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operative, and returned with an assorted lot of the prescribed arti- 

 cles, Paregoric and Cholera INIixture, enough to supply his own 

 demand and that of several neighbors. 



We wish to say that we believe that the Board of Health is 

 guided only by honest motives in this matter. But we also believe 

 that the action taken, in reference to the common household reme- 

 dies is to say the least unwise and entirely unnecessary. We be- 

 lieve that the interested parties, the public first of all, and then the 

 pharmacists should have been consulted before any action was 

 taken. When it is proposed to enact a State Law, due notice is 

 given, and hearings may be had by those interested. 



We are surprised to learn that Codeine and Heroine and their- 

 salts, or preparation containing these are not included among the 

 articles whose sale, except on a physician's prescription, is prohib- 

 ited by the ordinance. 



It would seem to us that the indiscriminate use of Codeine and 

 Heroine is accompanied by far greater danger than the use of 

 Brown Mixture or Lead and Opium Wash. It would be interesting 

 to know by what process of reasoning the Board of Health has 

 arrived at its seeming conclusion that they are not. 



We believe that the ordinance would have received the hearty 

 support of the public and- of the pharmacist, had it been confined 

 to restricting the sale of Morphine and its salts, in any form, ex- 

 cept on physicians' prescriptions. That part of the ordinance which 

 reads "or in combination with other substances," should have in 

 our opinion been omitted, or at least so modified as to permit the 

 sale of common household remedies in use for many years. 



We furthermore believe that Codeine and Heroine and their salts 

 should be included with the articles covered by the ordinance. 



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