The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-24

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.-.,,notely for the patients the practice 4
,,,acv Is regulated In the majority {
OIL s,atcs composing the Union. In
> for instance, the law II properly
Me-, Med could be considered almost per
and II a prescription Is not properly
I D','1 the uuhlic seldom hears OF IL. Inc
hl'eui tare themselves, who should be the
pnys'N,,,s ia complain In case OF error are
hl rolrctant i'm the matter, as they are
Nei' ., make mistakes themselves. When
HP .,,tion calls for toxic dose of any
pa5 II medicine, the rule Is for the phar-
no,st to tell the patient To return IN an
~ or So as il requires some time To pre-
NV" the ingredients. This Is an excuse to
p"u nm the physician and ask MN IL ne
49,, 80 not committed an error. Many pa
.sant has been saved In this Innocent way |
s"on, an untimely grave, although the |
nasiest thing to do would be for the physl-
.San IN write the weight OF the drug III
en- letters. Another thing which deserves
I've attention Of the rcformer Is the de-
oIorable habit of writing prescriptions IN
rdog Latin" instead of using the pam
pnglish language without abbreVmtions
some druggists, and physicians, TOO ior
that matter, possess hardly an ordinary
knowledge of Latin, and the results are
not only ridiculous, but also full OF danger
"But." says the smart drug clerk VIC
can always make 1t out. .r
Cortoirlv there are druggists who will
make out anything, even deliver 10 the
'ao,,,or n 10 ounce bottle with the APP
cus,o direction in exchange for Chi
Pr wash bill accompanied by the neces-
M. A.. a. ~ mi
s sa! .Lore is some truth in IL. To give an
,Soa Of the foolish things apt to happen in
Oasc latin is understood" by ignoram-
''soS the writer called at a certain drug
S,ore for one ounce of "iodi chloridum,
which is common salt. The druggist, VINO
an old timer, never heard of this pomp-
ous attn name and sent to New YORK for
tbo stuff. He must have his chloride OF
sodinm i'm stock waiting for customer
Mica panis is favorite preparation TO
mako bread pills for imaginary patients,
ord n inscription calling for 1t went
through the hands of half dozen drug
lists before the joke was discovered
Asa matter of course the dispenser OF
madicine is not always Co blame lie Gov
ers many sins, as the perusal OF MS me u
,roscrintions can demonstrate. young
medical students are particularly dreaul u
An tbot line. AS soon as country DO,
has hoe, in school six weeks his creates
amhiti, N is to learn few iormulas W u
ON the lrst patient who will be unsophis
ticoted enough TO intrust himself 10 III
care One of these students had pook
which he recorded prescriptions ne coui
learn from physicians willing to accoihih'
date him. He wanted once u cure ior car
Ger. A ioker--there are some IN ehe ny,
icol nrofession-gaveh him splendid recll
en- Latin To prepare chicken salad.
nborn,acist. an educated German, SEM u
nat,ent In the st. Nicholas hotel. b'
those are mere bagatelles and would pro
amusing occasionally were 1t not that son
serious accidents are apt to happen d
only TO the patients, but to the phar,n
cists as well. In prescribing, the paysicii
if he is not very careful, is liable 10 W.T.
an explosive compound which can DO"
a whole block in Jifly' - ;
II is customary to write the thIeo
itials Nj. :. A. below the name Oh 'n 0,, i'
drug mentioned in prescripoiun. %
letters are the abbreviatloh vi ,"o =,
tence. "Misce secundum artein' WI
means "Mix according TO ART -
explosives can be manipuIa'eu W.. w.;
danger, If the rules of chemistry are 81, ~,
ly adhered to, and 1t Is inc urussl9p,,
ness to remember that ne Is reapoH e,,,
any accident which may result -
,,norance Bnt the public is not prepa
20 believe that single pharmacist wo
ba found in St. Louis who would be ST
ciontlv IGNORANT or careless TO run tne
of blowino his own place up 10 gam
formation the writer visited 40 drug sto
Each one was handed IA prescription
inc for n preparation which wouiu
blown to atoms half dozen hoo
TIC aruooists returned the prescrip'
,,;th thanks and a third wanted 10
sult a chemist about 1t. Inc pai'iio &C. -
no objection, and had 1t not peen 10
interference of the customer, VINO cNPi".
the Joke (Y). there would have peeii '''
explosions in ST. Louis mi,
In the majority of cases the Pres s..l
was written in presence vi Ono ~ &c
The formula either called ior ohio. 80
dissolved in glycerin or prep" pc -,
tartaric acid, sugar ana chioi"'o
The nrescriution filters, when app
of tho great danger they had esc'PI'
temnted To explain that they wou'u
o,thnr changed the Ingredients OF Vi
ored the true nature of the coihpo"n
time. This Is doubtful, however q
drug clerk particularly was N.iy nv,
ms he said no one could teach nm az,
in chemistry. The writer mas nav =
- deal of experience in the iapor labor son
for that matter, has pubiisnnv,,u .a. sS
portant chemical works. Inere, 'a
knew that something could w TOY" "
the young gentleman referreu w. IN
half nm hour he sent 10y iricnu W
lowing formula:
Iodine, one dram.
Turpentine, one ounce ,,onts q,
AS soon as the two ingreui1n,ar e.
contact in the mortar they took nj
great astonishment of the sihar' Jaus
ist. who discovered that there w"S r
thing which he did not know, NV NV
To conclude, there Is a li,.lc ST.
will illustrate that phar r,. h,s
never be too careful in handling ne y
An old prescription compounut
- the habit of spending 10 m,nu,', M
tedious task of tying an ordin",s ri Il
Being asked why he lost so 'su . ~
customer who had caileo III an
worth of bicarbo of soda no n
that an doing 80 he had saNeu i," 80