In Austria, Germany, Italy, Rumania and Russia the number of pharmacies is limited according to the population.
Where the number of pharmacies is limited by law prescriptions may only be dispensed at these establishments.
The prices charged for dispensing are lower in countries where the number of pharmacies is limited by law, the larger returns enabling the profit to be lessened.
In 1836 he was appointed to the chair of chemistry in the medical faculty at Göttingen, holding also the office of inspector-general of pharmacies in the kingdom of Hanover.
They then fill these prescriptions at multiple pharmacies.