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student chapters on the professional level -Speaking to student members at Fordham U, John Shostak, APHA member and state rep resentative from Norwalk, Conn., said pharmacists play major role in presenting own professional image. Shostak emphasized need for pharmacists to participate in civic activities ... - Qualities which should be possessed by pharmacists are listed by Stuart H. Brager, MD, as "3 A's"availability for patrons and physicians, affability with patrons and health team members and ability maintained by reading journals and employing capable help. Brager discussed "A's" at meeting of U of Md. student chapter.
educational discussions - Agenda for Feb. meeting of U of TIl. APHA student chap . centered on panel discussion of internship as seen through eyes of educator, Dean George Webster; board of pharm. member, Milton Christy, and state association member, Richard Strommen, IPHA exec. director . . . . -La test changes in Mich . legislation regarding pharm. intern regulations were explained at meeting of Wayne State U
student chap. by Donald D ee, MSPA field secy . . .. - At U of Kans. Feb. student chap. meeting, panel of professorsRaymond Hopponen, MD, and Robert Wiley, MD-and students-Ted Wrench and Dan Vossman-discussed possible educational changes including expansion to 6-yr. pharm. course, more distinction between community pharm . and pharmaceutical research courses and changes in internship program .... -Presenting past accomplishments of pharm. as examples, APHA member George Taylor, chief pharmacist at Milledgeville State Mental Hospital in Ga., reminded student members at U of Ga. they can achieve their chosen goals. Posed goal was introduction of PharmD degree in Ga .... -Duquesne U APHA chap. worked in co-operation with school of pharm . to provide guided tours and movie for "open house" Feb. 11- 12. Purpose--educate public to professionalism of pharmacy and pharmacist's role in community health and attract career-minded students.
a look at the profession - "Folks, Facts and Pharmacy," film produced by Lederle, was viewed in Feb.
by student m emb ers of Medical Col. of Va. chap ... . -Challenges and problems presented pharmacists by patrons, boards of pharm. and schools of pharm. were discussed by Stanley E. Hartman, pharmacist, in Jan. at Oreg. State U student chap .... ePharm . in Germany was compared with pharm . in U.S. at meeting of APHA student chap. at U of Ariz. Doing comparing was Hildegard Elman, foreign exchange student from Germany, who worked as intern in Phoenix .... - Is union answer to pharm.'s problems? This question was asked by Roger Reid, chief pharmacist at North Memorial Hospital, at meeting of student members at U of Minn. Reid said pharmacists must decide how they want to be represented.
student leaders - At Duquesne U newly elected chap . officers are David C. Kinney, pres.; Gary Sperl, v.p.; Sister M. Maureen, recording secy.; Sister M. Nikolai, corresponding secy., and William Schirra, treas .... -Recently installed at U of Houston APHA student chap. meeting were new officersLawrence Priano, pres.; Paul Spinella, V.p.; Sandra Evans and John Rediger, secies. ;
Tom Neale, treas., and Kenneth Korthaur, parliamentarian .... -Student APHA officers for Montana State U chap. include David R. Wichman, pres.; Stan Beaudette, v.p.; Honore Lee Riley, secy., and Ray Bilile, treas .... - New chap. officers recently installed at U of Ariz. are Les Peterson, pres.; Mike Cohen and Ken Coit, v.p.'s; Leo McStroul, treas., and Lew Sherman and Vee Levine, secretaries.
science wise - Biological and chemical relationships between plants and insects were described by Edward E. Smissman, APHA member and professor of pharm. chemistry at U of Kans., at Feb. meeting of Washington State U student chap .... -Drugs used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis were discussed by A.S. Ridolfo, MD, with clinical research division of Lilly, at Feb. meeting of Rutgers U chapter.
local chapters meeting news -South Vietnam, its present-day situation ture, hili ted Feb. 3 of local Chicago chap.
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doorways to careers APhA student chapter members at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy recently were informed of the opportunities open to them in the public health service. Speakers were George F. Archambault (second from left), former APhA president, and Captain Alfred A. Rosenberg (second from right), chief pharmacist at the PHS Boston Hospital. Visiting with them were Professor Mitchell J. Stoklosa (left) and Dean Howard L. Reed. Archambault and Rosenberg were also speakers at a student gathering at the Northeastern University college of pharmacy.
A career opportunity show was presented for Pittsburgh area high school students February 5 through 7 by the Western Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Pharmacists in co-operation with the Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania. In the exhibit booth were (left to right) APhA members Charles Rosko, WPSHP secretary, Martin Goldstein , WPSHP president, and AI Bianculli, WPSHP membership chairman.
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Central American congress of pharmacy
At the opening session of the Seventh Central American Congress of Pharmacy in Guatemala City, November 28 to December 5, six attractive young ladies marched their countries ' flags to their proper places on the stage. The Central American Congress is officially composed of delegates from the six Central American countries-Panama, Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Guatemala, Honduras and EI Salvador.
Leo Godley (left) of Fort Worth, Texas presents a copy of the ASH P Mirrorto Hospital Pharmacy to Lic. F. Javier Castellanos de Leon, president of the Seventh Central American Congress of Pharmacy meeting in Guatemala , while Professor Donald C. Brodie (right) looks on . Both Godley and Brodie were guests of the congress, addressing the nearly two hundred delegates and their guests.
was Milburn P. Akers, editor of Chicago Sun Times. Scheduled for May 5 is installation of new officers . ...• "Haven for Hucksters" titled documented presentation of Dean K.L. Kaufman for Feb . meeting of APHA Indianapolis local chapter.
pha rmacy ca reer conference .N.Y. local chap., in cooperation with Brooklyn Col. of Pharm., Columbia U, Fordham U and host school St. John's U , sponsored March 20 pharm. careers conference for high school students. Outline for day included speech by John R. Kenny, Jr., pharm . services manager for Squibb, on opportunities in pharm.; discussion by Dean Andrew J . Bartil ucci on pharm. education, and tour of St. John'S.
