HARRISON ANTI-NARCOTIC LAW Learn This by Heart.-The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law applies to all preparations, including prescriptions containing more than two grains of opium or more than one-quarter of a grain of morphine, or more than one-eighth of a grain of heroin, or more than one grain of codeine or any salt or derivative of any of them in one fluid ounce or, if a solid or semi-solid preparation, in one avoirdupois ounce, and other preparations which contain cocaine or any of its salts or alpha or beta eucaine or any of their salts or any synthetic substitute for them. Cigarettes of ordinary appearance but actually loaded with cocaine have been found by the police in some of the raids on suspicious houses. Lead and Opium Mixtures are always prescribed for external use and cannot with safety be taken internally. We see no reason for questioning the position of such mixtures under the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law. The New York State Anti-Narcotic Law has been so amended that it very closely corresponds with the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law. This is a step in the right direction. The adoption of state laws in common with the national law will add much in bringing about efficient administration. Do You Know of Any Attempts to Evade the Law? Fake prescriptions, sneak thieves and various other means of evading the law interest the drug trade. Every pharmacist should be on his guard. We are ready to publish information along these lines which our readers may furnish us with a view of placing fellow-pharmacists on their guard. The Ordering of a Prescription by Number is permitted by the Internal Revenue Department only as a special concession to cover cases where a physician does not recollect the exact composition of a prescription which he has previously written. It would be much better for the physician to keep a copy of his prescriptions and not resort to this makeshift. The Physician's Registry Number must not appear on the prescription blank unless the prescription comes within the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law provisions. Some physicians have their registry number printed on the prescription blanks. In such cases, the prescriber should cross out the number when writing an ordinary prescription not covered by the law. Pharmacists Are Patient with the annoyances incident to the enforcement of the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law. We are reminded of this when we read the communications published in The Medical Brief, written by physicians who see neither rhyme nor reason in the new law. They evidently have not read the explanations made and the good advice given by various medical journals. Scrutinize Cocaine and Morphine Prescriptions.The users of narcotics have been driven to desperate straits and make use of every possible means of obtaining narcotics. Chicago, of all cities, seems to have had the greatest number of operators who present fraudulent prescriptions for cocaine and mor phine. Every pharmacist should be constantly on guard against such impositions. Certificates Temporarily Suspended. The internal revenue collectors are gradually tightening the inspection surrounding those who seem to be inclined to violate the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law. As a rule, certificates are temporarily suspended, awaiting the final outcome of the hearing on charges preferred by the government. Many of these cases are the reult of pharmacists' giving the internal revenue collector information. Drams and Ounces are not readily confused when the words are spelled but when signs are used, even pharmacists may be misled in the case of carelessly written prescriptions. Thus, it is not strange that the internal revenue department should mistake 3 for 3. Such an error led a revenue official to declare that a prescription did not come under the Anti-Narcotic Law when it was really subject to the provisions of that act. An Autograph Signature is necessarily made by the physician on each prescription which he writes for narcotics coming within the law. He should write his name just as he signs it to a check or to a note. He must also write out the date, the name and address of the patient. His own address and his registry number may be printed on the blank. In such cases, it is not necessary for the physician to write them in long hand. The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law is new, but the idea of giving publicity to the traffic in and consumption of narcotics is at least half a century old. According to Martin I. Wilbert, in the Public Health Reports, we should credit E. R. Squibb with expressing an opinion in 1866 before a congressional investigating committee that not more than one-fifth of the opium imported at that time was necessary for legitimate needs in the United States. Prescriptions for Large Quantities of Narcotics.