442  Experience  of  a  Pharmacist,  Etc.       { ^''Yn\y!'\9^: 
prepares  the  mind  and  hand  in  their  field  of  work  for  better  and  more 
extended  service. 
This  paper  may  seem  out  of  place  at  an  association  meeting 
where  all  are  imbued  with  the  association  spirit,  but  it  is  an  oppor- 
tunity for  conveying  a  message  of  fraternity.  The  world  as  never 
before  is  tending  toward  the  efficiency  of  men  and  utilizing  brain  and 
energy  in  perfecting  science  and  industry ;  in  creating  a  morale  among 
men  and  nations.  To  that  end  pharmaceutical  associations  have 
duties  of  corresponding  importance  which  should  be  impressed  on  the 
individual  pharmacists  and  inculcated  in  the  profession  at  large. 
There  is  no  influence  for  pharm  icy  more  potent  and  powerful  in  the 
accomplishment  of  good  than  that  of  the  business  and  professional 
men  unselfishly  banded  together  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  the 
general  welfare  of  pharmacy,  when  the  paramount  thought  is  loyal 
service.  The  growth  of  cooperation  makes  for  the  growth  and 
strength  of  organization;  the  importance  of  the  work  for  which  the 
association  is  established  is  measured  by  the  public  by  the  existing 
morale  and  the  degree  of  cooperation  among  its  members. 
THE  EXPERIENCE  OF  A  PHARMACIST  IN  THE  WORLD 
WAR. 
By  Luther  A.  BuehIvEr,  Phar.B., 
PHILADElvPHIA,  PA. 
Shortly  after  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  I  enlisted  in  the  Medical 
Corps,  entering  that  arm  of  the  service  for  the  reason  that  it  is  the 
branch  for  which  a  pharmacist  is  best  fitted.  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania Base  Hospital  Unit  20,  the  command  to  which  I  was 
attached,  was  organized  as  a  Red  Cross  Hospital.  We  were  mus- 
tered in  at  the  armory  of  the  First  Pennsylvania  Cavalry  and  shortly 
thereafter  the  enlisted  men  were  divided  into  small  detachments 
and  despatched  to  different  hospitals  throughout  the  city  for  in- 
struction. The  clinical  laboratory  detail  to  which  I  was  attached 
was  sent  to  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  Medical  School  for  a 
short,  intensive  course  of  instruction  in  bacteriology,  parasitology 
and  blood  work. 
From  Philadelphia  we  went  to  Camp  Merritt,  purely  an  em- 
barkation camp,  there  going  through  a  series  of  inspections.  We 
