Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-17
AFTER PATENT MEDICINES
Druggists in Convention Give Vigor-
GUS Views on Conditions.
AGAINST SALE OF LIQUOR
Convention Gets Down TO Real Dusi-
ness After Addresses of We'll
come and other PIcnsan-
tries Are Disposed OF.

Vigorous views on conditions of the drug
trade marked the first day of the con-
vention of the Nebraska State Pharma-
ceutical association. Delegates heard Pres
ident ID. j. Fink of Hodrege condemn pro-
prietary medicines masquerading as eth
ical" which are nothing, according to the
speaker, but patent medicines Delegates
too heard denunciation Of liquor selling by
druggists and heard defects in the national
drug law pointed out by Prof C. S. N.
Hallsberg Of Chicago.
The convention got down to brass tacks
Thursday. Preliminary pleasantries had
been cleared away the night before and
business became the order of the day. First
came the annual address by President
Fink.
After an introduction dealing with the
history Of the association, President Fink
said:
zone of the evils which the drug trade
has to contend with is the so-called ele-
CANT pharmaceuticals, with a copyrighted
name and a label has ready-made dag
nosis, but whose formula you do not know
These should be classed where they belong
with patent medicines.
Together with patent medicines these
elegant pharmaceuticals' should be bought
sparlngly, just to supply the demand and
should be sold without recommendation.
LAS TO the dispensing physician there has
been so much talk with 50 little real result,
there seems not much more to say. Some Of
our medical friends presume upon their
medical diplomat to be doctor, dentist,
pharmacist, and Lord only knows what.
physicians Justly complain Of druggists
refilling prescriptions without order. The
remedy is that the prescription should be-
come the property of the pharmacist by
law"
President Fink also talked of the increas-
ing growth of itinerant medical vendors,
saving that in Iowa figures showed there
are three of these working in every county.
HaIIsberE on Pure Medicine.
Prof. Hallsberg spoke in the morning
instead of the afternoon because s. L,
Mains, Nebraska tate food commissioner,
who was billed for an address, did not APP
pear. Prof #allsberg is one Of the most
eminent men in pharmacy in the country.
He is a resident of Chicago and is editor
of the American Pharmaceutical associa-
ton Bulletin"
Prof. Hallsberg showed how defective
the national food and drug law has been
| because of the exception allowed at the
demand OF manufacturers that drugs lin
tended for mechanical uses need not be
chemically pure,
THE great trouble has BEEN" said the
speaker" that state laws have been pat
termed after the national act. and wher
argument against this exception is begun
| legislators shake their heads and utter
twaddle to the effect, What is gooc
enough for Uncle Sammy is good enough
for u.s.
Prof. Hallsberg gave illustration aftei
| illustration as to how this exception has
been utilized to adulterate drugs not USED
in the arts but for medical purposes.
Liquor selling by druggists came up a
| the afternoon session in the round table
vigorously led by A. V. Pearse OF Fair
| bury. He and other speakers led an on
slaught against the practise, or NOR
strictly the abuses of the practise ant
| urged that the convention do its utmos
to discourage sales Of liquor not honestl!
intended for medicinal purposes. Earle
closing was another theme speakers urge
upon delegates.
No politics has yet crept into the con
vention though many men declared tina
there would be a lively fight for tn
presidency the ensuing year. But only on
man is yet talked of for the place. Thi
is George d. Christoff of Norfolk, who's
friends are active in his behalf.
Women delegates attended the Boy
theater during the afternoon. The mai
social event of the convention is a Dime
and ball this evening at the Rome hotel.