— Safety first should be the consideration when a prescription is received for a large quantity of narcotics. The way to avoid trouble is to refuse to fill all such prescriptions unless the pharmacist is absolutely certain that the goods are to be used in a proper manner. Prescribers writing such prescriptions should designate the particular manner in which the unusually large quantity is to be employed. The Production of Opium is now in excess of the demands. The United States is contributing to the curtailment of the consumption of opium but does not directly feel the changed conditions as is the case in China and other opium growing countries. Opium farmers are being encouraged by their governments in efforts to grow other crops on the lands formerly devoted to opium plants. China is trying indigo as a crop. The synthetic indigo was a successful competitor in this country and entirely stopped the cultivation of indigo. The time may come when the natural product will again control the market. The Re-Fill Ruling Modified.-The Department of Internal Revenue has decided that it is in accord with the spirit as well as the letter of the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law for a pharmacist to re-fill a prescription, provided the physician indicate the number of the prescription on his blank and repeats the name and address of the patient, as was given on the original prescription. Of course, the date and name and address of the physician and his registry number must also appear. This lessens the work for the physician and increases the responsibility held by the pharmacist. Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law. Drug habituates have not died off in large numbers nor committed hideous crimes on account of the enforcement of the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law. The new statute has passed the intitial stage of enforcement without disturbing the planetary system as had been prophesied by many. It is as yet rather early for predictions based on conservative lines but indications point towards beneficial results from the law which the United States government has enacted. The trade in opium was an important item in the tariff revenue of the United States but this did not prevent our country from being the most active of any in the world along lines intended to restrict the use of narcotics by habituates. Too Much Morphine.-At a meeting of the City of Washington Branch of the A. Ph. A. the question as to whether a pharmacist should fill or not a prescription that was legitimate in every way and complied with the provisions of the law and regulations, for one ounce of morphine or a large amount of any narcotic drug coming within the provisions of the Act was discussed from every view point, the opinion expressed was that the law contained nothing whatever to prevent the pharmacist from so doing if all of the requirements had been complied with, it would however no doubt cause the Internal Revenue Bureau to make inquiries and scrutinize the said physician who would be compelled to show that the same was in the legitimate practice of his profession and not for the use by habitues, if in this he failed he then would be amenable to the Act and would be liable to fine and imprisonment. EDITOR'S TABLE Any book reviewed in this Department may be obtained upon receipt of price at the office of the Meyer Brothers Druggist. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. Detroit, Michigan, August Twenty-fourth to Twenty-ninth, Nineteen Fourteen. This volume is issued by Professor Wilbur L. Scoville, Secretary-Treasurer. It is a neat appearing volume of ninety-five pages. It should be studied by board members as well as teachers in various schools of pharmacy. Following these proceedings gives a good idea of what the teachers in the leading schools of pharmacy are discussing at the present time. PHILADELPHIA is the place and August 17 the date of the next annual meeting of the N. A. R. D. THERAPEUTICS FOR PHARMACISTS Nitro Hydrochloric Acid for Boils. It is now claimed that nitro hydrochloric acid given in doses of 10 to 15 drops in water after each meal will stop the formation of new boils and have a favorable effect on other similar skin infections. The Treatment of Sunburn. Gerber advises the application, in the form of an ointment, of one or other of those chemical substances which have an especial absorbing power for the ultra-violet rays of the spectrum. To Hammer belongs the credit of first recommending sulphate of quinine for this purpose. Scherber employs the bisulphate as more soluble. A great advance in this direction was the discovery of æsculin, a crystalline substance, easily soluble in water, obtained from the rind of the Esculus Hippocastanum. Freund demonstrated that in 4 per cent solution this substance will prevent the occurrence of high crythema. Unna has, with good results, employed the monoxide of æsculin and æsculin dimethylamine under the names of zeozon and ultra-zeozon.-[American Druggist. Drug Eruptions.