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...subtly to women and has scared them. Doctors, however, paid no attention to his exclamations. They knew that manufacturing druggists who use dirty Polish and Russian ergot cleanse and refine it thoroughly when preparing ergot extracts, that the extracts sold by reputable pharmaceutical houses satisfy the high U. S. Pharmacopœia standards for the drug. In addition to ignoring Dr. Rusby's scandal, they were vexed to learn that his good friend, Howard W. Ambruster, Manhattan importer, held a corner on all the Rusby-approved Spanish and Portuguese ergot. They imputed to Dr. Rusby a too-willing protagonism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ergot Controversy | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...distinguished service to pharmacy." Last week the association made its annual gesture. Medalist was Dr. (Phar. D.) Wilbur Lincoln Scoville, 64, chief of Parke, Davis & Co.'s analytical department since 1907, chairman of the committee of revision of the National Formulary, vice-chairman of the U. S. Pharmacopœia.† Eight other men have received the Remington Medal, including Dean Henry Hurd Rusby of Columbia University (see p. 42), but not Dr. (Phar. D.) E. Fullerton Cook, chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Druggists | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...Pharmacopœia (U.S.P. on drug labels) contains a list of accepted drugs and establishes standards for their strength and purity, with directions for making preparations (tinctures, extracts, powders, etc.). The first U.S.P. was compiled in 1820, the last (tenth) revision made in 1920. The National Formulary contains formulas approved by the American Pharmaceutical Association but not officially recognized by the U.S.P. Its first edition appeared in 1888, its last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Druggists | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

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