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named  in  Section  I  of  this  act  when  a  single  box,  bottle  or  other 
package,  or  when  the  bulk  of  y2  fluid  ounce  or  the  weight  of 
y2  avoirdupois  ounce  does  not  contain  more  than  an  adult 
medicinal  dose  of  such  poisonous  substance;  nor  in  case  of  prepara- 
tions recommended  in  good  faith  for  diarrhoea  and  cholera,  when 
each  bottle  or  package  is  accompanied  by  specific  directions  for  use 
and  a  caution  against  habitual  use  ;  nor  in  the  case  of  liniments 
and  ointments  when  plainly  labeled  "  for  external  use  only nor 
in  the  case  of  preparations  put  up  and  sold  in  the  form  of  pills, 
tablets  or  lozenges  and  intended  for  internal  use,  where  the  dose 
recommended  does  not  contain  more  than  one-fourth  of  an  adult 
medicinal  dose  of  such  poisonous  substance. 
Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  dispense,  sell  or 
deliver  to  any  person,  any  salts  of  cocaine,  morphine  or  its  salts,  or 
any  of  the  alkaloids  or  salts  of  alkaloids  of  opium,  except  upon  the 
written  prescription  of  a  legally  qualified  physician  or  dentist,  such 
prescription  not  to  be  refilled,  except  upon  the  written  order  of  the 
person  prescribing  the  same ;  except,  however,  that  sulphate  of 
morphine  may  be  sold  by  a  registered  pharmacist  or  assistant 
pharmacist  in  original  packages  containing  not  less  than  y%  ounce 
when  registered  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  I  of 
this  act. 
Sec.  4.  The  penalty  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of 
any  section  of  this  act  shall  not  be  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  separate  offense. 
Sec.  5.  Section  4238-27,  Section  4364-54  and  Section  6957  of 
the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Ohio  are  hereby  repealed. 
Sec.  6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after 
the  first  day  of  January,  A.D.  1903. 
The  legislature  of  Ohio  also  enacted  a  law  prohibiting  the  pro- 
miscuous distribution  of  samples  of  pills  and  other  potent  medicines, 
and  an  anti-cocaine  law,  prohibiting  the  sale  of  cocaine,  except  upon 
physician's  prescription. 
Perhaps  the  measure  which  gave  the  most  joy  to  Ohio  druggists, 
however,  was  the  law  repealing  the  infamous  Middleton  Act.  This 
was  an  act  which  slipped  through  the  general  assembly  two  years 
ago  without  its  true  intent  being  known.  It  gave  any  one  the  right 
to  bring  an  action  against  any  druggist  for  violating  the  Dow 
Liquor  Tax  Law.    Under  it  a  spy  would  obtain  liquor  from  a  drug- 
