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Tennessee Graduates Hear Secretary Fischelis
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
Tennessee Graduates Hear Secretary 'Fischelis "The World Awaits You" was the title of the commencement address delivered by Dr. Robert P. Fischelis, secretary and general manager of the American Pharmaceutical Association, to the December, 1948, graduating classes of the medical division of the University of Tennessee. The university medical units, located in Memphis, are comprised of the colleges of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and biological sciences. The combined class was the largest ever graduated by the university and the class of the school of pharmacy was also the largest in its history-64 students receiving their B.Sc. in pharmacy. A warning that a compulsory health insurance program is not a cure-all, tempered with the advice that government participation in medical care has brought definite benefits, was given by Dr. Fischelis. Although pointing out that no one at this point can tell what the effects of compulsory ' health insurance might be on American medical care, Dr. Fischelis added: "There are, however, some things we do know." Among these he listed: 1. That political interference with profe's sional practice is never wholesome. 2. That the application of the insurance principle to payment for medical care is sound. 3. That the costs of medical care are so high as to make complete service in this field prohibitive to large groups of our population. 4. That there are systems of payment for mediI:al care in operation which relieve the strain upon inrJividl1al fmancial resources at any given time.
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5. That there is a distinct trend toward the establishment of medical centers through which the services of all professional groups in the field of medical care can be made available at reasonable costs. 6. That participation in the costs of medical care by federal, state and local government units is an established procedure which has enabled us to prevent and cure diseases and relieve the permanently affiicted to much better effect than has been possible without such support. 7. That group practice has been beneficial to patients as well as to members of the medical and allied professions. 8. That additional hospital facilities in needy and sparsely populated communities will become available to general practitioners as the result of the Federal Hospital Survey and Construction Act. "Knowing these things," Dr. Fischelis said, "it should be possible to evolve a system cushioning and spreading more evenly the unpredictable impact of illness so that no one shall be denied a high quality of medical care." He also urged the "new members of the medical team" to remember that medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and biological sciences are "deeply interrelated and closely interwoven with public health" and that each must depend on the other.
Role of the PharInacist
Referring to the role of the pharmacist as a member of the medical team, Dr. Fischelis reminded the classes that "there are more than 50,000 pharmacies scattered throughout the United States and more than five billion visits are made annually to these establishments by the public. The average pharmacist sees 200 or more people daily and he sees them before as well ' as after they have been sick." Thus, he stated, "the outpost or first point of contact of many laymen with the medical team is the drugstore." Referring to the pharmacist as a "case finder," he reminded the audience that "one of the foremost problems . which confront medical research today is the development of more effective case-finding techniques in cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and many other baffiing illnesses." He also suggested that the rest of the medical team will find the pharmacist an indispensat.le member-"for he can appropriately suggest consultation with al physician or dentist, when he finds that some misguided individual is attempting to be his own medical adviser and is probably postponing the day of reckoning by continually trying to relieve symptoms of what may be 8 major ailment with some advertised remedy." Dr. Fischelis also addressed the newly organized Rho Chi Society at the School of Pharmacy.
PRACTICAL PHARMACY EDITION
Eskaeillin an unusually palatable liquid penicillin for oral use
Eskacillin fills the need for a stable, good-tasting and easily administered liquid oral penicillin.
Eskacillin has the same unusual palatability which gained such widespread acceptance for Eskadiazine and Eskadiamer. It tastes so good that even children like to take it.
Eskacillin assures maximum stability. After it is compounded by the pharmacist, Eskacillin maintains its potency for at least 7 days when kept in a refrigerato~. The prescription size is a 2 f1. oz. bottle, providing 600,000 units of crystalline penicillin G; or 50,000 units per 5 cc. teaspoonful.
Smith~
Eskacillin will be widely prescribed and is now available through wholesale druggists at $23.40 per doz., List Price. Order an adequate supply from your wholesaler without delay.
