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J  A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t      April,  1884. 
rooms  and  other  important  departments  are  located.  Several  large  ware- 
houses belonging  to  the  firm,  are  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  at  a  short 
distance  from  the  scene  of  conflagration  ;  these  were  not  touched  by  the 
fire.  A  large  portion  of  the  laboratory  works,  where  acids  and  other  heavy 
chemicals  are  mainly  manufactured,  is  located  at  Schuylkill  Falls,  a  dis- 
tance of  several  miles  from  the  burned  buildings. 
The  ruins  are  being  taken  down,  and  new  buildings  will  soon  take  the 
place  of  those  destroyed.  We  understand  that  the  firm  has  leased  a  fac- 
tory at  Mannheim,  Germany,  where  for  awhile  quinine  will  be  manufac- 
tured, and  that  it  is  the  intention  of  transferring  a  portion  of  the  manufac- 
turing department  to  the  extensive  grounds  at  Schuylkill  Falls. 
The  Ohio  Pharmacy  Law  was  finally  passed  March  20th,  afttr  a 
struggle  of  several  years.  We  learn  that  this  result  has  been  reached  in 
good  part  through  the  interest  taken  in  the  bill  by  Senator  Reed  and  by 
Dr.  Lisle,  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Medical  Colleges  and  Socie- 
ties in  the  House. 
The  provisions  of  the  law  are  simple.  The  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  makes  nominations  ;  from  these  names  and  others  the  Governor 
appoints  the  Ohio  Board  of  Pharmacy,  consisting  of  five  members,  one  of 
whom  retires  every  year  and  another  appointment  is  made  for  five  years. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Board  receives  a  salary  and  payment  for  traveling 
and  other  necessary  expenses  ;  the  other  members  receive  three  dollars  for 
each  day  of  service  and  legitimate  expenses ;  the  surplus  money  is  to  be 
invested  as  a  special  fund.  Those  engaged  in  the  drug  business  are  re- 
quired to  register  within  three  months;  likewise  the  assistants,  who  are  at 
least  18  years  of  age  and  have  been  employed  in  the  prescription  business 
for  at  least  three  years.  All  others  are  hereafter  required  to  undergo  an 
examination,  previous  to  registration  ;  for  the  latter  a  fee  of  $3  is  to  be  paid 
by  pharmacists  and  $2  by  assistant  pharmacists,  and  a  triennial  renewal 
of  this  license  is  required  at  a  charge  of  $1  and  50  cents  respectively.  Com- 
plete returns  are  to  be  made  annually  to  the  Secretary  of  State  and  to  the 
Ohio  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  book  of  registration  is  to  be  kept  at 
Columbus;  the  Board  is  to  hold  three  regular  meetings  at  Cincinnati, 
Columbus  and  Cleveland,  and  other  meetings  as  may  be  necessary.  Pre- 
scriptions may  be  compounded  by  registered  pharmacists  or  qualified 
assistants  or  under  their  supervision,  by  others.  The  certificate  of  regis- 
tration is  to  be  conspicuously  displayed.  The  law  does  not  interfere  with 
physicians  supplying  their  patients  with  medicines,  nor  with  the  manu- 
facture of  proprietary  medicines,  nor  with  the  business  of  country  stores 
who  may  sell  drugs  in  common  use,  like  castor  oil,  senna,  sage,  juniper 
berries,  licorice,  etc. ;  also  chemicals,  like  copperas,  borax,  blue  vitriol, 
saltpetre,  sulphur,  Epsom  salt,  Glauber's  salt,  cream  of  tartar  and  bicarbo- 
nate of  sodium  ;  also  certain  preparations  when  compounded,  put  up  and 
properly  labeled  with  directions  for  use,  by  registered  pharmacists  or 
wholesale  dealers,  namely,  paregoric,  essence  of  peppermint,  essence  of 
cinnamon,  essence  of  ginger,  hive  syrup,  syrup  of  ipecac,  tincture  of  arnica, 
