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CHEMISTandDRUGGIST 


For  Retailer,  Wholesaler  and  Manufacturer 


MARCH    28    1  959 


Now  it's 

Spring  Cleaning  time 
make  sure 
you've  plenty  of 
Savlon  Barrier  Cream 

{it  protects  hands  for  wet  and  dry  work) 

This  is  the  season  for  still  bigger  sales  of  Savlon 
2-purpose  Barrier  Cream  -  the  cream  that  pro- 
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hard  water  and  grease  for  hours.  It  protects  the 
hands  from  the  degreasing  effect  of  detergents 
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THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March   28,  1959 


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Potter's  asthma  preparation  in 
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and  many  letters  expressing  appreciation 
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SOLPRIN     CODIS  CAFDIS 

Their  place  to-day 


General  acceptance  won  by  Solprin, 
Codis  and  Cafdis  is  due  to  their 
aspirin  content  being  soluble  and 
substantially  neutral.  Consequently 
all  three  are  quick  acting  and  are 
far  less  likely  to  upset  the  stomach. 


Medical  opinion  to-day  is  over- 
whelmingly in  support  of  soluble 
aspirin.  This  is  why  doctors  pre- 
scribe Solprin,  Codis  or  Cafdis, 
and  this  is  why  the  chemist  dis- 
penses them  so  often. 


SOLPRIN 


Neutral  soluble 
aspirin. 


Soluble  aspirin 
with  codeine  and 
phenacetin. 


CAFDIS 


Soluble  aspirin, 
phenacetin  and 
caffeine. 


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March  28,  19 


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March  28,  1959 


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 CHEMIST'S  DICTIONARY  OF  

MEDICAL  TERMS   7th  Edition 

Prepared  primarily  for  pharmacisis,  the  Dictionary  is  indis- 
pensable also  for  pharmaceutical  manufacturers,  advertising 
agents  concerned  with  the  marketing  of  medicinal  products 
and  indeed  all  who  have  to  find  their  way  around  among 
the  multifarious  medicinal  compounds  of  modern  times. 
Order  direct  from:  PRICE  17/6.  Postage  9d. 

THE    CHEMIST    &  DRUGGIST 

.28    ESSEX    STREET,    STRAND,    LONDON,  W.C.2. 


March  28. 


1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


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INDEX   TO  ADVERTISERS 


Acme  Vacuum  Flask  Division    45 

Addis,  Ltd.   46 

Amplex  Appliances  (Kent),  Ltd   4 

Ayrton.  Saunders  Co..  Ltd   40 

Barber  Electrical  Services.  Ltd   7 

Barnet  &  Foster,  Ltd   44 

Bayer  Products, .  Ltd   31 

Beatson,  Clark  &  Co.,  Ltd.    12 

Boots  Pure  Drug  Co.,  Ltd   14 

Boutalls  Chemists.  Ltd   4 

British  Chemotheutic  Products,  Ltd. — Bisks   2,  3 

British  Dyewood  Co.,  Ltd   43 

British  Felsol  Co.,  Ltd  Cover  iv 

British  Oxygen  Gases.  Ltd   15 

Brome  &  Schimmer,  Ltd   4 

Brown,  N.  C,  Ltd   42 

Burrough,  James,  Ltd   4 

Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co  Interleaved  Edit..  349 

Byard  Manufacturing  Co..  Ltd   32 

Cannon  Rubber  Manufacturers.  Ltd   5 

Carnegies  of  Welwyn,  Ltd  Interleaved  Edit..  350 

Christy,  Thos.,  &  Co.,  Ltd.  .    6 

Coates  &  Cooper.  Ltd   38 


Cocker  Chemical  Co.,  Ltd   43 

Cooper,  McDougall  &  Robertson,  Ltd   20 

Cox,  Arthur  H.,  &  Co.,  Ltd   13 

Cresswell  Bros.  Sponges    36 

Cuticura  Preparations    46 

Cuxson,  Gerrard  &  Co..  Ltd   32 

Daniel.  Richard.  &  Son.  Ltd   7 

Ellis,  J.  E.,  Ltd   42 

Ever  Ready  Co.  (Great  Britain).  Ltd..  The  ......  10,  11 

Fibrenyle,  Ltd   21 

Furman.  B.  N.  (Productions).  Ltd   44 

George.  Ernest  J.,  &  Co  Classified  Section 

Glaxo  Laboratories,  Ltd   18,  19  26 

Graesser-Thomas,  H.  W.,  Ltd   46 

Great  National  Dividend  Stores.  Ltd..  The  ........  35 

Groves,  O.  R.,  Ltd.   16.  17 


(continued  overleaf) 


The  MODERN 
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her  to  look  after  baby  when  out  on  picnics  and  visits  just  as  well  as  she 
can  at  home.  With  the  '  Modern '  Nurser  there  is  no  chance  of  leakage  and 
it  is  easily  packed.  After  filling,  the  teat  is  simply  inverted  and  the  cap  and 
disc  screwed  down.  For  feeding  the  sterilised  teat  just '  snaps'  into  position 
without  being  handled.  The  '  Modern '  Nurser,  with  its  double  action  teat 
for  '  Nearest  to  Natural '  feeding,  is  available  in  heat  resistant  and  flint 
glass,  and  also  in  polythene. 


Completely  hygienic 
Controlled  feeding 


CANNON 


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FINE  QUALITY 
RUBBER  PRODUCTS 


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If  in  difficulty  write  direct  to: 
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THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28 


1959 


INDEX  (cont.) 

Holloway,  E.  R..  Sales.  Ltd   9 


Organon  Laboratories,  Ltd   28 

Ormskirk  Photo  Services   Classified  Section 

Orridge  &  Co  Classified  Section 


Imperial  Chemical  Industries.  Ltd.  (Pharmaceuticals 


Division)    Front  Cover 

International  Bottle  Co.,  Ltd   39 

Jeffreys,  Miller  &  Co.,  Ltd   43 

Johnson  &  Johnson  (G.B.),  Ltd.   22.  23 

Kearsley,  C.  G.,  Ltd.     4 

Kelly,  John  (London),  Ltd   42 

King  Development  Co..  Ltd  Cover  iii 

Lastonet  Products,  Ltd   ...  27 

Lederle  Laboratories  Division  ....  Interleaved  Edit.,  30 
London  Rubber  Co..  Ltd  «   41 


Parke.  Davis  &  Co..  Ltd  Interleaved  Edit..  29 


Potter  &  Clarke.  Ltd  Cover  ii 


Reckitt  &  Sons,  Ltd   1 

Riddell  Products.  Ltd  '   40 

Robinson  &  Sons.  Ltd  •   47 

Robinson  Bros.-.  Ltd.  (Cork  Growers)    44 

Rozalex,  Ltd   44 

Smith  &  Hill  (Chemists),  Ltd.    42 

Smith  Kline  &  French  Laboratories.  Ltd   24 


United  Glass  Bottle  Manufacturers.  Ltd 


Manesty  Machines,  Ltd   38 

Medico-Biological  Laboratories,  Ltd   36 

Miller  of  Golden  Square.  Ltd   4 

New  Hygiene.  Ltd   8 


Vick  International.  Ltd   25 

Vitamins.   Ltd    34 

Wallace,  Cameron  &  Co.,  Ltd.    37 

Whitaker  &  Co.  (Kendal).  Ltd.    4 


AND 

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Shampoo 

SOAPLESS 


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Scurf 

AND 

dandruff 
Lotion 


p  for  treatment 
p    of  the  scalp 


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Shampoo  are  known  for  their 
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electric  dry  shaver.  Only  because  it  is  outstanding  in  every  way,  has 
this  new  shaver  been  launched  on  such  a  competitive  market.  But  it 
ie  an  expanding  market— and  surveys  have  shown  that  there  is  room 
at  the  top  for  a  top-performance  shaver.  Figaro  is  just  that.  Ever 
Ready  are  confident  that  in  this  new  shaver  they  have  yet  another 
success  to  share  with  you. 


TRIC  SHAVER  THAT'S  EVER  READY 


\\C*CtfQ  wasn't  born  yesterday . . .  Figaro  is  no  hasty  creation.  It  took 
O        years  of  careful  research  and  great  technical  skill  to 
evolve  this  precision  instrument,  truly  deserving  the  name  Figaro . . . 
because  it  does  indeed  give  a  'barber-close'  shave  to  everyone.  And 
Figaro  is  British  made  throughout. 


THE  EVER  READY  COMPANY  (GREAT  BRITAIN)  LIMITED 

Hercules  Place,  Holloway,  London,  N.7 


March   28.  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


EVER  READY 


WITH  A  'BARBER-CLOSE'  SHAVE 


s  here . . . 

fabulous  Figaro  —  the  mains-operated 
electric  shaver  by  EVER  READY— that 
has  everything:  two  exclusive  inter- 
changeable foils  (thin  for  sensitive  skins 
and  extra  thin  for  barbed  wire  beards), 
an  exclusive  'snap-up'  trimmer  at  the 
side,  self-sharpening  shears,  dual-voltage, 
built-in   ON/OFF   switch,  self-starting 

FIGARO  FAST.  ..FIGARO  CLOSE ...  FIGARO  SMOOTH 


motor,  exclusive  presentation  case  with 
travel  wrap  inside.  Everything ! 
And  Figaro  is  British  made  throughout. 
FIGARO  I,  10  guineas  (tax  paid) 
FIGARO  II,  £8.15.0  (tax  paid) 
FIGARO  III,  7  guineas  (tax  paid) 
Figaro  is  already  heavily  booked  for  its 
T.V.  and  Press  Premiere  on  April  27th. 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


The  Beatson  Tablet 


•k  Distinctive  SQUARE  Shape. 

★  Black  Plastic  or  White  Enamelled 
Caps. 

★  Production  Clean  in  Sealed  Cartons. 
•k  Prompt  Despatch  from  Stock. 

★  Available  in  the  following  sizes— 
3dr  \  i  1  H  H  2  3  3»  oz. 


'The  Sign  of  a 


Good  Bottle 


Suggested  Packs — 
|-oz. —  25  Aspirin, 
l-oz. —  50  Aspirin  or 

25  Codeine. 
Ij-oz. — 100  Aspirin  or 

50  Codeine. 
3i-oz.— 100  Codeine. 


Beatson,Clark  &Co.Xtd 

GLASS  BOTTLE  MANUFACTURERS 
ROTHERHAM   established  1751  YORKS 


Be  sure  to  specify  BEATSON 


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packagin 


r —  V 

j 

Nasal 
;.  Spray 

manufacturing 


he  COX  organisation  offers  a  complete  manufacturing 
id  packaging  service  for  the  retailer,  wholesaler  and  those 
arketing  proprietary  brands. 

It  is  a  home  and  overseas  service  that  provides  the  finest 
oducts  well  packed  and  ethically  presented. 

Here  are  a  few  features  designed  by  our  Art  and 
tckaging  Departments : 

even  attractive  styles  for  retail  pharmacists'  "  own  name  " 
eparations. 

►ecial  designs  for  proprietaries  and  private  formularies, 
daily,  post  paid,  breakage  free,  bulk  tablet  delivery, 
ood  visual  designs  for  T.V. 

gh  grade  carton  board  and  label  paper  and  printing. 

rip  packaging — extensive  range. 

chets  for  powdered  and  granular  products. 


ARTHUR  H.  COX  &  CO.  LTD. 
BRIGHTON  ENGLAND 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28,  1959 


announcing 

HYDRENOX 

HYDROFLUMETHIAZIDE 

A  really  important  advance  in 

ORAL  DIURETIC  therapy 

vfc  Hydrenox  is  a  new  oral  diuretic  which  is  at  least 
ten  times  as  potent  as  chlorothiazide. 

The  cost  of  treatment  with  Hydrenox  is  lower 
than  with  any  other  potent  oral  diuretic. 

%  In  many  cases  a  single  daily  dose  produces  an 
adequate  response. 


INDICATIONS 

Hydrenox  is  indicated  in  all  cases  of  cardiac  and  renal 
oedema  (irrespective  of  their  severity)  and  in  all  other 
cases  of  fluid  retention,  including  oedema  of  pregnancy, 
hepatic  oedema,  oedema  of  premenstrual  tension  and 
oedema  resulting  from  steroid  therapy. 

PACK 

Hydrenox  is  available  in  containers  of  100  and  500  tablets. 
Each  tablet  contains  50  mg.  of  Hydroflumethiazide. 

PRICE 

The  Basic  N.H.S.  cost  is  24/-  per  100  tablets,  116  -  per  500 
tablets.  Plus  P.  Tax  (Normal  dose,  1-4  tablets  daily). 


*}>!«** 


HYDRENOX 


Available  from  your  usual  wholesaler  or  from  Wholesale  Division  of 

BOOTS  PURE  DRUG  CO.  LTD.,  STATION  STREET,  NOTTINGHAM  Telephone:  Nottingham  56:11 
or  71  FLEET  STREET,  E.C.4    Telephone :  Fleet  Street  01 1 1 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


"Please  provide  oxygen  therapy  set 
with  Polymasks  -  MS  500  48  cu.  ft.  oxygen" 

You  might  receive  this  prescription  now  that  the  new  lightweight 
Single  Unit  Set  for  domiciliary  oxygen  therapy  has  been  approved  for 
use  against  E.C.10  orders.  Developed  by  British  Oxygen  this  equipment  Is 
robust,  easy  to  operate,  and  is  supplied  with  two  disposable  Polymask 
inhalers.  This  domiciliary  oxygen  therapy  equipment  is  now 
an  essential  item  in  a  chemist's  stock. 

For  demonstration  and  full  details  of  how  to  purchase  or 
hire  this  equipment,  please  write  to 


British  Oxygen  Gases  Limited 

Medical  Dlv.,  Great  West  Road,  Brentford,  Mlddx. 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28,   1  959 


Regd.  Trade  Mark 

COMPETITION 
TO  EMPTY 

YOUR  SHELVES 

BHUHBHnBBHM 

Thousands  entering  for  Sunfresh  £3000  competition.  And  every 
entry  a  Sunfresh  sale.  Many  more  thousand  entries  expected 
before  closing  date — May  31st.  And  every  entry  a  Sunfresh  sale. 
You  stock  it — Sunfresh  competition  and  advertising  shifts  it. 
Sunfresh  on  TV.  Bus  sides.  In  National  newspapers.  And 
local  press.  Glorious  Sunfresh  for  glorious  sales. 


March   28.    1959  THE    CHEMIST    AND    DRUGGIST  17 


new  Sm 

BONUS  OFFER 
TO  FILL 


YOUR  TILL 


Regd.  Trade  Mark 


Order  Sunfresh  Orange  now.  You  get  a  free  bottle  of  either 
Sunfresh  orange,  lemon  glucose,  or  lemon  barley  glucose 
with  every  one  dozen  case  delivered  between  March  30th  and 
April  30th.  Tell  your  usual  supplier  which  of  the  free  bottles 
you  want.  Make  sure  you  have  plenty  of  supplies  for  the  holiday. 

O.  R.  Groves  Ltd.,  20  Jermyn  St.,  London,  W.I.  Tel.  GERrard  9484  (7  lines) 


THE    CHEMIST    AND    DRUGGIST  March  28,  1959 


March  28,   1  959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


Once  again  Ostermilk  and  Farex  are  appearing  in  the 
Daily  Express  with  another  insertion  in  Glaxo  Laboratories 
continuing  campaign  in  leading  newspapers  and  women's 
magazines. 

In  the  next  dominant  half-page  advertisement  in  the 
series  (which  appears  on  April  2nd),  Glaxo  Laboratories 
will  re-emphasise  the  story  of  the  scientific  experience 
behind  Ostermilk  and  Farex  .  .  .  the  unique  scientific 
experience  which  creates  trust  and  confidence  among 
parents  the  world  over.  And  they  will  use  as  an  example 
of  this  unique  experience  the  development  of  GlucoDin 
—  another  of  your  best  selling  products. 

Profit  from  the  confidence  created  by  this  persuasive 
advertising.  Check  your  stocks  of  Ostermilk,  Farex  and 
GlucoDin  now.  Make  sure  you  have  enough  to  maintain 
all  your  customers'  custom. 


OSTERMILK  and  FAREX 


ADVERTISEMENTS  WILL  BE  SEEN  BY 


OVER  12  MILLION  READERS  IN  THE 


DAILY  EXPRESS 


20 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March   28.  l1)?1) 


last  day  for  Cooper's 


Offer  covers  assortments  of 
whole  dozens  of:  Cooper's  push- 
button Fly  Killer,  Fresh-aire, 
Moth  Proofer,  Crawling  Insect 
Killer,  Woodworm  Killer. 

12doz.  andover-7i%  Bonus  Discount 
4  doz.  to  11  doz. — 5%  Bonus  Discount 

This  high  bonus  discount  applies 
only  to  orders  placed  before  April 
30th  and  is  extra  to  the  normal  Trade 
and  Cash  Discount.  1958  was  a  record 
year  for  Cooper  aerosols  and  this 
year  the  whole  range  will  receive  even 
more  powerful  advertising  support. 
There  will  be  more  and  better  display 
material  too — including  a  new  five- 
unit  stand  for  counter  display. 

So  cash  in  on  the  Bonus  now— it  will 
pay  you  to  STOCK  AND  DISPLAY 
THE  WHOLE  RANGE. 


1 

Thursday| 

1 

1 

The  push-button  way  to  BIGGER  SALES 


COOPER,    McDOUGALL     &     ROBERTSON     LIMITED,    BERKHAMSTED,  HERTS 


March  28,   1  959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


"SKYLON"  POLYTHENE 
HOT    WATER  BOTTLES 

A  P.A.T.A.  LINE 

Illustration  above  shows  the  range  of  colours  in  which  the  new 
"  SKYLON  "  polythene  hot  water  bottles  are  being  made.  Light  in  weight 
and  complete  with  high  density  Polythene  cap  and  rubber  seal. 

Packed  in  polythene  bags  with  attractive 
"Sales-Appeal"  design  showing,  in  silhouette,  a 
Teenager  in  shortie  and  alternatively,  Father  in 
his  nightshirt  and  cap,  they  are,  with  their 
bright  colours  a  sure  selling  line  for  young  and 
old.  Ask  your  Wholesaler  to  show  you  the 
bottles  in  their  printed  wrapper  and  stock  up 
now — you  know  our  climate! 


1 


III  IIIIIIB  R  IE 


157  DUKES  ROAD 
WESTERN  AVENUE,  LONDON, W. 3 


ACORN  5073-4 


22  THE    CHEMIST    AND    DRUGGIST  March  28,  1959 


5  REASONS 


WHY  YOU  SHOULD  BUY 
JOHNSON'S  CARTON 
PACKS  OF  DRESSINGS 


(I)  Different  coloured 
cartons  for  B.P.C.  and 
'Fairlie'  Cotton  Wool. 


(4)  Attractive  cartons 
and  distinctive  labels 
for  window  or 
counter  display. 


(2)  Distinctive  end- 
labelling  for  easy 
shelf  recognition. 


(5)  Made  by  the  World's 
largest  manufacturers 
of  Surgical  Dressings. 


(3)  Special  end  closure 
to  maintain  Dressings  in 


  j      to  maintain  pressings  in 

j    hygienic  condition  after 
carton  is  opened. 


THE   WORLD'S   MOST   TRUSTED    NAME   IN   SURGICAL  DRESSINGS 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


SPECIALITIES 


'STEM-PADS' 

—  to  cover  and 
protect  grazes, 
cuts  and  all  skin 
injuries.  Packets 
of  four  dressings, 
each  3"  x  3"  sterile 
and  individually 
wrapped. 


NEW 

for  Home 
First  -Aid 

STERI-PADS 

Sterile  Germ-free 

4 

STERILISED 
SAME  DRESSING 

"wiwwiu*  ■nmi 

JOHNSON'S  ABSORBENT 
UNDERPADS-  prevent 
soiled  sheets,  save 
drudgery  and  cost  in  home 
nursing  confinements, 
etc.  Disposable, 
super  absorbent. 


JOHNSON'S  PLEATED  WOOL 

—  hygienic,  large  size, 
polythene  pack. 


corra/v"  wc 

1   COTTON  W0( 


'FAIRLIE'  HOUSEHOLD  PACK 

—  cotton  wool  in  large 
size  family  pack,  specially 
prepared  for  surgical  use. 


*«•'•»«.  »» 


'N-A'  DRESSINGS 

—for  varicose  ulcers  and 
othergranulating  wounds. 


THE   WORLD'S   MOST  TRUSTED   NAME   IN   SURGICAL  DRESSINGS 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March   28,  1959 


New 

easy-to-recognise  Spansule  capsules 

These  are  the  new  designs  of 
SK&  F's  SPANSULE  products. 
Half  the  capsule  is 
coloured  with  a  distinctive 
product  colour — 
the  other  half  is  clear, 
showing  the  pellets 
inside  just  as  the  whole 
capsule  did  formerly. 


Dexedrine  Spansule 


Drinamyl  Spansule 


Histryl  Spansule 


Phenobarbitone  Spansule 


Smith  Kline  &  French  Laboratories  Ltd 


SU:TA29(col> 


'Spansule'  is  a  trade  mark.    Brit.  Pat.  Nos.  71  5305  &  742007 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


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when  there's  a 


feverish 


need  for  energy 


During  fever  Glucodin  provides 

extra  energy  whilst  sparing  fat 

and  protein  and  easing  digestive  strain. 

*  99%  powdered  medicinal  glucose 

*  added  vitamin  D,  calcium  and  phosphorus 

*  sweet  but  not  sickly 

*  a  good  "mixer"  that  helps  your  soft  drink  sales 


the  original  Glucose  D 

Retail  price —  i-lb  carton  2/9 

Trade  prices —  12  x  i-lb  cartons  24  9 

Glaxo  "  top  profit  "  parcel  2  doz  x  I -lb  cartons  44/- 

GLAXO  LABORATORIES  LTD, 
GREENFORD,  MIDDLESEX    B  Y  Ron  3434 


TRADE  MAPV 


Glucodin  is  available  in  mot  countries. 

In  some  it  is  known  as  Glueolin  or  Glucose-D  Glaxo 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


27 


These 
stockings 
ensure 

REPEAT 
BUSINESS 


Because  surgical  stockings  have  a  limited  life,  somebody 
must  derive  benefit  from  'repeat  sales'  to  customers 
with  leg  afflictions.  That  'somebody'  can  be  you  —  if 
you  dispense  'Lastonet'  Stockings  on  N.H.S.  prescrip- 
tions brought  to  your  shop.  Here's  why: 


LASTONET  Elastic  Net 
Stockings,  being  made  indi- 
vidually to  each  customer's 
own  measure,  provide  better 
support,  fit  more  accurately, 
and  look  better  under  the 
wearer's  own  nylons. 

LASTONET  airy-cool,  open- 
weave  elastic  net  fabric  is 
wonderfully  comfortable, 
and  supports  without  chafing 
or  restriction. 


LASTONET  are  made  with 
light-resistant  rubber,  which 
lessens  perishing,  and  en- 
sures retention  of  fit. 

LASTONET  will  please  your 
customers  so  much,  that 
they'll  return  to  you  for 
subsequent  stockings  .  .  . 
and  of  course,  additional 
purchases  of  other  require- 
ments. 


FOR  QUICK  DELIVERY 
EXCELLENT 
PROFIT  MARGIN 
AND  REPEAT  SALES 


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and  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Northern  Ireland 


Volume  171 


March  28,  1959 


No.  4127 


CONTENTS 

Branch  Events    338 

British   Pharmaceutical  Conference  336 

Bronchial  Asthma    347 

Classifying  Proprietary  Names     ...  340 

Correspondence    ...  335 

Drug  Testing  Under  N.H.S   345 

Golden  Jubilee  at  Portsmouth     ...  340 

Hospital  Pharmacy  Forum   343 

"In  No  Way  Relevant  to  Pricing"  342 

International  Non-proprietary  Names  336 
Leading  Articles :  — 

Classification  by  Letters   341 

Overseas  Trade  in  February     ...  341 

Mansfield  Branch  Dinner  (cartoon)  339 

N.H.S.  Accounts    337 

Pharmacies  of  Britain — 79    344 

Royal  Society  Fellowships   336 

Statutory  Committee's  Inquiry      ...  348 

Topical  Reflections  ...       ...       ...  331 


Business  Changes 

334 

New  Products  ... 

...  332 

Coming  Events 

353 

News  in  Brief  ... 

...  331 

Commercial  Television 

354 

Personalities  ... 

...  334 

Company  News 

333 

Pharmacist's  Anthology  341 

Deaths  

334 

Price  Changes  ... 

...  354 

Information  Wanted... 

332 

Sport   

...  331 

In  Parliament  ... 

333 

Trade  Marks  ... 

...  353 

Irish  News   

330 

Trade  Notes  . . . 

...  332 

Legal  Reports  

334 

Trade  Report  ... 

...  351 

Miscellaneous  Inquiries  353 

World  Trade  ... 

...  353 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS,  Pp.  5  &  6. 

Classified  Advertisements,  p.  48. 

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MARCH    28,    1  9  5  9 


No.  4127 


Obsequies  of  C.F. 

WINDING-UP  CEREMONIES  IN  LONDON 

THE  Chemists  Federation  gave  visible  and  tangible  effect  on  March  24 
to  the  decision  of  Mr.  Justice  Devlin  and  the  Restrictive  Practices  Court 
in  November  1958  that  its  activities  could  not  be  allowed  to  continue. 

At  a  dinner  in  London  the  Federa- 


tion's last  president  (Mr.  Frank  Mellor) 
surrendered  his  jewel  of  office  to  the 
National  Pharmaceutical  Union  to  pre- 
serve as  a  memento,  and  presented  the 
Union  with  a  presidential  chair  as  a 
deathbed  gift  to  the  parent  body. 

Earlier  in  the  proceedings  Captain 
R.  C.  Kelly  (chairman  of  the  Crookes 
Laboratories,  Ltd.),  who,  in  1946,  pre- 
sented the  Federation  with  a  presiden- 
tial badge  and  chain  of  office,  gave  out 
replicas  to  eleven  of  the  fifteen  presi- 
dents (the  others  sent  apologies  for  ab- 
sence) who  had  held  office  during  its 
lifetime,  as  well  as  to  the  final-year 
vice-president  (Mr.  L.  D.  Smith)  and 
treasurer  (Mr.  K.  G.  Patteson). 

First  speaker  of  the  evening  was  Mr. 
Joseph  Dean  (junior  counsel  at  the 
hearing  of  the  C.F.  case)  who  said  he 
appreciated  that  the  occasion  was  a  sad 
one  to  many  present  and  many  outside. 
Although  the  decision  had  gone  against 
the  Federation,  he  was  sure  that  chem- 
ists had  lost  nothing  by  the  fight. 

Mr.  D.  W.  Hudson  (president  of  the  1 
Pharmaceutical  Society)  said  that,  for 
all  the  apparently  hydra-headed  struc- 
ture of  pharmaceutical  institutions, 
they  had  done  a  complicated  job  effi- 
ciently and  well,  safeguarding  both  the 
public  and  the  profession.  C.F.  had 
died  as  the  result  of  an  ill-considered 
technique.  The  blame  was  on  those  who 
could  not  see  that  fatal  diseases  had 
insidious  beginnings.  The  simple  medi- 
cines of  earlier  times  had  developed 
today  into  potent  substances,  and  the 
public  would  one  day  realise  that  those 
substances  must  be  treated  differently 
from  other  saleable  commodities.  The 
death  of  C.F.  was  a  greater  tragedy  to 
the  public  than  to  the  profession  of 
pharmacy.  The  medical  profession  itself 
should  not  remain  aloof  to  the  fact  that 
any  unqualified  person  could  give  ad- 
vice on  medical  matters. 

Mr.  S.  J.  Stearn,  as  the  senior  past- 
past-president  of  the  Association  (in 
office  in  1940)  said  that  pharmacy  had 
gained  tremendously  by  the  association, 
within  C.F.,  of  retailers,  wholesalers 
and  manufacturers.  He  was  confident 
that  the  Federation  had  "  lit  such  a 
candle  as  would  never  be  extinguished." 

A  cheque  to  cover  the  purchase  of  the 
presidential  chair  was  handed  over  to 
the  chairman  of  the  National  Pharma- 
ceutical Union  (Mr.  H.  G.  Moss)  by 


Mr.  Mellor.  Mr.  Moss  said  the  Union 
felt  keenly  the  passing  of  C.F.  The 
lesson  for  the  future  was  that  there  was 
still  a  long  wav  to  go  in  putting  over 
to  the  public  "  what  pharmacy  is  and 
what  it  stands  for."  He  had  faith  that 
out  of  evil  good  would  come. 

Tranquillisers  Classified 

REPORT  BY  SIX-NATION  STUDY  GROUP 

SIX  countries  were  represented  in  a 
ten-member  World  Health  Organisa- 
tion study  group  whose  report  "  Atar- 
actic and  Hallucinogenic  Drugs  in 
Psychiatry "  is  now  available  (Tech- 
nical Report  Series  No.  152).  The  re- 
port, a  72-p.  booklet,  clarifies  and  clas- 
sifies the  considerable  data  and  varied 
views  upon  those  drugs.  The  devising 
of  a  tentative  system  of  grouping  de- 
manded a  precise  terminology  and  dos- 
age the  available  material  was  in- 
sufficient to  satisfy.  Instead,  a  median 
effective  dose  has  had  to  be  accepted, 
and  full  references  are  given  to  sources 
of  any  definitions  given  of  terms  used. 
Investigations  in  recent  years  have 
shown  the  presence  of  a  number  of 


compounds  in  the  central  nervous  system 
which  may  have  significance  in  explain- 
ing the  action  of  the  ataractic  drugs. 
Those  considerations  are  touched  on  in 
the  report  though  full  explanations  are 
not  possible  without  greater  knowledge 
of  biochemistry  than  exists  at  present. 
The  classification  suggested  by  the 
study  group  is  based  upon  exhaustive 
investigation  of  the  literature. 

A  Contractor's  Error 

REMOVAL  FROM  LIST  RECOMMENDED 

SOUTHEND  -  ON  -  SEA  Executive 
Council,  at  a  meeting  on  March  16. 
agreed  to  recommend  to  the  Ministry 
of  Health  that  a  company  of  chemists 
should  be  removed  from  the  Council's 
list.  Dr.  H.  F.  Hiscocks  (chairman) 
commented  that  it  was  a  sad  and  diffi- 
cult case  to  which  a  great  deal  of 
thought  and  consideration  had  been 
given.  It  would  have  been  a  disservice 
to  the  man  concerned  if  the  Council 
had  arrived  at  any  other  decision, 
though  one  member  of  the  Council 
considered  the  decision  a  little  harsh. 
The  superintendent  pharmacist,  who 
was  also  a  director  of  the  company, 
admitted  that  he  had  made  an  error  in 
dispensing.  It  was  pointed  out  that  he 
carried  out  all  dispensing,  serving  and 
cleaning  without  assistance,  and  had  not 
had  a  holiday  for  ten  years.  Reference 
was  made  at  the  meeting  to  four  previ- 
ous allegations  proved  against  the  phar- 
macist, and  the  chairman  said  there  was 
no  dispute  as  to  the  error  having  been 
made  in  the  present  instance.  The  phar- 


LADIES'  NIGHT:  Edinburgh  Chemists'  Golf  Club's  annual  whist  drive  and  dance,  held  recently, 
was  evidenti]  well  supported  by  the  fair  sex.  In  the  front  of  the  group  are  Mr.  A.  Nelson  Fleming 
(Club  captain)  and  Mrs.  Fleming. 


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March   28,   1  959 


Mrs.  Una  Sniilh 


macist  concerned  was  stated  to  be  now 
in  a  convalescent  home.  In  reaching 
their  decision  the  Committee  stated: 
"  We  are  unanimously  of  the  opinion 
that  the  continued  inclusion  on  the 
Council's  pharmaceutical  list  of  the 
firm's  name,  of  which  the  respondent  is 
the  superintendent  pharmacist  and  a 
director,  would  be  prejudicial  to  the 
efficiency  of  the  service." 

Bournemouth  Conference 

LADIES'  EXCURSIONS  PROGRAMME 

TO  assist  ladies  intending  to  visit  the 
Bournemouth  meeting  of  the  British 
Pharmaceutical 
C  o  n  f  erence, 
September  21- 
25,  to  complete 
their  applica- 
tion forms,  Mrs. 
Una  Smith 
(chairman  of 
the  local  Ladies' 
Committee)  has 
issued  a  list  of 
excursions  that 
are  being  pro- 
vided for  them. 
Seven  excur- 
sions are  avail- 
able, six  of 
which  are  being 
repeated.  It  is  possible  for  each  lady 
to  go  on  five,  as  well  as  the  main  Con- 
ference excursion.  The  first  excursion  is 
designed  to  show  all  the  ladies  some 
of  the  coastal  scenery  in  the  area.  The 
drive  is  through  the  Chines,  with  views 
of  the  Isle  of  Wight,  the  Needles,  Stud- 
land  and  the  Purbeck  Hills.  Four  of 
the  next  five  excursions  may  be  cho- 
sen :  A  coach  trip  to  Wimborne  (an 
old  market  town  with  a  Minster  of 
special  interest  containing  a  chained 
library  of  243  volumes  and  a  four- 
teenth-century astronomical  clock);  a 
drive  through  the  New  Forest;  a  visit  to 
Compton  Acres,  a  series  of  seven  pri- 
vate gardens  including  Roman,  Italian 
and  Japanese;  a  trip  to  Christchurch 
(an  ancient  municipal  borough  whose 
magnificent  priory  church  is  among  the 
finest  in  the  country,  with  examples  of 
successive  schools  of  architecture  from 
the  Norman  to  the  Renaissance).  There 
are  also  the  ruins  of  a  Norman  house 
and  a  castle;  a  coach  ride  to  Corfe 
castle  and  Wareham.  The  former  is  a 
quaint  village  built  of  Purbeck  stone 
and  has  the  ruins  of  an  ancient  castle 
said  to  have  been  the  scene  of  the 
murder  of  the  young  King  Edward  in 
978  and  one  of  the  last  strongholds 
to  surrender  during  the  Civil  War.  The 
latter  is  an  old  Roman  town.  Its  tiny 
St.  Martin's  Church  contains  an  effigy 
of  Lawrence  of  Arabia.  The  seventh 
excursion  is  a  sheltered  sea  trip  by 
motor  cruiser  to  the  Dorset  lakes,  with 
views  of  Poole  harbour,  the  Purbeck 
hills  and  Brownsea  island  (a  bird  sanc- 
tuary with  a  castle  built  in  the  time  of 
Henry  VIII).  Ladies  who  avail  them- 
selves of  all  the  excursions  will  have 
little  free  time  during  the  day  but  the 
timing  is  such  that  the  programme  will 
not  be  strenuous.  Still  other  events,  in- 
cluding a  mannequin  parade,  are  under 
consideration  for  the  benefit  of  those 
who  like  a  full  programme  of  events. 
Evenings  will  be  taken  up  with  the  civic 


reception,  the  banquet,  theatre  visit  and 
ball. 

Lectures  on  Therapeutics 

A  REFRESHER  COURSE  IN  WEST  HAM 

THE  East  Metropolitan  Branch  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  and  West  Ham 
and  District  Association  of  Pharma- 
cists have  organised  a  course  of  six 
lectures  on  modern  therapeutics.  Places, 
dates,  times,  subjects  and  lecturers  are : 
At  Ross  Wyld  Hall,  Church  Hill,  Wal- 
thamstow,  London,  E.17,  at  8  p.m.  on 
Wednesday,  April  1  :  Dr.  E.  K.  Gard- 
ner (consultant  anaesthetist,  Barnet 
Group  of  Hospitals)  on  "  Drugs  Used 
in  Modern  Anaesthetics  ";  at  lecture  hall, 
nurses'  home,  Piaistow  Maternity  Hos- 
pital. Howards  Road,  London,  E.13, 
at  8  p.m.  on  Wednesday,  April 
8,  Dr.  F.  M.  Hogg  (consultant  in 
gynaecology)  on  "  The  Use  of  Modern 
Therapeutic  Agents  in  Gynaecology"; 
at  Piaistow  Hospital,  Samson  Street, 
Piaistow,  E.13,  at  3  p.m.  on  Thursday, 
April  16,  Dr.  P.  Ellman  (consultant 
chest  physician)  on  "  Modern  Drug 
Therapy  in  Diseases  of  the  Chest";  at 
Langthorne  Hospital.  Langthorne  Road, 
E  ll,  at  8  p.m.  on  April  24,  Dr.  J.  De 
Largy  (consultant  physician  in  geri- 
atrics) on  "Development  in  Geriatrics"; 
at  Claybury  Hospital,  Woodford 
Bridge,  Essex,  at  8  p.m.  on  Wednes- 
day, May  8,  Dr.  J.  S.  Pippard  (con- 
sultant psychiatrist)  on  "  The  Use  of 
Drugs  in  the  Treatment  of  Mental  Ill- 
ness"; at  Whipps  Cross  Hospital,  Ley- 
tonstone,  E.I  I,  at  8  p.m.  on  May  8,  Dr. 
E.  Hinden  (paediatrician),  on  "  Present- 
day  paediatrics."  Registration  fee:  5s. 
(free  to  student  members). 

