Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ~\ 
March,  1919-  -* 
The  Study  of  Drugs. 
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The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  has  always  been  a  prime 
mover  in  aiding  in  the  various  revisions  of  the  U.  S.  P.  and  its  pages 
have  contained  many  papers  that  have  been  of  very  material  assist- 
ance to  the  committees  that  have  been  charged  with  the  responsibility 
of  preparing  the  various  revisions.  No  better  medium  for  the  pre- 
sentation of  subjects  for  pharmacopceial  consideration  is  offered  and 
its  columns  continue  to  be  open  for  such  matters  and  especially 
welcome  are  papers  containing  recommendations  for  amendment  or 
improvement,  in  the  official  formulas  or  standards. 
It  is  opportune  to  call  attention  at  this  time  to  the  fact  that  the 
next  United  States  Pharmacopceial  Convention  is  scheduled  to  meet 
in  the  city  of  Washington  in  May,  1920.  As  many  of  the  medical, 
pharmaceutical  and  chemical  organizations,  who  are  properly  repre- 
sented in  this  convention,  will  hold  their  meetings  for  1920  after  the 
date  named,  these  organizations  should  not  fail  to  select  their  ac- 
credited delegates  at  their  various  meetings  held  during  the  present 
year.  The  importance  of  membership  and  representation  in  this 
convention  should  not  be  overlooked. 
G.  ,M.  B. 
THE  STUDY  OF  DRUGS. 
By  Dr.  Fred.  B.  Kilmer. 
The  advice  of  the  most  successful  men  in  our  calling  is  to  "  stick 
to  drugs."  Keep  drugs  and  medicinal  appliances  to  the  forefront. 
Let  your  customers  know  that  you  keep  a  drug  store.  Put  in  side 
lines  when  you  find  that  they  will  pay,  but  use  them  to  increase  your 
regular  trade. 
The  people  of  the  United  States,  in  congress  assembled,  have 
defined  the  word  "  drugs  "  to  mean  all  medicines  and  preparations 
recognized  by  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  or  the  National 
Formulary,  for  internal  or  external  use,  and  all  substances  or  mix- 
ture of  substances  intended  to  be  used  for  the  cure,  mitigation  or 
prevention  of  disease,  either  of  man  or  animal. 
This  literally  means  that  every  substance  that  can  in  any  way 
whatever  be  used  in  medicine  or  in  surgery,  belongs  to  the  drug 
store.  The  range  is  large  enough  to  tax  the  capacity  of  the  ordi- 
nary pharmacy.  It  is  for  the  drug  trade  to  get,  and  to  hold  fast  to, 
that  which  belongs  to  it. 
