Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-23
DoCrO r. DRCGG ISTS.
Physicians Who Compound Their Own
Prescriptions, or do so by Their Quail
fed Agents, Not Opposed to the Phar-



Prescriptions, or do so by Their Quail
fed Agents, Not Opposed to the Phar-
macy Law.
There is, it is claimed, a misunderstood
ing III relation TO the requirements of the
new pharmacy law. 1t is asserted by its
advocates that it asks that those who conf
pound and dispense drugs and prescrip.
lions shall be either graduates or else shall
have qualified themselves before the state
board What Is aimed at by its sponsors IS
that the clerk who compounds prescrip-
tons in the DOCTORS drug store shall be on
the same footing and be governed by the
same pharmacy regulations us the clerk in
n regular druggists store is now. This, II
is argued, is only fair to the druggists
clerk, who is qualified pharmacist and is
also protection to the public, The latter,
is urged, are subject as much 70 danger
from ignorant componnders IN the one
case as III the other. The law then should
be fclt III one case as well as in the other,
The present law, requiring qualified
| clerks for compromising any prescription,
| governs druggists only, and eXempts doc
| tors who compound their own prescrlp-
| tions and own thcir drug stores. Now the
nuint tiat lie new law advocates say must
| be closely lnder,toodls here. The law is
not uilnel against the doctor-druggist him
! self. liut is every qualified physician
| under his certificate or diploma as n
| doctor may practice pharmacy without
| any further qualification from the
] SIte ROard of Pharmacy, the point Of
| tic proposed amendment is To protect the
| pubiic bv requiring the physician, when
! lie il away from his drug store, employing
| anyone but properly qualified person to
| acl iii his place III compromising prescrip-
| tons or in selling drugs. The doctor
drilagst Is often away from his drug store
| OH his DAYS medical rounds. some re-
] ~ ia
| during his absence. The store is practi-
cally a drug store then, and on the plane
/ uF any other drug store in the city.
| The fact that dUctnr-druggst holds
| physicians diploma, added to the fact that
| Inc state pharmacy laws recognize y as
sufficient 70 qualify the doctor himself 70
| dispense drugs and compound pTesGrlp-
| tons, should not, it is held, be equivalent
to allowing half-informed attendant to
represent the doctor in his absence from
the drug store and compound prescrlp-
tons,
The argument advanced By the friends
of the new law is that the public must he
protected in all places and at all times by
properly qualified persons at any druggist 8
counter, OF any Acknowledgements counter,
or ii any place, or under amy conditions
Whe.t drugs are compounded.
SALE OF rotsoSs.
There is, It is also claimed, greater diff.
fculty in regard TO the sale and registra-
ton of actual poisons. 1t is said that it is
almost impossible TO make it a definitely
uniform and operative law. This Is
largely SO from the trouble that all expe-
Renee has taught Of making il incumbent
on grocery stores not to sell without max.
Ing dine record of the infinite varieties OF
deadly poisons III the form Of Trough on
, Rats, "liOuschold Ammonia, Paris
green ard laudanum in all its forms.
II is held that the law is of no benefit &C
the public If, while the druggist is required
and does keep an exact record Of all sale
Of poison, the grocer is allowed TO sell al
he can without restriction Of any sinS
| whatever.
, Rough on Rats" is almost wholly ar
snnical in composition. Almost every ca!
there arc newspaper records Of its fata
results. And not that alone but it is uset
hS suicides as the means ot killing them
selves BIZ simply dsinkinE h. In addition
there Il 4 law existing watch requires tn
dispensers bf these decagiions Y Keep
i record of their sales, whcti they DO not
ii Is a dpad letter and thera y no way o
J forcing tic grocer to Keep the law.
Tho ra."3 Ol the state pharmacy Doaft
make no distinction IN applicants comm!
brfoTr them for certificates, sex or colo
hns nothing to do with the question. lher
are two fully qualified female druggist
9 who do business i'll the state. they ar
c boyh graduates in pharmacy.
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