Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-19
DRUGGISTS DINE
AT LONG BEACH
PASS EVENING AT THE HOTEL
VIRGINIA
TELLS PHARMACISTS OF EVILS
OF OPIUM TRAFFIC
Washington Physician Details Fight of
Government Against Users of
Poppy-seed Product-More
Schools Wanted
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LONG BEACH, Aug. 1S.-A principal
social event Of the weeks entertain
ment for the members of the American
Pharmaceutical association and the
wives of the members was the ban
ouet and social evening tonight at Ho-
tel virginia. Between 300 and 400 per-
sons were seated III the Gothic dining
room of the big hotel at the appointed
dinner hour.
A menu of rare excellence was served
on tables bedecked with the season
floral beauties. A gentle sea breeze
drifted in at open windows, and in the
intervals between the orchestral num-
bers the banqueters could hear the
roar and rumble of the breakers.
The members of the party fingered
long over the coffee cups. for general
and merry conversation. AfterWard the
women withdrew to the salon and ball
room, where cards and dancing were
features of the entertainment, Whlle
the men attended a joint conference in
the dining room between the boards OF
pharmacy and the conference Of phar-
maceutical faculties. There was no set
program, but several were called on
for short informal talks. Among these
was William Tegell representative Of
the American Pharmaceutical assoela-
tion in the state of Vermont. TINS
business session was brief, and the men
soon joined the women at cards or
dancing, the hotel orchestra furnishing
music for the informal ball. A pleas
ant retreat was the spacious and cool
ocean-front veranda.
came in at 8 o'clock this afternoon,
bringing the women of the party, Tor
whom a reception was given at me
virginia, Mesdames r. S. Oakford, I.
e. Kellogg. z. w. HiXson, H. e; smith,
70. II. jackson and others of this city
being in the receiving line.
The guests were taken for a walk
along the Pike and visit to its various
places of interest. Many of the visitors
did not resist the temptation TO go SURF
bathing.
Other special cars bearing the mem
hers of the association reached mere
about o'clock.
Druu Clerks OVerworked
That the present day drug clerk Is
oyerworked, that his salary is not ade-
ouate and that better schools OF tram
ing for Would-be pharmacists are
necessary. were the salient points
brought ont yesterday in the address
of j. w. England in connection Win
the business session of the committee
of education and legislation Of the
fifty-seventh annual convention or ule
American Pharmaceutical ASSOCIATION.
After alluding to the opium tratilc IN
the United States, Mr.. England men
toned the fact that prescription writ
ing was a lost art and that students
about to be graduated into the ranks OF
nharmacists were not properly drilled in
the old-fashioned method of preparing
drugs
Secretary England also emphasized
the fact that more colleges OF pharmacy
should be maintained and that each
state should make a special appropria'
ton for use of pharmaceutical col
leges.
The speaker gave statistics to show
that there are at present but few
pharmacy colleges in the United states
and urged that legislative appropria-
tionns should be made to establish
school for the proper technical train
ing.
ments. or appropriations, in order to
foster pharmaceutical education
said Secretary England. "and eXamina-
tions of a more practical and thorough
nature should be urged, and the weak
or colleges merged with the stronger,
which would result in a better and
more proficient curriculum. In pres
ent days prescription writing has be
come a lost art and the combination of,
or moulding of drugs, given but little
attention.
Secretary EnglaRd also dWelt on the
fact that doctors dispensed their own
drugs, a condition that could be easily
remedied by the druggist and doctor
getting together.
DR.. Hamilton Wright of Washington
who acted as special agent of the gov
ernment in suppressing the opium traf-
fic, gave an interesting address, in
which he detailed the fight made by
the government against Chinese opium
smokers.
He gave figures to show the increase
of the opium habit among the Mon
golian population. especially in the
Philippines.
Or. Wright stated that the spread
of the opium habit was not known to
government in the world should take
action to remedy the evil.
The spread of the opium habit in
the Philippines was depicted in de-
tail by the speaker, who urged in his
address that d governmental eNamina-
ton should be made.
NJ. I. Wright of Washington. =. c,
argued on the question, "The Need of
Post Graduate instruction" and en-
phasized the fact that the present
medical schools We're not adequate
TO afford the young pharmacist
thorough education.
While the men We're discussing the
weighty drug questions, the members
of the womeus auxiliary went ON
trip 10 San Gabriel.
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