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r? "PC- iq?xv:'r-VTpr"xp '","' 'W'WW' "" ' PHARMACY EDITION TheDailyNebraskan KOSMET KLUB MAY 16 KOSMET KLUB MAY 16 V IL I 1:1 1 y VOL. XIII. NO. 145 TEGHN1GAL TRAINING VALUE OF THOROUGH EDUCA TION FOR YOUNG PHAR MACISTS. ADVANTAGES OF CHEMISTRY Article Written by H. L. Thompson "The Better You Are Prepared the Larger the Oppor tunity." When the law providing for the licensing of druggists in Nebraska went into effect It provided that drug- -gists then ip himinonq should be granted a license without the formal ity of an examination. Had all such druggists been required, as now, to pass a satisfactory examination In the various subjects, many doubtless would have been forced to seek other employment. Like the old-time doc tors, they had learned their trade by Berving a certain apprenticeship, but with' little or no scientific training. Pew druggists are now produced by the old-time apprenticeship method alone, although the practical experi ence is still an important factor. The question naturally arises In the minds of the younger students of pharmacy whether all this technical training Is really worth while, and whether all these weeks and months of toll in class room and in the labor- atocyjBHQt. after all, a useless ox penditure of time and money. Is it not merely a means of passing the state examining board and then to bo forgotten in the rush of business life? If this preparation has for its goal only the passing of a satisfactory ex- amhintfnn it Typnld not be strange that the student should hesitate. On the contrary, -the skill and technical knowledge acquired In school should become a real asset to the future career of the pharmacist. Let us take the subject of chemistry and notice its application. First, in what way will a knowl edge of chemistry help in filling pre scriptions. It the. physician should - .hand-you-a prescription, to be filledJ while he waits, would you not feel a bit uneasy in compounding it. without some knowledge of the chemical re actions taking place, and oven If you succeeded, without serious accident, in getting the ingredients mixed, but obtained an unsightly product instead of an attractive preparation, would you not feel self-condemned to have your certificate framed for the Inspec tion of such physicians. But modern pharmacy does not consist In the mere filling of prescriptions frorastock bot tles put up by pharmaceutical houses and sold to the druggist at fancy jpricea The trained druggist will use liis chemical knowledge Tn maSIhg .suclwprenarationB-hlmselfand also in testing such as "ne,-cannot make to seeT Jthat they meet the requirements of the U. S. P. He may thus avoid the mistakes, which so often result fatrttty, when stock bottles are not properly labeled. There is an ever widening, field of activity and profit for the .properly prepared pharmacist , who uses his tmo and knowledge wisely, Drug gists are too prone tif complain that the physicians are unsympathetic and patronize patent medicine concerns to the detriment of tho official 'prepara tions, Careful investigation will doubtless show that the druggisfc aro (Continued on' page 5.) UNIVERSITY OF a J i YXnOIV 1 ( n tzt&rz :? r S Will hit I U THE MORAL EFFECT OF DRUG 6T0RE ON A COMMUNITY. See yonder man tottering down the street, bleafed and bloated face, dis heveled hair, shuffljng step, a wreck of a human being. Who Is responsible for such lives" as these? Ask yourself the question, my dear brother druggist, -are, you? Ponder over the matter ft while. What about that, patent medi cine? Did it contain morphine or co caine? Yes, it did; and yet you sold It to that man. What about tho sooth ing syrup you sold to that mother or nurse to feed to the poor Innocent babe? Did she know that' she was giving the child a habit forming drug? Yes, it is true; it was present in small quantities, but remember a child is very suspectlblo to habit forming drugs. Beware of that "pain killer" that contains morphine, too. The pain will be greater than you can bear when the habit is, formed. Why not bear a little pain now, or place