 
C.  Collin  Hughes, 
10  00 
J ohn  Lucas  &  Co., 
50 
00 
G.  W.  Yaughan, 
10  00 
J.  Thornton  Weaver, 
10 
00 
H.  B.  Taylor, 
10  00 
W.  J.  Jenks, 
50 
00 
Wright  &  Siddall, 
10 
00 
$  535  00 
William  C.  Bakes, 
10 
00 
Previously, 
7487  50 
Crawford  &  Fobes, 
10 
00 
Chas.  A.  Heinitsh, 
10 
00 
Total  contributions, 
$8022  50 
Elliott,  White  &  Co., 
50 
00 
(g^itonal  Department 
Legislation  for  Pharmacy  in  Pennsylvania. — The  Press  newspaper 
of  Philadelphia,  of  Feb.  3d,  contained  an  article  speaking  in  highly  dis- 
respectful terms  of  the  drug  trade  of  Philadelphia  for  an  alleged  use  of 
their  inflaence  in  defeating  a  bill  before  the  legislature  on  the  subject  of 
drug  inspection,  in  which  the  editor  says  : 
"The  medical  men  of  the  City,  (Philada.)  seconded  by  the  profession 
everywhere,  besought  the  legislature  to  take  such  steps  as  would  lead  to 
the  sale  of  only  pure  drugs." 
Then  follow  the  reasons  why  the  law  is  required,  giving  an  account  of 
the  practices  alleged  to  be  common  in  the  adulteration  of  drugs  and 
their  effects  on  medical  practice. 
"  The  memorial  closes  by  proposing  a  bill  which  provides  penalties 
against  adulterations  and  authorizes  the  appointment  of  an  inspector  of 
drugs  similar  to  those  of  flour,  whiskey,  etc."  But  who  was  to  have  a 
large  salary  and  extraordinary  powers. 
"  This  action  on  the  part  of  the  physicians,  who  really  are  the  only 
ones  who  know  the  extent  of  the  iniquitous  practices  they  sought  to 
provide  against,  aroused  unwonted  indignation  among  our  druggists,  and 
a  bevy  of  the  more  irate  armed  with  caustic  (unadulterated  this  time) 
set  off  for  the  seat  of  war  at  the  capital.  Their  medicines  operated  with 
Instantaneous  and  powerful  effect.  The  legislators  were  physicked  out  of 
their  propriety,  and  the  drug  men  returned  home  in  triumph  to  sell  with- 
out inspection  what  they  pleased." 
Now  this  last  paragraph  is  an  absolute  myth — there  is  no  truth  in  it ; 
the  druggists  and  pharmaceutists  of  Philadelphia  were  taken  by  surprise. 
