, 1874-09-02
PHYSICIANS AND DRUGGISTS.
Discussion Of The Question Of CON-
missions, Etc.
Summary Of the Report Of The Com.
mittee.
No Result Reached.

Ak.s...,.
snss.s noeuns OF tho Society Of Physloians at
f,nns o.ns .'s nolu On tho 1o1h Of August, reaotr
s.ous "efo adopted dououncing tho custom {
pnJa'olans accepting commissions from drl,l
H.ssa On their prescriptions. and also doprecatin
w naois OF physiofans occupying Offices adj.
oons 70 arag"Htorcs at tho expenac Of tho truf
gust Una action Oh tho part OF tue physician
caused tho Ohicago Coliego Of pbarmaov +
adopt resolutions Of 1iko jn,nort 1,ot,, -, =
resolutions havo boon publIahod IN t1,oao o'e oo1
umna eo'A P"'A8no" IL tl1oHe Col
oI,,,s.
~ en,icaoly ad1uot 1nattors betwoon tho pllyai
clans and druggists, tho Society of pl,vsicia,. ~
Surgeons, tho Chiosgo Medical sooioty and I'll II,
= eo,',s,a.ss nvaUso u tnermaoy oaoh appointed
a follows: Collogo Of phatmsoy-GoorcoD Dua),
7. H. Patterson, 4. @. Bartlett: sooIotv tsVa "a
Phyaicians and Hur0eong-Drs. J. Novina Uvdo
noo,oEsmDts a. II. fostor, u. @. stllllaue. CIV
Aasie' Bic members Of the Joint Committee mo-
Yesterday afternoon at tho Grand pacIuc Hotel
at a nrtor moct,n1 App''n'ce
n o. !,.e noo.'ne.
oeoFso BUCK was called to tho chair, and Dr.,
Hof1' appointed Secretary.
/ from tho Comm;ttea In nronnr. ,u.
1aia hefore ,,,a To,nt ~oI paopa'o topors 10 ho
nra.an.oa w .o,s, sou.s oommltseo tof ita action.
pao'oa.oa ~ xolomlnona document. Tho report
| ly drawn simply to bo presented to o1icit sh tho
oniniona of thu r7orcr,,tto. oae't 1no
viii tIa aontin,o.,t -. ~. nas III Aooplng
tons adopted or u h. ''S sot phssiolans 1,a resou'
Focated tho receiving Of commtssiona in
any form whatever by phvaicfang +ro,s
druggists, and especlally dIa dIaoonmtor a,om
49,. oaAeea oF2E OE AQ1hC4nt to
condemned tLa nrs sot;oa - ,i1.4 inuua4 rental 1t
ing tic anufaeturor'a nsmc ~ 1'oan shnr mention; mentaon
tons when prescribing my compound nnt 'qu mnp-
ttoaod 10 tho United statos Dapennary, and i'd
"codex," according to which anv nl,raic;a,n ~ ,aos
ordor, and any pharmacst proparo ano naai1a May
preparation. @e0"e3
quto spirited disonsaon s1aed MAS concluded
its features. '@ '@''"'A o'e' So"o OF
Da, FOSTER.
who was absent from the Previous ' meeting. vag
.nt.s sss saled t upoa for hs opinion Tho Doctor
the report against prescribing pronrSotar1 nro.
raratione in The name Of lie r1, " pc
the ssmo WAS to be carried. @@'''''''' '''B
pe59f D5 mas ID D1s1 5spd ths 5 tS As dsss goh
port ooary stated them. Ho thnmrt t1.t ~ ~,
mention Of tho name of the r3nnrraat,,n.s s.s
Of 4 proprietary medicine in prascr1nt,on ..aa
q, source ot great evil TO the profession, and TIC
phyaicians tho advertisers Of the Vorv mauo oo,''
pounds thcy wore t1oprocattnc 90 1on1v and
compelled druggists 10 yeud mnnnfact,,ra} ,e1a ~
Of which comparatively. nothing was knoWn. is t
their BhoIycn with every viz noatrum intraa,cnI
to their loss. Ho thought Druggists could ,,ro'
pare. it they wore compoteut men. hottor r ~ A.
tracts than thoy wore daily lisponsno.
mr. PATTERSON
be Adopted. '~N' "0o1"
DR.. Fostor was in favor Of all upof1,cpa1 ,,ron.
Arations being oYoft,de1 Yron, .9ast; t;a1 ~ Pt,oP-
sioiaus' prescriptions but thnno5t ti11 that ~ pny
nothing wrong i, the mention Of oiicnai con, mas
pounds, and calling them after Tia nnn,n ~ ~.
house OF firm manufacturing them,
-, T. ,..ou mn. nuoK &c.,.
.oribod being called by the narne Of tho n,am,,-
tacturer. otherwise tho rosponab,lftv ~ saiaot
lug the Ingredients was thrown nnon so1tGe W.
lruggst. He thought tho drucgiats had
oavng anything else to their disoret;on' "'sigus
ohyHician saw tho necessity for thu nan ~ ~ n
ain extract, made by oortain man. in tbc trcat.
nont n of pstiont, tho prescription ought m to
'hyaioian ought 10 be the Judge Of the 6ruo 'ho ho
and not the druggst . ~
DR.. Hyde adhered to the roport. and tho noa;-
lon he had before takon, He wanted to teea son
4uHEtbha HuppIlCu WltQ purc drugs. ani RI CIR. !
ure this, doctors should ceoso mafinr toir ~ o.
cripttons an advertising medium for tic MANI. @
he preparation OF q s'oodox," AZ oontommlasaI ns
! tho report under discussion would ra,nedu
10 apparent trouble. '''S9
Tho discussion on this mint vaa mi =
motion to tako up tho report in roeular e ataoy
nd discuss and adopt It By piooomoa1. o1o't
The preface or preamble Of thn Tano,t ,.o
len road and adopted without gts dirgontnr h',S
oce. s"sAI1a6
FREE RENT.
Tho freq ront" and " commission o,orso
aa next reached. which lod to warm land and J
ngthy debate A@' "''1
DR.. Foster said ho hoped tho olauao ,yon1d ,,t
, adopted. Ho believed ali the lubbuh abnut ut 9
1yaioians taking commissions from tho drurs
Bts on their presentations, and oconnyinc of3,o6a
90 Of rent over drug-storeB was q nowsna,,or G
'naation, unworthy tho notice Of tho pro}oa.
on. He had never heard OF any drugcist epiv eiy.
6, or my physician receiving commIss;onas ss nn =
cscriptious and did not believe that anyt1,;nn
tho kind was practiced. He thought tIio nras
aaion ought to stand upon Its dignity, and not r
o0p to notice such stories until thore was anna