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— oe ae a a : Pharmacy and medicine are the oldest health professions, and In early times Many years ago all research was concerned with an effort known as

Yield strength rewarding wealth: were frequently practiced by the same person. They have long since become “ ” rials

Each liquid that I mix anew, ; separate, highly specialized professions. Yet they have never been diverted alchemy” which bad as Ne ale the cmnversion of all mate me

Each ointment for appliance, from their common object—the alleviation of disease and suffering. Phar- 7 gold. However, today we are grateful that present-day medical and

in all and each amount. macy and medicine marched through these centuries side by side—advancing pharmaceutical research has turned its efforts toward the develop-

Be healing prayer. step by step as the sciences and arts were developed. This has culminated in os

vad me ne'er forget ee / the health services of North America today, which are not surpassed any- ment of items “more precious than gold.”

Held within my trembling hands. where in the world. Ten years ago no amount of gold could buy some of the modern

oe es or aan = Medicine is a highly developed art and science, devoted to the diagnosis and pharmaceutical products available today—the few antibiotic cap- -

And while Life's hourglass yet treatment of disease. Pharmacy has progressed as a specialized profession sules that today can treat a case of pneumonia without worry and

Runs, with the doctor guide its sands. : devoted to research, development and professional distribution in the field of danger—the hormones that have allowed arthritics who were per-

Place within my heart ; drugs . . . the potent substances used to meet the need shown by the phy- manetly disabled to again live useful lives—the insulin which now

Alert and wholesome fear, sician’s diagnosis. Paralleling other professions, pharmacy has become a all tho diubetic to Wee & heedits al lif 4 :

Lest I misweigh a single grain, highly specialized calling. Pharmacists may continue their studies to obtain ows the diabet ve & y norm e—and many, many

And Death come stalking from my shelves, post-graduate degrees, accepting the challenge of research aimed at new and others. Who can place a value on these? Are they not more precious

yang impotent limbs ver ye effective drugs, such as now emerge in rapid succession from laboratories of than gold?

With my parton disappear; manufacturing pharmacists. Or the pharmacist may specialize in develop-

And God, give hope unto themselves. ing these new drugs into suitable forms for use in medicine. He may super- We in pharmacy are proud of our part In these advances which to- vise the production, the interminable testing, or the standardizing proced- day are being taken for granted by even the poorest, but 10 years

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