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The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy GERMAIN BERNARD (Contiuut'd from Page 48itj the drug business, Mr. Bernard thinks there have been many, many changes�some of them significant. "Why, we sell as many vitamins now as we did all medicines in the old days.'" He explained, too, that about half the prescriptions now are for drugs that were not even known 10 years ago� Penicillin, Streptomycin, Folic Acid, various sulfa and barbiturate preparations. "These new drugs are coming from the large laboratories of manufacturing pharmacists in ever increasing numbers. Usually tlie new drugs are not only more complex, they are also frequently more potent as well as more effective than older remedies. They must be dispensed carefully and Avise-ly, and demand an increasing amount of consultation between the physician and the pliarmacist.'' "It is interesting to note," Mr. Bernard said, '' that there are few things so vital to human welfare that are accepted so much on faith as a drug or a medicinal product. To assure that this faith is well founded, the pharmacist must not only keep pace with medical progress in the fields mentioned, but he must know the drugs with which he works as he knows the personalities and the peculiarities of his friends. He must know \\liieli drugs may be adversely affected by exposure to heat, light, and air. He must know that handling certain drugs with a metal instrument may leave traces of metal which might banish healing properties through chemical action. He must take steps to assure that heat-sensitive drugs, such as certain types of penicillin, vaccines, etc.. are stored at the proper temperature, and he must see that drugs whose power is short-lived are not dispensed after the passage of time may have weakened their medical properties." Mr. Bernard is firmly convinced that this is a nervous world in more ways than one these days. "Why, we sell twice as many sleeping pills as we did in the old days,'' he declared. "The laws against such drugs are much abused, but people seem to think they can't get along without soinething to (piiet their nerves." Another change of utmost importance is the mass production of drugs by large pharmaceutical houses. "Formerly we rolled our own pills, prepared tinctures, suppositories and the like . . . now this work is done by the pharmaceutical houses under controlled conditions . . . and of direct benefit to the public," Mr. Bernard maintains. "Less than a decade ago. Vitamin (' sold for $213 an ounce; today it is around .$1.")0 an ounce. In 1935 Vitamin B sold for $300 per gram; prewar, it could be obtained for 50c. When Insulin was first introduced, it was 5c a unit or $20; it is now available in the same potency for $1. When Penicillin was introduced at the beginning of the war it cost $215 per unit; now the same unit and potency sells for 21c." Mr. Bernard recalled some of the pharmacists he has been associated with over the past half century. Among the number he mentioned C. T. Council, president of the B. C. Remedy Company; John A. Goode, Asheville, past-president of the National Association of Retail Druggists; Tom Stanback, Salisbury, of '' Snap back with Stanback'' fame ; Walter Baker, Raeford ; the late Charlie King, W. A. Liles, and F. J. Hunnicutt; D. L. Boone, Harris King, and Bernard Cheek, all of Durham. During his many years in the drug business, he has contributed much to the advancement of the profession in the State. It was in recognition of this that his fellow-pharmacists made him a life member of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association in 1933. Mr. Bernard is concentrating on training more now than before, because he wants to be sure that things are running smoothly in his profession of pharmacy before he quits his post and takes a well-earned rest. At least, that is the impression he gives. P>ut those who know him well don't believe it. As he admits�he couldn't very well retire. He '' wouldn't have anything to do." Institute For a complete report of The Institute of Pharmacy, see the January Issue of The C.\ROLiN'a Journal of Ph.\rmacy.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-38: The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy [1915-1999] |
Document Title | The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy [1915-1999] |
Subject Name | North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Pharmacists -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Pharmacy -- Periodicals. |
Description | Includes the Annual report of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, as well as the Year book and Proceedings of the annual meeting of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. |
Contributor | North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association.; North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. Proceedings of the annual meeting.; North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. Year book.; North Carolina. Board of Pharmacy. Annual report. |
Publisher | Chapel Hill : North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, 1915-1999. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1947 |
Identifier | NCHH-38-028 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Pharmacy |
