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Tax, Medicines and the Law

From Quackery to Pharmacy

By (author) Chantal Stebbings
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Published: 26th Oct 2017
Dimensions: w 158mm h 235mm d 17mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN-10: 1107025451
ISBN-13: 9781107025455
Barcode No: 9781107025455
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Synopsis
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.

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