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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    It can not be (iiscovered that any American medical preparations are imitated in this distiict. Tliere are. nolaws ])r()hi])itin<;'snch imitations unless tlie article is patente<l in Italy, in which case the patentee can appeal to tlie courts to protect liis rights. ******* James Fletcher, Consul. (lENOA, April If), 1898. MILAN. 3, 4. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. The exportation of chemical products, specialties, i)erfumes, and accessories is very small, and to the United States may be calculated at 110,000 per year. The exportation to the United States for the quarter ending December 31, 1897, was valued at $1,473.28, and con- isted of the following articles: Camomile in flowers, tamarind extract, castor oil, cod-liver oil with iron, citrate of magnesia, liquid quinine, pulverized cream of tartar, sugar of milk crystals, capsules tannin, cod-liver oil, catramina pills, Indian vegetable pills, coco phosphate globules, imperial drops, sautalin, Indian bitters, and culium soap. The direct importation from the United States is very little, it being considered more convenient to buy from agencies established in London, which keep traveling agents in Italy. The American preparations are rarely imitated because they are not well known. If the dealers in the United States desire to build up a trade in Italy they must, as the London firms do, send agents here who are thoroughly posted in the business, who can speak either French or Italian, and can personally introduce and explain the value of their goods. SALE OF DRUGS IN LAY STORES. The sale of pharmaceutical specialties is reserved to the authorized druggists. Perfumery, accessories, etc., can be sold by anybody and at prices usually ijrinted on the articles. Milan, March 24, 1898. Wm. Jaevis, Consul. VENICE. 1. THE DRUG BUSINESS. In this district drugs are sold at what are called droghieri (gro- cers' shops) as well as at pharmacies, although the latter are the only ones authorized to sell them in the form of medicinal preparations or to fill physicians' prescriptions. The number of pharmacies in Venice is 88, while there are about 300 droghieri.