Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-11
DRUG SAUNDERS.
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1sa.lss SAT ssE.ek ~ : cigar AID t<lklng
..sh frleed n > sloss1 sysn3sg .hs1
taslaess Ia The drus store ~as les tFssk
taaa asazI Complex yst fsiaE oders ffoaH
ths s4nlreis ~ carefully labelled .ars aid
bottles - lAe shelves n8lngisa ~isn ths
fr1sF&ace of tobacco smoke, z1d sesaaed -
lalpart a aly sserso1s charm 70 the coHser-
satloa- n have made Il point for tnlrty
years." said ths dfegslst, - pay strict
stteatioB - . prescription = blle 1 sla con-
pouasiias Il. aIad thea 80 drop u olt u Hy
nalad satiresy. That l. tue best ~ay ~
avoid making mistakes"
A girI ~ith shaw over her head came
Ia and presented . bottle aud piece Of
paper, GA which her m0ther had written:
~Plsase ssnd Eiye cents With oraakG for sore
throte." The druggist quietly poured souas
araica into the bottle. pasted on label
took the proFfered nickel. aud sat dOwa -
Resume his talk.
u As was saying. 1 always forget .
prescription as soon have nlied IL OF
course Il Is numbered and preserved for
future reference. bat II Oae Of my regular
customers should ask 10 pat up some
more msdicIne same IS the last, you KNOW,
l would have 10 send him homs for the bot
tie which had the number OF the prescr p
tion on It. If attempted 20 remember all
the medicines mix, | would soon be iE-
sane. A druggist ought 10 feel that when
he ills ply sieisn's order he holds tks
life OF some person in his hand To slis-
take one drug for another at sach a time
may cost life. Such mistakes result from
earelessness as a rule, not from ignorance
as most people think-"
Dad wants a poo-house blister" said =
boy who had entered the store unobserved.
What does he want il for:n
To put on mas side where he--whers
it pains err"
DO you mean a porous plaster"
Oh yessir.~
:" In nine cases out OF ten, 1 believe the
druggist said, when he had the opportunity
u take up the thread OF his discourse again,
''carelessness aud not ignorance is the cause
OF druggists mistakes. A druggist who
knows that he is not proficient in the busi-
ness viii lock carefully at every jar or bot
tie which he uses in compOunding an
order. An experienced druggist, unless
he is a careful man, will sometimes mis-
take one drug for another which has SIM
liar appearance, because he neglects To
look at the label. SUCH errors happen
mere easily when man permits his pre-
scription counter To become Uttered with
drugs not wanted for immediate use. 1t is
safer 10 clear the counter after each order
druggist, however, is to remember pre-
scriptions already compounded. When .
man attempts the feat of thinking about
an old prescription while he is at work on
a new one, he is in fair way TO commit a
murderous blunder."
A man with long, thin nose, who had
entered softly, waited until the druggist
had walked from the prescription counter
to the front before be inquired in low
voice
lis there any sickness in Mr.. Pillbox's
family: | see his boy came in here a
while ago."
bOx's affairs you had better 20 and ask
him. do no. make practice of retailin :
gossip about my customers"
''Ah. Good evening"
''Thsre is another reason why a drug
gist should forget his work when 1t is I'm
ished, said tLe compounder after the in
gu sitive man had departed. ''Slch q
practice enables man to keep the conf
dence OF customers without trouble. Moth
ing is more fatal 10 the business of a drug
gist than a well-foanded belief amo1g his
neis hbors that he will gossip about per-
sons who buy drugs from him. IL is sur
pr sing how many persons make attempts
10 get information from druggists abou,
their neighbors. | have given blunt an
swers in such cases, aud, curiously enough
many of the persons who have appeared
to be most offended at my refusals to give
information have become re yular custom
ers of mine. In such cases the golden rul.
can be followed with profit as well as with
Measure.