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
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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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    Exportation from Belgium of sal soda, HulphaleH, and HiilphiteH. Country. lIollMiid ImihImikI Italy France Other couutries. Total . 1884. Quantity. Value. 1895. 1896. 1894. .$71,498.20 00, :f01t. 9!l 2(i. 044. 77 37,430. 98 21,065. 09 1895. 1 1 .$i;i4,017.01 11,641. 2'.> 10,930. .'54 34,256. 92 102, 284. 47 1890. Tot,,. 1, :t58 1, 14(i 495 711 2,255 Tung. 1, 46.''> 7'.»] :J22 651 ;(, 024 Tonn. 1,5:10 1, 158 770 477 371 $72, 782. 02 .'■>4.80!l.71 30, 500. 35 22, 003. 97 17, 526. .52 5,965 6,253 4,312 316,955.03 329, 130. 23 204,283.17 Value of exportation from Belgium of miscellaneous chemical jjrodacts, iurludiiii/ inTlates, carbonic, uilric, and sulphuric acids, chlorides of chalk, mercury, etc. ((Juatilitics not ohtaiuable.) France , Germany Enn;lan(i United States ... Italy Spain Holland Ku.ssia Sweden Portugal Turkey Deumark Other countries Total Country. 1894. 1895. 1896. $911, 689.35 $1,007,885.41 .$1, 370,983.03 1,172, 097. 69 1,104.913.26 1, 249.929. 32 813, 795.89 907, 388. 34 738, 378. 05 511, 700.90 306,637.44 515,534.85 403, 983. 97 433,727. 29 485,244.27 386,931.80 310, 032. 96 472, 884. 55 449, 285.67 316,315.74 437, 587. 42 211,893.16 95, 309. 02 367, 364. 89 204, 098. 27 139,142. 39 290, 779. 59 109, 845. 95 164,321.74 741, 627. 65 229, 366. 22 79,293. 80 136,506.80 139, 579.14 102,251. J(l 104,270.18 473, 556. 36 393, 580. 48 269,466.54 6, 017, 824.37 5,361, 459. 33 6,580,617.14 Exportation from Belgium of miscellaneous drugs {including leaves, flowers, plants, roots, seeds, harks, medicinal essences and oils, jjharmaceutical preparations {not specially mentioned), amber, caviphor, etc.) Country. Germany England , Holland , France Hamburg Norway Italy United States... Other countries. Total tons Quantity. 1894. Tons. 4,080 1,669 523 542 174 18 100 947 8,053 1895. Tons. 5.198 1,773 608 432 90 115 52 181 536 8,985 Tons. 5,2.37 1,654 939 352 282 113 91 69 575 9,312 Value. 1895. $930, 630.56 380, 662.20 119, 228.45 123,709.91 39,554.19 4, 228. 44 22, 831. 81 215, 876.19 $1,186, 504, 138, 98, 20, 26, 11, 41. 21. 788.30 $1, 472.42 751. 75 I . 049.63 1 504.90 149.57 813.53 301.61 I 055.72 194. 410. 99 377,173.92 214,132. 34 80, 286.47 64,371.87 25,781.33 20,923.54 15, 638.02 131,283.88 1,836, 721.75 2, 049,487. 46 2,124,001.86 4. IMPORTS OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES. Any reasonably complete list of drugs, chemicals, proprietary articles, perfumes, and druggists' sundries imported from the United States can not be given. Official statistics, as in the case of the export trade, are wanting. The Government publication heretofore mentioned indicates the importation of such articles from the United States during the past three years to have been: Miscellaneoxs chemical inoducis.—In 1894, 5,83'2,860 pounds; 1895, 4,460,359 pounds; 1896, 10,321,093 pounds.