The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-01
CITY INTELLIGENOE.

be found q communication, prepared after con-
sultstion with the leading members of the
College OF Pharmacy of tn Is city, by whom, we
are reliably info rm ed, IL is endorsed:-
To The Editor Of The Evening Telegrdph:-
The present excitement in the public mind
on the subject of the alleged fraudulent adul-
remarkable illustration of the facility with
which few we'll meaning, or perhaps design.
of single newspaper, and Of one inexperi-
enced and ambitious member OF the Legisla-
detTimens @ @ Of t' respscabie ] professlon Which @
has has sg lopg enjoyed a fair share Of the
% Geiphia STANDS pre.e@inent @ 1t ON this continent
for its medical schools and for its College of
pharmaGy the Oldest @ a and most largely at
The city is favoraby known throughout the
whole country for the education honesty and
high tone OF character OF Its druggists. Here
are manufactured nearly all the medicinal
chemicals used in the United States. Here are
pharmaceutical books issued in this country,
and here the american journal of Pharnacy
the leading periodical representing the science
and art ofpreparing and dispensing medicine
has reached It's forty first volume. II West
ern or Southern druggist were asked where he
would go to get pure drugs, or to fnd out the
quality OF suspected article, he would at once
Now. what is the history Of this anti-druggist
raid? yonng doctor, wanting something TO
office for which he is Wholly oil incom%petent1 % gets
the sanction of convention of doctors from
various parts of the state, met ia Harrisburg
-
for the appointments of an inspector Of drugs
abill which, as at first presented. actually gave
State Medical Society. In thisshape the bill soon
met its quletus but not so Its author, who next
ting it in the power of any doctor who may
happen 10 be piqued against a neighbortng
druggist, perhaps for refusing him q commits
sion on his prescriptions, TO take up the busi-
ness OF a common lnformer, arraign said drug
sst before an 60 gnd through ssr0b mis-
warrant, and see what he can seize as
an aduiterated or inferior drug or medicine.
The absurdities of this process-not to say its
total violation of the we'll recognized prlncl-
Piles Of law and equity-are 80 palpable that IL
mittee should have allowed 1T to be reported at
ALL There is no redress TO the injured druggist
malicious mischief no security demanded of
the 1nformer that he will make good his asser-
druggist II IL has been attacked without a
shadow OF cause. This much of the law as 1t
affects the alleged adulteratlon of drugs Its
other provisions are still more absurd. One re.
quires that none but graduates in pharmacy
shall be engaged in retail drug store. Now,
| until he has been engaged for four years in the
| duties of store; no one but graduate can be
Without having been engaged In q store;
therefore no one can be In q store after
| all become possessed OF stores OF their own, or,
IN the natural course OF things, have moved
the utter absurdity OF this attempt of persons
wholly Ignorant OF the subject to legislate upon
the ulmculC business OF the druggist and dis.
| penser of medicines. But what we started out
| TO say was that this whole scheme OF legisla.
tion is founded on false assertion, that the
adulteration OF drugs Is common occurrence
quenoes. Through the vigilance Of Gus.
special purpose Of e1cluding rom co@meree @ See
all foreign, adulterated, and worthless drugs
most of those which are important and leading
remedies are sent back TO the ports from
whence they come II they fall short of the
standards set up by these examiners, who are
supposed to be experts. Home adulteration is
suppressSd as fast as it can be discovered by
the colleges OF pharmacy Of this and other
cities. It is confidently believed to be very
rarely praetised; the educated retailer Is always
, on the lookout Tor II, ana any wholesale dealer
or manufacturer who should be detected in it
would at once lose the support of the more re-
spectacle men In the profession-those who
give character to 1T. PHARMACIST,
Philadelphia. April l, 1869. :
DIsoRDBRLY HoUsEs.-The Third district
police last night made a descent upon three
dlsorderly houses, the first at No. 234 s. Front
so eS,Id Iae seSona NO 242 Front street. and
All the parties found on the premises were ar
rested. The prisoners had q hearing before
Alderman Carpenter, and the proprietors OF the
'shanties" Were held to bail to answer the
| charge OF keeping disorderly houses while the
occupants were held for a breach OF the peace
CAUGHT IN THE AoT.-Last night the Fifth
| district police arrested Henry Newton, Edward
| Dougherty and Frederick Cook while in the
| act of removing lead pipe from the building at
| the southwest corner of Tenth and Shippen
streets. The prisoners had dug out the boiler
In the cellar and had cut the pipes running
! through the structure They were committed
by Alderman Bonsall.
PROPERTY IN HIS PossBssIoN.-James Thomp-
| son was arrested at Fourth and Shipper streets
| This morning with a piece of cloth under his
| arm. The property had been stolen from Rit-
ter's store, at Chesnut and Strawberry streets.