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(4)  The  nature  and  quality  of  the  goods  that  are  allowed  to  be 
carried  as  a  side  line. 
(5)  The  ability,  training  and  achievements  of  the  proprietor  or 
manager. 
The  practical  application  of  the  scheme  could  be  made  simple 
enough.  A  pharmacist  who  wishes  to  have  the  endorsement  of 
the  local  medical  society  would  obligate  himself  to  conduct  his 
pharmacy  strictly  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  his 
local  society,  which  in  turn  would  be  subject  to  change  and 
strictly  in  keeping  with  the  ideas  and  ideals  of  the  members  of 
the  society.  The  pharmacist  would  be  subject  to  periodical  inspec- 
tions by  a  special  committee,  appointed  for  this  purpose,  and  would 
also  be  subject  to  complaints  for  any  violations  of  the  stated  require, 
ments  by  any  one  of  the  members  of  the  society. 
The  requirements  made  by  the  local  societies  might  be  controlled, 
in  a  general  way,  by  the  state  or  national  associations  so  that  there 
could  be  absolutely  no  cause  for  any  suspicion  of  favoritism.  A 
proposition  of  this  kind,  put  into  operation,  would  assure  for  the 
pharmacist  who  is  anxious  and  willing  to  do  conscientious  work,  the 
endorsement  and  encouragement  of  the  better  class  of  physicians  of 
his  city  or  town. 
It  would  ensure  for  the  physician  a  source  of  supplies  that  is 
absolutely  under  his  control,  at  least  so  far  as  the  excellence  or  the 
quality  of  the  various  drugs  and  preparations  is  concerned,  and 
would  at  the  same  time  relieve  him  of  any  suspicion  of  being  inter- 
ested in  the  shop  of  any  one  apothecary ;  for  he  would  have  several 
to  choose  from  whose  honesty  and  ability  are  subject  to  his  censure 
or  control.  For  the  public  such  an  arrangement  would  be  of  inesti- 
mable value  in  that  it  would  make  a  distinction  between  the  efforts 
of  the  honest,  earnest  and  able  man  who  is  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy 
with  a  view  of  improving  or  increasing  the  sum  total  of  human 
knowledge,  as  being  distinctly  above  the  ideals  of  the  man  who  is 
willing  to  pose  as  a  vendor  of  patent  medicines  and  adulterated 
drugs,  whose  sole  object  in  life  appears  to  be  to  sell  anything  and 
everything,  regardless  of  the  consequences,  simply  and  solely  for 
the  profit  that  accrues  to  him  for  the  time  being. 
This  latter  suggests,  too,  what  I  believe  to  be  the  strongest  argu- 
ment in  favor  of  some  arrangement  similar  to  that  proposed  above. 
If  the  dispensing  of  legitimate  prescriptions  were  absolutely  divorced 
