title: [The 50th Imperial Diet and the separation of drug dispensaries from the medical practice].
abstract: At the session of the 50th Imperial Diet held on January 22, 1925, the Government submitted two drafts for a law governing pharmacists and one governing drug products. These drafts were very important for pharmacists because both the laws governing pharmacists and drug products could stipulate not only the qualifications and activities of pharmacists, but also their roles in the society. However, doctors were afraid of giving such power to pharmacists and feared that these laws might lead to a practical separation of drug dispensaries from the medical practice. Then objected that the Law of Drugs No. 10, which gave pharmacists the right to dispense drugs without a doctor's prescription, would infringe on the domain of doctor activities. Legislator also doctors strongly disagreed with both drafts presented to the Imperial Diet. Speculation was that neither draft would pass. As a result, the Law of Pharmacists, which was less damaging to the rights of doctors than the other law, was approved and ultimately became law. The Law of Drug Products was suspended.
authors.affiliation: The Japanese Society of the History of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007564:Japan; D007880:Legislation, Drug / Q000266:history*; D008511:Medicine