Research  Fellowships 

DANISH-BRITISH  CO-OPERATION 

APPLICATIONS  are  being  invited  for 
the  Carlsberg-Wellcome  Travelling  Re- 
search Fellowships,  1959-60.  Object  of 
the  Fellowships  is  to  encourage  co- 
operation, on  an  exchange  basis,  between 
Danish  and  British  research  workers  in 
any  branch  of  the  natural  sciences 
which  has  a  bearing  upon  human  and 
animal  medicine.  One  Fellowship  annu- 
ally is  awarded  to  a  candidate  from  the 
United  Kingdom  for  a  year's  work  in 
Denmark,  and  one  annually  to  a  Dan- 
ish candidate  for  a  year's  work  in  the 
United  Kingdom.  The  stipend  ranges 
from  £800  to  £1,200  per  annum  (or  the 
equivalent  sums  in  Danish  Kroner), 
travelling  and  some  incidental  expenses 
being  provided  in  addition.  Tenure  of 
the  awards  starts  in  September  1959. 
United  Kingdom  inquiries  from  candi- 
dates should  be  addressed  to  the  Assis- 
tant Scientific  Secretary,  Wellcome 
Trust,  52  Queen  Anne  Street.  London, 
W.l,  and  completed  applications  must 
be  in  before  April  30. 

Students'  Congress 

INTERNATIONAL  MEETING  IN  HOLLAND 

THE  sixth  congress  of  the  International 
Pharmaceutical  Students'  Federation  is 
being  held  at  Nordwijk-on-Sea,  Hol- 
land, September  5-15.  The  congress 
commemorates  the  tenth  anniversary  of 
the  founding  of  I.P.S.F.,  and  a  total  of 
about    175  students  arc  expected  to 


attend.  The  programme  of  events  in- 
cludes social  functions,  excursions,  and 
visits  to  pharmaceutical  factories  and 
institutions.  For  participants  from 
Britain,  accommodation  costs  £13  15s., 
and  a  deposit  of  £2  7s.  6d.  is  required. 
Return  fare  via  Harwich  and  the  Hook 
of  Holland  is  about  £11,  but  if  there 
is  a  sufficiently  large  party  there  is  a 
possibility  of  a  reduction  in  fares.  Full 
details  and  application  forms  are  avail- 
able from  Miss  H.  Cranston,  c/o  3 
Maryland  Way,  Sunbury-on-Thames. 
Middlesex. 

Aerosols  on  Display 

PACKAGING  CENTRE  EXHIBITION 

AN  educative  display  of  "  Aerosols 
and  Pressure  Packaging  "  is  on  view  at 
the  Packaging  Centre,  50  Poland  Street, 
London,  W.l,  until  April  8.  Sixteen 
companies  are  participating  and  their 
displays  cover  all  aspects,  including 
propellents,  valves,  containers,  coatings, 
formulations,  machinery  and  equipment 
and  contract  filling.  The  display  is 
planned  to  give  a  complete  picture  of 
what  makes  an  aerosol  or  pressurised 
pack.  Individual  exhibits  are  supported 
by  an  illustrated  guide  to  the  processes 
used,  the  manufacturing  sequence,  re- 
cent developments  and  possible  future 
applications.  A  separate  section  shows 
some  successful  products  now  put  up  in 
pressurised  form.  The  display  is  open 
on  weekdays  from  10  a.m.  to  5.30  p.m. 
Admission  is  free. 


IRISH  NEWS 

THE  NORTH 

A  New  Milk  Plant 

COLERAINE-PRODUCED  SANATOGEN 

A  NEW  milk-processing  plant,  using 
5  million  gall,  of  milk  a  year,  is  being 
set  up  at  Coleraine,  Northern  Ireland,  by 
Fisons,  Ltd.,  parent  company  of  Gen- 
atosan,  Ltd.  Messrs.  Fisons  have  de- 
cided to  transfer  the  manufacture  of 
Sanatogen  nerve  tonic  from  Lough- 
borough, England,  to  the  site  of  their 
milk-processing  company  Fisons  Milk 
Products,  Ltd.,  Coleraine.  The  new 
plant  will  cover  an  area  of  20,000  sq. 
ft.,  and  the  transfer  is  being  under- 
taken in  two  stages.  Full  production 
at  Loughborough  will  continue  until 
the  end  of  July,  then  half  the  plant 
will  be  shut  down  and  transferred  to 
Coleraine.  Bv  the  end  of  the  year  the 
transfer  is  expected  to  be  complete, 
and  by  March  I960  in  full  production. 
About  fifty  additional  people  are  re- 
quired, of  whom  at  least  half  will  be 
men.  Mr.  P.  S.  Needham  (managing 
director  of  Genatosan,  Ltd.)  states  that 
Sanatogen  manufacture  was  being  trans- 
ferred to  Northern  Ireland  because 
supplies  of  milk  in  the  Loughborough 
area  are  not  sufficient  to  meet  the 
present  demand  for  the  product.  "  We 
need  5  million  gall,  of  liquid  milk  every 
year  to  manufacture  Sanatogen,"  he 
said.  "  We  can  expect  to  receive  locally 
little  more  than  half  this  vast  quantity 
in  any  year,  and  the  balance  has  to  be 
made  up  by  buying  milk  powder,  sup- 
plies of  which  are  unreliable  and  un- 
economic. At  Coleraine  we  expect  to 
obtain  the  liquid  milk  we  require." 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


3  3  1 


NEWS  IN  BRIEF 

Mr.  C.  H.  Glassey  has  been  elected 
President  of  the  British  Plastics  Fed- 
eration. 

The  Board  of  Trade  announce  that 
they  are  considering  an  application  for 
an  increased  protective  duty  on  sodium 
hydrogen  glutamate  (monosodium  glu- 
tamate). 

The  lending  library  unit  of  the 
Department  of  Scientific  and  Industrial 
Research  is  collecting  Chinese  scientific 
literature  and  now  has  about  150 
Chinese  periodicals  on  regular  order. 

Regulations  published  as  S.I.  1959 
No.  401  (S.15)  and  effective  April  1 
provide  for  the  alteration  from  three 
years  to  four  years  of  the  term  of 
office  of  members  of  Regional  Hospital 
Boards. 

An  order  published  as  S.I.  1959  No. 
412  provides  for  an  increase  of  one  in 
the  membership  of  the  General  Optical 
Council  by  the  nomination  by  the 
Privy  Council  of  an  additional  lay 
member. 

Hydroxychloroquine  sulphate 
tablets  (Plaquenil  tablets)  have  been 
added  to  the  list  of  specially  expensive 
drugs,  appliances  and  reagents  for  the 
supply  of  which  doctors  receive  pay- 
ment over  and  above  their  capitation 
fees. 

The  Treasury  has  made  an  Order 
(published  as  S.I.,  1959,  No.  423)  which 
makes  certain  reductions  in  the  import 
duties  in  accordance  with  or  consequen- 
tial upon  the  undertakings  given  by  the 
United  Kingdom  in  the  tariff  negotia- 
tions with  Switzerland  on  the  occasion 
of  the  provisional  accession  of  the  latter 
country  to  the  General  Agreement  on 
Tariffs  and  Trade. 

A  letter  from  Leeds  Regional  Hos- 
pital Board  on  their  recent  decision  to 
replace  two  members  of  Hull  "  A " 
Group  Hospital  management  commit- 
tee is  to  be  considered  by  the  "  A " 
Group's  general  purposes  committee. 
The  letter  says  the  Board  have  acted 
within  their  rights  in  replacing  Mr.  B. 
Foster,  M.P.S.,  who  had  served  on  the 
committee  for  nine  years,  and  another 
member.  At  their  last  meeting  some 
members  of  the  Hull  "  A  "  Group  ex- 
pressed strong  disapproval  at  the 
Board's  action. 


SPORT 

Gaelic  Football. — College  of  Pharmacy  junior 
leam  v.  Benburbs,  at  Phoenix  Park,  on  March  15. 
Second  round  of  the  championship.  The  pharmacy 
team  scored  first  and  maintained  their  lead 
throughout.  They  finally  won  by  2-6  to  2-3.  The 
scorers  for  the  victors  were  T.  Toner  (1-1),  M. 
Treacy  (1-2),  T.  Moran  (0-2),  and  M.  Shannon 
(0-1). 

Golf. — South  London  and  Surrey  Pharma- 
cists' Golfing  Society.  Officers  for  1959-60: — 
President,  M.  Lewis;  Vice-president,  F.  Jamieson; 
Treasurer,  G.  G.  Watt;  Secretary,  G.  G.  Jamie- 
son,  3  High  Street,  South  Norwood,  London, 
S.E.25.  Sixty  members  and  visitors  attended 
the  opening  meeting  of  the  season  at  Purley 
Downs  golf  club,  on  March  18.  Results: 
Scotia  bowl  (presented  by  G.  G.  Watt),  1,  D.  J. 
Hobern.  Walton  Heath,  34;  2,  G.  Philp,  Langley 
Park,  32  (better  score  on  last  nine  holes); 
3,  W.  J.  Baldock,  Croham  Hurst,  32.  Scotia 
tankard,  G.  Philp.  Visitors,  1,  F.  Dawes,  Shirley 
Park.  3*;  2.  T.  Killick,  Coulsdon,  35;  3,  J.  Hale. 
Waltoo  Heath.  32. 


TOPICAL  REFLECTIONS 

By  Xrayscr 

Retail  Selling 

Your  report  (pp.  321-22)  of  the  Retail  Management  Conference  held  at 
Harrogate  recently  gives  some  indication  of  the  thought  which  goes  into 
the  selling  of  goods  by  retail  today.  "  Maximising  "  traffic  and  "  maximis- 
ing "  the  profit  on  that  traffic  are  fundamental  in  successful  retail  business 
on  the  large  scale,  and  the  most  likely  ways  of  securing  those  twin  desirable 
objectives  are  the  subjects  of  much  thought  and  planning.  To  the  experts 
whose  task  it  is  to  devise  ways  and  means  of  increasing  sales  and  profits, 
and  whose  waking  moments  must  be  dedicated  to  hatching  plans  of  an 
original  and  ingenious  kind,  the  lack  of  method  of  some  pharmacists  must 
seem  appalling.  It  is  not  true  of  all  pharmacists,  any  more  than  of  all 
grocers  or  haberdashers,  but  there  are  a  few  unprogressive  and  thoroughly 
charming  pharmacists  to  whom  the  public  cling,  regardless  of  "  loss- 
leaders  "  and  the  maximising  of  profits.  Such  apparently  unambitious  char- 
acters have,  probably  quite  unknown  to  themselves,  a  personality  which 
encourages  people  to  seek  their  advice — and  take  it — and  there  is  a  very 
close  link,  forged  over  the  years,  between  the  individual  and  the  family, 
resulting  in  a  respect  and  a  confidence  which  transcend  window  display, 
right  price  and  position  in  the  shop.  It  is  true  that  such  methods  of  con- 
ducting business  seldom  produce  a  Croesus  but,  to  some,  personal  satisfac- 
tion produces  a  fuller  life  than  the  accretion  of  riches.  The  position  of  the 
private  pharmacist  today  depends  largely  on  the  selling  of  himself  to  the 
people  he  serves,  and,  in  competition  with  self-service  and  cut  prices,  there 
is  still  a  comfortable,  if  limited,  livelihood  to  be  made. 

Standard  Strategy 

In  his  paper  on  "  Pricing  for  Profit  "  (p.  322)  Mr.  W.  G.  McLelland  told 
the  Conference  that  the  standard  strategy  to  increase  "  traffic  "  in  retail 
business  was  to  draw  the  people  in  by  setting  really  low  prices  on  a  limited 
number  of  lines.  "  Leading  the  customer  on  to  purchase  more  than  she  first 
intended,  and  to  be  glad  she  did  so,  is  an  art  more  than  a  science,"  said 
the  speaker.  To  criticise  the  expert  in  such  matters  must  appear  to  be  rank 
heresy,  but  I  am  not  without  experience  of  the  methods  outlined  by  him. 
It  is  not  necessary  to  have  practised  the  methods  to  be  aware  of  them.  I 
have  frequently  been  subjected  to  them  in  the  role  of  consumer,  and, 
frankly,  they  do  not  create  a  favourable  impression  on  me.  I  never  like  to 
feel  that  I  am  being  "  got  at."  I  was  interested  in  the  contribution  to  the 
discussion  by  Mr.  W.  K.  Oliver  (general  sales  manager,  Boots  Pure  Drug 
Co.,  Ltd.),  who  found  himself  very  much  in  the  minority  in  his  plea  for 
standard  prices  for  standard  articles,  and  in  his  call  for  support  for  manu- 
facturers who  were  active  in  enforcing  price  maintenance.  Mr.  Oliver  said 
there  was  a  difference  between  cutting  the  prices  of  cauliflowers  and  cutting 
the  prices  of  standard  articles.  Would  Mr.  Oliver,  I  wonder,  regard  aspirin 
tablets  as  cauliflowers  or  standard  articles?  And  when  he  argues  that  prices 
are  cut,  not  in  the  interests  of  the  country  or  the  housewife,  but  "  merely 
to  collar  the  other  fellow's  trade,"  is  Mr.  Oliver  not  leaving  himself  open  to 
question  ? 

Receipts 

Since  the  uncertainty  created  by  the  introduction  of  the  Cheques  Act  of 
1957,  several  questions  have  been  asked  in  the  House  with  regard  to  the 
stamping  of  receipts.  The  replies  have  not  always  been  noted  for  their 
clarity,  but  perseverance  brings  its  reward  in  Parliament  as  elsewhere.  A 
written  reply  on  March  12  (p.  313)  states  that  the  legal  position  is  exactly 
the  same  as  before.  A  receipt  for  £2  or  more  must  be  stamped,  and  a 
person  who  gives  an  unstamped  receipt  for  such  a  payment,  or  refuses  to 
give  a  stamped  receipt  when  required  to  do  so  by  the  payer,  is  liable  to  a 
fine  of  £10.  I  shall  expect  to  see,  following  the  pronouncement,  a  change 
in  the  practice  of  many  to  whom  I  have  occasion  to  send  cheques.  An 
early  statement  in  such  unequivocal  terms  would  have  cleared  up  the  posi- 
tion long  ago.  "  Returned  for  your  records  "  has  never  seemed  to  me  to  be 
sufficient,  leaving  aside  any  question  of  common  courtesy. 


3  3  2 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28,  1959 


TRADE  NOTES 

A  New  Strength. — Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  Ltd.. 
Basingstoke,  Hants,  have  a  new  25 
mgm.  strength  of  their  anthelmintic 
Telmid  (already  available  in  100-mgm. 
tablets). 

Typographical  Correction.  —  Aspro- 
Nicholas,  Ltd.,  225  Bath  Road,  Slough, 
Bucks,  point  out  that,  of  the  four  pro- 
ducts mentioned  last  week  as  having 
been  discontinued,  the  fourth  is  Vire- 
drin,  and  not  as  previously  stated. 

Additional  Strength. — Lederle  Labora- 
tories division  of  Cyanamid  of  Great 
Britain,  Ltd.,  Bush  House,  Aldwych, 
London,  W.C.2,  announce  that  their 
Achromycin  V  capsules  are  available 
from  April  1  in  a  50-mgm.  strength. 

Sale  Date  Postponed. — Revlon  Inter- 
national Corporation,  86  Brook  Street, 
London,  W.l,  stated  that,  owing  to 
manufacturing  difficulties,  the  "  on- 
sale "  date  for  their  new  propelling 
eyebrow  pencil  is  now  April  27. 

An  Emergency  Service.  —  J.  H. 
Haywood,  Ltd.,  Warser  Gate,  Notting- 
ham, point  out  that,  though  their 
Easter  holiday  and  stocktaking  arrange- 
ments are  as  given  in  this  column  last 
week,  they  are  maintaining  an  emer- 
gency service,  except  on  Easter  Sunday 
and  Monday. 

Especially  for  the  Elderly. — William 
R.  Warner  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  Eastleigh, 
Hants,  point  out  that  their  Pacatal 
elixir  has  been  launched  especially  for 
the  treatment  of  elderly  patients,  to 
whom  it  is  acceptable  as  a  palatable 
presentation  of  the  active  ingredient. 

Withdrawn. — Duncan,  Flockhart  & 
Co.,  Ltd.,  16  Wheatfield  Road,  Edin- 
burgh, 11,  have  withdrawn  the  30-mil 
size  of  Domogen  therapeutic;  the  10- 
mil  size  continues  to  be  available. — 
A.  Wander,  Ltd.,  42  Upper  Grosvenor 
Street,  London,  W.l,  have  discontinued 
the  250-tablet  and  1,000-tablet  packs 
of  Asmac. 

Bed-wetting  Controlled.  —  Paines  & 
Byrne,  Ltd.,  Greenford.  Middlesex, 
offer,  in  their  Di-Sipidin  insufflations, 
a  method  of  controlling  enuresis  in 
children  symptomatically  "  on  strictly 
physiological  lines."  The  outfit  con- 
tains an  insufflator  and  twenty-five  cap- 
sules (also  available  separately  in  con- 
tainers of  twenty-five,  100  and  500). 

Bonus  Offers 

Smith  &  Nephew,  Ltd.,  Welwyn 
Garden  City,  Herts.  Elastoplast  pocket 
strips.  Offered  for  a  limited  period 
only  at  7s.  6d.  per  doz.  (instead  of 
8s.  6d.)  on  unit  of  3  doz.  (2  doz.  fabric, 
1  doz.  waterproof).  Two  or  more  sales 
units  may  be  bought  at  7s.  per  doz. 

O.  R.  Groves,  Ltd.,  20  Jermyn 
Street,  London,  W.l.  Sunfresh  orange. 
One  bottle  of  Sunfresh  orange,  lemon 
glucose,  or  lemon  barley  glucose  free 
with  every  case  delivered  between 
March  30  and  April  30. 

Edward  Taylor,  Ltd..  Monton. 
Eccles,  Manchester.  Taylors'  first-aid 
dressings,  waterproof  Filmic  dressings 
and  adhesive  zinc-oxide  plaster.  Extra 
5  per  cent,  discount  for  two  week's  dis- 
play. Ouantity  discounts:  3j  per  cent, 
on  £3-£6  order;  5  per  cent,  on  £6— £  1 5 
order;  7|  per  cent,  on  order  over  £15 
in  value. 


NEW  PRODUCTS 

New  Diuretic. — Boots  Pure  Drug  Co., 
Ltd..  announce  the  introduction  of 
Hydrenox,  a  new  oral  diuretic  stated  to 
be  at  least  ten  times  as  potent  as  chloro- 
thiazide. It  is  supplied  as  50-mgm. 
tablets  of  hydroflumethiazide.  The  drug 
is  effective  orally  and  active  in  low 
dosage  and  is  said  to  be  capable  of  re- 
placing the  parenteral  administration  of 
diuretics. 

"  Easy-to-recognise  "  Capsules. — Sm  ith 

Kline  &  French  Laboratories,  Ltd., 
Coldharbour  Lane,  London.  S.E.5,  are 
now  issuing  their  Spansules  in  capsules 
with  coloured /clear  halves  for  quick 
identification.  A  distinctive  colour  is 
adopted  for  each  product,  and  the  clear 
half  shows  the  pellets  within.  The  vari- 
eties are  Spansules  of  Dexedrine, 
Drinamyl,  Histryl  and  phenobarbitone. 

Ampoules  of  Vancomycin. — Eli  Lilly 
&  Co.,  Ltd..  Basingstoke,  Hants,  an- 
nounce the  introduction  of  Vancocin 
brand  vancomycin,  a  potent  new  anti- 
biotic for  the  treatment  of  staphylo- 
coccal, streptococcal  and  pneumococcal 
infections  in  cases  that  do  not  respond 
to  other  antibiotics.  Supplies  of  Vanco- 
cin are  restricted  to  hospitals  (careful 
supervision  of  the  patient  being  neces- 
sary). The  product  is  available  in  10- 
c.c.  ampoules  for  intravenous  use,  each 
containing  0-5  gm. 

Antifungal  Agent. — Imperial  Chemi- 
cal Industries,  Ltd.  (pharmaceutical 
division).  Fulshaw  Hall.  Wilmslow, 
Ches,  have  added  to  their  range  of 
medical  products  Fulcin  (the  antibiotic 
griseofulvin),  distinguished  by  its 
powerful  antifungal  properties.  The 
product  has  proved  highly  effective 
when  given  by  the  mouth  as  a  systemic 
treatment  for  dermatophytic  infections, 
particularly  those  of  the  skin,  hair  and 
nails  that  do  not  respond  to  topical 
medication.  Clinical  experience  so  far 
available  indicates  that  a  daily  dose  of 
1  gm.  (one  Fulcin  tablet  four  times  a 
day)  is  adequate  for  most  cases.  In 
severe  infections,  2  gm.  may  be  given 
initially  to  adults,  reducing  to  1  gm. 
when  clinical  response  has  occurred. 
Fulcin  is  presented  in  containers  of  100 
and  1,000  scored  tablets  of  250  mgm. 

Tonic  for  the  Middle-aged. — United 
Chemists  Association,  Ltd.,  Ucal  Works, 
Cheltenham.  Glos.  are  marketing  a  new 
counter  speciality,  Forty  Plus  tonic,  for 
men  and  women  of  middle-age  and 
over.  The  product  contains  vitamin  Bi 
with  glycerophosphates  of  potassium 
sodium,  iron  and  magnesium;  strych- 
nine hydrochloride;  and  caffeine.  It  is 
issued  in  cartoned  bottles  of  two  sizes. 

Pocket  Strip  Dressings.  —  Smith  & 
Nephew,  Ltd.,  Welwyn  Garden  City, 
Herts,  announce  the  introduction  of 
Elastoplast  pocket  strips,  a  new  pre- 
sentation of  the  Elastoplast  first-aid 
dressings.  The  strips.  individually 
wrapped  and  sterilised,  are  sold  in  car- 
tons of  nine,  and  are  available  in  both 
fabric  and  waterproof-type  dressings, 
size  2\  x  I  in.  The  product  is  being 
heavily  advertised  in  the  national  and 
women's  Press. 

Talc  in  "  Puffer  "  Bottle. — Josephine 
Kell,  Ltd.,  22  Old  Bond  Street,  Lon- 
don, W.l,  are  marketing  Californian 
Poppy  talcum  in  a  Flexi-puff  (white 


plastic  puffer)  bottle  with  the  character- 
istic scarlet  poppy  motif.  The  talc  is 
claimed  to  have  a  "  muted,  lingering 
quality  which  is  truly  contemporary." 

For  the  Beauty  Counter.  —  What  is 
described  as  an  "  exciting  new  line  for 
gift  and  beauty  counters."  perfumed 
Spun-gee,  is  a  heart-shaped  piece  of 
sponge-like  material  impregnated  with 
exotic  flower  fragrances  and  in  a  choice 
of  pastel  colours.  The  manufacturers 
are  King  Development  Co.,  Ltd.,  Mor- 
ley  House.  320  Regent  Street,  London, 
W.L 

Wall  Charts  for  Housecraft  Teachers. 

—J.  &  E.  Atkinson.  Ltd.,  24  Old  Bond 
Street,  London,  W.l,  are  giving  away 
in  each  copy  of  the  March  issue  of 
Home  Economics  (a  subscription  maga- 
zine going  to  housecraft  teachers)  two 
"  good  grooming  "  wall  charts  with  a 
letter  emphasising  the  importance  of 
appearance  to  young  people.  The  charts 
are  understood  to  have  the  approval 
of  senior  education  officials.  They  show, 
by  means  of  sketches  and  diagrams, 
how  a  girl  can  make  the  best  of  herself. 

A  New  Perfume.  —  An  "  unforget- 
table new  perfume "  "  Remember " 
launched  by  Goya,  Ltd.,  161  New  Bond 
Street,  London,  W.l,  has  a  smoky  back- 
ground. It  is  described  as  a  "  sophistica- 
ted complex  of  floral  notes,  including 
an  '  impossibly  sharp  tuberose  note  '  " 
and  as  a  "sparkling  flower  cocktail 
with  a  lot  of  French  and  a  dash  of 
Italian."  "  Remember "  has  a  high 
proportion  of  flower  absolutes  and 
costs  more  per  oz.  than  any  other  per- 
fume made  by  the  company,  but  sells 
at  the  same  prices.  It  is  available  in 
royal  flacon,  gift  and  classic  flacons  and 
handbag  phial.  Other  products  in  the 
range  are  a  1-oz.  perfumed  Cologne 
and  a  perfumed  Cologne  stick;  a  3-oz. 
tablet  soap  (also  available  in  boxes  of 
three);  bath-size  soap;  bath  blossoms; 
bath  salts;  perfumed  talc  and  bath 
dusting  powder. 

Mains  Shaver  by  Battery  Makers  — 
A  newcomer  to  the  field  of  electric 
dry  shavers,  the  Figaro,  is  a  mains 
shaver  introduced  bv  the  Ever  Ready 
Co.  (Gt.  Britain),  Ltd..  Britain's  largest 
manufacturers  of  electric  batteries. 
British  made,  and  conforming  to  Brit- 
ish Standards  Specification  BS  2991  :58, 
the  Figaro  has  an  exclusive  detachable 
foil,  exclusive  "  snap-up "  trimmer, 
robust  power  unit,  quiet  running,  self- 
starting,  dual  voltage,  on /off  switch 
operated  by  a  flick  of  the  thumb, 
bayonet-cap  adaptor  for  use  from  a 
light-socket,  and  handsome  presenta- 
tion case.  Three  models  are  available: 
the  Figaro  I.  a  de  luxe  version;  the 
Figaro  II.  embodying  many  features  of 
the  de  luxe;  and  the  Figaro  III,  econ- 
omy shaver.  Extensive  advertising  is 
being  undertaken,  and  supporting  show 
material  and  leaflets  are  available.  Re- 
lease date  is  April  27,  when  the  cam- 
paign is  being  launched  in  South-east 
England. 

INFORMATION  WANTED 

The  Editor  would  appreciate  information  abouti 

Benrodin 

Hcatex  hot-water  bottle 
I  oimlilc  power  pills 
MPM  nasal  spray 
Hydrovitan  vitamin  ampoules 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


333 


IN  PARLIAMENT 


ADVERTISEMENTS  by  tooth-paste 
manufacturers  were  discussed  at  ques- 
tion time  on  March  19  when  Miss  F.  E. 
Burton  unsuccessfully  asked  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  recon- 
sider his  decision  not  to  amend  the 
Merchandise  Marks  Act  so  that  tooth- 
paste manufacturers  and  others  have  to 
substantiate  statements  in  advertise- 
ments. 

Mr.  Vaughan- Morgan  (Minister  of 
State,  Board  of  Trade),  replying  to  a 
question  by  Mr.  W.  N.  Warbey,  stated 
that  no  official  estimates  were  made  of 
the  total  expenditure  on  advertising  in 
the  United  Kingdom  but  the  estimate 
for  1957  by  the  Advertising  Associa- 
tion was  £334  millions.  Mr.  Warbey 
asked  if  in  view  of  those  estimates  that 
the  United  Kingdom  advertisements  in 
overseas  markets  were  costing  £13  mil- 
lions would  the  Minister  consult  with 
the  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  to 
consider  ways  of  discouraging  frivo- 
lous advertising.  Mr.  Vaughan-Morgan 
said :  "  No  Sir  ...  I  would  point  out 
that  advertising  expenditure  now  repre- 
sents about  the  same  proportion  of  the 
national  income  as  before  the  war." 

Aspirin  in  Hospitals 

Mr.  J.  Rankin  asked  the  Minister 
of  Health  on  March  23  what  directions 
he  had  given  to  hospital  authorities  on 
purchases  of  "  patented  varieties  of  as- 
pirin "  and  "  is  he  aware  that  .  .  .  one 
variety  is  widely  advertised  at  six  tab- 
lets for  sixpence  against  twenty-four 
tablets  of  aspirin  for  fourpence "  ? 
Mr.  Derek  Walker-Smith  said  that 
guidance  had  been  issued  to  hospital 
medical  staff  to  avoid  "  expensive  pro- 
prietary preparations  where  alternatives 
exist  and  not  to  prescribe  preparations 
advertised  direct  to  the  public.  Dr.  E. 
Summerskill  asked  if  the  prescriptions 
were  examined  in  the  same  way  as  in 
general  practice  and  the  doctor  com- 
municated with  where  necessary.  The 
Minister  replied  that  there  were  two 
different  sets  of  circumstances  but 
economy  was  enforced  in  hospitals 
through  regional  machinery. 

Mecamylamine  Costs 

Mr.  M.  Edelman  asked  the  Minister 
if  he  would  make  a  statement  on  the 
price  of  mecamylamine  hydrochloride 
in  view  of  the  fact  that  following  com- 
ments in  the  House  the  manufacturers 
had  reduced  their  prices  by  about  15 
per  cent,  to  hospitals  but  had  not 
given  the  reduction  to  the  medical  pro- 
fession as  a  whole.  Mr.  R.  Thomson 
(Parliamentary  Secretary,  Ministry  of 
Health)  said  the  Minister  was  in  touch 
with  the  manufacturers.  Mr.  Thomson 
understood  that  the  prices  of  the  larger 
packs  were  reduced  on  March  16,  the 
reductions  resulting  from  a  review  of 
demand  made  in  January  when  a  new 
plant  was  opened.  "  I  am  informed 
that  the  pattern  usually  followed  by 
the  company  is  to  reduce  prices  to 
hospitals  first  and  to  follow  this  with 
a  reduction  to  the  trade  generally  and 
that  it  is  proposed  to  follow  this  course 
for  this  drug." 

Sterilisation  Services  in  Hospitals 

Dr.  D.  Johnson  asked  the  Minister 
of  Health  what  steps  he  proposed  to 
take  to  determine  who  had  the  final 


responsibility  for  efficient  sterilisation 
of  instruments  and  dressings  in  a 
National  Health  Service  hospital. 

Mr.  Walker-Smith  :  Yes,  I  shall 
shortly  be  sending  a  memorandum  to 
hospital  authorities  on  this  matter,  in- 
cluding the  advice  that  one  member 
of  the  medical  staff  should  be  charged 
with  the  supervision  of  sterilisation  ser- 
vices in  each  hospital. 

Protecting  the  Customer 

Mr.  F.  Willey  moved  on  March  20 
that  the  Government  should  review  the 
present  safeguards  to  protect  the  con- 
sumer, encourage  organisations  seeking 
to  assist  the  consumer  and  improve 
standards,  and  where  necessary  pro- 
vide further  safeguards.  He  suggested 
that  a  consumers'  council  should  be 
established  for  that  purpose;  there  was 
a  precedent,  he  said,  in  the  Arts  Coun- 
cil. Despite  recent  legislation,  many 
things  required  to  be  done,  even  in 
respect  of  food  and  drugs.  There  were 
also  the  questions  of  hire  purchase  and 
false  descriptions  and  the  sale  of  habit- 
forming  drugs.  Mr.  Philip  Goodhart 
said  that  a  consumers'  council  could 
do  useful  work  by  providing  consumer 
education,  a  complaint  service,  advice 
to  manufacturers,  and  could  even  es- 
tablish standards.  The  Government 
should  be  careful  about  embarking  upon 
comparisons  of  quality  and  using  pub- 
lic money  to  subsidise  public  organisa- 
tions which  tested  the  goods. 

Before  the  debate  was  adjourned,  Mr. 
John  Rodgers  (Parliamentary  Secre- 
tary, Board  of  Trade)  said  that  the 
Government  intended  to  set  up  a  com- 


mittee to  consider  the  problem.  "  I 
hope  within  days  or  weeks  to  be  able 
to  announce  both  the  terms  of  refer- 
ence and  the  name  of  the  chairman 
and  the  persons  who  will  constitute 
that  committee."  He  also  promised 
that  a  new  Weights  and  Measures  Bill 
would  be  introduced. 

Purchase  Tax 

Mr.  G.  Nabarro  asked  the  Chancel- 
lor of  the  Exchequer  on  March  24, 
approximately  what  percentage  of  the 
total  revenue  was  represented  by  the 
current  yield  of  purchase  tax;  and 
what  such  percentage  would  be  if  all 
goods  liable  to  tax  at  60  per  cent,  be- 
came liable  to  tax  at  30  per  cent.,  and 
if  the  30  per  cent,  tax  were  abolished 
on  goods  liable  to  such  rates  on 
Groups  12,  19  (a),  26  (b),  27  and  28. 

Mr.  D.  Heathcoat  Amory  (Chan- 
cellor of  the  Exchequer):  "  The  Budget 
estimate  of  £490  millions  for  the  yield 
of  purchase  tax  in  the  current  financial 
year  represented  9  per  cent,  of  the  esti- 
mated total  ordinary  revenue.  The  esti- 
mate included  about  £209  millions  in 
respect  of  goods  chargeable  at  60  per 
cent,  and  about  £88  millions  in  respect 
of  the  30  per  cent,  goods  mentioned. 

Mr.  Nabarro  then  asked  the  Chan- 
cellor if  he  was  aware  that  this  was 
the  194th  purchase  tax  question  from 
himself  in  the  1958-59  series.  The 
Chancellor  :  "  I  realise  that  this  is  the 
last  shoot  of  the  season,  and,  because 
I  am  very  anxious  that  he  should  not 
go  home  without  something  in  the  bag, 
I  should  like  to  assure  him  that,  in  the 
review  of  taxation  which  I  am  now  in 
the  course  of  making.  I  shall  give  full 
consideration  to  his  views." 


MORGAN  BROTHERS  (PUBLISH- 
ERS), LTD.— Sir  E.  R.  Chadwyck- 
Healey,  Bt.,  M.C.,  has  been  appointed 
a  director  of  the  company. 

ALBRIGHT  &  WILSON,  LTD.  — 
Ordinary  dividend  is  raised  from  the 
equivalent  of  16  per  cent,  to  17  per 
cent,  with  a  second  interim  of  13  per 
cent,  for  1958.  Consolidated  trading 
profits  expanded  from  £4,754,000  to 
£5,388,000.  After  depreciation  and  tax, 
the  net  balance  is  £111,000  higher  at 
£1,723,000.  The  proportion  of  profits 
taken  by  the  tax  charge  is  higher  than 
in  1957  when  it  was  abnormally  low 
owing  to  tax  allowances  which  were 
mainly  confined  to  that  year. 

SMITH  &  NEPHEW  ASSOCIATED 
COMPANIES,  LTD.— Group  profit 
advanced  from  £1,496,408  to  £1,949,162 
in  1958,  and  the  dividend  is  raised  from 
6yd.  to  7id.  per  4s.  share.  The  1957 
profit  does  not  include  Southalls  (Bir- 
mingham), Ltd.,  and  Arthur  Berton, 
Ltd.  If  the  1957  figures  were  adjusted 
to  include  those  companies  the  1958 
group  profit  would  show  an  increase  of 
77  per  cent.  Taxation,  £927,003 
(£859,984),  and  net  profit,  £985,404 
(£627,788). 

JEYES'  SANITARY  COMPOUNDS, 
LTD.: — Provided  the  situation  at  home 
and  abroad  remains  stable  Mr.  T.  B. 
Brown  (chairman)  views  the  future  with 
confidence.  Net  sales  for  1958  were  a 


COMPANY  NEWS 

Last  year's  figures  in  parentheses 

record  and  as  a  result  of  the  organisa- 
tion being  greatly  strengthened  good 
results  are  anticipated.  Following  the 
revaluation  in  December  1958,  freehold 
land  and  buildings  as  shown  in  the  par- 
ent's balance-sheet  have  been  increased 
by  £92,244,  and  in  view  of  this  the 
directors  did  not  consider  it  necessary 
to  provide  for  depreciation  of  freehold 
land  and  buildings  in  respect  of  that 
year's  accounts.  Future  depreciation 
will  be  calculated  on  the  revised  values. 

