Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07
THE UTAH PHARMACEUTICAL
ASSOCIATION.


Nv Inv hNhNiNlhf was ~ llI"AtNHt
event u IT, Kind. II was the outcome
Of the permanent organization effected
yuatorday--lhp result OF the pharmary
bill passed by the last legislature. The
officers arr ). y. Farlow, Of this city,
president; l.. u. King, Of Provo, and
-. II. Ritter, Of Logan, vice-Piesidonts;
G. II. Mccoy, Of this city, secretary
:. T.. Ash, of Ogden, treaiuref; execu.
tive committee Mr.. Hurlburt Of
Ogden, Mr.. Fennimore Of Beaver,
Mr.. Brother Of Park CITY, and Mr..
Payne, Of Provo.
over Gity Of the druggist Of this
Territory and few invited guesis
were present az the banquet. j, b.
Farlow, the pre- silent, sat at the head
Of the table. no the right II Mr. Far
low sat W. 4. Nelden, who acted a.
toas,mu,or ON his right sat Cover
nor Thomas and Dr. Pike. Among
the Others present were Nicc.Presl-
dents King and Ritter, W. =. Laymau,
Richard Bridge, Robert Cleshofn
John Harding, a. l.. Coe, g. h. John
son, DR.. ShoebridCe, j. J. Driver Og'
den, ]. V. Long, Ogden; M. walker,
Ogden; J. l.. Boyden, Coalvilie; Y. g..
Gid, j. u. Roberts, George a. KNOX,
MIR. Nandyko, Ihomas steele, A.. g..
Smith. Mt. Schmmm, Ogden; Her.
bert pyne, Provo; DIT. Simpson, Fred
Hin, @. ". Mccoy, Mr. Greis, f. w.
ScarG, Nit. O'CUnnor, DIR. Wmitmote
and several Othors.
The menu card was gem In its way,
and II a souvenir OF ia" occasion worth
preserving. The terms Of the culinary
art were entirely Ignored, and phrases
OF the pharmacUpmia substituted to
designate the entrees. The SOUPS we're
termed sssaiWlidn, quaasiri young gar
lie, cocoa butter aud plaster OF Paris
bread. Among the fish courses were
fricd Ieeches with dragon blood sauce.
A fow Of the other tempting 1iands
were named young turkey with baisam
copsila, pumpkin seed, corn saivc,
cake OF soap assorted, ladies' fingers
with cots, the whole CiOsiug with
rubber uapkins. The wine list in-
cluded ipocao, colohium, splrits OF cam.
phor, nitre, jamaica ginger AMI huny-
andi water.
Mr.. Seldcn, In opening, called atlen.
tion to this card, Instructed those pres
ent TO read II carefully, aud then dis-
claimed all responsibility on tho part
Of the association for ihe results. For
the benefit Of those gueets who were
not pharmacists he would say that
hunyandl he taken In the morning..
Governor Thomas made u meat
speech, relating the experience OF hts
juvenile days with castor ollsud SIENNA
Tea. He was pleased and agrccaOly
surprised TO soe u convention OF eighty
hvo druggists in this city ana taking
STEPS b. advance their profession, 10
protect the public and 10 benefit them
selves ss well.
DR.. Fenu,nore in telling about the
Utah Pharmaceutical Association re-
lated his experience a. u druggist IN
early days, when camphOr, salvUs, pills
and pennyroyal comprised his stock OF
medicine outside OF groceries. He
spoke commercially Of the new society
It's aims, objects aud possible achieve.
ments, also mentioned the pharmacy
bill as "a salutRry measure.
Dr. Pike, VI Provo, In speaklng ofhis
advocacy Of the pharmacy act, stated
that his principal object was the pro-
lection OF the public, the Improvement
OF the condition Of druggists, and a
betler understanding between phyaie-
ians ami compromising pharmacists.
Or. WhitmOEu, OF Kansas Ciiy,spoke
on pharmaceutical PREPARATION
| from the manufacturers point Of view,
/ Dr.. Dfeuhl on the American Phnr.
maceutical Association" aud Mr..
Turkish, OF San tancisco, on "FhD
Commercial Traveller"
DIR. Simpson, veteran Of the morth r.
and postal, related his experience from
1916, "when We manufactured our own
drugs and powdered our own opium"
down to the present. Short remarks
were made 10y MIR. Royden, MIR. Mar.
riott, DIR. ShOelridge, aud other.
Tho banquet was hnught to close
about 1880 Il. M, after u most delight.
ful and enJoyable time Of two hours
and q half, and most suspicious in
auguratiOn OF the Utah Pharmaceutical
Association.
Article Of the constitution explains
tho object OF the society. II says:
"Tho object of this association shall be-
10 promote tile Interests VI pharmacy
by urging the enactment OF such laws
as viii be- Of mutual advantage 10
pharmacists and the public by restrict.
ing the sale Of medicines 10 competent
parties, to encourage a more thorough
training OF assistants, and fnally, to
bring the pharmacists Of this Territory
iuto more Intimate social relations.n
Provisions are made for the further
ance Of tho trade IN other particulars,
such a. the exchange Of ideas and
thoughts on mRtters pertaining TO the
! efficiency and competency VI the pre-
scripil0n comp0under, etc.
Like all other systems OF the arts,
sciences and manufactures, medicine
is becoming divided up into special
departments. Time was when the
medicine man prescribed, compounded,
manufactured anu administered his
own preparations. Now It IL some.
what difficult; the doctor, tho druggist,
the oomplunder and manufacturer are
all recognized as independent lines,
though closely connected.
In every age and In every civillzg-
ton the nodiciGu man has held ms,
place. Among the old Greek, I.scu-
lapius was deiiled, temples erected a.
him ant regular wOrship paid At his
shfines. Observation-Disclosures and i'aua.
cen were wof-hipej o. g0dirssts, anu
our words by gicue ami panacea can be
traced 10 the remote ayes IN which the
young mnidcns were paid divine
houur.. Homer sAug oi them ANA OF
their father, hut only a. mere mOrtals
who conferred benefits on their age
and people. Hlppocrales, another
famed medicine man, was the TWEEN.
tieth In descent from hsculhpius,
which shows that the art OF healing
wns more or less hereditary among
the aucicuis.