346 MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN RUSSIA. 
By a general edict, it is prohibited pharmaciens from writ- 
ing prescriptions and interfering with the treatment of pa- 
tients, except in cases of danger to life, such as poisoning, 
fainting, hemorrhages, burns, &c, when immediate aid is 
needed, and a physician is expected. 
This regulation, which comprises the most judicious mea- 
sures, is a new proof of the importance that, among the na- 
tions of the North, is attached to the profession of pharmacy. 
It may be added, that if the preceding arrangements demand 
of the Russian apothecary the fullest guarantee of knowledge, 
they at the same time secure to him the price worthy of his 
services, a distinguished place in the social circle, and the con- 
sideration which should be the object of ambition to every 
one who exercises a liberal profession. 
P. A. C. 
Joum de Pharmacie. 
