236  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { AmM:ay.ri907.arm' 
Pharmacopoeia  he  was  glad  to  say  that  upwards  of  60,000  copies  of 
the  Pharmacopoeia  had  been  sold  to  date,  and  that  it  was  confidently 
expected  that  more  copies  of  the  eighth  decennial  revision  would  be 
sold  than  of  all  the  previous  editions  combined. 
Mr.  John  K.  Thum  read  a  volunteer  paper  entitled :  "  Why  the 
Retail  Pharmacist  should  Aid  in  Popularizing  U.S. P.  and  N.F.. 
Preparations/'  in  which  he  asserted  that  the  dishonest  methods 
employed  in  exploiting  so-called  proprietaries  are  a  reproach  to  the 
profession  of  pharmacy.  He  also  expressed  it  as  his  belief  that  the 
popularizing  of  official  preparations  will  require  individual  work  on 
the  part  of  pharmacists,  but  would  do  much  to  make  them  inde- 
pendent of  manufacturers  and  nostrum  makers. 
The  question  was  further  discussed  by  Drs.  Wood,  Hare,  Fussell, 
Thrush,  Stewart  and  Lowe,  and  by  Messrs.  Remington,  King, 
Morgan,  Wilbert,  Burk,  Apple,  Riegel  and  Blair. 
Professor  Remington,  in  the  course  of  his  remarks,  strongly 
deprecated  the  reported  tendency  of  pharmacists  to  charge  more  for 
U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations  than  for  corresponding  proprietary 
preparations,  and  expressed  the  belief  that  practices  of  this  kind 
would  surely  do  much  to  discredit  the  propaganda  and  do  an  infinite 
amount  of  harm. 
Dr.  H.  C.  Wood,  Jr.,  expressed  it  as  his  belief  that  the  success  or 
failure  of  the  attempt  to  popularize  legitimate  pharmaceuticals 
rested  entirely  with  the  pharmacist,  who,  if  he  was  willing  and 
able  to  supply  official  preparations,  could  do  much  to  assure 
success. 
Dr.  Hobart  A.  Hare  said  it  was  difficult  to  discuss  the  proposi- 
tion without  transgressing  the  lines  of  true  professionalism.  He 
thought  that  the  burden  of  the  argument  certainly  rested  on  the 
pharmacist,  who  would  be  required  to  demonstrate  his  willingness 
and  ability  to  assume  professional  duties  and  to  divest  himself  of 
the  practice  of  selling  popular  nostrums  and  resorting  to  counter 
prescribing. 
Dr.  Hare  further  stated  that  he  had  found  it  advisable  to  cultivate 
the  acquaintance  of  capable  pharmacists,  and  in  turn  advised  phar- 
macists to  cultivate  the  acquaintance  of  physicians  and  inform  them 
of  the  usefulness  of  new  preparations. 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  Secretary. 
