The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-24

suit Increase the protection ot your sick
and AFFLICTED aud not, as with the other
pan, degrade n profession aud increase
the dangers from mnlprnctlce The
United States Pharmacopocln h the ne.
ccpted authority Of tile medical and phai
mNcoutical professions and defines the
chancter establishes tho purity OF drugs
and medicincs used In the practice OF
medicine IA the United states. The num-
her ~ remedies Included nni thereby con
stltutCd official are O0A. In the munufict
urc Of 9l2 Of these alcohol Is used directly
on inthCctly In the pharmac0poeii ITnivcr-
sal " iIirSCh. which Includes a summary
ar the PhUrmacopoCias OF The civilized
world the proportion is nearly the snme
ALCOHOL rs USED.
not Because OF It's eliminating effect. not
because II may mako men drunken, not to
oncr the druggist professional method
Of selling stlmulOuts. but because ~ It's
great solvent properties Of the active priu
clplcS Of drugs without dcstroymE the
chemical physical nr medicinal properties
Of the same, and because it win preserve
these liquid preparations better and with
less injury 10 the patient thnu unythiug
so iar discovered. thus permitting the man
uiuCtufe Of preparations iu advance which
would otherwise deterornto Not Low amy
mems all OF the preparations referred 90
possess any of the Qualities OF alcohol,
many others ealld not be- tukpn IN such
quantities that TIE effect Of the nlcohol
could he sought for In them by thp pur-
chaser; Int there are quite number ~
drinkers Csscn,r ~ clnosr tt,ninrs nn5 g.
lR really surprising to what extent these
confines arc stretched N ia a fact that
hen2luc, ether aud coal oil ARC actually
This TYNE viii drink wood nirol,ci ,,l0,
rick Of losing thgir ryo sight ar ,ivcs
Where else cnn toe lines he druwu other
than by the discretion OF fhe druggists
who, as class. / do mot helieve hnv. All
pcriors ms lnw.aNldiuu citiypns Tho only
reasonable criterion can be upnn me bnais
Of tho question nlrpndv prop6undfd viii
you restrict the sale of "A rome hccauso the
purchaser concludes 10 hing himself or ~
o razor because IL might br uged TO emf
the brittle thread Of llfcY
I am moi willing 10 saw TINT some NJ tho
preparations ruled against arc NOT uscd 10
some extent as a beverage ar Ipt1yicapt .
but I do know that some which hnv. come
under surveillance originated with no other
purpose than that OF d Legitimate medic,n II
remedy / do not dlspute Tint consumers
have used It for other nurposaa ms nrepar1.
tlons Of the pharmaconooia could he used.
and no doubt ero The dtgroverv ~ co
canc added valuable product 10 I'm,
matcria medica hut ito abuse has caused
degradation and woe II IL % difficult mnt-
manity. The human mind is mretSrions
and wonderful Of which the results 81 SIX
INV w., NV vs. a,np," 'Ilu1Hng ut..
the sale of what NAV be termed iepitlmotc
medicines and imposes Tor the snle " these
no. otnrt lS& man th9I Collected Of tl'
a distinctIop 10 he ,nado betoecn tbo t,yo
classes for II difference does nsI exist
how then rs II possible to prpylde taxation
FOR one remedy and not for auothcrf
The ruling Of county attorneys IN some
log1litiCs has been confined hy designating
th< Of which the sale WIS 10 be prohlb-
lied So far ms their Interference was pos.
glble THE Sfntc revenue agent has efvpu
out statement "a the effect that be would
instruct mi tax collectors 10 collect taycs
from an druggists engaged In the sale ~
such medicines which when used IN exces.
sive quantities may produce INVESTIGATION. ;"
II Is not my purpose 10 interpret the legal
side ~ the section from which these two
cKactions must be the deductions do not
believe that n has come tn pass iu this
country when citizens are considered guilty
of violating laws simply because they have
not proved themselves innocent. nor do !
believe TINT laws nre for the purpose Of en-
trapping the innocent by a new version Of
them Tho fret ruling referred TO is al.
rected against certain named products: IN
other words. the sale Of such products Is
prohibited because II has thia or that name.
Suppose tho dealer IS Of the same time q
manufacturer and
USES A DIFFERENT NAME
,o- +to .,r,o ,,ro5,c. e,,ory dov or ~ often
'"i Wv ''H'' NN'' ".
az the consecutive names come under inc
bnuf The preparations ruled against do
NOT chsnga na,no or combination In fact
a. thotr a advertisements they Iav atrese uuon