48 DKUC- LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATUS. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



12. Registered pharmacist responsible for t/iialilij sold, Every registered 

 pharmacist shall be held responsible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals, and 

 medicines he may sell or dispense, with the exception .of those sold in the 

 original packages of the manufacturer, and also those known as " patent medi- 

 cines " ; and should he knowingly, intentionally, and fraudulently adulterate, 

 or cause to be adulterated, such drugs, chemicals, or medical preparations) he 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be liable 

 to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, his 

 name shall be stricken from the register. (Approved June 15, 1878.') 



Compiled Statutes (Albert and Lovejoy), 181)4, p. 4:37. 



1. Sale of adulterated drugx prohibited. No person shall, within the District 

 of Columbia, by himself or by his servant .or agent, or as the servant or agent 

 of any other person, sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or posses- 

 sion with the intent to sell or exchange, or expose or offer for sale or exchange, 

 any article of food or drug which is adulterated within the meaning of this Act. 



2. Definition of " drug ". The term " drug", as used in this Act, shall include 

 nil medicines for external or internal use, antiseptics, disinfectants, and 

 cosmetics. * * * 



3. Definition of "adulteration". An article shall be deemed to be adulterated 

 within the meaning of this Act: 



(a) In the case of drugs: First, if, when sold under or by a name recognized 

 in the United States Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard of strength, 

 quality, or purity laid down in the edition thereof at the time official; second, 

 if, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the United States Pharma- 

 copoeia, but which is found in the German, French, or English Pharmacopoeia, 

 it differs from the strength, quality, or purity laid down therein ; third, if, 

 when sold as a patented medicine, compounded drug, or mixture, it is not com- 

 posed of all of the ingredients advertised or printed or written on the bottles, 

 wrappers, or labels of. or on or with the patented medicine, compounded drug, 

 or mixture: Provided, That if the defendant in any prosecution under this Act, 

 in respect to the sale of any such patented medicine, compounded drug, or mix- 

 ture, shall prove to the satisfaction of the court that he had purchased the 

 article in question as the same in nature, substance, and quality as that de- 

 manded of him by the purchaser, and with a written warranty to that effect ; 

 and that he had no reason to believe at the time when he sold it that the article 

 was otherwise, and that he sold it in the same state as when he purchased it, 

 he shall be discharged from the prosecution. * * * Provided, That an of- 

 fense shall not be deemed to be committed under this section in the following 

 cases, that is to say, first, where the order calls for an article of food or drug 

 inferior to such standard, or where such difference is made known by being 

 plainly written or printed on the package ; second, where the article of food or 

 drug is mixed with any matter or ingredient not injurious to health and not 

 intended fraudulently to increase its bulk, weight, or measure or conceal its 

 inferior quality, if at the time such article is delivered to the purchaser it is 

 made known to him that such article of food or drug is so mixed. 



4. Health officer to prepare regulations to facilitate enforcement of act. It 

 shall be the duty of the nealth officer of the District of Columbia under the 

 direction of the Commissioners of said District, to adopt such measures a;; 

 may be necessary to facilitate the enforcement hereof, and prepare rules and 



