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136 The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy DISPENSING* By A. C. Cecil, of High Point Pharmacy has been defined as the art of selecting, preparing and dispensing drugs. Tn the ancient pharmacies aud apothecary shops all of these operations, with, the possible exception of the selecting, was carried on by the pharmacist himself in his own ' shop. However, in our own modern times all three of these operations have reached a highly specialized stage and each operation I is carried on by people who have undergone i rigid training. I In the field of selecting drugs Hopkins ' and Penick are probably the leaders. These : two firms devote their time to selecting j crude drugs and collecting them from every i quarter of the globe. In the field of prep- ' aration there are many familiar names such as Lilly, Mulford, Sharp & Dohme, Parke-Davis and many others, who manufacture , pharmaceuticals in addition to the many � drug specialties or the so called patent medi- ; cines such as Wampole's Cod Liver Oil, Vicks Salve, Bromo Quinine and others too , numerous to mention. The usefulness of the modem drug store lies in the ability to keep all of these drugs , in stock, or at least a representative assortment, and have them on hand at the time the doctor or patient may need them, and combine them in the manner prescribed to ^ suit the particular ailment or condition. : While this may sound a very simple oper- i ation it is far from it, for there are many j technical points that come up, such as incompatibilities etc., that require the attention of an expert. While it is not the intention of this paper to try to tell anyone how to conduct his prescription department I will sinrply set forth a few of the methods we employ in our own prescription department for I believe these methods are fundamentally sound since we have met with what coiild be con- ! sidered a reasonable amount of success by their employment. We have always considered our prescription department the most important department of our store; this feeling is no doubt . prompted by the fact that it is the most profitable. Over a five-year period we have been able to show a percentage of 182% on the money invested. In the year 1930, which every one recognizes as being a subnormal year, we were able to show a gross profit of 211%. Consequently, we consider the prescription too important an item to be overlooked. Every piece of our advertising carries something about our prescription department and we always mention the fact that we fill prescriptions for every doctor in town because there is an opinion among a certain class of people that they must have their prescriptions filled at the drug store whose name appears on the prescription. While we maintain the most cordial relation with all the doctors�and we have the friendship of them all�we confine our active support to only two, and to these two we give everything we have and they in turn are exceedingly loyal to us. We do not have prescription blanks printed for any other than our own doctors and we have found that it has paid us to keep our eggs in these two baskets. On our prescription prices we have always made an effort to hold them as low as possible and still give the patients the quality medicine the doctor would like them to have. Our average prices are 1 oz., 50c; 2 oz., 75c; 3 oz., $1.00; 4 oz., $1.25; 6 oz., $1.50; 8 oz., $1.75; 12 oz., $2.00; 16 oz., $2.25 for liquid prescriptions. When Codeine or any other expensive ingredient is included the price is naturally higher, and in prescriptions where there is a large dose of an inexpensive medicine, as Infusion of Digitalis, of course, the price is correspondingly lower. Pills and tablets we usually sell for 25c per dozen with variations for the more expensive ones. Hand made capsules and powders are priced at 75c per dozen with * This paper was presented at the 1931 meeting of the N. C. P. a. (Continued on Page 143)
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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 | 1931-1932 |
Identifier | NCHH-38-013 |
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 | 13 |
Health Discipline | Pharmacy |
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Fixed Title * | Page 136 |
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 | 1931-1932 |
Identifier | NCHH-38-013-0236 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article; article title |
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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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
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 | 13 |
Issue Number | 5 |
Page Number | 136 |
Health Discipline | Pharmacy |
Full Text | 136 The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy DISPENSING* By A. C. Cecil, of High Point Pharmacy has been defined as the art of selecting, preparing and dispensing drugs. Tn the ancient pharmacies aud apothecary shops all of these operations, with, the possible exception of the selecting, was carried on by the pharmacist himself in his own ' shop. However, in our own modern times all three of these operations have reached a highly specialized stage and each operation I is carried on by people who have undergone i rigid training. I In the field of selecting drugs Hopkins ' and Penick are probably the leaders. These : two firms devote their time to selecting j crude drugs and collecting them from every i quarter of the globe. In the field of prep- ' aration there are many familiar names such as Lilly, Mulford, Sharp & Dohme, Parke-Davis and many others, who manufacture , pharmaceuticals in addition to the many � drug specialties or the so called patent medi- ; cines such as Wampole's Cod Liver Oil, Vicks Salve, Bromo Quinine and others too , numerous to mention. The usefulness of the modem drug store lies in the ability to keep all of these drugs , in stock, or at least a representative assortment, and have them on hand at the time the doctor or patient may need them, and combine them in the manner prescribed to ^ suit the particular ailment or condition. : While this may sound a very simple oper- i ation it is far from it, for there are many j technical points that come up, such as incompatibilities etc., that require the attention of an expert. While it is not the intention of this paper to try to tell anyone how to conduct his prescription department I will sinrply set forth a few of the methods we employ in our own prescription department for I believe these methods are fundamentally sound since we have met with what coiild be con- ! sidered a reasonable amount of success by their employment. We have always considered our prescription department the most important department of our store; this feeling is no doubt . prompted by the fact that it is the most profitable. Over a five-year period we have been able to show a percentage of 182% on the money invested. In the year 1930, which every one recognizes as being a subnormal year, we were able to show a gross profit of 211%. Consequently, we consider the prescription too important an item to be overlooked. Every piece of our advertising carries something about our prescription department and we always mention the fact that we fill prescriptions for every doctor in town because there is an opinion among a certain class of people that they must have their prescriptions filled at the drug store whose name appears on the prescription. While we maintain the most cordial relation with all the doctors�and we have the friendship of them all�we confine our active support to only two, and to these two we give everything we have and they in turn are exceedingly loyal to us. We do not have prescription blanks printed for any other than our own doctors and we have found that it has paid us to keep our eggs in these two baskets. On our prescription prices we have always made an effort to hold them as low as possible and still give the patients the quality medicine the doctor would like them to have. Our average prices are 1 oz., 50c; 2 oz., 75c; 3 oz., $1.00; 4 oz., $1.25; 6 oz., $1.50; 8 oz., $1.75; 12 oz., $2.00; 16 oz., $2.25 for liquid prescriptions. When Codeine or any other expensive ingredient is included the price is naturally higher, and in prescriptions where there is a large dose of an inexpensive medicine, as Infusion of Digitalis, of course, the price is correspondingly lower. Pills and tablets we usually sell for 25c per dozen with variations for the more expensive ones. Hand made capsules and powders are priced at 75c per dozen with * This paper was presented at the 1931 meeting of the N. C. P. a. (Continued on Page 143) |
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