Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-26

and had the limited advantage Of creating
competition among np0thQcarits a. 20
whose preparations wesS tho hest. Macy n
tho preparations became celebrated. but TIA
result senesally waa any,hins brt ruud
The physician did uCt know what he was
Prescribing, and found that sometimes an
apcthccAgy wruld dispense what he rAiiod
for ard sometimes he wouldn't tn other
words. the 0pothccafy superseded tho ply
sle4n's judginent With his own. although
ha had never aCrN tho patient
OF course. this created rrvat deal Of
friction beiweea tho apolhecary and Tho
physician. Thu hrcach continued 70 wlcVn,
until the physician openly proclaimed that
he looked upon the apothecaty Just AZ he
ala upon tho mechanic who sharrcnod his
Instruments, Tho apothocary claimed tia,
much tho lNiHcr Part Of bis uado came
from the QuNelSs and tho nostrnni-n,aiSers,
and that he wus Obliged 20 take care Of that
trade TO pay his cNponscn. The best ply
s.ciana treated the apothecaiy fairly. and
WEN honestly and faithfully served In ~
tun.
Although phyalcans' prescriptions were no,
rcuinnertsyc. the koNledre required to
mako 4 good dispenser Eaye the phainaclst
ttanilng Ia tho community that no other
part OF hiu business did, u tho professors OF
medicine and pharmacy could have worked
together, i would have been great public
benefit There wrrN no laws TO regulate the
practice OF pharmacy or tho sale OF drugs.
medicines OF poisons-no laws To regulate
tho writng Ni prescriptions II mislahe
or accident occurred. the physician usually
tried 70 rot tho prescription 10 destroy It
or y convict the apo'hccaty.
There wgfo 40 inspection OF drues but
a great 5iAount al authorization, sophsllca-
ton and stur o. poor quality. America
became the dumping ground 81 all thu
fptuHc stock IN the world. and Il wah with
almcu,V thai good stock Of druga could
DO epileetcd In any one city IN the union
with local variations this was the state
ut American pharmacy up to tho year 1890.
AZ which time thare began movement 70
crratr assoqa lions among the mora lnlcul.
gthl aputhecArica IN several 81 the Eastern
elties Fer several years the efforts IN
most cases were comparative failures, The
aposhvoarleo would not combine aud attend
me meetings. presumably on account Of the
cutnpeiitun and iualousies among them.
In 1871 the Philadelphia College Of Phar4
macy organized an an educational insu-
tuition, persisted IN lts Efforts 10 keep
lhe school goirg For years i,a prOmoters
struFslpd for existence with fun faith.
Y tue time had not come Tor such a school
thcy would mako demand for it. IN
PHILADELPHIA they had tho material Tor
hoth teeehors and students and ran II Tor
the public b1nent at pecuniary lohH. Tho
Institution Famed gtrcnglh annually; la
lnsiructefa were indeiatirablt Workers, ana
iAa H'udents were truo 10 the college and
20 professors, y, became success. and
ihe colleso ftHrttd tho American Journal on
pharmacy, which became tho leading jour.
nal IA Tho humnosa.
IN 1889 the Now Norl, Cclloee Of Pharmacy
offanlgfd a nch0ll N continuous Instruction.
which had GLOW growth Tor some years. but
" now "a nOurahlng condition aud doing
rood work. About tho uat1o time uohton and
baltimore organized 10 crcatp schools Of
pharmacy and IN 1855 tho Maryland COLLEGE
of Pharmacy was organised a. al .dufa.
uonal irs'ltptlel aud in 1857 the Masaaehu.
SOFA College " Pharmacy became organised
inr educational work. aud has pow O buili
lng erected Coz Ne own pArtlcniar wofk. MN
o large library OF CAREFULLY aoiectd1 books.
nocsariyml ara We'll equipped laboratories