Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-03

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ready made from ous source. The other
parts each from 20 o~n source, saa
then he SIMPLY puts them together. snd
unless he attempts u pat IA inch aud
. quarter hub GA an lnch anu bali
axle DC gets along all Fgat
Our shelves are loaded with ready
made, machine made prescriptions
Few are TIE emu saons that We make.
The physician can nad compounds IN
various forms and N endless combina-
tons. proportions aud sizes. And al
though Al tinies nous OF them exactly
NJ, still Some of them come so near
that the physician may De tempted 10
make them Dc. and sometimes he yields
10 that temptation.
Therefore, Just as . very ordinary
mechanic Who could not possibly make
. wheel or an axie can quickly set up
. whole Wagon, SO = physician VINO IL
very ordinary pharmacist, though PET
haps . good pnyslelan. eau dispense us
own medicines with small outlay of
skill or tine. And II he sometimes
tries Ia St one-fortleth grain dose 10
. one-tittieth gram patient no one
knows u but himself.
zhers L. an improvement
~ am glad to believe, however. that
there IL an Improvement IN this re-
speet, that reaction - setting IN.
There 10 disposition among physicians
To do their work more deliberately,
even If they do less Some of them,
at least, instead of congratulatlng
themselves on the number of calls
that they make in o day, or the num-
Der OF nights when they have been
called up, consider rather the success
OF their work. Thus they have time
TO study their cases more carefully and
TO adjust their remedies more accu-
rateiy. Whenever this 10 the case, the
services OF the skilled pharmacist are
required and prescriptions and COM
pounding are revived, provided always
that the skilled pharmacist IS At hand.
Let US therefore keep our looisln order
aud our hands in and not let our pro-
fession degenerate into the mere hand
ling of proprietary articles, or even
into the mere counting or measuring,
or ready-made pills, elixlrs. syrups, etc.
al hope that we may have a session IN
every way profitable. That there may
be tree Interchanglng OF ideas when
shall help 10 bring about the relations
which should exist between the probes
sion and the various kindred interests.
The president then spoke of move
ment having been started by the asso-
cation OF Iowa looking towards hav-
ing ths annual meeting of '93 meet At
Chicago IN tho buildings OF their re-
spcctive states.
Atthe close of the address, which was
listened TO with great interest. 1t Was
referred TO committee to be reported
upon ut some later time. Vice Presl-
dent Parkill appointed Messrs Arthur
Bassetr, +. Wurzbu-g ana c. L. Webb
as committee.
Next IN order were the applications
for mem oership aud the report OF the
executive committee. the chairman
OF the committee wished their report
deferred until the morning session.
This was granted. The following are a
list OF the applicants for membership
enrolled before the opening Of the con-
veutiou: George A. Price, Spring Lake;
Charles A. Bostwick, Manton; William
Raynors, Pontiac; Dorian NJ. Russell,
Grand Rapids; w. 5. Vinegar, Lowell;
j. VI. wolcott, Grand Rapids.
A discussion arose as TO the manner
of balloting and j. NJ. Wa lcott
moved to elect by ballot. Carried.
Admitted Daring tho Year.
The secretary then read the follow
ing names, OF members admitted dur
ing the past year, eleven in all from
botn penlnsulas:
Charles +. Smith, Pontiac; A. o.
Spechard, Watersmeet, Gogeblc
county; c. 4. Bransbais, Big Rapids;
Austin p. Hart, Mulliken; +. X.
Stearns, Detroit; b. Hutchinson, Iona;
Walter X. Schmidt, Grand Rapids;
James w. Summer, Gould City; Ii. :.
Allen, Morencie; Benjamin Schroeder,
Grand Rapids; j. ID. Hamilton, Paw
Paw.
Tho annual report of the state board
of pharmacy Was made by James Vernon
of Detroit. He reported that during
| the year the board ned found 1t ecos-
sary 10 hold two extra meetings on
account OF the large number of can
didates presenting themselves. The
hoard examined 355 applicant, OF which
ia received diplomas as regular
| pharmacists and eighty-four ASSISTANTS
certificates. The financial report Was
| as follows:
RECEIPTS.
| Reserve IN the state treasury ....-.......s 1906
| ss73 renewals OF certificates at sl......... IS.
ZlS renewals OF certificates at 5ac--.-..... 10.
| - applications for exam nation NJ 60 ~.
~ applications for examination At 81. =
Total SAX
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Per ACCOMMODATING orders.................... I0t >
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