THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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W. A. Has well, M.A., B.Sc., Mr. J. Brazier, C.M.Z.S., Mr. W. Hurst, and the 
Hon. H. E. Cohen. The committee reported that no essay on the Bacillus of 
Typhoid worthy of the prize offered by the Hon. Wm. Macleay had been sent in, 
and recommended that the money should be returned to the donor, but that 
gentleman very generously desired that it should be placed to the credit of the 
society. A list of donations, consisting chiefly of scientific journals, was read. 
Several interesting papers were also read, and a number of exhibits shown. 
The diploma of corresponding member of the Deutsche Meteorologische 
Gesellschaft has been conferred on Mr. H. C. Bussell (Government astronomer), 
it is believed on account of his contributions to meteorological science. The 
diploma is very handsome, and is signed by Dr. Neumeyer, as president of the 
society, who spent some years in Victoria studying the meteorology of that 
colony. 
At the Metropolitan Court of Quarter Sessions an unfortunate woman, 
Catherine J ane Hill, who had attempted to commit suicide by taking chlorodyne, 
was discharged upon entering into recognisances to appear when called upon. 
The wife of Professor Anderson Stuart was found dead in her bed at an 
early hour on Sunday, the 28th February. The circumstance was reported to the 
coroner, and at the inquest it was elicited that deceased had been in the habit 
of taking morphia and other narcotics with a view of allaying pain and obtaining 
sleep. The finding of the jury was— “ That deceased died from the effects of an 
overdose of morphia, but whether it was taken by herself, or administered to 
her, the evidence adduced did not enable them to say.” 
The disastrous accident which took place on board the Manapouri, by which 
the chief officer, the third officer, and a seaman lost their lives, from the effects 
of the fumes of some nitric acid, which had leaked and had set some cases on 
fire, whilst they were endeavouring to extinguish it, is another instance of the 
carelessness displayed by the ignorant in handling dangerous chemicals. The 
jury, m returning a verdict of accidental death, added a rider blaming Messrs. 
Elliott Bros., of Sydney, the shippers of the acid which caused the mischief; but 
this Messrs. Elliott Bros, in a letter to the Telegraph , 2nd March, indignantly 
repudiate, as the acid, when it left Sydney, was placed on the deck of the 
steamer, and if it had, at any time during the voyage, been placed in the hold, 
the blame did not rest with them. 
A whole family of seven, named Crane, living at Tent Hill, Emmaville, have 
been taken ill with symptoms of poisoning. Two of the children have died, 
and the parents are in a critical state. It is believed that a calico bag, which 
had contained strychnine, was accidentally used for cooking purposes. Another 
report of the same sad affair attributes the poisoning to the fact of the family, 
during the recent, dry weather, having been using water from a stagnant 
waterhole. 
O’Sullivan, the man who murdered his wife’s child with chloroform, has 
been adjudged as of unsound mind and unfit to stand the charge. When being 
conveyed to gaol after having been committed for murder, the unfortunate man 
attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself under a tram motor. He, 
however, only received a severe shaking. 
Tne following gentlemen were elected as members of the board of directors 
of the Sydney Hospital at the election, which took place at the Town Hall 
on 26th February, viz.-Messrs. J. Hardie, C. J. Boberts, J. Young (£&avor) 
T. Playfair, and A. C. Shadier. 
Mr. Bichard Threlfall, B.A., of Cains College, Cambridge, has been 
appointed Professor of Physics to the Sydney University. He leaves London 
by the B.M.S Valetta on the 15th April next. 
