The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-11
VALUABLE THAN GOLD.
1a cost over Their Weight in
ne the Yellow Metal.

cost over Their Weight in
ype n the yellow Metal
months ago, at an exhibition
~ ~ american Public Health AssQ-
w lion ID Brooklyn, one manufactur-
,ga ,ngnemist handed in medicines the
yaIue Of which amounted to
lal ia 900. The most costly drug
N IA collection was that Labeled
~ atroEine hydroDromate, cryst.
bOn " sir mounds Of it were contained
a;n9le Tar, and the price thereof
y ' s12 500, or So, 100 per pound.
u synensive remedVis an alkaloid,
p,5 pl,,5acially prepared from atropine, a
ianrsration Of belladonna.
.rother costly medicine shown was
n.sonite aIkaloid in the form Of an
Y Dornbous powder, prepared from
'ngi .itnnl napelius. Three pounds o.
'sA " was valued at S489.50. A three
i8s II one-quarter ounce bottle Of
w paanonja was priced Sl9l.45. Of
WA saIne there were thirteen different
sas sa.narations in small bottles, rang
psp n nrice from SIG to S28 a bottle.
n \ n.maIl vial Of a letter wart prepar-
4 .ion i called chelidomine alkaloid was
sua.Eed s88. Cocaine is another ex-
pr 1--WE medicine, four pounds Of it
l.ino @ there valued at S42O. A new
ls.n, I'M Of cantharidin crystals was
ss,Icpd s SAB a small vial.
ffteen-ounce bottle Of q prepara-
"a, II morphine, called codeine phos
ssate @ stood for sl35. Digitalis
ssrmaine, the great heart remedy,
Ssts about $40 per pound. a five
sSncs @ bottle Of ''true cotoin" sells at
IA an ounce The oath Americar
Iadjap arrow poison, as prepared il
,bp form Of CRYSTALS and used as {
spdjcine in hydrophobia and lockjaw
'osts s35 an ounce. A still more eX
rsnsiye form Of crystals named hyo
sejne hYdrobromate, is valued a.
III l66 66 per ounce. Certain othe
srlgs yaried in price all the way from
sl2 To s35 per ounce.
papaine alkaloid, vegetable pep
N obtained from the juice Of tn,
meIon tree in tropical America sell
n sl2O a pound. A solvent for dip
shpric membrane is valued at S14.5
n ounce. The Calabar bean come
\ fol very costly preparations chief
ned ia diseases Of the eye and lock
Avn One Of these, physostigmin
akaloid, is valued at the sum o
slO,. 35 Ier ounce. Another prepare
tjon Of the same costs something owe
sI3 an ounce. "A special form q
nitrate crystal, prepared from tn
caves of the jarborandi. pilocarpu
rnnati folius, and used in consumI
tion, is priced at S37, ounce value.
The list might be indefinitely e1
tended, for the number Of new an
eastly drugs is on the daily increase
II would be hard, indeed, to find tn
dyuggist who is familiar with all {
those now on the market. To prC
cure anything like accurate know
edge On this point the immense pha
nacopnia Of the United States mus
hot enly be studied, but those also
Germany and Great Britain, then
selves vast complications Of scientit
caIly assorted facts.
Out uf this great number of rem
dIes, however. but few are ia actu
de, and the task of the practic
pharmacist is therefore, not SO hop
essly bewildering as it would seen
Ia the cost or the drugs he manip
lates must, moreover, be added ce
tain Der centum Of the cost,of his on
tfaining-let alone that Of the pr
scribing physician. Putting all tn
and that together, it would seem
natter Of wonder, not that it costs
much, hut that it costs SO little I
tR luxury Of being i'll. -PittsburE
hspatch.