The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-08-23
ARE pHysrc,Ass PRESCRIPTION
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Imf oven chat physicians prescflp.
HYna 500 Iu au. manner related Do
u.af.um. uaguffhulDsH Un impartial
examination of a'l The facts ia ho
rr.e lead. Iras.subly too the cOhcln
..uu chat every medicinal proparuion
compounded and dispensed by a phul
,..u.I.. boo tuD strict sense Of the word.
ID ua.irlm. and thut the ayomga
rlftrrunIDI proprietary remedy O.
superior fH t1u average specially ore
pared physicians prescription.
Wult DO a. u1atrum' According 10
thn Standard Dictionary a nostruu lr
"u medicine the composition OF which
IH kent l secret" Sow. when a phyl
clan compounds and dlspcnses VIII
DIS own hand o. remedy Tor the ira,
mout OF disease -and u is authoHh
lively stated that probably 60 Der
cent OF 900 phl icllns prescription
in This country uTn 500 dispensed the
names and quantities Of the iugie
dIouu which constitute the refsdy
are not made known 90 the patient
Hence. since ltB composition ~ koH q
secret by thr physician tho rrmciy or
prescription ls UuWDstlouably. lu ho
true meaning OF the word. a Simon.
pure no.frum. Furthermore, the prc.
scriplion compounded by the average
/ physician o. more than likely to Be a
/ perfect rcplDto with thefa.
pcutic. physiolDglc and chemical 10.
compaublltlcs and bearing all the car.
marks OF pharmaceutical incumpe
toncy. Tor Il b. now generally admitted
| that unless a physician has made
/ special study OF pharmacy and passed
some time IN a drug store for the pur
pose ~ gaining a practical knowledge
NJ modern pharmaceutical mcthodt
/ no Is not nttod 10 compound remedies
| for his patients. Moreover. a physt
clan who compounds his own pre- icflp
lions not only dcpriyos the pharmael5'
| Of his Just cmolumcntB. but no cudan
gcra the lives OF patients: for II IL
only by the detection and eliminates
Of errors In prescriptions by clevtt
competent proscrIptlonlsts that NJ
safety of the public can be efectmll
shielded from the criminal blunadu
OF ignorant physicians.
Nor can Il be- said that the aveftH
physician ~ any more compctcn,lu
formulate a prescription than he Die
compound H. when momorizcd OIL
rcctly copied from book Of "fay1a
| prescriptions by famous physlclnl
or from some textbook or NEEDS
Journal. the prescription may Dol
that Il should be. II Is only whenl
physician IS required to orlginal
formula on the spur OF the mou
that his lncompetcncy Is dlstlnctlY
dent Seemingly. however. tho yDe
clans OF the United States are lite
worse than the average British phd'
clan: for we md DR.. James Blrnot,
lecturer on Practical Matcrla Media
and Pharmacy. Edinburgh. lamenilig
In the Medical Magazine the TaHlig
OF tho prescription and bemoaulng De
fact that seldom does he Ind a "hnl
man" able 10 devise % prcsehghn
oven In good contracted Latin"
Aud what. II may Boz aHkcd. 4 DC
status OF the written proEcr.ptIon-no
prescription that rs compounded md
dispensed by tho phumlClst-h IL.
too. a nostrum? II may hu c1n'mdd
. that tho patient, with Ihn written
] formula ia his posses luu may warn
p tho character OF tho ramoiy PFC
ForIbod So. possibly ho WIehl BE-
: uudorstood Latin and were O. phyichn
4 Ur pharmacist hpt as he UullJ pos.
70 sosscs mo- professional training and
4 cannot read Latin. the pryaoriptbn Is
{ practically dead secret TO him.
q Furthermore. tho nyoweo perception
Il a. so badly written ana s1 grlay
abbreviated that oven the phamelst
r skilled as ne usually H in doclplpdng
r. medical bicroglyphs, ls c0nAaly
q Obliged 90 interview proscHibgs Ia
~ ind ont what actually has bec pre-
u scgibcd It may also be- contmded
< that luasmuch as the formula Is moWu
o. 10 both physician and phlrmaoit The
prescription cannot therefore b. SO
%. crct lut with equal truth q mbht b,
~, cuntrudrl that the formula of hy so
10 / called uustrum is not "a secret nee 4
I ls known TO both proprietor undnanu
h nrturor, for II must not bo ioyolleI
g that. according 20 reliable luauhty
* 95 per cent. Of the prDurly.0rsoi 80
"a called patent medicines pr.nmd II
~ this country have their rgwoiIc mad,
g Tor them Boy large. reputable mnuiac
~ turing pharmacists HUT owen lhonlu
'r "a patient be able 20 roCnwn tn
names NJ the ingredients moutIned Il
~ 10 formula he would only ka0 bal
II the story II Is seldom. Cor 'l,anc,
* that alcohol Is specifically mnlone
M On q prescription, for % is isuall
"a masked Ia the form Oi unuurs an
Auid extracts, as are "a g.rt man
e, other substances. 70 Is cy.lun. ther'
10 fore, that the ordinary formIItn'pr
a, scupriuu iB. 20 the average nasuL II
10 tip less than a secret rem. lg0r no
uum.
1o ON the other hand tho irrulae {
.r nearly an tho proprietary dlclnt
M that are exploited rNcluaroIto IN
a. medical profession as won thos
NJ large percentage ~ fnelropri
10, ugy remedies that are adH. sed
nt the public Uhc sn-callod pate med
p- cincN arc published In iuL IND,
To-, the Food and Drugs Act, eve, med
mo- ciuaI preparation entering hersta
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