MONSANTO  CHEMICALS,  LTD.— 
Expenditure  on  capital  projects  during 
1958  was  £3,461,106  and  at  the  year- 
end  outstanding  commitments  totalled 
approximately  £1,965,000  (£1-65  mil- 
lions). Of  the  company's  sales  of 
£15-46  millions  (£15-68  millions),  direct 
exports  were  responsible  for  35  per 
cent.  (41  per  cent.).  Group  net  profits 
declined  from  £1,078,557  to  £992,415 
in  1958  because  of  reduced  profit  mar- 
gins, initially  high  operating  costs  of 
new  and  expanded  plants  brought  into 
production  and  to  the  marked  reduc- 
tion in  export  sales  turnover.  As  pre- 
viously stated  (C.  &  D.,  February  28, 
p.  222),  the  year's  dividend  is  repeated 
at  I3i  per  cent.  Sir  Miles  Thomas 
(chairman)  expects  an  increase  in  turn- 
over this  year,  but  adds  that  the  rela- 
tive profit  position  will  continue  to  be 
subject  to  those  factors  encountered 
last  year.  The  intention  to  expand  pro- 
duction of  aspirin,  phenacetin  and  their 
intermediates,  is  again  expressed. 


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THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28,  1  959 


LEGAL  REPORTS 

Misuse  of  Prescriptions 

For  obtaining  drugs  for  his  own  use 
on  National  Health  Service  prescrip- 
tions, Dr.  Bernard  John  Barnett,  Adams 
Road.  Woodford  Halse,  Rugby,  was  at 
Rugby  recently  put  on  probation  for 
three  years.  Dr.  Barnett  pleaded  guilty 
to  twenty-six  charges  of  obtaining  by 
false  pretences  a  mixture  containing 
morphine  hydrochloride  and  sodium 
bicarbonate.  Prosecution  said  Barnett 
had  been  a  drug  addict  for  many  years, 
and  had  been  a  patient  in  hospital  for 
two  spells.  For  the  doctor  it  was  said : 
"  This  is  a  case  of  fraud,  but  it  is  fraud 
by  drug  addiction  and  not  by  a  man  in 
full  possession  of  his  moral  powers. 
There  has  been  a  long  history  of  pain- 
ful illness." 

BUSINESS  CHANGES 

FORSTERS  (PHARMACEUTI- 
CALS), LTD.,  124  Westgate  Road, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne,  are  shortly  closing 
their  business. 

MR.  J.  M.  BLAU,  M.P.S.,  has 
acquired  the  pharmacy  of  the  late  Mr. 
C.  A.  Moore,  350  Eastern  Avenue, 
ILford,  Essex,  and  is  to  trade  as  J.  Blau 
(Chemists),  Ltd. 

MR.  JAMES  AULD,  M.P.S.,  has 
taken  over  the  business  of  Mr.  Hugh 
Dewar,  Main  Street,  Newmilns,  Ayr- 
shire. Mr.  Auld  received  his  training 
in  the  pharmacy  he  is  acquiring.  He 
afterwards  moved  to  Muirkirk. 

R.  P.  BRISTOW,  LTD.,  chemists. 
High  Wycombe,  Bucks,  have  disposed 
of  their  businesses  in  the  town.  The 
shop  at  17  Oxford  Street,  has  been 
taken  over  by  Mr.  G.  F.  S.  Hussey, 
M.P.S.  (trading  as  R.  P.  Bristow)  and 
the  premises  at  3  Crendon  Street  by 
Mr.  M.  E.  Seymour,  M.P.S.  (trading  as 
the  Crendon  Pharmacy,  Ltd.). 

EVANS  MEDICAL  SUPPLIES, 
LTD.,  Speke,  announce  that  the  fol- 
lowing companies  in  the  group  are  now 
operating  under  new  names: — Evans 
Medical  (Northern),  Ltd.,  Newcastle- 
on-Tyne  (formerly  Evans  Medical  Sup- 
plies (Northern),  Ltd.);  Evans  Medical 
(India)  Private,  Ltd.,  Bombay,  Calcutta 
and  Madras  (formerly  Evans  Medical 
Supplies  (India)  Private,  Ltd.);  Evans, 
S.A.,  Paris,  France  (formerly  Labora- 
toires  Evans  S.A.);  Evans  Medi- 
cal (Ireland),  Ltd.,  Dublin  (formerly 
Evans  Medical  Supplies  (Ireland),  Ltd.). 

Appointments 

WHIFFEN  &  SONS.  LTD.,  95  Wig- 
more  Street,  London.  W.l,  have  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Frank  H.  Taylor  sales 
manager  for  both  industrial  and  phar- 
maceutical chemicals  with  effect  from 
April  1.  Mr.  Taylor  has  been  sales 
manager  (pharmaceuticals)  and  South- 
ern representative  of  the  company  for 
many  years. 

THE  DISTILLERS  CO.  (BIO- 
CHEMICALS),  LTD..  Broadway  House, 
London,  S.W.19,  announce  the  follow- 
ing appointments: — Mr.  J.  M.  Butters 
(manager,  export  sales  department  (gen- 
eral)); Mr.  W.  G.  Poole,  M.P.S.  (man- 
ager, export  sales  department  (speciali- 
ties)); Mr.  G.  N.  Henderson.  B.Sc. 
M.R.C.V.S.  (manager,  veterinary  de- 
partment). 


DEATHS 

ATTEWELL.  —  Recently,  Mr.  Oscar 
Hebbley  Attewell,  M.P.b>.,  Ringmer 
Cottage,  Wembley  Avenue,  Lancing, 
Sussex.  Mr.  Attewell  qualified  in  1909. 

CHAPMAN.— In  Lochmaben  Hospi- 
tal, recently,  Mr.  William  Chapman, 
M.P.S.,  Hillside,  Lockerbie,  Dumfries- 
shire, aged  sixty-five.  A  native  of 
Wishaw,  Mr.  Chapman  was  in  business 
on  his  own  account  in  Shotts  for  nearly 
twenty  years.  He  gave  up  pharmacy 
and  went  to  Dumfriesshire  to  take  over 
a  farm.  About  four  years  ago,  how- 
ever, when  the  chemist's  business  be- 
longing to  the  late  Mr.  Duncan  Camp- 
bell, 62  High  Street.  Lockerbie,  came 
into  the  market,  he  acquired  it. 

HAYES.  —  At  St.  Brendan  Street, 
Portumna,  co.  Galway.  Eire,  on  March 
18,  Mrs.  Kathleen  Hayes,  wife  of  Mr. 
Robert  W.  Hayes.  L.P.S.I. 

HERISSEY. — In  Paris  recently,  Pro- 
fessor Henri  Herissey,  the  most  senior 
honorary  member  of  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society.  Dr.  Herissey  was  for  many 
years  professor  in  the  Faculty  of  Phar- 
macy of  the  University  of  Paris  and  in 
1955  was  elected  president  of  the 
National  Academy  of  Medicine.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Council 
of  the  Ordre  National  des  Pharmaciens 
dc  France  for  a  considerable  period. 
He  was  a  commander  of  the  Legion 
of  Honour  and  of  the  Ordre  de  la 
Sante  Publique.  In  the  1914-18  war 
he  won  the  Croix  de  Guerre  and  in 
1923  was  appointed  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of 
Great  Britain. 

HUNNINGS. — At  North  Middlesex 
Hospital,  on  March  20,  Mr.  Thomas 
March  Hunnings,  M.P.S..  91  High 
Street,  Waltham  Cross,  Herts,  aged 
sixty.  Mr.  Hunnings  was  formerly  in 
business  at  25  High  Street.  Enfield. 
Middlesex. 

MILLER.— On  March  17.  Mr. 
Robert  Miller.  Armitage  Road. 
Golders  Green,  aged  nineteen.  Mr. 
Miller  was  a  student  at  the  School  of 
Pharmacy,  University  of  London,  and 
had  recently  been  elected  chairman  of 
the  pharmaceutical  students'  union  at 
the  university. 

SCOTT.— At  Canniesburn  Hospital, 
on  March  15,  Mr.  William  Scott. 
M.P.S..  9  West  Chapelton  Avenue. 
Bearsden,  Glasgow.  Mr.  Scott,  who 
qualified  in  1917.  was  formerly  in  busi- 
ness at  Rutherglen.  . 

SHAW  —  Recently,  Mr.  Geoffrey 
Shaw.  F.P.S.,  21  Wharncliffe  Road. 
Sheffield.  10,  Yorks.  Mr.  Shaw,  who 
qualified  in  1944  was  laboratory 
chemist  with  G.  T.  W.  Newsholmc. 
Ltd..  Sheffield,  until  1945,  when  he 
took  up  an  appointment  as  first  assist- 
ant pharmacist  at  the  Royal  Hospital, 
.Sheffield.  He  later  joined  the  teaching 
staff  of  the  Pharmacy  Department, 
University  of  Manchester,  where  he 
was  also  an  Allen  &  Hanburys  Research 
Fellow.  In  1952  he  took  up  a  lectur- 
ing post  in  the  pharmacy  department 
of  Bradford  Technical  College. 

WALKER. —  On  February  2.  Mr. 
Alexander  Fred  Walker,  F.P.S.,  92  The 
Glade.  Shirley.  Croydon.  Surrey.  Mr. 
Walker  qualified  in  1912. 


PERSONALITIES 

MR.  R.  A.  JACKSON,  F.P.S.,  Whit- 
ley Road,  Whitley  Bay,  has  been 
elected  chairman  of  the  local  chamber 
of  trade  and  commerce. 

DR.  DAVID  TRAILL  (research 
director  of  the  Nobel  division,  Imperial 
Chemical  Industries,  Ltd.),  has  been 
elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of 
Edinburgh. 

MR.  F.  G.  BELL,  M.P.S.,  Holy- 
moorside,  Chesterfield,  who  recently  re- 
tired from  management  of  the  Chester- 
field branch  of  Boots,  Ltd.,  was  given 
a  farewell  dinner.  Mr.  Bell  qualified  in 
1924. 

MR.  J.  A.  EGGLESTON,  B.Sc, 
F.R.I.C.  (head  of  the  standards  labora- 
tory at  the  Airdrie  factory  of  Boots 
Pure  Drug  Co.,  Ltd.,  since  that  works 
was  opened  ten  years  ago)  is  retiring 
on  April  1. 

MRS.  VIVIAN  JUNE  BURNS,  who 
has  been  appointed  a  director  of  N.  C. 
Brown,  Ltd.,  Eagle  Steel  Works,  Hey- 
wood,  was  the  company's  secretary  and 
is  Mr.  N.  C.  Brown's  daughter.  At 
twenty-two  years  of  age  she  is  the 
company's  youngest-ever  director,  and 
almost  certainly  the  country's  youngest 
director  in  the  steel  equipment  busi- 
ness. 

MISS  KATHLEEN  TOES,  M.P.S., 
who  has  been  chief  pharmacist  at  the 
Leeds  Hospital  for  Women  for  the  past 
twenty-six  years  is  retiring  at  the  end 
of  March.  Miss  Toes  qualified  in  1930 
after  training  at  the  former  Leeds  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  and  took  over  her 
present  appointment  in  1933.  lit  1948 
she  temporarily  worked  part-time  in  the 
pharmacy  department,  General  Infirm- 
ary of  Leeds. 

MR.  V.  WALTERS,  B.Pharm., 
F.P.S.,  has  been  awarded  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy,  University  of 
London,  for  a  thesis  entitled  "  Studies 
on  Bacterial  Populations  in  Solutions 
of  Phenols."  Dr.  Walters  studied  under 
Dr.  H.  S.  Bean  at  Chelsea  School  of 
Pharmacy,  where  he  was  a  member  of 
the  staff.  He  was  recently  appointed 
senior  lecturer  in  pharmaceuticals  at 
the  Nigerian  College  of  Technology, 
Ibadan. 

MR.  NORMAN  BERRY,  M.P.S., 
M.S.M.A..  is  leaving  early  in  April  to 
take  over  the 
post  of  general 
sales  manager 
of  Burroughs 
Wellcome  &  Co. 
(Pakistan),  Ltd. 
Mr.  Berry  join- 
ed Burroughs 
Wellcome  &  Co. 
as  a  medical 
representative  in 
1 946  following 
demobilisation. 
Previously  he 
had  served  in 
private  and  mul- 
tiple retail  phar- 
macies and  during  the  war  with  the 
R.A.M.C.  during  the  siege  of  Malta. 
He  was  later  commissioned  into  the 
R.A.S.C.  and  served  in  the  United 
Kingdom  and  in  Germany.  From  1946 
to  1954  he  represented  the  Wellcome 


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Foundation,  Ltd.,  in  East  Lancashire, 
being  appointed  president  of  the  Bol- 
ton branch  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  1951.  Since  1954  Mr. 
Berry  has  been  sales  executive,  and 
later  assistant  manager,  home  sales  de- 
partment (medical)  until  February 
1958  when  he  was  promoted  manager 
of  the  home  sales  department  (veterin- 
ary), the  appointment  he  is  now  leav- 
ing to  go  to  Pakistan. 

DR.  DANIEL  EDWARDS,  who  has 
been  on  the  staff  of  the  Royal  College 
of  Science  and  Technology,  Glasgow, 
since  1953,  has  been  appointed  head 
of  the  school  of  pharmacy  at  Robert 
Gordon's  Technical  College,  Aberdeen, 
in  succession  to  Dr.  J.  E.  Bowen,  who 
is  retiring.  Dr.  Edwards,  who  was 
educated  at  Keith  Grammar  School, 
qualified  as  a  pharmaceutical  chemist 
at  Gordon's  and  graduated  B.Sc.  with 
second  class  honours  at  Aberdeen  Uni- 
versity. He  was  awarded  the  Ph.D.  of 
Glasgow  University  for  a  thesis  on 
tuberculostatic    agents.    Dr.  Edwards 


has  been  assistant  secretary  to  the 
Glasgow  and  West  of  Scotland  section 
of  the  Royal  Institute  of  Chemistry. 
The  appointment  is  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Scottish  Education 
Department. 

DR.  PETER  HANSELL  (director  of 
the  medical  photography  departments, 
Westminster  Hospital,  London,  and  at 
the  Institute  of  Ophthalmology)  has 
relinquished  editorship  of  Medical  and 
Biological  Illustration.  His  successor  is 
Mr.  C.  E.  Engels  (chief  photographer, 
Guy's  hospital  medical  school).  Dr. 
Hansell  has  been  editor  of  the  journal 
since  its  inception  in  1950,  and  his  con- 
tributions to  medical  photography  have 
been  widely  acknowledged.  His  pub- 
lished work  includes:  "  35  mm.  Film- 
strip  Technique"  (Ilford,  Ltd.);  (with 
E.  S.  Perkins)  "  An  Atlas  of  Diseases 
of  the  Eye  "  (J.  &  A.  Churchill,  Ltd.); 
and  "  A  System  of  Ophthalmic  Illustra- 
tion "  (Blackwell  Scientific  Publica- 
tions, Ltd.).  Dr.  Hansell  is  maintain- 
ing his  connection  with  the  paper  as  a 


member  of  its  editorial  advisory  board. 

MR.  C.  S.  BANGAY,  M.S.M., 
F.C.I.S.,  A.C.I.S.  (Clerk  to  the  Lon- 
don Executive  Council),  retires  on 
March  31.  For  almost  six  years  Mr. 
Bangay  has  been  editor  of  the  Officer 
(the  journal  of  the  Association  of  Offi- 
cers of  Executive  Councils  and  Pricing 
Committees).  He  was  president  of  the 
Association,  1957-58.  Dr.  J.  Green 
(chairman,  London  Executive  Council) 
writes  :  "  Mr.  C.  S.  Bangay  has  been  a 
member  of  the  staff  of  the  London  In- 
surance Committee  since  1913  and  was 
appointed  Clerk  to  the  Executive 
Council  in  1953.  Many  members  of 
the  pharmaceutical  profession  have 
good  cause  to  remember  him  for  his 
willing  and  helpful  advice.  His  atten- 
dance at  the  London  Pharmaceutical 
Committee  has  helped  to  maintain  the 
cordial  relations  that  exist  between  the 
two  bodies."  On  March  26  the  Exe- 
cutive Council  placed  on  record  its 
high  appreciation  of  Mr.  Bangay's 
services. 


Correspondence 

Letters  when  received  must  bear  the  name  and  address  of  the  sender,  not  necessarily 
for  publication.  The  Editor  does  not  hold  himself  responsible  for  the  views  expressed. 


Personal  Planning  for  the  Future 

Sir, — As  a  pharmacy  student,  hoping 
to  qualify  during  the  course  of  the  next 
few  months,  may  I  mention  certain 
aspects  of  the  future  that  unduly  en- 
gage the  attention  of  many  young  men. 
Students  realise  that  current  trends 
divert  technical  staff  in  industry  into 
non-administrative  posts  and  that  the 
majority  of  graduates  inevitably  drift 
aimlessly  into  the  backwater  of  routine 
work.  On  the  other  hand  arts  gradu- 
ates are  frequently  sought  by  industry 
for  management  training.  The  theoreti- 
cal combination  of  commercial  and 
technical  men  cannot  be  a  happy  part- 
nership. We  would  welcome  advice 
from  those  in  a  position  to  appreciate 
our  frustrated  hopes  of  the  future  as  to 
the  course  our  activities  should  take  if 
we  are  to  hope  to  succeed  to  the  higher 
administrative  positions  which  industry 
has  to  offer. 

Twenty 

Glucose  Beverages 

Sir, — I  read  with  interest  your  lead- 
ing article  on  "  Soft  Drinks  and  What 
They  Contain  "  (C.  &  D.,  March  7,  p. 
265),  in  which  you  refer  to  glucose 
beverages.  As  this  company  has  sup- 
plied a  leading  glucose  beverage  to 
pharmacists  for  many  years,  perhaps 
you  will  allow  me  to  comment.  I  agree 
entirely  that  it  may  be  claimed  that 
some  of  the  references  cited  in  the  note 
by  the  Committee  on  Medical  and  Nu- 
tritional Aspects  of  Food  Policy  (ap- 
pendix B)  "  should  be  interpreted  in  a 
different  way."  In  actual  fact  the  con- 
clusions drawn  by  that  Committee  from 
the  references  quoted  are  quite  invalid 
and  frequently  irrelevant.  In  addition, 
there  are  errors  of  commission  and 
omission  and  the  note  is  obscure  and 
contradictory.  I  would  like  to  illustrate 
these  points. 

(1)  An  example  of  one  of  the  errors 
of  commission  is  seen  in  paragraph  2, 


which  states : 

There  is  no  significant  difference  in  the 
total  amount  of  energy  contributed  by 
similar  quantities  of  sucrose,  glucose  or 
the  products  of  the  acid  hydrolysis  of 
starch  known  as  "  liquid  glucose  "  when 
given  by  mouth.  Sucrose  may  even  con- 
tribute a  larger  amount  (perhaps  5  per 
cent,  more)  than  glucose  given  in  this 
way,  certainly  not  less. . 
If  the  argument  is  considered  relevant, 
why  is  it  not  also  mentioned  that  the 
energy  value  of  the  solids  of  liquid 
glucose  is  about  3  per  cent,  greater  than 
that  of  sucrose? 

(2)  It  is  an  extraordinary  omission 
that  no  reference  is  made  to  the  origi- 
nal work  of  C.  F.  Cori  (/.  biol.  Chem., 
1925.  66.  691),  who  showed  that  dex- 
trose was  absorbed  more  than  twice  as 
fast  as  fructose.  That  work  has  been 
adequately  confirmed  over  the  years 
by  many  workers  using  different  tech- 
niques. 

(3)  Paragraphs  3  and  8  of  the  note 
are  contradictory.  Paragraph  3  states 
quite  unequivocally  that : 

The  issue  therefore  is  whether  the 
energy  of  glucose  or  the  components  of 
"liquid  glucose"  is  made  available  to  the 
body  more  rapidly  than  that  of  sucrose 
when  these  sugars  are  given  in  solution 
by  mouth. 

but  the  Committee,  realising  the  weak- 
ness of  their  position,  state  in  paragraph 
8  that : 

It  is  to  be  doubted  whether  there  is 
any  advantage  in  presenting  to  the 
human  being  a  drink  which  contains  a 
sugar  which  is  a  little  more  rapidly 
metabolised  than  others.  .  .  . 

Paragraph  6  illustrates  one  of  the  many 

obscurities,  for  it  states  that : 
.  .  .  fructose  has  an  advantage  over  glu- 
cose in  ease  of  utilisation  by  the  body 
when  there  is  a  deficiency  of  insulin  or 
a  tendency  towards  such  a  deficiency. 

I  assume  that  the  reference  here  is  to 

diabetes  or  incipient  diabetes.  Insulin 


deficiencies  do  not  occur  in  the  normal 
(non-diabetic)  person.  The  muddled 
thinking  evident  in  the  Report  on  Soft 
Drinks  would  appear  to  be  infectious, 
for  in  your  leading  article  you  state, 
in  relation  to  the  nutritional  value  of 
glucose  drinks,  that : 

Pharmacists,  among  others,  would  de- 
mand proof  by  clinical  trial,  since  doc- 
tors, like  other  members  of  the  com- 
munity, are  prone  to  be  influenced  by 
continuous  advertising  pressure. 
I  infer  that  pharmacists  and  "  others  " 
are    not    influenced    by  advertising 
whereas  the  general  public  and  members 
of  the  medical  profession  are!  Phar- 
macists should  realise  that  the  medical 
profession  recommends  glucose  drinks 
from  experience  gained  from  trials  in 
many     thousands     of     patients — the 
patients  being  their  own  controls.  When 
a  nauseated  subject  is  given  glucose,  he 
usually  retains  it,  whereas,  if  he  is 
offered  even  a  "  light  diet "  he  vomits. 
We  must,  sir,  keep  our  sense  of  propor- 
tion in  this  matter — glucose  drinks  are 
of  unquestionable  value  in  the  sick- 
room. Your  leading  article  also  makes 
a  reference  to  the  disposal  of  profits  in 
relation  to  research.  Beecham  Group, 
the  proprietors  of  Lucozade,  have  cer- 
tainly ploughed  profits  back  into  re- 
search for  many  years.  Fundamental 
carbohydrate  research  is  carried  out, 
though  the  main  effort  has,  up  to  now, 
been  devoted  to  other  ends.  May  I  sug- 
gest that  you  refer  to  your  newspapers 
for  March  6  and  7  and  consider  the 
source  of  the  finance  that  made  the 
recent  penicillin  break-through  possible. 
E.  T.  Knudsen,  M.B.,  B.S., 
M.R.C.S.,  L.R.C.P. 
Beecham  Group,  Ltd., 
Brentford,  Middlesex 

DID  YOU  READ  IT? 

The  solution  to  last  week's  "  Can  You 
Read  it  ?  "  poser  was: 

Pil.  Ferri  et  Aloes 
[T.]  t.d.s.p.c.  48 


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March  28,  1959 


INTERNATIONAL  NON-PROPRIETARY  NAMES 

Proposals  by  World  Health  Organisation 


THE  World  Health  Organisation  has 
issued  the  following  list  of  names  which 
are  under  consideration  as  international 
non-proprietary  names.  Comments  on, 
or  formal  objections  to,  the  proposed 
names  may  be  forwarded  by  any  per- 
son to  the  Pharmaceutical  Section  of 
the  World  Health  Organisation  until 
June  30.  Inclusion  of  a  name  in  the  list 
of  proposed  international  non-proprie- 
tary names  does  not  imply  any  recom- 
mendation for  the  use  of  the  substance 
in  medicine  or  pharmacy. 


Proposed 

Chemical  Name  or 

Name 

Description 

dextropropoxy- 

(  +  )  -  4  -  dimethylam  no  -  3 

phenum 

methyl  -  1,2  -  diphenyl  -  2 

dextropropoxy- 

propionoxybutane 

phene 

dimenoxadolum 

dimethylaminoethyl  1  -  ethoxy 

dimcnoxadol 

1.1-d.phcnylacetate 

levoproxy- 

(-)  -  4  -  dimethylamino  -  3 

phenum 

methyl  -  1,2  -  diphenyl  -  2 

levopropoxy- 

propionoxybutane 

phene 

nicomorphinum 

di-nicotinic  acid  ester  of  mot 

nicomorphine 

phine 

norcodeinum 

/V-demethylated  codeine 

norcodeine 

normorph  num 

/V-dcmethylated  morphine 

normorphine 

noscapinum 

(-)  -  2  -  methyl  -  8  -  methoxy 

noscapine 

6.7   -  methylenedioxy  -  1 
(6,7  -  dimethoxy  -  3  -  phthali 
dyl)  -  1,2,3,4  -  tetrahydro/io 
quinoline   [name  used  previ 
ously:  narcotinel 

In  accordance  with  the  procedure  for 
the  selection  of  recommended  inter- 
national non-proprietary  names  the 
following  are  recommended. 


Recommended 

Name 
acetylmetha- 

dolum 
acetylmethadol 
alphacetylmetha- 

dolum 
alphacetyl- 

mcthadol 
alphametha- 

dolum 
alphamethadol 
anileridinum 
anilcridino 

betacetylmetha- 

dolura 
betacetyl- 

methadol 
betamethadolum 
betamethadol 
betaprodinum 
helaprodine 
dcsomorphinum 
desomorphine 
dicthylthiam- 

bulenum 
diethylthiam- 

butene 
dimethylthiam- 

butcnum 
dimcthylthiam- 

butenc 
dipipanonum 
dipipanone 
ethohcptazinum 
ethohcptazine 
ethylmethyl- 

thiambutenum 
ethylmethyl- 

thiambutcnc 
hydroxy- 

pethidinum 


Chemical  Name  or 
Description 


6  -  dimethylamino  -  4,4  -  di- 
phenyl -  3  -  acetoxyheptane 

-  6  -  dimethylamino  -  4,4  - 
diphenyl-3-acetoxyheptane 


d  -  6  -  dimethylamino 
diphenyl-3-heptanol 


4,4  - 


1  -  [2  -  (p  -  aminophenyl)  - 
ethyll  -  4  -  phenylpiperidinc  - 
4-carboxylic  acid  ethyl  ester 

R  -  6  -  dimethylamino  -  4,4  - 
diphcnyl-3-acetoxyheptane 


R  -  6  -  dimethylamino  -  4,4  - 

diphenyl-3-heptanol 
R  -  1,3  -  dimethyl  -  4  -  phenyl  - 

4-propionoxypiperidine 
dihydrodcsoxymorphine 

3  -  diethylamino  -  1,1  -  di  -  (2  - 
thicnyl)-l-butcne 


3  -  dimethylamino  -  1,1  -  di 
(2-thienyl>-l-butene 


4,4  -  diphenyl  -  6  -  piperidino  - 

3-  hcptanone 

1   -  methyl  -  4  -  carbethoxy  - 

4-  phcnylhcxameihylcnciminc 

3  -  cthylmcthylamino  -  1.1  -  di  - 
(2-thicnyl)-l-butenc 


1  -  methyl  -  4  -  (3  -  hydroxy- 
phenyl}    ■   piperidina  -   4  - 


hydroxy- 
pethidine 
levallorphanum 
levallorphan 
levorphanolum 
levorphanol 
metethohep- 

tazinum 
metetholiep- 

tazine 
metheptazinum 
metheptazine 

methyldesor- 

phinum 
methyldesor- 

phine 
methyldihydro- 

morphinum 
methyldihydro- 

morph  ne 


carboxylic  acid  ethyl  ester 

(-)  -  3  -  hydroxy  -  N  -  allyl- 

morphinan 
(-)  -  3  -  hydroxy  -  N  -  methyl- 

morphinan 
1,3  -  dimethyl  -  4  -  carbethoxy  - 

4-phenylhexamethyleneimine 


1,2  -  dimethyl  -  4  -  carbometh- 
oxy  -  4  -  phenylhexamethyl- 
eneimine 

6-methyl-  6-desoxymorph;ne 


6-methyIdihydromorphine 


myrophinum 

myrophine 

normethadonum 

normethadone 

oxpheneridinum 

oxphenertdine 

oxymorphonum 
oxymorphone 
phenomor- 
phanum 
phenomorphan 
proheptazinum 
proheptazine 
properid  num 
properidine 

propoxyphenum 
propoxyphene 


myristyl  ester  of  benzylmorphine 

4,4  -  diphenyl  -  6  -  dimethyl- 

amino-3-hexanone 
1  -  (2  -  phenyl  -  2  -  hydroxy- 

ethyl)  -  4  -  carbethoxy  -  4  - 

phenyl-piperidine 
dihydrohydroxymorphinone 

3-hydroxy-N-phenethylmorphinan 


.3  -  dimethyl  -  4  -  phenyl  -  4  - 
propionoxyhexamethyleneimine 

-  methyl  -  4  -  phenylpiperi- 
dme  -  4  -  carboxylic  acid  iso- 
propyl  ester 

-  dimethylamino  -  1,2  -  di- 
phenyl -  3  -  methyl  -  2  - 
propionoxybutane 


BRITISH  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONFERENCE 


Preliminary  programme 

THE  preliminary  programme  of  the 
1959  meeting  of  the  British  Pharmaceu- 
tical Conference,  to  be  held  in  Bourne- 
mouth, September  21-25,  is:  — 

Monday  (September  21).— At  10.30 
a.m.,  coffee  in  the  pavilion  ball-room; 
at  11.15,  opening  session  and  address 
by  chairman  of  the  Conference  in  the 
pavilion  ball-room;  at  2.30  p.m., 
science  session  in  the  grand  hall,  town 
hall;  at  2.30,  ladies'  excursion;  at  8  for 
8.30,  civic  reception  and  dance  in  the 
pavilion  ball-room. 

Tuesday  (September  22).  —  At  9.30 
a.m.,  professional  session  in  the  grand 
hall,  town  hall;  at  9.30,  science 
session  in  the  pavilion  popular  restaur- 
ant; at  9.30,  ladies'  excursion;  at 
2.30  p.m.,  science  session  in  the  grand 
hall,  town  hall;  at  2.30,  ladies'  excur- 
sion; at  7.15  for  7.45,  conference  ban- 
quet in  the  pavilion. 

Wednesday  (September  23).— At  9.30 
a.m.,  science  session  in  the  grand  hall, 
town  hall;  at  12  noon.  Conference 
luncheon  in  the  pavilion  ball-room;  at 
1  p.m.,  Conference  excursion  (afternoon 
tea  en  route).  Evening  free. 

Thursday  (September  24).— At  9.30 
a.m.,  symposium  session  in  the  grand 
hall,  town  hall;  at  9.30,  ladies'  excur- 
sion; afternoon,  sports;  evening,  theatre. 

Friday  (September  25). — At  9.30  a.m., 
professional  session  in  the  grand  hall, 
town  hall;  at  9,. 30,  science  session  in 
the  pavilion  popular  restaurant;  at  9.30, 
ladies'  excursion;  at  2.30  p.m.,  science 
session  in  the  pavilion  popular  restaur- 
ant; at  3.45,  afternoon  tea  in  the 
pavilion  ball-room;  at  4.15,  closing  ses- 
sion in  the  pavilion  theatre;  at  8  for 
8.30,  Conference  ball  in  the  pavilion 
ball-room  (buffet  refreshments). 

Tickets. — Books  of  tickets  (Monday- 
Friday  inclusive)  are  £4  each.  Day 
tickets  are  being  issued  for  the  events 
of  any  one  day,  if  accommodation  is 
available,  at  30s.  for  Monday,  Wednes- 
day, Thursday,  or  Friday,  and  15s.  for 
Tuesday.  There  is  room  at  the  banquet 
for  all  attending  the  Conference  and 
tickets  for  that  are  available  separately 
at  an  additional  cost  of  £1  lis.  6d. 
each,  and  may  be  purchased  by  holders 
of  books  of  tickets  or  holders  of  day 


for  Bournemouth  meeting 

tickets  for  Tuesday.  A  limited  number 
of  places  are  available  for  gentlemen 
on  the  ladies'  excursions  on  payment 
of  an  additional  charge. 

Accommodation.  — ■  Accommodation 
has  been  reserved  at  a  number  of 
hotels.  Applicants  are  asked  to  give  de- 
tails of  their  requirements  on  the  ap- 
propriate form  on  receipt  of  which 
arrangements  are  made  for  suitable 
hotels  to  confirm  the  bookings  with  the 
applicants.  As  the  Conference  Local 
Committee  must  confirm  reservations 
by  June  1,  they  are  unable  to  guaran- 
tee accommodation  applied  for  after 
that  date.  Most  of  the  hotels  require 
a  booking  or  payment  for  a  full  week. 
Members  return  to  their  hotels  for  lunch 
each  day  with  the  exception  of  Wednes- 
day, the  day  of  the  Conference  excur- 
sion, when  lunch  is  being  provided,  a 
ticket  for  which  is  included  in  the 
ticket  for  that  day  and  in  the  books  of 
tickets. 

Applications.  —  Applications  for 
tickets  and  accommodation  should  be 
made  on  the  appropriate  form  obtain- 
able from  the  Conference  honorary 
general  secretaries,  17  Bloomsbury 
Square,  London,  W.C.I,  and  from  the 
honorary  local  secretary,  Mr.  D.  F. 
Smith.  12  Redhill  Crescent,  Bourne- 
mouth. Completed  forms  together  with 
remittance  (made  payable  to  B.P.C. 
Bournemouth  Committee),  should  be 
sent  to  the  honorary  local  secretary  so 
soon  as  possible. 

ROYAL  SOCIETY 

New  Fellows  elected 

THE  following  are  among  newly  elec- 
ted Fellows  of  the  Royal  Society:  — 
Dr.  G.  H.  Beale,  M.B.E.  (senior  lec- 
turer in  genetics,  University  of  Edin- 
burgh institute  of  animal  genetics)  for 
researches  on  the  genetics  of  flower 
pigments  and  on  nucleus-cytoplasm  re- 
lations in  Paramecium.  Professor 
Franz  Bergel  (professor  of  chemistry, 
University  of  London,  at  the  Chester 
Beatty  Research  Institute  of  the  Insti- 
tute of  Cancer  Research,  Royal  Cancer 
Hospital)  for  work  in  synthetic  organic 
chemistry  in  the  field  of  vitamins  and 
drugs.  Dr.  Ann  Bishop  (director  of 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


337 


Medical  Research  Council  group  for 
research  in  chemotherapy  at  the  Mol- 
teno  Institute  of  Biology  and  Parasitol- 
ogy, Cambridge)  for  work  on  the 
malaria  parasite  and  its  resistance  to 
drugs.  Professor  G.  E.  Blackman 
(Sibthorpian  professor  of  rural  economy 
in  the  University  of  Oxford  department 
of  agriculture)  for  research  work  on 
the  ecology  of  wild  and  cultivated 
plants  and  on  weed-killers.  Professor 
A.  R.  Clapham  (professor  of  botany, 
University  of  Sheffield)  for  research 
upon  important  aspects  of  ecology  and 
taxonomy.  Dr.  F.  H.  C.  Crick  (mem- 
ber of  staff,  Medical  Research  Council 
unit  for  research  on  the  molecular 
structure  of  biological  systems,  Caven- 
dish Laboratory,  Cambridge)  for  con- 
tributions to  molecular  biology.  Dr. 


D.  W.  W.  Henderson,  C.B.  (director, 
Ministry  of  Supply  microbiological  re- 
search establishment,  Porton,  Wilts), 
for  work  on  aerosols  and  the  patho- 
genesis of  air-borne  infections.  Dr. 
R.  D.  Keynes  (lecturer  in  physiology, 
University  of  Cambridge  physiological 
laboratory)  for  work  on  ionic  move- 
ments in  nerve  and  muscle,  etc.  Pro- 
fessor R.  J.  W.  Le  Fevre  (professor 
of  chemistry,  University  of  Sydney  and 
head  of  its  school  of  chemistry)  for 
studies  of  the  physical  properties  of 
organic  compounds.  Professor  W.  C. 
Price  (professor  of  physics,  University 
of  London,  King's  College)  for  contri- 
butions to  chemical  physics,  especially 
spectroscopy.  Dr.  R.  E.  Richards  (lec- 
turer in  chemistry,  University  of  Ox- 
ford physical  chemistry  laboratory)  for 


work  on  nuclear  magnetic  resonance 
and  its  application  to  chemical  pro- 
blems. Dr.  R.  Spence,  C.B.  (chief  chem- 
ist and  head  of  chemistry  division, 
Atomic  Energy  Research  Establishment, 
Harwell)  for  work  on  chemistry  of 
radioactive  elements.  Dr.  J.  F.  Tait 
(Worcester  Foundation,  Shrewsbury, 
Massachusetts,  U.S.A.)  for  work  on  the 
hormones  of  the  suprarenal  cortex. 
Mrs.  S.  A.  S.  Tait  (Worcester  Founda- 
tion) for  work  on  the  hormones  con- 
trolling the  distribution  of  salts  in  the 
body.  Dr.  M.  H.  F.  Wilkins  (deputy 
director,  Medical  Research  Council 
biophysical  research  unit,  King's  Col- 
lege, London)  for  contributions  to  the 
development  of  reflexion  and  interfer- 
ence microscopy,  and  for  work  on  the 
structure  of  nucleic  acids. 


