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years later, behind the long-time lobbying of Wiley, the Pure
Food and Drugs Act became law; this prohibited interstate commerce of mislabeled and
adulterated drugs and food. Wiley himself emphasized food-related issues as a greater
health concern, but he gave some attention to patent medicines and prescription drugs; his
successor, Carl Alsberg, elevated the importance of drug
matters. |
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By 1908 the Drug Laboratory underwent its first of what would be
many major reorganizations. Renamed the Drug Division, it was divided into four
laboratories: the Drug Inspection Laboratory, directed by George Hoover;
the Synthetic Products Laboratory which W.O. Emery headed; the Essential Oils Laboratory,
under E.K. Nelson; and the Pharmacological Laboratory, directed by William Salant. Kebler remained the Division Director |
