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copper,  lead,  mercury,  zinc,  the  concentrated  mineral  acids,  oxalic 
and  hydrocyanic  acids  and  their  salts,  yellow  phosphorus,  carbolic 
acid,  the  essential  oils  of  almonds,  pennyroyal,  tansy  and  savin, 
croton  oil,  creosote,  chloroform,  chloral  hydrate,  cantharides,  or 
any  aconite,  belladonna,  bitter  almonds,  colchicum,  cotton  root, 
cocculus  indicus,  conium,  cannabis  indica,  digitalis,  hyoscyamus, 
ignatia,  lobelia,  nux  vomica,  opium,  physostigma,  phytolacca,  stro- 
phantus, stramonium,  veratrum  viride,  or  any  of  the  poisonous 
alkaloids  or  alkaloidal  salts  or  other  poisonous  principles  derived 
from  the  foregoing,  or  any  other  poisonous  alkaloids  or  their  salts 
or  any  other  virulent  poison,  except  in  the  manner  following  : 
It  shall  first  be  learned  by  due  inquiry  that  the  person  to  whom 
delivery  is  made  is  aware  of  the  poisonous  character  of  the  sub- 
stance, and  that  it  is  desired  for  a  lawful  purpose,  and  the  box, 
bottle  or  other  package  shall  be  plainly  labeled  with  the  name  of 
the  substance,  the  word  ''poison,"  and  the  names  of  two  or  more 
substances  which  may  be  used  as  antidotes.  And  before  delivery 
shall  be  made  of  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  there  shall  be 
recorded  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose  the  name  of  the  article, 
the  quantity  delivered,  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  alleged  to  be 
used,  the  date  of  delivery,  the  name  and  address  of  the  purchaser, 
and  the  name  of  the  dispenser,  which  book  shall  be  preserved  for 
at  least  five  years,  and  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  inspection  by 
the  proper  officers  of  the  law. 
Sec.  2.  The  provisions  of  Section  1  of  this  act  shall  not  apply 
to  articles  dispensed  to  or  upon  the  order  or  prescription  of  persons 
believed  by  the  dispenser  to  be  lawfully  authorized  practitioners  of 
medicine  or  dentistry,  and  the  record  of  sale  and  delivery  above 
mentioned  shall  not  be  required  of  manufacturers  and  wholesalers 
who  shall  sell  any  of  the  foregoing  substances  at  wholesale,  but  the 
box,  bottle  or  other  package  containing  such  substance,  when  sold 
at  wholesale,  shall  be  properly  labeled  with  the  name  of  the  sub- 
stance, the  word  "  poison,"  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  manu- 
facturer or  wholesaler ;  nor  shall  it  be  necessary  to  place  a  poison 
label  upon,  nor  to  record  the  delivery  of  sulfid  of  antimony,  or  the 
oxid  or  carbonate  of  zinc,  or  of  colors  ground  in  oil  and  intended 
for  use  as  paints,  or  calomel,  paregoric,  or  other  preparations  of 
opium  containing  less  than  2  grains  of  opium  to  the  fluid  ounce, 
nor  in  the  case  of  preparations  containing  any  of  the  substances 
