112 DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



2265. Physicianx* itrcxcrijtlioiis c.t'ccptcd. So much of section 2263 as re- 

 quires the word " poison," or the name of the drug sold or delivered, to be 

 labeled on the box, vial or other package containing the same, shall not extend to 

 any practicing physician who shall deliver any of the articles therein men- 

 tioned with a prescription for the use of the articles. 



Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 626. 



3044. Schedules; conditions; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to 

 retail any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and " B," except as follows : 

 Schedule "A" arsenic and its preparations, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of 

 potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous vegetable alka- 

 loids and their salts, and the essential oil of bitter almonds. Schedule "B"- 

 opium and its preparations, except paregoric and other preparations of opium 

 containing less than two grains to the ounce; aconite, belladonna, colchicum, 

 conium, mix vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, 

 veratrum, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloro- 

 form, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, corrosive sublimate, red precipitate, 

 white precipitate, mineral acids, carbolic acid, oxalic acid, without labeling the 

 box, vessel or paper in which the said poison is contained, and also the outside 

 wrapper or cover, with the name of the article, the word " IHHSOII," and the 

 name and place of business of the seller. Nor shall it be lawful for any person 

 to sell or deliver any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and " B," unless 

 upon due inquiry it he found that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous 

 character, and represents that it is to be used for legitimate purposes. Nor 

 shall it be lawful for any registered pharmacist to sell any poisons included in 

 schedule "A" without, before delivering the same to the purchaser, causing an 

 entry to be made in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, 

 name and address of purchaser, the name of poison sold, the purpose for which 

 it was represented by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the dis- 

 penser such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities, 

 and to be preserved for at least five years. The provisions of this section shall 

 not apply to the dispensing of poison in not unusual quantities or doses upon 

 the prescriptions of practitioners of medicine. Nor shall it be lawful for any 

 licensed or registered druggist or pharmacist to retail, sell or give away any 

 alcoholic liquors or compounds as a beverage. Any person violating the pro- 

 visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- 

 viction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one 

 hundred dollars. 



3046. Exceptions. This chapter shall not apply to physician? putting up 

 their own prescriptions, nor to the sale of proprietary medicines. 



Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 768-9. 



1. Sale of cocaine restricted. It shall not be lawful for any druggist or other 

 person to retail or sell or to give away any cocaine, hydro-chlorate or other salt 

 of or any compound of cocaine, or preparation containing cocaine, or any salt(s) 

 of or any compound thereof, excepting upon the written prescription of a licensed 

 physician or a licensed dentist, licensed under the laws of the state, which pre- 

 scription shall only be filled once : Provided, that the provisions of this section 

 shall not apply to sales in the usual quantities at wholesale by any manufac- 

 turer or wholesale dealer when such manufacturer or wholesale dealer shall 

 have affixed to the box, bottle or package containing such cocaine, hydro- 

 chlorate or other salt or compound of cocaine or preparation containing cocaine, 

 a label specifically setting forth the proportion of cocaine contained in any prep- 

 aration. 



