The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-21
New Orleans. La. tsafnrdayA

: New Orleans, La, tSatnr,lay1
The greatest surprise wa, man
tested at the Offices Of the Sat
Board of Health this morninp oya
ehe ACTON taken 1T the meeting q
the New Orleans pbarm,caufie,
Association last night when It's mnm
bers refused 10 endorse lie reout,
Tons concerning Prescriptions pro
posed by the State Board Of He3ua
ship President GrGant. after = ioir
me charge that the regulation.
which the committee from thn d,,,a.
slsts had agreed were perferlly
proper. and had been changed. THIS
charge caused the belief to spread
over the city this morning that the
State Board of Health had ATTEMPT
ed to ring in Joker" on the drug
gists.
That the sense Of the regulations
had been changed in the least was
denied this morning by w: S. IN
gram, secretary Of the State Board
of Health. DR.. C. II. Irion, the pres
ident of the Board, was not ins the
city.
Secretary Ingram said: "Of
course, the wording of the regula-
tlons drawn up were not in the
plainest English. The druggists
We're aware of this change OF verb
age, for we wrote G.. w. McDuff and
Z. r.. Sauvinet that such changes
would be made.
Sense Not Changed.
II DO deny, however, that the
sense of the regulations was changed.
and to prove that | am right | offer
YOU, first, the original regulations.
and, second, the regulations as they
were given to the druggists as fol-
lows:
F1rst-No prescription shall be
refilled which contains any of these
drugs, which are
opium and it's derivatives, cocaine
and it's derivatives, choral hydrate,
hyoscyamus and the coal
ar derivatives, canabis indica.
Second-No prescription shall be
'efilled when the words edo not re-
II, are written on the prescription
lbove the signature of the prescrib-
ng physician.
opies of any prescription which
oes not have the word filled fol-
owing with the date of filling ana
he name of the person compounding
anne.
The above was changed 10 the fol-
owing:
First-NO prescription shall be re-
lied which contains opium or its
cocaine or it's derivatives,
n derivative of coal tar, choral
ydrate, chloroform, hyoscyamus,
anibis indica or any other habit
)rming drug.
Second-No prescription shall be
efilled when the words "do not re-
T. are written on the prescription
bove the signature of the prescrib.
,g physician.
Ihird--Druggists shall stamp in
III ink all prescriptions Immediately
tier filing, with the word "filled,''
Glowing by the date of filling and
anne OF person comDOunding same.
II copies furnished by druggists
rst bear the same stamp as the
'iginal, and in addition must have
lie word "copy''splainly written or
amped on it's face.
Simply Boiled Down.
AS you will perceive" continued
,cretary Ingram, eve have merely
,iled down the original regulations
heir sense has not been changed.
"1n addition to the changing of
e wording We have added to the
gulation concASling the stamping
prescriptions IN red ink after they
I'VE been filled. OF course, the
'uggist: cannot mean this in their
largcs for all well meaning phar-
acists will agree with us that this
wise, and almost necessary meas
re.''
eve are awaiting with great
cal OF curiosity our next confer
nee witt The druggists, for we can
OF understand. upon what they base