associations the pharmacy corps .Members of Passaic County PhA (N.J . ) have been active in community health campaigns including Sabin oral drives, tetanus education programs and programs for dis-
pcnsing penicillin tablets to certain heart patients . ... .Changes in telephone directories advocated in Metropolitan Detroit PhA Newsletter were listing of "pharmacies" rather than "drug stores" and listing of RPh's follow i n g ph arm a ci s t s ' names ....• Conn. PhA is endorsing Medic Alert Foundation International Program and making available to public through community pharmacies necessary registration blanks. Medic Alert emblems identify medical problems of their wearers; Foundation maintains file of members' problems. Info . is available immediately in emergencies to physicians and other authorized personnel. ...• Public .health education is receiving big push in Pittsburgh area through community service announcements by KQV radio, in co-operation with Allegheny County PhA (Pa. ). Program, titled, Health-o-Scope consists of free announcements on pharmacist's role in community health and promotes public interest through monthly contests of health suggestions offered by public. Contest blanks are distributed through local pharmacies ....• Build-
ing fund at U of Pittsburgh was augmented by $1,000 contribution presented in name of Allegheny County PhA (Pa.). Money is for equipment for teaching labs., which will be memorials to former deans, Julius A. Koch, Leonard O'Connell and Edward C. Reif... .• Now available for Pittsburgh area AZO pharmacist-owners are services of PERC. PERC is emergency relief corps designed to continue operation of pharmacy when owner is taken ill suddenly.
legal briefcase .Emphasizing pharm. profession is interested in legislation which has direct bearing on health of citizens, new Summary newsletter was issued by Calif. PhA t o over 2,000 Calif. political leaders .... .Robert Hammel, APHA member from U of Wis., was on agenda of Central Wis. PhA meeting in Feb. to explain impact of new drug regulations on community practice of pharm ....• Cape Cod PhA (Mass.) assn . members attended public hearing, Feb. 11, of state bill for recodification of pharm. laws. Bill was designed to restrict
pharm. ownership to pharmacists, to require cols. of pharm. to be accredited before their graduates could take state board exams and to restrict sale of potentially harmful drugs to pharmacists ... . • Pharmacists across state have been urged by Ind. PhA to voice opinions on pharm. legislation introduced to state general assembly . .. .• Invited to Feb. meeting of Albany County Pharm. Society ( N.Y.) were pharm . societies of Troy and Schenectady. Meeting, scheduled to review status of state pharm . legislation, a lso included as guests Thomas D'Annunzio, N.Y. PhA pres., a nd Nicholas S. Gesoalde, N.Y. PhA exec. secretary.
agenda data .Guest speaker on March 24 meeting agenda of Central Ohio Academy of Pharm. was Roger Cain, director of APHA's membership division. Cain's address was explanation of affiliation . ...• Carl N euberg Society sponsored symposium, March 23-24 in N.Y., giving hilites on progress in biochemistry and therapeutics. Specific fields of study were enzymes in diagnosis, in therapeutics of inflammation and Vol. NS5, No.4, April 1965
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It's a new administration for the Michigan Board of Pharmacy. When the board elected its officers for 1965, itappointed Allan G. Weatherwax of Jackson, Michigan, executive secretary, to succeed David M. Moss of Birmingham who recently resigned that post. Weatherwax (center) officially assumed his new duties on February 11. On hand to greet him when he reported to the boar;d office were Richard J. Wilson of Birmingham (right), new president of the board, and Bert C. Brennan of Saginaw (left), new vice president.
edema and in drug action and molecular biology of diseases .... -Purpose of Feb. meeting of Lane County PhA (Oreg.) was to discuss proposals dealing with regulation of Oreg. State PhA .... -March schedule for AZO N.Y. chap. included induction meeting for new members of Columbia U, L.I. U and Fordham U chaps. On agenda was Robert W. Baird, founder of Haven, free, ambulatory narcotics withdrawal clinic in Harlem, to present info. on narcotic addiction, education and controL . . . -Heading discussion schedule of Feb. meeting of Richmond and Eastern Ind. PhA were plans for Poison Prevention Week .. .. - Feb. meeting agenda of Greater Northwest PhA (Mich.) included explanation by Jerry Hugo of uses, presentation and fitting of Bauer and Black products . ... -Feb. 25 meeting of Metropolitan Detroit PhA was programmed to review public relations in pharm. profession.
themed for students -Manuscripts to be considered for 1965 Parenteral Drug Assn. Award must be postmarked no
later than July 1. Papersminimum of 2,500 words, maximum of 5,000 words-must be written by student enroled in accredited col. of pharm.; deal with pharmacy, related biological or chemical fields, parenteral manufacturing or quality control, and be in style of Bulletin of Parenteral Drug Assn. Award consists of $1,000 and plaque. Applications may be received from administrative office of Parenteral Drug Assn., Western Saving Fund Bldg., Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
ballot announcements eRiverside County PhA (Calif.) officers elected by mail ballot are Dick Smith, pres.; Hank Krummenacher, APHA members William Heeres and Robert O'Keeffe, v .p.'s; Elizabeth Henley, treas., and APHA member Walt Voos, secy ... .e Newly elected pres. of Brooklyn Col. of Pharm. Alumni Assn. is APHA member
George Goldenberg, v .p. of Ormont Drug and Chemical Co . Other officers are Milton Shaw and Murray Weber, v.p.'s; Adele Cohen and Stella Widenshki, secies.; APHA member Berl Alstodt, treas.; APHA member A braham Kreiser, alumni director, and Arthur Goldberg, legal advisor .... - N ew officers for Richmond and Eastern Ind. PhA are Pres. Dick Stanley; V.P. Ronald DeFur, APHA member; Secy. Max Sinnott, and Treas. Byron Shull.
