Electrically Operated National Greatest labor-saving machine for re- It does 15 things in three seconds. customers. The New N. C. R. Credit File Cuts out all bookkeeping of customers' accounts. No customers' ledger, blotter or daybook. Every customer's account balanced to Complete record with one writing. War or no war, prosperity is increasing. Hence don't delay. It more than pays for itself out of the money it saves. THREE VALUABLE BOOKS The Druggist and His Profits Written by HARRY B. MASON. Nine Druggists out of ten are enormously deceived about their profits. This book tells in the first place how a man may know exactly what his business now yields him; in the second place it tells him what his business should yield; and in the third place it tells him how to make the yield what it ought to be. Every phase and department of the druggist's business is thoroughly considered, and methods for making a detailed and systematic improvement all along the line are given. Sent for $1.00 post-paid. Window Displays for Druggists Edited by HARRY B. MASON. This book is now in its third edition-a sufficient proof of its practicality and usefulness. It comprises clear photographic reproductions of 115 window displays, and each trim is described so that it may be easily and successfully duplicated. There is also a chapter on "Trimming the Window," two calendars suggesting articles for display every week in the year, a collection of clever slogans for use on show-cards, and other material to help the druggist make the most of his window space. Sent for $1.00 post-paid. 350 Dollar Ideas for Druggists Edited by HARRY B. MASON. We paid $1.00 each for these 350 ideas-hence the title of the book. There are 46 novel and ingenious methods of capturing more business. There are 31 money-making formulas worked out by shrewd druggists. There are descriptions of practical devices for use in the store, dispensing and compounding kinks, bookkeeping and accounting suggestions, tips about the prescription department, ideas about the soda fountain, clever methods used in displaying and selling souvenir post-cards, and other miscellaneous ideas that either mean money-saving or money-making. Sent post-paid for $1.00. $1.00 Each-All Three for $2.50. E. G. SWIFT, P. O. BOX 484 DETROIT, MICH. 究 Getting the Physician's Business Of course, you want the business of physicians because they are immense users of drugs and supplies, and because they are in a position to recommend your store and to send you the business of their patients. If you go out after the patronage of physicians it will result in your setting your store on a higher standard and of making it a power in the community. "Getting the Physician's Business" is the title of a new book that deals with this subject from its every phase. It is written by a man who built up a large and successful drug business by catering to the wants of physicians and by obtaining their patronage and co-operation. He tells of his methods, ideas and plans in such a manner that any druggist can make use of them in his own particular business. Here are a few of the subjects he deals with in detail: 1.-Obtaining the Physician's Confidence. 3. What a Doctor Expects of a Druggist. 7.-How to Get Business Away From Physicians' Supply 8.-How to Make Your Physician Your Friend. 9.- Letters that You can Write to Doctors. 10.- How to be of Assistance to Physicians. 11.-How to Introduce Your Own Preparations and New Goods to Doctors. 12.-Sampling Physicians. 13.-Keeping a List of Trained Nurses. 14.-The Proper Co-operation between Doctors and Druggists. 15.-How to Organize a Doctors' and Druggists' Mutual Association. 16.-Getting the Business of Dispensing Physicians. 17.-Interesting Dentists and Veterinarians. 18.-Collecting Money from Doctors. 19.-How to Equip Yourself and Your Store for the Doctor's Business. 20.-Accommodations that Physicians Expect. 21. Studying the Individual Doctor. 22.- How the Doctor Can Send You Business. THE BOOK YOU WANT. In fact, it deals with hundreds of other problems and methods that every druggist should know about. It is worth hundreds of dollars to every druggist, no matter where he may be situated. The whole book contains 115 pages and it is bound in handsome blue cloth and is printed on a high grade paper. Price $1.00; postage paid. Published by EDW. N. HAYES, 60 W. Lafayette, DETROIT, MICH. The Month's History Late in 1915, Dr. S. S. GoldNew York water, then Health CommisOrdinance sioner of the City of New Invalid. York, undertook to put into force an amendment to the city's sanitary code which would compel manufacturers of proprietary remedies to list with the health department what constituted a partial disclosure of formulas. The aim, it was stated, was to collect at the Commissioner's office a mass of data which would furnish to the health department a means of driving from the local market a number of patent medicines. This provision, while not entirely new, was extremely distasteful not only to the manufacturers of proprietary remedies but to the wholesale and retail dealers of the city. Action was commenced in 1916 by E. Fougera & Company, the Chas. N. Crittenton Company, and H. Planten & Son contesting the legality of the measure. These suits were brought separately, but were nevertheless in a sense related. George W. Wickersham, a former attorney general in the United States, appeared as counsel for the Chas. N. Crittenton Company and H. Planten & Son, while Chas. L. Russell was attorney for E. Fougera & Company. The case ran the usual weary length, but a decision has recently been handed down by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court-a verdict that is entirely agreeable to the drug trade. The amendment has been declared unconstitutional and the health department restrained from putting its provision in force. The unanimous judgment of the court was that the health department exceeded its power in creating a provision which could only be brought into existence by a legislative bodythe scope and authority of a board of health HARRY SKILLMAN No. 8 being executive rather than legislative. The court also expressed a doubt that the measure was justified by public need. Dr. Rusby's Third After a number of delays, one of them being due to sickness, Dr. Henry H. Rusby, dean of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, sailed for South America on what might be termed a tour of botanical exploration. He was accompanied by Dr. F. W. Pennell of the New York Botanical Gardens, who will act as assistant botanist. F. H. Putt, of Youngstown, Ohio, is said to be the financial backer of the enterprise. Dr. Rusby plans to penetrate to the head waters of the Orinoco River, and the original schedule, which may have been somewhat modified, called for an investigation of other sections, including a crossing of the Andes. This is Dr. Rusby's third South American expedition. On previous trips he |