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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt:...wholesale dealers were arrested, tried and convicted. Heavy fines were imposed in consequence by the Court of Special Sessions. The Department Drug Store. During the year 1905, 97,806 prescriptions were filled. In addition 221,888 tablets and pills were furnished, together with a miscellaneous lot of hospital supplies. Antitoxin. A most important advance was made during tjie year in the preparation of antitoxin. Through this method concentration of antitoxin from serums of low therapeutic value has been made possible. As a result the Department is able to manufacture, at less expense and in larger quantities, diphtheria antitoxin of high grade. This system has been thoroughly tested in the hospitals of the Department and has now been placed in the various antitoxin stations for the use of the public. This method has also been adopted by the various antitoxin manufacturers, with the result that a more powerful serum can be sold at a very much lower rate. Division of Chemistry. Nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-one (9,951) analyses were made:n the Chemical Laboratory for 1905, nearly double any previous year. The bulk of this work has been to determine injurious substances in foods, the identification of drugs and the initial work in food adulteration. Much work has been done in the laboratory for other departments and for various medical societies. The Police Department, for instance, in a large measure depends upon this laboratory for its analyses. Medical School Inspection. In September, 1902, a new method of medical school inspection was inaugurated, extending the jurisdiction of the.school inspection to the classrooms, and individual examination of pupils to their classes. As at first organized, this work resulted in the exclusion of a very large numb...