The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
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Certain Druggists Who Bring Re
prOach UpOn Their Business by the
Practice of PaIming on "Substi-
tutcs' on the Public.
|, When a person goes to a drug store for
standard remedy and the druggist tries
to palm off some other preparation of a
pretended similar nature, urging the Gus
toner to buy the latter connection on the
plea that lit is just as good" or really
better" than the standard remedy called
for, it is proper to avoid that drug store
ever afterwards.
The profit to the druggist on the STAN
dard preparation is not large. The few
remedies that the whole world recognizes
as meritorious, are prepared by able ply
sicians and chemists, with every facility
of modern science at their command from
the formulas of the most learned phys-
clans that this generation has produced.
tremendous amount of capital is invest
ed in the laboratories where these rene
dies are made. They have gained their
regulations by the great good they have
done in curing disease and relieving pain.
1t costs great deal to keep up their nee
essary excellence.
The INSCRIPTIONS and generally igno-
rant druggist referred to sees a chance to
make q big profit by mixing together a
uAAlAUcI VI Cntdp lISIE0lGHlS. giving the
mixture name, and taking advantage of
the gullibility of some people, who seem
70 ike TO experiment with their health.
There is, in fact, concern that supplies TO
druggists this kind of stuff--always the
same-and gives a druggist his choice of
labels to SUIT the druggists idea of what
label Will most easily ''catch" the GUS
toner These preparations are frauds,
and are never advertised, because they
will not bear the light of any public inves-
tigation.
The Pharmaceutical Era Of December 81,
says:
do druggists realize the reproach they
nave brought upon themselves and the
evil to their profession by the practice of
substitution There is no use mincing mat
tiers and carefully choosing words There
are druggists, and not few, who are gull
" OF substitution, and 1t is time for an
outspoken denunciation Of this dishonora-
BILE practice. If there is any business or
profession which more than another
should be characterized by absolute
honesty and integrity IL is pharmacy. The
issue OF life and death frequently rests
with the druggist, and any tampering
with the physicians prescription becomes
crime.
substitute Is the same as or better than
the article prescribed; but even though
this were true, the article is not what was
ordered or expected. The reason for sub
stitution by the druggist Is either for his
own convenience or his financial benefit
both unworthy motives. There has been
a great deal said upon the subject. but the
real issue has been disguised by a lot OF
words and specious and fallacious argu-
ments, until the question of right and
wrong seem to have been lost sight OF.
Druggists owe IL to themselves TO frown
upon this practice, TO discountenance Il in
every way possible, and to defend their
profession, by proof OF their falslty,
against the charges OF dishonesty, which
we regret to say, are brought AGAINST II
and founded upon far too much evidence.
Would we could make every druggist
In the land see this matter plainly for we
are sure that every right-minded and we'll
meaning man would at once discover why
tt Is that substitution Is both dishonora-
bic and dishonest. boston (AiassD Globe.