California reporting eNorthern Calif. PhA joined other health organizations and safety and accident prevention assns. in San Francisco Bay area to form CCPP, Coordina ting Committee--Poison Prevention, for full-scale campaign during Poison Prevention Week . . .. e "If the future of pharmacy lies in professionalism, then we should support our professional organization" was statement of Benjamin Kingwell, Calif. PhA pres., in editorial article in Feb. issue of Calif. Pharm. Calling for westJournal. ern state assn. affiliation with APHA, Kingwell said, "The logical step for strengthening our profession is to affiliate with
meetings statewide -Topics to be covered at 85th annual meeting of Ill. PhA, May 23-25, include mental health and its impact on pharm. practice, credit and collection systems, role of pharmacist in providing professional services for podiatrists and prepaid & insurance .... - Agenda for Feb. 24 meeting of Conn. PhA and Traveling Men's Auxiliary included speech by Paul C. Olsen, Drug Trade News editor, on what pharmacists can learn from their patrons. Climax of meeting was testimonial
the cancer education role The professional role of the pharmacist in the fight against cancer was the theme of the second annual cancer symposium, scheduled April 1 at Portland, Oregon. Sponsoring the meeting, which all area pharmacists were encouraged to attend, was the professional education committee of the Multnomah County unit of the American Cancer Society in co-operation with the Professional Society of Pharmacists of Oregon. On the agenda to educate pharmacists in their health role to the public were Dr. John Raaf, a Portland neurosurgeon, speaking on tumors of the brain; Dr. Eugene O. Kelley, a University of Oregon Dental School professor, discussing mouth lesions, and Mrs. Stephen M. Janik, a Multnomah County unit volunteer, presenting the pharmacist'S role in public education in cancer. 226
dinner honoring assn. pres., APHA member Morris H. Hurwitz .... -111. SHP programmed discussions by U of Ill. faculty members on drug stability, sterile ophthalmic solution preparation and aseptic manipulation and sterile transfer at Feb. meeting .... -Pharmacists in Pa. were able to gain latest info. on psychotherapeutic agents, biological preparations, anovulatory agents and diuretic drugs at any of seminar series provided throughout state by Pa. PhA, Feb. 21 and 28 and March 7 .... -Members of hospital health teams will gather in Chicago for April 26-28 Tri-state Hospital Assembly. Assembly, which serves hospital assns. in Ill., Ind., Mich. and Wis., will focus on role of individual in expanding world of hospital care.
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correction please
It was Medwick for Felker and Felker for Medwick in the March issue of This Journal when the photographs of Wilbur S. Felker and Thomas Medwick were inadvertently transposed. The two men along with Martin I. Blake were newly appointed members to the committee for National Formulary XIII. We apologize for the confusion and reprint the photographs of the three committee members here (this time correctly identified, we hope)-Wilbur S. Felker (top left); Thomas Medwick (center right) and Martin I. Blake (bottom left).
our na tional professional pharm. assn." ....• Prepaid ij service was headliner for Feb. program of Long Beach PhA (Calif. ). Explaining service was Benjamin J. Kingwell, pres. of Calif. PhA .... .Hiliting annual meeting of N orthem Calif. PhA, Jan. 30, was presentation of awards. Receiving recognition were pharmacists who assisted in Dec. Calif. flood operations. They were represented by Bill Collins of Sonoma County PhA and LaVar Hill, pres. of Shasta-Cascade PhA. "Medical writer of yr." "vas Henry Palm of Oakland Tribune. L.K. Lloyd, of Lloyd, Bernhard insurance administra tors was recognized for his service to NCPhA members .... .On a genda of Feb. 24 meeting of Riverside County PhA (Calif.) was speech, "Stock Market and Small Investor," by Harmon Brown, Jr. of Walston and Co.
Aerosols were displayed recently by the University of Maryland school of pharmacy in the health sciences library at the campus. The display was the joint creation of Peter Lamy (left), as sistant pharmacy pro fessor; David Richman (right), who is working for his PhD in the study area of pressurized foams; and (not pictured below) Ralph Shangraw, University lecturer on aerosols, and Will iam Edmondson, president of the APhA student chapter.
An emergency kit, prepared by APhA member John L. Jacobsen (left), chief pharmacist at Bismarck Hospital in North Dakota, was donated by the hospital to the North Dakota legislature. Receiving the kit which contains drugs for emergency aid for heart attacks, asthma, insulin reactions, cuts, abrasions, pain, shock, etc. was Senator J.H. Mahoney, MD (second from left) . In attendance were (left to right) John Pake , Bismarck Hospital orderly; James W. Moore, APhA member on the North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy, and AI Doer, secretary of the North Dakota Pharmaceutical Association and of State Board of Pharmacy.
board of pharmacy golden recognition . Pharmacists in Tex. who have served people of their sta te for 50 or more yrs. received citations from Tex. State Board of Pharmacy.
colleges news at the top . E.E. Leuallen has been succeeded as dean of Columbia U col. of pharm. by Joseph L. Kanig, former University professor. Leuallen is now director of division of professional education for N.Y. state education dept. Both men are APHA members.
extending education . Faculty "minutemen" are on call at W.Va. U school of pharm. When W.Va. pharm. assn . asks for latest pharm.
Pharmacist of the Year for the Northern California Pharmaceutical Association is APhA member John Foley (left) of Berkeley. Foley was presented a plaque by William Wickwire, new NCPhA president, ~ at the association's recent annual meeting. The tribute to Foley was for "outstanding contributions to both his community and his profession."
knowledge, Ray Bachmann, pharm. dean, and 2 staff members present info. through continuing education slid etalks. Twelve programs wer e presented last year, reaching all but 2 W.Va. pharm.
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a beneficent nor a remedial purpose to make vindictive and specific accusations. The purpose of any open letter or editorial should be that of initiating directed processes of thought among its readers and to supply as much momentum to such thinking as may be consistent with ethics and propriety. Those individuals who constitute the profession of pharmacy are theoretically endowed with an abundance of academic erudition and acquired cognizance.
organiza tions ....• Students ent ering Temple U school of pharm. on or after Sept. 1965 for 3 yrs. professional study will be required to have 2 yrs. liberal a rts preparation. Dean J oseph B.
