Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-23


| Mr.. Dorr has conducted the business
alone, occupying the south store in
the Phoenix block on Main street. Mr.
DCrr is member of Watcrville Lodge,
F. and a. NJ, Teconnct Chapter, and
st. Omcr COmmandery. X. T. He is q
| member of the American Pharma-
| ceutical Association and is eX-presi-
dent of the Maine Pharmaceutical AS
SOciation.
For the long period Of 40 years,
George w. Dorr, the oldest druggist in
Waterville, has handled presc, iptions
behind the counters Of a drug store
The Journal representative, aware of
these facts, invited Mir. Dorr to dis
cusS the interesting phases of his
business, and this he willingly did
'"rhe druggists business has been
completely rcvolutionizcd since the
time when l first entered it. Then
we made all Of our plastcrs and pills,
hardly any of them being ready-matic
Tho !rodorn pharmaceutical house has
been the chief means i'll bringing the Sc
cnanges about. They make thou
sands Cf prepared medicines which the
doctors OF the present day are coming
to use more and more. But the old
druggists. like myself. still make their
own tiuctureS and Syrups. for W. are
then sure of just what our customers
are getting. We do not make the
sugar-cGatcd pill of course, for il
would not pay to do 50, but we make
everything else that we find possible
to manufactures.
at is surprising to note each month
how many thousands Of new prcpara
tions of medicines the pharmaceutical
houses publish. These preparations
the up-to-datc druggist must carry.
for the doctors write for them in con-
stantly increasing amount. If the
druggist cannot fill the prescription, he
loses the trade. Naturally. the drug
Eist cannot stock all of these prcpara-
tinns IS their number is legion, and
even the most important and widely
known of them would fill the shelves
of Il good sized store. What this in
crcasing :, number of preparations
means can readily be seen. We are
obliged TO carry one hundred dollars
worth Of goods now to every dollars
worth Ct goods. half century ago.
And rs to the element Of connection,
drug business than in any other line OF
business transacted in the United
States. The outsider cannot realize
its extent.
81 have said that doctors are coming
more and more TO use the prepared
medicines of tho great pharmaceutical
houses, such as Parkc. Davis, Wcith,
Lily. Wampole. and some Others
These preparations contain the we'll
known and reliable agents which have
been used in practice for century,
combined in various ways. In TINS
WY of combination, almost anything
is oHtainalIc In other words. th"E
NAV he said to be prescriptions al
ready. nilc!. bottled. and l1b"lc'I. How
ever. there are few Doctors who Stlll
preScriln preparations of their own.
that is to say, direct thu druggist L"
compound a mcdicin" consisting of tW"
or moro Of the standard ingredients
and rf course. all doctors write Tor
prcscription work more or less. IN
Speaking of these repaired medicines.
If must not be understood that | mean
the 'rroprictary' or patient m"dirine
for the formula is given and the d"c-
tor AMI druggist know exactly Whai
the preparation contains ana the exact
amount of each ingredient.
"An"thrr change in our business Is
that Of the portability. palatih'lltE'
and rrcscntability of the preparations