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Forensic Science Foundation Needs Expert Witnesses
Forensic Science Foundation Needs Expert Witnesses
APhA Trustee Kenneth E. Tiemann addressed the Texas Pharmaceutical Association house of delegates in interim session at association headquarters in Austin recently on the formation and activities of COPES. With him at the podium are (left to right) Luther Parker, secretary; Joe Okies, chairman, and Dean Davis, parliamentarian.
PUBLICATIONS-A new monthly newsletter entitled "HMO and Health Services Report" is being published by Girard Associates. Jeffrey A. Prussin is editor and Keith W. Sehnert, MD, is medical editor. Subscription information may be obtained from Girard Associates, Inc., 399 Howard Blvd., Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856 .... To help nurses understand the problems of potentially dangerous drug incompatibilities, RN Magazine has published a guide to intravenous drug mixtures and compatibilities in their Oct., Nov. and Dec. issues. The complete guide, compiled by arrangement with Deaconess Hospital in Boston, includes 54 often-used I.V. drugs andsolutions, listed alphabetically by their generic name . . . . Sugarcoated placenta tablets, a chicken and fungus tonic, and pills containing rhinoceros horn, tiger bone, -antlers a nd herbs are among the unusual r~medies offered in a catalog entitled Chinese Patent Medicines. The catalog was brought to America by the National Council for U.S.-China Trade, according to a report in Chemical and Engineering News. Presumably, interested firms could import these patent medicines, if they met all relevant federal regulations .... Feb. 1974 issue of Clinical Chemistry will be devoted entirely to the subject of toxicology and drug assay in biological fluids and tissues. The issue will contain 38 articles and papers, most of which will deal
The definition and evaluation of various services performed by the forensic science profession in the criminal justice process is the subject of a research project being conducted by the Forensic Science Foundation. The foundation requests anyone who has, since 1972, given reports or testimony in criminal court or elsewhere in the criminal justice process as an expert witness for either the prosecution or the defense to mail a card or note to the Forensic Science Foundation giving your name, address and area of expertise. The foundation will then mail you a short questionnaire designed to group your type and degree of involvement with other individuals who have similar expertise. This is a federally sponsored research project. The results will not identify any individuals. No form of solicitation will result from participation since all names and addresses and questionnaires will be treated as confidential information. Information may be mailed to: Forensic Science Foundation, 11400 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
with the latest in methodology and contain expert opinion on the usefulness and comparative merits of various procedures and summaries of toxicological experience in dealing with the problem of drug abuse (including alcoholism). Individual copies of this issue may be purchased for $4 from-Circulation Manager, Clinical Chemistry, The American Association of Clinical Chemists, 1725 K St., Washington, DC 20006.
Publication Debuts HOSPITAL PHARMACY TODAY, a new national magazine serving the pharmacist practicing in an institutional setting, began publication with the January 1974 issue. The monthly will have a circulation of 17,500. Its co-publishers are Robert Day anq ElRoy FitzSenry, who also co-publish the western regional pharmacy magazine, West Coast/Rocky Mountain Druggist. The offices of HOSPITAL PHARMACY TODAY are located at 1741 I var Avenue, Suite 116, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Closing date for all material is the fifth of the month preceding publication.
Section on Federal Pharmacy Selects Capt. A.R. Petoletti The Section on Federal Pharmacy of the American Pharmaceutical Association has chosen Captain A.R. Petoletti, USN, as chairman-elect. The selection was announced November 23, 1973 by the Section's Board of Canvassers. Others elected by a mail ballot vote of the members were Lieutenant Colonel Jordan D. Johnson Jr., USAF, vice chairman and Captain Lawrence D. Smith, USPHS, secretary. Elected to the executive committee wereCaptain Thomas F. Brady, USA; Douglas G. Christian, Veterans Administration; Major Frederick E. Coleman III, USAF; Captain Clarence L. Fortner, USPHS and Lieutenant Darrell F. Snook, USN. Chairman-elect Petoletti and his fellow officers will be installed during the APhA Annual Meeting in Chicago, August 3-8.
During the filming of "Swamproot, Snake Oil and Wahoo Bitters: A Guide to Over-the-Counter Drug Intelligence" soon to be released for showing at pharmacy meetings, E. G. Marshall (left) makes a presentation on behalf of APhA. At the historical StablerLeadbeater Apothecary Shop in Alexandria, Virginia, an original inventory of drugs and supplies ordered by Pharmacist Edward Stabler from Plough Court Pharmacy in London, England, circa 1795-96, is presented io Mrs. -James M. Duncan Jr., president of the Alexandria Landmark Society while apothecary shop curator Donald M. Slough (right) looks on. The framed document lists such items as opium, camphor, sulphur, three gross of toothbrushes and 20 dozen "Green Phials Assorted." The 18th-century inventory is now on permanent display at the apoethecary museum in Alexandria, Virginia. Vol. NS14, No.2, February 1974
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APhA Trustee Kenneth E. Tiemann addressed the Texas Pharmaceutical Association house of delegates in interim session at association headquarters in Austin recently on the formation and activities of COPES. With him at the podium are (left to right) Luther Parker, secretary; Joe Okies, chairman, and Dean Davis, parliamentarian.