N.H.S.  ACCOUNTS,  1957-58 

Pharmaceutical  services  costs 


THE  amount  paid  to  pharmacists  in 
England  and  Wales  for  dispensing  fees 
under  the  National  Health  Service  in 
the  year  1957-58  was  £12,790,000;  in 
Scotland  it  was  £1,688,000  during  the 
same  period.  The  cost  of  drugs  and 
appliances  was  £38,145,000  in  England 
and  Wales  and  £4,336,000  in  Scotland. 
Those  figures  are  given  in  the  sum- 
marised accounts  for  1957-58  published 
by  H.M.  Stationery  Office  (Nos.  105 
and  106,  price  3s.  and  Is.  6d.  respec- 
tively). 

Hospitals 

The  national  average  net  in-patient 
cost  per  week  and  per  case  respectively 
for  all  Acute  hospitals  in  England  and 
Wales  were  £22  12s.  5d.  and  £46  6s.  in 
hospitals  administered  by  Hospital  Man- 

Scotland 


agement  Committees;  and  £30  10s.  2d. 
and  £64  7s.  lOd.  in  hospitals  adminis- 
tered by  Boards  of  Governors.  Where 
the  cost  per  week  was  £22  odd,  the 
amount  attributed  to  drugs  is  14s.  9d. 
and  to  dressings,  5s.  6d. 

Scotland 

The  cost  to  the  Exchequer  for  the 
Pharmaceutical  Services  in  Scotland  in 
1957-58  was  £661,090  (or  11*7  per  cent.) 
more  than  in  1956-57.  The  gross  sums 
due  to  chemists  for  dispensing  pre- 
scriptions increased  by  £907,230,  the 
number  of  prescriptions  dispensed 
being  20,908,000  at  an  average  cost  of 
82-2d.  as  against  21,343,000  in  1956-57 
at  an  average  cost  of  70-8d.  The  aver- 
age cost  of  ingredients  per  prescription 
rose  by  eightpence;   in  addition  dis- 


pensing fees  cost  more  as  1957-58  was 
the  first  year  in  which  the  full  effect 
was  felt  of  the  revision  of  chemists' 
remuneration  as  from  September  1, 
1956. 

The  charges  paid  by  patients  in 
respect  of  prescriptions  realised  £257,100 
more  than  in  1956-57,  when  the  new 
charge  of  one  shilling  per  prescription 
instead  of  one  shilling  per  form  was 
in  operation  for  only  part  of  the  year. 
The  following  table  is  an  analysis  of 
the  payments  for  the  Pharmaceutical 
Services  in  Scotland  and  in  England 
and  Wales :- — 

Drugs,  dressings,  instruments  cost  the 
Regional  Hospital  Boards  in  Scotland 
£2,056  437  during  the  year  or  5-5  per 
cent,  of  the  gross  hospital  running  cost 
total. 


Contractors 


1.  Payments  to  pharmacists:  — 

(a)  gross  sums  due 

(b)  less  charges  to  patients  ... 

2.  Payments  for  rota  scheme 

3.  Payments  to  medical  practitioners 

for  supply  and  dispensing  of 
drugs,  etc. :  — ■ 

(a)  gross  sums  due  

(b)  less  charges   

4.  Superannuation 

5.  Provision  of  services  at  Health 

Centre :  — 

(a)  Pharmacists'  salaries,  etc. 

(b)  Superannuation  contribu- 

tions (Council's  share) 

(c)  Cost  of  drugs  and  appli- 


7,289,634 
1,106,810 


126,547 
162 


1,616 
120 

6,125 


1,945 


6, 


182,824 
4,934 


stamps;  and  (iii)  £1,131  paid  by  patients  at  health  centre 
pharmacy. 

England  and  Wales 
l.To      pharmacists      (excluding  iota 

fees:—  £  £ 

(a)  For  supply  and  dispensing  of 

drugs  and  appliances         ...  61,820,617 

(b)  Less  net  repayments   5,709 


173 


(c)  Less  charges  to  patients 


61,814,908 
10.767,777 


126,385 
5,062 


2.  To  pharmacists  for  rota  scheme   

3.  To  medical  practitioners  for  supply  and  dispensing 

of  drugs  and  appliances,  less  charges,  etc. 

4.  Superannuation  contributions  for  medical  practi- 

tioners ...   

5.  Other  payments   


51,047,131 
290,829 

1,908,043 

74,236 
5 


Total  ...£53,319,704 


7,861 


Total 


Breakdown  of  item  1  (a)  above:  — 

(i)  Dispensing  fees   

(fi)  Cost  of  drugs  and  appliances  ... 

(iii)  Allowance  for  overheads  and  profit 

(iv)  Container  allowance 


£6,327,066 
£ 

1,688,000 
4,336,000 
1,093,000 
173,000 

£7,290,000 


In  addition  to  the  charges  reported  at  items  1  (b)  and  3  (b) 
above,  the  following  were  also  paid  by  patients :  — (i)  £13,113 
collected  by  doctors;   (li)  £3,222  paid  by  means  of  postage 


(1)  Payments  to  pharmacists  (items  1   (a)  and  (b)  £ 

above) :  — 

(i)  Dispensing  fees          ...    12,790,000 

(ii)  Cost  of  drugs  and  appliances    38,145,000 

(iii)  Allowance  for  overheads  and  profits...  9,535,000 

(iv)  Allowance  for  containers    1,345,000 

(2)  Special  interim  payments  (item  1  (b)  above):  — 

Repayments  during  year   58,335 

Less  Issues  during  year  to  new  contractors  ...  52,626 

Net  repayments    ...  £5,709 
Total  amount  of  special  interim  payments  out- 
standing at  March  31,  1958    £1,521,539 

(3)  Prescription  charges  collected  by  doctors  amount- 

ing  to      £211,469 


3  3  8 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28,  1959 


WEST  HAM 

Conference  Chairman  as  Guest 

The  toast  "  The  West  Ham  and  District 
Association  of  Pharmacists  "  at  the  As- 
sociation's annual  dinner  and  dance  on 
March  5  was  proposed  by  Mr.  H. 
Treves  Brown  (chairman  of  the  British 
Pharmaceutical  Conference,  1959).  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Treves  Brown  had,  with  the 
Association's  president  (Mr.  C.  Col- 
linge)  and  Mrs.  Collinge,  welcomed  the 


FOUNDER  MEMBER:  Mr.  Clifford  Jones  (one 
of  West  Hani's  two  surviving  founder  members) 
with  Mr.  Douglas  Herd,  East  Ham. 

diners  as  they  arrived.  In  proposing  the 
toast  Mr.  Treves  Brown  said  he  re- 
garded his  being  asked  to  do  so  as  an 
honour  to  the  Conference.  The  two 
organisations  had,  he  suggested,  some- 
thing in  common.  Both  served  to  bring 
the  latest  developments  in  pharmacy  to 
the  notice  of  pharmacists,  and  both 
tried  to  spice  that  function  with  more 
pleasurable  activities.  As  one  who  had 
served  his  apprenticeship  in  Cumber- 
land, said  the  speaker,  it  pleased  him  to 
know  that  the  West  Ham  Association 
had  furnished  the  Cumberland  room  at 
Birdsgrove  House.  In  his  reply,  Mr. 
Collinge  said  the  Association,  founded 
in  1903,  was  proud  to  have  present  one 
of  the  two  surviving  founder  members : 
Mr.  Clifford  Jones.  The  other  (Mr. 
Joseph  Reed)  was  unfortunately  not 
well  enough  to  attend.  Dr.  A.  F.  Mc- 
Donald (chairman  of  the  Stratford 
division,  British  Medical  Association) 
in  proposing  "  The  Ladies,"  said  he 
brought  the  good  wishes  of  the  divi- 


BRANCH  EVENTS 

sion.  Mrs.  Collinge  gracefully  replied. 
A  raffle  for  the  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety's Benevolent  Fund  realised  £50. 

WESTERN  LONDON 
Season's  Finale 

What  with  top  brass,  West  Britons,  the 
best  part  of  the  staff  and  students  from 
Chelsea  School  of  Pharmacy,  officers 
from  neighbouring  pharmaceutical  as- 
sociations and  branches,  representatives 
of  manufacturing  houses,  and  ordinary 
folk  like  you  and  me,  there  was  a  full, 
varied  and  light-hearted  attendance  at 
pharmaceutical  London's  last  big  social 
event  of  the  season:  the  dinner  and 
dance  of  the  Western  Pharmacists'  As- 
sociation on  March  19.  A  toast  to  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  was  proposed 
by  Mr.  H.  G.  Moss,  who  commented 
favourably  on  the  speed  with  which  the 
Council  had  started  to  make  alterations 
to  the  premises  after  its  recent  acquisi- 
tions of  neighbouring  properties  so  as 
to  provide  the  Society  with  a  worthy 
headquarters.  The  reply  was  by  Mr. 
F.  W.  Adams  (registrar)  who,  after  say- 
ing that  he  had  a  particular  affection 
for  the  Western  as  being  the  Associa- 
tion he  had  had  most  to  do  with  when, 
in  his  early  days,  he  worked  in  the 
West  End  of  London,  added  that  that 
area  exemplified  most  strongly  the 
changes  that  had  taken  part  in  pharma- 
ceutical practice — changes  of  which  the 
Society  had  to  take  account.  "  The 
Western  Pharmacists'  Association  "  was 
proposed  by  Mr.  H.  Treves  Brown 
(chairman,  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference,  1959),  and  answered  by  the 
chairman  for  the  evening,  Mr.  Clif- 
ford Evans  (president  of  the  Associa- 
tion). Mr.  Evans  said  the  Western  had 
always  been  closely  associated  with  the 
Conference  and  proud  to  welcome  its 
chairmen. 

READING 

Guests  From  Many  Counties 

A  company  of  over  300  diners,  mem- 
bers of  the  Reading  Branch  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  and  their 
guests    from     Berks,    Bucks,  Oxon, 


EAST  GREETS  WEST:  "  Never  the  twain  shall  meet  "  is  not  true  of  east  and  west  in  London 
pharmacy,  where  even  year  the  Western  Pharmacists'  Association  is  well  represented  at  the  annual 
dinner  and  dance  of  the  West  Ham  and  District  Association  of  Pharmacists.  Here  Mrs.  and  Mr. 
Clifford  Evans  (social  secretary  of  the  Western)  are  being  received  by  Mrs.  and  Mr.  H.  Treves  Brown 
(proposer  of  the  principal  toast)  and  Mrs.  end  Mr.  C.  Collinge  (West  Ham's  president). 


Herts,  Hants  and  even  so  far  as  Bristol, 
filled  a  Reading  hotel  and  overflowed 
into  a  nearby  restaurant  when  the 
Branch  held  its  annual  dinner  and 
dance  on  March  11.  After  dinner,  the 
"  exiles  "  from  the  restaurant  joined  the 
main  party  to  hear  the  guests  welcomed 
by  guest-of-honour  Alderman  E.  A. 
Busby  (mayor  of  Reading).  The  toast 
of  the  Reading  Branch  was  proposed 
by  the  other  guest  of  honour,  Mr.  O.  H. 
Waller,  M.P.S.  (editor,  The  Chemist 
and  Druggist).  Mr.  Waller  said  he  be- 
lieved the  Branch,  which  was  founded 
in  1924,  was  the  only  Branch  of  the 
Society  to  possess  an  honorary  life 
president,  Mr.  F.  W.  Vasey,  now  in  his 
ninety-first  year.  Mr.  J.  P.  Bate  (chair- 
man of  the  Branch),  in  his  reply  to  the 
toast,  said  that,  of  the  members  of  the 
Branch,  only  two  or  three  were  natives. 
Most  had  come  to  the  town  to  make 
their  fortunes  [he  did  not  say  whether 
they  had  done  so].  After  dinner  and 
during  the  dancing  a  centre  of  attrac- 
tion was  the  tombola,  an  annual  feature 
for  which  the  Branch  is  famous. 

MANSFIELD 

Pharmacists  as  "  Dedicated  Men  " 

Proposing  the  toast  of  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  at  the  annual  dinner  and 
dance  of  the  Mansfield  Branch  on 
March  4,  Mr.  A.  C.  Shepherd,  M.C. 
(town  clerk  of  the  borough)  spoke  of 
the  high  standard  of  education  and 
integrity  required  of  a  pharmacist,  sug- 
gesting that  the  remuneration  obtained 
was  often  not  commensurate  with  the 
skill  required  in  the  performance  of 
his  duties.  Some  measure  of  dedication 
was  necessary,  he  thought,  in  a  man 
electing  to  make  pharmacy  his  career. 
Mr.  J.  C.  Bloomfield  (a  member  of 
the  Society's  Council),  stressed  in  his 
reply  the  necessity  for  a  high  standard 
of  education.  Appealing  for  continued 
financial  help  for  the  Benevolent  Fund 
he  spoke  of  "  ever-increasing  calls " 
upon  it.  The  toast  to  the  ladies  and 
visitors  was  proposed  by  Mr.  G.  R. 
Milton  (chairman),  Mrs.  T.  S.  Mc- 
Kean  (wife  of  the  medical  officer  of 
health  for  Sutton-in-Ashfield)  replying 
on  behalf  of  the  ladies  and  Mr.  Ray 
Price  on  behalf  of  the  visitors.  A  draw 
in  aid  of  the  Benevolent  Fund  raised 
£13. 

SHEFFIELD 

Judicial  Occasion 

To  celebrate  his  first  visit  to  Sheffield 
as  an  Assize  Judge,  members  of  the 
Sheffield  and  District  Branch  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  gave  a  dinner 
to  Mr.  Justice  Glyn-Jones  on  March 
4.  A  very  pleasant  evening  included 
speeches  of  welcome  from  representa- 
tives of  the  various  sections  of  phar- 
macy, and  the  presentation  of  some 
Sheffield  cutlery  on  behalf  of  members 
unable  to  be  present. 

NORTH  STAFFORDSHIRE 
Dignity,  Integrity  and  Competence 

Pharmacists'  "  courtesy,  sympathy  and 
human  understanding  "  were  praised  by 
Professor  H.  D.  Springall  (vice-princi- 
pal and  professor  of  chemistry  at  North 
Staffordshire  University  College),  when 


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March  28,  1959 


he  proposed  a  toast  to  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  at  the  annual  dinner  of 
the  North  Staffordshire  Branch,  re- 
cently. The  Society  was  maintaining  the 
dignity,  integrity  and  competence  of  the 
profession,  he  said,  in  the  face  of  a 
challenge  of  a  revolution  in  public 
medicine.  Responding,  Mr.  G.  H. 
Hughes  (vice-president  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Society)  spoke  of  the  Society's 
close  liaison  with  the  various  branches 
of  the  medical  profession.  Mr.  G.  L. 
Walton  (branch  chairman),  who  pro- 
posed a  toast  to  the  guests,  did  so  in 
rhyme,   welcoming    representatives  of 


the  British  Medical  Association,  the 
Medical  Society  of  North  Staffordshire, 
the  Stoke-on-Trent  Executive  Council, 
and  local  dental  and  optical  societies. 
Dr.  C.  W.  Healey  (president,  Medical 
Society  of  North  Staffordshire),  re- 
sponded. A  replica  of  the  chairman's 
badge  was  presented  to  the  immediate 
past-chairman  (Mr.  G.  R.  Mee)  by  Mr. 
Walton,  and  Mrs.  Mee  received  a  pot- 
tery figure  in  recognition  of  her  work 
as  chairman  of  the  ladies'  group.  Mrs. 
Walton  presented  a  cheque  for  £20, 
raised  by  the  ladies'  group  for  the 
Benevolent  Fund,  to  Mr.  Hughes. 


GOLDEN  JUBILEE  BANQUET 

Portsmouth's  happy  occasion 


GOOD  organisation  and  good  food 
contributed  to  make  the  golden  jubilee 
banquet  of  the  Portsmouth  and  District 
Chemists'  Association,  held  in  South- 
sea  on  March  17,  an  occasion  to  live 
in  the  memory  of  members  and  guests. 

The  organisers,  befittingly  for  a  naval 
dockyard,  had  deployed  their  tables  like 
ships  pointed  to  the  centre  of  the  long 
table  of  the  principal  guests,  and  the 
arrangement  combined  the  advantages 
of  "  family  "  parties  with  proper  regard 
for  the  oratorical  purpose  of  the  occa- 
sion. 

There  were  three  toasts,  but — for  a 
reason  that  will  appear — seven  speeches. 
The  President  of  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society  (Mr.  D.  W.  Hudson)  pro- 
posed "  The  City  of  Portsmouth,"  ex- 
pressing thanks  to  the  city  for  what  it 
had  done  for  his  own  professional  col- 
leagues, and  congratulating  it  upon 
establishing  a  great  industrial  centre 
within  its  boundaries  without  destroy- 
ing the  town's  amenities.  The  compre- 
hensive technological  facilities  that  were 
being  provided  by  the  city  authorities, 
he  said,  were  proof  that  the  future  was 
not  being  left  to  take  care  of  itself,  and 
he  was  grateful  that  his  own  profession 
was  not  being  overlooked.  Of  new  ac- 
commodation approved  in  1958  no  less 
than  2,000  sq.  ft.  had  been  allocated  to 
pharmacy,  and  the  Council  of  the  So- 
ciety was  watching  the  development 
with  great  interest. 

The  Lord  Mayor  of  Portsmouth 
(councillor  A.  L.  Blake,  M.C.,  LL.B., 
J. P.)  responded  on  the  City's  behalf. 
He  was  aware,  he  said,  of  the  high  stan- 
dards set  by  the  pharmacists  of  Ports- 
mouth, and  that,  in  the  interest  they  had 
taken  in  the  development  of  the  Col- 
lege, they  were  not  falling  short.  He 
made  mention  of  the  fact  that  the 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference 
would  be  meeting  in  Portsmouth  in 
1960— after  fifty  years — and  hoped  the 
City  would  prove  a  good  host. 

The  second  toast,  "  The  Association," 
was  proposed  by  Mr.  H.  G.  Moss 
(chairman  of  the  National  Pharmaceu- 
tical Union).  The  Association  had 
fathered,  he  said,  the  Portsmouth 
Branches  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society 
and  the  National  Pharmaceutical 
Union  and  was  still  to  the  fore  in 
such  ways  as  submitting  "  frankly  rebel- 
lious "  resolutions  at  Branch  Repre- 
sentatives' meetings.  More  branches 
were  needed  to  take  similar  steps  to 
stimulate  action.  Pharmacy  was  in  great 
need  of  a  better  presentation  of  its 
case,  and  the  N.P.U.  was  giving  a  good 


deal  of  thought  to  those  considerations. 
In  his  reply,  as  president  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, Mr.  J.  C.  Bloomfield  read 
congratulatory  telegrams  from  local 
pharmaceutical  organisations  or  indi- 
vidual pharmacists  in  Brighton,  Bourne- 
mouth, Worthing,  Slough,  Isle  of  Wight, 
Durham,  Guildford,  Birmingham,  Bir- 
kenhead and  Southampton,  and  a  cable 
from  "  Old  Greg  "  (Mr.  Gregory,  who 
emigrated  to  Australia  in  1958).  He 


also  read  a  number  of  apologies  for  ab- 
sence— in  particular  from  eighty-five- 
year-old  founder  secretary  Mr.  T.  O. 
Barlow,  who  had  been  billed  to  speak 
but  was  under  doctor's  orders  to  stay 
away.  Mr.  Bloomfield  recounted  epi- 
sodes in  his  own  career  to  illustrate  the 
importance  of  the  Association  within 
the  field  of  pharmacy  in  Portsmouth, 
and  wound  up  by  announcing  a  special 
jubilee  campaign  by  the  Association  to 
provide  technical  reference  and  text 
books  for  the  school  of  pharmacy. 
Nearly  £200  worth  of  books  had 
already  been  given  in  response  to  the 
appeal.  His  "  personal  "  target  for  his 
year  of  office  of  £500.  Mr.  Bloom- 
field made  a  token  presentation  of 
books  to  Mr.  N.  Francis  (that  day 
promoted  senior  lecturer  in  pharmaceu- 
tics at  the  College,  see  C.  &  D.,  March 
21,  p.  314),  whose  speech  in  acknow- 
ledgement was  the  one  (already  re- 
ferred to)  additional  to  those  on  the 
printed  programme. 

"The  Guests  "  was  proposed  by  Mr. 
L.  J.  Chamberlain  and  replied  to  by 
Mr.  Norman  C.  Jeffery  (president. 
Proprietary  Articles  Trade  Association). 
Mr.  N.  L.  Banks  acted  as  M.C. 


CLASSIFYING  PROPRIETARY  MEDICINES 

Revision  of  categories  recommended 


A  CHANGE  from  numbers  to  letters 
for  identifying  the  categories  into  which 
proprietary  medicines  are  classified  for 
National   Health  Service  purposes  is 
recommended  by  a  Joint  Committee  of 
the  Central  and  Scottish  Health  Ser- 
vices Councils  (chairman,  Lord  Cohen 
of  Birkenhead),  in  a  report,  Classifica- 
tion of  Proprietary  Preparations,  pub- 
lished on  March  24  (H.M.  Stationery 
Office,  price  sixpence).     The  present 
Committee  recommends  the  change  from 
the  former  category  numbers  1  to  6  to 
letters  to  avoid   the   mistaken  belief 
which  has  arisen,  both  here  and  abroad, 
"  that   the   numbers   represent  a  de- 
scending order  of  therapeutic  merit." 
They  also  recommend  a  new  category 
of  "suspended  judgment."  The  categories 
now  recommended  for  adoption  are:  — 
N.  New  drugs  of  proved  value  which 
are  not  yet  "  standard  "  (that  is 
described  in  the  British  Pharmaco- 
poeia, British  Pharmaceutical  Codex 
or  British  National  Formulary). 
S.  (a)  All    preparations    whose  active 
therapeutic  constituents  are  identi- 
cal with  or  modifications  of  those 
of  "  standard  "  preparations; 

(b)  elegant  preparations  of  drugs  in 
Category  N; 

(c)  mixture  of  drugs  in  Category  N 
with  drugs  in  Category  S. 

P.  Preparations  which  are  not  "  stan- 
dard "  for  which  prima  facie  evi- 
dence of  therapeutic  value  is  pre- 
sented, but  which  the  Committee 
cannot  accept  as  of  proved  thera- 
peutic value  without  further  evi- 
dence, which  must  be  provided 
within  a  period  stipulated  by  the 
Committee. 

Preparations  not  "  standard  "  which 
in  the  Committee's  view  have  not 
been  proved  of  therapeutic  value. 
Preparations  which  are  a  combina- 
tion of  drugs  in  Category  O  with 
those  in  Categories  N.,  S.  or  P. 


O. 


H. 


The  Committee  advise  that  prepara- 
tions in  categories  N  and  P  should  be 
freely  prescribable,  those  in  S  pre- 
scribable under  certain  conditions,  and 
that  practitioners  should  be  discouraged 
from  prescribing  those  in  categories  O 
and  H.  At  the  same  time  "  there  should 
be  no  absolute  restriction  on  the  pre- 
scribing by  a  general  practitioner  of 
any  drug  which  in  his  opinion  was 
necessary  for  the  treatment  of  his 
patients." 

P  is  a  new  category  of  "  suspended 
judgment  "  in  which  a  new  drug  not  yet 
standard,  but  for  which  there  is  prima 
facie  evidence  of  value,  could  be  placed 
for  a  specified  period  during  which  the 
manufacturer  would  be  asked  to  pro- 
vide conclusive  evidence  of  its  value. 
At  the  end  of  that  specified  period  (un- 
less the  Committee  otherwise  determine) 
if  the  evidence  is  not  presented  the  drug 
will  be  categorised  as  "  not  proved  of 
therapeutic  value." 

But  during  the  period  of  "  suspended 
judgment  "  the  drug  should  be  prescrib- 
able without  the  prescriber  being  called 
upon  to  justify  his  prescription.  For 
example,  if  it  is  claimed  that  drug  "  X  " 
will  arrest  or  cure  cancer  of  the  stom- 
ach even  in  a  relatively  few  patients, 
and  the  prima  facie  evidence  presented 
with  the  claim  is  suggestive,  the  Com- 
mittee consider  that  it  would  clearly  be 
wrong  to  withhold  the  drug  until  its 
value  had  been  conclusively  confirmed 
or  refuted. 

The  report  has  been  circulated  to  all 
practitioners  accompanied  by  a  letter 
from  Sir  John  Charles  (Chief  Medical 
Officer,  Ministry  of  Health)  in  which 
he  stresses  that  "  you  will  doubtless 
wish  to  refrain  from  prescribing  any 
preparation  in  these  categories  (O  and 
H)  unless  you  are  satisfied  that  it  is 
essential  for  the  treatment  of  individual 
patients." 


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Classification  by  Letters 

The  reasons  given  for  the  latest  report  by  the  Standing 
Joint  Committee  on  the  Classification  of  Proprietary 
Preparations  (see  p.  340),  are  that  since  the  last  report 
the  Committee  has  had  a  further  three  years'  experience 
in  classifying  several  thousand  preparations  and  that 
certain  pricing  arrangements  have  been  agreed  between 
the  Health  Departments  and  the  industry  making  the 
time  opportune  for  a  revision  of  the  categories. 

The  committee  acknowledges  that,  by  employing 
numbers  for  their  present  classification,  it  has  created 
the  impression,  both  at  home  and  overseas,  that  drugs 
in  category  1  are  the  best  and  those  in  category  6  are 
the  poorest,  with  a  decreasing  therapeutic  merit  in  the 
intermediate  categories.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that 
such  official  separation  of  "  sheep  and  goats  "  has  had 
a  harmful  effect  on  some  of  the  country's  exports.  The 
committee  believes  that,  by  now  altering  the  numbers 
to  letters,  it  will  dispel  that  illusion.  The  harm,  however, 
has  been  done  and  we  think  it  may  be  many  years  be- 
fore it  will  be  forgotten.  A  new  category  (P)  has  been 
created.  Described  as  a  "  suspended  judgment "  cate- 
gory, it  is  for  new  drugs  which  are  not  "  standard,"  for 
which  evidence  of  therapeutic  value  has  been  presented, 
but  which  the  committee  cannot  accept  without  further 
evidence  (to  be  provided  within  a  time  limit,  the  time 
allowed  varying  according  to  the  drug).  If  the  evidence 
has  not  been  supplied  within  the  given  period  the  drug 
will  be  placed  in  category  O  (formerly  5). 

Overseas  Trade  in  February 

The  value  of  drugs,  medicines  and  medicinal  prepara- 
tions shipped  from  the  United  Kingdom  during  Febru- 
ary was  £3-07  millions,  against  £3-87  millions  in  January 
and  £3-07  millions  in  February  1958.  Despite  the  fall 
in  the  group  total,  aspirin  exports  were  at  their  highest 
level  since  August  1958,  and  sulphonamides  since  Nov- 
ember 1958.  For  January  and  February  combined,  in- 
sulin shipments  at  £87,407  were  down  by  nearly  50  per 
cent,  on  the  corresponding  months  of  1958. 

The  destinations  for  the  medicinal  exports  in  Febru- 
ary followed  the  familiar  pattern,  with  Australia  as  the 
largest  single  market  (£205,523),  followed  by  Nigeria 
(£173,286).  Sales  to  Egypt  were  maintained  and,  at 
£116,339,  brought  the  two  months'  total  to  £224,084. 
Sales  to  the- United  States,  however,  fell  to  £81,000  in 
February  from  £124,000  in  January,  and  those  to 
Canada  to  £75,000  (from  £110,000).  Turkey  is  beginning 
to  come  back  into  the  picture  again  after  her  trade- 


balance  difficulties,  while  exports  to  Indonesia  showed 
a  sizeable  upturn.  India's  purchases  on  the  other  hand 
continued  to  decline. 

Imports  of  prepared  medicines  dipped  sharply  during 
February  to  £259,173 — the  lowest  value  recorded  for 
any  month  during  the  past  few  years.  The  February 
export  and  import  values  of  those  drugs  for  which  statis- 
tics are  available,  together  with  several  allied  products, 
are  given  in  the  accompanying  tables. 

Taking  the  U.K.  trade  as  a  whole  the  visible  deficit 
in  February  was  £30-4  millions  or  £19  millions  less  than 
in  January.  That,  says  the  Board  of  Trade,  is  normal 
for  February  because  the  seasonal  effect  is  usually 
greater  on  imports  than  on  exports. 


FXPORTS 

VALUE 

Drugs,     medicines,     medicinal  preparations 

£ 

(total)   

3,073.737 

Vitamins   

171.056 

Ppniptllirt   salts  ... 

100.031 

Penicillin  injections   

56^675 

Penicillin  tablets,  ointments,  etc  

65,652 

Antibiotics  other  than  penicillin 

JZo,  /14 

Quinine   ...   

10,758 

Alkaloids,  excluding  quinine 

1 06.045 

Aspirin 

QA  0^1 

V4,o  J I 

Antihistamines  ... 

"50  A  OT 

Antipaludics 

72.219 

Barbiturates 

Liver  extracts  ... 

I  3,  /VJ 

Ointments  and  liniments 

yv.ozy 

Insulin 

zo,iw-y 

Sulphonamides  ... 

i  ia  Tin 

Proprietary  medicines 

Voo.VZ  / 

Other  medicines,  unclassified 

T)Q  ion 

Glycerin 

oil,  /oo 

Acetone 

IZ.Zo/ 

Citric  acid 

4U,  111 

Salicylates  ... 

y,  /i  4- 

Perfumery  and  toilet  preparations 

Lipstick,  face  powder,  etc.  ... 

247,501 

Dentifrices  ...   

147,194 

Toilet  soaps        ...       ...  ...   

267,760 

Synthetic  detergents   

504,712 

IMPORTS 

£ 

Vitamins     

32,424 

Antibiotics  

28,478 

Alkaloids  '    

47,755 

Proprietary  medicines  ...   

38,335 

Unclassified  medicines   

112,181 

Borax     

68,766 

Iodine  '   

11,669 

Menthol   

32,876 

Essential  oils 

Bergamot   

13,068 

Citronella   

16,262 

Clove   '   

608 

Geranium    

33,349 

Lavender   

46,873 

Lemon   

106,227 

Orange  

7,730 

Peppermint    .-.!'» 

71,778 

Unclassified   

153,087 

A    PHARMACIST'S  ANTHOLOGY 

LIGHTING  A  CENTURY  AGO 

From  Story  of  Buchanan  Street  (Glasgow,  1885), 
by  Daniel  Frazer 
The  Bude  light,  adopted  by  ourselves  and  neighbours — 
Mr.  George  Baird  and  Mr.  Andrew  Rutherglen — being 
about  the  earliest  fitted  up  in  Glasgow,  created  considerable 
excitement  at  the  opening  of  the  new  [pharmacy]  premises. 
As  a  much  greater  proportion  of  our  business  was  then 
[1847]  done  in  the  evenings  than  there  is  now  done  in  these 
days  of  late  dinner  hours,  this  excitement  may  have  been 
another  "  spoke  in  the  wheel  "  in  the  upward  progress  of 
our  business,  for  certain  it  is  that  it  greatly  increased  after 
this  date. 


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March  28,  1959 


In  no  way  relevant  to  the  pricing 

The  fictional  correspondence  published  below  directs  attention  to  a 
prescription-pricing  situation  that  could  result  in  a  substantial  loss  to  a 
chemist-contractor — and  did  to  one.  The  moral  is  to  know  one's  Drug 
Tariff  inside-out,  and  be  forearmed  against  any  similar  misfortune. 


From  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S.,  to 
Galenicals,  Ltd. 

Sirs, — May  I  draw  your  attention  to 
an  increase  of  6s.  in  the  amount  charged 
to  me  (your  invoice  13579  of  August  15, 
1 958)  for  supplying  4  kilos  of  ointment 
to  my  special  formula  H9753.  On  all 
previous  occasions  the  cost  has  been 
42s.  You  give  no  explanation  of  the 
increase.  May  I  take  it  that  it  is  an 
error? 

From  Galenicals,  Ltd.,  to  Mr.  John 
Carboy,  M.P.S. 

Sir, — While  it  is  regretted  that,  by 
an  oversight,  you  were  not  given  an 
explanation  of  the  advance  when  the 
goods  were  invoiced,  the  new  amount 
of  48s.  charged  to  you  on  August  1 5  for 
making  four  kilos  of  ointment  to  your 
special  formula  H9753  is  correct.  The 
increase  is  due  to  high  labour  costs. 

From  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S. ,  to  the 
Superintendent,  Blankshire  Prescription 
Pricing  Bureau. 

Sir, — On  a  number  of  occasions  I 
have  supplied  to  a  local  doctor  an  oint- 
ment to  a  special  formula,  and  it  is 
ordered  in  such  quantities  that  to  make 
it  as  a  dispensary  operation  is  not  prac- 
ticable. I  therefore  had  it  manufactured 
by  one  of  the  trade  wholesalers,  and 
have  endorsed  the  prescription  accord- 
ingly. On  the  last  occasion  the  whole- 
saler's invoice  arrived  after  the  prescrip- 
tion form,  endorsed  as  usual  "  cost 
42s."  had  been  sent  to  the  pricing 
bureau.  The  invoice  was  for  6s.  more 
than  the  usual  amount.  I  checked  it  with 
the  supplier,  who  confirmed  the  new 
amount  as  correct,  the  increase  being 
due  to  higher  labour  costs.  I  shall  be 
glad,  therefore,  if  you  will  take  steps  to 
see  that  the  difference  of  6s.  is  credited 
to  me  when  the  prescription  is  priced. 

From  the  Superintendent,  Blankshire 
Prescription  Pricing  Bureau,  to  Mr. 
John  Carboy.  M.P^S. 

Sir, — I  have  to  inform  you  that  the 
ointment  supplied  by  you  to  Dr.  Jones 
on  a  prescription  form  dated  August 
5,  1958,  was  not  a  proprietary,  and  that 
it  has  been  priced,  both  on  this  occa- 
sion and  previously,  under  paragraph  2 
(2)  (B)  of  Part  1  of  the  Drug  Tariff. 
The  amount  charged  to  you  by  your 
trade  supplier,  therefore,  is  in  no  way 
relevant  to  the  pricing  of  the  form. 

From  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S.,  to  the 
Sit perintendent,  Blankshire  Prescription 
Pricing  Bureau. 


Sir, — In  view  of  the  information 
given  in  your  letter  of  September  14,  I 
must  request  you  to  let  me  know  pre- 
cisely what  amount  was  credited  to  me 
for  the  supply  of  7  lb.  of  the  special- 
formula  ointment  supplied  to  Dr.  Jones 
on  my  prescription  form  dated  Febru- 
ary 17. 

From  the  Superintendent,  Blankshire 
Prescription  Pricing  Bureau,  to  Mr. 
John  Carboy,  M.P.S. 

Sir, — The  amount  certified  in  respect 
of  the  7  lb.  of  special  ointment  sup- 
plied by  you  to  Dr.  Jones  on  form 
dated  February  17  was  £1  3s.  6d. 

From  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S.,  to  the 
Superintendent,  Blankshire  Prescription 
Pricing  Bureau. 

Sir, — From  your  letter  it  seems  that 
I  have  suffered  a  loss  of  18s.  6d.  on 
each  supply  of  ointment,  yet  no  indi- 
cation was  given  to  me  that  my  en- 
dorsements were  being  ignored.  I  con- 
sider such  treatment  unjustifiable  and 
am  taking  up  the  matter  with  my  trade 
association. 

From  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S.,  to  the 
Secretary,  Pricing  Audit  for  Chemist 
Contractors. 

