The direct and indirect influence of Christian Science is...

National Druggist

The direct and indirect influence of Christian Science is alone cutting noticeable inroads into the general percentage of drug sales; for this cult has taken from the druggist people in each community who were once his best customers—people of wealth with real or imaginary ailments that had made them steady patrons of the proprietary shelves or prescription counters. But Christian Scientists patronize drug-stores for non-medical merchandise as much as they ever did, and they have more money to spend for the comforts, conveniences, and luxuries which a druggist sells than they had before.

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