The Montgomery Advertiser from Montgomery, Alabama • 8

THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER WEDNESDAY, JULY 11,1956 vf 0 i A ml ilF- 'ST JT' 1. Longer, happier life In 1900 the average life expectancy was about 42. In a little over 50 years, this life expectancy has rn-creased to 67. Yes, 25 years of normal, productive life have been added to the life span of the average American. The doctor and the pharmacist and their colleagues in allied professions have'rri'ada great contributions to longer and healthier lives for us.

The combined efforts of these professions, through new drugs, new surgical techniques, new diagnostic tests, have lengthened everyone's life px- pectancy. The pharmaceutical profession has" given medicine the toolsto work with so far as' drugs are concerned. 2. Your Prescription your best bargain i People take the high cost of living in stride; price increases 'are at least expected, if not taken' for granted. "Since 1940 prices of most commodities have more than doubled.

However, in terms of pur-' chasing power, the cost of medical care has decreased about 15 in the same period. Mrs. pays $3.50 for a box of candy without batting an eye. But what happens when it comes to paying an equivalent amount for a prescription? She complains and says the price is too But the price is really not the reason for complaining. Here's why: that box of candy was something that she wanted and was willing to pay for.

Prescriptions, like operations and taxes are things that nobody wants they are things they must have. However, the benefits from the things we must have are great in the past 10 to 15 years many serious diseases have become non-existent through modern nudicine'-and pharmacy. I 3. Some dreaded diseases are about non-existent hi When your health is in the balance The early part of the Twentieth Century has been phenomena! in the eradication of diseases and such scourges as diphtheria, smallpox and typhoid fever have practically disappeared. Infant mortality has been reduced to a minimum and the contagious diseases have been brought under control.

'The terrific impact'that these diseases had the adolescent and on children has practically disappeared due to the present form of therapeutics. Diabetes mellitus which took many a life can now be most adequately controlled by insulin and pernicious anemia, at the present time, can be controlled by injections of liver or the intrinsic factor as represented by Vitamin B12. In 1 900 medical textbooks relied on tonics, antipyretics and a great many medicinals which were uncertain and of questionable therapeutic value. Today, dueto the team work of the medical arid pharmaceutical professions, many of the most dreaded of human maladies have been eliminated; today you get well quickly and Itve. The low cost of prescribed medicine In 1931 antibiotics were unknown.

Earlier therapy was ineffective with colds. Now, colds rarely keep a person from work if treated at the onset. Another example -could be the arthritic patient who is able to go about his work today with little discomfort due to the relief he gets from modern medicine. These are but a few of many cases where time and money are saved today because of the terrific -advances in medicine. Another outstanding example of the really low cosLof prescribed medicine prescriptions used in combating pneumonia.

In 1931 the cost of the disease was usually over $400 when all medical costs were considered. Today, with a prescription for a "wonder" drug like aureo-mycin, penicillin, Chloromycetin or tenamycin, costing about $17, the total cost of pneumonia, in-cludng the doctor's fee, could be under $50. Consider; not only the savings of money, but the loss of time and assurance of recovery. your PRESCRIPTION is the biggest BARGAIN in your family ducationai standards of ethical pharmacy mg The profession of pharmacy is serious business. It takes a good and-thorough education and passjng of an exacting examination for a person to qualify to handle a doctor's prescription.

We are blessed with a good quota of pharmacists, and for this we should be thankful. We should also be thankful that, such high moral standards are required of pharmacists. Our health, and sometimes our very life, depends on this moral and professional He is responsible for the dosage of line medicine prescribed by the doctor. He must know and be sure that the right amounts of ingredients are compounded. To practice pharmacy in Alabama the standards and requirements are high, $rQ certificate coveted.

It certainly is serious business. These Montgomery Drug Stores Are Highly Qualified to Fill Your Doctor's Prescription Efficiently, Economically KING DRUG COMPANY ECONOMY DRUG CAPITOL HEIGHTS DRUG CO. DAVIS REXALL DRUG CO. 2276 MT. MEIGS RD.

CITY REXALL DRUGS 224 WEST JEFF DAVIS McGEHEE INC. 136 Dexter Ave. V4 A- 4 A I I LiiL A LI i PAUL A. BURNETT "Efficient, Reliable Prescription Service" 314 MADISON AVE. PHONE 2-2751 We Deliver BARRY SHIFLETT "On The Ball" 516 MOBILE ST.

Phone 3-4427 "Fastest Delivery Of Prescriptions In Town" DON B. FARNHAM "Prescription Spcctahsts" Phone 2-3521 FREE DELIVERY JIM BRANNEN "Prescription Specialists" 1865 Mt. Meigs Rd. PHONE 2-0569 FREE 6ELIVERY VERNARD MADDOX Pharmacist Prompt Delivery PHONE 4-6471 HAROLD T. GRIMES Registered Pharmacist Prescriptions Fountain Sundries We Deliver Anywhere In 30 Minutes PHONE 2-0336 RIVERSIDE DRUG COMPANY PROFESSIONAL CENTER PHARMACY PAGEHURST DRUG CO.

YANCEY PARK DRUG CO. C. L. DAY R. A.

DAVISON PARAMOUNT DRUG CO. Prescription Specialist OAK PARK DRUG CO. Phones 2-3525-26 701 Forest Ave. 1 hi'. 1 mm C.

L. DAY 4 A. E. PAGE "Reliable Prescription Service 1018 EAST FAIRVIEW AVE. DIAL 2-5775 Prescriptions Called For and Delivered S.

T. MANCUSO, B.S., Phar. "OpenTil Midnight 565 Days A Year" Paramount Theatre Bldg. Phone 2-2969 No Minimum Per Oalivry HAROLD M. GOLDSTON "We Specialize In Your Baby's Prescription" Professional Center Building Phone 3-7546 Delivery Service GEORGE E.

THREADGILL Preseriptiont 1201 BELL STREET PHONE 3-1832 Fast Delivery Service BILL PAYNE "Prescriptions Carefully Compounded" FREE DELIVERY ANYWHERE "Prescriptions Our Specialty 1716 Upper Wetumpka Road Phone 4-0261 Free Delivery Buy Ail Your Drug Needs A Your Favorite Drug Store.