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.
![j)r()tessioii in any other inaniHM' tliaii tli;it stijmlated hy law. He is restricted bylaw to one laboratoiy. He must reside at his ))lace of business, and his name must ai)]t<'ar in le<,dble (.'harjieters ui)on his sifi^n, lalxds IVoin his laboi'atory, letter lu^ading, and bills. No other name or (|ualilication otiier than the title of i)harmacist can apiiear thereon without the authorization of the i)rovincial medical commis- sion, exce])t n])on sijccialties, when the stamp of the maiinfactui'er may be affixed in juxtaposition with tlie name of tiie pharmacist. No other business can be carried on in the laboratory. If, however, the ])harma('ist is also engaged in the drug business, he is alh)wed to keep his drugs in his laboratory. Pharmacists are prohibited from delivering medicines indicated as poisonous otherwise than on j)re- scriptiou written and signed by a doctor, veterinary pharmacist, or by a person honorably known, who must state the use for whi«'h the poisou is required. The druggist is confined to the retail trade of drugs and other com- mercial objects, as well as chemical ])roducts, employed in medicine, and also used in various trades. All simple substances used in medicine, but which have not been subjected to any pharmaceutical prep.iration whatever, are rated as drugs. Druggists are prohibited from selling or exposing for snle any pharmaceutical preparation, composition, or specialty; mixing simple medicaments, preparing remedies, or prescriptions written by practi- tioners or others. The law regulating the sale of poisons by pharmacists is also appli- cable to druggists authorized to sell poisons. Druggists are subjected to the same regulations as pharmacists as concerns store, residence, name on sign, labels, and bills. 3 AND 4. EXPORTS OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES. Exports from and imports into Belgium of drugs, chemical preparations, and perfumery during the year 1897. DRUGS. (Medicinal leaves, flowers, plants, roots, seeds, barks, essences, medicinal oils, pharmaceutical x'lepa- ratious, amber, camphor, etc.) Country. EXPORTS. Denmark England France Germany Holland Italy Norway Portugal Eussia Spain Sweden Switzerland ■United States .. Other countries Kilograms. 50,143 1, 263, 514 599,630 7, 886, 883 1, 512,169 56, 560 67, 898 602,142 110,133 89, 583 34, 218 52,427 74,208 137, 691 Pounds. 110, 315 2, 779, 730 1,319, 186 17, 351,143 3, 326, 772 124, 432 149, 376 1,324,712 242, 293 197,083 75, 280 115, 339 163, 257 302. 920 Total I 12,537,199 1 27,581,838 Countrv. Algeria Australia England France Germany Holland India Italy Spain Turkey United States ... other countries . Kilograms. 315,051 303,173 882, 974 1,753,635 675, 261 933. 420 535, 806 2,350, 998 2, 235, 346 446, 506 6,49C, 507 654,167 Total 17,582,844 Pounds. 693,112 666,981 1,942, .543 3, 857. 997 1, 485, .574 2. 053, 524 1,178, 773 5,172,196 4, 917, 761 982,313 14, 292, 315 1, 439, 167 38, 682, 256](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21070313_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