PUBLICATIONS-A new monthly newsletter entitled "HMO and Health Services Report" is being published by Girard Associates. Jeffrey A. Prussin is editor and Keith W. Sehnert, MD, is medical editor. Subscription information may be obtained from Girard Associates, Inc., 399 Howard Blvd., Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856 .... To help nurses understand the problems of potentially dangerous drug incompatibilities, RN Magazine has published a guide to intravenous drug mixtures and compatibilities in their Oct., Nov. and Dec. issues. The complete guide, compiled by arrangement with Deaconess Hospital in Boston, includes 54 often-used I.V. drugs andsolutions, listed alphabetically by their generic name . . . . Sugarcoated placenta tablets, a chicken and fungus tonic, and pills containing rhinoceros horn, tiger bone, -antlers a nd herbs are among the unusual r~medies offered in a catalog entitled Chinese Patent Medicines. The catalog was brought to America by the National Council for U.S.-China Trade, according to a report in Chemical and Engineering News. Presumably, interested firms could import these patent medicines, if they met all relevant federal regulations .... Feb. 1974 issue of Clinical Chemistry will be devoted entirely to the subject of toxicology and drug assay in biological fluids and tissues. The issue will contain 38 articles and papers, most of which will deal
The definition and evaluation of various services performed by the forensic science profession in the criminal justice process is the subject of a research project being conducted by the Forensic Science Foundation. The foundation requests anyone who has, since 1972, given reports or testimony in criminal court or elsewhere in the criminal justice process as an expert witness for either the prosecution or the defense to mail a card or note to the Forensic Science Foundation giving your name, address and area of expertise. The foundation will then mail you a short questionnaire designed to group your type and degree of involvement with other individuals who have similar expertise. This is a federally sponsored research project. The results will not identify any individuals. No form of solicitation will result from participation since all names and addresses and questionnaires will be treated as confidential information. Information may be mailed to: Forensic Science Foundation, 11400 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
with the latest in methodology and contain expert opinion on the usefulness and comparative merits of various procedures and summaries of toxicological experience in dealing with the problem of drug abuse (including alcoholism). Individual copies of this issue may be purchased for $4 from-Circulation Manager, Clinical Chemistry, The American Association of Clinical Chemists, 1725 K St., Washington, DC 20006.
Publication Debuts HOSPITAL PHARMACY TODAY, a new national magazine serving the pharmacist practicing in an institutional setting, began publication with the January 1974 issue. The monthly will have a circulation of 17,500. Its co-publishers are Robert Day anq ElRoy FitzSenry, who also co-publish the western regional pharmacy magazine, West Coast/Rocky Mountain Druggist. The offices of HOSPITAL PHARMACY TODAY are located at 1741 I var Avenue, Suite 116, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Closing date for all material is the fifth of the month preceding publication.
Section on Federal Pharmacy Selects Capt. A.R. Petoletti The Section on Federal Pharmacy of the American Pharmaceutical Association has chosen Captain A.R. Petoletti, USN, as chairman-elect. The selection was announced November 23, 1973 by the Section's Board of Canvassers. Others elected by a mail ballot vote of the members were Lieutenant Colonel Jordan D. Johnson Jr., USAF, vice chairman and Captain Lawrence D. Smith, USPHS, secretary. Elected to the executive committee wereCaptain Thomas F. Brady, USA; Douglas G. Christian, Veterans Administration; Major Frederick E. Coleman III, USAF; Captain Clarence L. Fortner, USPHS and Lieutenant Darrell F. Snook, USN. Chairman-elect Petoletti and his fellow officers will be installed during the APhA Annual Meeting in Chicago, August 3-8.
During the filming of "Swamproot, Snake Oil and Wahoo Bitters: A Guide to Over-the-Counter Drug Intelligence" soon to be released for showing at pharmacy meetings, E. G. Marshall (left) makes a presentation on behalf of APhA. At the historical StablerLeadbeater Apothecary Shop in Alexandria, Virginia, an original inventory of drugs and supplies ordered by Pharmacist Edward Stabler from Plough Court Pharmacy in London, England, circa 1795-96, is presented io Mrs. -James M. Duncan Jr., president of the Alexandria Landmark Society while apothecary shop curator Donald M. Slough (right) looks on. The framed document lists such items as opium, camphor, sulphur, three gross of toothbrushes and 20 dozen "Green Phials Assorted." The 18th-century inventory is now on permanent display at the apoethecary museum in Alexandria, Virginia. Vol. NS14, No.2, February 1974
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