The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-03
Afternoon NeAaiou,

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To the Elm Grove car station. where they
took special cars for Hornbrook's Park,
where they were welcomed by the gentle
manly proprietor, Mr.. O. P. Hornbrook,
AT the Park the afternoon was spent in
strolling around the premises, pracliCing
gymnastics, etc.
Speeches, short and pithy, were made
by several gentlemen: Dr.. Shriver, Col,
Butcher and N. ChaliAnt, whose speech
was Ra follows.
Ma PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: II
strikes me very ioTCibly that others are
present more fully competent to respond
to the call made upon me than your
humble servant, / formerly prided my
self on the fact that l could master the
exquisite art Of making q :shApley, neat
round, compact, quinine and silver pill
But | must confess | never possessed skill
QuAntum suficit ITO make q Bhapely,
round turned speech, nevertheless q
"duty calls It's mine to obey" 80 | will
play Tetort II you recover. You. be the
"Mortar, ] Speculate and Pestle and woe
be unto you Ys knights OF the Mortar,
You will call In vain, for cooling bRlms,
limits, lotions, soothing syrups and
infant cordials. l need not as
sure you gentlemen, Of the "West Virginia
Pharmaceutical Association" that 1t Il
with no little feeling Of pride l stand be,
fore you tonight; proud that our honored
profession, the pharmacists OF West Vir'
ginia have met together and formed them
selves into 0 State organization, to be fos
tered and perpetuated, This action on ouI
part bodies happy and great results mol
only TO ourselves, the medical profession,
but to our people at large. The legisla'
tive body Of our State dida noble work by
giving us lave protecting not only oul
noble profession from empiriclsm but the
citizens from the dangers Of incompetent,
ill.skilled quaGks that heretofore have
Crept into the fields OF legitimate pharma,
cy. The act oil our legislative body OF the
State and this Association will be the In,
Strumsntality In reinstating our profession
to its former standard among the scientific
professions OF our vast country on q noblel
and higher plans Of usefulness which We
owe 10 our fellow men,thus freeing the pro-
iession OF Pharmacy from hordes oil pirates
who seek 10 enter the drug trade, solly as
a cloak 10 sell and dispense vile intoxicat,
Ing drinks. am pleased 10 note as pres
ent with US tonight, gentlemen Of larger,
practical experience, extensive culture
and s~triCtest Integrity. They are proud oil
their profession. Yet how often made To
blush TO witness the sham heaped upon
II by bad and incompetent men. The
regular practitioner oil medicine suffered
an All mn p1k thunko 20 Sptaa IauinlaItoo
q new day has dawned upon us and we 20
forward with renewed zeal to our work
We need have no fears In the future. The
worthy gentlemen composing the board
OF commissioners or examiners Of our State
are fully compliant for the duties before
them, and will guard with jealous care
the honor OF our noble profession. Our
Pharmaceutical Association will prove full
oil benefits 10 oil connected Herewith by
imparting knowledge, aye and experience,
adding much 10 the knowledge OF the
younger and less experienced pharmacist.
| anticipate 90 an outgrowth OF this asso.
citation the establishment OF q School oil
Pharmacy In this State, and when ] state
that there are only eleven such schools OF
colleges in our vast country granting di.
plomas for proficiency In practical phar.
macy, we are amszed at the fact, yet can
see no cause why every Stateip the Union
should not foster at least one school de.
voted to the education OF young men In
theory, Operations and principles involv.
ed In the practice OF Pharmacy, Analytic,
al Chemistry and Materia Medica. So
with! fond antiCipations may we
look forward to the early estah.
lishment OF such Q eOhool In
our State. To this end let us work as
an association, as is our duty. The gen.
tlemen are and should be proud. Justly
90, Of our noble profession. II Is an hon.
orsble and no less responsible position.
The pharmacist at the d~ispensary counter
tipping the delicate scale, dropping, drop
by drop from the minimum glass, maybe
weighing or dropping in6niteslpal doses
Of death to bis customer on the opposite
aide Of the counter. The good pharmacist
feels the weight OF responsibility resting
upon him. He touches not O Gala Lot.
jar, bottle or vial Of medicine 10 his phar.
macy that does not whisper In 4 still,
small voice "he careful" He asks himself
the question: "What are the properties
nj the material entering this prescription ?"
Quickly he brings into reputation the
analysis Of the compound. He guards with
care the purity Of the articles dispensed
with an eye to cleanliness and neatness.
Last, but not least, confident OF no error on
his part. Hp again 5CrutiniSes closely the
prescription TO ascertain II an error,
through carelesBness or ignorance on the
part Of the physician, has crept into the
prescription. Alas! how often the pre-.
sCriptionist detects such errors and cor.
reefs them, which In many cases would
prove fatal dispensed % written. will
here take OCCASION 10 assert That West
Virginia has within her domain q greater
number Of ignorant practitioners OF medi.
cine than ignorant druggists In the State,
yet both are but tri1eTS with human lie,
Our State has not awakened too soon to
tho fapt that protectors and safe guards
must be thrown around the people 70 save
them from the results Of such ignorance.
A good physician is a blessing to n
community, and no lees Is q well con.
Quoted pharmacy. They should work
together In unity, being indispensable
help to each other. Yet how often do we
dad them antagonising. "pip" doctors
unable to write q prescription properly or
leeibly is no friend 10 the pfeactiptionist.
Yet bis ~efIrontery is equal 10 bis Ignorance.
lie can spell "B!ue Mass 10 Bic quaint
manner, "Bloon AS,n "HidrarVti Ohm
Ctita," HU drd0hi Com Grun me-" Yet
strange, this GLASS Of pAysipiahs have their
virtues. We have another class Of ply.
who have spent q winter al some
medical school, without much profit 10
themselves OF heneA! 10 humanity swap.
ger and boAstj know II all; prove 1 arest
bore 10 the druggist, being oyeranxious
10 'inpatt Information as 10 how TO make
0etati. S1t. HpiIlAr, or IlfaGiliCon
Ointment. Yet he will learn after while,
Ike the young phatmaciSt, who has been
In the business q short Time, that he don't
know II all, and when ten or twenty years
study and practical work has passed,
DO yet has much 10 leaf1, There
ire yet another plSss Of physieiahec thee,
'eLiCal fellows, 1lgnlHed gentlemen, full
self esteem, writes occasionally for
nedlpal ioufnele, reports bis exhibits In
NtNaty L. SadAShn Ella hhdNmaOt6k a.