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Briefly Noted
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
~RIEFL Y
NOTED
George W. Merck, chairman of the board of directors of Merck & Co., Inc., received the honorary degree of Doctor of La ws from Rutgers University at its 186th Commencement in New Brunswick, N. J., on June 7. Mr. Merck was one of thirteen to be presented with honorary degrees by Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, new president of Rutgers. President of Merck from 1925 until 1950, Mr. Merck has been chairman of the board since that time. Crookes Laboratories, Inc., recently moved its offices, laboratories, manufacturing and shipping facilities to its own new building in Mineola, N. Y. The new address is Crookes Laboratories, Inc., Union and Liberty Streets, Mineola, N. Y. Joseph Paul Folsom, formerly with Lederle Laboratories, has recently been appointed General Manager of Physician's Desk Reference to Pharmaceutical Specialties and Biologicals, an annual drug directory now in its sixth year.
518
Dr. Walter Clarke, executive director of the American Social Hygiene Association 'and clinical professor of public health practice at Harvard University, has been appointed a Fulbright professor and' will teach the 1952-53 school year at the University, 6f the Philippines. A key figure in social hygiene in this country and abroad for almost forty years, Dr. Clarke joined the. American SoCial Hygiene Association at its inception in 1914 and ' has served successively as field secretary~ , Europ.ean r~presentative, medical director and eXf cutlve director. He has also been Secretary of the Joint Committee of the A. S. H. A. and A. PH. A. Your Neig,hbor's Health Is Your Business is the title of a pamphlet recently issued by the National Health Council and its National Advisory Committee on Local Health Units. The 31 -page pamphlet explains what the average citizen can do to protect himself, his family, and his community from epid~ mic and disease, and can be pure-hased for ; 25¢ from the National Health Council, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. (Continued on Page 520)
Vol. XIII, No, 7
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
Briefly Noted • • • • • • • • • • • • • from page 518
The Blakiston Company, medical and scientific publishers in Philadelphia for over one hundred years, is planning to move its offices to 575 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y., where it will occupy offices with its parent organization, Doubleday and Company, Inc.
HOSPITAL PHARMACY
Announcement has been made that graduate work in hospital pharmacy leading to an M.S. degree, will be offered at the Ulliversity of Texas College of Pharmacy this fall. There will also be available two Assistant Pharmacist Internships in the Student Health Service for persons interested in the academic program. Anyone wishing further information should contact Dean Henry M . Burlage, The University of Texas College of Pharmacy, Austin. William P. O'Brien, Chief Pharmacist of Touro Infirmary and a past-president of the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association , was inaugurated as president of the Louisiana Society of Hospital Pharmacists on June 7, by Don E. Francke , president of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. Other officers installed were : Milton Nevils, vice-president; NIiss Frances C. Pizzolato, secretary; and Miss Betty Devine, treasurer.
DRUGSTORE NEEDED Mr. Clyde Baggarly, an attorney of Washingt@n, Va., has written to the ASSOCIA TION concerning the need for a drugstore in his area. There is no pharmacy within a 50-mile radius, and those that are available are on the other side of the Shenandoah mountain range. Mr. Baggarly has a building available, at extremely low rent, for any pharmacist who wishes to settle in Washington, a beautiful small town nestled on the fringe of Virginia's famed Blue Ridge mountains. For further information write to Clyde Baggarly, Attorney at Law, Washington, Va.
