Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-26
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A Druggist Can Net shield Himself Behind
the Doctor If a Mistake Is Made.
New York Sun.
A druggist is not obliged to follow the
prescription Of a physician In case more
than the maximum dose Of a poison Is
prescribed.
Gin such instances" said a prominent
druggist, ave detain the customer and
send q clerk to ask the physician if a
mistake has not been made. BE may
accidentally written morphine for
ouinine, or perhaps the particular pa
tient was accustomed to the drug pre-
scribed and needed an unusual dose.
The pharmacist is held responsible for
all accidents resulting from g faulty pre-
gcriptiOD, and he can not shield himself
behind the doctor. He should know
that certain innocent drugs when COM
bined form deadly poison, and he must
look out for such combinations. Only 8
thoroughly skilled pharmacist, who has
been apprenticed to the business for Eve
years and has a license from the board Of
pharmacy, or who is a graduate Of the
college Of pharmacy, Is competent to put
up q prescription He must have q good
knowledge of chemistry and be skilled
in the uses Of poisOns.
"Aftsr many years practice a druggist
becomes familiar with all kinds of pre-
sCriptiOns, and, as a rule, the same sort
come in day after day. with little change.
Where there is & deviation we are apt to
examine the prescription closely in or
der to be sure that everything Is all
right. If there is doubt, We wait until
We communicate with the physician. If
there is no poison in the prescription,
! of course we do not care what we put up.
'In dealing out poisonous prescriptions
| we warn the patient not to take more
than the prescribed dose. We don't like
! to get into trouble through patients tax
| ing an overdose. There is not likely to
/ be another disaster like the one in HO-
] boken for some time, as the carelessness
/ Of Am ende will tend to make all drug
/ gists unusually careful. We think OF
such things when we make up pre-
! sCri ptiOns, and we are very careful to
/ get the right jar. Every careful druggists
in handling a jar of drugs, will read the
/ label when he takes it down and again
| when he puts it up.
$50 many liniments contain poisonous
materials that it has become a custom tC
| put them in blue bottles and label them
For external use only Otherwise PEG
/ pie would be apt to take them by the
teaspoon"
/ " uE5I II q ultsu BuOu4u DL-LlE III q
scriPtion not signed and containing poi
SOM"
''No trouble about that. He WOULDN'T
get it."
Mr.. Robert GarretC's beautiful and
costly gift to Baltimore of a fountain has
arrived in that city from Paris, and will
| take its place among the notable art
treasures of Mount Vernon square.
have used TOngaIIne IN a case Of neu.
Eaigia Of So years standing. For the last
| few years the patient has been unfit foI
work nearly al the time. Has not been
free from pain for many years. Was
suffering extreme pain when he began
taking Tongaline. He has not had q Sc
/ we're attack since beginning its use eight
days since. This is remarkable, from
| the fact that he has worked ia the sun,
which be has not been able to do for
twenty years. 1t IS a splendid nerve
tonic.
q. P. Nelson, M. D., Ashland, Ohio.
"A Hebrew weekly mplains of the
! disinelinatiOn Of young Jews for the
priesthood, anu says it is due to the fac
/ that this is a commercial age, and that il