Sir, — On  investigating  the  amount 
credited  to  me  by  the  Blankshire  Pre- 
scription Pricing  Bureau  for  supplying 
7  lb.  of  ointment  to  a  local  doctor  on 
an  EC10  form  dated  February  17,  I 
discovered  that  it  was  £1  3s.  6d.  Even 
if  I  had  myself  made  up  the  ointment, 

1  should  have  been  heavily  out  of 
pocket,  but  as  it  is  not  practicable  to 
make  such  quantities  on  the  dispensing 
bench  I  contracted  with  Galenicals. 
Ltd.,  to  make  the  ointment  in  4-kilo 
lots  and  supply  it  to  me.  The  prescrip- 
tion form  was  endorsed  with  the 
amount  charged  to  me  by  the  whole- 
saler, and  I  expected  payment  on  that 
basis.  The  wholesaler  meantime  in- 
creased his  charge  to  48s.  and  it  was 
only  as  a  result  of  that  change  that  I 
made  the  discovery  that  I  had  been 
losing  heavily  on  each  transaction.  I  am 
informed  now  by  the  Pricing  Bureau 
that  payment  is  made  under  paragraph 

2  (2)  (b)  of  Part  I  of  the  Drug  Tariff, 
which  allows  a  dispensing  fee  of  only 
Is.  6d.  for  making  7  lb.  of  an  extem- 
poraneously prepared  ointment.  As  I 
have  been  supplying  the  ointment  to 
the  doctor  at  a  frequency  of  about 
7  lb.  per  two  months  for  quite  a  long 
time,  I  must  by  now  be  heavily  out  of 
pocket.  Will  you  therefore  ascertain  for 


me  (a)  on  how  many  prescription  forms 
I  have  been  paid  only  according  to  the 
paragraph  of  the  Drug  Tariff,  and  (b) 
whether  there  are  any  steps  that  I  can 
take,  or  which  you  can  take,  to  obtain 
redress. 

From  the  Pricing  Audit  for  Chemist 
Contractors  to  Mr.  John  Carboy, 
M.P.S. 

Sir, — We  have  now  received  from 
the  Superintendent  of  the  Blankshire 
Prescription  Pricing  Bureau  details  of 
the  number  of  prescriptions  for  the 
ointment  in  question,  and  his  com- 
ments on  their  pricing.  The  item  occurs 
four  times  among  the  bundles  in  his 
possession,  which  cover  a  period  of  six 
months.  We  can  only  confirm  the 
Superintendent's  statement  that  he  has 
no  authority  to  price  the  prescription 
otherwise  than  as  an  ointment  prepared 
extemporaneously.  The  only  solution 
we  can  suggest  to  your  problem  would 
be  to  get  the  doctor  to  order  the  oint- 
ment as  a  proprietary  preparation  (e.g., 
"Ung.  H9753,  Galenicals,  Ltd.  7  lb." 
The  Bureau  would  then  be  able  with- 
out question  to  certify  payment  at  the 
price  charged  by  the  manufacturer. 

From  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S.,  to  the 
Pricing  Audit  for  Chemist  Contractors. 

Sir, — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  letter 
of  April  29,  and  am  dismayed  to  note 
that,  while  you  make  a  suggestion  as 
to  how  to  obtain  full  payment  for  the 
ointment  in  the  future,  you  give  no 
suggestion  of  any  attempt  to  obtain  a 
just  settlement  for  what  is  obviously  the 
injustice  that  over  a  long  period  I  have 
received  a  grossly  inadequate  payment 
as  a  contractor  under  the  National 
Health  Service.  At  the  very  least,  I 
thought  I  could  count  on  you  to  per- 
suade the  Pestlers'  National  Trade  As- 
sociation to  approach  the  Ministry  to 
seek  a  ruling  upon  such  an  anomaly. 
On  the  Tariff  pricing  it  would  appear 
that  pharmacists  receive  a  dispensing  fee 
of  Is.  6d.  for  compounding  7  lb.  of 
ointment  to  formula.  That  is  a  ridicu- 
lous situation,  and  it  is  also  evident 
from  the  invoices  of  the  manufacturing 
chemists  that  they  do  not  consider  it 
an  economic  proposition  to  make  such 
a  quantity  of  ointment  for  a  profit  of 
Is.  6d. 

From  the  Secretary,  Pestlers"  National 
Trade  Association,  to  Mr.  John  Carboy, 
M.P.S. 

Dear  Mr.  Carboy, — It  is  unfortunate 
that  neither  you  nor  ourselves  were 


March  28,   1  959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


34  3 


aware  of  the  position  regarding  the 
pricing  of  bulk  ointments  before  we 
reached  agreement  recently  with  the 
Ministry  of  Health  on  a  revised  scale 
of  dispensing  fees.  Your  own  case  is 
the  first  in  which  we  have  encountered 
a  prescription  ordering  7  lb.  of  an  ex- 
temporaneously prepared  ointment,  or 
indeed  of  any  ointment.  In  the  lengthy 
negotiations  which  we  had  with  the 
Ministry  on  the  fees  scale,  the  possi- 
bility of  any  chemist  receiving  such  an 
order  never  crossed  our  minds.  Let  me 
say  at  once  that  I  can  see  no  way  in 
which  anything  can  be  done  about  the 
prescriptions  which  you  have  dispensed 
in  the  past,  since  any  approach  to  the 
Ministry  would  inevitably  meet  with 
the  reply  that  the  prescriptions  which 
you  dispensed  were  priced  in  accord- 
ance with  the  Drug  Tariff,  which  was 
negotiated  in  accordance  with  the  estab- 
lished machinery.  In  view  of  the 
unusual  circumstances  of  your  case, 
however,  we  are  placing  the  facts 
before  the  Central  Negotiating  Com- 


mittee at  its  next  meeting,  and  shall 
seek  the  Committee's  view  on  the  ques- 
tions (a)  whether  they  feel  any  useful 
purpose  would  be  served  by  an  ap- 
proach to  the  Ministry  about  the  pre- 
scriptions you  have  dispensed  in  the 
past,  and  (b)  what  should  be  done  to 
prevent  similar  cases  arising  in  the 
future. 

From  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S.,  to  the 
secretary,  the  Pestlers'  National  Trade 
Association. 

Dear  Mr.  Quill,— I  still  maintain 
that  the  Blankshire  Prescription  Pricing 
Bureau  failed  in  its  duty  by  not  inform- 
ing me  that  the  price  endorsed  on  the 
EC  10  form  was  not  allowed,  and  that 
I  am  therefore  entitled  to  reimburse- 
ment. I  trust  you  will  make  that  quite 
clear  when  you  place  the  facts  before 
the  Central  Negotiating  Committee,  and 
I  shall  await  their  reaction  before  press- 
ing the  matter  further.  In  any  case,  a 
revision  of  fees  for  ointments  dispensed 
extemporaneously  is  indicated,  because 


even  for  8  oz.  of  ointment,  which  is  an 
amount  we  quite  often  dispense,  the 
operation  usually  involves  much  more 
time  at  the  bench  than  is  covered  by 
their  present  fee,  which  can  only  be 
regarded  as  grossly  inadequate. 

From  the  Pestlers"  National  Trade  As- 
sociation to  Mr.  John  Carboy,  M.P.S. 

Dear  Mr.  Carboy, — The  correspon- 
dence which  passed  between  you  and 
the  Pricing  Audit  for  Chemist  Contrac- 
tors and  ourselves  was  fully  discussed 
by  the  Central  Negotiating  Committee, 
but  the  decision  reached  was  that  action 
could  not  usefully  be  taken  about  the 
past  prescriptions.  For  the  future,  the 
Committee  has  to  face  the  situation 
that  it  is  impossible  to  produce  a  scale 
of  fees  that  takes  proper  account  of  all 
likely  circumstances,  and  that  an  up- 
ward adjustment  in  one  part  of  the 
Tariff  would  have  to  be  counterbal- 
anced by  deductions  elsewhere.  The 
Committee  has  therefore  decided  not  to 
approach  the  Ministry. 


HOSPITAL    PHARMACY  FORUM 

THE  HIGHER  THE  FEWER 


THE  debate  in  Parliament  on  the  Supplementary  Esti- 
mates for  the  Health  Service  (C.  &  D.,  March  21,  p. 
309)  provided  one  note  of  encouragement  for  hospital 
pharmacists.  It  was  when  Sir  Hugh  Linstead  pressed  for  an 
early  implementation  by  the  Minister  of  recommendations 
made  by  the  Standing  Pharmaceutical  Advisory  Committee 
of  which  Sir  Hugh  is  chairman.  In  particular  he  urged  that 
action  should  be  taken  in  regard  to  the  establishment  of  a 
group  service,  and  added  that  what  the  hospitals  needed 
was  not  necessarily  more  pharmacists,  but  better  paid  ones 
and  a  better  organisation  of  them.  Sir  Hugh's  efforts  have 
evidently  not  been  fruitless,  for  an  inquiry  into  the  staffing 
position  at  each  hospital  has  already  been  called  for  by  the 
Ministry,  and  it  does  appear  that,  at  long  last,  the  problem 
is  being  recognised  as  one  worthy  of  attention.  The  Guild 
of  Public  Pharmacists  is  already  busy  trying  to  orientate  its 
salary  claims  to  the  new  situation,  and  that  will  demand 
some  vigorous  new  thinking  by  the  membership. 

In  the  past,  there  has  been  a  reluctance  on  the  part  of 
Guild  members  to  recognise  the  need  for  a  group  pharma- 
cist. That  is  probably  due  to  a  fear  that  it  would  result  in 
the  depression  of  the  salaries  and  status  of  those  who  are 
not  group  officers,  but  also  to  a  fear  that  they  would  be 
restricted  in  their  activities  by  coming  under  the  authority 
of  a  group  officer.  Now  the  group  has  undoubtedly  de- 
veloped as  the  unit  of  hospital  organisation,  and  in  every 
activity  except  pharmacy  the  executive  officers  are  at  group 
level.  It  is  partly  that  factor  which  has  put  the  pharmacist 
at  a  disadvantage  in  relation  to  the  supplies  officer  and  has 
led  to  his  being  relegated  to  a  junior  position  in  the  admin- 
istrative set-up.  With  a  pharmacist  at  group  level,  many 
of  the  matters  that  must  now  go  via  the  hospital  secretary 
to  the  group  secretary  would  be  dealt  with  directly  between 
the  pharmacists  concerned.  Far  from  being  a  brake  on  the 
local  pharmacist,  the  group  organisation  would  give  phar- 
macists collectively  a  better  chance  of  stating  their  case  to 
the  governing  body  and  of  achieving  an  efficient  service. 

The  shortage  of  staff  in  hospital  pharmacies  has  continued 
for  so  long  that  it  must  be  fairly  obvious  that  it  will  prob- 
ably never  be  possible  to  staff  the  departments  fully  accord- 
ing to  the  older  ideas.  Some-delegation  of  work  to  assistants 
is  inevitable.  Unfortunately  in  present  circumstances  that 
often  happens  without  plan  under  the  weight  of  sheer  neces- 


sity. Hospitals  are  left  for  considerable  periods  without  a 
pharmacist  and  in  others  assistants-in-dispensing  are  given 
charge  of  departments  for  which  their  training  is  inade- 
quate. It  is  probable  that  the  number  of  pharmacists  now 
in  the  service  would  be  adequate  if  the  service  were  more 
efficiently  planned  and  if  rational  use  were  made  of  the 
assistants.  Rational  use  would  surely  mean  using  assistants 
to  assist — and  not  to  act  in  lieu  of  a  pharmacist.  Centralisa- 
tion of  some  of  the  work  at  the  group  headquarters  hospital 
would  in  many  cases  enable  the  assistants  to  be  used  at  the 
centre,  working  under  adequate  supervision,  whilst  pharma- 
cists took  the  responsibility  for  the  smaller  outside  units, 
working  them  as  branches  of  the  main  hospital.  Some  would 
need  only  a  part-time  pharmacist  in  charge.  Others  might  be 
operated  by  sending  supplies  as  for  an  internal  ward,  the 
pharmacist  visiting  the  unit  only  at  intervals  to  check  on 
the  general  care  and  custody  of  the  drugs. 

Such  a  concept  of  the  service  is  not  new :  there  are  many 
groups  where  something  of  the  kind  has  been  in  operation 
for  several  years.  What  is  new  is  the  acceptance  of  that 
concept  officially  by  both  the  Ministry  and  the  Guild.  Hos- 
pital pharmacy  needs  the  service  of  men  with  real  ability 
and  initiative  and  must  attract  a  fair  proportion  of  the 
ablest  youngsters  to  make  a  career  in  it.  It  is  unlikely  to  do 
so  until  the  newly  qualified  can  see  a  reasonable  chance  of  a 
responsible  and  adequately  paid  job  comparable  with  that 
offered  in  industry  or  in  retail.  Very  few  unit  hospitals  can 
offer  such  scope,  and  the  pharmacist,  if  he  is  to  expect  an 
adequate  salary,  must  expect  to  take  on  the  wider  admin- 
istrative responsibility  of  the  group. 

The  establishment  of  such  an  organisation  provides  an 
opportunity  for  completely  re-casting  the  salary  structure, 
and  the  Guild's  council  has  already  made  some  attempt  in 
that  direction.  The  present  structure,  based  on  somewhat 
minute  scalp-counting,  and  complicated  by  arbitrary  methods 
of  equating  general  and  specialist  hospitals,  has  produced 
only  frustrations  and  anomalies.  A  more  liberal  approach  is 
necessary,  and  that  should  be  based  on  the  group  as  an 
organism  rather  than  on  tacking  on  a  small  allowance  for 
group  responsibility  to  the  existing  scales.  Some  provision- 
should  be  made  for  evaluating  posts  locally  within  a  general 
plan,  so  that  a  premium  is  put  on  the  quality  of  the  work 
as  well  as  on  the  mere  quantity  of  beds  or  out-patients. 


344  THE    CHEMIST    AND    DRUGGIST  March   28,  1959 


PHARMACIES  OF  BRITAIN— 79 


THE  PHARMACY  AT  59  HIGH  STREET,  EVESHAM 

Proof  of  the  venerable  age  of  the  pharmaceutical  business  of  H.  A.  Elliott  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  Evesham,  is  that  the  oldest 
prescription  book  in  its  possession  is  dated  1874  but  is  No.  41  in  the  series.  The  business  is  certainly  more  than  a 
century  old.  ' 


March  28,   1  959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


345 


DRUG  TESTING  UNDER  THE  HEALTH  SERVICE 

A  survey  of  samples  taken  during  1953-54 


A  SURVEY  of  the 
National  Health 
Service  drug  testing 
scheme  in  England 
and  Wales  for  the 
year  ended 
March  31,  1954,  has 
been  prepared  by 
Mr.  W.  J.  W.  Price, 
F.P.S.  (pharma- 
ceutical section, 
Ministry  of  Health). 
The  tables  and  other 
details  correspond 
to  those  in  previous 
surveys  (C.  &  D., 
January  21,  1956, 
p. 56)  so  that  direct 
comparisons  may  be 
made.  The  report 
shows  that  7,392 
certificates  of  ana- 
lysis were  issued  in 
1953-54,  compared 
with  7,273  issued  in 

1952-  53.  The  num- 
ber of  certificates 
referred  to  Pharma- 
ceutical Service 
Committees  in 

1953-  54  was  489, 
compared  with  639 
in  1952-53.  As  in  the 
other  surveys  all  the 
results  have  been 
taken  from  certifi- 
cates of  analysis  of 
preparations  and 
dressings  sampled  in 
England  and  Wales. 
The  main  results 
concern  extempor- 
aneously prepared 
mixtures,  but  details 
are  also  given  of  the 
dispensingof  tablets, 
powders,  ointments 
and  dressings.  Ex- 
amples are  provided 
of  errors  other  than 
those  of  measure- 
ment. In  table  I  ap- 
pear those  drugs 
prescribed  on  thirty 
or  more  test  pres- 
criptions during  the 
year,  except  in  three 
instances  where  it 
has  been  necessary 
to  include  items  for 
comparison  with 
previous  surveys. 
Ephedrine  hydro- 
chloride, kaolin  and 
sodium  sulphate  are 
included  for  the  first 
time.  Footnotes  to 
the  table  indicate 
why  certain  drugs 
are  included  in  the 
column  headed 
"  100  per  cent,  and 
over." 


TABLE  I 

Percentage  deviations  from  the  weights  or  volumes  of  drugs  ordered  on  test  prescriptions 


Prescribed 
Quantity 
gr.  or 


Number 

of 
Prescrip- 


Number  of  percentage  deviations  within  the  stated  ranges 


Not  referred 


min. 

tions 

Up 

101 

201 

501 

Over 

to 

to 

to 

to 

10% 

Total 

1% 

2% 

5% 

10% 

Ammonium  bicarbona 

te 

24 

102 

22 

14 

20 

19 

19 

94 

40 

24 

7 

1 

6 

5 

3 

22 

48 

60 

24 

16 

15 

1 

2 

58 

60 

224 

83 

27 

59 

23 

11 

203 

72 

248 

80 

21 

81 

36 

10 

228 

Ammonium  chloride 

120 

113 

55 

15 

31 

7 



108 

360 

91 

46 

13 

20 

4 

— 

83 

Boric  acid 

16 

32 

9 

4 

7 

7 

2 

29 

60 

37 

12 

7 

11 

5 

— 

35 

90 

40 

16 

2 

18 

2 



38 

Chloral  hydrate 

120 

106 

68 

13 

18 

2 

— 

101 

Citric  acid 

64 

34 

18 

7 

4 

4 



33 

144 

74 

25 

9 

25 

6 



65 

216 

293 

135 

43 

59 

22 



259 

Ephedrine  hydrochloride 

38 

8 

39 

23 

4 

8 

3 



Glycerin  of  phenol 

192 

62 

27 

6 

17 

3 



53 

360 

36 

15 

9 

6 

  N 



30 

Dilute  hydrochloride  acid 

160 

70 

38 

8 

15 

5 



66 

240 

206 

127 

30 

29 

7 

— 

193 

Ferric  ammonium  citrate 

480 

51 

29 

6 

13 



— . 

48 

720 

172 

97 

28 

34 

4 

— 

163 

Kaolin 

720 

50 

22 

7 

19 

I 



49 

Liquefied  phenol 

121 

60 

127 

58 

17 

36 

9 

1 

120 

52 

22 

12 

13 

3 



50 

Light  magnesium  carbonate 

120 

42 

24 

5 

9 

2 

40 

240 

123 

71 

17 

23 

4 



115 

Magnesium  sulphate 

1440 

45 

30 

5 

7 





42 

Potassium  bicarbonate 

240 

33 

11 

7 

12 

1 



31 

360 

91 

34 

20 

33 

3 



90 

Potassium  bromide 

160 

86 

45 

15 

20 

1 

1 

82 

240 

619 

349 

100 

118 

20 

1 

588 

320 

35 

23 

2 

7 

2 



34 

Potassium  chlorate 

80 

54 

29 

5 

13 

3 

— 

50 

120 

203 

84 

40 

57 

1 1 

1 

193 

Potassium  citrate 

720 

119 

41 

16 

57 

3 



117 

1080 

257 

96 

48 

75 

20 

2 

241 

Potassium  iodide 

60 

64 

38 

7 

11 

4 

— 

60 

72 

173 

82 

31 

44 

5 

1 

163 

Sodium  bicarbonate 

30 

25 

11 

5 

8 



1 

25 

40 

39 

23 

5 

8 

2 

38 

42 

27 

4 

4 

1 
1 

1 
1 

•>c 
AJ 

160 

124 

62 

28 

27 

3 

120 

240 

720 

320 

133 

197 

32 

4 

686 

320 

41 

22 

7 

7 

3 

39 

360 

63 

32 

10 

16 

2 

60 

Sodium  chloride 

60 

26 

10 

5 

10 

1 

26 

72 

47 

15 

9 

18 

2 

44 

Sodium  citrate 

1080 

34 

16 

~  7 

8 

1 

32 

Sodium  salicylate 

240 

187 

73 

32 

63 

5 

1 

174 

360 

91 

46 

15 

27 

2 

90 

Sodium  sulphate 

'2 

875 

42 

18 

12 

5 

37 

Solution  of  ferric  chloride 

120 

74 

36 

8 

16 

4 

1 

65 

Solution  of  potassium  hydroxide 

120 

45 

31 

4 

5 

1 

42 

Strong  solution  of  lead  subacetate 

96 

66 

33 

8 

16 

3 

60 

Zinc  sulphate 

9 

37 

16 

3 

7 

5 

3 

34 

1  35 

42 

21 

4 

14 

1 

40 

Totals     60 1 7 

2804 

926 

1524 

330 

66 

5650 

Referred 


5 
to 
10% 


11  21 

to  to 

20%  30% 


31 
to 

50% 


51 
to 

75% 


Over 
75% 


100% 

and  Total 
over 


1 
1 

11 

7 

2 
2 

1 

1 


1 
4 
14 


1  — 


1 

10 
1 


1 

3 

1 

2 

2 
2 


3  — 


4  — 


1 1  8 

Ia  2 

—  2 
1»  21 

—  20 

—  5 

—  8 

—  3 
2 

—  2 

—  5 

—  1 

—  9 
3«  34 


I  — 


1  — 


1         —  — 


1         —  — 


1  — 
—  1 

2  — 
14  7 


I" 


I  — 


4 

13 


—  1 

—  6 

—  2 


2 
I 

4 
31 
I 

4 
10 

2 
16 

4 

10 


1 
2 
4 
34 

2 
3 


3 

2 

13 
1 

5 

9 

3 

6 

3 
2 


43 


148 


60 


65 


26 


20 


367 


Footnotes  to  Table  I 

1  *  *  Rather  more  than  double  the  prescribed  amount 

of  ammonium  bicarbonate  was  dispensed. 
*  (a)  Tartaric  acid  was  dispensed. 
(6)  Sodium  bicarbonate  was  dispensed. 
(c)  Citric  acid  was  absent. 


7  10  14  is  Double   the   prescribed  quantity 

dispensed. 
6  (a)  Hydrobromic  acid  was  dispensed. 
(6)  A  different  mixtare   was  dispensed 
Table  V). 

8  Potassium  nitrate  was  dispensed. 


was        9  Sodium  citrate  was  dispensed. 

"  Potassium  bromide  was  dispensed. 

12  Potassium  bicarbonate  was  dispensed, 
(see       13  Potassium  bromide  was  dispensed. 

10  Glycerin  and  rosewater  was  dispensed. 


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March   28,   1  959 


Table  II  lists  the  total  number  of 
prescriptions  for  those  drugs  given  in 
table  I  and  the  number  of  each  referred  to 
Pharmaceutical  Service  Committees. 


TABLE  II 


Number 

Number 

Drug 

prescribed 

referred 

Ammonium  bicarbonate 

7 1 1 

56 

Ammonium  chloride 

14 

Boric  acid 

1 36 

9 

Cnioral  nydrate 

1 64 

6 

Citric  acid 

440 

47 

Ephedrine  hydrochloride 

jZ 

1 

Glycerin  of  phenol 

i  m 

15 

Dilute  hydrochloric  acid 

1 8 

Ferric  ammonium  citrate 

1 2 

Kaolin 

DO 

6 

Liquefied  phenol 

10 

Light  magnesium 

carbonate 

101 

1 1 

Magnesium  sulphate 

/u 

A 

Potassium  bicarbonate... 

147 

3 

Potassium  bromide 

784 

39 

Potassium  chlorate 

111 

14 

Potassium  citrate 

432 

22 

Potassium  iodide 

310 

19 

Sodium  bicarbonate 

1,108 

48 

Sodium  chloride 

125 

5 

Sodium  citrate  ... 

56 

2 

Sodium  salicylate 

314 

15 

Sodium  sulphate 

42 

5 

Solution  of  ferric  chloride 

102 

13 

Solution    of  potassium 

hydroxide 

61 

3 

Strong  solution  of  lead 

subacetate 

75 

6 

Zinc  sulphate 

134 

11 

Totals   

6,955 

414 

Table  III  is  adapted  from  two  tables  in 
the  report  which  give  respectively  infor- 
mation about  mixtures  and  linctuses,  etc.; 
and  gargles,  lotions,  ear  drops,  etc.  The 
total  numbers  of  mixtures,  etc.,  dispensed, 
was  4,125,  and  referred  299;  number 
of  gargles,  etc.,  dispensed  1,072  and 
referred  134.  According  to  the  report 
the  majority  of  deviations  arose  from  the 
containers,  actual  volumes  deviating  from 
the  prescribed  volumes  but,  as  in  previous 
reports,  there  were  instances  of  the  wrong 
quantities  being  dispensed. 

Table  IV  was  not  included  in  previous 
surveys.  It  lists  the  reasons  why  certain 
other  certificates  were  referred  to  Pharma- 
ceutical Service  Committees,  where  errors 
other  than  errors  of  measurement  were 
made  in  dispensing  mixtures,  lotions, 
gargles,  etc. 

Table  V  lists  the  percentage  deviations 
from  the  prescribed  quantity  and  table  VI 
gives  the  reasons  why  certain  certificates 
of  analysis  for  ointments  and  pastes  were 
referred.  A  far  greater  number  of  those 
preparations  were  tested  during  the  year, 
and  there  was  a  slight  proportionate  in- 
crease in  the  number  referred.  The  most 
frequent  reason  for  referring  certificates 
was  that  the  dispensed  weight  was  less 
than  that  prescribed.  The  explanation 
usually  given  for  the  deficiency  was  that  of 
failure  to  counterbalance  the  ointment 
container.  Total  ointments  dispensed  were 
242,  the  number  referred  18.  The  reasons 
why  the  prescriptions  for  the  following 
ointments  were  referred  are  shown  in 
parenthesis:  Ammoniated  mercury  (de- 
ficient in  ammoniated  mercury);  mag- 
nesium sulphate  (deficient  in  magnesium 
sulphate;  no  phenol  present;  deficient  in 
weight  of  ointment  dispensed);  salicylic 
acid  (deficient  in  salicylic  acid  and  weight 
of  ointment  dispensed);  salicylic  acid  and 
sulphur  (excess  salicyclic  acid;  deficient  in 
weight  of  ointment  dispensed);  sulphur 
(deficient  in  sulphur;  deficient  in  weight  of 
ointment  dispensed);  zinc  oxide  (deficient 
in  weight  of  ointment  dispensed);  zinc 
oxide  and  camphor  (deficient  in  weight  of 


ointment  dispensed);  zinc  oxide  com- 
pound (deficient  in  weight  of  ointment 
dispensed);  zinc  oxide  and  salicylic  acid 
(deficient  in  zinc  oxide  and  weight  of 
ointment  dispensed) ;  extemporaneous 
ointment  (deficient  in  salicylic  acid). 

Table  VI  lists  the  percentage  deviations 
from  the  prescribed  quantity  of  powders 
for  internal  administration  and  dusting 
powders.  The  number  of  powders  of  both 
kinds  prescribed  during  the  year  was  sig- 
nificantly less  than  in  the  previous  year, 
but  the  decline  in  the  proportion  referred 


was  even  greater.  One  powder  certificate 
was  referred  because  magnesium  com- 
pound powder  was  dispensed  instead  of 
magnesium  carbonate  compound  powder. 

The  total  number  of  certificates  for 
tablets  dispensed  during  the  year  was  660, 
approximately  the  same  as  for  the  previous 
year;  of  those  22  were  referred,  a  small 
decline.  Table  VII  lists  the  reasons  why 
they  were  referred.  Of  the  22,  16  were 
apparently  due  to  errors  on  the  part  of 
the  dispenser,  4  to  the  failure  of  the  tablets 
to  conform  to  the  disintegration  test,  (2 


TABLE  III 


Percentage  deviations  from  the  prescribed  volumes  of  liquid  preparations 


Prescribed 

Up  to 

M 

2-6 

51 

7-6 

101 

Over 

Tot  yl 

Volume 

1% 

to  2-5% 

to  5  0% 

to  7-5% 

to  10% 

to  20% 

20% 

i  fl.  oz. 

1  „ 

2  „ 

1 

2 

1 

63 

48 

1 

12 

7 

1 

3 
131 

3  ft 

21 

16 

4 

1 

2 

44 

4  „ 

118 

120 

75 

8 

2 

4 

7 

334 

6  „ 

58 

59 

81 

11 

3 

1 

213 

8  „ 

388 

775 
1 

156 

27 

1 

3 

2 

1,352 

9  „ 
10  „ 

28 

9 

5 

1 

2 

2 
42 

12  „ 

1,492 

998 

373 

37 

5 

1 

2,908 

16  „ 

59 

69 

23 

151 

20  „ 

6 

9 

1 

16 

Totals  ... 

2,236 

2,040 

778 

88 

22 

22 

11 

5,197 

TABLE  IV 


Preparation  prescribed 


Nux  vomica  and  acid  mixture,  B.P.C.  ... 

Saline  mixture,  B.P.C. 

Ipecacuanha  and  alkali  mixture,  B.P.C.  ... 

Potassium  bromide  and  chloral  mixture,  B.P.C. 

Ammonia  and  ipecacuanha  mixture,  B.P.C. 
Ipecacuanha  and  morphine  mixture,  B.P.C. 


Rhubarb  compound  mixture,  B.P.C. 
Zinc  sulphate  lotion,  B.P.C. 
Potassium  chlorate  gargle,  B.P.C. 
Ferric  chloride  gargle,  B.P.C. 
Borax  compound  eye  lotion,  B.P.C. 
Alkaline  nasal  douche,  B.P.C. 
Menthol  inhalation  (2) 
Menthol  inhalation 


Preparation  dispensed 


Potassium  bromide  and  nux  vomica  mixture, 
B.P.C. 

Sodium  chloride  compound  mixture 

Ammonia  and  ipecacuanha  mixture,  B.P.C. 

Chloral  and  potassium  bromide  mixture  for 
infants,  B.P.C. . 

Ipecacuanha  and  morphine  mixture,  B.P.C. 

A  mixture  containing  just  over  25  %  of  the  pres- 
cribed volume  of  tincture  of  chloroform  and 
morphine. 

Rhubarb,  ammonia  and  soda  mixture,  B.P.C. 

Zinc  sulphate  compound  eye  lotion,  B.P.C. 

Potassium  chlorate  and  phenol  gargle,  B.P.C. 

Potassium  chlorate  gargle,  B.P.C. 

Boric  acid  eye  lotion,  B.P.C. 

Phenol  and  alkali  mouthwash,  B.P.C. 

Benzoin  inhalation  (2) 

Menthol  and  eucalyptus  inhalation,  B.P.C. 


TABLE  V  (OINTMENTS) 


Percentage  deviation  from  the  prescribed  weights 


Weight 

0 

2-6 

51 

7-6 

10  1 

Over 

Prescribed 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

20% 

Total 

in  Grains 

2-5% 

50% 

7-5% 

10% 

20% 

437-5 

1 

1 

480 

1 

1 

875 

11 

3 

3 

3 

7 

— 

27 

960 

87 

21 

16 

8 

27 

15 

174 

1,440 

2 

1 

3 

1,750 

3 

2 

2 

2 

9 

1,920 

14 

3 

3 

2 

3 

1 

26 

Totals  

118 

30 

25 

15 

38 

16 

242 

TABLE  VI 

(POWDERS  FOR  INTERNAL  ADMINISTRATION) 
Percentage  deviation  from  the  prescribed  weights 


Weight 

0 

2-6 

51 

7-6 

101 

Over 

Prescribed 

to 

.  to 

to 

to 

to 

20% 

Total 

in  Grains 

2-5% 

50% 

7-5% 

10% 

20% 

960 

33 

12 

3 

1 

2 

51 

1,750 

1 

2 

3 

1,920 

8 

1 

2 

2 

13 

3,500 

1 

1 

2 

Totals  

43 

12 

4 

2 

5 

3 

69 

DUSTING  POWDERS 


960 

12 

2 

1 

1 

16 

1,440 

1 

1 

2 

1,920 

3 

1 

4 

4,800 

1 

1 

Totals  

15 

3 

1 

2 

2 

23 

March  28,  1959 


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347 


TABLE  VII 


Name  of  tablet 

No.  of  pre- 
scriptions 

No. 
referred 

Reason  for  referring 

Abidon  with  vitamin  C  ... 

1 

1 

Abidec  capsules  dispensed 

Aspirin 

79 

1 

Too  few  tablets  dispensed 

Aspirin  compound 

20 

3 

Aspirin  tablets  dispensed  (2) 

Tablets  deficient  in  aspirin  and  caffein  (1) 

Aspirin  and  phenacetin  ... 

8 

2 

Tablets  of  phenacetin  and  caffeine  dis- 

pensed (1) 

Tablets  deficient  in  aspirin 

Aspirin  soluble  ... 

9 

1 

Aspirin  tablets  B.P.C.  and  calcium  aspirin 

tablets  dispensed 

Ascorbic  acid  50  mgm  

49 

1 

Calcium  lactate  tablets  dispensed 

Ascorbic  acid  25  mgm.  ... 

9 

2 

50  mgm.  tablets  dispensed 

Butobarbitone'  ... 

5 

1 

Disintegration  test 

i  r\f\(>\rte*  nhncnhaip 

V.                         |  '  1  11  '  >  }->!(  vl  H.                 •••  ■•- 

4 

Codeine  compound  tablets  dispensed 

Mercurous  chloride 

1 

1 

Disintegration  test 

Nicotinic  acid 

14 

1 

Too  few  tablets  dispensed 

Phenacetin   

27 

2 

Disintegration  test 

Phenobarbitone  gr.  J 

65 

3 

Too  few  tablets  dispensed  (1) 

1£  gr.  tablets  dispensed  (1) 
i  gr.  tablets  dispensed  (1) 

Sulphathiazole 

18 

1 

Too  few  tablets  dispensed 

Nasal  alkaline 

4 

1 

Solution  tablets  of  borax  and  benzamine 
dispensed 

TABLE  VIII  (SURGICAL  DRESSINGS) 

Dressing 

Number 

Number 

Reason  for  referring 

prescribed 

referred 

Bandages : 

calico 

1 

cotton  crepe 

5 

i 

Crepe  dispensed 

cotton  elastic  

6 

cotton  and  elastic  net 

2 

crepe   

169 

i 

Cotton  crepe  dispensed 

domette... 

2 

i 

Flannel  bandage  dispensed 

elastic  adhesive 

103 

i 

Porous  adhesive  dispensed 

elastic  web 

6 

i 

"Count"  and  length 

flannel  ... 

2 

plaster  of  paris   

2 

i 

B.P.C.  1934  bandage  dispensed,  plain  weave 

instead  of  leno  weave,  deficient  in  plaster 

rayon  elastic  ... 

6 

triangular 

11 

white  open  wove 

75 

i 

Elastic  web  bandage  dispensed 

zinc  paste  ...   

20 

Cellulose  tissue  ... 

10 

i 

Cellulose  wadding  dispensed 
Deficient  in  "area" 

Cellulose  wadding 

22  . 

i 

Cotton  wool  B.P.C  

222 

14 

Not  of  B.P.C.  quality 

Cotton  wool,  hospital  ... 

39 

1 

Not  in  a  sealed  packet,  wrapped  in  brown 
paper 

Dressings : 

boil   

1 

multiple  pack  ... 

29 

1 

Cotton  wool  not  B.P.C.  "absorbency" 

standard  dressings 

38 

7 

Not  B.P.C. 

Gauzes : 

absorbent 

92 

2 

"Area"  and  "absorbency" 

boric  acid 

3 

1 

Boric  acid  content  excessive 

paraffin  ...   

15 

Gauze  and  cotton  tissue 

17 

7 

"Absorbency"  and  colour 

Lint: 

absorbent 

166 

5 

Rayon  lint  dispensed  (1);  "absorbency", 
"tearing",  colour  (4) 

boric   

91 

.  4 

Wrong  size  dispensed  (1);    "area"  (1); 
"absorbency"  (1) 

rayon   

7 

Not  in  a  sealed  packet,  wrapped  in  brown 
paper  (1) 

Zinc  oxide  plaster 

29 

Jaconet   

1 

1 

Deficient  in  "proofing" 

Oiled  silk  

7 

1 

The  oiled  nylon  dispensed  was  deficient  in 
the  "warp"  and  "weft" 

Elastic  anklets   

2 

TABLE  IX  (CERTIFICATES  OF  ANALYSIS  AND  NUMBER  REFERRED) 


Total  number  of  certificates 

Total  number  referred 

1951-52 

1952-53 

1953-54 

1951-52 

1952-53 

1953-54 

Mixtures,  etc  

4,105 

4,027 

4,125 

332 

366 

299 

Gargles,  etc. 

996 

1,074 

1,072 

124 

134 

96 

Ointments  and  pastes  . . . 