520
ADVERTISING INDEX Abbott Laboratories (Surbex w V I C) . . .. . . . . . . . . ..... .. . . ... . ... . ...... inside front cover Ames Company, Inc. (Clinitest tablets) .. . . .. 464 Bellevue Stratford Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Bristol Laboratories (Bristamin lotion) . . . . .. 457 Chesebro ugh Mfg. Co. (Sterile gauze dressings) 518 Chilcott Laboratories (Methium Chloride ) . . . 503 Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (Pyribenzamine). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 519 Cutter Laboratories (Ambots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 The Harrower Laborator'y (Prulose Complex) . 449 Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. (Rimifon) .. .... . . ... .. ..... .. ........ ..... .. . in~de back cover Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc. (Mercurochrome) .. . ..... .. .. ....... . outside back cover Lederle Laboratories (Rhulicream, Tagathen) 504 Eli Lilly & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Mack Publishing Company (Publications). . .. 450 Maltbie Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 S. E. Massengill Aminodrox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 517 Semh yten .. .. . ......... . ... . ... .. .. . . . , 446 Merck & Co., Inc .. . .. ... ............ . . . 460, 461 Nepera Chemical Company (Neohetramine) . . 510 Nion Corporation (Calcicaps). . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 456 Parke, Davis & Co. (Adrenal in, Benadryl, Chloromycetin, Theelin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. (Antibiotics, Steraject) ........ . ... . .. . . . .. .. .. ... .. . . .. . . .. 441, 442 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science 448 Schenley Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 508 Schering Corporation Chlor-Trimeton ... . . . ... ... ... ..... .. . . , 459 Cortogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Sharp & Dohme (Caligesic)... ... . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Smith, Kline & French Laboratories Color Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Neo-PenH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 505 E. R. Squibb & Sons (Rubramin) . . . . . . . . . .. 465 Sunkist Growers, Inc. (Pectin, N. F. ) . . . . . . . . 443 Henry Troemner (Prescription scales) . . . . . . . . 508 U. S. Vitamin Corp. (Panthoderm cream).. . . 509 The Upjohn Company (Cortisone) . ... .. .. 454, 455 Winthrop-Stearns Inc. (Mucilose). . . . . . . . . .. 506 Wyeth, Inc. (Injection Bicillin 600) . . . . . . . . . 447
MONTDLY DRUG INDEX AC ~rH . .. .. . . .. .. . . ........... .. . . .. .. . . . Be!ll0cir~ caps.ules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Bnstamm lotIOn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Butazolidin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Corticotropin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cortisone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Cortisone Acetate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Dexamyl Elixir. . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Dioloxol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dormison liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Gemonil .... . . . ... . . . .. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Hyazyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Hyaluronidase .. .. .. . . .... . ... . . . . ..... . . , Hydrocortisone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Mega-B .. . ...... . .. ' " .. " . . . ... . .. . . . ... Neohydrin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neo-Penil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noctec ...... . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . N ovahistine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Podophyllin . .. ... . ..... .. . . ... .. .... .. .. , Pyronil and Co-Pyronil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Redisol elixir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Rhulicream ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Solacthyl injection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Tricainal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Trilene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
448 511 511 511 452 448 511 511 511 513 511 512 452 452 512 512 512 512 512 448 512 513 513 513 513 513
Vol. XIII, No.7
~RIEFL Y
NOTED
George W. Merck, chairman of the board of directors of Merck & Co., Inc., received the honorary degree of Doctor of La ws from Rutgers University at its 186th Commencement in New Brunswick, N. J., on June 7. Mr. Merck was one of thirteen to be presented with honorary degrees by Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, new president of Rutgers. President of Merck from 1925 until 1950, Mr. Merck has been chairman of the board since that time. Crookes Laboratories, Inc., recently moved its offices, laboratories, manufacturing and shipping facilities to its own new building in Mineola, N. Y. The new address is Crookes Laboratories, Inc., Union and Liberty Streets, Mineola, N. Y. Joseph Paul Folsom, formerly with Lederle Laboratories, has recently been appointed General Manager of Physician's Desk Reference to Pharmaceutical Specialties and Biologicals, an annual drug directory now in its sixth year.
518
Dr. Walter Clarke, executive director of the American Social Hygiene Association 'and clinical professor of public health practice at Harvard University, has been appointed a Fulbright professor and' will teach the 1952-53 school year at the University, 6f the Philippines. A key figure in social hygiene in this country and abroad for almost forty years, Dr. Clarke joined the. American SoCial Hygiene Association at its inception in 1914 and ' has served successively as field secretary~ , Europ.ean r~presentative, medical director and eXf cutlve director. He has also been Secretary of the Joint Committee of the A. S. H. A. and A. PH. A. Your Neig,hbor's Health Is Your Business is the title of a pamphlet recently issued by the National Health Council and its National Advisory Committee on Local Health Units. The 31 -page pamphlet explains what the average citizen can do to protect himself, his family, and his community from epid~ mic and disease, and can be pure-hased for ; 25¢ from the National Health Council, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. (Continued on Page 520)
Vol. XIII, No, 7
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
Briefly Noted • • • • • • • • • • • • • from page 518
The Blakiston Company, medical and scientific publishers in Philadelphia for over one hundred years, is planning to move its offices to 575 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y., where it will occupy offices with its parent organization, Doubleday and Company, Inc.