—A number of drugs in common use may produce a characteristic eruption, and this should always be borne in mind by the physician lest they be mistaken for an original disease. Here is a list of commonly used drugs which at times produce eruptions, itching, eczema and other manifestations: Antipyrin: Purpuric spots and sometimes severe ecchymoses. Bromide of Potassium: Papules, pustules, ulcers, ecchymoses and pemphigus. Chloral: Erythema, itching, desquamation, eczema and petechia. Abramson, Louis. Mgline, Anderson, Clyde Murphy. Barnes, Leslie William. Bosche, George, Ph. B. 1911. Burkart, Glenn Adrian. Gibson, Carter Giles.. Howald, Walter Edwin. Marglous, Lawrence Roscoe. Martin, Albert John.... Moser, Otto John, Ph. B. 1910. Muentefering, Andrew Louis. Nelligan, Theodore John. Reiss, Henry William. Riley, Charles Herman. Robinson, Kenneth Nye. Sennewald, E. Francis. Sum, Othmar John. Walker, Clarence Robert. Welch, Floyd Loftus. Bachelor of Pharmacy. Thomas .Jacowsky Brown Tchernigoff, Russia .Rockville, Mo. ...Cuba, Mo. .St. Louis, Mo. .St. Louis, Mo. .St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. .St. Louis, Mo. .De Soto, Mo. .Mascoutah, Ill. Warrensburg, Mo. Winona, Wis. . Centralia, Ill. Mountain Grove, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. ..Hope, Ark. . Potosi, Mo. .St. Louis, Mo. Houston, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. ..Cuba, Mo. Macon, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. .St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. .St. Louis, Mo. East St. Louis, Ill. didate for the degree "graduate in pharmacy" for high averages in all branches was won by Josph Frey, St. Louis, Mo. The recommendation for membership in the American Pharmaceutical Association, with dues for 1915 given by the College, was awarded to Samuel Honigberg, St. Louis, Mo. Honorable Mention-Graduate in Pharmacy Class.-Walter Sylvester Hunter, Macon, Mo.; Joseph Frank Evans, Mountain Grove, Mo.; Henry William Reiss, St. Louis, Mo.; Philip Ludger Chiles, St. Louis, Mo.; Willard Arthur Guyton, Potosi, Mo. Honorable Mention-Bachelor of Pharmacy Class.-Herbert William Bixon, Middlebrook, Mo. Junior Class Scholarships and Prizes. The Edward Mallinckrodt Scholarship for 1915-16 was awarded to Eugene Adolphus McCall, Brookport, Ill. The Meyer Brothers Scholarship for 1915-16 was awarded to Herman Arthur Vogler, New Athens, Ill. The J. S. Merrell Scholarship for 1915-16 was awarded to Joe T. Sheridan, Cairo, Ill. The Alumni Prize, some Standard Work on the Subject of Pharmacy, or allied branches, was awarded for excellence in examination to Leroy Hubert Joseph Schumann, Roodhouse, Ill. Honorable Mention-Junior Class. Harry Brimble-Combe Sanders, Carmi, Ill.; Samuel Edward Eisfelder, Belleville, Ill.; Henry Duncan O'Neil, Girard, Ill.; Otto Ross Dobbs, St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis College of Pharmacy Faculty Dinner.— The forty-ninth occasion of this kind was held at the Hotel Jefferson, May 18. The committee in charge consisted of Dr. H. M. Whelpley, chairman, Dr. Otto F. Claus, Theodore F. Hagenow and Lorenz A. Seitz. The program of the evening was as follows: Walter Sylvester Hunter, Macon, Mo. THE CLASS OF 1890 Lather M. May, St. Louis, Mo. Call of Classes from 1866 to 1914, inclusive. The class of 1890 celebrated its silver anniversary. On roll call, the following spoke on behalf of their classmates for the years as indicated. Dr. Otto F. Claus, 1882; Theodore F. Hagenow, 1888; Leo Suppan, 1891; Lorenz A. Seitz, 1893; Martin J. Noll, 1894; Alfred W. Pauley, 1896; Henry O. A. Huegel, 1898; J. A. Wilkerson, 1909; Joseph Hobbs, 1913; Miss Lydia Batdorf, 1914. Charles Bang, St. Louis, ex-president of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, now in his eighty-fifth year, sent an interesting letter of greeting. Letters were received from a number of graduates of previous years who were unable to be present. A letter from John S. Gibson, Ph. G., '90, Hope, Ark., father of one of the members of the 1915 class, was read. PURELY PERSONAL Dr. J. H. Beal addressed the Pittsburg College of Pharmacy student body on Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence, May 14. Miss Grace Irene Harper, Ph. G., is at the head of the Department of Pharmacology of the New York Medical College and Hospital for women. Dr. T. N. Jamieson returned from California recently and pleasantly surprised the Chicago Veteran Druggists Association by reporting at their weekly luncheon. Dr. Jamieson is the patron of the organization. (a) What is a Glyceride? (b) What is Glycerol? What is Glyceryl? (c) 10. Give the chemical formula for Nitrous ether, and state how the U. S. P. directs its spirit to be prepared. Materia Medica and Botany.-1. Define (a) Pharmacology. (b) Pharmacognosy. (c) Pharmaco-Dynamics. 2. What is Bark botanically? From what kind of plants are medicinal barks obtained? 3. Name (a) 2 official Aromatic Barks; (b) 2 possessing tonic properties; (c) 2 possessing astringent properties. 4. What is heartwood? What is sapwood? What kind constitutes the medicinal woods? 