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The  Druggist  and  Tuberculosis. 
jAnS.  Jour.  Phafm. 
(       June,  1909. 
For  a  number  of  years  after  his  entrance  into  the  drug  business 
he  edited  a  Sunday  School  paper  of  the  denomination  to  which 
he  belonged — "  The  Sunday  School  Gem." 
After  a  busy  and  varied  life  nigh  unto  three  score  years  he 
has  been  called  to  the  higher  realization  and  the  possible  reward 
promised  to  him  that  was  "  faithful  over  a  few  things." 
Jos.  L.  Lemberger. 
THE  DRUGGIST:  HOW  GAX  HE  AID  IN  THE  CRUSADE 
AGAINST  TUBERCULOSIS ?  * 
By  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Ph.M. 
The  druggist,  or  more  properly,  the  pharmacist  can  give  most 
material  aid  in  the  wiping  out  of  the  "  white  plague."  His  influence 
is  far  greater  than  that  of  the  layman,  and  indeed  in  many  cases  he 
can  do  more  good  than  can  the  doctor  or  medical  practitioner.  In 
the  poorer  and  more  thickly  settled  parts  of  the  country,  the  drug- 
gist is  sought  as  a  first  help.  If  an  accident  occurs  in  the  street  or 
a  person  is  seized  with  apoplexy  or  epilepsy,  the  first  thought  is, 
"  Get  a  doctor,"  but  what  almost  invariably  happens  is  the  carrying 
of  the  disabled  person  into  the  nearest  drug  store. 
The  vast  movement  throughout  the  world  to  obliterate  tuber- 
culosis and  the  special  education  now  being  given  through  this 
splendid  exhibition  show  that  the  people  are  in  earnest,  and  the 
effective  work  of  the  noble  men  of  the  medical  profession  who  are 
now  giving  the  best  service  of  their  lives  to  the  study  of  this 
problem  entitles  them  to  the  everlasting  gratitude  of  the  entire 
community. 
The  microscopic  researches  of  the  great  leaders  in  bacteriology 
and  the  practical  work  of  the  physicians  who  are  reducing  the 
results  of  the  research  workers  to  the  concrete  and  providing  the 
weapons  to  fight  most  effectively  this  scourge,  all  point  infallibly 
in  the  direction  of  reducing  the  deaths  to  a  minimum,  with  the 
ultimate  hope  that  tuberculosis  may  perish  from  off  the  face  of 
the  earth. 
The  physician  and  the  pharmacist  are  friends  and  co-workers  in 
*  Chairman's  address  on  "  Druggists'  Day  "  at  the  International  Tuber- 
culosis Exhibition  at  Philadelphia,  March  n,  1909. 
