Drug legislation in the United States : Rev. to July 15, 1908 / by Lyman F. Kebler.

  • Kebler, Lyman F. (Lyman Frederic), 1863-
Date:
1909
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Credit: Drug legislation in the United States : Rev. to July 15, 1908 / by Lyman F. Kebler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Nor shall it be lawful to sell or deliver anj- poison named in schedules A and B unless, on inquiry, it is found that the person is aware of its poisonous character, and that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. Nor shall it be lawful to sell or deliver any poison included in schedule A without making, [or] causing to be made an entry in a book for that purpose only, stating the date of sale, and the name and address of purchaser, the name and quantity of poison sold, the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the dispenser; said book always to be open for inspection by the proper authorities and to be preserved at least five years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons, when prescribed by practitioners of medicine, nor to the sale of poisons if a single bottle or package does not contain more than an ordinary dose. Dealers shall affix to every bottle, box or parcel, or other inclosures of an original package containing any of the articles named in schedules A and B of this Act, a suitable label or brand with the word poison, but they are hereby exempted from the registration of such article when sold at wholesale, or to a registered pharmacist or physician. Any person failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 11. Poison schedules. * * * Schedule **A. Arsenic, corrosive sublimite,<^ cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strych- nia, cocaine, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, opium and all its preparations, excepting those which contain less than two grains to the ounce. Schedule *' B. Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, savin, cantharides, phos- phorus, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloroform, chloral, sulphate of zinc, sugar of lead, mineral acids, carbolic acids, and oxalic acid, white precipitate, red precipitate, biniodide of mercury, essential oil of almonds. Laws 1903, pp. 125-127. ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 351. Druggists responsible for mistakes in filling orders. Every apothecary, druggist or person carrying on business as a dealer in drugs or medicines, or person employed as clerk or salesman by such person, w^ho, in putting up any drugs or medicines, or making up any prescription, or filling any order for drugs or medicines, wilfully, negligently, or ignorantly, omits to label the same, or puts an untrue label, stamp, or other designation of contents upon any box, bottle, or other package containing any drugs or medicines, or substitutes a different article for any article prescribed or ordered, or puts up a greater or less quantitj- of any article than that prescribed or ordered, or otherwise deviates from the terms of the prescription or order which he undertakes to fol- low, in consequence of which human life or health is endangered, is guilty of a misdemeanor, or if death ensues, is guilty of a felony. Revised Statutes, 1901, p. 1246.
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