The Washington times., 1920-08-03
REFUSED HIM
L|QUORBLANKS
Commissioner Directed Them
to Physician Who Fad Sup
ply, He Charges.
UNABLE GETITAS RESULT
Official Also Demands Proof
for Necessity Of Pre-
Scriptions.

referred the patients of one physi-
clan who was out Of prescrlptioh
blanks for whiskey TO another ply
sician who had prescription blanks.
This charge was made today by
prominent physician, who said that
his patients had been referred 10 an
other physician.
WAS OUT OF BLANKS.
Tho physician who made these
charges said that when one of his
patients came to his office and needed
whiskey he told him that he was OUT
OF prescription blanks and mat 'he
prohibition authorities had refuseu TO
give him any more and REFERRED MN
to the office of Mr.. Kramer The pro-
hibition commissioner, according 10
The physician, referred the patient To
another physician who had prescrlp-
tion blanks. with the assurance thal
the other physician would cerlalhIE
give him prescription.
The other physician. however, altcr
hearing that the patient had been -
tended by the first physician, ana hai
been sent to his office by the prohlbi-
ton commissioner, refused to give IN"
patient a prescription, saying that "
would be unethical to prescribe for
the patients OF another physician.
UNABLE TO GET IT.
The result OF this controversy mas
been, the physician said. that many
of his patients who were In need OF
whiskey as q medicine were unanie
TO get IL.
This same physician who makes the
charges, 1t was said ate prohibition
beadouarters today, has been giving
the officials a great deal of trouble on
his insistence Of his rights. NO fraud
has been found in any of his prescrip-
tions, it was said. but when ne ran
out of prescription blanks ne sent MS
patients to the office OF the director
and had them lay their case before
The officials of the prohibition Of
fee have been conducting an invest-
cation of his prescriptions, and he
has received the following letter as
a result Of their investigation:
at have your letter dated July 70,
relative to the matter of issuing an
other prescription book to you.
HINT ADDICTs GET RUM.
"We have had under investigation
by one of our inspectors in the DIS
trict some of the prescriptions which
you have beeS writing. and l desire 10
saw. for your information, that IN
making these Investigations OF your
prescriptions, it is not being don"
altogether with the intention OF Sc
curing Information that might get
doctors into trouble with this depar-
men. We are endeavorinS to proceed
along the line to gather this 'nforma-
ton so that we may notify the physi'
clans that in some cases they are
being imposed upon by their socalled
patients and that these supposed pa
tients are not securing this liquor
upon prescriptions for medicinal pur-
noses but for beverage purposes.
Il am in hopes that you may be
able to explain to the satisfaction OF
this department some of the results
of our investigation. as follows:
1--WE note on prescriptions No.
thirty-one. which you wrote for one
that his ailment was stated as
General Debility We would like to
know whether or not this party is a
whisky addict.
GAVE WRONG ADDRESSES.
"On June H. you wrote prescription
blank No. seven for Mr.. Our
dnsector reports that Mr.--does
not live at thos address: that he
lives in the country.
The father of the above named
gentleman said he was operated upon
for EXPO Goitre" by a physician. but
not DR.. He stated that Dr.
never attended any family but
that a prescription was obtained by
Mr. -, a brother of DR..
-, for his son, but that the son
never visited DR.. - nor was cx-
amined by him. You will please give
us an explanation accordingly.
on June 30 you wrote prescription
No b6 for Upon investigatiin,
We find that this party does not live
at the address you gave.
On June 22 you wrote prescription
No 2S for --. We find, on inves-
tigation. that number Is -. and
we could get no information with ref
.rence to Mr.. - at that address.
On June 16 you wrote prescription
blank No. Ia for -. Upon inves-
tigation we find that there is no such
sumber on this street.
You will please write this office
full explanation of the matters which
we have cited above, and we trust
you will make your letter clear and
plain so that there may be no mistake
in our reading just what you say,
RICHARD s. DODSoN,
Federal Prohibition Director.