478        Education  and  Legislation  in  Pharmacy,  {A™ctoberr,Pi9oa6!m' 
Many  of  our  schools  of  pharmacy  have  fine  buildings  of  their 
own,  or  less  pretentious  but  still  adequate  homes.  Others  are  well 
housed  by  universities  and  other  institutions.  Several  of  our  phar- 
maceutical schools  have  a  long  and  honorable  record.  Several  have 
faculties  composed  of  men  of  national  reputation  Several  have 
ample  equipments.  Several  give  very  substantial  courses  of 
instruction  of  a  high  grade. 
Let  us  not  commit  the  unpardonable  sin  of  ignoring  or  losing 
any  of  these  advantages.  Let  us  foster  right  education.  Let  all 
schools  that  have  any  good  in  them  do  their  best.  Let  the  Boards 
of  Pharmacy  take  a  year,  if  need  be,  to  learn  the  facts  about  our 
schools  and  give  positive  aid  and  encouragement  to  them.  Let  the 
Boards  consult  them  all.  Let  no  mistakes  be  made.  Let  all  have 
a  square  deal. 
The  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law. — The  National  Pure  Food  and 
Drug  Law  passed  by  Congress  this  summer  contains  several  features 
of  vital  interest  to  pharmacists.  In  the  first  place  it  specifically 
recognizes  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  and  the  National 
Formulary.  This  recognition  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  Formulary 
should  prompt  us  in  the  future  revisions  of  these  two  works  to  care- 
fully consider  their  added  importance.  One  of  the  most  desirable 
reforms  in  this  connection  would  be  to  eliminate  from  the  Pharma- 
copoeia all  formulas  for  therapeutic  combinations  and  remedies  con- 
taining two  or  more  different  therapeutic  agents,  and  to  include  all 
such  remedies  in  the  National  Formulary,  while  the  Pharmacopoeia 
should  include  all  simples  and  all  substances  of  definite  chemical 
composition  together  with  galenical  preparations  representing  single 
drugs. 
One  regrettable  feature  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law  is  the 
proviso  that  the  titles  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formulary 
may  be  used  in  the  sale  of  articles  not  conforming  to  the  standards 
of  those  authorities  provided  the  seller  indicates  the  deviation.  It 
is  fortunate  that  the  law  as  passed  does  not  contain  the  absurd 
proviso  that  morphine,  cocaine,  etc.,  may  be  sold  freely  without 
indicating  the  composition  on  the  package  provided  the  percentage 
of  poison  falls  below  a  certain  stated  limit.  Any  thinking  man  must 
recognize  that  the  presence  of  a  sufficient  quantity  of  any  habit-pro- 
ducing drug  in  any  preparation  to  give  any  effect  whatever  must 
carry  with  it  the  habit-producing  effect,  and  that  if  a  smaller  quantity 
