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THE  DRUG  BUSINESS  IN  SWEDEN. 
Kino. 
Krameria. 
Lactucarium. 
Lobelia  Leaves. 
Marrubium. 
Pareira  Brava. 
Quassia. 
Quercus  Alba. 
Rhubarb  Root. 
Rubus  Villosus. 
Sarsaparilla. 
Senega. 
Senna. 
Serpentaria. 
Spigelia. 
Stillingia. 
Taraxacum. 
Uva  Ursi. 
Class  No.  3, 
Menstruum  composed  of  equal 
parts  of  Glycerin  and  Water. 
Wild  Cherry  Bark. 
Liquorice  Root. 
Coffee  (Java.) 
The  subject  is  one  of  interest  to  the  profession  at  large,  and 
I  will  hail  with  pleasure  the  criticisms  of  any  or  all  whom  it 
interests,  involving,  as  it  does,  a  complete  revolution  in  th 
various  pharmaceutical  formulas  of  all  our  standard  authorities. 
Nov.  lOth,  1869. 
THE  DRUG  BUSINESS  IN  SWEDEN. 
By  Oscar  Oldberg. 
The  number  of  drug  stores  in  Sweden  is  limited  by  virtue  of 
the  control  that  the  Royal  Board  of  Health  exercises  over  them. 
Formerly  the  privilege  of  practicing  the  pharmaceutical  profes- 
sion and  selling  drugs  was  granted  by  the  King  alone,  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  Board,  to  persons  considered  competent 
chemists  and  pharmaceutists.  These  licenses  were  transferable, 
and  hence  all  old  drug  stores  in  Sweden  can  be  bought  by  any 
one  who  has  fulfilled  all  the  requirements  of  law  and  established 
his  competency.  The  licenses  to  hold  and  conduct  these  stores 
are  generally  worth  three  times  the  value  of  the  stock  and 
fixtures. 
But  the  licenses  of  all  new  drug  stores  are  of  an  entirely  dif- 
ferent character — being  granted  to  the  pharmaceutists  only  for 
their  lifetime,  with  which  they  expire.  New  license  is  tendered 
to  the  next  happy  aspirant  when  a  druggist  holding  such  non- 
transferable license  dies. 
