It shall be unlawful for any apothecary, druggist, or pharmacist, or any employee thereof, or any other person whatever, to sell, exchange, give away, or deliver to any person within the city any carbolic acid or any extract or product thereof, or any preparation or compound of which it is an element or ingredient, containing more than five percent of carbolic acid, except upon the written prescription or order of a duly licensed physician, and except upon the day or date of such prescription or order, and there shall be for each such sale, exchange, gift, or delivery, a special and distinct order or prescription.
The prescription or order shall have the date thereon of the day on which it is made, and shall be signed by the physician making it who shall be a graduate in medicine, and as such have a diploma from a legally constituted or chartered medical college or medical institution, and it shall contain the name and residence of the patient for whom it is intended, and the location of the physician's office or residence.
(Prior code § 97-8)