146   Narcotics  and  Alcohol-containing  Proprietaries.  {AmMirch,i9^.rm* 
shall  contain  the  name  of  the  person  for  whom  prescribed,  or  if 
ordered  by  a  practitioner  of  veterinary  medicine  shall  state  the  kind 
of  animal  for  which  ordered,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  person  giv- 
ing the  prescription  or  order.  Such  written  order  or  prescription 
shall  be  permanently  retained  on  file  by  the  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion who  shall  compound  or  dispense  the  articles  ordered  or  pre- 
scribed, and  it  shall  not  be  again  compounded  or  dispensed,  except 
upon  the  written  order  of  the  original  prescriber  for  each  and  every 
subsequent  compounding  or  dispensing.  No  copy  or  duplicate  of 
such  written  order  or  prescription  shall  be  made  or  delivered  to  any 
person,  but  the  original  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  inspection  by 
the  prescriber  and  properly  authorized  officers  of  the  law. 
Provided,  however,  that  the  above  provisions  shall  not  apply  to 
preparations  containing  not  more  than  2  grains  of  opium  or  not 
more  than  grain  of  morphine,  or  not  more  than  %  grain  of 
heroin,  or  not  more  than  V%  grain  of  cocaine,  or  not  more  than 
'  yi  grain  of  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  not  more  than  10  grains  of 
chloral  hydrate,  in  I  fluid  ounce ;  or  if  a  solid  preparation,  in  I 
avoirdupois  ounce.  Provided  also  that  the  above  provisions  shall 
not  apply  to  preparations  containing  opium  and  recommended  and 
sold  in  good  faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each  bottle  or  package 
of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  directions  for  use,  and  a  caution 
against  habitual  use,  nor  to  powder  of  ipecac  and  opium,  commonly 
known  as  Dover's  Powder,  nor  to  liniments  or  ointments  when 
plainly  labeled  "  for  external  use  only."  And  provided  further  that 
the  above  provision  shall  not  apply- to  sales  at  wholesale  by  jobbers, 
wholesalers  and  manufacturers  to  retail  druggists  or  qualified 
physicians,  or  to  each  other,  nor  to  sales  at  retail  by  retail  druggists 
to  regular  practitioners  of  medicine,  dentistry  or  veterinary  medi- 
cine, nor  to  sales  made  to  manufacturers  of  proprietary  or  pharma- 
ceutical preparations  for  use  in  the  manufacture  of  such  preparations, 
nor  to  sales  to  hospitals,  colleges,  scientific  or  public  institutions. 
Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  practitioner  of  medicine, 
dentistry  or  veterinary  medicine  to  furnish  to  or  to  prescribe  for  the 
use  of  any  habitual  user  of  the  same  any  cocaine,  heroin,  alpha  or 
beta  eucaine,  opium,  morphine,  chloral  hydrate,  or  any  salt  or  com- 
pound of  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  or  any  preparation  con- 
taining any  of  the  foregoing  substances  or  their  salts  or  compounds. 
And  it  shall  also  be  unlawful  for  any  practitioner  of  dentistry  to 
