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other than registered pharmacists may sell household ammonia and concen- 

 trated lye, in sealed containers plainly laheled, so as to indicate the nature of 

 the contents, with the word " poison," and with a statement of two or more 

 antidotes to he used in case of poisoning, and may sell bicarbonate of soda, 

 borax, cream of tartar, olive oil, sal ammoniac, and sal soda ; and persons 

 other than registered pharmacists may, furthermore, sell in original sealed con- 

 tainers, properly labeled, such compounds as are commonly known as " patent " 

 or " proprietary " medicines, except those the sale of which is regulated by the 

 provisions of sections eleven and thirteen of this Act. 



NARCOTICS AND POISONS. 



11. Regulating the dispensing of habit-forming <lrn</s. It shall be unlawful 

 .for any person, by himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or 



agent of any other person, or of any firm or corporation, to sell, furnish, or give 

 away any cocaine, salts of cocaine, or preparation containing cocaine or salts of 

 cocaine; morphine, salts of morphine, or preparations containing morphine or 

 salts of morphine ; or any opium, or preparation containing opium ; or any 

 chloral hydrate, or preparation containing chloral hydrate, except upon the origi- 

 nal written order or prescription of a lawfully authorized practitioner of medi- 

 cine, dentistry, or veterinary medicine, which order or prescription shall be 

 dated and shall contain the name of the person for whom prescribed, or, if 

 ordered by a practitioner of veterinary medicine, shall state the kind of animal 

 for which ordered, and shall be signed by the person giving the order or pre- 

 scription. Such order or prescription shall be, -for a period of three years, re- 

 tained on file by the person, firm, or corporation who compounds or dispenses 

 the article ordered or prescribed, and it shall not be compounded or dispensed 

 after the first time, except upon the written order of the original prescriber: 

 Provided, That the above provisions shall not apply to preparations containing 

 not more than two grains of opium, or not more than one-quarter grain of mor- 

 phine, or not more than one-quarter grain of cocaine, or not more than two 

 grains of chloral hydrate in the fluid ounce, or, if a solid preparation, in one 

 avoirdupois ounce. The above provisions shall not apply to preparations sold in 

 good faith for diarrhea and cholera, each bottle or package of which is accom- 

 panied by specific directions for use and caution against habitual use, nor to 

 liniments or ointments sold in good faith as such when plainly labeled " for 

 external use only," nor to powder of ipecac and opium, commonly known as 

 Dover's powder, when sold in quantities not exceeding twenty grains: Provided 

 further, That the above provisions shall not apply to sales at wholesale by job- 

 bers, manufacturers, and retail druggists to retail druggists, hospitals, colleges, 

 and scientific or public institutions. 



12. Prescribing of habit-forming drugs restricted. No physician in the District 

 of Columbia, knowing, or when he might by reasonable inquiry know, that any 

 person is addicted to the use of cocaine, morphine, opium, or chloral hydrate, 

 shall furnish to or for the use of such person, or prescribe for such person, the 

 drug aforesaid, to the use of which such person is addicted, or any compound 

 thereof, or any preparation containing the same, except as it may be necessary 

 to furnish or prescribe such drug, compound, or preparation aforesaid for the 

 cure of drug addiction aforesaid, or for the treatment of disease, injury, or 

 deformity : Provided, That no physician shall be convicted under the provisions 

 of this section who shows to the satisfaction of the court before which he is tried 

 that, having exercised due diligence and acting in good faith, he furnished or 

 prescribed such drug, compound, or preparation aforesaid believing the same 

 to be necessary for the cure of drug addiction aforesaid, or for the treatment of 



