CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE.
NOW UNDER POISON ACT.
It has been intimated to the Police Department by the Director-General of Health, Dr. Watt, that corrosive* sublimate comes under the provisions of the Poisons Act, and that as such must be dealt in by chemists with great care. According to the Act, chemists dealing in the drug must keep a proper register, and they may sell the drug only to persons known to them, who sign the necessary poisons book when buying it. The warning is a sequel to a case which occurred in Christchurch early in February, when a young girl died as a result of the use of pills containing corrosive sublimate. At the inquest, the coroner, Mr. E. D. Mosley, commented on the fact that while some chemists took precautions in selling the drug others sold it without question to all and sundry.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 90, 17 April 1934, Page 8
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143CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 90, 17 April 1934, Page 8
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