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Druggist  and  Veterinarian. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1915. 
the  remark  that  if  you  think  the  suggested  method  will  tend  to  endear 
you  to  my  profession,  you  have  another  think  coming  to  you. 
"Is  your  dog  sick? 
Try  Dr.  Soso's 
Mange  Cure 
Distemper  Cure 
Bowel  Regulator 
Worm  Eradicator." 
"  When  Brown  sold  her  a  bottle  for  the  dog's  eczema  he  advised 
her  to  use  Dr.  Soso's  sulphur  tablets  with  it.  Buying  for  the  dog, 
she  bought  for  herself  (Query — '  Trying  it  on  the  dog  and  one  of 
her  friends  told  him  that  the  bowel  regulator  had  saved  her  from  tak- 
ing the  dog  to  the  veterinary,  and  that  he  (certainly  not  the  veteri- 
nary) could  never  know  how  grateful  she  Avas  to  him." 
Now  in  my  State  of  New  Jersey  we  have,  among  other  courts,  a 
Court  of  Equity,  where  wrongs  for  which  no  remedy  is  provided  by 
law  may  be  adjusted,  and  the  first  requirement  of  this  court  is  that 
a  suitor  must  appear  before  it  with  clean  hands ;  asking  equity,  he 
must  do  equity. 
Now  the  ethics  of  Brown  are,  to  put  it  mildly,  what  Carlyle  calls 
the  ethics  of  kites  and  crows.  Imprimis:  Brown  demeaned  his 
profession  (for,  believe  me,  pharmacy  is  a  profession,  or  it  has  no 
reason  for  existence)  by  recommending  a  remedy  of  which  he  knew 
nothing   (a  secret  remedy)  for  a  disease  of  which  he  knew  less. 
Sarcoptic  mange  and  distemper  are  rarely  cured,  so  in  order  to 
turn  a  dollar  into  the  till  he  has  disgraced  himself  by  alliance  with  a 
quack,  has  exposed  a  pet  of  more  or  less  pecuniary  and  sentimental 
value  to1  all  the  risks  attendant  upon  ignorant  prescribing,  and  side- 
tracked the  veterinarian,  whose  business  would  have  been  a  desirable 
asset. 
If  this  is  business,  help  yourselves,  but  don't  blame  the  veterina- 
rian if  he  comes  back  saying  "  If  you  take  my  prescription  to  Brown's 
store,  get  another  doctor." 
The  veterinarian  will  not  be  attracted  by  a  store  where  there  is 
no  ocular  evidence  of  the  drug  business.  Recently  I  entered  a 
drug  store  on  a  prominent  thoroughfare.  One  side  was  given  up 
entirely  to  cigars  and  soda  water,  the  other  side  and  end  to  a  mixed 
display.    The  proprietor  said  that  the  drug  department  was  con- 
