The drug trade in foreign countries : vol. XIV : reports from the consuls of the United States upon the laws and regulations governing : 1. the drug business : 2. druggists v. pharmacists : 3. exports of drugs and chemicals : 4. imports of drugs and medicines : 5. sale of drugs and medicines in lay stores : 6. disposal of prescriptions : 7. renewal of prescriptions : 8. practice of pharmacy / issued from the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of State.

United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce

Date:: 1898

Credit: The drug trade in foreign countries : vol. XIV : reports from the consuls of the United States upon the laws and regulations governing : 1. the drug business : 2. druggists v. pharmacists : 3. exports of drugs and chemicals : 4. imports of drugs and medicines : 5. sale of drugs and medicines in lay stores : 6. disposal of prescriptions : 7. renewal of prescriptions : 8. practice of pharmacy / issued from the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of State. 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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A complete list of dnijLjs, cliemical.s, proprietuiy articles, perfaine.s and druggists' sundries imported from the United States will iiiclud almost every item re((uired in a first-class drug store. TLe well-known liouses of Ijanmaii tK: Keni]), New York; McKessoi «& Kobins and Frederic Stearns & Co., of Detroit, Mich., export larg quantities of such goods to this country. The following are some of the prominent patent medicines importe( from the United States: Scott's lilmulsiou, Frederic Stearns tS: Co.' Emulsion, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, Keuter's syrups, liumiihrey's homec ])athic medicines; Jayne's, Bristol's, Brandreth's, Wright's, Badway'!- Keuter's, and Boss's pills; Cuticura, Packer's Tar, and Glenn's sulphu soaps. About 90 per cent of the quinine consumed comes from tli United States. England, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy furnisi large quantities of drugs, chemicals, perfumes, and patent medicine? Ko American medical preparations are imitated in this consula district. 5. saj:.e of drugs in lay stores. There are no department stores. All kinds of drugs, chemicals, pre prietary articles, perfumes, and druggists' sundries are sold extensix el; in general stores. There is no fixed price in this city for any article. 6, 7. PRESCRIPTIONS. Section 519 of the aforesaid law provides that all prescriptions com pounded shall be numbered a)id copied in a register to be kept by th druggist for that purpose, the pages of such register to be numbere* and to be signed by the alcalde. Section 520 provides that all compounded prescriptions, as well a all other medicines, in addition to having upon the package or bottle ; label explaining the contents, shall be stamped with the seal of th^ druggist compounding or selling the same. There is no law which prohibits the renewal of prescriptions. An; number of copies may be given. 8. PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. The law quoted regulates the practice of pharmacy. Diplomas fron American colleges of pharmacy are, as a rule, accej)ted by the prefec or alcalde as evidence that the person holding the same is possessed o the qualifications required by said law, and upon such diplomas bein< vised by the said authorities the holders can practice in the distric included within the jurisdiction of such officer. I am informed that many persons are practicing pharmacy in thii district who have not complied with the law in the first instance anc who do not observe it in the conduct of their business. W. Iryin Shaw, Consul. Bareanquilla, May 30, 1898.

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