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WEEKLY BULLETIN OF THE ST. LOUIS MEDICAL SOCIETY
Rudolph V. Powell, 529 Frisco Bldg.
St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., 1919.
Sponsors: J. Curtis Lyter, H. S. McKay.
Some Sections of the Volstead. Law Providing
for Enforcement of Constitutional Prohibi tion, Effective January 16, of Most Interest
to Physicians.
Read Carefully and Keep For Reference.
Strict Limitation as to prescriptions.
Sec. 7. No one but a physician holding a permit to prescribe liquor shall issue any prescription for liquor.. And no
physician shall prescribe liquor unless after careful physical
examination of the person for whose use such prescription is
sought, or if such examination is found impracticable, then
upon the best information obtainable, he in good faith believes that the use of such liquor as a medicine by such
person is necessary and will afford relief to him from some
known ailment. Not more than a pint of spirituous liquor
to be taken internally shall be prescribed for use by the
same person within any period of ten days and no prescription shall be filled more than once. Any pharmacist filling
a prescription shall at the time indorse upon it over his own
signature the word "Cancelled," together with the date
when the liquor was delivered, and then make the same a
part of the record that he is required to keep as herein
provided.
Every physician who issues a prescription for liquor shall
keep a record, alphabetically arranged in a book prescribed
by the commissioner, which shall show the date of issue,
amount prescribed, to whom issued, the purpose or ailment
for which it is to be used and directions for use, stating the
amount and frequency of the dose.
PERMITS REQUIRED TO PRESCRIBE.
SPECIAL BLANKS REQUIRED FOR
PRESCRIPTIONS.
Sec. 8. The commisisoner shall cause to be printed
blanks for the prescriptions herein required, and he shall
furnish the same, free of cost, to physicians holding permits
to prescribe. The prescription blanks shall be printed in
book form and shall be numbered consecutively from one to
one hundred, and each book shall be given a number, and
the stubs in each books shall carry the same numbers as and
be copies of the prescriptions. The books containing such
stubs shall be returned to the commissioner when the pre scription blanks have been used, or sooner, if directed by
the commisisoner. All unused, mutilated, or defaced blanks
shall be returned with the book. No physician shall pre scribe and no pharmacist shall fill any prescription for liquor
except on blanks so provided, except in cases of emergency,
in which event a record and report shall be made and kept
as in other cases.
CRUSHING PENALTIES PROVIDED
Sec. 29. Any person who manufactures or sells liquor
in violation of this title shall for a first offense be fined not
more than $1,000, or imprisoned not exceeding six months,
and for a second or subsequent offense shall be fined not
less than $200 nor more than $2,000 and be imprisoned
not less than one month nor more than five years.
Tentative Program
Tuesday, February 10, 1920.
Operation for Advance Carcinoma of the Tongue or
iFloor of the Mouth...............Dr. Vilray P. Blair
Tuesday, February 17, 1920.
Symlposiuml on Insuiciency of the Gonnds.
\'niL. n elbach.
\ 1rec M Bres, Jr.
w.H. vogt.
Tuesday, February 24, 1920.
Post War Neurotics............. Dr. Sidney I. Schwab
Health and Public Instruction Committee.
Tuesday, March 2, 1920.
Symposium on Gynecology.
Tuesday March 7, 1920.
Surgical Symposium-Acute A bdomen.
Intestinal Obstruction..........Dr. W. C. G. Kirchner
Acute Peritonitis and Appendicitis...................-. --.. --..--..Dr. W m. E. Leighton
Perforations and Traumata......Dr. Wi. T. Coughlin
Tuesday, March 16, 1920.
Nutritional Diseases of Childhood.
Jules M. Brady.
Wm. McK. Marriott.
Tuesday, March 23, 1920.
Cardiac Symposium.
Tuesday, March 30, 1920.
St. Louis Clinics.
Morbidity and Mortality Report
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 24th, 1920.
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