For them to espy the marauding foxes it should be needful that their attention be directed toward those of their vines that bear the sweetest and the largest bunches of grapes. We have many good laws and professional organizations that are directly conceived and motivated toward our protection and best interests. It is reasonable to believe that very many of us are unaware of the magnitude of the task of the enforcement of such laws and that our individual assistance and co-operation is sorely needed. The time is at hand for serious consideration of the foregoing and a subsequent
Sprowls said change "will produce graduates b etter prepared t o understand the society in which they will live and work and to meet the continuing challenges which fa ce the profession."
resolve toward effective participation. The history of our great and wonderful country is studded with instances when the citizenry, perforce of survival, actively assisted in law enforcement and the repulsion of vandalism. The annals of world history disclose that most great nations of former times disintegrated because of apathy and stupid complacency. It may be reiterated that evil forces can persist and flourish only when a majority of good people refrain or refuse to restrain them! Charles A. Graham Dallas, Texas Vol. NS5 , No.4, April 1965
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restricted to ~ list because of abuse by persons who extract the activ e ingredient from inhaler "wick" and use it for amphetamin e-like effect. FDA statement was published in Feb . 10 Federal
eAiding FDA in safety programs of drugs and therapeutic devices will be newly formed medical advisory board. FDA's medical director, Joseph Sadusk, serves as board chairman while 9 experts in pharmacology, medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine comprise board. Among new appointees is Arthur P. Richardson, MD, pharmacology professor at Emory U school of medicine .....• APHA member Mitchell L. Borke, professor of pharm. chemistry at Duquesne U, is recipient of $8,000 award from the Atomic Energy Commission. Funds are designated for expansion of nuclear science program at Duquesne U school of pharmacy.
e Donald C. Brodie has assumed his duties as research consul tan t to commission, sponsored by APHA and ASHP, on pharm. services to ambulant patients by hospitals and related facilities. Brodie, on sabbatical leave from duties as pharm. professor in school of pharm. and director of p ha rm . services at U of Calif. Medical Center, will spend next yr. at Assn. headquarters.
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eRegulations are now in effect to expedite corrective drug labeling and manufacturing procedures. New regulations authorize immediate elimination of false or unsupported claims, addition of warning label info. and improvement in manufacturing procedures and control without waiting for specific FDA approval. FDA must be notified immediately of changes and new info. is handled as supplemental new drug application which is subject to approval or disapproval at later date .... eMethamphetamine inhalers, sold for relief of nasal congestion, will be
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forward positions eDuties of J. Harris Fleming, APHA member, have been
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expanded to include directing of trad e relations for Pfizer and J.B. Roerig. Fleming, an APHA member, is on pharm. liaison committee of
American Druggists' Insurance Company ....................... 68, 222 ASHP Hospital Formulary Service ........... 7 American Hospital Supply Corporation Classified ........................... 40 Ciba Pharmaceutical Company Serpasil. ........................... 123 Glenbrook Laboratories Bayer Aspirin .......... Jan. third cover Hynson, Westcott and Dunning, Inc. Lactinex ...... March, April fourth cover Thantis Lozenges ................ Jan., Feb. fourth cover Lederle Laboratories Achromycin V ..... March second cover 228
National Pharm. CounciL ... e At Lilly 2 APHA members have joined ranks of service representatives- Herschel B. Robinson, III and Richard W. Achuff .... eEugene N. Beesley, APHA member and pres. of Lilly, was recently appointed member of U .S. Payroll Savings Committee for 1965... .eD . Fred Bledsoe has moved to position of general manager of PitmanMoore division of Dow Chemical. He previously was v.p . of Pitman-Moore marketing.
international for British consideration ePapers may now be submitted for science sessions of Sept. 6- 11 British Pharm. Conference. Full papersmaximum of 4,000 words-or short communications of investigations either not yet published or not yet complete-maximum of 1,000 words-must be received by Honorary General Secies. at 17 Bloomsbury Square, London W.C.1 no later than May 1. Further info. may be gained from Conference office at above address.
pharmacists among the honored eNicholas T. Consilvio, 1934 graduate of Fordham U col. of pharm. received University's alumni achievement award for varied and extensive pharm . accomplishments. APHA member Consilvio, community pharmacist of N.Y., served as
Lea and Febiger ....................... 41 Lloyd Brothers, Inc. Classified .......................... 105 Eli Lilly and Company Aventyl HCI. ..... 92-93,148-149,204-205 Institution a I. ..................... 32-33 Mack Publishing Company National Formulary .................. 39 U.S. Pharmacopeia ••••••••••••••• 221 Mallinckrodt Chemical Works Classified .......................... 167 McKesson and Robbins, Inc. The Pharmaceutical Center ..... .. April second cover gatefold, 179- 180 Menley and James Laboratories Contac ................ Feb. third cover Merck and Company, Inc. Merck Index ......................... 57 Merck Manual. ....................... 2 Merck Sharp and Dohme Institutional ..... March third cover, 183 William S. Merrell Company Classified ........................... 31 Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company 10, 70, 128, 186 New York University ................. 223
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pres. of Westch est er County Pharm. Society, the Upstate Council and th e N.Y. State Pharm . Society .... eAPH A member Edward S. Brady of the U of Southern Calif. school of pharm . was made honorary life member of Southern Calif. PhA "for his service and devotion to advancement of pharm." Brady, 1963 Calif. "man of yr.," stars in "The Apothecary," television series on pharmacy.
degree recipients eAt Founders' Day Convocation Ceremonies, Feb. 18, an honorary master of pharm. degree from Philadelphia Col. of Pharm. was presented to J. Curtis Nottingham. APHA President Nottingham told students they are "standing on the
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threshold of dynamic, dazzling change and opportunity for pharmacy." Also receiving degree was Adolf E. Autrey, pres. of Casa Autrey, S.A. of Mexico City and member board of control of NWDA. Autrey was graduated from Philadelphia Col. in 1925.
