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Editorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
January,  1920. 
departments.  The  following  hon  mot  is  a  sample  worthy  of  such 
preservation.  "A  practitioner  is  not  regarded  as  in  personal  at- 
tendance upon  a  patient  in  the  intent  of  the  statute  unless  he  is  in 
personal  attendance  upon  such  patient  away  from  his  office." 
"Personal  attendance"  should  be  irrespective  of  the  temporary 
place  of  either  physician  or  patient  and  the  necessity  of  the  patient 
should  determine  the  drug  prescribed  by  the  physician  and  not  the 
fact  that  the  patient  happens  to  be  in  the  physician's  office. 
Only  such  narcotic  drugs  as  are  personally  administered  by  a 
practitioner  when  in  attendance  upon  a  patient  away  from  his  office 
are  exempted  from  the  records  of  narcotic  drugs  required. 
Stock  solutions  such  as  are  used  by  oculists  and  other  specialists 
may  be  kept  on  hand,  providing  a  record  is  made  of  the  date  when 
the  solution  is  made  or  purchased  and  the  date  when  such  solution 
is  exhausted. 
All  records  made  by  any  of  the  registrants  must  be  kept  open 
for  the  inspection  of  authorized  officials  of  the  department. 
The  regulations  provide  that  oral,  nasal,  ocular,  rectal,  urethral 
and  vaginal  preparations  are  not  to  be  regarded  as  for  external  use, 
and  that  preparations  manufactured  or  used  for  such  purposes  con- 
taining more  than  the  exempted  amount  of  narcotic  drugs  do  not 
fall  within  the  scope  of  the  exemption  granted  to  external  prepara- 
tions. 
A  private  formula  containing  not  more  than  the  exempted  per- 
centage of  narcotic  drugs,  made  in  accordance  with  a  private  formula 
of  a  physician,  upon  request  of  the  physician  that  the  druggist  keep 
a  quantity  of  the  mixture  on  hand  in  order  that  prescriptions  may  be 
filled  for  his  "special  mixture"  is  not  to  be  considered  as  a  ready- 
mad^  preparation  in  accordance  with  the  U.  S.  P.  or  N.  F.  or  estab- 
lished formula,  and  is,  therefore  not  within  the  exemption  granted  for 
such  preparations. 
Every  manufacturer,  producer,  compounder  or  vender  (including 
the  dispensing  physician)  of  exempted  preparations,  must  keep 
a  record  of  all  sales,  exchanges,  gifts,  etc.,  the  entries  to  be  made  at 
the  time  of  delivery.  The  record  must  show  the  name,  address  and 
registry  number  of  the  dealer  to  whom  the  preparation  or  remedy 
is  sold,  exchanged  or  given,  the  name  and  quantity  of  the  preparation 
or  remedy,  and  the  date  on  which  the  delivery  to  the  purchaser  or 
his  agent  is  made.  A  separate  record  must  also  be  kept  of  sales 
of  such  exempted  preparations  to  persons  other  than  dealers,  even. 
