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Pharmaceutical  Progress. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pliarm. 
i    December,  1901. 
who  do  not,  have  something  to  hide."  The  argument  is  without 
force.  Who  would  enjoy  his  dinner  more  because  the  slaughter- 
house and  kitchen  were  in  sight,  though  both  were  scrupulously 
clean  and  the  operatives  were  as  perfect  in  technique  as  is  the 
modern  surgeon.  Even  this  model  of  cleanliness  and  care  is  not  in 
the  habit  of  exhibiting  his  work  to  the  family  and  friends  of  his 
patient.  Did  it  ever  seem  necessary  to  the  analyst  or  bacteriolo- 
gist that  his  work  should  be  more  acceptable  because  a  layman 
witnessed?  If  a  manufacturing  department  is,  as  must  be,  a  part 
of  our  establishment,  it  should  be  in  the  same  large  room  in  which 
dispensing  is  done,  or  very  closely  connected;  because  the  two 
work  together  admirably,  and  the  one  helps  the  other.  Indeed,  for 
a  strictly  retail  and  supply  business,  these  two  or  three  departments 
should  be  linked  under  one  head. 
With  ability  and  facility  to  apply  pharmacopceial  tests,  one  can 
buy  so  much  more  advantageously.  Not  only  can  he  save  much 
but  he  can  win  confidence  and  respect  by  employing  the  modern 
methods  of  standardization  to  satisfy  his  conscience  that  what  he 
dispenses  conforms  to  the  requirements  of  the  Pharmacopoeia ;  he 
instills  into  his  business  a  personality  which  brings  commendable 
pride  and  consequent  content. 
Advancement  in  medicine  and  surgery  has  encouraged  this  pro- 
gress and  made  it  necessary.  Advancement  in  pharmaceutical 
education  has  made  it  possible.  Positive  evidence  is  here  given  of 
the  ability  of  our  colleges  of  pharmacy  to  meet  the  demands  of  the 
hour.  The  practitioner  of  pharmacy  to-day  must  be  educated,  must 
be  scientifically  trained. 
Empirical  practice  will  not  answer  and  the  fittest  will  survive. 
That  point  in  progress  has  been  reached  where  educated  persons  are 
needed  in  every  department  of  pharmaceutical  practice.  The  ap- 
prentice is  a  thing  of  the  past  ;  modern  methods  leave  no  place  for 
him.  No  one  has  time  to  watch  or  teach  him.  Of  what  use  is  he  ? 
He  can  run  errands,  but  soon  outgrows  that.  He  might  be  a  re- 
ceiving clerk,  but  before  he  has  learned  this  he  thinks  he  should 
earn  more  than  one  can  pay  for  one  to  receive  and  mark  goods. 
He  will  not  make  a  stock  clerk,  because  lacking  in  the  judgment 
necessary.  He  cannot  become  a  student  and  attend  college,  be- 
cause he  stopped  school  too  soon.  He  is  out  of  place.  Your  porter 
must  be  sufficiently  heavy  to  handle  large  cases,  barrels,  etc.,  and 