HOSPITAL PHARMACY
Announcement has been made that graduate work in hospital pharmacy leading to an M.S. degree, will be offered at the Ulliversity of Texas College of Pharmacy this fall. There will also be available two Assistant Pharmacist Internships in the Student Health Service for persons interested in the academic program. Anyone wishing further information should contact Dean Henry M . Burlage, The University of Texas College of Pharmacy, Austin. William P. O'Brien, Chief Pharmacist of Touro Infirmary and a past-president of the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association , was inaugurated as president of the Louisiana Society of Hospital Pharmacists on June 7, by Don E. Francke , president of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. Other officers installed were : Milton Nevils, vice-president; NIiss Frances C. Pizzolato, secretary; and Miss Betty Devine, treasurer.
DRUGSTORE NEEDED Mr. Clyde Baggarly, an attorney of Washingt@n, Va., has written to the ASSOCIA TION concerning the need for a drugstore in his area. There is no pharmacy within a 50-mile radius, and those that are available are on the other side of the Shenandoah mountain range. Mr. Baggarly has a building available, at extremely low rent, for any pharmacist who wishes to settle in Washington, a beautiful small town nestled on the fringe of Virginia's famed Blue Ridge mountains. For further information write to Clyde Baggarly, Attorney at Law, Washington, Va.
520
ADVERTISING INDEX Abbott Laboratories (Surbex w V I C) . . .. . . . . . . . . ..... .. . . ... . ... . ...... inside front cover Ames Company, Inc. (Clinitest tablets) .. . . .. 464 Bellevue Stratford Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Bristol Laboratories (Bristamin lotion) . . . . .. 457 Chesebro ugh Mfg. Co. (Sterile gauze dressings) 518 Chilcott Laboratories (Methium Chloride ) . . . 503 Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (Pyribenzamine). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 519 Cutter Laboratories (Ambots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 The Harrower Laborator'y (Prulose Complex) . 449 Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. (Rimifon) .. .... . . ... .. ..... .. ........ ..... .. . in~de back cover Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc. (Mercurochrome) .. . ..... .. .. ....... . outside back cover Lederle Laboratories (Rhulicream, Tagathen) 504 Eli Lilly & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Mack Publishing Company (Publications). . .. 450 Maltbie Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 S. E. Massengill Aminodrox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 517 Semh yten .. .. . ......... . ... . ... .. .. . . . , 446 Merck & Co., Inc .. . .. ... ............ . . . 460, 461 Nepera Chemical Company (Neohetramine) . . 510 Nion Corporation (Calcicaps). . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 456 Parke, Davis & Co. (Adrenal in, Benadryl, Chloromycetin, Theelin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. (Antibiotics, Steraject) ........ . ... . .. . . . .. .. .. ... .. . . .. . . .. 441, 442 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science 448 Schenley Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 508 Schering Corporation Chlor-Trimeton ... . . . ... ... ... ..... .. . . , 459 Cortogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Sharp & Dohme (Caligesic)... ... . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Smith, Kline & French Laboratories Color Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Neo-PenH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 505 E. R. Squibb & Sons (Rubramin) . . . . . . . . . .. 465 Sunkist Growers, Inc. (Pectin, N. F. ) . . . . . . . . 443 Henry Troemner (Prescription scales) . . . . . . . . 508 U. S. Vitamin Corp. (Panthoderm cream).. . . 509 The Upjohn Company (Cortisone) . ... .. .. 454, 455 Winthrop-Stearns Inc. (Mucilose). . . . . . . . . .. 506 Wyeth, Inc. (Injection Bicillin 600) . . . . . . . . . 447
MONTDLY DRUG INDEX AC ~rH . .. .. . . .. .. . . ........... .. . . .. .. . . . Be!ll0cir~ caps.ules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Bnstamm lotIOn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Butazolidin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Corticotropin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cortisone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Cortisone Acetate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Dexamyl Elixir. . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Dioloxol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dormison liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Gemonil .... . . . ... . . . .. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Hyazyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Hyaluronidase .. .. .. . . .... . ... . . . . ..... . . , Hydrocortisone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Mega-B .. . ...... . .. ' " .. " . . . ... . .. . . . ... Neohydrin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neo-Penil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noctec ...... . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . N ovahistine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Podophyllin . .. ... . ..... .. . . ... .. .... .. .. , Pyronil and Co-Pyronil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Redisol elixir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Rhulicream ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Solacthyl injection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Tricainal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Trilene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
448 511 511 511 452 448 511 511 511 513 511 512 452 452 512 512 512 512 512 448 512 513 513 513 513 513
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