160 

165 

242 

19 

10 

18 

Powders  ... 

133 

148 

92 

6 

10 

1 

Tablets  ... 

673 

657 

660 

42 

26 

22 

Dressings 

1,194 

1,202 

1,201 

60 

93 

53 

Totals  ...   

7,261 

7,273 

7,392 

583 

639 

489 

of  which  were  phenacetin  tablets),  and  2 
to  deficiencies  of  active  ingredient. 

During  the  year  under  review  there 
were  1,201  certificates  of  analysis  for 
dressings,  of  which  53  were  referred.  Of 
14  certificates  for  absorbent  cotton  wool 
B.P.C,  10  were  referred  because  of 
failure  to  conform  to  B.P.C.  standards 
due  to  presence  of  "  neps,"  "  leaf  and 
shell,"  and/or  "  threads,"  or  on  account  of 
"  absorbency  "  and  "  colour."  Three  were 
referred  because  hospital  quality  cotton 
■wool  was  dispensed,  one  of  them  because 


in  addition  the  packet  was  brown  paper, 
not  a  sealed  packet.  It  appeared  that 
larger  packets  had  been  cut  in  half  with  a 
knife.  Another  was  referred  because 
4  lb.  was  dispensed  instead  of  4  oz. 

Of  six  certificates  for  No.  2  dressings, 
three  samples  were  deficient  in  weight  of 
cotton  wool.  In  three  samples  the  oiled 
cambric  was  unsatisfactory.  In  one  of  the 
three  the  cotton  wool  lacked  absorbency 
and  boric  acid  in  the  lint  was  excessive. 

Table  IX  compares  the  results  of  the 
present  survey  with  earlier  results. 


BRONCHIAL  ASTHMA 

A  review  of  treatments 

THE  Council  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  has  authorised  the  publi- 
cation of  a  report  upon  current  therapy 
in  bronchial  asthma.  The  condition  is 
defined  as  "  a  distressing  and  common 
form  of  acute,  recurrent,  or  chronic 
bronchial  inflammation  and  obstruc- 
tive emphysema,  usually  of  allergic 
origin." 

The  aim  is  to  remove  or  reduce 
predisposing  influences  (allergy,  the 
common  cold  and  paranasal  sinus 
diseases  as  well  as  bronchitis;  and 
physical,  psychosomatic,  and  miscellane- 
ous factors)  as  early  as  possible. 
Whether  there  was  an  allergic  stimula- 
tion requires  to  be  investigated,  but 
treatment  should  not  be  excluded  while 
the  investigation  is  in  progress. 

Subcutaneous  administration  of  0  2- 
0  3  mil  of  1 : 1000  adrenaline  hydro- 
chloride is  considered  to  be  of  value, 
though  larger  doses  may  precipitate  an 
"  adrenaline-fast "  state,  often  en- 
countered in  patients.  Repeated  use  of 
adrenaline  preparations  should  be 
avoided  until  sensitivity  to  them  is  re- 
stored, and  a  useful  rule  is  to  avoid 
introducing  the  drug  into  intravenous 
infusions  of  aminophylline,  iodides, 
dextrose,  etc.,  administered  in  status 
asthmaticus.  Bronchodilator  aerosols 
have  proved  of  value  in  relaxing  bron- 
chospasm,  and  an  attack  may  be  re- 
lieved or  aborted  by  the  use  of  005- 
0  1  mil  of  nebulised  spray.  More  severe 
spasm  may  require  0*5-1  mil  of  a  nebu- 
lised bronchodilator  solution  to  be 
continuously  administered  with  the  aid 
of  oxygen  or  a  simple  air-pump  (usu- 
ally for  10-15  minutes  at  a  rate  of  4 
litres  per  minute).  Bronchodilators 
mentioned  are  2*25  per  cent,  racemic 
adrenaline  hydrochloride;  isoproterenol 
hydrochloride  1 :200;  2*5  per  cent,  race- 
mic adrenaline  hydrochloride  with  0*5 
per  cent,  atropine  sulphate;  04  per 
cent,  isoproterenol  sulphate  with  2  per 
cent.  phenylephrine  hydrochloride. 
Aminophylline  may  be  administered 
orally  in  cases  of  bronchoconstriction, 
with  higher  doses  if  antinausea  factors 
are  added.  One  such  preparation  con- 
tains 300  mgm.  of  aminophylline,  150 
mgm.  of  aluminium  hydroxide,  and  30 
mgm.  of  ethyl  aminobenzoate — a  basic 
formula  that  may  be  varied  to  meet 
individual  requirements. 

Persistent  attacks  may  be  treated  by 
rectal  administration,  for  which  avail- 
able suppositories  are  less  valuable  than 
300-600  mgm.  of  aminophylline  dis- 
solved in  15  mils  of  tap  water  and 
administered  rectally  every  8-12  hours 
(for  children,  60-200  mgm.).  If  relief 
is  not  obtained  from  any  of  the  above 
procedures,  severe  paroxysm  of  cough- 
ing and  wheezing  may  be  treated  with 
intravenous  aminophylline  (for  attacks 
of  less  than  12  hours'  duration,  250 
mgm.  in  10  mils  of  water  for  injection; 
for  more  protracted  attacks  500  mgm. 
aminophylline  in  200  mils.  To  avoid 
untoward  effects,  injection  speeds  should 
normally  be  approximately  1  mil  per 
minute.  If  more  than  one  parenteral 
administration  is  needed  daily,  the  patient 
is  taken  to  hospital  and  given  continuous 
infusion  (aminophylline,  500  mgm.,  in 
a  litre  of  5  per  cent,  dextrose)  at  a 


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rate  of  thirty  drops  per  minute  to  a 
maximum  of  3  litres  in  twenty-four 
hours.  If  after  one  or  two  days  there 
is  improvement,  intermittent  adminis- 
tration of  1,500  mils  between  9  a.m. 
and  9  p.m.  may  be  substituted.  Treat- 
ment may  extend  to  ten  days,  though 
rectal  administration  is  suggested  dur- 
ing convalescence.  After  recovery  oral 
aminophylline  with  aluminium  hydrox- 
ide and  ethyl  aminobenzoate  should  re- 
place rectal  therapy  in  view  of  the 
presence  of  latent  bronchoconstriction. 

The  "  trigger "  effect  of  bronchitic 
cough  may  extend  distress  and  call 
for  bronchial  evacuation,  using  therapy 
based  upon  expectorants :  iodides, 
ipecacuanha;  positional  drainage;  and/ 
or  bronchoscopy.  A  patient  with  a  pro- 
ductive cough  should  not  be  sedated 
or  the  bronchiolar  mucus,  by  retention 
and  dehydration,  may  become  thick- 
ened and  tenacious.  Diphenhydramine 
hydrochloride  and  aminophylline  have 


special  value  in  cases  associated  with 
vasomotor  rhinitis.  Very  ill  patients 
benefit  from  the  addition  of  1-2  gm. 
of  sodium  iodide  to  each  litre  of  in- 
fusion solution.  When  coughing  be- 
comes productive,  oral  administration 
of  a  saturated  potassium-iodide  solu- 
tion may  be  started  (initially  0  2  mil 
after  each  meal  and  at  bedtime,  with 
a  gradual  daily  increase  of  01  mil  per 
dose  to  a  maximum  of  1'3  mil;  at  that 
point  dosage  is  abruptly  returned  to 
0'2  mil  and  gradually  increased  once 
more — a  procedure  intended  to  pre- 
vent the  development  of  intolerance). 
If  the  saturated  potassium  iodide  solu- 
tion causes  gastric  irritation,  enteric- 
coated  tablets  of  0'5  to  1  gm.  of  salt 
may  be  substituted.  Ipecacuanha  is 
worthy  of  trial  in  the  form  of  a  syrup 
(composition  not  given)  administered 
with  lukewarm  boiled  water.  Positional 
drainage  is  of  greatest  effect  when  the 
patient  has  easily  raised  accumulated 


secretions.  Antitussive  measures  include 
the  avoidance  of  irritants  and  the  ad- 
ministration of  benzonatate,  or  30-60 
mgm.  of  noscapine  at  graded  intervals. 
Asthmatic  patients  frequently  suffer 
anxiety,  fear,  insecurity,  etc.,  and  those 
may  be  accentuated  by  aminophylline, 
adrenergic  compounds,  and  cortico- 
steroids. Heavy  sedation  is  inadvisable, 
but  an  attack  of  several  hours'  dura- 
tion requires  sedation  in  addition  to  in- 
travenous asthma  therapy.  Sodium 
bromide  or  chloral  hydrate  are  of  value 
in  mild  or  recurring  chronic  attacks. 
Meperidine  hydrochloride  (50  -  100 
mgm.)  at  6-8-hour  intervals  for  2-5 
days  has  not  caused  addiction,  though 
the  method  is  not  suggested  for  routine 
use.  Paraldehyde  (20-30  mils)  or  ether 
(60-70  mils)  may  be  administered  as 
a  retention  enema.  Chlorpromazine. 
prochlorperazine  or  meprobamate  may 
be  of  value  in  the  patient  who  is  seri- 
ously ill. 


STATUTORY  COMMITTEE'S  ADVERTISING  INQUIRY 

Concluded  from  The  Chemist  and  Druggist,  March  21,  p. 


Sir  Milner  Holland  for  the  com- 
panies said  that  if  the  Statutory  Com- 
mittee's decision  was  adverse  his  clients, 
subject  to  their  right  of  appeal  to  the 
High  Court,  would  comply  with  it. 
"  This  is  a  matter  which  we  are  seek- 
ing to  test  and  we  shall  accept  the  de- 
cisions of  the  Statutory  Committee, 
subject  to  that  right  of  appeal  and  con- 
duct ourselves  accordingly."  He  sub- 
mitted that  those  who  exercised  that 
profession  of  pharmacy  exercised  one 
which  was  inextricably  entangled  with 
trading.  The  pharmacist  acted  as  a 
trader  when  he  sold  aspirins  without  a 
doctor's  prescription  and  a  professional 
man  when  he  sold  them  with  a  pre- 
scription. It  was  impossible  to  say 
"  Here  is  a  man  carrying  on  a  profes- 
sion and  nothing  else."  He  sold  goods 
sometimes  in  his  professional  capacity 
and  sometimes  not.  There  were  people 
such  as  estate  agents  who  might  rightly 
be  regarded  as  professional  men  who 
could  and  did  advertise  and  there  was 
nothing  improper  about  it.  The  com- 
panies concerned  in  the  case  entirely 
subscribed  to  the  view  held  by  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  about  advertis- 
ing, that  it  was  undesirable  to  advertise 
in  a  form  which  suggested  that  "  you 
and  you  alone  are  capable  of  accurately 
compounding  prescriptions  and  that 
your  dispensing  is  more  reliable  than 
others,  because  that  implies  a  criticism 
of  the  other  members  of  your  own  pro- 
fessional body."  Referring  to  previous 
decisions  of  the  Statutory  Committee 
Sir  Milner  Holland  believed  that  if  the 
advertisements  which  were  the  subject 
of  the  present  case  had  been  submitted 
in  1950  the  decision  would  have  been 
"  no  misconduct."  A  previous  deci- 
sion had  included  the  following 
"  ...  in  existing  circumstances  we  do 
not  regard  as  misconduct  the  use  in  a 
dignified  public  advertisement  of  the 
description  '  dispensing  chemist '  with 
his  address  and  the  days  on  which  and 
hours  between  which  his  dispensing 
services  are  there  available."  He  did 
not  think  that  either  of  the  advertise- 
ments was  undignified.  There  was  noth- 
ing vulgar  about  them.  Dealing  with 
the  history  of  the  1953  regulation,  Sir 


Milner  Holland  said  it  was  far  from 
clear  that  the  whole  body  of  pharma- 
cists thought  there  was  anything 
wrong  in  advertising  as  dispensing, 
chemists.  It  was  quite  plain  that  the 
feeling  at  the  annual  general  meeting 
in  1953  took  a  different  line  from  that 
of  the  Branch  Representatives'  meeting. 
The  annual  general  meeting  was  in  fav- 
our of  permitting  public  announcements 
of  the  fact  that  one  was  a  dispensing 
chemist,  though  Sir  Milner  Holland  ad- 
mitted, not  by  a  large  majority.  "  It 
is  no  good  pretending  that  this  ruling 
in  1953  proceeded  from  a  general  con- 
science among  pharmacists  .  .  .  because 
it  isn't  true."  Dealing  with  the  Easter 
advertisement  Sir  Milner  Holland  said 
"  My  friend  says  it  implies  we  dispense 
medicines.  I  do  not  know  where  he  got 
that  from.  It  says  as  we  are  entitled  to 
say,  when  we  are  open,  the  hours  we 
are  open  and  what  the  shop  is  open  for." 
The  Chairman  :  "  What  Mr.  Lloyd- 
Jones  is  saying  is  that  you  refer  to  the 
supply  of  medicines  and  any  reader  of 
that  would  interpret  the  work  '  supply  ' 
as  including  the  dispensing  of  medi- 
cines. He  would  not  distinguish  in  his 
mind  between  the  supply  of  medicine 
on  prescription  and  the  supply  with- 
out." Sir  Milner  Holland:  "If  he  is 
right  what  it  amounts  to  is  that  my 
clients  cannot  advertise  their  hours  of 
opening  at  all."  Everybody  knew  that 
the  company  "  fill  prescriptions."  "  Let 
us  be  realistic  about  it.  ...  '  XYZ 
the  chemists  will  remain  open  day  and 
night,'  that  would  be  wrong  too.  Im- 
pliedly, because  we  say  we  are  open 
day  and  night  we  are  advertising  dis- 
pensing and  that  is  .  .  .  disgraceful  con- 
duct for  which  we  should  be  removed 
from  the  register."  That  was  where  the 
whole  question  of  the  inevitable  mix- 
ture of  professional  standards  and  trad- 
ing standards  made  it  unworkable  to 
say  that  when  a  pharmacist  stepped  out 
of  his  dispensary  into  his  shop  to  sell 
some  toilet  soap,  his  right  foot  was  the 
professional  foot  and  his  left  was  the 
trader's  foot.  "To  bring  the  company 
before  the  Committee  for  that  adver- 
tisement— and  I  do  not  mince  my  words 
— is  really  childish  and  absurd." 


308 

Sir  Milner  dealt  with  the  National 
Health  Service  (General  Medical  and 
Pharmaceutical  Services)  Regulations 
1954  and  stated  that  Parliament  ex- 
pressly allowed  chemists  to  advertise. 

Power  of  the  Committee 

He  reminded  the  Committee  that 
when  it  was  first  set  up  in  1933  the 
power  which  it  was  exercising  was 
that  which  Parliament  had  in  mind  for 
something  which,  in  the  abstract,  was 
considered  as  misconduct,  which  in 
that  context  was  linked  with  a  criminal 
offence.  The  purpose  of  the  Pharmacy 
and  Poisons  Act  1933  was  to  protect 
the  public  by  creating  a  reliable  body 
of  pharmacists  on  whom  the  public 
could  rely.  In  1933  nobody  had  thought 
that  there  was  anything  wrong  in  adver- 
tising, save  of  course  misleading  ad- 
vertisements. Parliament  could  not 
have  intended  anybody  to  interpret  mis- 
conduct as  they  thought  fit.  If  the 
climate  of  opinion  had  changed  and  it 
was  considered  that  advertising  was 
misconduct  it  was  for  Parliament  to 
say  so! 

The  Chairman  :  "  Do  you  put  your 
proposition  as  widely  as  this?  That 
the  categories  of  misconduct  must  be 
deemed  to  be  closed  in  1933  and  that 
thereafter  nothing  that  is  not  miscon- 
duct in  1933  can  be  deemed  to  be  mis- 
conduct? "  Sir  Milner:  "Yes  I  do. 
Parliament  must  have  known  what  it 
was  doing." 

Sir  Milner  thought  it  was  in  the 
national  interest  that  the  type  of  ad- 
vertisement with  which  the  present 
cases  were  concerned  should  not  be  pre- 
vented. They  gave  the  public  useful 
information. 

Mr.  Lloyd-Jones  later  addressed  the 
Committee  and  suggested  that  it  was 
unrealistic  to  talk  about  misconduct  in 
terms  of  a  period  before  the  1933  Act 
or  even  at  the  passing  of  the  1933  Act 
when  the  code  of  ethics  was  not  in  ex- 
istence. Furthermore  the  Committee 
did  not  come  in  at  the  passing  of  the 
Act  but  was  postponed  until  1936.  It 
was  for  the  Committee,  against  the 
whole  background  of  the  1933  Act,  to 
decide  what  was  misconduct. 


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Introducing 

— 

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antibacterial  which  is  virtually  non-toxic 
FR  AM  YCETIN— active  against  a  wide  range  of  organisms 
'XYLOCAINE'- which  soothes  inflamed  surfaces 

'Trillets'  are  effective  against  most  bacteria  found  in  mouth  and 
throat  infections.  The  comforting  action  is  considerably  assisted 
by  the  increased  salivary  secretion  caused  by  'Trillets' 

'TRILLETS' 

.  . .  are  so  safe  they  can  be  taken  as  often  as  four  times  an  hour 

. .  .  are  pleasantly  flavoured  and  can  be  taken  by  children 
. . .  are  being  introduced  to  doctors,  so  expect  prescriptions  soon 
. . .  can  be  taken  with  advantage  before  and  after  dental  treatment 

smooth,  soothing 

TRILLETS' 

TBADI  HARK 

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The  prices  given  are  those  obtained  by  importers  or  manufacturers  for  bulk  quantities  or  original  packages.  Various 
charges  have  to  be  added  whereby  values  are  in  many  instances  augmented  before  wholesale  dealers  receive  the  goods  into 
stock.   Crude  drugs  and  essential  oils  vary  greatly  in  quality  and  higher  prices  are  charged  for  selected  qualities. 


London,  March  25:  Trading  in  Crude  Drugs  was  again  on  a  limited 
scale  during  the  week.  Sarawak  Pepper  prices  were  markedly  easier.  Other 
Spices  showing  the  same  trend  were  Turmeric  (down  2s.  6d.  per  cwt.)  and 
both  African  and  Cochin  varieties  of  Ginger. 
Quassia  was  offered  on  the  spot  at 


120s.  per  cwt.  against  130s.  recently. 
Firm  features  of  the  market  included 
Agar  which  was  Is.  3d.  per  lb.  dearer; 
Gum  acacia  up  5s.  per  cwt.  and  Brazil- 
ian Menthol  up  sixpence  per  lb. 
Aleppy  green  Cardamoms  for  shipment 
were  Is.  3d.  per  lb.  higher. 

Among  Essential  Oils  a  sharp  rise 
in  Bourbon  Geranium  put  the  forward 
price  7s.  6d.  higher  than  last  week — a 
lead  which  spot  holders  did  not  en- 
tirely follow  and  thus  spot  quotations 
were  cheaper  than  those  for  shipment. 
Brazilian  Peppermint  was  threepence 
per  lb.  dearer  in  both  positions  and 
Patchouli  one  shilling  up  for  spot  sup- 
plies. Mysore  Sandalwood  dropped 
2s.  6d.  per  lb.  with  quotations  ranging 
from  80s.  to  82s.  6d.  per  lb. 

A  substantial  fall  in  the  price  of  Cal- 
cium lactate  was  the  only  price 
change  in  Pharmaceutical  Chemicals 
during  the  week. 

Another  British  chemical  manufac- 
turer is  to  produce  Phthalic  anhy- 
dride. 

Pharmaceutical  Chemicals 

Adrenaline.  —  Rates  for  synthetic  b.p. 
are  from  Is.  Id.  (500-gm.  lots)  to  Is.  6d. 
(10-gm.)  per  gm.-  and  acid  tartrate,  b.p., 
from  9d.  to  Is. 

Aluminium  hydroxide.  ■ —  One-cwt.  lots 
of  b.p.c  1943  are  3s.  3d.  per  lb. 

Antimony  salts. — Quotations  for  pot- 
assium tartrate  b.p.,  are  7s.  6d.  per  lb. 
for  1-10  cwt.  and  sodium  tartrate,  b.p., 
12s.  6d. 

Aspirin.  —  5-cwt.  lots  are  4s.  9d.  per 
lb.;  1-cwt.,  4s.  lid.  The  Calcium  salt  is 
12s.  6d.  per  lb. 

Atropine. — Rates  for  16-oz.  (500-gm.); 


per 

oz. 

per  kilo 

s. 

d. 

s. 

d. 

alkaloid 

39 

0 

137S 

0 

Hydrochloride 

36 

0 

1269 

0 

Methonitrate 

39 

0 

1 375 

0 

Methylbromide 

38 

6 

1357 

0 

Sulphate 

34 

0 

1198 

6 

Borax.  —  B.P.  grade  for  quantities  of 
1  ton  and  upwards;  Granular,  £55;  crys- 
tals, £57  10s.;  powder,  £58  10s.;  extra 
fine  powder,  £59  10s.  per  ton.  Supplied  in 
hessian  sacks.  Prices  of  commercial  range 
from  £45  to  £50  10s.  per  ton,  as  to  type 
and  packing.  Dehydrated  borax  is  £68  per 
ton  in  paper-lined  hessian  bags  or  £67  in 
paper  bags  ;  carriage  paid  in  Great 
Britain.  Surcharges  for  smaller  quantities: 
Less  than  1  ton  but  not  less  than  5  cwt., 
Is.  per  cwt.,  3  cwt.,  2s.;  1  cwt.,  3s. 

Boric  acid.  —  Prices  (per  ton)  for  b.p. 
grade  in  quantities  of  1  ton  and  upwards 
are  as  follows  : —  Granular,  £89  10s.; 
crystals,  £96  10s.;  powder,  £94;  extra-fine 
powder,  £96  per  ton  in  lined  hessian  bags, 
carriage  paid  in  Great  Britain.  Less  £i 
per  ton  if  supplied  in  paper  bags.  Techni- 
cal grades  range  from  £75  10s.  to  £85  per 
ton  according  to  type  and  packing. 

Calcium  carbonate —B.P.  light  precipi- 
tated powder,  1-ton  lots,  £33  per  ton  in 
free  bags,  ex  works. 

Calcium  chloride.  —  B.P.  crystals  are 
Is.  3id.,  and  granulated,  10£d.  per  lb.  in 
1-cwt.  lots. 


Calcium  gluconate.  —  Quantities  of 
3  cwt.  and  upwards  are  quoted  at  3s.  6d. 
per  lb. ;  1  cwt.  to  2  cwt.,  3s.  7d. 

Calcium  succinate.  —  Quotations  are 
from  10s.  6d.  to  12s.  6d.  per  lb.,  as  to 
quantity.  Succinic  acid  is  from  10s.  6d. 
to  12s.  3d.  per  lb. 

Chalk.  —  Prepared  powder  b.p.,  is  £22 
per  ton  for  minimum  1-ton  ex  works. 

Chloral  hydrate.  —  In  1-cwt.  lots  the 
price  is  about  4s.  3d.  per  lb. 

Ether.  —  Prices  (per  lb.)  in  Winchesters 
are  as  follows  : — technical  b.s.s.,  and 
solvent,  5-cwt.  2s.  7d. ;  (4s.  Hd.  litre). 
In  drums  the  price  is  2s.  2d.  per  lb. 
Anesthetic,  b.p.,  5-cwt.,  3s.  lOd. ;  10-cwt. 
3s.  9d. 

Formaldehyde.  —  B.P.  solution  in  1-4- 
drum  lots  is  £39  15s.  per  ton  ;  5-drum 
lots  are  £38  15s.  per  ton. 

Glycerophosphates. — Rates  per  lb.  for 
1-cwt.  lots  are  as  follows: — acid,  b.p.c, 
20  per  cent.,  4s.  7d.;  calcium,  soluble, 
b.p.c,  lis.  9d. ;  iron,  b.p.c,  scale,  15s.  9d. 
and  powders,  14s.  9d.;  magnesium,  sol- 
uble, b.p.c,  14s.  3d.,  and  insoluble,  7s.  6d.; 
manganese,  b.p.c,  26s.  3d.;  potassium, 
50  per  cent.,  b.p.c.  3s.  9d.  and  50  per 
cent.,  b.p.c,  3s.  Id.  and  75  per  cent., 
b.p.c,  5s.  6d. 

Guaiacols. — Liquid  b.p.  is  16s.  3d.  per 
lb.  for  28-lb.  lots  ;  crystals,  16s.  9d.; 
carbonate,  18s.  3d. 

Hexamine. — B.P.  is  Is.  Hid.  per  lb.  for 
1-ton  lots,  delivered  in  1-cwt.  kegs.  Tech- 
nical is  threepence  per  lb.  under  those 
rates. 

Homatropine. — Current  rates  (per  oz.) 
for  16-oz.  lots  are  now  :  alkaloid, 
30s.  6d. ;  hydrobromide,  24s.  6d.;  hydro- 
chloride, 28s.  6d.;  methylbromide, 
25s.  6d.  1-oz.  rates  are  Is.  6d.  per  oz. 
above  those  rates. 

Isoprenaline  sulphate. — B.P.  is  Is.  3d. 
per  gm.  for  1,000-gm.  lots  and  Is.  9d.  per 
gm.  for  100-gm.  lots. 

Kaolin. — In  1-cwt.  bags  light  is  quoted 
at  60s.  per  cwt.  and  1-ton  lots  at  57s. 

Lactates.  —  Calcium,  b.p.,  is  2s.  3d. 
per  lb.  in  5-cwt.  lots  and  2s.  4d.  in  1-cwt. 
lots  ;  Calcium  sodium  for  similar  quan- 
tities is  4s.  9d.  and  4s.  lOd.  per  lb. 

Lactic  acid.  —  B.P.  is  4s.  5d.  per  lb. 
for  12-winchester  lots  and  4s.  4d.  for 
5-cwt.  lots. 

Lactose. — English,  in  1-ton  lots  packed 
in  1-cwt.  paper-lined  sacks,  is  £129  10s. 
per  ton,  delivered  in  the  United  Kingdom. 

Lead  acetate.  —  B.P.  crystals  are  200s. 
per  cwt.  and  technical,  180s. 

Mandelic  acid. — In  1-cwt.  lots  the  price 
is  12s.  6d.  per  lb.,  with  the  calcium  salt 
also  12s.  6d.  Sodium  mandelate  is  13s. 
and  ammonium  mandelate  50  per  cent, 
solution,  7s.  6d. 

Mercury  derivatives. — Quotations  (per 
kilo)  for  less  than  50-kilo  lots  are  now  as 
follows: — ammoniated,  b.p.,  lump  or  pow- 
der, 58s.  9d. ;  perchloride,  b.p.,  powder, 
50s.  9d.  and  lump,  51s.  9d.;  subchloride 
(calomel),  b.p.,  58s.,  oxides,  yellow,  b.p., 
61s.  6d.;  red  b.p.c,  1949,  62s.  6d. 

Methoin. — 8-P-  is  about  120s.  per  lb. 

Metol.  —  In  1-cwt.  lots  the  price  is 
24s.  6d.  per  lb. 

Oleic  acid.  —  B.P.  grade  £170  10s.  per 
ton  (£174  10s.  single  drum  lots);  1  gall, 
tins  21s.  per  gall. 


Phenacetin.  —  In  5-cwt.  lots  makers' 
price  is  6s.  8d.  per  lb.;  1-cwt.,  6s.  9d. 

Sulphocarbolates. — Sodium  phenosul- 
phonate,  b.p.c,  1949  (powder)  is  5s.  6d. 
per  lb.  in  1-cwt.  lots  and  Zinc,  b.p.c, 
1949,  is  5s.  6d. 

Terebene. — For  1-carboy  lots,  4s.  2d. 
per  lb.  is  asked.  In  Winchesters,  prices  are 
15s.  9d.  per  lb.;  28-lb.,  14s.  6d. 

Zinc  carbonate. — In  1-cwt.  lots  the  price 
is  Is.  9id.  per  lb. 

Zinc  chloride.  —  B.P.C.  cake  from 
4s.  6d.  to  4s.  lOd.  per  lb.;  sticks  from 
5s.  lOd.  to  6s.  2d.  per  lb.  Technical,  115s. 
per  cwt. 

Zinc  oxide. — B.P.  quality  in  2-ton  lots 
is  now  £110  10s.;  1-ton,  £111;  10-cwt., 
£112  10s. 

Zinc  peroxide.  —  Price  (per  lb.)  for 
1-cwt.  lots  of  b.p.  is  5s.  3d. 

Zinc  sulphate. — B.P.  in  1-cwt.  lots  is 
quoted  at  Is.  9d.  per  lb.;  technical,  60s. 
per  cwt. 

Industrial  Chemicals 

Acet aldehyde.  —  The  100  per  cent,  is 
£155  per  ton. 

Acetates.  —  Prices  (per  cwt.)  for  drum 
lots  are  as  follows: — Amyl  (technical), 
255s.,  and  B.S.S.,  257s.  Butyl,  179s.; 
Ethyl,  151s.;  Isopropyl,  147s. 

Acetic  anhydride.  —  10-ton  lots  are 
quoted  at  £126  per  ton,  delivered  U.K. 
in  returnable  drums;  1-ton  lots,  £128. 

Acetone.  —  One-ton  lots  are  quoted  at 
£90  per  ton. 

Benzole.  —  Thiophene-free  is  from 
9s.  3id.  per  gall,  for  one  50-gall.  barrel 
and  pure,  6s.  3£d.  per  gall,  for  similar 
lots. 

TV-Butyl  alcohol.  —  1-ton  to  5-ton  lots 
are  quoted  at  £159  per  ton  and  one-drum 
lots  are  £163  per  ton.  Secondary  is  £130: 

Carbon  tetrachloride,  b.p. — 1-2-carboy 
lots  are  £135  per  ton.  Technical,  in  40- 
gall.  drums,  in  less  than  1-ton  lots  is 
£84;  1  ton  and  under  2  tons,  £81;  2  tons 
and  under  4  tons,  £80  10s.;  4  tons  and 
upwards,  £79  10s. 

Isopropyl  alcohol.  —  Technical  grade 
(99  per  cent.)  5s.  Old.  per  gall,  for  10,000- 
gall.  lots;  anhydrous  in  drum  lots  is  £108 
per  ton. 

Methyl  ethyl  ketone. — One-ton  lots  in 
drums  are  quoted  at  £145  per  ton. 

Methyl  isobutyl  ketone.  —  One-ton 
lots  (in  one  delivery)  are  now  £165  per 
ton. 

Naphthalene.  —  Home  market  prices 
(per  ton  for  4-ton  lots  at  one  time)  are 
as  follows  : — crude,  crystallising  point 
64-71-9°  C,  £22  5s.  to  £23;  whizzed,  c.p. 
72-77-5°  C,  £27  5s.  to  £35  15s.  accord- 
ing to  the  crystallising  point,  ex  works; 
phthalic  grade,  minimum  c.q.  77-5°  C, 
£42  10s.  ex  maker's  works;  crystals  from 
£62  10s.  to  £65,  delivered;  ball  and  flake, 
£71  to  £73  10s.  delivered. 

Phthalates. — Prices  (per  ton)  for  drum 
lots  are  as  follows: — Dibutyl,  £216;  Di- 
isobutyl,  £202;  Diethyl,  £193  10s.;  Di- 
methyl, £185. 

Stearates.  —  Spot  prices  for  minimum 
1-ton  lots  are  now  as  follows  : — Alu- 
minium (all  grades),  258s.  6d.  per  cwt., 
Calcium  (precipitated),  248s.  6d.;  Lead 
(30  per  cent.),  228s.  6d.;  Magnesium 
(standard),  261s.  and  (superfine),  307s.; 
Zinc,  261s.  to  291s.  as  to  grade. 

Titanium  dioxide. — In  5-ton  spot  lots 
anatase  is  from  £162  5s.  per  ton;  rutile  is 
£178  5s.  for  surface-coated  and  £170  for 
non-surface-coated. 


3  5  2 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28,  1959 


Crude  Drugs 

Aconite.  —  Spot  supplies  of  Spanish 
napellus  are  2s.  6d.  per  lb. 

Agar. — Kobe  No.  1  is  lis.  9d.  per  lb., 
duty  paid;  new-crop  for  shipment,  10s.  6d., 
c.i.f. 

Aloes.  —  Cape  prime  on  the  spot  is 
215s.  per  cwt.  and  for  shipment,  192s.  6d., 
c.i.f.   Cura?ao,  495s.,  spot. 

Balsams.  — ■  Quotations  per  lb.  are:  — 
Canada:  Spot,  23s.  Copaiba:  Para  from 
7s.  6d.,  duty  paid.  Peru  :  Scarce  at  origin. 
Spot,  10s.  3d.  in  bond.  Tolu  (genuine  as 
imported):  17s.  6d.,  spot  and  16s.,  c.i.f.; 

B.  P.,  15s. 

Belladonna.  —  Herb  is  8s.  3d.  per  lb. 
on  the  spot.  Root  is  Is.  6d.  spot;  ship- 
ment. Is.  3d.,  c.i.f. 

Calamus. — Root  is  quoted  at  Is.  4d.  per 
lb.,  c.i.f. 

Camphor. — B.P.  powder  is  from  4s.  3d. 
per  lb.,  duty  paid.  Tablets,  i-oz.,  are 
5s  6d.  in  bond. 

Capsicums.  —  East  African  are  from 
140s.  to  175s.  per  cwt.  on  the  spot. 

Cardamoms.  —  Aleppy  greens,  spot, 
14s.  6d.  per  lb.;  forward  shipment, 
13s.  9d.,  c.i.f.  Seeds,  spot,  24s.,  shipment, 
19s.  6d.,  c.i.f. 

Cherry  bark. — Thin  natural  is  Is.  5d. 
per  lb.,  and  rossed  is  Is.  lid. 

Cinnamon. — Ceylon  for  shipment  (c.i.f.) 
per  lb.;  OOOO,  6s.  7id.;  OOO,  6s.  5id.; 
OO,  6s.  4d.;  seconds,  4s.  9id.;  feather- 
ings, 2s.  Id.;  quillings,  3s.  lid.;  chips, 
is.  Id. 

Cloves.  —  Zanzibar  on  the  spot  are 
3s.  per  lb.;  shipment,  2s.  8d.,  c.i.f. 

Colocynth  pulp. — Spot,  2s.  9d.  per  lb.; 
shipment,  215s.  cwt.,  c.i.f. 

Digitalis  leaf. — Purpurea  from  Is.  2^d. 
to  2s.  7d.  per  lb.,  c.i.f. 

Elemi. — Spot  from  Is.  lO^d.  per  lb. 

Frangula. — Spot  is  105s.  per  cwt. 

Gentian.  —  Spot  :  French,  170s.  per 
cwt.;  Jugo-Slavian,  152s.  6d. 

Henna. — Indian  for  shipment  72s.  6d., 
c.i.f. 

Ginger.  —  African,  125s.  per  cwt.  spot 
and  125s.  (new  crop),  c.i.f.  Jamaican 
No.   3,  spot,  260s.  and  shipment  250s., 

C.  i.f.    Cochin  spot  quoted  130s. 

Gum  acacia.  —  Kordofan  cleaned  sorts 
are  140s.  per  cwt.  on  the  spot;  April- 
May  shipment,  132s.  6d.,  c.i.f. 

Hydrastis. — Spot  28s.  per  lb. 

Ipecacuanha.  — ■  Shipment  March-April 
(c.i.f.)  Matto  Grosso,  51s.  6d.  per  lb.; 
Colombian,  53s.  6d. ;  Nicaraguan,  67s.  6d. 

Kola  nuts.  —  Jamaican  spot  market 
cleared,  shipment,  7d.  per  lb.,  c.i.f.  Afri- 
can 5d.  to  5jd.  spot  and  4d.,  c.i.f. 

Lanolin.  —  Anhydrous,  b.p.,  is  from 
170s.  to  175s.  per  cwt.  in  1-ton  lots  and 
hydrous,  b.p.,  150s.,  free  drums,  delivered. 

Liquorice. — Natural  root  :  Persian  on 
the  spot  is  50s.;  for  shipment,  42s.  6d., 
c.i.f.,  per  cwt.  Block  juice  :  Anatolian 
and  Chinese,  190s.  per  cwt.;  Italian  stick 
from  310s.  .to  476s.  per  cwt.  Spray  dried 
extract,  3s.  per  lb. 

Lycopodium.  —  Russian  triple-sifted  for 
shipment,  25s.  per  lb.,  c.i.f.,  nominal;  spot, 
30s. 

Mace. — Whole  pale  blade  23s.  6d.  per 
lb.  on  spot. 

