| Show EVIL ACTS OF arts T saitom or of dart fill flirt couture cmar ven a person goes goe to a drug store for or a standard remedy anil and the druE drug Slat glat tries to palm off some other preparation of 0 a pretended similar nature urging the customer to buy the litter latter concoction on the tha plea that it it Is just as good or really battor than the standard remedy called tor for it Is ILI proper prope r to avoid that drug store ever afterward lays tho the boston globe the th profit to the druggist on the standard preparation la Is not large the few remedies that the whole world recognizes as meritorious are prepared by able physicians and chemists with ever eteri facility of modern science at their command from the formulas of 0 the mosi learned physicians that this generation has produced A tremendous amount of capital Is invested in the laboratories where these remedies are made they have gained their reputations by the great good they have done in curing disease and relieving pain it costs a great deal to keep up their necessary excellence the unscrupulous and generally ignorant druggists referred to see a chance to make a big profit by mixing together a number of cheap ingredients giving the mixture a name and taking advantage ot of the gullibility of some people who seem to like to experiment with their health the pharmaceutical era says do druggists realize the reproach they have brought upon themselves and the evil to their profession by the practice of substitution there la Is no use mincing matters and carefully choosing words there are druggists and not a few who are guilty of substitution and it Is time tor for an outspoken denunciation of this dishonorable practice it if there is in any business or profession which more than another should be characterized by absolute honesty and integrity it is pharmacy the issue of life and deth death frequently bently rests with the druggist and imy any tampering with the physicians prescription becomes a crime the druggist frequently argues that his substitute Is the same as or better than the article proscribed prescribed but even though this were true the article Is not what was as ordered or expected the reason tor for substitution by the druggist la is either for his own convenience or his financial benefit both unworthy tuo motives tives there has been a grem great deal said did upon tipon the subject but the real lesue has haj b been ten disguised by a lot ot of words and specious and fallacious arguments menta until the question of right and wrong reems to have been lost sight of druggists owe it to themselves to frown this practice to discountenance it in eve every way possible and to defend their profession by proof of their falsity the charges of dishonesty which we regret to say are brought against it and founded foin ded unan far ana amneh evidence |
