POISONS FOR SALE
'[To' the Editor of TIIE SPECTATOR.] SIR,--AS Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society, Mr. Linstead is Presumably familiar with the- Poisons and Phar- macy Acts ; hut one Would like to be reassured by him as to the -present state Of the law as to the sale Of derivatives of Barbiturie acid. In his letter, published-in your last issue, he states that "substances Containing these-drugs are in the second part of the Schedule, when no entry is required and no knowledge of the purchaser."
But, in the last edition of Martindale and Westeott's Extra Pharmacopoeia, which' I have' always tbund accurate and reliable, it is speeffically stated that these derivatives, "whether described as Veronal;-Proponal, Medina', or by any other trade name, Mark or 'designation," are now included in Part I of the' Schedule Of PorsonS, having' been "transferred from Part II to Part 'I in 1919."-. 'Among the other preparations Which the Extra Pharniaeopoei&-apecilire' ally narnes as being included in Part I of the PdisOns:Sehedule'are Lumina', Dial, Pernoctort, Sedoinlid,: Animal; 'Neintilltal and Soneryl. -On enquiry, I have found -that -this- is tinderstOOd- fo lie 'the 'present legal Position by several chemists of experiente and repute.—! am,
Oaksliatt Hanger, Markley, Liss, Hants..' —
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