The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-20
lwant a prescription filed.
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very wen, Ataudm.
But ! want YOU to be most careful
once heard of a lady who had pre-
scription filed. Ii was for her dog.
Instead of killing the flea. il killed
the dog. and it was beautiful Scotch
eollles Are you folks eareful?"
We take every care Madam"
I think ! ought to tell you what
this prescription is for. Il might help
you in filling it. My husband can't
sleep nights. You know-he sits IN
in bed and thinks about his business.
Why, | have known him to light the
light at three in the morning and
Write down something on the pad that
he thought about It's wearying him
down dreadfully. So we Went TO the
doctor and he said my husband needed
. tonic. This is il. Do you make up
the prescriptions -
1t is made up in the prescription
department by experts, madam
Are they very Young menu
They are professionals. madam"
u wonder if you, personally. could
watch them when they do il? Such
dreadful mistakes are made See
what happened 10 the dog | mentioned
The dog died. And a tonic IS pc
cuiiar thing This one has iron in
IT, / want 10 be sure. YOU know. that
il is a good quality of iron ! would
NOT want rusty iron. or old iron, even
though il were cheaper
w hat do you know about iron2 L
was wondering if II had a little steel
n it,
What IS your opinion about iron?
Mn husband is overwrought now
II the physician suggested it, L
would abide by his advice
4 think il peculiar TO drink iron. Its
the stuff they make stoves from and
railway engines.
The above conversation was actually
overheard in one Of our local drug
stores, the best equipped in the state.
( ii not this section Of the states, by a
reporter The druggist TO whom the
line OF questioning was directed stood
up we'll under fire. hut wilted out in
the finals
This is a druggists average half
hour, and is what happens when a
l2-cylinder jaw gets into action across
plate glass showcase.
san the druggist retains his pro
fessiOnal calm, mixes his drugs TO
precision. aud does hundred little
aud large daily routines that the av
erage public knows nothing about
( However. IA a city OF this size the
salesman in he drug department most
generally Is the druggist or pharma
eiSt. who besides his work OF mixing
chemicals. drugs, making pulls. and
answering the above line Of questions
throughout the day, is also bothered
with nine or more taxes on narcotics
drugs. medicines ana other articles. for
~ hEs hal n f.x~ no
government departments.
When The average persons pays a
tax on drugs or a medicine they think
that is the end, and that the tax Is
probably rounded up with q million
other similar taxes. paid by other I'M
suSpecting members of the general
public aud sent in bulk 20 Washington
or some other unheard Of place
Not so. though The first of the
month for a druggist doesn't hold the
time-houored horror OF pile of bills
hut Il means the compiling, asserting
and balancing or nine or more mar
eotic aud medicine taxes, and each
tax must be balanced 10 the CNaCjest
point of precision.
The following is a summary OF the
nine classes OF taxes which keep the
druggist busy during the day and
awake nights
He must pay narcotic tax OF
SIS 10 furnish stme paregoric on pre-
seriptions, narcotic tax Of Sl2 to
accommodate physician during the
night with a few morphine tablets for
his emergency case. . narcotic t3N of
s. to furnish the dentist a solution of
cocaine for extracting teeth
O. He must put up a $1,000 bond
that costs him $40 to get enough alec
hol 10 make camphor spirits or smell
ina salts.
g. RE is branded retail liquor
dealer and must pay a tax of SIS to
nh a physicians prescription for pure
grain alcohol because he has beer
chosen ny the prohibition act as the
only channel Tor dispensing intoNjcat-
ng liquors
& He must he a high school and
college Of pharmacy graduate and then
pat MP $40 Tor examination and s. for
renewals OF his Pharmacists license
ta be able 10 call his place OF business
a drug store
He must put a stamped tax OF