The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-07
.HOWROCKEFELLER
GOT HIS STAR I.
Convention Speaker Says He
Owes His Fortune to Retail
Druggists.
EARLY ROM ANcE OF OIL
Members Don't Fancy Idea Of
Putting Poison Label
on Whiskey.

with bisiness-like rapidity the
American Pharmaceutical Associations
yesterday dispatched its voluminous
daily program. There was monotonous
stretch of papers on scientific and ed
ucational subjects, until Otto Rauben-
heimer. chairman of the section of
pharmacy and practical dispensing,
stirred up things by making the an
nouncement that John u. Rockefeller
ought to provide a foundation endow-
ment for druggists, for" said he "he
owes his fortune to two retail drug
gists."
Everybody leaned over to listen
when Dr.. Raubenheimer began to ex-
plain his statement. The section had
lust been discussing the pharmaceu-
teal value OF kerosene oil, which has
many uses. starting as an insecticide
and running up the scale to utility as
a hair tonic and remedy for rheuma-
tisln
Helped to Start Fortune.
Samuel keyser, small country
druggist in Pennsylvania. was one OF
the two men responsible for Rookie
fellcr's fortune declared DR.. Ranben-
helmer. land he got hold of some oil
by digging pretty deep near his home.
He found this oil was Just as cffica-
| cioiis in treating his wifes sickness
as the ordinary red oil. and so. with
another retail druggist. he put his dis
covery on the market. They organ
lied small company IN one OF me
! cities. They advertised tho remedy m
New York. explaining in their posters
| that the oil was secured by drilling
400 feet underground.
"One DAY q man happened 10 look
t,+ tt,a aIN art{ n Nayu
! belonged TO an oil company that Wa az,
| about to go bankrupt because its OH
! supply was nearly gone me adNer
tisemcnt set him to thinking, and luss
! as Newton thought OF graritation when
| the apple hit him on the head. so this
| man thought of going TO PennSylvanla
to get an oil supply Roe ct,5 wa, MAS
bought that Pennsylvania TERRITORY.
Thence he derived his great fortune"
| Some members seemed TO think that Il
would be an excellent idea TO ask MI va
Rockefeller for an endowment, but no
4 Joint session of the section on
education and legislation with the Ma
macy and American Conference, OF
/ Pharmaceutical Faculties was held in
| the morning.
I As to Poison Labels.
/ So much difference Of opinion exist
ed among members of the association
i as 20 what scope a Federal poison label
i should take that the whole matter was
!, laid on the table. One pharmacist
pointed out that since a bottle OF
whiskey would kill a child, .whiskey
would have to be labeled poison. a
j chorus OF mo arose above the laugh
ter That wouldn't do" said an Ola
member. who must be in the seventies;
"Familiarity with the contents would
breed contempt for the label in such a
case declared another.
The entire morning was devoted 10
a discussion of what sort of educa'
, ton should be given to pharnnceuti
cal students, whether the examination
for admission to practice should ne
based on practical work or on mem
DRY work, whether students should be
encouraged to reason or to cram
down a lot of odds and ends of tech
nical information. Many took part
!, in the discussion. and it was evident
that the tendency of the sentiment OF
Work 1lo Reasonable eXaminations and
scientific standards of admission TO
practice.
The section on scientific papers had
an afternoon session, but only matters
OF complex technical nature We're
taken up.
At the afternoon session of the Sec
. ticn on practical pharmacy and dis
pensing. some thirty-six papers were
taken up, some read by title, and some
read in full. These were touching
| either solutions and substances or
| matters pertaining to the laboratory
. of the pharmacist.
At a night session of the same Sec
I, ton there was a. symposium, at which
the latest editions of the pharmaco-
poeias of the world Were briefly con-
| sidered.
j The banquet of the association tool;
|, place last night.
/ The last days session consists OF
meetings of the sections on practical
pharmacy and dispensing and on his
| ri nj l o'clock.
final general session at 8 P. NJ.