280  Editorial.  ^°May'!Y92^: 
the  sale  shall  be  made  only  on  a  bona  fide  prescription  written  by  a 
licensed  practitioner  of  medicine  engaged  at  the  time  in  the  practice 
of  his  medical  profession.  Distilled  spirits  and  wines  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  such  medical  practitioner  when  in  good  faith  he  believes 
that  the  use  of  alcoholic  liquors  as  a  medicine  is  indicated  and  only 
after  a  personal  physical  examination  of  the  patient  or  after  con- 
sultation with  another  practitioner  who  has  made  a  personal  physical 
examination  of  the  patient,  and  the  prescription  shall  be  written  in 
duplicate,  the  prescriber  retaining  one  copy,  and  there  shall  be 
written  thereon  the  name  and  address  of  the  patient  for  whom 
prescribed,  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  prescriber,  and  the 
prescription  shall  not  be  filled  more  than  once,  and  there  shall  not  be 
prescribed  for  the  same  patient  for  internal  administration  more 
than  one  pint  of  distilled  spirits  within  any  period  of  ten  days,  and 
the  liquor  prescribed  can  be  consumed  only  by  the  patient  named 
in  the  prescription,  and  the  pharmacist  filling  the  prescription  shall 
preserve  it  for  at  least  two  years  on  a  separate  file  kept  for  pre- 
scriptions for  distilled  spirits  and  wines,  and  all  such  files  and  re- 
cords shall  be  open  at  all  time  to  the  inspection  of  any  authorized 
officer  of  the  law. 
