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opium and its preparations, except paregoric and such others as contain less 

 than 450 milligrams of opium per one hundred cubic centimeters (two grains 

 to the ounce), shall make or cause to be made in a hook kept for the purpose 

 of recording the sale of such poisons an entry stating the date of each sale 

 and the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the 

 poison sold, and the purpose for which it was claimed to he purchased, before 

 delivering it to the purchaser. He shall not deliver any such poison to any 

 person without satisfying himself that such person is aware of its poisonous 

 character, and that the poison is to be used for a legitimate purpose, and he 

 shall affix to every box, bottle, or other package containing any dangerous or 

 poisonous drug, a label of red paper upon which shall be printed in large 

 black letters the word " poison ", and a vignette representing a skull and 

 bones, before delivering it to any person. Books kept for the purpose of 

 recording the sale of poisons shall be open at all times to the inspection of 

 the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, and of health officers or officers of the 

 law, and every such book shall be preserved for at least five years after the last 

 entry in it has been made. 



20. I)ru<'/s to be labeled as poisonous but not registered ; penalty. Every per- 

 son who dispenses, sells, or delivers any aconite, belladona, cantharides, col- 

 chScum, conium, cotton root, digitalis, ergot, hellebore, henbane, phytolaca, 

 Ftrophanthus, oil of tansy, veratrum viride, or their pharmaceutical prepara- 

 tions, carbolic acid (phenol), chloral hydrate, chloroform, creosote, croton oil, 

 mineral acids, oxalic acid, paris green, salts of lead, salts of zinc, tartar emetic, 

 white hellebore, or any drug, chemical, or preparation which according to 

 standard works of medicine or materia medica is liable to be destructive to 

 human adult life in quantities of four grams (sixty grains) or less, without the 

 prescription of a physician, shall label the receptacles containing them as is 

 provided for poisons in section nineteen, but shall not be required to register 

 the same. 



Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to the dispensing of 

 medicines, drugs, or poisons on physicians' prescriptions, but no prescription 

 the prescribed dose of which contains a dangerous quantity of poison shall be 

 filled without first consulting the prescribing physician and verifying the pre- 

 scription. 



Any person violating the provisions of this or the preceding section shall 

 upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or 

 by imprisonment for not more than ninety (lays, or both, in the discretion of the 

 court. 



23. V.rceptions. Except as to the labeling of poisons, this Act shall not apply 

 to registered physicians putting up their own prescriptions or dispensing medi- 

 cines to their patients; nor to persons selling drugs, medicines, chemicals, or 

 poisons at wholesale only ; nor to persons selling non-poisonous domestic reme- 

 dies usually sold by grocers or merchants. 



Acts of the Philippine Commission, 1903, vol. 8, p. 341-342. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



17. Pharmacists responsible for quality of products sold ; penalty. Every reg- 

 istered pharmacist or second-class pharmacist (practicante de farmacia) shall 

 be responsible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals, medicines, and poisons 

 he may sell or keep for sale; and it shall be unlawful for him to manufacture, 

 prepare, sell or administer any prescription, drug, chemical, medicine, or 