Northeastern University ......... 165, 184 Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. Classified .......................... 164 Owens-Illinois Glass Company Crest Plaque ........ Feb. second cover Crestware •••••••••••••••••••• 157-158 Pfizer Laboratories Pfizer-Vax Measles-L. ............. 185 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science ................. 53, 66, 219 A.H. Robins Company, Inc. Monthly check list. ................... 5 Schering Corporation Coricidin ....... 69, 107, 117, 125, 155, 177 Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Institutional ........ ... April third cover E.R. Squibb and Sons Raudixin, Pentids and Noctec ..... Jan . second cover, 67, 173, 211 Suckert Loose Leaf Cover Company ... 49 Travel Consultants .................... 45 University Microfilms, Inc .. .......... 106 Warner Chilcott Laboratories Sinutab .............................. 3 Winthrop Laboratories ............... 111
educational discussions - Agenda for Feb. meeting of U of TIl. APHA student chap . centered on panel discussion of internship as seen through eyes of educator, Dean George Webster; board of pharm. member, Milton Christy, and state association member, Richard Strommen, IPHA exec. director . . . . -La test changes in Mich . legislation regarding pharm. intern regulations were explained at meeting of Wayne State U
student chap. by Donald D ee, MSPA field secy . . .. - At U of Kans. Feb. student chap. meeting, panel of professorsRaymond Hopponen, MD, and Robert Wiley, MD-and students-Ted Wrench and Dan Vossman-discussed possible educational changes including expansion to 6-yr. pharm. course, more distinction between community pharm . and pharmaceutical research courses and changes in internship program .... -Presenting past accomplishments of pharm. as examples, APHA member George Taylor, chief pharmacist at Milledgeville State Mental Hospital in Ga., reminded student members at U of Ga. they can achieve their chosen goals. Posed goal was introduction of PharmD degree in Ga .... -Duquesne U APHA chap. worked in co-operation with school of pharm . to provide guided tours and movie for "open house" Feb. 11- 12. Purpose--educate public to professionalism of pharmacy and pharmacist's role in community health and attract career-minded students.
a look at the profession - "Folks, Facts and Pharmacy," film produced by Lederle, was viewed in Feb.
by student m emb ers of Medical Col. of Va. chap ... . -Challenges and problems presented pharmacists by patrons, boards of pharm. and schools of pharm. were discussed by Stanley E. Hartman, pharmacist, in Jan. at Oreg. State U student chap .... ePharm . in Germany was compared with pharm . in U.S. at meeting of APHA student chap. at U of Ariz. Doing comparing was Hildegard Elman, foreign exchange student from Germany, who worked as intern in Phoenix .... - Is union answer to pharm.'s problems? This question was asked by Roger Reid, chief pharmacist at North Memorial Hospital, at meeting of student members at U of Minn. Reid said pharmacists must decide how they want to be represented.
student leaders - At Duquesne U newly elected chap . officers are David C. Kinney, pres.; Gary Sperl, v.p.; Sister M. Maureen, recording secy.; Sister M. Nikolai, corresponding secy., and William Schirra, treas .... -Recently installed at U of Houston APHA student chap. meeting were new officersLawrence Priano, pres.; Paul Spinella, V.p.; Sandra Evans and John Rediger, secies. ;
Tom Neale, treas., and Kenneth Korthaur, parliamentarian .... -Student APHA officers for Montana State U chap. include David R. Wichman, pres.; Stan Beaudette, v.p.; Honore Lee Riley, secy., and Ray Bilile, treas .... - New chap. officers recently installed at U of Ariz. are Les Peterson, pres.; Mike Cohen and Ken Coit, v.p.'s; Leo McStroul, treas., and Lew Sherman and Vee Levine, secretaries.
science wise - Biological and chemical relationships between plants and insects were described by Edward E. Smissman, APHA member and professor of pharm. chemistry at U of Kans., at Feb. meeting of Washington State U student chap .... -Drugs used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis were discussed by A.S. Ridolfo, MD, with clinical research division of Lilly, at Feb. meeting of Rutgers U chapter.
local chapters meeting news -South Vietnam, its present-day situation ture, hili ted Feb. 3 of local Chicago chap.
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doorways to careers APhA student chapter members at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy recently were informed of the opportunities open to them in the public health service. Speakers were George F. Archambault (second from left), former APhA president, and Captain Alfred A. Rosenberg (second from right), chief pharmacist at the PHS Boston Hospital. Visiting with them were Professor Mitchell J. Stoklosa (left) and Dean Howard L. Reed. Archambault and Rosenberg were also speakers at a student gathering at the Northeastern University college of pharmacy.
A career opportunity show was presented for Pittsburgh area high school students February 5 through 7 by the Western Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Pharmacists in co-operation with the Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania. In the exhibit booth were (left to right) APhA members Charles Rosko, WPSHP secretary, Martin Goldstein , WPSHP president, and AI Bianculli, WPSHP membership chairman.
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Central American congress of pharmacy
At the opening session of the Seventh Central American Congress of Pharmacy in Guatemala City, November 28 to December 5, six attractive young ladies marched their countries ' flags to their proper places on the stage. The Central American Congress is officially composed of delegates from the six Central American countries-Panama, Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Guatemala, Honduras and EI Salvador.
Leo Godley (left) of Fort Worth, Texas presents a copy of the ASH P Mirrorto Hospital Pharmacy to Lic. F. Javier Castellanos de Leon, president of the Seventh Central American Congress of Pharmacy meeting in Guatemala , while Professor Donald C. Brodie (right) looks on . Both Godley and Brodie were guests of the congress, addressing the nearly two hundred delegates and their guests.
was Milburn P. Akers, editor of Chicago Sun Times. Scheduled for May 5 is installation of new officers . ...• "Haven for Hucksters" titled documented presentation of Dean K.L. Kaufman for Feb . meeting of APHA Indianapolis local chapter.
pha rmacy ca reer conference .N.Y. local chap., in cooperation with Brooklyn Col. of Pharm., Columbia U, Fordham U and host school St. John's U , sponsored March 20 pharm. careers conference for high school students. Outline for day included speech by John R. Kenny, Jr., pharm . services manager for Squibb, on opportunities in pharm.; discussion by Dean Andrew J . Bartil ucci on pharm. education, and tour of St. John'S.
