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LIQUOR FOR MEDICINE
Bureau Of Internal Revenue Tello
How to Get and Use 1t.

Bureau Of Internal Revenue Tell
How to Get and Use It,
The Bureau of Internal Revenue ma
issued a, statement relative 10 III
regulations governing the use an
procurement OF Intoxicating liquor
for medicinal purposes.
Both the physician who prescribe
and the pharmacist or druggist VIII
sells liquor for medicinal purpose
must have permit, Applicable
for the permits should be made t
the Federal prohibition director.
Blank forms-l403 for prescfi
ing liquor are being printed and Dis
tributed among Federal nrohibitsol
directoTs, assistant directors anl
collectors of i'll ernal revenue. Wher
such banks are not yet availabl
physicians holding permits may is
sue prescriptions on blanks regdlari.
used by them.
Following is the Bureaus STATE
ment:
ANY physician duly licensed t
practice medicine and actively enga
ed in the practice of such profess.o-
may obtain a permi, to prescribe Il
toxicating liquor and may then issp
prescriptions Ter distilled spirit
wines or certain alcoholic medicine
preparations for medicinal purpose
for persons upon whom he is in E
tendance in cases whore he believe
that the use of liquor as medicin
is necessary. In no case may spir
Gus liquor be prescribed by enc c
more physicians in excess of or
pint for the same person within an
period Of ten days
mo specific limitation is place
upon the quantity of wines whic.
may be prescribed for medicinal pu
poses. The regulations merely r
quire that nc prescription Is issue
for greater quantity than Is nece
sary for use as medicine. Phys
clans who do not hold permits
prescribe intoxicating liquor are u
der no circumstances permitted to
sue prescriptions.
All prescriptions for intoxicatir
liquor are required tc be written
prescription blanks prescribed by Il
regulations tForm 1909 and to
provided by the Bureau, except tn
in emergency, cases physicians me
use their regular prescription blanl
provided the same contain the da
of issue, amount prescribed to who
issued, and directions for use Stair
the amount and frequency CT dos
Pending an adequate supply of Il
official blanks being printed and di
tributed TO directors and acting 4
! rectors, physicians holding perm
have been authorized to issue Or
scriptions on banks regularly use
by them
Prescriptions tor in oxicatir
liquor may be filed only by registe
ed pharmacists who ho'd permits
thoriz'ng them to do so, or who a,
employed by retail druggists holdir
such permits. Pharmacists an
druggists holding such permits W
procure their supplies OF intoxicatr
liquor from manufac urers or 9th
persons holding permits authoriziu
them to sell liquor.
Persons 10 whom prescriptions +
Intoxicating liquor are issued /
phys cialis may procure the iiqut
prescribed through pharmacists
druggists holding permits wltho,
obtaining permit
Physicians may also obtain permit
emitting them TO procure not mo
than six quarts OF distilled shirt
wines or certain alcoholic preparati,
during any calendar year for admi
istration TO their patients in enc
gency cases where delay In procurlr
liquor on prescription through
pharmacist might have serious co
sequence TO the patient
Provision is also made In the reg
iations for issuing PERM to hos
tails and sanatcriums 10 enable the
to procure intoxicating liquor to
administered for medicinal purposr
TO patients at such institutions a,
also for issuing permits TO manufa
turing, industrial, and other establi
ments maintaining frs aid staticr
authorizing them TO procure sue
liquor for administration to the
employees for medicinal purposes
emergency cases.
"All applications for permits aboy
iSASilcu " suoulu De Indue on FOR
1904 in triplicate and forwarded 20 tn
loca Collector of Internal Reyenu
Section n of the National Prohih
ton Act provides that any intoxics
ing liquor seized under Section % o
Section rs hereof and subject to b
DESTROYED, may upon application
the United States Attorney be ordere
by the court TO be delivered to an
|person holding permit to purcha
liquor All liquor seized under sue
Fsec ions of law may be diverte
through regular channels for medlci
|al purposes under the procedur
above described.
ANY intoxicating liquor seize
under Federal Law prior to octobc
IS, 1919 if not claimed sixty day
from such date, may ikewise upon o.
der of the Court be delivered to ar
person holding permit 20 purchas
y nd no d;yprtad IN ,nndicinaI - c;hr