5. Name three woods, give English name, medical properties, and a preparation containing the same. 6. What are Gums? What are Gum Resins? How obtained? 7. Name (a) 2 Gums; (b) 2 Gum Resins; (c) Oleoresins. 8. What is meant by (a) Chemical Antidotes; (b) Protective Antidotes; (c) Physiological Antidotes; (d) give one example for each. 9. Mention (a) 2 Narcotic poisons; (b) 2 Corrosive poisons; (c) 2 Irritant poisons; (d) Give treatment and antidote for each. 10. When do most poisons classed as corrosive poisons, act as irritant poisons? 11. Fatal poisoning has resulted from the excessive use of Acetanelide; Phenacetine; Antipyrine. Give symptoms of and treatment for such cases. 12. Name 3 important Mineral Alteratives (not merely different preparations of the same alterative). Give 1 of the more commonly used preparations of each that you mention, giving average dose of each. 13. What is Gentian? Give range, medical properties and dose. Name 2 preparations containing it. 14. What is Jalap? Give range, medical properties and dose. Name 2 preparations containing it. 15. What is Strophanthus ? Give its chief preparations, medical properties and dose. 16. From what drug is Eserine obtained? Give its medical properties and dose. Is it a myridatic or myotic alkaloid? 17. What are Thyroid Glands? Give official name, average Give one of its trade names. dose. 18. What is Hexamethy lenamina? medical properties and dose. 19. Name 2 mydriatic Alkaloids, state from what drugs they are obtained. Give their average dose. 20. What is Apormorphine Hydrochloride? medical uses and doses. State its chief Pharmaceutical and Chemical Problems.-(All work must be shown in full.)-1. Two barrels of linseed oil, each containing 52 gallons of oil, are bought at 83 cents per gallon, freight charges for delivery costs 2 cents per gallon. To sell for 35 per cent profit, what must your selling price be? 2. You have 22 ounces avoirdupois of Iodine and want to use all for making the official tincture. How much Alcohol must you add in cubic centimeters. What per 3. Argenti Nitras has the molecular weight 168.69. cent of Oxygen and Nitrogen does it contain? Silver atomic weight 107.12. Oxygen atomic weight 15.88. Nitrogen atomic weight 13.93. 4. (a) Convert 38° C. into degrees F. (b) Convert -4° Fahrenheit into degrees C. (c) Give the normal temperatures of body heat in both F. and C. 5. Write equivalents in metric system of the following: (a) One-thirtieth (1/30) of a grain; (b) one-third (%) of a grain; (c) 1/210 of a grain; (d) 71⁄2 grains; (e) 456 grains. 6. Write the equivalents of the following Apothecaries fluid measures in metric measures: (a) Five minims; (b) fluid dram iss; (c) fluid drams xi; (d) fluid ounces li; (e) fluid ounces xxxi. 7. Divide 75 grains of Vallet's mass into 35 pills, and write in metric terms the weight of each pill. 8. A stock solution of potassium nitrate of 10% is to be What is the meaning of the following abbreviations: Rx.; 2. M. D. S.; 3. P. renat; 4. Cochlear. Ampl; 5. gtts? 1. 17. Give meaning of the following: 1. M. ft: tab: comprim. 2. M. ft: tab: hypoderm. 3. M. d. t. dos. 4. M. ft. mass. in pil: decem divid. 5. M. div. in p: aeq: et d. in capsul. Amyl. 18. Interpret following: 1. M. ft. pulv. in cht. cerat. X divid. 2. M. ft. pulv. d. in vitr: nigr. 3. Capiat unam t. in die. 4. P. Cibo. 5. A. Cibo. 1. Superscription; 2. Inscription; 3. Subscription; 4. Signatura; 5. Appendages. 20. Define Magistral Pharmacy. 19. What are the following: MISSOURI DEPARTMENT Porter Fallis is head clerk for E. L. Brown, at Bethany, Mo. Enos S. Sisk is now located at Licking, Mo. Classmates take notice. Gilbert Boschert is proprietor of the Red Cross Pharmacy, at St. Charles, Mo. Charles H. Riley, Ph. G., '15, is located with J. D. Gibson, Salem, Mo., where classmates can reach him by correspondence. The Maplewood Pharmacy, Maplewood, Mc., is owned by Peeler & Schneider, both of whom are anxious to hear from classmates. The friends of George L. Zieseniss will find him at 2601 Hebert street, St. Louis. He was formerly practicing pharmacy at Crocker, Mo. Dr. J. C. Smith, Albany, Mo., has purchased much of the stock, formerly owned by the Red Cross Store, and is adding it to his own business. E. L. Brown, formerly of Clarksdale, Mo., is the new proprietor of the Dr. Kavanaugh Drug Store, at Bethany, Mo. He is an up-to-date pharmacist. Kenneth N. Robinson, Ph. G., '15, with John E. Clark's Drug Emporium, Warrensburg, Mo., invites classmates to meet him at Pertle Springs for the Mo. Ph. A. convention, June 15. Harry Johnson, proprietor of the Red Cross Drug Store, at Albany, Mo., has decided to retire from the drug business and is closing out his entire stock. He will spend the summer in the west. Selfishness Versus Generosity. I shall work for myself and the winter time, said the ant, as he crawled a short distance on the earth and gathered bodies of dead insects. I shall work for man, beast and myself, said the bee, as it gathered the sugar from the cup of a beautiful flower or winged its way along the air, viewing the whole earth while on its journey. [W. A. Hickey, Ph. B. |