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Briggs to Direct V A. Pharmacy
BRIGGS TO , DIRECT V. A. PHARMACY DEAN OF GEO,RGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PHARMACY SCHOOL APPOINTED CHIEF PHARMACIST OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION and of their state pharmaceutical associations. He is also interested in the professional equipment and library facilities available. He said that he assumed at least one licensed pharmacist was attached to each Veterans' Administration hospital, and that full active registration would be EAN W. PAUL BRIGGS, faculty member mandatory for all Veterans' Administration of the George Washington University School pharmacists. Some vacancies for pharmacists now exist, of Pharmacy since 1927, has been appointed he pointed out, and efforts will be directed to'chief pharmacist of the Veterans' Administraward procuring high-type professional men for tion. The post is a newly created one authorized these posts. With the new professional standby legislation establishing a Department of ards and the possibility of a higher salary range, 1 Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Adminis- he felt sure that the opportunities would attract tration. The new law also prescribes qualifica- the men needed. Qualified pharmacists who are interested in tions for appointment of pharmacists in the such a position should contact the Veterans' •Veterans Administration. Mr. Briggs indicated that he had not had the Administration, Department of Medicine and opportunity to study fully his new responsibil- Surgery, Washington 25, D. C. Dean Briggs brings to the post of chief phar\ ities. He emphasized, however, that he had had full assurance from Maj. Gen. Paul R. Haw-' , macist wide experience in pharmacy and adley, Surgeon General of the Veterans' Adminis- ministrative work. He has been a licensed phartration, Department of Medicine and Surgery, and macist since 1924 and holds the B.S. degree from from Col. Hugo Mella, chief of the Professional George Washington University and the M.S. deDivision of the Department, that he would have gree from the University of Maryland. their complete support in efforts to develop pha~maceutical services in Veterans' hospitals. At a very early date, Mr. Briggs will visit some Veterans' Administration hospitals to obtain firsthand information on present services, looking toward prompt action, if indicated, to im. prove professional facilities and personnel. Later he plans an extensive survey of all Veterans' facilities to discuss phannacy problems with hospital managers and pharmacists. Advancement in the salary scale for Veterans' Administration pharmacists to help assure fully competent personnel will be one of his first objectives, Mr. Briggs stated. He, indicated that he did not contemplate any action with res'pect to presently engaged pharmacists who had ' qualified under previous standards if their professional services are satisfactory. ' He particularly emphasized this last point, indicating that while current requirements demand a B.S. degree~s a basic qualification for appointment, he was confident that many men with • lower collegiate qualifications were rendering a fine service, and these men should be retained. Mr. 'Briggs said that he is interested in learning the number of pharmacists in Veterans' hospitals who are members of the AMERICAN w. PAUL BRIGGS
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. . Mr. Briggs is treasurer of the U. S. Pharmacopceial Convention. A member of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION for many years, he is a past chairman of the Practical Pharmacy Section and has presented a number of papers and articles at yarious pharmaceutical meetings. For two decades he has been a member of the District of Columbia Pharmaceutical Association, serving as secretary for some years and as a member of the executive committee. During the war Mr. Briggs served in the Navy, being released to inactive duty on December 15, 1945, in the rank of Commander. For two and a half years he was attached to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. He was officer-in-charge of recruiting enlisted personnel in the Medical Department and the development and administration of the educational and training program for the Hospital Corps. Comdr. Briggs lat r organized the Hospital Corps WAVE recruiting, selection and training program. During the last year before his release, he was attached to the Naval Medical Supply Depot in Brooklyn. His work there included the development, jointly with Army officers, of the overall administrative plan for the now-functioning Army-Navy Medical Procurement Agency. During the last six months before V-J Day, Comdr. Briggs was assigned the responsibility of obtaining critically nee
Council descriptions of drug products are published regularly in This Journal as they are accepted. Rules upon which the Council bases its action appeared in the November, 1945, issue (6 :329, 1945) and may be secured in pamphlet form upon request to the Secretary, Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, American Medical Association, 535 N. Dearborn St., Chicago 10. CONTRACEPTIVE JELLIES AND CREAMS (See New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1945, p . 355). The following article has now been accepted: EATON LABORATORIES, INC., NORWICH, N.
