Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-09-08
TALKED AT THE DOCTORS
ENCROACHING ON PHARMA.
CIeTS' PRESERVES.
Too Many I'hysicians Are IN The
Prescription Business, And The
Manufactured M ust stop 1.-THE
Colleges COnsidere

COl1eKe0 COnS1dere
Great faith in the boycott as a means
of defence is entertained by the members
of the American Pharmaceutical associa-
tion and another move in the direction
of working reforms by this means was
taken at this mornings meeting Of the
druggists. The first boycott agreed on
by the session was on the manufacturers
and agents who sell patent medicines to
druggists who cut prices. This morn
ing's blow was at the manufacturers
who supply physicians direct with man.
ufactured medicinal products,
1t is claimed by the druggists that year
by year the doctors are getting more
and more into the habit of filling their
own prescriptions and dispensing drugs
from their own Offices. This is claimed
to be a great injury to the business Of
registered druggists, or as it was naively
expressed in the resolution presented by
Prot. Whitney of Massachusetts,, ito the
great injury of the science of pharmacy,
defense of science evidently being con.
sidered more praiseworthy than that OF
the purely commercial question of the
sale of goods.
The pharmacists believe that physi-
clans should not interfere with the pre-
scription business and Mr.. whitney S
resolution was to condemn the practice
and withdraw patronage of members Of
the association from the manufacturers
engaged in furnishing physicians direct
with their manufactured products. This
resolution went through with a rush,
the druggists in attendance showing
that they considered this habit of the
doctors AS being an alarming enCroach-
ment on their own business.
At last nights scssi IN of the scientific
section the druggists considered the
rather slim recognition that is given by
army and navy of the United States to
the profession of pharmacy. Attention
was called by DR.. Payne of Atlanta in a
resolution, to the fact that the army and
navy do not properly recognize the
science as profession, but on the other
hand were inclined to shove II hacl =, =,
nos;t;on nore rne,,;.I cy.r thon tLat ~,
drnartmcnt messenoers dar iahor.
ers and carpcntcrs The nharnan;sts % 3 9
in the twn hrarches nf IT, ,h. ssr.
vice rcre;ve SEQ month " .nd hons
no official rank. Prof PAYNE quoted
figures showing that many department
clerks draw twice or three times us much,
nl,rr,nc;e,s ,,,j 900 I,,L,.a- 80.
more His reso,u,; ~ wac ~ ,nt thor;zs
the nrcsident of thc .ssoc;o,;,n ~ .n-
no;nt a comm;ttcr IN trv,o ,n.Le 70 30.
form This comm;, tcc ;s 70 hs con,
no,ed oC n membrr from each st.t. and
i du,v wac tn he to ;rtercs+ the ,har.
marists of Their resncct;ve 9, atcs so % thnt
thcv would usc their ;nfluencc viii the,r
Conpressmen and Senator's f,r he mas.
sage of a law nlacinr the nharmac;sts m
The same rank With oss;s,on+ srroeons
This went throuph with y v;yor tha,
showed the nharmac;sts to rrsent III,
existing snub oi IN army and navv
Tie work of this mornings session
was taken up largely bv ront;ne wo,L i
consisting Of the read;nG and adon,;or
of various committee reports The re-
port of the secretary Of the counc;
showed that 17s annlicat;ons f,r mrn
bersbip had been favorablv acted mnor
and that of this numher ahnnt 100 bor
perf.cted their membersh;r, hv The nav
ment of their ANIMAL dues The ,s y ~
unusually large accession of ,nenhersb;,
and is drawn largely from North CARO-
ina.
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