m.  Jour.  Pbarm.  \ 
February,  1900.  ) 
Drug  and  Herb  Vendors. 
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Calendulse  flores, 
Capsici  annui  fructus, 
Carvi  fructus, 
Chenopodii  herba, 
Conii  fructus, 
Coriandri  fructus, 
Fceniculi  fructus, 
Horder  fructus, 
Hyoscyami  semina, 
Juglandis  cortex  viridis, 
Lobeliae  herba, 
Nicotianse  herba, 
Origani  herba, 
Papaveris  capita, 
Phytolaccae  fructus, 
Quercus  glandes, 
Sambuci  fructus, 
Sinapis  semina, 
Tauaceti  herba  cum  floribus, 
Veratri  albi  cormus. 
AMMAX   DRUG  TO  BE  COLLECTED  DURING  AUGUST. 
Formicse. 
PREPARATIONS  TO  BE  MADE  DURING  AUGUST. 
Extractum  elaterii, 
gratiolae, 
Succus  juniperi, 
"  sambuci, 
Syrupus  mororum, 
"       rubi  idaei. 
Oleum  majoranae, 
Succus  dauci, 
The  foregoing  list  would  indicate  that  the  pharmacist,  or,  to  use  a 
more  applicable  term,  druggist,  at  that  period  had  no  easy  time  of  it, 
as  it  was  almost  impossible  to  buy  preparations  already  made  and  the 
completeness  of  his  stock  was  dependent  upon  the  druggist's  per- 
sonal efforts  to  a  great  extent.  But  conditions  have  changed  and 
at  the  present  time  this  comprehensive  knowledge  of  drugs  and  their 
seasons  has  almost  entirely  disappeared  from  the  profession  of 
pharmacy.  It  has  not  died  out  altogether,  however,  for  the  col- 
lectors of  herbs  and  simples  in  many  rural  communities  still  possess 
the  knowledge  of  indigenous  drugs  that  was  at  one  time  a  neces- 
sary branch  of  pharmaceutical  education. 
This  altered  condition  of  affairs  has  been  detrimental  to  the  pro- 
fession in  some  respects,  as  many  pharmacists  have  even  forgotten 
the  appearance  of  the  crude  drugs  from  which  their  preparations  are 
manufactured;  but  the  present  tendency  toward  the  standardization 
of  preparations  involves  careful  determination  of  the  genuine  char- 
acter of  the  drugs  used,  and  this  knowledge  of  crude  drugs  may,  of 
necessity,  be  restored  to  the  profession  of  pharmacy,  where  it  un- 
doubtedly belongs.  The  question  of  economy  has  also  a  prominent 
bearing  upon  this  subject,  as  most  drugs  are  now  sold  at  a  price 
which  would  render  it  extremely  unprofitable  for  the  pharmacist  to 
collect  his  own  drugs  as  in  former  times,  but  there  is  no  reason 
whatever  why  we,  as  pharmacists,  should  not  be  familiar  with  the 
