MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. LOUIS EMANUEL, President, Pittsburgh, Pa. REPORT. The Board held four quarterly meetings during the year ending June 30, 1897. The first meeting was held at Williamsport and Bradford, July the 14th, 1896. One hundred and forty-nine applicants for registration presented themselves for examination, 98 for registered pharmacist's certificates and 51 for qualified assistant's certificates; 22 of the former and 18 of the latter succeeded in passing the examination and were registered. The next meetings were held in Philadelphia on the 24th of October and at Pittsburgh on the 27th of October, 1896. At these places 312 persons presented themselves for examination, 180 for registered pharmacist's certificates and 132 for qualified assistant's certificates. Of this number, 51 of the former and 71 of the latter class succeeded in passing a satisfactory examination and were accordingly registered. The third quarterly meeting of the Board for the examination of candidates was held in Philadelphia, January 16, 1897. At this meeting 262 persons applied for examination, 146 for registered pharmacist's certificates and 116 for qualified assistant's certificates; 53 of the first class and 55 of the last named class succeeded in passing a successful examination and were ordered to be registered. The fourth and last quarterly examination of the Board was held at Pittsburgh, April the 15th, and at Harrisburg, April the 17th, 1897. At these examinations 310 persons presented themselves for examination, 177 for registered pharmacist's certificates and 133 for qualified assistant's certificates. Of this number, 100 of the first named class and 87 of the last named class succeeded in passing a satisfactory examination and were ordered to be registered. The total number examined during the year was 1,033. Of this number, 457 were registered, 226 as registered pharmacists and 231 as qualified assistants, or less than 50 per cent. of the total number of applicants. The annual report of the treasurer of the Board, Mr. Henry C. Porter, of Towanda, Pa., showing a balance of $6,176.83 in his hands, is herewith submitted. Very respectfully yours, CHARLES T. GEORGE, A Suggestion for Necessary Legislation. In view of the fact that the pharmacy law is entirely in the interest of the public by placing the sale of medicines and poisons, and the compounding of physicians' prescriptions in the hands of competent and qualified men is not that part of section 6 of the pharmacy law, which reads "nor shall it prevent store-keepers from dealing in and selling the commonly used medicines and poisons" entirely too broad and unjust to the pharmacist? Should there not be some restriction to the sale of medicines and poisons by incompetent persons, not only for the benefit of the pharmacist, whose burdens are increased by virtue of the present law, but for the benefit of the public itself? The sale of medicines and poisons should be restricted to the sale of the simple household remedies, like paregoric, peppermint, Jamaica ginger, castor oil, sweet oil, Godfrey's cordial, Bateman's drops and so forth, and in the case of poisons, only such poisons should be sold as the well-known insecticits, Paris green, London purple and hellebore, by those so-called store-keepers who, I know, you will recognize as incompetent because not educated to handle with safety dangerous drugs. An amendment to the pharmacy law should be made authorizing the Board to require the applicants for examination to make oath or affirmation to his application for examination, attesting before a notary public, or justice of the peace or alderman the correctness or truthfulness of the statements made in his application for examination. It should, likewise, be made a punishable offense to falsely represent another person before the Board, so as to make it impossible for one person who is competent and able to pass the examinations of the Board to falsely represent another person who is ignorant and unable to pass the examination, and who, for a cash consideration, will assume the name of the individual who knows absolutely nothing about pharmacy, and pass the examination for him and thus secure for him a certificate of qualification, thus defeating the very object of the law. Respectfully submitted to Your Excellency for consideration and favorable recommendation to the Legislature. CHARLES T. GEORGE, Secretary. REPORT OF TREASURER. Henry C. Porter, Treasurer, in account with the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board of Pennsylvania. July 3, To balance on hand this date, $1,187 24 99 00 354 00 500 00 800 00 900 00 900 00 1,599 70 738 00 219 00 900 00 900 00 364 45 801 00 Jan. 8, To cash from C. T. George, Secretary, . 351 00 591 00 1,112 95 -$12,317 34 |