associations the pharmacy corps .Members of Passaic County PhA (N.J . ) have been active in community health campaigns including Sabin oral drives, tetanus education programs and programs for dis-
pcnsing penicillin tablets to certain heart patients . ... .Changes in telephone directories advocated in Metropolitan Detroit PhA Newsletter were listing of "pharmacies" rather than "drug stores" and listing of RPh's follow i n g ph arm a ci s t s ' names ....• Conn. PhA is endorsing Medic Alert Foundation International Program and making available to public through community pharmacies necessary registration blanks. Medic Alert emblems identify medical problems of their wearers; Foundation maintains file of members' problems. Info . is available immediately in emergencies to physicians and other authorized personnel. ...• Public .health education is receiving big push in Pittsburgh area through community service announcements by KQV radio, in co-operation with Allegheny County PhA (Pa. ). Program, titled, Health-o-Scope consists of free announcements on pharmacist's role in community health and promotes public interest through monthly contests of health suggestions offered by public. Contest blanks are distributed through local pharmacies ....• Build-
ing fund at U of Pittsburgh was augmented by $1,000 contribution presented in name of Allegheny County PhA (Pa.). Money is for equipment for teaching labs., which will be memorials to former deans, Julius A. Koch, Leonard O'Connell and Edward C. Reif... .• Now available for Pittsburgh area AZO pharmacist-owners are services of PERC. PERC is emergency relief corps designed to continue operation of pharmacy when owner is taken ill suddenly.
legal briefcase .Emphasizing pharm. profession is interested in legislation which has direct bearing on health of citizens, new Summary newsletter was issued by Calif. PhA t o over 2,000 Calif. political leaders .... .Robert Hammel, APHA member from U of Wis., was on agenda of Central Wis. PhA meeting in Feb. to explain impact of new drug regulations on community practice of pharm ....• Cape Cod PhA (Mass.) assn . members attended public hearing, Feb. 11, of state bill for recodification of pharm. laws. Bill was designed to restrict
pharm. ownership to pharmacists, to require cols. of pharm. to be accredited before their graduates could take state board exams and to restrict sale of potentially harmful drugs to pharmacists ... . • Pharmacists across state have been urged by Ind. PhA to voice opinions on pharm. legislation introduced to state general assembly . .. .• Invited to Feb. meeting of Albany County Pharm. Society ( N.Y.) were pharm . societies of Troy and Schenectady. Meeting, scheduled to review status of state pharm . legislation, a lso included as guests Thomas D'Annunzio, N.Y. PhA pres., a nd Nicholas S. Gesoalde, N.Y. PhA exec. secretary.
agenda data .Guest speaker on March 24 meeting agenda of Central Ohio Academy of Pharm. was Roger Cain, director of APHA's membership division. Cain's address was explanation of affiliation . ...• Carl N euberg Society sponsored symposium, March 23-24 in N.Y., giving hilites on progress in biochemistry and therapeutics. Specific fields of study were enzymes in diagnosis, in therapeutics of inflammation and Vol. NS5, No.4, April 1965
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It's a new administration for the Michigan Board of Pharmacy. When the board elected its officers for 1965, itappointed Allan G. Weatherwax of Jackson, Michigan, executive secretary, to succeed David M. Moss of Birmingham who recently resigned that post. Weatherwax (center) officially assumed his new duties on February 11. On hand to greet him when he reported to the boar;d office were Richard J. Wilson of Birmingham (right), new president of the board, and Bert C. Brennan of Saginaw (left), new vice president.
edema and in drug action and molecular biology of diseases .... -Purpose of Feb. meeting of Lane County PhA (Oreg.) was to discuss proposals dealing with regulation of Oreg. State PhA .... -March schedule for AZO N.Y. chap. included induction meeting for new members of Columbia U, L.I. U and Fordham U chaps. On agenda was Robert W. Baird, founder of Haven, free, ambulatory narcotics withdrawal clinic in Harlem, to present info. on narcotic addiction, education and controL . . . -Heading discussion schedule of Feb. meeting of Richmond and Eastern Ind. PhA were plans for Poison Prevention Week .. .. - Feb. meeting agenda of Greater Northwest PhA (Mich.) included explanation by Jerry Hugo of uses, presentation and fitting of Bauer and Black products . ... -Feb. 25 meeting of Metropolitan Detroit PhA was programmed to review public relations in pharm. profession.
themed for students -Manuscripts to be considered for 1965 Parenteral Drug Assn. Award must be postmarked no
later than July 1. Papersminimum of 2,500 words, maximum of 5,000 words-must be written by student enroled in accredited col. of pharm.; deal with pharmacy, related biological or chemical fields, parenteral manufacturing or quality control, and be in style of Bulletin of Parenteral Drug Assn. Award consists of $1,000 and plaque. Applications may be received from administrative office of Parenteral Drug Assn., Western Saving Fund Bldg., Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
ballot announcements eRiverside County PhA (Calif.) officers elected by mail ballot are Dick Smith, pres.; Hank Krummenacher, APHA members William Heeres and Robert O'Keeffe, v .p.'s; Elizabeth Henley, treas., and APHA member Walt Voos, secy ... .e Newly elected pres. of Brooklyn Col. of Pharm. Alumni Assn. is APHA member
George Goldenberg, v .p. of Ormont Drug and Chemical Co . Other officers are Milton Shaw and Murray Weber, v.p.'s; Adele Cohen and Stella Widenshki, secies.; APHA member Berl Alstodt, treas.; APHA member A braham Kreiser, alumni director, and Arthur Goldberg, legal advisor .... - N ew officers for Richmond and Eastern Ind. PhA are Pres. Dick Stanley; V.P. Ronald DeFur, APHA member; Secy. Max Sinnott, and Treas. Byron Shull.
