The Bane and the antidote; or, poisoning and its suppression.

  • Wilson, Walter.
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Bane and the antidote; or, poisoning and its suppression. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    cause to be affixed on the outside of the parcel, or bottle, containing such Poison, in printed letters, clear and legible, the name and description of the contents, and also have the word “Poison” in conspicuous type labelled thereon, 12. That the vender, shall cause all Poisons, authorized to be sold by him, to be kept in a division or compartment of his shop? or place of business, expressly devoted for keeping Poisons, separate and apart from the ordinary articles of trade. And no vender shall permit any restricted Poison to be sold, or made up or compounded into any medicine by any apprentice, assistant, or other person, under the age of twenty years. 13. That tlie vender shall make and send to the Commissioner, every three months in each year, or oftener if required, a return of all Poisons sold, pursuant to the form contained in the Schedule to the Act, and certified by such vender. 14. That proper books be kept by the Commissioner, in which shall be entered all cases of sale, taken from the quarterly returns, so that a complete Registry of all sales of Poison in the kingdom may be properly made. 15. That the book to be kept by the vender shall be retained by him, until the same shall be filled up by registered sales, and then returned to the Commissioner, who shall cause the vender to be supplied with another book for the like purpose. 16. That any person who shall have in his possession, for the purposes of sale, any Poison, or shall sell the same, not being Licensed and authorized to sell, shall forfeit and pay a sum of money to be fixed upon, by way of penalty. 17. That if any vender shall sell, in any other manner save as authorized by the Act, and the License granted to him for that purpose, or shall deliver the same on sale, without first having entered the same, and signed, and properly labelled, as by the Act required; or if any person purchasing shall give false information; or if any person shall sign his name as a witness to the sale to a person unknown to the person so signing as witness, or subscribe a false entry, such vender or other person, shall forfeit and pay a penalty.