Menthol.  —  Chinese  is  59s.  to  60s.  per 
lb.,  duty  paid;  Brazilian,  spot,  36s.,  in 
bond;  April-May  shipment,  36s.,  c.i.f. 

Nutmegs.  —  West  Indian  80's  17s.  per 
lb.,  spot  ;  sound  unassorted,  12s.  6d.; 
defectives,  8s.  9d. 

Orange  peel.  —  Scarce.  Spot  :  Sweet 
ribbon,  2s.  per  lb. ;  bitter  quarters  :  West 
Indian,  Is.;  Spanish,  Is.  8d. 

Orris  root.  —  Florentine  is  335s.  per 
cwt. 


Papain. — East  African.  20s.  per  lb.,  c.i.f., 
for  grade  one,  spot,  22s.  Belgian  Congo, 
17s.  6d.,  c.i.f. 

Pepper.  —  White  Sarawak  spot,  3s.  l|d. 
per  lb.,  March-April  shipment,  3s.  0|d., 
c.i.f.;  Black  Sarawak  spot,  Is.  10^d., 
March-April  shipment,  Is.  9d.,  c.i.f. 
Black  Malabar  new-crop  for  March-April 
shipment  up  to  220s.,  c.i.f.,  quoted,  spot, 
230s. 

Podophyllum. — Emodi:  230s.  per  cwt., 
c.i.f.,  shipment.  Peltatum,  on  the  spot. 
4s.  3d.  per  lb.;  shipment,  450s.  per  cwt., 
c.i.f. 

Pyrethrum.  —  Extract,  minimum  25  per 
cent,  w/w  pyrethrins,  is  75s.  per  lb.  for 
small  lots. 

Quassia. — Spot  offers  are  50s.  per  cwt., 
ex  wharf. 

Quillaia. — Spot  offers  of  whole  bark  at 
129s.  per  cwt.;  cut.  160s.  Whole  for  ship- 
ment, 95s.,  c.i.f. 

Rauwolfia. — Canescens,  3s.  6d.  per  lb., 
c.i.f.;  Vomitoria,  2s.  3d.,  c.i.f.;  Serpen- 
tina, 6s.,  c.i.f.  asked. 

Rhubarb.  —  Chinese  small  rounds 
6s.  4id.  to  6s.  9d.  Best  grades  not  avail- 
able on  the  spot. 

Saffron.  —  Spanish  is  quoted  at  200s. 
per  lb. 

Sarsaparilla. — Jamaican  native  red  on 
the  spot  is  2s.  9d.  per  lb.  Shipment, 
2s.  4d.,  c.i.f. 

Seeds.  —  (Per  cwt.).  Anise.  —  Spanish, 
157s.  6d.;  Turkish  137s.  6d.,  both  duty 
paid.  Caraway. — Dutch,  115s.,  duty  paid. 
Celery. — Indian  on  spot  165s.,  value  new 
crop  for  June-July  shipment,  130s.,  c.i.f. 
Coriander.  —  Moroccan  unchanged  at 
52s.  6d.,  duty  paid;  43s.  6d.,  c.i.f.,  quoted 
for  prompt  shipment.  Cumin.  —  Iranian 
advanced  to  275s.,  duty  paid.  Dill. — 
Indian  is  80s.,  spot,  and  62s.  6d.,  c.i.f.,  for 
April  shipment.  Fennel. — Chinese,  140s., 
duty  paid;  Indian  quoted  at  135s.  Fenu- 
greek. —  Moroccan  quiet  at  44s..  duty 
paid.  Mustard. — English,  110s.  to  125s. 
according  to  quality. 

Senega.  —  Spot  offered  at  14s.  9d.  per 
lb. ;  shipment  nominal. 

Senna.  —  Tinnevelly  leaves,  prime 
No.  1,  Is.  5d.  per  lb.,  f.a.q.;  No.  3.  lOd. 
Pods:  Manufacturing  (f.a.q.),  Is.  3^d.  and 
hand-picked.  Is.  9d.  to  2s.  2d.  Alexandria 
pods:  Manufacturing,  offered  from  Is.  6d. 
with  hand-picked  from  4s.  to  6s.  6d. 

Shellac— F.O.T.N.  177s.  6d.  per  cwt., 
F.O.  No.  1,  207s.  6d.;  fine  orange.  215s. 
to  265s. 

Slippery  elm.  —  Grinding  quality  bark 
is  2s.  7d.  per  lb. 

Squill.  —  White  is  quoted  at  85s.  per 
cwt.  on  the  spot. 

SrRAMONiuM.  —  Indian  leaves  60s.  per 
cwt.,  spot.  Dutch  0-5  per  cent,  alkaloid. 
94s.,  c.i.f. 

Styrax.  —  Spot,  27s.  per  lb. 

Tonquin  beans. — Para  on  the  spol  are 
offered  at  8s.  8d.  per  lb.    Angostura,  lis. 

Tragacanth. — No.  1  ribbon  is  £115  to 
£120  per  cwt.    No.  2,  £105  to  £1 10. 

Turmeric. — Madras  finger  is  77s.  6d.  on 
the  spot;  new  crop  for  April-May  ship- 
ment, 72s.  6d.,  c.i.f. 

Valerian  root.  —  Spot  :  Indian  (with 
rootlets)  is  130s.  and  Belgian.  175s.  to 
195s.  per  cwt.  Dutch  (max.  2|  per  cent, 
sand)  lor  prompt  shipment,  159s.,  c.i.f. 

Vanillin. — Rates  (per  lb.)  are  now:  — 
5-cwt.  lots,  25s.  3d.;  1  cwt.,  25s.  6d.; 
56-lb.,  25s.  9d.;  smaller  quantities,  26s. 

Waxes.  —  (Per  cwt.).  Bees'. — Dar-es- 
Salaam.  spot,  480s.;  shipment.  465s.,  c.i.f. 
Abyssinian,  spot  450s.  in  bond;  shipment. 
420s.,  c.i.f.  Benguela  spot,  nominal  : 
shipment.  405s.,  c.i.f.  Candelili.a.— Spot 
460s.  Carnauba. — Fatty  grey  spot.  580s. ; 
for  shipment,  577s.  6d.,  c.i.f.  Prime  yellow, 
spot.  910s.;  shipment.  885s.,  c.i.f. 


Essential  and  Expressed  Oils 

Almond.  —  British  oil  is  9s.  per  lb. 
Moroccan,  6s.  9d.,  in  bond. 

Bergamot.  —  Spot  supplies  are  from 
86s.  6d.  per  lb. 

Cade. — Spanish  is  2s.  6d.  per  lb.  for 
drum  lots. 

Cajuput. — Spot  supplies  are  from  10s. 
per  lb. 

Calamus. — Spot  quotations  are  62s.  6d. 
per  lb. 

Camphor,  white.  —  Chinese  is  Is.  9d. 
per  lb.  in  bond. 

Cananga.  —  Spot  is  from  42s.  6d.  to 
45s.  per  lb. 

Caraway. — English-distilled  is  offered  at 
55s.  and  imported  27s.  6d.  per  lb. 

Cardamom.  — ■  Price  per  lb.  is  from 
350s.  for  English-distilled  and  267s.  6d. 
for  imported. 

Cassia. — Spot  is  13s.  per  lb.;  shipment, 
13s.  3d.,  c.i.f. 

Cubeb. — Small  spot  supplies  of  impor- 
ted are  65s.  per  lb.;  English,  90s. 

Eucalyptus.  —  Australian  70  to  75  per 
cent,  eucalyptol  on  the  spot  is  4s.  9d.  per 
lb.  80-85  per  cent.,  5s.  6d.  Spanish 
(70-75),  4s.  spot.  Chinese  3s.  6d.  to 
3s.  9d. 

Fennel. — Spanish  sweet  on  the  spot  is 
quoted  at  9s.  6d.  per  lb. 

Geranium.  —  Bourbon  is  115s.  per 
lb.  on  the  spot  and  117s.  6d.,  c.i.f.  Al- 
gerian, 92s.  6d. 

Ginger. — English-distilled  oil  is  160s.  per 
lb.  Imported  :  Jamaican,  1 30s. ;  Chinese. 
72s.  6d.,  duty  paid. 

Juniper.  —  B.P.C.  1949  oil  is  from 
12s.  6d.  per  lb.  on  the  spot.  English- 
distilled,  180s.    Juniper  wood,  from  5s. 

Lemon. — B.P.  grades  from  16s.  to  26s. 
per  lb.  on  the  spot.  Californian  for  ship- 
ment, 25s.  to  28s.  6d.,  c.i.f.  Terpeneless. 
500s.  per  lb. 

Lemongrass.  —  Spot  6s.  per  lb.,  and 
shipment,  5s.  lO^d.,  c.i.f. 

Patchouli.  —  Penang  is  22s.  6d.,  duty 
paid  and  19s.,  c.i.f.,  per  lb. 

Peppermint.  —  Arvensis  :  Chinese  is 
27s.  per  lb.  spot  nominal;  shipment  not 
offering.  Brazilian,  8s.  9d.  spot,  and  8s.  7^d. 
c.i.f.  Formosan,  16s.  6d.,  spot  ;  March- 
April  shipment,  16s.,  c.i.f.  Piperita:  Italian 
"  Mitcham-type  "  from  42s.  6d.  to  50s.; 
American  27s.  6d.  to  30s.,  as  to  origin. 

Pine. — Pumilioms  on  the  spot  is  16s. 
per  lb.;  sylvestris,  25s.;  Siberian  (abietis), 
12s.  6d. 

Sandalwood.  -  -  Mysore  offered  from 
80s.  to  82s.  6d.  per  lb.  as  to  source.  East 
Indian,  82s.  6d.,  spot. 

Sassafras.  —  Brazilian  is  from  3s.  6d. 
per  lb.,  duty  paid. 

UNITED  STATES  REPORT 

New  York,  March  24:  Lack  of  both 
domestic  and  imported  supplies  brought 
an  increase  in  Glycerin  prices  making 
the  soap  lye  1 81  cents  a  lb.,  up  a  half- 
cent,  and  the  saponification  type  nomi- 
nally 20|  cents,  up  one  cent.  Cyanoco- 
balamin  (Vitamin  Bu)  has  been  reduced 
to  $139  per  gm.  for  the  u.s.P.  crystal- 
line, a  cut  of  $24  from  its  former  price. 

Botanical  drugs  were  about  un- 
changed and  in  only  average  demand. 
Senega  root  was  increased  ten  cents 
to  $2  20  per  lb.  Higher  per  lb.  among 
ESSENTIAL  Oils  were  Bourbon  Gera- 
nium at  $19  25  (up  25  cents),  and  Lime 
at  $7  75  (up  75  cents).  Lower  per  lb. 
were  East  Indian  Sandalwood  oil  at 
$13  25  (down  ten  cents);  Abietis,  $2  70 
(25  cents);  Coriander,  $11  (50  cents); 
Italian  Lemon,  $650  (25  cents);  and 
Dalmatian  Sage,  $360  (15  cents). 


March  28,  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


353 


WORLD  TRADE 

Competition  for  Latin  American 
Market.— European  chemical  producers 
are  cutting  deeper  into  the  United 
States  share  of  the  736  million-dollar 
Latin  American  market,  according  to 
the  periodical  Chemical  Week.  In  1956, 
U.S.  firms  gathered  631  per  cent,  of  a 
$50  million  market;  in  1957  the  share 
was  60'7  per  cent,  of  a  745-million- 
dollar  market  which  last  year  slipped 
to  58'7  per  cent. 

Pakistan  and  Foreign  Investors.  — 

The  Pakistan  Minister  of  Industries  on 
February  20  said  that  the  Government 
had  no  intention  of  nationalising  indus- 
tries involving  foreign  investment. 
Should  circumstances  or  an  emergency 
necessitate  nationalisation,  he  said  "  just 
and  fair  compensation  will  be  paid  in 
the  currency  of  the  country  from  where 
the  foreign  investment  originated."  In- 
dustries where  the  Government  sought 
to  attract  foreign  investment  included 
heavy  chemicals  and  pharmaceuticals. 

Pharmaceutical  Manufacture  in 
Colombia.  —  Several  subsidiaries  and 
affiliates  of  leading  United  States 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  organisa- 
tions have  received  credits  from  the 
Washington  Export-Import  Bank  for 
expansion  projects.  Abbott  Laborator- 
ies de  Colombia,  S.R.L.,  Bogota,  were 
given  a  credit  of  7-7  million  pesos  (17  2 
pesos  equal  £1)  to  finance  the  construc- 
tion of  a  pharmaceutical  plant  near 
Bogota;  Carboquimica  S.A.,  Bogota,  an 
affiliate  of  W.  R.  Grace  &  Co.,  New 
York,  obtained  600,000  pesos  for  new 
facilities  for  the  manufacture  of  chemi- 
cal products,  while  2-4  million  pesos 
were  lent  to  Parke  Davis  Inter-Ameri- 
can Corp.,  Ltd.,  for  the  construction  of 
a  pharmaceutical  plant.  Pfizer  Cor- 
poration, Bogota,  is  to  construct  a 
pharmaceutical  packaging  plant  in 
Bogota  with  the  aid  of  a  credit  totalling 
1*7  million  pesos. 

MISCELLANEOUS 
INQUIRIES 

Silcock's  Base 

Can    you   give    me   the   formula  for 
Silcock's  base? 
The  formula  for  Silcock's  base  is:  — 

Paraffin   liq   15  per  cent. 

Promulsin  wax    10  per  cent. 

Aqua  dest.  ad    100  per  cent. 

Cannibalism  in  Poultry 

Can  you  tell  me  anything  about  the  use 
of  methionine  in  the  treatment  of  canni- 
balism in  poultry  ? 
The  use  of  amino-acid  methionine  for 
cannibalism  in  poultry  is  given  in  the 
following  extract  on  the  use  of  methionine 
in  poultry  feeds  (W.  M.  Neal,  Poultry 
Science,  1956.  35.  10-13) :—"  Cannibalism 
and  feather-picking  are  vices  causing  great 
anxiety  to  the  commercial  poultry  keeper 
— particularly  under  deep-litter  manage- 
ment. Numerous  reasons  have  been  put 
forward  to  explain  these  conditions — e.g., 
boredom,  too  much  heat,  crowding  and 
various  food  deficiencies.  W.  M.  Neal 
considers  the  cause  to  be  a  deficiency  of 
methionine.  He  submits  data  showing  that 
a  level  of  0-3  per  cent,  methionine  sup- 
pressed the  condition  in  his  flock  after 
an  interval   sufficient  to   permit  the  ab- 


sorption of  methionine  from  the  digestive 
tract.  Feather-picking  and  cannibalism 
virtually  disappeared  from  the  flock  for 
the  approximate  time  that  the  supplemen- 
tation maintained  an  increased  physiologi- 
cal level  of  this  nutrient.  In  support  of 
this  theory,  Neal  draws  attention  to  the 
suppression  of  cannibalism  that  has  often 
been  noted  following  oat  feeding.  This 
action,  he  pointed  out,  effectively  reduces 
the  energy  content  of  most  diets  and  so 
narrows  the  methionine  :  energy  ration, 
i.e.,  effectively  increases  the  methionine 
level.  Attention  is  drawn  to  the  fact  that 
0-3  per  cent,  methionine  in  the  diet  is 
little  in  excess  of  the  0-28  per  cent. 
N.R.C.  recommendation."  From  this,  you 
will  see  that  the  drug  should  be  used  in 
the  feed  at  a  strength  of  0-3  per  cent., 
preferably  at  the  time  when  the  trouble  is 
rife,  and  for  a  short  period  afterwards. 
Medicinal  quality  methionine  can  be  ob- 
tained from  most  drug  houses.  It  is  pos- 
sible that  a  commercial  grade  may  be 
available  at  a  lower  price. 

•  Sterilising  Dairy  Equipment 

Can  you  name  any  chemicals  that  may 
be  used  to  keep  well  water  in  proper 
condition  for  cleaning  milk  utensils  ? 
The  well  is  fed  partially  from  a  spring. 
Sterilisation  of  dairy  farm  utensils  may 
be  carried  out  either  with  steam  or  with 
approved  solutions  of  sodium  hypochlorite. 
Treatment  with  sodium  hypochlorite  is 
commonly  practised  in  this  country:  it  is 
permitted  by  the  Milk  and  Dairies  Regu- 
lations. Only  officially  approved  brands  of 
hypochlorite  may  be  used,  and  details  of 
them  are  given  in  Advisory  Leaflet  No.  422, 
"  Sterilising  Farm  Dairy  Utensils  by  Ap- 
proved Hypochlorite,"  issued  by  the  Min- 
istry of  Agriculture,  Fisheries  and  Food. 
It  would  be  desirable  to  send  a  sample  of 
the  well  water  to  the  local  public-health 
laboratory  for  bacteriological  examination, 
so  as  to  be  certain  that  the  water  is  safe 
to  use. 

TRADE  MARKS 

APPLICATIONS  ADVERTISED 
BEFORE  REGISTRATION 
From  the  "  Trade  Marks  Journal,"  March  18* 

For  acetytated  cetyl  alcohol  (1) 

CETILON,    774,578,   by   Field   &   Co.  (Aro- 

matics),  Ltd.,  Ruislip,  Middlesex. 
For  chemical  products  for  use  in  photographic 
development  processes  (1) 

PHENISOL,  783,512,  by  llford,  Ltd.,  Ilford, 

Essex. 
For  all  goods  (1  &  3) 

IRGASAN,  783,560-61,  TINUVIN,  783,562-63, 

by  J.  R.  Geigy,  S.A.,  Basle,  Switzerland. 
For  soaps,  non-medicated  toilet  preparations  and 
perfumes  <3) 

Device    of   word    GERARD,    779.371-72,  by 

Gerard  Brothers,  Ltd.,  Nottingham. 
For  non-medicated  toilet  preparations,  cosmetic 
preparations,  soaps,  shampoos,  hair  lotions,  per- 
fumes, dentifrices,  lipsticks,  brilliantine ,  eau-de- 
Cologne,  essential  oils  and  toilet  articles  (.not 
included  in  other  classes)  (3) 

BEAUTHYS,  780,039,  by  Beauthys,  Neuilly-on- 

Seine,  France. 
For  all  goods  (3) 

PANTENIL,  783,412,  by  Roche  Products,  Ltd.. 

Welwyn  Garden  City,  Hens. 
For  pharmaceutical  preparations  and  substances 
for  human  use  (5) 

LUDOMIL.   777,522,   by  CIBA,   Ltd.,  Basle, 

Switzerland. 
For  all  goods  (5) 

BENTEN,  B779.679,  by  C.  L.  Bencard,  Ltd., 

London,    N.W.10.    IMPATAX,    779,438,  IM- 

POTRLX,    779,440,    by    Benger  Laboratories, 

Ltd.,  Holmes  Chapel.  Ches.  AUTRIN,  782,825, 

by  American  Cyanamid  Co.,  New  York,  U.S.A. 


NESM1L,  782,984,  DIETON,  783,370,  by 
the  Nestle'  Co..  Ltd.,  Hayes,  Middlesex.  DE- 
QUALONE,  784,314.  by  Allen  &  Hanburys. 
Ltd.,  London,  E.2. 

Fo.'  pharmaceutical  preparations  and  substances 

(5) 

LOMUDASE,      777,693,  LOMUPRENDASE, 

777,699,     IMPODASE,    779,439,     by  Benger 

Laboratories,   Ltd.,  Holmes  Chapel,  Ches. 
For  pharmaceutical  preparations  and  substances 
for  human  and   veterinary  use,   being  goods  in 
tablet  form  (5) 

HELMATAB,  778,629.  by  Gale,  Baiss  &  Co.. 

Ltd..  London,  S.E.15. 
For   pharmaceutical  preparations  and  substances 
for  human  and  veterinary  use,  none  being  for  ex- 
port to  Turkey  (5) 

ORABOLIN,  779,929,  by  Organon  Laboratories. 

Ltd.,  London,  W.C.2. 
For  dental  preparations  (5) 

ROCKSTONE,  B780.604,  by  Virilium  Co.,  Ltd., 

London,  S.W.I. 
F of   pharmaceutical  preparations  and  substances 
consisting  of  or  containing  penicillin  (5) 

CLEMAC1LLIN,    781,574,    by    Distillers  Co. 

(Biochemicals),  Ltd.,  Sreke,  Liverpool. 
For  pharmaceutical  preparations  (5) 

BONASPIN,  781,783,  by  Farbenfabriken  Bayer, 

A.G.,  Lev^kusen,  Germany. 
For   pharmaceutical  preparations  and  substances 
cons'sting  of  or  containing  amides  (5) 

DISAMIDE,    783,573,    by   The    British  Drug 

Houses,  Ltd.,  London,  N.l. 
For  medicinal  preparations  (5) 

MED1HALER-CORT,      783,930,      by  Riker 

Laboratories,  Inc.,  Los  Angeles,  U.S.A. 
For  electric   apparatus  and   instruments ;  photo- 
graphic  and   cinematographic   apparatus,  photo- 
graphic instruments ,  etc.  (9) 

Device,  779,767,  by  Rank  Organisation,  Ltd., 

London,  W.l. 
For  sponges  (21) 

KINGFISHER.   783,890,   by  Declon  Sponges. 

Ltd.,  London,  N. 6. 

COMING  EVENTS 

Items  for  inclusion  under  this  heading  should  be 
sent  in  time  to  reach  the  Editor  not  later  than 
first  post  on  Wednesday  of  the  week  of  insertion. 

Wednesday,  April  1 

Food  Group,  Society  of  Chemical  Industry. 
14  Belgrave  Square,  London,  S.W.I,  at  6.15 
p.m.  Professor  H.  Nicol  (West  of  Scotland 
Agricultural  College)  on  "  Facts  About  Food 
Supplies." 

London  Section,  Society  for  Analytical 
Chemistry,  Chemical  Society,  Burlington 
House,  London,  W.l,  at  7  p.m.  Original 
papers. 

Thursday,  April  2 

Burnley  Branch,  Pharmaceutical  Society-,  Cross 
Keys  hotel,  St.  James  Street,  at  7.45  p.m. 
Meeting. 

Durham  County  Branch,  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety, Waterloo  hotel.  Old  Elver,  Durham 
City,  at  7.45  p.m.  Meeting. 

Guildford  Branch,  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
Prince  of  Wales  hotel,  Guildford,  at  7.30  p.m. 
Meeting. 

Harrogate  Branch,  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
Blue  Bird  cafe,  Parliament  Street,  at  7.30  p.m. 
Mr.  A.  Aldington  (a  past-chairman.  National 
Pharmaceutical  Union)  on  "  Pharmacy — Our 
Business." 

Friday,  April  3 

Birkenhead  and  Wirral  Pharmacists'  Asso- 
ciation and  Brxnch,  Central  hotel,  at  8  p.m. 
Talk  by  Dr.  F.  E,  Camps. 

Merseyside  Branch.  National  Association  of 
Women  Pharmacists,  17  Bluecoat  Chambers, 
Liverpool,  1.  at  7.45  p.m.  Dr.  J.  Thomas 
(lecturer  in  pharmaceutical  chemistry,  Man- 
chester University)  on  "  The  Development  of 
Chemothcrapeutic  Research." 

Advance  Information 

International  Symposium  on  Fluorine  Chem- 
istry, Birmingham  University,  July  14-17.  Ap- 
plications by  June  13  to:  General  Secretary, 
Chemical  Society.  Burlington  House,  London, 
W.l. 


354 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 


March  28. 


1959 


TELEVISION 

Programme  details  are  given  to  enable  chemists 
to  put  in  linking -up  displays  if  tbey  wish. 
Figures  in  the  columns  represent  number  of 
appearances  of   the   product   during  the  week. 


April  5-11 


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Z 


Alka-Seltzer 
Amami  wave  set  . . 
Andrews   liver  salt 
Askit 

Bcecham's  pills 
Bronco  toilet  rolls. . 
California  syrup  of  figs.. 
Camay  soap 
Cephos 

Christy's  lanoline  face  pack 
Oiticura  preparations 
Damaskin 

Delsey   toilet  roll.. 
Euthymol  tooth-paste 
Formula  21 

Gillette  razors  and  blades 
Ibcol  ..       ..  '.. 

Imperial  Leather  soap 
Lanospray 

Loxcnc  hair  cream.. 
Lucozade 

Maclean's  tooth-paste 
Marigold  house  gloves 
Max  Factor  preparations.. 
Milk   of  Magnesia  tablets 
Milk  of  Magnesia 
Milpar 

Phillips  tooth-paste 
Phyllosan 

PU  

Pond's  beauty  products.. 
Ribena 

Rinstead  pastilles  .. 
Robinade 

Sebbix   

Sellers         . . 
Shavex 

Silvikrin  hair  cream 
Stergene 

Sun-Orange  Quosh 
Suregrip  house  gloves 
Tru-gel 
Valderma 
Valrosa 
Vaseline  med 
Vitapointe 
Vosene 
Yeast-Vite 
Zoflora 
Zubcs 


2  1 
—  .3 
1  1 


1 


1 


I 


4  2 

—  4 

—  2 
2  2 

2  1 

3  — 
1  1 

1  1 

—  2 
1  1 


2  — 

4  3 

2  1 

4  3 

5  — 

—  2 

—  2 
I  — 

1  2 

3  3 

2  2 


11113 

—  12  

2    3    3    3  3 

2  2  2  2  5 
112    2  2 


—  1  —    1  — 

11111 

2^-  2  2  - 
2    3  3 

2  11  

 2—2 

—  1  1  

3  4  4  3  3 
11111 

4  3    4    5  5 

—  5    5    7  2 


—    3  3 

3  3  3  3  3 
2  2    2    2  1 

4  2  

3  3 


EDINBURGH  IN  LONDON:  A  recently  in- 
stalled display  in  the  window  of  John  Bell  & 
Croyden,  Wlgmore  Street.  I  .melon.  W.l,  for 
DF  118,  the  dihydrocodeinc  hitartrutc  speciality 
of  Duncan,  Flockhart  &  Co.,  I  tel..  Edinburgh, 
compels  attention  by  its  enlarged  photograph 
of  the  Waverley  Memorial  in  Princes  Street, 
with  Edinburgh  castle  in  the  background. 


PRINT  AND  PUBLICITY 

MEDICAL  PROPAGANDA 

Manufacturers'    leaflets,    folders,   booklets,  etc., 

directed  to  doctors,  but  available  to  pharmacists. 

British  Schering,  Ltd.,  229  Kensington  High 
Street,  London,  W.8:  "  Androgeston,"  "  Neo- 
Mercazole,"  "  Tyromist,"  (4-p.  folders); 
"  Neutradonna,"  "  Oblivon  C  "  (information 
cards);  "  Orasecron  "  (blotter). 

CIBA  Laboratories,  Ltd.,  Horsham,  Sussex: 
Pharmaceutical  products  therapeutic  index 
(110-p.  booklet),  "  Esidrex  "  (24-p.  booklet 
and  information  card).  "  Tessalon  "  (12-p. 
booklet).  "  Vioform  -  hydrocortisone  "  (8-p. 
booklet). 

Geigy  Pharmaceutical  Co.,  Ltd.,  Wythenshawe. 
Manchester,  23:  Documenta  Rheumatologica 
No.  7  (Radiology  of  the  Wrist),  Pp.  83;  No.  12 
(Heredity  in  Joint  Diseases).  Pp.  74.  "  Irga- 
pyrin  "  (4-p.  folder),  "  Delta-Butazolidin  " 
(12-p.  booklet),  "  Siogen  "  (4-p.  folder), 
"  Tofranil  "  (10-p.  and  14-p.  booklets  and 
dosage  card),  "  Tebafen  "  (4-p.  folder). 

Merck  Sharp  &  Dohme,  Ltd.,  Hoddesdon, 
Herts:   "  HydroSaluric  "  (4-p.  folder). 

Pharmaceutical  Specialities  (May  &  Baker). 
Ltd.,  Dagenham,  Essex:  "  Avomine  "  (blotter), 
"  Largactil  "  (4-p.  folder),  "  Otamidyl," 
"  Rovamycin,"  "  Penitriad  and  Sulphatriad  " 
(leaflets),  "  Stemeti!  "  (information  card). 

Roche  Products,  Ltd.,  15  Manchester  Square. 
London,  W.l:  "  Gantrisin  eye  drops"  (blot- 
ter). 

Roussel  Laboratories,  Ltd.,  847  Harrow  Road, 

London,  N.W.10:  "  PreCortisyl  skin  lotion  and 

skin  cream  "  (information  card). 
The  British  Drug  Houses, 

Street,    London,  N.l: 

booklet  and  folder). 
Ward,    Blenkinsop   &  Co., 

Square,   London,  W.C.I: 

ies  "  (information  card). 

DISPLAY  MATERIAL. 

Glaxo  Laboratories.  Ltd.,  Greenford,  Middle- 
sex: Ostermilk  and  Farex  showcards  depicting 
average  growth  and  development  of  babies  and 
children  from  one  to  three  years. 

Ieyes-Ibco  Sales,  Ltd.,  River  Road,  Barking. 
Essex:  Counter  display  carton  for  Sanilav  per- 


toy  S  H  U  I.  T  O  FX 


Ltd.,  16  Graham 
Secrosteron  "  (9-p. 

Ltd.,  37  Queen 
Penotrane  pessar- 


DISPLAY  CARDS  :  Shulton  (Great  Britain), 
Ltd.,  160  Piccadilly,  London,  W.l,  have  pro- 
duced several  new  and  arresting  display  cards 
for  Old  Spice.  The  card  illustrated  is  "  pernio  - 
finished,"  and  shows  against  a  blue  background 
a  selection  of  Old  Spice  preparations  for  men. 
Another,  not  shown,  is  a  red  and  white  cat-out 
card  for  Old  Spice  after- shave  lotion. 

fumed  lavatory  cleaner  to  hold  six  tins.  Jeyes' 
garden  scene  card  for  Jeyes'  fluid  and  Jeypeat 
compound.  Size,  12J  x  8  in. 
Vitamins,  Ltd.,  Upper  Mall,  London,  W.6: 
Poster  for  display  in  clinics,  health  centres  and 
schools  gives  details  of  basic  food  requirements 
of  children  1-6  years  old. 

PRESS  ADVERTISING 

Glaxo  Laboratories,  Ltd.,  Greenford,  Middle- 
sex: Ostermilk  and  Farex.  In  Daily  Express. 

Keldon,  Ltd.,  Wadsworth  Road,  Perivale. 
Middlesex:  Optrex  eye  lotion.  In  Envoy  and 
Sphere. 

Pepsodent,  Ltd.,  449  London  Road,  Isleworth, 
Middlesex:  Twink  home  permanent.  In  Daily 
Mirror,  Woman,  Woman's  Own,  Woman's 
Realm,  Woman's  Day,  Woman's  Mirror,  True 
Story,  True  Romances,  Photoplay,  Woman's 
Story  and  Sincerely. 

Potter  &  Clarke,  Ltd.,  River  Road,  Barking. 
Essex:  Antasma  tablets.  In  True  Story,  True 
Romances,  Woman's  Illustrated,  Woman's 
Realm,  Woman's  Day,  Woman's  Mirror. 


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I.R.P 

adrenaline,    1    in  2,000 

1  mil  6 

2 

10 

4 

3 

A 

atropine     sulphate,  gr. 

1/100  1   mil  6 

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Cobastab  50,   1  mil  6 

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Cobastab  200,   1  mil  6 

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diamorphine  hydrochloride 

gr.   i        1   mil  6 

3 

6 

5 

3 

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Mersalyl       2  mils  6 

3 

71 

5 

5 

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methadone  hydrochloride 

10  nigm.      1  mil  6 

2 

7  + 

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6 

A 

mcthylamphctaminc  hydrochloride 

30  mgm.   1-5  mils  6 

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nikethamide     2  mils  6 

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10 

4 

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papavcretum,  gr.  \  with 

scopolamine    gr.  1/150 

1  mil  6 

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pethidine  hydrochloride 

50  mgm.      1  mil  6 

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Californian  Poppy  talcum!  2  9 

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Achromycin     V  capsules 

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Mr.  J.  R.  Elliott,  Ph.C.  M.P.S.,  4  Manor 
Way.  Petts  Wood.  Orpington,  Kent,  left  £9,903 
(£8,906  net). 

Mr.  J.  Hopkins,  M.P.S.,  13  St.  David's 
Avenue.  Carmarthen,  left  £4,000  (£3,629  net). 

Mr  R.  C.  Russell,  M.P.S.,  6  Prospect,  Cor- 
sham,  Wilts,  left  £3.572  (£2,007  net). 

Mr.  H.  I.  C.  Thomas,  M.P.S.,  71  High  Street. 
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March   28  1959 


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March  28,  1959 


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March  28,  1959 


Planned  parenthood  needs  wise  advice 


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THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 

Supplement 


The  Anglican  Bishops 
endorse  Family  Planning 


Family  planning,  in  such  ways  as  are  , 
mutually  acceptable  to  husband  and  wife 
in  Christian  conscience . .  .is  a  right  and 
important  factor  in  Christian  family  life. 


REPORT  OF  THE  NINTH  LAMBETH  CONFERENCE 

(1958) 


Commenting  on  the  report,  the  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury  said: 

"...there  is  clearly  a  divine  obligation  to  plan 
your  family  and  not  have  them  by  accident." 
Asked  if  he  personally  advocated  family 
planning,  the  Archbishop  replied: 

"What  the  conference  says  is  that  it  is  a 
necessity,  and  I  agree." 
With    these    words,    the    310  Anglican 


Bishops  have  given  their  blessing  to  the 
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BUSINESSES  FOR  DISPOSAL 

DRUG  STORE.  Large  corner  site  N.W.  Lon- 
don shopping  parade,  multiple  area.  Excellent 
for  chemist,  next  -door  doctor.  Lease  for  dis- 
posal and  stock  at  valuation.  Box  C  9076. 
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fitable pharmacy  for  sale  owing  to  death.  Offers 
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APPOINTMENTS 

ANCOATS  HOSPITAL, 
MANCHESTER,  4 

Pharmacist 

Applications  are  invited   for  the  above  post. 
Whitley  Council  Scale  and  conditions. 
Applications,  stating  age  and  experience,  with 
names  of  two  referees,  to  the  General  Super- 
intendent, Dept.  CD.  C9052 

BROOKWOOD  HOSPITAL, 
KNAPHILL,  WOKING 

Assistant-in -Dispensing 

Applications  are  invited  for  the  above  post. 
The  successful  candidate  will  be  required  to 
work  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  Phar- 
macist, who  is  responsible  for  the  preparation 
and  issue  of  drugs  and  dressings  for  about 
1,750  patients. 

Salary  Scale  £170  p. a.  at  age  16  years  rising 
to  £375  at  age  22  years  or  over  rising  to  a 
maximum  of  £490  p  a.  (plus  £20  p. a.  for  an 
approved  qualification). 

Professional  and  Technical  Council  B  of  Whit- 
ley Council  conditions  apply  to  the  appoint- 
ment which  is  subject  to  the  provision  of  the 
National  Health  Service  Superannuation  Regu- 
lations. 

The  successful  candidate  will  be  required  in 
pass  a  medical  examination.' 

Accommodation  availab'e  for  female  candidate 
for  which  a  charRC  of  £2  8s.  per  week  will  be 
made. 

