This section is from the book "The Art Of Dispensing", by Peter MacEwan. See also: Calculation of Drug Dosages.
The following are the retail prices agreed upon by the Liverpool Chemists' Association, which we reproduce from the price-list compiled by the Association and published by Suttley & Silverlock, Ltd., Blackfriars, London, S.E., at 1s. 6d., or post free 1s. 8d. :
Size | Mixtures and Drops for Internal Use | Injections, and Gargles | |||
Dose, 3j. | Dose, 3ij. | Dose, | Dose, | ||
| 6d. to 8d. | 6d. to 8d. | 6d. | - | 6d to 8d |
| 8d. ,, 10d. | 8d. ,, lod. | 6d. to 8d. | - | |
| 9d. ,, 1/- | 8d. ,, lod. | 8d. ,, 9d. | - | 8d ,, 10d |
| 9d. „ 1/- | 9d. „ /- | 9d. ,, 10d. | - | |
| 1/-„ 1/6 | 10d. ,, 1/- | 9d- ,, 1/- | 8d. to 10d | 9d. ,, I/- |
| 1/3 ,, 2/- | 1/- „ 1/6 | 1/- ,, 1/3 | IOd. ,, 1/- | |
| 1/6 „ 2/3 | 1/3 ,, 1/9 | i/- „ 1/6 | 1/- „ 1/4 | 10d. ,, 1/6 |
| 1/9 „ 2/6 | 1/6 „ 2/- | 1/3 „ 1/9 | 1/- „ 1/6 | |
| - | - | 1/6 „ 2/- | 1/3 ,, 1/9 | 1/ - ,, 1/9 |
| - | - | 1/9 „ 2/3 | 1/6 ,, 2/- | |
| - | - | 2/3 ,, 3/- | 2/- „ 2/6 | 1/6 ,. 2/6 |
| - | - | 2/9 „ 3/6 | 2/3 „ 2/9 | |
No. | Cachets and Dry Capsules | Bougies and Pessaries | |||
I | 3d. to 6d. | 3d. to 6d. | 3d. to 6d | - | 1/- to 1/3 |
2 to 4 | 3d ,, 6d. | 6d. ,, 8d. | 6d. ,, 8d. | 9d. | |
6 | 6d. ,, 8d. | 8d. „ 1/- | 9d. „ 1/- | 1/- | 1/6 „ 2/- |
12 | 10d. ,, 1/- | 1/-,, 1/6 | 1/3,, 1/6 | 1/6 to 2/- | 2/6 ,, 3/6 |
18 to 24 | 1/-,, 1/6 | 1/6 „ 2/6 | 1/6 ,,2/6 | 2/- „ 3/- | - |
Ointments,
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8d.;
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1s. to 1s. 6d. ;
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1s. 3d. to 2s. Electuaries the same. Pills, 6 doz., 3s. to 3s. 6d.; 12doz., 5s. to 5s. 6d.
Blisters and Belladonna or Opium Plasters, 3 by 4 inches, 8d.; 4 by 4 1nches, lod.; 4 by 6 1nches, If.; 5 by 8 inches, 1s. 6d.; 6 by 9 inches, 2s.; 6 by 12 inches, 2s. 6d.; minimum, 6d.
Dispensing-fee for stock liniments, tinctures, etc., 3d. to 6d., in addition to retail prices.
The usual charges are 1d. per ounce for mixtures, with a minimum of 4d.; lotions are generally charged at lower rates than mixtures, but with the same minimum; liniments are charged according to composition, a profit of 10 or 15 per cent. being added to the cost; pills, 3d. a dozen; and powders, 4d. a dozen. In all cases costly alkaloids as ingredients of the prescriptions justify extra charges.
 
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