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"  RULES  GOVERNING  THE  ADMISSION  OF  ARTICLES. 
"The  following  rules  are  adopted  to  guide  the  Council  on  Phar- 
macy and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  Association : 
"(The  term  'article'  shall  mean  any  drug,  chemical  or  prepara- 
tion used  in  the  treatment  of  disease). 
"Rule  i. — No  article  will  be  admitted  unless  its  active  medicinal 
ingredients  and  the  amounts  of  such  ingredients  in  a  given  quantity 
of  the  article  be  furnished  for  publication.  (Sufficient  information 
should  be  supplied  to  permit  the  Council  to  verify  the  statements 
made  regarding  the  article,  and  to  determine  its  status  from  time 
to  time.) 
"Rule  2. — No  chemical  compound  will  be  admitted  unless  infor- 
mation be  furnished  regarding  tests  for  identity,  purity  and  strength, 
and,  if  a  synthetic  compound,  the  rational  formula. 
"Rule  j. — No  article  that  is  advertised  to  the  public  will  be  ad- 
mitted ;  but  this  rule  will  not  apply  to  disinfectants,  cosmetics,  foods 
and  mineral  waters,  except  when  advertised  in  an  objectionable 
manner. 
"  Rule  4.. — No  article  will  be  admitted  whose  label,  package  or 
circular  accompanying  the  package  contains  the  names  of  diseases, 
in  the  treatment  of  which  the  article  is  indicated.  The  therapeutic 
indications,  properties  and  doses  may  be  stated.  (This  rule  does 
not  apply  to  vaccines  and  antitoxins,  nor  to  advertising  in  medical 
journals,  nor  to  literature  distributed  solely  to  physicians.) 
"  Rule  5. — No  article  will  be  admitted  or  retained  about  which 
the  manufacturer  or  his  agents  make  false  or  misleading  statements 
regarding  the  country  of  origin,  raw  material  from  which  made, 
method  of  collection  or  preparation. 
"Rule  6, — No  article  will  be  admitted  or  retained  about  whose 
therapeutic  value  the  manufacturer  or  his  agents  make  unwarranted, 
exaggerated  or  misleading  statements. 
"Rule  7. — Labels  on  articles  containing  "  heroic  "  or  "  poison- 
ous "  substances  should  show  the  amounts  of  each  of  such  ingredi- 
ents in  a  given  quantity  of  the  product. 
"Rule  8. — Every  article  should  have  a  name  or  title  indicative  of 
its  chemical  composition  or  pharmaceutic  character,  in  addition  to 
its  trade  name,  when  such  trade  name  is  not  sufficiently  descriptive. 
"Rule  p. — If  the  name  of  an  article  is  registered,  or  the  label 
