the Editor of the Nontit-Cuina DAty News:
Sin,—In heartily endorsing Mr. Barat's letter on the subject of! Uncontrolled Pharmacies which, appears in your paper of recent, date, may I say that pharmacy is a profession occupying a place Tess important than medicine? pharmeist must not. only have a thorough education and training in the principles of pharmacy, but also a very high degree of skill in the compounding and filling of fons. Im addition a strict ince "of all obligations and requirements as set forth by the Taw, fs" necessary, Every drug a pharmacist handles, means death to patients, istoke in filling preseripline as pointed out HE. il very. well the urgent importance of the phar-ey control. To _my knowledge, fan order of potassium iodate has erroneously. filled with potash sium iodide, a mistake really unpardonable, If such condition is continuously to exist, the public safety is very much at Jeopardy. Therefore Iam strongly in agreement with Mfr, mediately ta devise a' w means to check on pharn the foreign Settlements with view to stop the malpractice
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