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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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.
![t; ANJ) 7. I'K'KSCliirTIONS. Tlie law ie<|uires tliat pliysiciaiis' ])it'S(a'ii)ti()iis imist Ix^ l<('])t on tile Cor ten years. It may liero be iiieiitioned that (lru|j^;;ists re(|uir('. pliysi- ciaiiM' prescriptions much more generally than their colleagues in America. Many of the so-called simple medicines, if at all cmhi- pounded, can be obtained here only on a prescri^ttion. ^lany diiiu^ists require the purchaser of jwisons to sign a printed blank lorm stating the use to be made of same and giving his name and address. Druggists are permitted to renew physicians' prescriptions froin time to time and must give copies thereof upon the request of the original client. In many instances the latter is required to sign a printed blank request for the renewal of his prescription. Tiie law of 1878 relative to the responsibility and liability of i)rescription druggists is at present being revised. 8. PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. The candidate for a diploma as pharmacist must have a thorough preliminary education, including six years at least in the study of the Humanites, which means Latin, Greek, mathematics, sciences, and philosophy, as taught in the Athenees, which correspond to the high school or university prej)arator}; school. He must then take at the university his course of two years in science, and finally the course of two years in the school of pharmacy, annexed to the medical depart- ment of the university. After graduation, before he is allowed to establish an independent business, he must serve one year as clerk in a prescrii)tion pharmacy. Graduates of American colleges of pharmacy, as well as all other for- eign pharmacists, may be admitted to practice their profession in Bel- gium after compliance with the requirements of law. They must first satisfy the minister of public instruction that their diplomas are authentic and that they have the right to practice ]3harmacy in their respective countries; they must prove their good moral standing and explain the reason of their desire to establish themselves in Belgium. After these preliminaries the minister submits all the documents to the duly constituted jury; this body examines them and determines whether the candidate has passed through a course of instruction, equivalent to that required by Belgian law; it may, in its judgment, submit him to a supplementary examination. The report of this jury is finally made to the minister, who decides upon the request of the candidate in accordance therewith. As pertinent to the i)resent subject, it may be permissible to quote the paragraph relative to medicines and drugs in my report on Amer- ican goods at Ghent, dated December 18, 1897: During my residence here I have been impressed with the difficulty of obtaining many familiar medicinal preparations. There seems to be scarcely any better index of the differences which exist among nationalities than the medicine which people](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21070313_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