California reporting eNorthern Calif. PhA joined other health organizations and safety and accident prevention assns. in San Francisco Bay area to form CCPP, Coordina ting Committee--Poison Prevention, for full-scale campaign during Poison Prevention Week . . .. e "If the future of pharmacy lies in professionalism, then we should support our professional organization" was statement of Benjamin Kingwell, Calif. PhA pres., in editorial article in Feb. issue of Calif. Pharm. Calling for westJournal. ern state assn. affiliation with APHA, Kingwell said, "The logical step for strengthening our profession is to affiliate with
meetings statewide -Topics to be covered at 85th annual meeting of Ill. PhA, May 23-25, include mental health and its impact on pharm. practice, credit and collection systems, role of pharmacist in providing professional services for podiatrists and prepaid & insurance .... - Agenda for Feb. 24 meeting of Conn. PhA and Traveling Men's Auxiliary included speech by Paul C. Olsen, Drug Trade News editor, on what pharmacists can learn from their patrons. Climax of meeting was testimonial
the cancer education role The professional role of the pharmacist in the fight against cancer was the theme of the second annual cancer symposium, scheduled April 1 at Portland, Oregon. Sponsoring the meeting, which all area pharmacists were encouraged to attend, was the professional education committee of the Multnomah County unit of the American Cancer Society in co-operation with the Professional Society of Pharmacists of Oregon. On the agenda to educate pharmacists in their health role to the public were Dr. John Raaf, a Portland neurosurgeon, speaking on tumors of the brain; Dr. Eugene O. Kelley, a University of Oregon Dental School professor, discussing mouth lesions, and Mrs. Stephen M. Janik, a Multnomah County unit volunteer, presenting the pharmacist'S role in public education in cancer. 226
dinner honoring assn. pres., APHA member Morris H. Hurwitz .... -111. SHP programmed discussions by U of Ill. faculty members on drug stability, sterile ophthalmic solution preparation and aseptic manipulation and sterile transfer at Feb. meeting .... -Pharmacists in Pa. were able to gain latest info. on psychotherapeutic agents, biological preparations, anovulatory agents and diuretic drugs at any of seminar series provided throughout state by Pa. PhA, Feb. 21 and 28 and March 7 .... -Members of hospital health teams will gather in Chicago for April 26-28 Tri-state Hospital Assembly. Assembly, which serves hospital assns. in Ill., Ind., Mich. and Wis., will focus on role of individual in expanding world of hospital care.
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It was Medwick for Felker and Felker for Medwick in the March issue of This Journal when the photographs of Wilbur S. Felker and Thomas Medwick were inadvertently transposed. The two men along with Martin I. Blake were newly appointed members to the committee for National Formulary XIII. We apologize for the confusion and reprint the photographs of the three committee members here (this time correctly identified, we hope)-Wilbur S. Felker (top left); Thomas Medwick (center right) and Martin I. Blake (bottom left).
our na tional professional pharm. assn." ....• Prepaid ij service was headliner for Feb. program of Long Beach PhA (Calif. ). Explaining service was Benjamin J. Kingwell, pres. of Calif. PhA .... .Hiliting annual meeting of N orthem Calif. PhA, Jan. 30, was presentation of awards. Receiving recognition were pharmacists who assisted in Dec. Calif. flood operations. They were represented by Bill Collins of Sonoma County PhA and LaVar Hill, pres. of Shasta-Cascade PhA. "Medical writer of yr." "vas Henry Palm of Oakland Tribune. L.K. Lloyd, of Lloyd, Bernhard insurance administra tors was recognized for his service to NCPhA members .... .On a genda of Feb. 24 meeting of Riverside County PhA (Calif.) was speech, "Stock Market and Small Investor," by Harmon Brown, Jr. of Walston and Co.
Aerosols were displayed recently by the University of Maryland school of pharmacy in the health sciences library at the campus. The display was the joint creation of Peter Lamy (left), as sistant pharmacy pro fessor; David Richman (right), who is working for his PhD in the study area of pressurized foams; and (not pictured below) Ralph Shangraw, University lecturer on aerosols, and Will iam Edmondson, president of the APhA student chapter.
An emergency kit, prepared by APhA member John L. Jacobsen (left), chief pharmacist at Bismarck Hospital in North Dakota, was donated by the hospital to the North Dakota legislature. Receiving the kit which contains drugs for emergency aid for heart attacks, asthma, insulin reactions, cuts, abrasions, pain, shock, etc. was Senator J.H. Mahoney, MD (second from left) . In attendance were (left to right) John Pake , Bismarck Hospital orderly; James W. Moore, APhA member on the North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy, and AI Doer, secretary of the North Dakota Pharmaceutical Association and of State Board of Pharmacy.
board of pharmacy golden recognition . Pharmacists in Tex. who have served people of their sta te for 50 or more yrs. received citations from Tex. State Board of Pharmacy.
colleges news at the top . E.E. Leuallen has been succeeded as dean of Columbia U col. of pharm. by Joseph L. Kanig, former University professor. Leuallen is now director of division of professional education for N.Y. state education dept. Both men are APHA members.
extending education . Faculty "minutemen" are on call at W.Va. U school of pharm. When W.Va. pharm. assn . asks for latest pharm.
Pharmacist of the Year for the Northern California Pharmaceutical Association is APhA member John Foley (left) of Berkeley. Foley was presented a plaque by William Wickwire, new NCPhA president, ~ at the association's recent annual meeting. The tribute to Foley was for "outstanding contributions to both his community and his profession."
knowledge, Ray Bachmann, pharm. dean, and 2 staff members present info. through continuing education slid etalks. Twelve programs wer e presented last year, reaching all but 2 W.Va. pharm.
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a beneficent nor a remedial purpose to make vindictive and specific accusations. The purpose of any open letter or editorial should be that of initiating directed processes of thought among its readers and to supply as much momentum to such thinking as may be consistent with ethics and propriety. Those individuals who constitute the profession of pharmacy are theoretically endowed with an abundance of academic erudition and acquired cognizance.
organiza tions ....• Students ent ering Temple U school of pharm. on or after Sept. 1965 for 3 yrs. professional study will be required to have 2 yrs. liberal a rts preparation. Dean J oseph B.
