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PRACTICAL PHARMACY EDITION
THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND For the past seven months THIS JOURNAL has gradually increased its family of readers. This issue will reach at least thirty-two thousand pharmacists-the men and women who make up the backbone of organized pharmacy in America. We can say this with all the dignity and conservatism expected of the Mother of pharmaceutical associations of America and we can say it also with all the exuberance that usually accompanies the successful launching of a new project by the most youthful member of a family. Each month, since January 1940 has seen the addition to our mailing list of a new group of dues-paid members of some State Pharmaceutical Association and our latest count indicates that a total of at least thirtytwo thousand dues-paid members of state associations throughout the United States will be included in the reader list of this August issue of the Practical Pharmacy Edition of the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. However, it is not for the purpose of boasting of our circulation, nor yet to call attention to the service the AMERICAN PHARMAcEuTcAL ASSOCIATION has set out to render to the practicing pharmacists of America through THIS JOURNAL, that these lines are written. Our real purpose is to call to the attention of all who should know the facts, the potentialities for service inherent in this formidable group that constitutes our monthly audience and the manner in which the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIAToN is now supplementing the services rendered by the respective state pharmaceutical associations in the professional field. The AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION, in its form of organization, follows the principles of democracy which we are learning to appreciate more fully as each day brings to us the tragic news of curtailment of the personal freedom and the collective liberties of the citizens of foreign nations across the Atlantic. In the House of Delegates of the A. PH. A. are represented the fortyeight state pharmaceutical associations who in turn represent the pharmacists of their respective commonwealths. In the same
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House of Delegates there are also represented the national associations of the various branches of the drug trade and of the national teaching and law enforcement bodies. The AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIAToN therefore represents organized pharmacy as a whole and it has dedicated itself to ~he furtherance of the professional objectives which motivate pharmacists wherever and in whatever capacity they may be engaged in the promotion of the health of thepeople. Through THIS JOURNAL the organized pharmacists of the nation are being kept informed of the latest developments in the practical phases of their profession. I t is their medium for formal expression of views on matters of permanent as well as of passing interest in the field of practical pharmacy. It is, in short, their journal. However, THIS JOURNAL is not intended to duplicate or replace any other pUblication. It shall continue to be our endeavor to represent their views on the problems of the day, their professional ideals and their capabilities to be of service to the allied medical professions, to governmental authorities and to the pUblic.
PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS For a number of years the A. PH. A., working through its Committee on Professional Relations, has made a study of the methods employed by State and local pharmaceutical associations in developing programs to interest physicians, dentists, veterinarians and other practitioners in prescription writing. The results of these studies will be made available through the columns of THIS JOURNAL. For several months a complete program to interest dentists has been pub.lished and it is being continued in this issue. On page 305 will be found the first report of the Committee on Professional Relations for the current association year and this will be followed with additional material at frequent intervals. We would like our readers to report successful methods of promoting professional relations to the committe for the benefit of others.
THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND For the past seven months THIS JOURNAL has gradually increased its family of readers. This issue will reach at least thirty-two thousand pharmacists-the men and women who make up the backbone of organized pharmacy in America. We can say this with all the dignity and conservatism expected of the Mother of pharmaceutical associations of America and we can say it also with all the exuberance that usually accompanies the successful launching of a new project by the most youthful member of a family. Each month, since January 1940 has seen the addition to our mailing list of a new group of dues-paid members of some State Pharmaceutical Association and our latest count indicates that a total of at least thirtytwo thousand dues-paid members of state associations throughout the United States will be included in the reader list of this August issue of the Practical Pharmacy Edition of the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. However, it is not for the purpose of boasting of our circulation, nor yet to call attention to the service the AMERICAN PHARMAcEuTcAL ASSOCIATION has set out to render to the practicing pharmacists of America through THIS JOURNAL, that these lines are written. Our real purpose is to call to the attention of all who should know the facts, the potentialities for service inherent in this formidable group that constitutes our monthly audience and the manner in which the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIAToN is now supplementing the services rendered by the respective state pharmaceutical associations in the professional field. The AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION, in its form of organization, follows the principles of democracy which we are learning to appreciate more fully as each day brings to us the tragic news of curtailment of the personal freedom and the collective liberties of the citizens of foreign nations across the Atlantic. In the House of Delegates of the A. PH. A. are represented the fortyeight state pharmaceutical associations who in turn represent the pharmacists of their respective commonwealths. In the same
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House of Delegates there are also represented the national associations of the various branches of the drug trade and of the national teaching and law enforcement bodies. The AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIAToN therefore represents organized pharmacy as a whole and it has dedicated itself to ~he furtherance of the professional objectives which motivate pharmacists wherever and in whatever capacity they may be engaged in the promotion of the health of thepeople. Through THIS JOURNAL the organized pharmacists of the nation are being kept informed of the latest developments in the practical phases of their profession. I t is their medium for formal expression of views on matters of permanent as well as of passing interest in the field of practical pharmacy. It is, in short, their journal. However, THIS JOURNAL is not intended to duplicate or replace any other pUblication. It shall continue to be our endeavor to represent their views on the problems of the day, their professional ideals and their capabilities to be of service to the allied medical professions, to governmental authorities and to the pUblic.
PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS For a number of years the A. PH. A., working through its Committee on Professional Relations, has made a study of the methods employed by State and local pharmaceutical associations in developing programs to interest physicians, dentists, veterinarians and other practitioners in prescription writing. The results of these studies will be made available through the columns of THIS JOURNAL. For several months a complete program to interest dentists has been pub.lished and it is being continued in this issue. On page 305 will be found the first report of the Committee on Professional Relations for the current association year and this will be followed with additional material at frequent intervals. We would like our readers to report successful methods of promoting professional relations to the committe for the benefit of others.