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would  be  taken  in  Massachusetts  to  limit  the  number  of  opportunities  allowed 
the  applicant.    Messrs.  Bartells  and  Webster  also  spoke  on  the  subject. 
A  paper  on 
PROVISIONS  OF  A  POISON  LAW,  AND  MEASURES  FOR  ITS 
ENFORCEMENT. 
By  Albert  B.  Prescott, 
was  then  read.  The  author  said  the  registration  of  sale  of  poisons  is  upon 
about  the  same  footing  that  it  was  before  the  advent  of  State  boards  of  phar- 
macy. It  depends  largely  upon  the  will  of  the  pharmacist.  In  this  situation 
it  seemed  to  the  writer  the  better  way,  first,  to  propose,  as  a  general  State  law 
upon  this  subject,  one  that  is  simple  and  moderate  in  its  demands,  and  second, 
to  undertake  vigorous  measures  for  the  enforcement  of  registration  laws. 
In  the  provisions  of  the  law,  as  to  rules  of  registration  of  a  given  poison,  the 
writer  said  he  would  adopt  those  of  Number  79  of  the  Legislation  Committee 
circular.  He  said  it  is  of  the  first  importance  to  the  business  interests  of  phar- 
macy that  local  druggists  should  all  act  alike  in  registration,  and  as  to  what 
articles  to  register.  He  suggested  that  the  druggists  of  a  town  or  city,  if  not 
organized  into  a  society,  might  well  call  a  meeting  and  confer  upon  what  shall 
be  the  list  of  medicines  to  be  always  registered  as  poisons  when  sold  without  a 
prescription.  Such  an  agreement  gives  a  most  satisfactory  explanation  to  the 
purchaser,  who  may  ask :  ' '  Why  do  I  have  to  answer  these  questions  here 
when  I  have  not  been  asked  the  same  at  other  places  ?  " 
As  to  the  second  named  undertaking,  that  of  vigorous  measures  for  the 
enforcement  of  registration  laws,  it  seemed  to  the  author  certain  that  this  should 
be  the  duty  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
The  next  paper  presented  was  on 
UNIFORM  PHARMACY  LAW— AS  TO  PLACE  OF  REGISTRATION. 
By  Jos.  Jacobs. 
The  author  thought  it  desirable  that  every  licentiate  should  be  required 
to  register  at  the  county  seat  of  the  county  of  his  residence.  This  would 
be  a  wise  provision,  because  it  would  make  it  clear  to  the  licentiates 
themselves  who  were  their  legitimate  co-workers,  and  the  public  at  large  could 
easily  ascertain  whether  they  were  dealing  with  a  pharmacist  duly  qualified  or 
with  an  imposter.  He  suggested  that  the  place  of  registration  be  designated 
in  a  clause  similar  to  the  following: 
"  All  persons  qualified  by  law  to  practice  pharmacy  in  this  State  shall,  before 
entering  upon  such  practice,  cause  their  names  to  be  entered  upon  a  book  to 
be  kept  for  that  purpose  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  that  court  in  which  wills 
are  filed  for  probate  and  record,  in  the  county  of  the  residence  of  such  licen- 
tiate, and  of  the  county  in  which  he  does  business  as  a  pharmacist."  Then 
follow  with  appropriate  penalty  for  violation. 
Mr.  Ebert  said  this  suggestion  should  be  taken  into  consideration  by  the 
Committee  who  are  to  draft  the  uniform  pharmacy  law,  and  he  believed  it 
should  be  adopted,  and  that  the  secretaries  of  the  boards  should  be  instructed 
to  send  the  names  of  the  registered  pharmacists  to  the  clerk  of  the  court. 
Prof,  Oldberg  then  moved  that  the  discussion  of  these  papers  be  postponed 