Kline & French, Laboratories • Philadelphia
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
Tennessee Graduates Hear Secretary 'Fischelis "The World Awaits You" was the title of the commencement address delivered by Dr. Robert P. Fischelis, secretary and general manager of the American Pharmaceutical Association, to the December, 1948, graduating classes of the medical division of the University of Tennessee. The university medical units, located in Memphis, are comprised of the colleges of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and biological sciences. The combined class was the largest ever graduated by the university and the class of the school of pharmacy was also the largest in its history-64 students receiving their B.Sc. in pharmacy. A warning that a compulsory health insurance program is not a cure-all, tempered with the advice that government participation in medical care has brought definite benefits, was given by Dr. Fischelis. Although pointing out that no one at this point can tell what the effects of compulsory ' health insurance might be on American medical care, Dr. Fischelis added: "There are, however, some things we do know." Among these he listed: 1. That political interference with profe's sional practice is never wholesome. 2. That the application of the insurance principle to payment for medical care is sound. 3. That the costs of medical care are so high as to make complete service in this field prohibitive to large groups of our population. 4. That there are systems of payment for mediI:al care in operation which relieve the strain upon inrJividl1al fmancial resources at any given time.
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5. That there is a distinct trend toward the establishment of medical centers through which the services of all professional groups in the field of medical care can be made available at reasonable costs. 6. That participation in the costs of medical care by federal, state and local government units is an established procedure which has enabled us to prevent and cure diseases and relieve the permanently affiicted to much better effect than has been possible without such support. 7. That group practice has been beneficial to patients as well as to members of the medical and allied professions. 8. That additional hospital facilities in needy and sparsely populated communities will become available to general practitioners as the result of the Federal Hospital Survey and Construction Act. "Knowing these things," Dr. Fischelis said, "it should be possible to evolve a system cushioning and spreading more evenly the unpredictable impact of illness so that no one shall be denied a high quality of medical care." He also urged the "new members of the medical team" to remember that medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and biological sciences are "deeply interrelated and closely interwoven with public health" and that each must depend on the other.
Role of the PharInacist
Referring to the role of the pharmacist as a member of the medical team, Dr. Fischelis reminded the classes that "there are more than 50,000 pharmacies scattered throughout the United States and more than five billion visits are made annually to these establishments by the public. The average pharmacist sees 200 or more people daily and he sees them before as well ' as after they have been sick." Thus, he stated, "the outpost or first point of contact of many laymen with the medical team is the drugstore." Referring to the pharmacist as a "case finder," he reminded the audience that "one of the foremost problems . which confront medical research today is the development of more effective case-finding techniques in cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and many other baffiing illnesses." He also suggested that the rest of the medical team will find the pharmacist an indispensat.le member-"for he can appropriately suggest consultation with al physician or dentist, when he finds that some misguided individual is attempting to be his own medical adviser and is probably postponing the day of reckoning by continually trying to relieve symptoms of what may be 8 major ailment with some advertised remedy." Dr. Fischelis also addressed the newly organized Rho Chi Society at the School of Pharmacy.
PRACTICAL PHARMACY EDITION
Eskaeillin an unusually palatable liquid penicillin for oral use
Eskacillin fills the need for a stable, good-tasting and easily administered liquid oral penicillin.
Eskacillin has the same unusual palatability which gained such widespread acceptance for Eskadiazine and Eskadiamer. It tastes so good that even children like to take it.
Eskacillin assures maximum stability. After it is compounded by the pharmacist, Eskacillin maintains its potency for at least 7 days when kept in a refrigerato~. The prescription size is a 2 f1. oz. bottle, providing 600,000 units of crystalline penicillin G; or 50,000 units per 5 cc. teaspoonful.
Smith~
Eskacillin will be widely prescribed and is now available through wholesale druggists at $23.40 per doz., List Price. Order an adequate supply from your wholesaler without delay.
Kline & French, Laboratories • Philadelphia
lOY