174 DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



SALE OF POISONS. 



1124. Record. Every pharmacist or other person selling any poison shall be 

 satisfied that the purchase is made for legitimate purposes, and shall keep a 

 book in which shall be recorded every sale of the following articles, viz. : 

 arsenic and its preparations, all metallic cyanides and cyanides of potassium, 

 tartar emetic, corrosive sublimate, aconite and its preparations, strychnine, and 

 all other poisonous alkaloids and their salts, cantharides, ergot, hydrocyanic 

 acid, the said record also to exhibit the name of the person to whom sold, 

 place of his residence, and purpose of purchase as stated; which book shall 

 be kept at all times subject to the inspection of the Coroner of the County and 

 the solicitor of the said Association ( State Pharmaceutical ) , or such other 

 persons as either of them may designate. 



1125. Labeling. All persons in this State engaged in business as pharma- 

 ceutists, apothecaries, or druggists, either in the wholesale or retail of drugs, 

 shall, to every bottle, vial, box, or other package containing any poison named 

 in the preceding Section, or any one or more of the following articles, viz. : 

 oxalic acid, chloroform, belladonna and its preparations, opium and all its 

 preparations except paregoric, digitalis and its preparations, henbane and its 

 preparations, hemlock or conium, or any other article that may be added to 

 this list by the Pharmaceutical Association of the State of South Carolina, 

 securely attach a label, whereon shall be either printed or legibly written with 

 red ink the" name of the poison and the name of at least one antidote, with 

 brief directions as to the mode of using the same : Provided, That nothing 

 herein contained shall be construed to apply to the filling of prescriptions made 

 by regular physicians : And provided, further, That it shall be the duty of the 

 Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, o"n application at the time of registra- 

 tion, to furnish to the party registering a form of label for poisons. 



1126. Exceptions. Nothing herein contained shall prevent merchants and 

 shopkeepers from vending or exposing for sale medicines already prepared: 

 Provided, Such merchants and shopkeepers shall attach to the article sold a 

 copy of the label attached thereto by wholesale druggists, and in the sale of 

 poisons shall comply with the provisions heretofore stated. 



Code, 1902, vol. 1, p. 436. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



318. Manufacture or sale prohibited; penalty. No -person shall within this 

 State manufacture, brew, distill, have, offer for sale, or sell, any articles of 

 tood, drugs, spirituous, fermented or malt liquors which are adulterated within 

 the meaning of Section 1582 of the Civil Code, and any person violating this 

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

 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not 

 exceeding fifteen days, for the first offense, and not exceeding one hundred 

 dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, or both, for each subsequent offense. 



319. Penalty for hindering inspector. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any 

 way interferes with any inspector, analyst, or other officer appointed under 

 the provisions of Section 1578 of the Civil Code, in the performance of his 

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

 shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not 

 exceeding sixty days. Acts. 1898, p. 803 and 805. 



Code, 1902, vol. 2, p. 336-337. 



