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instance.  The  Examining  Board  is  powerless  to  prevent  such  violation,  but  if  your  Honor  will  allow  your 
patrolmen  to  return  the  names  of  the  owners  of  all  stores  opened  upon  their  beats,  with  their  locations, 
you  will  render  important  assistance  in  carrying  out  the  law,  which  was  passed  for  the  protection  of  the 
lives  of  the  citizens,  and  in  accordance  with  which  we  hold  our  appointments  by  you. 
It  appears  from  this  that  nearly  sixty  per  cent,  of  the  applications  from  both  clerks 
and  intended  proprietors  had  to  be  rejected  as  unqualified.  The  Mayor  has  acted  in 
accordance  with  the  suggestion  of  the  Examining  Board,  and  a  number  of  stores 
were  found,  the  proprietors  of  which  had  omitted  to  become  registered.  From  the 
above  figures  the  number  of  apothecary  stores  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  cannot 
fall  much  short  of  550,  which,  for  a  population  of  850,000,  averages  1  for  every 
1,600  inhabitants. 
Prices  of  Pills.— In  Mr.  Moore's  paper  on  pills,  in  our  last  number  (page  123), 
a  few  quotations  from  the  price  list  of  a  manufacturer  of  compressed  pills  have  been 
given.  One  of  the  manufacturing  houses  of  this  kind  of  pills  has  sent  us  a  printed 
price  list,  showing  that  their  list  prices  are  considerably  below  those  referred  to 
above.  They  quote  compound  cathartic  pills,  40  cts. ;  1  gr.  quinia  sulphate,  $1.25  ; 
Lady  Webster's,  40  cts.,  and  compound  rhubarb  pills  at  70  cents  per  hundred. 
Pharmacy  Law  of  New  Jersey — The  Legislature  of  New  Jersey,  at  its  recent 
session,  passed  "  an  act  to.  regulate  the  practice  of  pharmacy,'"  which  is  now  await- 
ing the  signature  of  the  Governor.  It  provides  that  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical 
Association  shall  every  three  years  submit  to  the  Governor  the  names  of  15  pharma- 
cists doing  business  in  the  State,  out  of  which  number  he  is  to  appoint  five  as  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  Every  pharmacist  now  engaged 
in  business  in  the  State  is  entitled  to  registration  on  payment  of  two  dollars ;  all 
others,  except  graduates  from  pharmaceutical  and  medical  institutions,  will  have  to 
pass  an  examination  before  the  Board,  and  will  then  be  entitled  to  registration  on 
payment  of  five  dollars.  The  exception  alluded  to  is  so  ambiguously  worded,  that 
the  graduates  referred  to  do  not  appear  to  come  under  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 
act. 
It  is  curious  to  note  the  fact  that  eight  or  nine  years  ago  a  pharmacy  law  was 
prepared  by  a  physician,  then  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of  New  Jersey,  which 
contained  the  provision  that  no  graduate  in  medicine  should  be  permitted  to  enter 
into  the  pharmaceutical  business  until  after  he  should  have  been  activel)  engaged 
behind  the  prescription  counter  for  at  least  one  year.  He  was  evidently  aware  of 
what  many  physicians  are  too  shortsighted  to  acknowledge,  that  there  is  a  vast 
difference  between  the  knowledge  of  the  therapeutical  application  of  drugs  and  a 
thorough  pharmaceutical  training  or  education.  What  a  difference  between  that 
proposition  and  the  provision  in  this  law  !  The  law  is  good  in  that  it  creates  the 
title  of  "  registered  pharmacist,11  the  unlawful  use  of  which  is  liable  to  a  penalty  of 
$50.  It  has  several  weak  points,  and  the  machinery  necessary  to  cany  it  out 
appears  to  be  rather  awkward,  but  may  perhaps  work  more  smoothly  in  practice. 
On  the  whole,  however,  we  congratulate  our  brethren  in  New  Jersey  at  their  success 
after  the  years  of  labor,  which  really  deserved  to  be  rewarded  with  one  of  the  best 
laws  yet  enacted. 