Applications  giving  particulars  of  age.  experi- 
ence and  qualifications,  together  with  names 
of  two  referees  to  the  Physician  Superintendent, 
as  soon  as  possible.  C  417 

EASTERN  HOSPITAL, 
LONDON,  E.9 

Locum  Pharmacist 

14-16  guineas  per  week,  according  to  experi- 
ence. Write  Secretary,  Hackney  Hospital,  E.9. 
with  full  details.  C  448 


I 

CENTRAL  GROUP  HOSPITAL 
MANAGEMENT  COMMITTEE, 
BETHNAL  GREEN  HOSPITAL, 
CAMBRIDGE  HEATH  ROAD, 
LONDON,  E.2 

Locum  Pharmacists 

required  for  varying  periods  between  May  18 
and  October  3  for  duties  in  the  modern  phar- 
macies at  three  hospitals  in  the  Group.  Salary 
up  to  16  guineas  per  week.  Applications  to  the 
Chief  Pharmacist.  C  447 

CENTRAL  GROUP  HOSPITAL 
MANAGEMENT  COMMITTEE 

Senior  Pharmacist  and  Pharmacist 

for  Bethnal  Green  Hospital.  Modern  depart- 
ment approved  for  training  students.  Salary 
scale.  Senior  Pharmacist  £675 — £865  p.a.  Phar- 
macist £605 — £815  p.a.,  plus  higher  qualifica- 
tion allowance  and  London  Weighting.  Please 
apply  with  details  of  age,  training  and  experi- 
ence to  the  Group  Secretary,  213  Kingsland 
Road.  London,  E.2.  C  344 

CRUMPSALL  HOSPITAL, 
MANCHESTER,  8 

Locum  Pharmacist 

required,  salary  £18  18s.  per  week. 
Apply,   giving  age,   qualifications,  and  experi- 
ence together  with  the  names  and  addresses  of 
two  referees,  to  the  Hospital  Administrator,  as 
soon  as  possible.  C9081 


HAREFIELD  HOSPITAL, 
HAREFIELD,  MIDDLESEX 

Assistant- in-Dispensing 

required.  London  Weighting  payable  and  addi- 
tional £20  p.a.  if  holding  approved  qualifica- 
tion. Applications,  giving  age,  qualifications  and 
experience,  together  with  two  testimonials  to 
Medical  Director.  C  9023 

KING  EDWARD  VII  HOSPITAL, 
WINDSOR 
(Category  III  Hospital) 

Pharmacist 

required  immediately.  Whitley  salary.  Appli- 
cations giving  details  of  service  and  names  of 
three  referees  to  Secretary.  C  9042 

METROPOLITAN  HOSPITAL, 
KINGSLAND  ROAD, 
LONDON,  E.8 

Locum  Pharmacist 

required  from  Monday.  March  23,  1959,  to 
work  in  a  modern  department.  Apply  to  Hos- 
pital Secretary.  C  445 


III 

HIGHCROFT  HOSPITAL, 
BIRMINGHAM,  23 

Chief  Pharmacist  (Category  ID 

Salary  £755  to  £1.030  per  annum  plus  additional 
allowance  if  in  possession  of  higher  qualifi- 
cations. 

Apply  Secretary,  stating  age,  qualifications  and 
experience  and  names  and  addresses  of  two 
referees.  C  9080 


HORNSEY  CENTRAL  HOSPITAL, 
PARK  ROAD,  N.8 

Chief  Pharmacist  (Category  I) 

required  at  this  general  practit  oner  Hospital. 
Salary  £730  to  £985  p.a.  Candidates  may  visit 
the  Department  by  arrangement  with  the  Hos- 
pital Secretary  (Mou.  6244).  Applications  stat- 
ing age,  qualifications  and  previous  experience 
to  Group  Secretary,  Archway  Group  H.M.C., 
46  Cholmeley  Park,  N.6,  within   10  days. 

C  9045 


LAMBETH  HOSPITAL, 
BROOK  DRIVE,  S.E.11 
(Acute  General  501  Beds) 

Pharmacist 

required.  Salary  in  accordance  with  Whitley 
Council  Scale,  plus  London  Weighting.  Appli- 
cations stating  age,  experience,  qualifications 
and  names  of  two  referees  to  the  Secretary. 

C442 


MAIDENHEAD  GENERAL 
HOSPITAL, 
BERKSHIRE 

Pharmacist 

required  immediately.  Applications  stating  age, 
qualifications  and  expenence  with  copies  of 
testimonials  to  the  Secretary.  C  9070 


NORTH  WIRRAL  HOSPITAL 
MANAGEMENT  COMMITTEE, 
VICTORIA  CENTRAL  HOSPITAL, 
WALLASEY 

Pharmacist 

Applications  are  inv.ted  for  the  appointment  of 
Pharmacist  to  assist  the  Chief  Pharmacist. 
Salary  and  conditions  in  accordance  with  Phar- 
maceutical Whitley  Council  Committee  "  C." 
Applications,  x.  ith  full  details  of  experience, 
etc.,  together  wiih  names  and  addresses  of 
ihrec  referees  to  the  Administrative  Officer. 

C  9085 


ERNEST  J.  GEORGE  &  CO. 

329  HIGH  HOLBORN,  LONDON,  W.C.I.  Telephone  •:  HOLBORN  7406/7 

Professional  Valuers  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Trade.— Wholesale,  Retail  and 
Hospital  Stocks.  Branches  throughout  England  and  Scotland. 


March  28.  1959 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 

Supplement 


49 


A  ppv.  intments — Continued 

NOTTINGHAM  No.  2  HOSPITAL 

MANAGEMENT  COMMITTEE, 
NOTTINGHAM  CITY  HOSPITAL 
(811  beds) 

Deputy  Chief  Pharmacist  (Category  V) 

Required  at  the  above  Hospital.  Applications 
are  invitee!  for  the  above  post,  which  is  now 
vacant. 

The  City  Hospital  is  a  Group  hospital  and 
caters  for  the  pharmaceutical  requirements  of  a 
number  of  subsidiary  hospitals  in  the  area. 
Applicants  should  have  a  wide  experience  in 
hospital  pharmacy,  and  be  capable  of  control- 
ling staff.  A  knowledge  of  surgical  instruments 
is  desirable.  The  successful  applicant  will  work 
under  the  Group  Chief  Pharmacist  and  will  be 
required  to  assume  complete  control  in  his 
absence. 

Further  particulars  regarding  the  post  can  be 
obtained  on  application  to  the  Chief  Pharma- 
cist. Whitley  conditions  of  salary. 
Applications,  stating  age,  qualifications  and 
full  particulars  of  previous  experience,  together 
with  the  names  of  two  referees,  should  be  sent 
to  the  Group  Secretary,  Sherwood  Hosp.tal. 
Nottingham,  as  soon  as  possible.  C  9060 


READING  AND  DISTRICT 
HOSPITAL  MANAGEMENT 
COMMITTEE 

Pharmacist 

required  at  the  Royal  Berkshire  Hospual,  Read- 
ing (Category  V).  Six  pharmacists  with  ful 
supporting  staff.  Frequent  live  day  weeks.  Com 
mencing  salary,  new  entrants,  up  to  £730  p. a. 
based  on  previous  professional  experience  and 
National  Service  after  qualification.  Applica- 
tions to  Group  Pharmacist,  Royal  Berkshire 
Hospital.  C  443 


ST.  PETER'S  HOSPITAL, 
CHERTSEY,  SURREY 

Pharmacist  and  Assistant-in-Dispensing 

required.  Whitley  Council  conditions.  Hospital 
in  pleasant  rural  surroundings  within  easy 
reach  London.  Temporary  accommodation  avail- 
able for  single  woman. 

Salaries:  Pharmacist  £605  to  £815  according  to 
experience. 

Assistant-in-Dispensing  (age  22  or  over)  £395 
to  £510. 

Applications  stating  age  and  experience  giving 
two  referees  to  Administrative  Officer.  C  9086 


APPOINTMENTS  OVERSEAS 


PRESTON  AND  CHORLEY 
HOSPITAL  MANAGEMENT 
COMMITTEE, 
PRESTON  ROYAL  INFIRMARY 

Senior  Pharmacist 

Applications  are  invited  for  the  post  of  Senior 
Pharmacist  at  the  above  general  hospital. 
Whitley  Council  scale  and  conditions.  Salary 
£675  x  £30  (1)  x  £35  (1)  x  £30  (3)  x  £35  (1)— 
£865,  plus  £25  per  annum  higher  qualification 
allowance.  Additional  payments  for  voluntary 
evening  clinic  duties. 

Applications  with  names  of  two  referees,  to 
the  Group  Secretary,  Royal  Infirmary,  Preston. 
Lanes.  C  9047 

PRUDHOE  AND  MONKTON 
HOSPITAL  MANAGEMENT 

COMMITTEE, 
PRUDHOE  AND  MONKTON 
HOSPITAL, 
PRUDHOE-ON-TYNE 

Chief  Pharmacist 
required.  Salary  scale  as  applicable  to  a  Cate- 
gory H  hospital,  £755  rising  to  £1,030  per 
annum.  Whitley  Council  conditions  of  service. 
The  successful  candidate  will  be  expected  to 
work  single-handed  and  to  take  charge  of  a 
new  pharmacy  to  be  built  in  the  near  future. 
Applications,  stating  age  and  full  particulars  of 
experience,  etc.,  together  with  names  and 
addresses  of  two  referees  to  be  addressed  to 
the  Medical  Superintendent.  C  9068 

PRESTON  AND  CHORLEY 
HOSPITAL  MANAGEMENT 

COMMITTEE, 
CHORLEY  AND  DISTRICT 
HOSPITAL,  CHORLEY 

Pharmacist 

Applications  are  invited  for  the  post  of  phar- 
macist at  the  above  general  hospital. 
Excellent  opportunities  to  obtain  wide  experi- 
ence in  hospital  pharmacy. 

Whitley  Council  scale  and  conditions.  Salary 
£580 — £785  per  annum,  plus  £25  per  annum 
higher  qualification  allowance. 
Applications  with  names  of  two  referees,  to  the 
Group  Secretary,  Roval  Infirmary,  Preston. 
Lanes.  C  9082 


SHREWSBURY  HOSPITAL 
GROUP 

Pharmacist 

For  Copthorne  Hospital. 

Pharmacist 

For  the  Group  Pharmacy  at  the  Royal  Salop 
Infirmary,  with  rota  duties  at  other  hospitals 
in  the  Group,  as  may  be  required. 
Salary  in  accordance  with  Pharmaceutical  Whit- 
ley Council  Scale. 

Applications  to  the  undersigned  from  whom 
any  further  particulars  may  be  obtained. 

J.  P.  MALLETT. 
Group  Secretary. 

C  9044 


STEPNEY  GROUP  HOSPITAL 
MANAGEMENT  COMMITTEE 

Deputy  Chief  Pharmacist  (Category  IV) 

Applications  are  invited  for  the  above  post 
at  Mile  End  Hospital,  Bancroft  Road,  London, 
E.l.  Whitley  Council  salary  scale  and  condi- 
tions of  service.  The  department  is  responsible 
for  pharmaceutical  supplies  to  another  hospital 
and  clinic  in  the  Group  and  the  preparation  of 
sterile  products.  Further  particulars  may  be 
obtained  from  the  Chief  Pharmacist.  Applica- 
tions stating  age,  qualifications,  experience  and 
the  names  of  two  referees,  to  be  sent  to  the 
Group  Secretary  at  Mile  End  Hospital,  not 
later  than  April  1,  1959.  C  9053 


SHREWSBURY  HOSPITAL 
GROUP 
ROYAL  SALOP  INFIRMARY 

Locum  Pharmacist 

required  imediately  for  an  indefinite  period. 
Salary  £16  16s.  per  week. 

Applications  to  undersigned  from  whom  any 
further  particulars  may  be  obtained. 

J.  P.  MALLET1, 
Group  Secretary. 

C  9074 


CANADA 

Required  male  or  female  Pharmacist  ior 
dispensary  of  General  Hospital  —  285 
beds,    61    basinettes,    80   chronic  unit 
beds.  Commencing  salary  $305-00  per 
month,   equivalent   in    English  pounds 
(approx.   £109    per   month).   Work  as 
Assistant  Pharmacist.  Application  with 
full  details  and  names  of  two  referees 
to  be  sent  as  soon  as  possible  to: 
Personnel  Manager, 
St.  Thomas-Elgin  General  Hospital. 
St.  Thomas,  Ontario,  Canada.     C  9084 


ST.  STEPHEN'S  HOSPITAL, 
CHELSEA,  S.W.10 

Assistant-in-Dispensing 

required  immediately.  Terms  by  arrangement. 
Apply  Chief  Pharmacist.  C  9072 


THE  ANNIE  McCALL 
MATERNITY  HOSPITAL, 
JEFFREYS  ROAD, 
LONDON,  S.W.4 

Part-time  Pharmacist 

in  sole  charge  required.  Preferably  female. 
16  hours  per  week.  Monday  to  Friday.  Whitley 
Council  terms  and  conditions  of  service.  Salary 
43s.  8d.  per  session  of  4  hours.  Applications, 
giving  full  particulars  of  experience  and  names 
of  two  referees  to  Hospital  Secretary.     C  444 


TOOTING  BEC  HOSPITAL 
MANAGEMENT  COMMITTEE 

Pharmacist 

required  at  Tooting  Bee  Hospital.  Tooting  Bee 
Road,  London,  S.W.17.  Permanent  post,  Whit- 
ley Council  salary.  Apply  to  Physician  Super- 
intendent. C  446 


WHITTINGTON  HOSPITAL, 
LONDON,  N.19 

Pharmacists 

required  for  Archway  and  St.  Mary's  Wings. 
Salary  £635-£855  p.a.  Candidates  may  visit 
the  departments  by  direct  arrangement  with 
the  Medical  Superintendent  (Archway  3070, 
Ext.  440). 

Applications,  stating  age,  qualifications,  experi- 
ence, and  naming  two  referees  to  Medical 
Superintendent  immediately.  C  9046 


SITUATIONS  VACANT 
RETAIL  HOME 

COTSWOLD  TOWN.  Experienced  dispensing 
assistant  required  for  a  good  class  country 
business.  Salary  well  above  average  with  living 
accommodation  if  required.  Interview  expenses 
paid.  Box  C  2131. 

KENT.  Manager  wanted  for  small  pharmacy  re- 
quiring interest  and  attention.  Attractive  mod- 
cm  flat,  garden  and  garage.  3J  miles  from  the 
sea.  Sharp  &  Waterhouse.  Ltd.,  4  Victoria 
Road,  Deal.  C2151 

MIDDLESBROUGH.  Pharmacist  required  to 
manage  branch  shop.  Salary  over  £1.000.  Com- 
petent staff.  Superannuation  scheme.  Modern 
accommodation  if  required.  Apply  with  usual 
particulars  to  Superintendent  Chemist,  Middles- 
brough Co-operative  Chemists,  Ltd.,  Middles- 
brough, Yorks.  C  2120 

OLDHAM  CO-OPERATIVE  CHEMISTS. 
LTD.,  invite  applications  for  position  of  phar- 
macy branch  manager,  either  sex.  Modern  ac- 
commodation available  if  necessary.  Super- 
annuation. Salary  and  other  emoluments  at  least 
£960.  Applications,  stating  age,  experience,  etc., 
to  Oldham  Co-operative  Chemists,  Ltd.,  King 
Street,  Oldham.  C  2145 

ORPINGTON,  KENT.  Lady  dispensing  assistant 
required  in  pleasant  family  business  with.n  easy 
reach  of  London.  Permanency.  Apply  with 
usual  particulars,  including  salary  required,  to 
H.  J.  Griffiths,  manager,  Farrants,  130  High 
Street,  Orpington.  Phone  20058.  C  2138 

PHARMACIST  assistant,  lady,  required  imme- 
diately. No  half-day,  rota  or  Sunday  duties. 
Close  1  p.m.  Saturday.  Congenial  position  in 
busy  city  business.  Good  supporting  staff.  Apply 
giving  full  particulars  to  Robert  Howden,  Ltd., 
11  Fenchurch  Street,  London,  E.C.3  (Phone: 
Man.  7065.)  C  2124 

PHILADELPHIA   JEYES    &   CO.,   LTD.,  of 

Northampton  require  managers  for  Bedford  and 
Stamford  branches.  Permanent  position,  with 
good  salary  and  self-contained  flat,  rent  and 
rates  free.  Non-contributory  superannuation 
scheme  with  life  cover.  Full  particulars  in  first 
letter  to  Philadelphus  Jeyes  &.  Co.,  Ltd.,  The 
Drapery,  Northampton.  C2149 

SEASIDE  resort.  Pharmacist  required  as  Assis- 
tant in  high-class  , business,  duties  mainly  dis- 
pensing. Good  supporting  staff.  Suitable  flat  to 
applicant's  requirements  will  be  made  available. 
Please  apply  A.  Procter  &  Son,  Ltd.,  6  Station 
Parade,  Eastbourne.  C2150 

SEDGEFIELD,  Co.  Durham.  Pharmacist,  either 
sex,  required  to  manage  busy  rural  business. 
No  Sunday  duty,  no  rota  duly.  Salary  by 
arrangement  plus  bonus.  Details  of  salary  re- 
quired, experience,  etc.,  to  Wm.  Smith,  Chem- 
ist, 1  Chaytor  Terrace,  Fishburn,  Stockton-on- 
Tees.  C2143 

WIDNES.  Metcalfe's  of  Liverpool  require  a 
Pharmacist /Manager  for  their  branch  phar- 
macy at  Ditton,  Widnes.  Salary  £1,040  per 
annum  for  a  44-hour  week.  Three-bedroom  flat 
available.  Apply  to  Managing  Director,  Met- 
calfe &  Co.  (Liverpool),  Ltd.,  596  Prescot 
Road,  Liverpool,  13.  C  2095 


THE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 

Supplement 


March  28,  1959 


SPECIALISTS 

FINEST  QUALITY  WORK 
MODERN  LABORATORY 

RETURN  POSTAL  SERVICE, 
DAILY  VAN  DELIVERIES,  in 

Preston,  Chorley,  Bolton  and 
South  Lancashire. 
First  Class  Show  Material  FREE  on  request 

ORMSKIRK 
PHOTO  SERVICES  LTD. 

ORMSKIRK,  LANCS.  Telephone  2380 


THE  CROOKES  LABORATORIES  LTD. 

require  a  representative  to  cover  Surrey  and  West 
Sussex. 

A  pharmaceutical  qualification  or  adequate  technical 
background  is  essential.  The  appointment  is  super- 
annuated and  well  remunerated  with  progressive  salary, 
adequate  expense  allowance  and  commission  directly 
associated  with  territorial  results. 

Promotion  is  possible  either  in  the  U.K.  or  to  overseas 
positions.  Only  candidates  with  keen  desire  to  progress 
should  apply  in  writing  with  full  details  regarding  age 
and  past  experience  to  the  Sales  Director,  The  Crookes 
Laboratories  Limited,  Gorst  Road.  Park  Royal,  N.W.10. 

C  9078 


Situations  Vacant — Continued 


RETAIL  (OVERSEAS) 

APPLICATIONS  are  invited  from  qualified 
male  staff  for  service  in  Northern  Rhodesia. 
Three-year  contract.  Apply  by  air  mail  giving 
full  details  of  experience  with  copies  of  refer- 
ences. State  age,  marital  status,  religion, 
nationality,  etc..  to  Advertiser.  P.O.  Box  202, 
Broken  Hill,  Northern  Rhodesia.  C  9039 


WHOLESALE 

ALLEN  &  HANBURYS,  LTD.,  Bethnal  Green, 
London,  E.2,  require  a  pharmacist  to  act  as 
representative  in  the  Republic  of  Ireland  and 
applications  are  invited  from  men  of  sound 
character  with  initiative  and  drive.  A  period 
of  training  will  be  given.  The  salary  will  be 
commensurate  with  qualifications  and  experience 
and  a  contributory  pension  scheme  is  in  oper- 
ation. Expenses  are  paid  and  a  car  supplied. 
Full  details  of  age,  qualifications  and  experi- 
ence should  be  sent  to  the  Personnel  Manager. 

C  9048 

ALLEN  &  HANBURYS,  LTD.,  Bethnal  Green, 
London,  E.2,  require  a  pharmacist  to  act  as 
representative  for  the  Bournemouth  and  South- 
ampton area  and  applications  are  invited  from 
men  of  sound  character  with  initiative  and 
drive.  A  period  of  training  will  be  g.ven.  The 
salary  will  be  commensurate  with  qualifications 
and  experience  and  a  contributory  pension 
scheme  is  in  operation.  Expenses  are  paid  and 
a  car  supplied.  Full  details  of  age,  qualifica- 
tions and  experience  should  be  sent  to  the 
Personnel  Manager.  C  9049 

AYRTON,  SAUNDERS  &  CO.,  LTD.,  require 
a  pharmacist  for  analytical  and  research  work, 
preferably  with  some  experience.  The  applicant 
will  be  encouraged  to  work  for  A.R.I.C.  if  not 
already  so  qualified.  Five-day  week;  pension 
scheme.  Full  details  of  age,  qualifications  and 
experience  in  writing  to:  Technical  Director, 
34  Hanover  Street,  Liverpool,  1.  C  9066 

BURROUGHS  WELLCOME  &  CO.  invite  ap- 
pl. cations  from  pharmacists  for  a  post  in  pro- 
duction at  the  Wellcome  Chemical  Works.  It 
w.ll  be  an  advantage  if  applicants  have  had 
some  industrial  experience,  but  newly  qualified 
pharmac.sts  will  also  be  considered.  Contribu- 
tory pension  scheme.  Good  conditions  of  em- 
ployment. Salary  will  be  in  accordance  with 
qualifications  and  experience.  Applications 
should  be  made  in  writing  to  the  Personnel 
Manager,  Wellcome  Chemical  Works,  Dart- 
ford.  Kent.  C  9079 
EXPERIENCED  REPRESENTATIVE  required 
far  wholesale  warehouse,  to  carry  fashion 
jewellery  as  sideline.  Good  commission.  Box 
C  9022. 

FULL-TIME  REPRESENTATIVES  required 
by  distributor  of  advertised  French  lipstick  and 
toilet  requisites,  covering  London  and  Home 
Counties.  Good  salary  and  commission.  Only 
well-introduced  men  need  apply.  Write  giving 
particulars,  age,  experience,  references,  to: 
Distributor,  Box  C  2148. 

INVENTIVE  young  man.  aged  23-28,  for  well 
known  chemists'  sundries  manufacturers,  view 
training  as  export  manager.  Good  prospects  for 
keen,  alert  type  with  ideas  and  personality. 
Write  giv.ng  fullest  details  of  career  and  salary 
required.  Box  C  9083. 


LEADING  MANUFACTURERS  supplying  com- 
mercial users  now  wish  to  introduce  and  de- 
velop several  interesting  and  new  insecticides 
and  weedkillers  for  the  amateur  gardener.  A 
new  post  is  open  to  the  man  with  initiative  pre- 
pared to  advise  and  to  undertake  routine  visits. 
All  applications  treated  in  strict  confidence. 
Apply  to  the  General  Manager,  Box  C  2144. 


PHARMACEUTICAL 
LIAISON  OFFICER 

A  new  appointment  is  to  be  made  to 
the  administrational  research  staff  of 
an  internationally-known  company 
manufacturing  proprietary  and  lay- 
pharmaceutical  products. 

The  successful  applicant  will  be  a  well- 
qualified  (male)  pharmacist  or  pharma- 
ceutical chemist,  with  specialised  know- 
ledge of  the  pharmacolog.cal  basis 
of  therapeutics  and  forensic  pharmacy. 
He  will  be  directly  responsible  to  the 
Research  Director,  and  will  co-operate 
closely  in  an  advisory  capacity,  with 
research  teams,  and  with  Senior  Sales 
and  Marketing  personnel,  on  the  form- 
ulation of  new  therapeutic  products. 
He  will  also  advise  on,  and  ass.st  in, 
the  compilation  of  promotional  litera- 
ture. 

The  post  calls  for  extreme  keenness 
and  initiative,  and  a  personality  which 
will  permit  of  successful  and  harmoni- 
ous negotiation  both  inside  and  outside 
the  Company.  The  associated  rewards, 
both  immediate  and  in  prospect,  will 
be  attractive.  Apply,  with  full  details, 
in  strict  confidence,  to  Box  CD  944, 
LPE,  Romano  House,  399/401  Strand. 
London,  W.C.2.  .     C  9091 


PHARMACIST  required  as  manager  of  modern 
factory  in  Hertfordshire,  within  easy  reach  of 
London.  All  applications  treated  in  strict  con- 
fidence. Write  g.ving  full  particulars  to  Box 
C  9064. 

PHARMACIST 

required  as 
Assistant  to  Sales  Manager 

A  young  man,  preferably  aged  23-27 
years,  and  of  proven  ability,  is  required 
to  promote  sales  to  retail  pharmacies. 
Initial  salary  £800  p.a.,  plus  commis- 
sion and  expenses.  Saioon  car  and  rent- 
free  flat  prov.ded.  Within  two  years  the 
right  man  can  expect  to  he  appointed 
Asst.  Sales  Manager  at  a  salary  not 
less  than  £1,400  p.a.  Please  supply  de- 
tails of  past  career  and  qualifications, 
in  strict  confidence,  to: 

The  Managing  Director, 

THE  CROWN  CHEMICAL  CO.,  LTD., 
I.amberhurst,  Kent. 

C  9043 


REPRESENTATIVE  required  by  well  known 
company.  Must  be  fully  experienced  in  sell.ng 
top  grade  French  perfumery  to  stores  and  re- 
tail chemists.  Excellent  opportunity  for  right 
man.  Write  Box  C2146. 


SALES  REPRESENTATIVES  required  for  the 
south  of  England  and  London;  well  introduced 
with  chemist  retailers  and  wholesalers  for  rub- 
ber gloves,  bathing  caps,  hot-water  bottles,  etc. 
Expenses  and  commission.  Full-time  applica- 
tions invited  with  full  particulars  and  require- 
ments. Box  C  9028. 


SALES  SELECTION  LTD. 

will  safeguard  the  interests  of  candi- 
dates for  the  position  of  Assistant 
Sales  Manager  with  an  International 
Pharmaceutical  House  about  to  expand 
its  operations  in  the  U.K.  Essential 
qualifications  are  a  good  knowledge 
of  selling  ethical  products,  experience 
in  training  and  the  ability  to  control 
and  lead  by  example  a  team  of  initially 
10  Medical  Representatives.  A  high 
basic  salary  will  be  paid  and  early 
promotion  to  senior  management  is  a 
genuine  prospect.  No  information  will 
be  passed  to  our  clients  without  ap- 
proval after  interview.  Please  send  tabu- 
lated particulars  marked  "  A21  "  to 
us  at  Victoria  House.  Southampton 
Row.  London.  W.C.I.  C  9073 


THE  BRITISH  DRUG  HOUSES 
LIMITED 

require  an 

EXPORT  EXECUTIVE 

Applications  are  invited  from  PHAR- 
MACISTS with  Overseas  experience 
preferably  in  a  Commonwealth  market 
and  with  a  sound  commercial  back- 
ground. The  position  entails  responsi- 
bility for  Commonwealth  markets  and 
offers  opportunities  for  advancement. 
There  is  a  superannuation  fund  (con- 
tributory) and  the  Company  operates 
life  assurance  and  profit-sharing 
schemes. 

Apply  in  writing  giving  details  of  age, 
qualifications    and    experience  to: 

The  Personnel  Manager  (Ref.  FWG), 

The  British  Drug  Houses.  Ltd., 


Graham  Street,  London,  N.l 


C9075 


SHIPPING  CLERK  REQUIRED.  Knowledge 
Customs  drawback  an  advantage.  Canteen 
facilities.  Contributory  pension.  Five-day  week. 
Apply.  Secretary,  William  Ransom  <t  Son,  Ltd.. 
Huchin.  C  9062 

TABLET  COATER  required  by  small  pharma- 
ceutical   firm    in    Yorkshire.    Details    to  Box 

C  9069. 


March  28,   1959  THE    CHEMIST    AND    DRUGGIST  5  1 

Supplement 


AGENTS  WANTED 


AGENT  REQUIRED  on  commission  basis  for 
the  Counties  of  Kent,  Surrey  and  Sussex,  to 
take  over  existing  agencies  and  appoint  new 
ones  for  the  sale  of  seeds  and  fertilisers  for 
leading  Midland  horticultural  house.  Write 
giving  details  of  area  covered,  other  lines 
carried  and  experience  to  Box  C2103. 
AGENTS  WANTED  (except  London).  Good 
connections  chemists  and  stores.  To  sell  new 
French  toilet  perfume.  Popular  price  and  imme- 
diate appeal.  Big  retail  profit.  Nationally  adver- 
tised. Commission  only.  References  essential. 
Box  C  2127. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED 
RETAIL  HOME 

DISPENSING  lady,  experienced,  seeks  position 
in  London  with  accommodation  Please  write: 
Mrs.  Marsinck,  8  Harman  Street,  London,  N.l. 

C  2147 


RETAIL  (OVERSEAS) 

DENVER  WILLIAMSON,  International 
locum,  Kineton,  Warwickshire.  Replaces  Pro- 
prietors/Managers worldwide.  Exper.ence  home, 
France,  Italy,  South  America,  Africa.    C  1987 


BUSINESS  OPPORTUNITIES 


CALL  US  and  reduce  those  stocks  of 

superfluous  ethicals. 
CALL    US    and    save   yourself  from 

buying  in  bulk. 
CALL  US  and  we  will  help  you  re- 
lease that  tied-up  capital 
"  CALL-CHEM  "  at  GIPsy  Hill  3924 
and  learn  about  this  important  new 
service  for  chemists.  C2152 


HAVE  YOUR  PRODUCT  MANUFACTURED  IN  THE 


CENTRAL  AFRICAN  FEDERATION 


CENTRAL     AFRICAN     PHARMACEUTICALS    (PVT.)  LTD. 

CHEMICAL  &  MANUFACTURING  DIVISION 

can  now  accept  contracts  for  the  manufacture  of: 
PHARMACEUTICALS  •  TOILET  PREPARATIONS 
HOUSEHOLD  COMMODITIES  and  ALLIED  PRODUCTS 

in  their  Salisbury  factory. 

Local  Production  will  put  your  product  in  a  strong  position  in 
this  rapidly  expanding  market. 

Market  Surveys  and  Efficient  Distribution  can  also 
be  effected  by  the  Company's  various  marketing 
divisions,  if  required. 


DIRECTOR    AVAILABLE,    LONDON,    FOR    PERSONAL    INTERVIEWS     14th    MAY  ONWARDS. 
Write  Box  2279;  Salisbury,  Southern  Rhodesia,  or  London  address  c/o  Goode,  Durrant  &  Murray  Ltd., 
Durrant  House,  Chiswell  Street,  London,  E.C.I.     Phone:  MONarch  4090 

C9035 


A  Director  of  Potter  &  Birks  Pty.  Limited,  Australia  and  New  Zealand, 
will  arrive  in  England  on  March  25,  for  the  purpose  of  contacting  firms 
who  are  interested  in  having  the  following  type  products  manufactured 
and  distributed  in  these  countries : 

Pharmaceutical  and  Ethical  lines, 
Tablets  (excluding  ampoules), 
Ointments,  Liquids  and  Toiletries. 

Our  factories  are  modern  and  their  selling  facilities  cover  all  areas  of 
both  Australia  and  New  Zealand,  continuously  calling  on  hospitals, 
chemists,  department  stores,  etc. 

Kindly  address  enquiries  :  — • 

W.  A.  SPARROW  &  CO.,  LTD., 
4/7  CHISWELL  STREET, 
LONDON,  E.C.I,  ENGLAND, 

who  will  be  pleased  to  supply  particulars  of  the  various  agencies  now 
held,  as  we  cannot  accept  representation  for  competitive  agencies. 

We  also  specialise  in  chemists'  sundries  and  novelties  (for  Australia 
only,  at  present)  and  are  prepared  to  buy  lines  of  interest  on  an  exclu- 
sive selling  basis.  Please  leave  samples  and  prices  with  W.  A.  Sparrow 

&  Co.,  Ltd.  „  .  „ 

C  9067 


♦ 


rHE    CHEMIST    AND  DRUGGIST 
Supplement 


March   28,  1959 


Business  Opportunities — Continued 

OPPORTUNITY  occurs  for  Representative  with 
connection  Surrey,  Sussex,  Hants,  to  join 
wholesale  house,  sundries,  view  to  taking  con- 
trol. Capital  required,  £3,000.  Box  C2121. 


BUYER  specialises  in  disposing  of  job  lots  of 
any  lines  appertaining  to  pharmacy.  Any  quan- 
tity considered.  Prompt  cash  settlement.  Willing 
to  discuss  adaptation  of  any  line  which  is 
not  quite  suitable  in  its  present  state.  Please 
send  samples  and  full  details  to  N.  Morris, 
218  Walworth  Road,  S.E.17.  Tel  No.-  ROD. 
7261.  C  395 

WE  WILL  PURCHASE  for  cash  a  complete 
stock,  a  redundant  line,  including  finished  or 
partly  finished  goods,  packing  raw  materials, 
etc.  No  quantity  too  large.  Our  representative 
will  call  anywhere.  Write  or  telephone:  — 
Lawrence  Edwards  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  6/7  Welling- 
ton Close,  Ledbury  Road,  London,  W.ll. 
Tel.:  Bayswatcr  4020  and  7692  C  140 


MISCELLANEOUS 


ACADEMIC 
ELASTIC  HOSIERY 

Academic  Elastic  Hosiery  offers  you  a 
range  of  exclus.ve  quality  N.H.S.  stock- 
ings that  have  a  special  appeal  to  dis- 
cerning customers  for  their  fit  and 
comfort.  They  build  goodwill  and  create 
profitable  and  continuous  repeat  busi- 
ness in  your  pharmacy.  Write  for  de- 
tails of  Academic  Surgical  Hosiery, 
which  will  be  sent  with  our  terms  and 
particulars  of  display  material. 

ACADEMIC  DEPOT,  LTD., 
175  GOSWELL  ROAD, 
LONDON,  E.C.I 

C  9031 


IMMEDIATE  ADVANCES 

£50  to  £20,000 
WITHOUT  SECURITY 

REGIONAL  TRUST  LTD. 

8  CLIFFORD  STREET 
NEW    BOND   STREET.    LONDON,  W.l 

Phone:   Regent  5983  &  2914 

C  3S3 


MISCELLANEOUS  SALES 


DIOPHANE,  3,400  lb.,  in  645  reels  substance 
300,  Type  MSAT.  2ft  wide  in  reels  diam.  8  in. 
(diam.  core  1\  in.).  Box  C  9077. 


FOR  YOUR  FARMER  CUSTOMERS 

"  MEDIVET  "  5-gram  triple  sulphon- 
amide  tablets,  retail  a?  18s.  9d.  box  of 
20.  Usual  discount,  carriage  paid 
orders  of  i-dozen. 

Hodges  &  Moss,  Ltd., 
Castle  Gates,  Shrewsbury 

C9090 


FOR  SALE.  Approx.  5,000  lbs.  Aspirin  B.P. 
Offers  invited.  Box  C  9087. 


Growing  Canadian  Drug  Company 
with  over  two  thousand  Contacts 
wishes  to  hear  from  Manufacturers 
of  the  following, 

Veterinary  Products 

Pharmaceutical 

Specialties 

Cosmetics 

and  Associated  Items 

Drug  Sundries 
Private  Formulae 

If  you  have  something  New,  Orig- 
inal or  Exciting  in  the  Drug  Line, 
please  get  in  touch  with  us.  Box 
C  2153. 


WANTED 


WANTED 

SURPLUS  CAMERAS,  ENLARGERS. 
CINE  CAMERAS  &  PROJECTORS. 
PHOTOGRAPHIC  EQUIPMENT  OF 
EVERY  DESCRIPTION.  SURPLUS 
AND  OUTDATED  FILM  &  PAPER, 
LARGE  OR  SMALL  QUANTITIES. 
Phone,  write  or  call:  — 

SPEARS 

(Dept.  D.),  14  Watling  Street,  Shudehill, 
Manchester. . 

Phone:  Blackfriars  1916. 
Bankers:  Midland  Bank,  Ltd. 

C438 


WANTED.  Small  steam  distillation  plant.  De- 
tails and  price  required  to  Robert  Blackie, 
Ltd.,  Pomeroy  Street,  London,  S.E.14.  New 
Cross  1122.   C  9088. 


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ADVANCES  WITH  OR 
WITHOUT  SECURITY 


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FOR  TERMS 
APPLY 


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26  SACKVILLE  ST.. 
PICCADILLY. 
LONDON,  W.l  . 

(Tel:   REGmt   3123.  3995) 
Etlablithed  1922 


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GLANDULAR  POWDERS,  Orchitic,  Thymus. 
Suprarenal,  Prostate,  Ovarian,  Pituitary  Whole 
Gland,  large  or  small  quantities  available  at 
keenest  prices.  Box  C  9089. 


DEVELOPING  AND  PRINTING 


C439 


QUALITY  FIRST  but  QUALITY  FAST 

and 

Guaranteed  per  return  postal  service 
GWENT    PHOTOGRAPHIC  SERVICE 

Snatchwood  Works,  Pontypoot,  MON 
Telephone :  Talywain  355 

C274 


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First  Edition 

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as  bound  volume  in  response  to  many  requests.  Gives  information  on  the  most  modern  trends 
in  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  digestive  tract,  respiratory  system,  lungs,  liver,  kidneys, 
thyroid,  heart,  ear,  eye  and  skin.  A  guide  to  measures  against  burns  and  scalds,  allergies, 
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