The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-16
GEO. NJ CABf
EXPL AIMS
THE LAW
ADDRESSES THE DRUGGISTS IN
STATE CONVENTION.
How the Government Guards Against
the Importation Of Impure Drugs
Praise For Druggists.

Salt Lake, July 16.-The last item of
business to close the two days con-
yention of the Utah Pharmaceutical
association at the Commercial club
yesterday was the election Of the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
President-Wynn l. Eddy Brigham
City.
First Vice President-Jas. F. Frank
en- Salt Lake City
Second Vice President-B. +. Ritter,
Logan.
Treasurcr-Geo w. Driver, Ogden
Secretary Harry Coombs, Salt Lake
City.
Executive Committee-Charles Van
Dyke, Salt Lake City, chairman; Roy
McAlliSter, First judicial district; John
Culley. Second judicial district, John
l.. Boyden, Third judicial district;
Alexander Hodquist, Fourth judicial
district: Mark Hewlett, Fifth judicial
district; II. II. Peterson, sixth judicial
district.
Yesterdays sessions were marked
by much larger attendanccs than on
the first day, n large number Of dele
gates who arrived the previous night
being in attendance. The morning
session was nearly all taken up with
an address by George p. McCabe, the
legal member of the national phar-
macy board, on the operation of the
pure food and drugs act of June 80,
1906. This address was probably the
big feature OF the convention, and the
association was fortunate in having
Nlr McCabe present.
Nj McCabe is a Utah man, his
parents being Mr. and Mrs. b, D. Nc
Cabe of Ogden. He was principal Of
the Pingree school about fifteen years
ago He studied law and got an ap
pointment in Washington. being ad-
vanced TO his present position, He
married the daughter of r r. Fitz
gerald. assistant superintendent Of the
Southern Pacific railroad, and with
his wife happened to be visiting rela-
tiyes in ogden al the time of the con-
vention His address was maSterful,
and showed that he perfectly under"
stood every detail and feature OF the
pure food law After his talk he in
vited questions, and responded to
many. giving the druggists of Utah in
formation upon many points that have
not been clear to them before. The
convention gave him a hearty vote OF
thanks for his address
Mir. McCabe's Address.
MI McCabe began his address by
stating his pleasure at being able to
talk TO the representative gathering
of sound business men composing the
Utah association. He said:
From the earliest time pharmacists
have figured prominently, not only in
their chosen profession, but very often
in the council chambers of public af
fairs The early fathers of medicine
and OF pharmacy, HippocrateS and Di-
oscorides. Greeks. and CELSIUS. Ro-
man, practiced these twin arts and
were at the same time prominent in
public affairs. Historical records show
that Arcagathus, one of the richest and
most influential Greeks of his day.
kept a shop in Rome for the sale of
drugs about 1877 years before the Chris
tian era Galen, also, the great ply
sician of the second century, whose
influence is felt today in medicine, and
whose name survives In many of the
familiar pharmaceutical preparations,
called galenicalS, was a pharmacist
anu IlSb ulSDEllotb VI uBo III INO2lLC
That the Arabilns made genuine pro-
gress in pharmacy Is probably due TO
the personal interest which Mahomet.
himself took In the interesting study,
Charlemagne was royal pharmacist
who found time in the scant leisure
OF his life to establish a drug farm,
where he spent many hours in faS-
ClDating experiments
The speaker spoke OF many other
, similar instances where pharmacists
had become famous in the affairs of
the state. In politics. Then be took
up the matter Of the government tax
ing steps TO improve drug conditions
in this country.
Il suppose you arc all interested"
he said, in the steps taken by our
secretary OF agriculture to protect the
drug supply of the country. Most Of
the drugs used In the United States
are, in one form or another, imported
from foreign countries The Law says
that no drug may be imported into
this country If adulterated or mis-
branded or considered in any way dan
| gerous TO the health OF the people Of
the United States"
He explained how samples of all
! drugs imported are taken and exam
iued. If adulterated in any way they
are refused admission, and If mis-
branded the importer is required to
properly brand them before being al
lowed to enter this country He sad
that hundreds of shipments within the
! last two years had been denied admis~
sion, Then he explained how this In
spection helped the druggists of the
| country. Wholesale and retail
1T protects the druggists from be
ing imposed upon by impure drugs.
| The inspection Is one that could not
possibly be made by all the druggists