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gration  induces  concomitant  differentiation,  extreme  integration  causes 
diflferentiation  indirectly  by  the  destruction  of  the  least  co-ordinated 
equilibria.  This  action  is  most  clearly  represented  by  the  curve  called  the 
parabola.  The  ascending  branch  as  it  nears  the  focus  shows  the  pro- 
gressive integration  and  consequent  differentiation  which  reaches  its 
climax  at  the  axis  of  the  curve.  Disintegration  now  takes  place  and. 
a  period  of  dissolution  intervenes,  which  is  represented  by  the  descend- 
ing branch.  The  liberated  force  now  determines  an  ascent,  and  inte- 
gration again  proceeds  as  before,  with  a  renewed  and  still  higher  phase 
of  development.  The  parabolas  of  all  orders  of  development  unite 
and  thus  constitute  the  great  parabola  of  development  at  large. 
In  pharmacy  the  increasing  integration  and  multiplication  of  interests 
and  their  conflicting  competition  soon  effects  a  specialization  which 
throws  open  new  fields  for  development.  Each  branch  repeats  the- 
process  within  its  own  sphere  and  further  adds  fresh  lines  of  progress. 
Excessive  competition  among  all  or  any  of  these  will  cause  the  weaker 
to  succumb  and  transfer  the  unlocked  means  and  energy  to  the  survi- 
vors who,  thus  being  reinforced,  carry  their  own  temporarily  impeded' 
development  to  still  greater  perfection.  When  the  duties  of  the  phar- 
macist become  too  numerous  and  pressing  for  immediate  supervision 
they  are  dropped,  one  by  one,  and  transferred  to  other  hands  not  in 
direct  contact  with  the  business.  His  retained  activities  become  gradu- 
ally more  circumscribed  and  incidentally  more  perfected  through  this 
division  of  labor.  The  earliest  to  separate  are  the  trading  and  produ- 
cing branches.  Whilst  the  producing  function  is  thus  segregated  its 
development  is  also  enhanced,  and  its  specialization  and  consequent  effi- 
ciency becomes  so  great  that  the  trading  pharmacist  can  no  longer 
compete  even  in  the  remotest  with  it,  either  in  perfection  or  reduced 
cost  of  the  product. 
The  new  Pharmacopoeia  has  emphatically  recognized  this  important 
fact,  and  arranged  its  own  construction  accordingly.  It  is,  to  say  the 
least,  highly  creditable  to  this  work  that  the  fabrication  of  a  vast  mul- 
titude of  chemical  products,  especially,  has  been  relegated  to  the  proper 
function.  The  modern  pharmacist  has  assumed  a  new  attitude  in  this 
relation,  and  the  Pharmacopoeia  has  again  wisely  recognized  it  by  its- 
elaboration  of  the  standards  to  which  the  official  products  should 
attain.  This  requires  a  higher  theoretical  training  in  pharmacy  than 
ever  before,  and  although  manipulative  skill  is  by  no  means  permitted 
to  deteriorate,  its  application  is  only  changed. 