the responsibility In the. hands of a com--petentr-physlclaa2 The catarrh cure also contains co caine, but you did not warn the patient of his danger., Is It any wonder that we have cocaine fiends, when there are so many dangerous catarrh cures on the market? Now the drug store is looked to as a kind of a social center. People come and go a place where they are always welcomo at any hour of the day ui day uf the -week. Vor-y-4nAch1)ai8n.KH)mpietoutfltt)i1ya like tho poor, them you have with you always. But after all, is it not a greater blessing to be. useful and help- fuT lu the brother in-need-than-to-bo-Ldoor richer in dollars? Do not misunderstand me. There are drugs intnehandfl-otU"good7ramediatelyeGbIockbleafeJbk moral, judicious physician aro of the gaeatest value and aro very necessary, but not so when dealt out to the pub lic in forms of patent medicines, bit ters, tonics, and remedies ot various kinds. Be judicious, be a counsellor, a helper to the buyer in choosing only the healing and helpful drugs. Make it your aim to cure and not to cure humanity. And you who buy,' bo care ful the headache tablets and bromides. Be temperate in the use of drugs. Do not' form habits, but go'to one you can trust, and remember there are' many curses as well as cures. NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914. THEY ALL LOOK UP TO WHAT ARE THEY? Phenyldisulphavinotetroxydlamonio- arscnobcnzlne or DlmethylaminophenyldementhyU pyrazon. THE NEW PHARMACEUTICAL ' LABORATORY. In the northwest corner of the base ment of Nebraska Hall is situated a new laboratory of pharmacy, for the carrying on of pharmaceutical assay ing and testing of crude drugs, chem icals and preparations, official in the United States Phnrmnoononln, and used in general in the medical and pharmaceutical professions. With the removal of the medical physiology to Omaha, the School of Pharmacy was expanded last fall to one more laboratory, in which this distinct line of work could be done. The space was formerly occupied toy Dr. A. E. Guonther, now in Omaha, as liTs private office and research labora- Eory: WKhm llm nT-n-mAAiL4hft-Lccntlynntnrri present year began, all there was to bo seen were the old pillars of the physics department, and old physio logical tables from pharmacology. To day It Is a splendid laboratory, with water and gas fixtures and complete. On entering The pnysioloyaboraHentatlveWho-tudent-body-and-liusiJ tory, room 5, and turning to your left, going through the blood pressure room wherein stand the now respiration ap- iological and pharmacological experi ments, you aro confronted with a fenced in apartment, a sign over tho reading, ifGomo in without knocking, go out tho same way." Passing through this gateway, you cases, lockers, and an unusual display of glassware. Shellbach's blue-lined burettes stand here and there against a double-shelved ledge running mid way tho lengths of the tables, contain ing flasks-and bottles of all descrip tion. Along the south wall to your, left, stand a black case containing nearly all the volatile oil, fluidextracts and tinctures assayed In pharmacy, and a Bet of U. S. P. test solutions; a large sink on the left side of which are a Rudorffe sandbath, a water oven, a drying oven, and a Barnstead water-still, on the right a largo water, (Continued on page 5) HIM" PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY BANQUET. One of the big features of Pharmacy week will be tho fifth annual banquet of tho Pharmaceutical Society. Tho chairman of tho banquot committee is trying to make this tho largest and best over hold in tho history of the :fichool-ot-Bharmaovr Th local drug- gists are showing much enthusiasm in this groat event and many of tho alumni have signified their intention to be present with ub. Dr. R. A. Lyman, director of the School of Pharmacy, will act as toast- niUHturf and tho loaatr-Hfltr-w411-tno4ud4wiAA1ttr ipir. .h9 BrnnHw nnnti a welcome by Mr. McMurry, vice-presi dent of the Pharmaceutical Society; Mr. D. J. Killen, president of the State Board of Pharmacy and retiring mem ber on the board, will glvo a toast on "Tho