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Document Title | The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy [1915-1999] |
Subject Name | North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Pharmacists -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Pharmacy -- Periodicals. |
Description | Includes the Annual report of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, as well as the Year book and Proceedings of the annual meeting of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. |
Contributor | North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association.; North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. Proceedings of the annual meeting.; North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. Year book.; North Carolina. Board of Pharmacy. Annual report. |
Publisher | Chapel Hill : North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, 1915-1999. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 2947 |
Identifier | NCHH-38-028-0541 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Issue Number | 11 |
Page Number | 493 |
Health Discipline | Pharmacy |
Full Text | The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy GERMAIN BERNARD (Contiuut'd from Page 48itj the drug business, Mr. Bernard thinks there have been many, many changes�some of them significant. "Why, we sell as many vitamins now as we did all medicines in the old days.'" He explained, too, that about half the prescriptions now are for drugs that were not even known 10 years ago� Penicillin, Streptomycin, Folic Acid, various sulfa and barbiturate preparations. "These new drugs are coming from the large laboratories of manufacturing pharmacists in ever increasing numbers. Usually tlie new drugs are not only more complex, they are also frequently more potent as well as more effective than older remedies. They must be dispensed carefully and Avise-ly, and demand an increasing amount of consultation between the physician and the pliarmacist.'' "It is interesting to note" Mr. Bernard said, '' that there are few things so vital to human welfare that are accepted so much on faith as a drug or a medicinal product. To assure that this faith is well founded, the pharmacist must not only keep pace with medical progress in the fields mentioned, but he must know the drugs with which he works as he knows the personalities and the peculiarities of his friends. He must know \\liieli drugs may be adversely affected by exposure to heat, light, and air. He must know that handling certain drugs with a metal instrument may leave traces of metal which might banish healing properties through chemical action. He must take steps to assure that heat-sensitive drugs, such as certain types of penicillin, vaccines, etc.. are stored at the proper temperature, and he must see that drugs whose power is short-lived are not dispensed after the passage of time may have weakened their medical properties." Mr. Bernard is firmly convinced that this is a nervous world in more ways than one these days. "Why, we sell twice as many sleeping pills as we did in the old days,'' he declared. "The laws against such drugs are much abused, but people seem to think they can't get along without soinething to (piiet their nerves." Another change of utmost importance is the mass production of drugs by large pharmaceutical houses. "Formerly we rolled our own pills, prepared tinctures, suppositories and the like . . . now this work is done by the pharmaceutical houses under controlled conditions . . . and of direct benefit to the public" Mr. Bernard maintains. "Less than a decade ago. Vitamin (' sold for $213 an ounce; today it is around .$1.")0 an ounce. In 1935 Vitamin B sold for $300 per gram; prewar, it could be obtained for 50c. When Insulin was first introduced, it was 5c a unit or $20; it is now available in the same potency for $1. When Penicillin was introduced at the beginning of the war it cost $215 per unit; now the same unit and potency sells for 21c." Mr. Bernard recalled some of the pharmacists he has been associated with over the past half century. Among the number he mentioned C. T. Council, president of the B. C. Remedy Company; John A. Goode, Asheville, past-president of the National Association of Retail Druggists; Tom Stanback, Salisbury, of '' Snap back with Stanback'' fame ; Walter Baker, Raeford ; the late Charlie King, W. A. Liles, and F. J. Hunnicutt; D. L. Boone, Harris King, and Bernard Cheek, all of Durham. During his many years in the drug business, he has contributed much to the advancement of the profession in the State. It was in recognition of this that his fellow-pharmacists made him a life member of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association in 1933. Mr. Bernard is concentrating on training more now than before, because he wants to be sure that things are running smoothly in his profession of pharmacy before he quits his post and takes a well-earned rest. At least, that is the impression he gives. P>ut those who know him well don't believe it. As he admits�he couldn't very well retire. He '' wouldn't have anything to do." Institute For a complete report of The Institute of Pharmacy, see the January Issue of The C.\ROLiN'a Journal of Ph.\rmacy. |
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