Am  Mayr'i907arm" }    Drug  and  Food  Inspection  Decisions,  247 
Adam  Kuhn,  the  first  professor  of  botany  in  America,  was  a  pupil 
and  very  close  friend  of  Linnaeus.  Dr.  Kuhn  was  born  in  German- 
town  in  1 74 1,  and  it  was  probably  through  the  influence  of  one  of 
Linnaeus's  correspondents  in  this  country  that  he  went  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Upsala  for  his  medical  education.  Linnaeus  had  many 
correspondents  in  America,  probably  through  one  of  his  pupils, 
Peter  Kalin,  who  came  thither  on  a  visit  in  1748. 
Florence  Yaple,  Secretary  pro  tern. 
DRUG  AND  FOOD  INSPECTION  DECISIONS- 
PHYSICIANS'  PRESCRIPTIONS. 
THE  STATUS  OF    PACKAGES    COMPOUNDED    ACCORDING    TO  PHYSICIANS' 
PRESCRIPTIONS  AND  ENTERING  INTO  INTERSTATE  COMMERCE. 
Packages  resulting  from  the  compounding  of  physicians'  pre- 
scriptions  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  are  the  subject  of  many 
queries,  of  which  the  following  are  representative : 
If  a  druggist  compounds  a  physician's  prescription  and  sends  it 
into  an  adjoining  State,  will  it  be  necessary  to  state  upon  the  label 
the  amount  of  alcohol,  morphine,  etc.,  that  may  be  present  ? 
Supposing  a  regularly  licensed  practising  physician  has  patients 
located  in  various  States  of  the  Union  and  supplies  medicines  to 
them  through  the  mails,  by  express,  and  otherwise,  do  such  packages 
come  under  the  provisions  of  the  law,  and,  if  so,  can  the  required 
information  be  given  in  pen  and  ink  on  the  label  ? 
We  treat  drug  addictions  on  a  very  gradual  tonic  treatment 
reduction  plan.  For  instance,  if  John  Doe  writes  for  information  as 
to  the  home  treatment  for  his  addiction,  I  send  him  a  symptom 
blank  which  contains,  among  other  questions,  an  inquiry  as  to  the 
kind  of  drug  he  uses,  how  he  uses  it,  the  length  of  time  he  has  used 
it,  etc.  In  addition  to  giving  me  a  complete  history  of  his  case,  he 
states  he  is  using  10  grains  of  sulph.  of  morphine  (each  twenty-four 
hours),  hypodermically  or  internally,  as  the  case  may  be.  In  pre- 
scribing in  his  case  I  immediately  put  "him  on  just  one-half  of  the 
amount  he  reports  as  his  daily  allowance,  combining  same  with  a 
bitter  tonic. 
