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The  New  Drugstore. 
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(      August,  1913. 
planting  of  organs  from  one  animal  to  another,  of  the  causing  of 
new  cells,  new  tissues,  new  limbs  to  grow.  No  one  can  predict  the 
outcome  of  the  wondrous  work  of  Carrel  and  of  his  followers,  but 
we  can  believe  that  the  drugstore  will  always  be  the  mecca  for 
surgical  supplies. 
First  Aid 
First  Aid  to  the  Injured  is  not  of  modern  origin.  The  recent 
past  has  seen  a  development  that  is  now  reaching  a  high  degree  of 
efficiency.  First  Aid,  to-day,  is  quite  different  from  the  early  efforts 
to  mitigate  the  horrors  of  war.  First  Aid  does  not,  as  is  often  sup- 
posed, train  workers  to  become  surgeons,  doctors  and  nurses.  It 
is  an  educational,  humanitarian  movement — the  dominant  purpose 
of  which  is  to  instill  in  the  mind  what  to  do  in  an  emergency  or 
while  waiting  for  medical  aid. 
Druggists,  as  a  class,  have  but  little  comprehension  of  the  de- 
velopment of  this  movement.  The  National  Government,  municipal 
bodies,  civic  organizations,  schools,  Y.  M.  C.  Associations  are  now 
practical  training  schools  in  the  First  Aid  to  the  Injured  move- 
ment. Railway  Systems,  mining  companies,  factories,  city  depart- 
ments have  First  Aid  Systems  in  working  order.  Abroad  the 
movement  is  very  far  reaching.  In  this  country  it  is  estimated  that, 
through  various  channels,  a  million  people  are  every  year  acquir- 
ing a  practical  knowledge  of  the  subject.  As  the  soldier  has  long 
carried  on  his  person  a  First  Aid  Packet — the  up-to-date  mining 
and  railway  employe  now  does  the  same.  In  many  transportation 
systems  every  car,  engine  and  caboose — every  boat  carries  a  quota 
of  supplies  and  so  likewise  does  the  motor  car.  First  Aid  has 
become  universal — the  time  seems  to  be  approaching  when  people 
in  every  walk  of  life  will  carry  on  their  person  some  form  of  an 
appliance  for  the  care  of  an  injury.  This  movement  is  creating  a 
demand  for  materials  that  is  within  the  province  of  the  druggist  to 
supply. 
The  Newer  Pharmacy 
In  the  past  pharmacy  has  been  identified  with  every  great  ad- 
vance in  civilization.  It  has  been  foremost  in  the  progress  of 
medicine  and  science,  and  from  its  ranks  have  come  great  physi- 
cians, physicists  and  scientists. 
Halberg  divided  pharmacy  into  four  periods : 
