374       Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { AmAuJust  Pi907^m' 
as  they  usually  do,  and  favors  the  growing  trade  in  them  as  not 
only  giving  the  druggist  a  chance  to  increase  his  profits,  but  pro- 
viding another  inducement  for  the  public  to  visit  his  store. 
The  Proprietaries  from  the  Pharmacist's  Standpoint. 
Christopher  Koch,  Jr. 
An  account  of  the  difficulties  with  which  the  pharmacist  has  to 
contend  in  dispensing  a  preparation  for  which  he  has  had  no  previous 
demand  is  given  in  detail,  and  the  blame  is  laid  primarily  upon  the 
physician  for  the  growing  tendency  to  prescribe  preparations  for 
which  there  is  really  no  clinical  record  which  entitles  them  to  con- 
sideration.  The  work  of  the  Council  of  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry 
is  taken  up  and  discussed  in  detail,  and  in  conclusion  the  author 
advises  the  pharmacist  to  stick  strictly  to  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.,  and 
impressing  his  neighborhood  physician  with  that  fact. 
Query  21. 
J.  Leyden  White. 
In  small  towns  the  pharmacist  does  not  labor  under  the  disad- 
vantages outlined  in  this  query.  There  are  no  city  directories  and 
stamps  are  usually  purchased  at  the  post  office.  The  query,  there- 
fore, vitally  concerns  only  those  druggists  in  cities  of  20,000  or  more 
inhabitants,  and  the  advantages  of  maintaining  this  condition,  where 
the  pharmacist  places  himself  in  a  position  of  favoring  the  public, 
are  affirmatively  discussed.  In  conclusion,  he  states  that  so  long  as 
it  is  good  business  for  the  department  store  to  give  free  concerts, 
theatrical  performances,  art  exhibitions  and  expensive  souvenirs,  it 
must  necessarily  follow  that  it  will  be  good  business  for  the  wide- 
awake man  who  runs  a  retail  drug  store  to  have  well-stocked  win- 
dows, a  clean  and  bright  store,  furnish  crackers  with  his  soda-water, 
and  sell  stamps. 
Query  31. 
W.  O.  Frailey. 
This  query  as  to  the  value  of  a  hobby  to  the  pharmacist  is 
answered  in  the  affirmative  by  the  author,  who  believes  that  a 
properly  selected  interest,  apart  from  his  business  and  profes- 
sional duties,  will  serve  to  broaden,  educate  and  edify  the  phar- 
macist.    Caution  is  given  with  reference  to  the  tendency  that 
