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IS CHLORODYNE SUBJECT TO A MEDICINE STAMP? 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
11, Greij Street, Newcastle, Dec. 21, 18G5. 
Sii’> I now have the pleasure of handing you a copy of ni} r second com¬ 
munication with the Board ol Inland Revenue, on the subject of Chlorodyne 
and the Stamp Duty. 
Your readers will perceive with satisfaction that the Board allow all neces- 
saiy Ireedom in tne practice of legitimate dispensing : at the same time it 
must not be inferred that this liberty is extended to all sales of Chlorodyne 
with similar directions. 
The prescriptions are copies taken from those which have been presented 
in the ordinary course of trade, simply withholding the names of the patient 
and prescribe!’. 
Barnard S. Proctor. 
(copy.) 
“Dee. 1 , 18(15. 
“To the Honourable Commissioners of Inland Revenue. 
“ Gentlemen,—I beg to thank you for your communication bl34. S . 
65. 
“In reply to its last clause, I beg to hand you Copies of Prescriptions 
selected from a number, to illustrate various ways in which Chlorodyne is 
prescribed by medical men, together with the directions which would accom¬ 
pany the medicine when sent to the patient. 
“ I further beg to explain that I do not propose to sell any of the medicines 
prepared according to the accompanying prescriptions, excepting to the pa¬ 
tients for whom they were prescribed ; and simply seek this information as a 
guide to my practice when other similar cases arise. 
“ YYurs most respectfully, 
‘‘Barnard S. Proctor. 
Prescriptions. 
“ 1. R Chlorodyne ^ss. 
Aquae ad 5iv. 
M. Sumat ^ss omni nocte. 
Jan. 11, 1864. 
“ 2. R Chlorodyne mxv. 
Aquae Purse 5ss. 
M. ft. Plaust. pro diarrh. 
si opus sit sum. 
Apr. 2, /6-i. 
“ 3. Chlorodyne 5ss. 
Sp. iEther. Nitr. 5 b 
Aqu. ad gi. M. 
ft. Haust- sed. nocte sum. 
Mar. 3, /65. 
“4. R Chlorodyne 31 . 
(Collis Brown’s) 
Sign. 15 drops to be taken 
in water occasionally. 
Directions. 
A tablespoonful to be taken every 
night. 
The Draught for Diarrhoea, to be 
taken if required. 
Draught to procure sleep, to be taken 
at night. 
15 drops to be taken in water occa¬ 
sionally. 
* Sec ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal,’ vol. vii. p. 318. 