Y.
Lorophyn Jelly: A water soluble jelly formed from tragacanth and purified Irish moss, having a pH of 7.5, prepared from the formula: Per Cent Phenylmercuric acetate . ...... ... ... . . . . Polyethylene glycol of mono iso octyl phenyl ether ...................... . . Gum tragacanth .. . . . . . .... . ...... . ... . Purified Irish moss ............... . .... . Glycerin ..... ................... . .... . Methyl p-hydroxy benzoate .... . .. ... . . . Sodium borate U . S. P ....... . ..... . . . . . Water .... ... . ............... . .. . . . . . :
0 . 05 0.3 1.8 ·2 . 0 8.0 0 . 05 3.0 84 . 8
Actions and Uses. - See article Contraceptive Jellies and Creams. Dosage. -5 cc. SYRINGE APPLICATORS FOR CONTRACEPTIVE JELLIES AND CREAMS (See New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1945, p. 357). The following article has now been accepted: EATON LABORATORIES, INC., NORWICH, N.
Y.
Lorophyn Jelly Applicator: A transparent plastic syringe threaded at the blunt, intravaginal end, to screw onto the tubes of jelly, to permit filling by compression of the tube. The full capacity is 5 cc., the recommended dose. HEXAVITAMIN (See J. Am. Med. Assoc., Aug. 11, 1945, p. 1099). The following dosage form has been accepted:
A.S.H.P. ELECTS VICE-CHAIRMAN
THE
Mrs. Anna D. Thiel, chief pharmacist of Jackson Hospital in Miami, Fla., has been named vice-chairman of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists by the organization's executive committee. Mrs. Thiel was ch~sen to fill the unexpired term of Miss Hazel E. Landeen, who resigned during 1945.
WM. S. MERRELL Co., CINCINNATI
Tablets Hexavitamin: Each tablet contains 2500 U. S. P. units of vitamin A, 200 U. S. P. units of vitamin D, 1 mg. of thiamine hydrochloride, 1.5 mg. ·of riboflavin, 37 mg. of ascorbic acid and 10 mg. of nicotinamide. DffiTHYLSTILBESTROL (See New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1945, p. 428). The following dosage forms have been accepted:
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PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION and of their state pharmaceutical associations. He is also interested in the professional equipment and library facilities available. He said that he assumed at least one licensed pharmacist was attached to each Veterans' Administration hospital, and that full active registration would be EAN W. PAUL BRIGGS, faculty member mandatory for all Veterans' Administration of the George Washington University School pharmacists. Some vacancies for pharmacists now exist, of Pharmacy since 1927, has been appointed he pointed out, and efforts will be directed to'chief pharmacist of the Veterans' Administraward procuring high-type professional men for tion. The post is a newly created one authorized these posts. With the new professional standby legislation establishing a Department of ards and the possibility of a higher salary range, 1 Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Adminis- he felt sure that the opportunities would attract tration. The new law also prescribes qualifica- the men needed. Qualified pharmacists who are interested in tions for appointment of pharmacists in the such a position should contact the Veterans' •Veterans Administration. Mr. Briggs indicated that he had not had the Administration, Department of Medicine and opportunity to study fully his new responsibil- Surgery, Washington 25, D. C. Dean Briggs brings to the post of chief phar\ ities. He emphasized, however, that he had had full assurance from Maj. Gen. Paul R. Haw-' , macist wide experience in pharmacy and adley, Surgeon General of the Veterans' Adminis- ministrative work. He has been a licensed phartration, Department of Medicine and Surgery, and macist since 1924 and holds the B.S. degree from from Col. Hugo Mella, chief of the Professional George Washington University and the M.S. deDivision of the Department, that he would have gree from the University of Maryland. their complete support in efforts to develop pha~maceutical services in Veterans' hospitals. At a very early date, Mr. Briggs will visit some Veterans' Administration hospitals to obtain firsthand information on present services, looking toward prompt action, if indicated, to im. prove professional facilities and personnel. Later he plans an extensive survey of all Veterans' facilities to discuss phannacy problems with hospital managers and pharmacists. Advancement in the salary scale for Veterans' Administration pharmacists to help assure fully competent personnel will be one of his first objectives, Mr. Briggs stated. He, indicated that he did not contemplate any action with res'pect to presently engaged pharmacists who had ' qualified under previous standards if their professional services are satisfactory. ' He particularly emphasized this last point, indicating that while current requirements demand a B.S. degree~s a basic qualification for appointment, he was confident that many men with • lower collegiate qualifications were rendering a fine service, and these men should be retained. Mr. 'Briggs said that he is interested in learning the number of pharmacists in Veterans' hospitals who are members of the AMERICAN w. PAUL BRIGGS
