Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  1 
Aug.,  1879.  J 
Correct  Numbering  of  Prescritions. 
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tages  to  this  method.  An  error  in  numbering  a  prescription  is  not 
repeated  in  the  next.  In  a  large  establishment,  where  several  dis- 
pensers are  at  work,  there  is  no  confusion  ;  each  one  registers  his  num- 
bers and  fills  as  many  spaces  as  he  has  prescriptions  for,  and  his  num- 
bers are  all  consecutive.  The  prescription  file  is  not  exposed  to  obser- 
vation ;  the  prescriptions  can  be  thrown  into  a  small  drawer  until  they 
are  removed  and  pasted  in  the  scrap  book. 
My  plan  is  to  have  a  narrow  book,  say  seven  by  three  inches,  con- 
taining about  a  hundred  leaves.  I  take  an  unused  prescription  book 
for  the  purpose.  I  then  rule  six  upright  lines,  about  an  inch  apart. 
On  the  top  line  of  each  space  I  write,  in  red  ink,  the  numbers  of  the 
prescriptions  to  be  filled,  all  except  the  unit,  which  is  filled  out  by  the 
dispenser  from  the  naught  at  the  top  to  the  nine  at  the  bottom  of  each 
space.  When  the  page  is  filled  it  is  torn  ofF  at  the  perforation.  Below 
is  a  copy  of  one  of  my  pages.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  last  number 
Ailed  is  38,556. 
38,530 
38,540 
38,550 
39,56 
38,57 
38,58 
38,59 
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