Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1919. 
Editorial. 
411 
shall  be  in  duplicate,  and  both  copies  be  signed  in  the  physician's 
handwriting.  The  quantity  prescribed  for  a  single  patient  at  a  given 
time  shall  not  exceed  one  quart.  In  no  case  shall  a  physician  pre- 
scribe alcoholic  liquors  unless  the  patient  is  under  his  constant  per- 
sonal supervision. 
All  prescriptions  shall  indicate  clearly  the  name  and  address  of 
the  patient,  including  street  and  apartment  number,  if  any,  the 
date  when  written,  the  condition  or  illness  for  which  prescribed,  and 
the  name  of  the  pharmacist  to  whom  the  prescription  is  to  be  pre- 
sented for  filling. 
The  physician  shall  keep  a  record  in  which  a  separate  page  or 
pages  shall  be  allotted  each  patient  for  whom  alcoholic  liquors  are 
prescribed,  and  shall  enter  therein,  under  the  patient's  name  and  ad- 
dress, the  date  of  each  prescription,  amount  and  kind  of  liquors 
dispensed  by  each  prescription,  and  the  name  of  the  pharmacist  fill- 
ing the  same. 
Any  licensed  pharmacist  or  druggist  may  fill  such  prescriptions 
(1)  if  his  name  appears  on  the  prescription  in  the  physician's  hand- 
writing, and  (2)  if  he  has  made  application  and  received  permit, 
Form  737,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  T.  D.  2788,  and  (3) 
if  he  has  qualified  as  retail  liquor  dealer,  by  the  payment  of  special 
tax.    No  such  prescription  may  be  refilled. 
Druggists  filling  these  prescriptions  shall  preserve  in  a  separate, 
carefully  guarded  file,  one  copy  of  every  prescription  filled,  and  once 
a  month  shall  transmit  to  the  collector  of  internal  revenue  a  list 
showing  the  names  of  the  physicians,  the  names  of  the  patients,  and 
the  total  quantity  dispensed  to  each  patient  during  the  month.  These 
lists  shall  be  subject  to  immediate  examination  and  frequent  review 
in  the  collectors'  offices,  and  wherever  there  is  indicated  either  (1) 
that  a  physician  is  prescribing  more  than  normal  quantities,  or  (2) 
that  any  patient,  through  the  services  of  one  or  more  than  one 
physician,  is  procuring  more  than  a  normal  quantity,  the  collector 
shall  report  the  facts  to  the  Commissioner  and  the  U.  S.  Attorney. 
Pharmacists  should  refuse  to  fill  prescriptions  if  they  have  any 
reason  to  believe  that  physicians  are  dispensing  for  other  than 
strictly  legitimate  medicinal  uses,  or  that  a  patient  is  securing, 
through  one  or  more  physicians,  quantities  in  excess  of  the  amount 
required  for  legitimate  uses. 
Wholesale  or  retail  liquor  dealers  having  stocks  of  wines  or 
liquors  on  hand,  may  sell  to  pharmacists  holding  permit,  upon  re- 
