The Falls City tribune., 1910-05-20
MAY Get WIRES Crossed
TALK BY DIR. MoRSMAN on AN
IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
Accuracy in the Dispensing oil
Drugs Not Dependent Upon
the Memory Alone.

Every druggist must have a ref
ference library. His business is one
of much detail and he cannot carry
il all in his mind. %Distracting. null
tiplicity of names, complex chemical
combinations, and similar but
not identical compounds, are
50 profuse in pharmacy that
the mind cannot retain it all,
and so he must perforee refer to his
books. 1t has been said that a good
student is he that knows where to
look for data, and that is very true
in other matters as well as in phar-
macy and medicine. DO not think
because your druggist turns TO his
books when he is waiting upon you
that he doesn't understand his bust.
ness. 1t is evidence hat he does un-
derstand.
! would rather trust the pharmacist
whose reference books are often used
than one who has few books and
those as good us new.
Memory is treacherous and some
times plays its owner scuryy tricks.
Everyone has had experience that
proves the truth of this assertion. How
often you THINK you know, may be
POSITIVE you know. and still find
your memory has misled you.
Somewhere in the intricate %conyolu-
tons of the brain there has been a
false record, or u record that has
been obliterated. AS the saying is,
you have got your wires crossed" 1t
is especially necessary to guard
against this crossing of wires" in
the drug mans brain, because of pos
sible consequences. Therefore the
wise druggist depends upon his
books.
Almost every drug has more than
one name; some of them have several.
These are called synonyms" be-
cause they mea the same thing.
For instance, Hydrastis is called
Golden Seal, Yellow Root, Yellow
Puccoon, Gold Thread, and Indian Tu-
merle Not only must names be con
sidered, but uses and doses enter into
The reckoning. You expect your drug
gist to look out for you: 10 see that
you do not make a mistake on go
wrong, and you have a right to ex-
peot this of him. Suppose your
friend tells YOU .of something you
wish TO Try. or perhaps you read of II
IN a newspaper OF in a receipt book
YOU do not know the action of drugs
on the system or on each other. nei-
tier does your friend, nor the news
PAPER. and very few receipt books
are dependable Your druggist must
lie on the alert 10 see that you do
not get the wrong thing. the wrong
combination, or the wrong dose. Per
laps lie asks you, what are you go
ing to use this fer? Don't hesitate
u tell him, He doesn't want your
receipt. He has no curiosity to graf
lily. He asks YOU for the same roa-
son that the brakeman in a crowded
station asks you where you are going.
when you board the train. 1t is the
protecting care of the trained man
guarding you from mistakes or pos
sible harm as you enter his domain.
The principal book in the druggists
library is the United States Pharma-
copoeia. That is his principal form
ulary-his official receipt book 1t
mas beer called the druggists bible. .
1t tells him how to make the prepara-
tons he sells and gives him much
information in a terse. scientific way.
1t is a book of limitations. however.
There are thousands of drugs and
remedies that are not mentioned in
this book, but the very important
ones are here and because they are
in this book they are called off
cial,' That is the Pharmacopoeia is
the recognized OFFICIAL guide to