The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-10-26
DRUGGISTS AND THEIR WAYS.
Why Some Pharmacist. Refuse II e
peat Certain Prescriptions.

peat terrain IrEst r. HsAtoiA-s
Tie question : afiea asE.d. says b
NV Nork Tribune II whom docs =
physlcian'> prs -r.ptiaa belong lie "a
Jient or the drugzs- aho nil- - IT
one pnfs ihis lf.zul.F - d pnmRer .
druggists theft answers MI d sagsss..
perhaps y aux raFe. ssale i.asr-5a
/ ISIS ar accustomed ia niase my q
The prescription h their heass fn-u i
F i nrst pIe-eatsd. aHd surrender las
original - HE patient ay a. "a tl'-aa
+ representative. while others viii kreI
ihe original. and regard lt a. ihe=r 's i
property. Bur eArn Ia >uch - - 1Hss
F VII alw4y> furnish 8 copy = i : de-
E maHded urlinarfly tae patient. 81 y
desires 4 renewal WI 20 - tie sIaar
I druggist IS ~ iirst. anal Dr. number "a
7 The bottle which - IS .ri-s along With
him VIII S.rf,. ~ sufficient guide Il
f identifying BsII prescription aud p=f=
+ SOL
once il while. however. dEugE1st
declines 10 III prescription sec"nl
TIM. This rarely happens. hai IN
sIaue-, an - Iauud Naturally. tie
druxg.sf WAITS is relieve Illness. retain
F the good WI 81 hi, patrons aud maxi
a sale Inst might Otherwise - ia
+ business rival Hrnc- be- : NOT lAs4.
+ 10 rrfrS.. unless he us rra~o Ia nr
+ lieye iisaf tire doctor VIE wHate the PR
F scriptinu n' slit object Ia a renewal
+ \ ph4>lriau's ohI,-rliau might result
sram desire Ia CHANG as lne -
3. treatment At. ~ a e-rlala liml- 1ad h=ea
passed. Iir might u5,h = Keep rs
patient under observation white liz
drug or combination 81 drae> wl, n
use- and ili=n govern h.lls~i, ny eif-
cumSianetS lie Ia ~ faa q" eAula q
IN advance his motives either frssn for
getfulnr>s " from q desire "a KEEP rs
own counsel. >o.ur physicians are very
communicative aud hrr- ar qulte the
reverse. Failure Ia mention the piaa
81 camps ~ would moi necessarily IL
ret.t ia any Nay upon the patiens. l.
b- sur doctors are sometimes AM
mated by q fear that a patient may az
aulrr a iasIs f"r 4 drug that : nsed n
"a prescription morphine fof instance
aud they wanlI rather not promote
such result Bur guarding agsinsf
his contingency for the future would
not Imply anything derogaiory A. II
the pas.
For these and other reasons phy-l-
claus have been known 10 write on .
pr,-Script ion specific instructions 10 Ill
Il only once one doctor, and possibly
Others, Ia, printed blanks FOR preScrip-
tion>. aud across the iop : printed a
line. Not Ia be hlled again When
thr prescription i actually written, the
doctor will draw his pen through the
worl Not Il he 4 willing As h. usn-
ally is=to have the remedy used once
more. But If he wants IL limit is Use.
III viii leave the negative alone. \
careful inspection Of the prescription
bs the patient would reveal this pro
hibition. or a similar one, ia writing
: Bur patients rarely try TO read prescrip.
lions. because the symbols and abbre-
yiations are seldom Ineligible 10 the
uniniriated.
Orders not 10 renew ara given 50 rare
~ that they are almost unheard Of Ii
s possible. that. owing To the exception.
: Al character of a prescription aud the
length n lime thai has elapsed since II
WIS trst filled, Il conscientious drugs i
VIII doubt whether doctor would Ike
to have II renewed and yet he without
any clear Information On that point.
He might then take the responsibility
Of declining 10 ill II Il second time. Bun
even then he would not refuse 10 fur
nish copy of the prescription.