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learn  the  changes  himself ;  he  must  also  do  much  of  the  work  of 
apprising  the  physicians  of  them ;  he  has  to  modify  his  own  stock 
of  medicaments  and  suffer  much  inconvenience  if  not.  actual  loss ;  he 
is  compelled  to  skip  with  agility  between  the  old  and  the  new  phar- 
macopoeias until  his  physicians  have  adapted  themselves  thoroughly 
to  the  change.  I  do  not  believe  that  I  per  cent,  of  the  physicians 
throughout  this  country  to-day  are  ordering  the  new  preparations, 
and  but  few  pharmacists  have  them  in  stock.  Allow  me  to  illus- 
trate. A  week  ago  I  gave  a  woman  a  note  to  go  to  the  drug  store 
and  purchase  10  cents'  worth  of  liquor  antisepticus  for  a  mouth 
wash,  and  she  tried  four  of  our  leading  drug  stores  and  they  all 
stated  that  they  had  never  heard  of  such  a  thing,  yet  these  gentle- 
men pose  as  progressive,  up-to-date  pharmacists. 
A  prescription  of  mine  for  liquor  cresolis  compositus  was  taken 
to  another  drug  store  a  few  days  ago,  and  to  my  surprise  the  druggist 
did  not  have  any  in  stock,  yet  the  Pharmacopoeia  has  been  operative 
lor  over  two  months.  In  another  prescription  compound  tincture  of 
gambir  was  ordered,  and  later  in  the  day  the  pharmacist  telephoned 
to  find  out  what  this  ingredient  in  my  prescription  was,  and  where 
he  could  obtain  it,  as  he  had  not  the  remotest  idea  as  to  what  it  was. 
These  pharmacists  are  college  graduates.  Surely  they  have  not 
obeyed  the  precepts  taught  here  within  this  noble  institution,  and 
if  other  physicians,  who  have  been  ordering  these  preparations, 
have  had  similar  experiences,  they  will  certainly  not  feel  inclined  to 
prescribe  them. 
It  is  your  duty  as  active  and  energetic  pharmacists  to  familiarize 
yourself  with  the  new  Pharmacopoeia,  and  make  up  the  new  prepa- 
rations and  present  the  physicians  in  your  locality  with  samples  of 
the  same,  with  an  explanatory  note  in  regard  to  each  of  them. 
Druggists  all  over  the  country  have  shown  commendable  enterprise 
in  issuing  circulars  and  booklets  to  the  physicians  in  their  territories, 
explaining  and  describing  the  important  changes.  I  trust  that  you 
are  doing  the  same.  To  my  mind  these  two  suggestions  are  the 
true  remedy  to  the  present  attitude  of  the  medical  profession  towards 
the  new  Pharmacopoeia. 
Let  us  now  consider  the  important  changes  as  viewed  from  the 
physician's  standpoint. 
Under  Medicated  Waters,  aqua  hamamelidis  has  been  added,  which 
will  prove  of  great  value,  as  it  contains  15  per  cent,  of  alcohol, 