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. . Mr. Briggs is treasurer of the U. S. Pharmacopceial Convention. A member of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION for many years, he is a past chairman of the Practical Pharmacy Section and has presented a number of papers and articles at yarious pharmaceutical meetings. For two decades he has been a member of the District of Columbia Pharmaceutical Association, serving as secretary for some years and as a member of the executive committee. During the war Mr. Briggs served in the Navy, being released to inactive duty on December 15, 1945, in the rank of Commander. For two and a half years he was attached to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. He was officer-in-charge of recruiting enlisted personnel in the Medical Department and the development and administration of the educational and training program for the Hospital Corps. Comdr. Briggs lat r organized the Hospital Corps WAVE recruiting, selection and training program. During the last year before his release, he was attached to the Naval Medical Supply Depot in Brooklyn. His work there included the development, jointly with Army officers, of the overall administrative plan for the now-functioning Army-Navy Medical Procurement Agency. During the last six months before V-J Day, Comdr. Briggs was assigned the responsibility of obtaining critically nee
Council descriptions of drug products are published regularly in This Journal as they are accepted. Rules upon which the Council bases its action appeared in the November, 1945, issue (6 :329, 1945) and may be secured in pamphlet form upon request to the Secretary, Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, American Medical Association, 535 N. Dearborn St., Chicago 10. CONTRACEPTIVE JELLIES AND CREAMS (See New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1945, p . 355). The following article has now been accepted: EATON LABORATORIES, INC., NORWICH, N.
Y.
Lorophyn Jelly: A water soluble jelly formed from tragacanth and purified Irish moss, having a pH of 7.5, prepared from the formula: Per Cent Phenylmercuric acetate . ...... ... ... . . . . Polyethylene glycol of mono iso octyl phenyl ether ...................... . . Gum tragacanth .. . . . . . .... . ...... . ... . Purified Irish moss ............... . .... . Glycerin ..... ................... . .... . Methyl p-hydroxy benzoate .... . .. ... . . . Sodium borate U . S. P ....... . ..... . . . . . Water .... ... . ............... . .. . . . . . :
0 . 05 0.3 1.8 ·2 . 0 8.0 0 . 05 3.0 84 . 8
Actions and Uses. - See article Contraceptive Jellies and Creams. Dosage. -5 cc. SYRINGE APPLICATORS FOR CONTRACEPTIVE JELLIES AND CREAMS (See New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1945, p. 357). The following article has now been accepted: EATON LABORATORIES, INC., NORWICH, N.
Y.
Lorophyn Jelly Applicator: A transparent plastic syringe threaded at the blunt, intravaginal end, to screw onto the tubes of jelly, to permit filling by compression of the tube. The full capacity is 5 cc., the recommended dose. HEXAVITAMIN (See J. Am. Med. Assoc., Aug. 11, 1945, p. 1099). The following dosage form has been accepted:
A.S.H.P. ELECTS VICE-CHAIRMAN
THE
Mrs. Anna D. Thiel, chief pharmacist of Jackson Hospital in Miami, Fla., has been named vice-chairman of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists by the organization's executive committee. Mrs. Thiel was ch~sen to fill the unexpired term of Miss Hazel E. Landeen, who resigned during 1945.
WM. S. MERRELL Co., CINCINNATI
Tablets Hexavitamin: Each tablet contains 2500 U. S. P. units of vitamin A, 200 U. S. P. units of vitamin D, 1 mg. of thiamine hydrochloride, 1.5 mg. ·of riboflavin, 37 mg. of ascorbic acid and 10 mg. of nicotinamide. DffiTHYLSTILBESTROL (See New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1945, p. 428). The following dosage forms have been accepted:
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