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Fluid  gly cerates. 
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Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
February,  1909. 
salary  instead  of  by  profit  on  the  business.  It  seems  to  me  the 
conscientious  pharmacist  at  the  present  time,  knowing  that  he  is 
selling  drugs  that  endanger  the  health  and  happiness  of  his  cus- 
tomers, would  be  more  than  gratified  to  be  relieved  of  this  responsi- 
bility. I,  of  course,  do  not  know  how  a  man  feels  when  he  sells 
morphia  to  a  ie  doper."  I  should  have  to  do  it  a  great  many  times 
before  I  could  go  to  sleep  without  thinking  about  it,  and  I  would 
welcome  that  change  in  business  which  would  place  this  responsibility 
upon  the  government  itself. 
In  the  working  out  of  these  problems  generally  this  Association, 
daughter  of  a  vigorous  parent,  will  do  much.  You  live  here  in  the 
Capital  where  national  laws  are  made.  You,  more  than  other 
pharmacists,  come  in  direct  contact  with  the  members  of  the  Legisla- 
ture. You,  more  than  other  pharmacists,  will  exert  a  controlling 
influence  over  such  legislation.  Therefore,  in  the  interests  of  the 
profession  and  in  the  interests  of  humanity,  let  us  study  well  these 
great  problems  which  are  now  before  us  and  choose  wisely  in  our 
work  for  the  future. 
THE  PHYSIOLOGICAL  ACTION  OF  FLUIDGLYCERATES 
In  the  paper  entitled  "  Fluidglycerates  "  presented  by  Mr.  Geo.  M. 
Beringer  at  the  1908  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation and  published  in  the  November  issue  of  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,  formulas  are  given  for  fluidglycerates  of 
digitalis  and  ergot.  Mr.  Beringer,  in  presenting  formulas  for  these 
two  drugs,  admits  that  the  finished  preparations  should  be  tested 
physiologically  to  determine  their  value. 
Having  an  occasion  recently  to  test  samples  of  digitalis  and  ergot 
physiologically,  advantage  was  taken  of  the  opportunity  to  compare 
the  action  of  liquid  preparations  of  these  drugs  made  bv  using 
glycerin  and  water  as  menstruum,  with  that  of  preparations  made 
by  using  alcohol  and  water  as  menstruum. 
The  preparations  for  the  tests  were  made  as  follows : 
OF  DIGITALIS  AND  ERGOT. 
By  Johx  R.  Rippetoe. 
.100  c.c. 
10  Gm. 
