Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-04-29
ROB'T HENDERSON, Owner
ChAS. BENTON, Groom.
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Their BusineAs.
When person goes to a drug
store for a standard remedy and the
druggist tries to palm of some other
preparation Of q pretended similar
nature, urging the customer to buy
the latter concoction on the plea
that ut is just as good" or really
better" than the standard remedy
called for, it is proper to avoid that
drug store ever afterward.
The profit to the druggist on the
standard rsr cations is not large.
The few remedies that the wihGGle whGGilee.
world recognizes as meritorious are
prepared by able physicians and
chemists, with every facility of
modern science at their command,
from the formulas of the most learn
ed physicians that this generation
has produced. A tremendous amount
Of capital Is invested in the labora-
tories where these remedies are
made. They have gained their repu-
tations by the great good they have
done In curing disease and reliey-
ing pain. It costs a great deal to
keep up their necessary excellence.
The unscrupulous and generally
ignorant druggist referred to sees
chance TO make a big profit by mix
ing together number ~ -
gradients, ,giv.np
and takingi
bility Of son
ike NGrex1 onr lJn then --..4u
There is, In fact, concern that sup
plies to druggists this kind of slut
always the same-and gives
druggist his choice of labels to
the druggists idea of what la
will most easily catch the custt
er. These preparations are fri
and are never advertised, bee
they will not bear the light of
public investigation.
The Pharmaceutical Era
"Do druggists realize thor
they have brought upon the
and the evil to their profe
the practice of substitution T.
Is no use mincing matters and care
fully choosing words. There are
druggists, and not a few, who are
guilty Of substitution, and it is time
TOR an outspoken denunoiation of
this dishonorable practice. If there
Is any business or profession which
more than another should be char
!acterized by absolute honesty and
integrity 1t is pharmacy. The issue
Of life and death frequently rests
with the druggist. and any tamper-
Ing with the physioian's prescrip-
tion becomes crime.
"The druggist frequently Argues
that his 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 substitu-
aon by the druggist Is either for
his own convenience or his financial
benedt-both unworthy motives.
There has been 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 seems to have been lost
sight of. Druggists owe it to them
selves to frown upon this practice,
to discountenance 1t In every way
possible and to defend their profess
sion by proof of their falsity against
the charges of dishonesty, which,
we eregret to say, are brought against
1t 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 1t is that
substitution Is both dishonorable
and dishonest. Boston Globe.