End in View"; as representative, of the local druggists, Mr. S. C. Wil son, who has been prominent in whole sale pharmacy ia the city, hut who ro- tho rffl ness, will favor ub with a toast on the subject "Tho State Association." Among the other men on tho toast! list are Mr. S. E. Ewing, tho most re cent addition to the' State Board of Pharmacy; Mr. P. P. Howard, repre- ness manager of the Pharmacy An nual; Mr. N. P. Hansen, a very suc cessful Lincoln druggist and a faculty member of the School of Pharmacy; Dr. Benton Dales, head of the chem Istry department; Mr. A. V. PiorCe, a very Influential druggist in tho state and ahead of his class along lntcllec tual lines; Mr. C. It. Sherman, a very prominent Omaha druggist. Chancel lor Avery has also consented to give a short toast on the fiuhjecP'MjTldeTof a Pharmacist." As a guest of the School wo have with us Doan Teeters, University of Iowa, one of the leaders of education along pharmaceutical lines, who will respond to a toast on the subject "Tho Pharmacist as a Salesman," Edo Anderson of New York City, Harry Nollson and Edwin Corbln, M. W. Huntington of Liberty, Nebr.ji Glen Hoag, W. W, Stowe, L. It. Eby, of Hartlngton; Nell Ward, Mildred Young and Sid oBwers will bo held J this week for the Pharmacy banquet. PftlCE 5 CENTS. ARIZONA CACTUSES BURBANK WRONGLY CALLED IN VENTOR OF "8PINELE88 CACTUS." A FOOD FOR JACK RABBITS 8tenoQraphlo Report of Paper Rea,d Before Meeting of "Nebraska Academy of Solehces," May 8,1914. By Oharloa E. Bossoy. Stenographic report of a paper read beforo tho "Nobrarika Academy of Sciences," May 8, 1014. In a recent visit to southern Arizona 1 mudu Huuiu Btudios-of thelarger-of tho numorouB cactuses whloh nro to be found In that rdglon. Beforo I discuss tho very largo cactuses I wish to say a word In regard to tho prickly pears (Opuntia) whloh aro to common in that roglon. They are of interostto us bocauso of the- fact that certain, ones of theso havo boon spok'en' of freoly bbJ splnoleBB cactuses,-'- and the ImprbflBion has been givon that tnoso were Invontod by Mr. Burbank. Now it may bo that 'Mr. Burbank did invont soma spineless cactuses, but tho fact is well known to tho people of Arizona that nature is constantly producing prickly pears that are. prac tically without spines In traveling; over the mesa one finds every littlp while in a protected place a prickly pear whloh has no largo spines. All prickly pears havo mlnliib BplCUleB" which aro very uncomfortable to tho skin and must bo somewhat painful for animals, but since thoy lack the long sharp spines, such cactuses are spoken of as spineless, and in fact aro eaten by tho hungry animals of tho today especially hecauso of the fact that my attention has been called to tho advertising that cortain people aro doing in Nebraska with the expecta tion of selling spineless cactuses-to tho farmers of this region. I havo two objections to having this state exploit ed by tho spineless cactus people. In the first place, spineless cactuses of the southwest aro tended things wnicn wlinrotromiuro tho-Nobraaka-wlnters. Wo have wild prickly pears of several species in Nebraska, but thoy aro by no means spineless, and probably cannot be made so. It fol lows, therefore, that any men Invest ing in spineless cactuses aro likely to get plants that would kill out during our Nebraska, winters, the spineless cactuses is that no self tho sponoless caotuses is that no self TUBpecting cuw ,oi ox-would-oare-to eat forago of that kind. In the desert all animals are hungry, and they are ready to eat anything. Accordingly in tlnrATlzona--deserts-the Jack- rabbits and the catlo and other plant eating animals eat the less 'spiny cactuses -moTolybecausosrtheyaresObhungry-. that they must eat them In order to live. Our cattle brought up as they are on succulent grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., could not bo Induced to eat such crude food as their less fortunate rel atives In the desert. So I say to "you today, do not invest In spineless cac tuses Jn the hope pf getting good for age plants. 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