The Art of dispensing : a treatise on the methods and processes involved in compounding medical prescriptions.

Date:
1901
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The Art of dispensing : a treatise on the methods and processes involved in compounding medical prescriptions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    both parts of the schedule, but in retailing those of Part I. may only be sold to persons known to the seller or introduced to him, and they must be entered in the poison-book and signed for. All poisons retailed must bear the name of the poison, the word ' Poison,' and the name and address of the seller. The following are the Poison Regulations. Regulation i.—That in the keeping of poisons, each bottle, vessel, box, or package containing a poison be labelled with the name of the article, and also with some distinctive mark indicating that it contains poison. Regulation 2.—Also that in the keeping of poisons, each poison be kept on one or other of the following systems, viz. :— (a) In a bottle or vessel tied over, capped, locked, or otherwise secured in a manner different from that in which bottles or vessels con- taining ordinary articles are secured in the same warehouse, shop, or dispensary ; or {b) In a bottle or vessel rendered distinguishable by the touch from the bottles or vessels in which ordinary articles arc kept in the same ware- house, shop, or dispensary ; or (r) In a bottle, vessel, box, or package kept in a room or cupboard set apart for dangerous articles. [Each poison is here referred to, so that all systems are likely to be required or used. One will keep oxalic acid in a different way (say, a) from hydrocyanic acid (say, c), although the latter would also be tied over as a requires. Each chemist and druggist may decide within the abo^;e lines what is best for his own business. Clause a.—It is a good rule to keep things not frequently wanted in a cupboard, so that those only which are most often required will have to be dealt with in this clause. Note that the regulation refers to securing the stopper or lid of the vessel, &c., or the vessel itself. This applies to liquids and powders. Ointments and extracts generally kept in pots may be kept according to h or c. One or two pieces of sandpaper placed on plain bottles or pots make them distinguishable to touch, and meet the regulation. —Ed. ] Regulation 3. That in the dispensing and selling of poisons, all lini- ments, embrocations, and lotions containing poison be sent out in bottles rendered distinguishable by touch from ordinary medicine-bottles, and that there also be affixed to each such bottle (in addition to the name of the article, and to any particular instructions for its use) a label giving notice that the contents of the bottle are not to be taken internally. c ?