For them to espy the marauding foxes it should be needful that their attention be directed toward those of their vines that bear the sweetest and the largest bunches of grapes. We have many good laws and professional organizations that are directly conceived and motivated toward our protection and best interests. It is reasonable to believe that very many of us are unaware of the magnitude of the task of the enforcement of such laws and that our individual assistance and co-operation is sorely needed. The time is at hand for serious consideration of the foregoing and a subsequent
Sprowls said change "will produce graduates b etter prepared t o understand the society in which they will live and work and to meet the continuing challenges which fa ce the profession."
resolve toward effective participation. The history of our great and wonderful country is studded with instances when the citizenry, perforce of survival, actively assisted in law enforcement and the repulsion of vandalism. The annals of world history disclose that most great nations of former times disintegrated because of apathy and stupid complacency. It may be reiterated that evil forces can persist and flourish only when a majority of good people refrain or refuse to restrain them! Charles A. Graham Dallas, Texas Vol. NS5 , No.4, April 1965
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restricted to ~ list because of abuse by persons who extract the activ e ingredient from inhaler "wick" and use it for amphetamin e-like effect. FDA statement was published in Feb . 10 Federal
eAiding FDA in safety programs of drugs and therapeutic devices will be newly formed medical advisory board. FDA's medical director, Joseph Sadusk, serves as board chairman while 9 experts in pharmacology, medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine comprise board. Among new appointees is Arthur P. Richardson, MD, pharmacology professor at Emory U school of medicine .....• APHA member Mitchell L. Borke, professor of pharm. chemistry at Duquesne U, is recipient of $8,000 award from the Atomic Energy Commission. Funds are designated for expansion of nuclear science program at Duquesne U school of pharmacy.
e Donald C. Brodie has assumed his duties as research consul tan t to commission, sponsored by APHA and ASHP, on pharm. services to ambulant patients by hospitals and related facilities. Brodie, on sabbatical leave from duties as pharm. professor in school of pharm. and director of p ha rm . services at U of Calif. Medical Center, will spend next yr. at Assn. headquarters.
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eRegulations are now in effect to expedite corrective drug labeling and manufacturing procedures. New regulations authorize immediate elimination of false or unsupported claims, addition of warning label info. and improvement in manufacturing procedures and control without waiting for specific FDA approval. FDA must be notified immediately of changes and new info. is handled as supplemental new drug application which is subject to approval or disapproval at later date .... eMethamphetamine inhalers, sold for relief of nasal congestion, will be
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forward positions eDuties of J. Harris Fleming, APHA member, have been
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expanded to include directing of trad e relations for Pfizer and J.B. Roerig. Fleming, an APHA member, is on pharm. liaison committee of
American Druggists' Insurance Company ....................... 68, 222 ASHP Hospital Formulary Service ........... 7 American Hospital Supply Corporation Classified ........................... 40 Ciba Pharmaceutical Company Serpasil. ........................... 123 Glenbrook Laboratories Bayer Aspirin .......... Jan. third cover Hynson, Westcott and Dunning, Inc. Lactinex ...... March, April fourth cover Thantis Lozenges ................ Jan., Feb. fourth cover Lederle Laboratories Achromycin V ..... March second cover 228
National Pharm. CounciL ... e At Lilly 2 APHA members have joined ranks of service representatives- Herschel B. Robinson, III and Richard W. Achuff .... eEugene N. Beesley, APHA member and pres. of Lilly, was recently appointed member of U .S. Payroll Savings Committee for 1965... .eD . Fred Bledsoe has moved to position of general manager of PitmanMoore division of Dow Chemical. He previously was v.p . of Pitman-Moore marketing.
international for British consideration ePapers may now be submitted for science sessions of Sept. 6- 11 British Pharm. Conference. Full papersmaximum of 4,000 words-or short communications of investigations either not yet published or not yet complete-maximum of 1,000 words-must be received by Honorary General Secies. at 17 Bloomsbury Square, London W.C.1 no later than May 1. Further info. may be gained from Conference office at above address.
pharmacists among the honored eNicholas T. Consilvio, 1934 graduate of Fordham U col. of pharm. received University's alumni achievement award for varied and extensive pharm . accomplishments. APHA member Consilvio, community pharmacist of N.Y., served as
Lea and Febiger ....................... 41 Lloyd Brothers, Inc. Classified .......................... 105 Eli Lilly and Company Aventyl HCI. ..... 92-93,148-149,204-205 Institution a I. ..................... 32-33 Mack Publishing Company National Formulary .................. 39 U.S. Pharmacopeia ••••••••••••••• 221 Mallinckrodt Chemical Works Classified .......................... 167 McKesson and Robbins, Inc. The Pharmaceutical Center ..... .. April second cover gatefold, 179- 180 Menley and James Laboratories Contac ................ Feb. third cover Merck and Company, Inc. Merck Index ......................... 57 Merck Manual. ....................... 2 Merck Sharp and Dohme Institutional ..... March third cover, 183 William S. Merrell Company Classified ........................... 31 Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company 10, 70, 128, 186 New York University ................. 223
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pres. of Westch est er County Pharm. Society, the Upstate Council and th e N.Y. State Pharm . Society .... eAPH A member Edward S. Brady of the U of Southern Calif. school of pharm . was made honorary life member of Southern Calif. PhA "for his service and devotion to advancement of pharm." Brady, 1963 Calif. "man of yr.," stars in "The Apothecary," television series on pharmacy.
degree recipients eAt Founders' Day Convocation Ceremonies, Feb. 18, an honorary master of pharm. degree from Philadelphia Col. of Pharm. was presented to J. Curtis Nottingham. APHA President Nottingham told students they are "standing on the
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threshold of dynamic, dazzling change and opportunity for pharmacy." Also receiving degree was Adolf E. Autrey, pres. of Casa Autrey, S.A. of Mexico City and member board of control of NWDA. Autrey was graduated from Philadelphia Col. in 1925.
Northeastern University ......... 165, 184 Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. Classified .......................... 164 Owens-Illinois Glass Company Crest Plaque ........ Feb. second cover Crestware •••••••••••••••••••• 157-158 Pfizer Laboratories Pfizer-Vax Measles-L. ............. 185 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science ................. 53, 66, 219 A.H. Robins Company, Inc. Monthly check list. ................... 5 Schering Corporation Coricidin ....... 69, 107, 117, 125, 155, 177 Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Institutional ........ ... April third cover E.R. Squibb and Sons Raudixin, Pentids and Noctec ..... Jan . second cover, 67, 173, 211 Suckert Loose Leaf Cover Company ... 49 Travel Consultants .................... 45 University Microfilms, Inc .. .......... 106 Warner Chilcott Laboratories Sinutab .............................. 3 Winthrop Laboratories ............... 111