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Category : Pharmacy
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
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The Victorian Chemist and Druggist
Author: W.A. Jackson
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN: 9780852635834
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
W.A. Jackson presents a brief historical introduction and description of a Victorian chemist and druggist's shop, describing and illustrating many of the items used and sold.
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN: 9780852635834
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
W.A. Jackson presents a brief historical introduction and description of a Victorian chemist and druggist's shop, describing and illustrating many of the items used and sold.
Tax, Medicines and the Law
Author: Chantal Stebbings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110854682X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In 1783, a stamp duty was imposed on proprietary or 'quack' medicines. These largely useless but often dangerous remedies were immensely popular. The tax, which lasted until 1941, was imposed to raise revenue. It failed in its incidental regulatory purpose, had a negative effect in that the stamp was perceived as a guarantee of quality, and had a positive effect in encouraging disclosure of the formula. The book explains the considerable impact the tax had on chemists and druggists - how it led to an improvement in professional status, but undermined it by reinforcing their reputations as traders. The legislation imposing the tax was complex, ambiguous and never reformed. The tax authorities had to administer it, and executive practice came to dominate it. A minor, specialised, low-yield tax is shown to be of real significance in the pharmaceutical context, and of exceptional importance as a model revealing the wider impact of tax law and administration.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110854682X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In 1783, a stamp duty was imposed on proprietary or 'quack' medicines. These largely useless but often dangerous remedies were immensely popular. The tax, which lasted until 1941, was imposed to raise revenue. It failed in its incidental regulatory purpose, had a negative effect in that the stamp was perceived as a guarantee of quality, and had a positive effect in encouraging disclosure of the formula. The book explains the considerable impact the tax had on chemists and druggists - how it led to an improvement in professional status, but undermined it by reinforcing their reputations as traders. The legislation imposing the tax was complex, ambiguous and never reformed. The tax authorities had to administer it, and executive practice came to dominate it. A minor, specialised, low-yield tax is shown to be of real significance in the pharmaceutical context, and of exceptional importance as a model revealing the wider impact of tax law and administration.