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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this year's crop of jjiiiiKciig for oxixnt will jiniount to about l,li(iO,000 yens ($000,000). I know of no Korean (lrui;s that are exported direet to the United States. The forei^jfn hospitals, physicians, and the lorei^n community iMi])Oit a general line of drugs, chemicals, and i)roprietary articles. The chief of such imported for use by the Koreans are <iuinine, which is now known and used all over the country, and santonin, which is bought in bulk and made up iuto pills or is impoi'ted as worm lozenges. Licorice root, oil of peppermint, and similar drugs are imported from China for native consumption. T think no American medical preparations are imitated in Korea. 5. SALE OF DRUGS IN LAY STORES. There are no department stores in Korea. 6,7. PRESCRIPTIONS. No law exists regarding physicians' prescriptions. 8. PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. Anyone may i)ractice pharmacy or medicine in Korea without di- ploma or special qualifications. The patient is not protected by law against incompetence on the part of his druggist or physician. Horace IST. Allen, Consul-General. Seoul, April 6,1898. TURKEY IN ASIA. ALEXANDRETTA. 1. THE DRUG BUSINESS. In each town, the residence of an akaimakam or mutassarrif (subgov- ernor) and vali (governor-general), there is established a municipal drug store, the pharmacist in charge being required to till, at Govern- ment expense, all prescriptions for the poor that are so certified by the municipal doctor. These stores also retail drugs to the general publi(,*. 2. DRUGGIST v. PHARMACIST. A wholesale druggist has no legal right to fill a prescription unless he is a qualified pharmacist. 3, 4. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES. !No drugs are exported from this j)ort exce])t in the raw state. Lico- rice root, opium, and scammony root are the princij)al exportations, lic- orice being the chief of these. The licorice root is sent chiefly to the United States, and costs here about 35 jjaras (31 cents) the oke (2.85

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