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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
3
This piece marks Pharmacy Week as a time to honor the vital role of pharmacists and chemists in safeguarding health. It notes centuries of contribution from alchemists to modern pharmacists and stresses the training and intelligence required to compound drugs that protect lives.
Dr. E H Volwiler of Abbott Laboratories asserts during a New York symposium that there is no vital synthetic drug shortage in the United States and that American makers can rapidly expand output. He recalls 1914 price spikes, notes morphine reliance on foreign opium, and discusses quinine substitutes and malaria control.
Cleveland report cites Dr Chevalier Jackson of Philadelphia saying some evidence gasoline fumes and tar roads may contribute to larynx cancer. The remarks were made to members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology during a recent meeting in Cleveland.
National Pharmacy Week notes the loss of C. C. White and Dr. J. A. Hess, pioneer druggists who built respected Sikeston stores. White died April 7 at 70 after typhoid and flu. Hess died June 7 at 87 while visiting Dallas. White’s successor run by J. Edgar White and Glenn Fish. Hess’s former New Madrid store later became Heisserer’s Drug Store after sales to Paul Galloway and Leroy Heisserer.
The American College of Surgeons announced 36078 five year cancer cures in the United States. This marks a rise of 6000 since three years ago and supports that cancer is curable. The census traces growth from about 20000 cures in 1931 and notes 345 clinics approved across the U S and Canada while seven states lack certified clinics.
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