THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
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EDITORIAL. 
THE  REGENERATION  OF  THE  MEDICAL  PRACTICES. 
Following  the  greatest  of  all  wars,  the  world  is  brought  to  a 
realization  of  the  fact  that  it  is  confronted  by  many  and  most 
momentous  problems.  The  battles  of  peace  of  this  post-bellum 
period  of  world  re-formation,  bid  fair  to  have  quite  as  important  a 
hearing  upon  the  destinies  of  nations  and  in  determining  the 
progress  of  the  world  as  did  the  gigantic  battles  of  the  war. 
Out  of  this  great  war  and  the  resulting  occurrences  there  should 
come,  and  must  come,  a  better  world  with  a  clearer  understanding 
of  the  just  rights  and  privileges  and  also  the  duties  of  each  indi- 
vidual and  of  each  class  of  citizens  as  well  as  of  each  aggregate  of 
citizens  that  are  deemed  a  nation.  If  this  be  not  so,  then  the  victory 
of  this  great  struggle  will  be  meaningless  as  guaranteeing  the  better- 
ment of  world  conditions.  The  enormous  loss  of  life  entailed,  the 
unprecedented  devastation  and  destruction  of  property,  the  untold 
wealth  poured  out  to  attain  the  war's  termination  and  the  innumer- 
able sacrifices  made  by  men  and  women  in  all  civilized  countries, 
will  otherwise  all  have  been  very  largely  in  vain. 
The  problems  of  this  period  are  so  numerous,  so  far  reaching 
and  so  important  that  they  cannot  be  compared  with  the  recon- 
struction periods  following  previous  wars.  They  portend  the  birth 
of  a  new  order  of  things,  a  new  era,  of  actual  regeneration  for  many 
vocations  and  for  some  nations. 
Democracy  means  that  each  self  respecting,  intelligent,  citizen 
must  assume  his  full  share  of  responsibility  not  onlv  for  national 
government  but  also  for  national  progress,  the  social,  educational, 
industrial  and  financial  development  of  his  ocuntry.    With  the 
