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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
Telegram from Mr. Mayne, Sydney, for twelve copies of S.S.C.A. price lists 
and rules to assist them in forming an association. Mr. Dalton had kindly for- 
warded the lists and congratulatory letter. 
Mr. Brinsmead, in proposing the telegram and action taken he received,, 
complimented the S.S.C.A. on this recognition of the endeavour that had been 
made to produce unanimity and a bond of camaraderie among the pharmacists 
generally, and requested that a special note be taken of it, trusting that this 
would not be the last communication that would be received from Sydney. 
Seconded by Mr. Webb. Carried. 
Letter from Mr. Beichman (Mr. L. C. Dunne), pharmaceutical chemist, 
Brisbane, requesting copy of list and rules as basis to form a society in Brisbane. 
Air. Brinsmead, in again proposing the letter be received, stated that he could 
only endorse his former remarks, trusting we should again hear from Mr. 
Beichman. 
The balance-sheet to date, signed by auditors, was handed in. Mr. Dalton 
moved that it be received. Seconded by Mr. Witt. Carried. 
Mr. Chamberlin gave notice of motion that, as the objects for which the 
association was formed were now an accomplished fact, and expenses consider- 
ably reduced, he would propose at next meeting the annual subscription be 
reduced to 5s., the annual supper on the same basis as that of the Pharma- 
ceutical Society, 5s. each. The meeeing then adjourned. 
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria was held in 
the Hall, Albert-street, on the 2nd June ; the president, Dr. Jamieson, occupying 
the chair. Dr. J. F. Wilkinson, of the Melbourne Hospital, was elected a member 
of the society. The president, on behalf of the committee, drew attention, at the 
suggestion of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia, to the new edition of 
the British Pharmacopoeia, and, on the motion of Dr. James Robertson, seconded 
by Dr. Williams, it was resolved that the members of the Medical Society of 
Victoria formally agree to adopt the new pharmacopoeia as a guide in prescribing. 
The hon. secretary announced that the scale of medical fees adopted by the 
society was out of print, and that at the next meeting of the committee a revised 
scale would be prepared. The new scale would probably be more detailed than 
the original one, and members who wished to suggest alterations should com- 
municate with him without delay. Dr. C. S. Ryan read a paper on a remarkable 
case of strangulated hernia upon which he had operated with success. Dr. Spring- 
thorpe read notes of a case in which he found a large quantity of biliary pigment in 
a hydatid cyst. Numerous pathological specimens were exhibited by Dr. J. Wil- 
liams and Professor Allen. 
Professor Huxley - gives the proper weight of man as 1541b., made up as 
follows : — Muscles and their appurtenances, 681b. ; skeleton, 241b. ; skin, lOJlb. ; 
fat, 281b. ; brain, 31b. ; thoracic viscera, 3 Jib. ; abdominal viscera, lllb. ; blood 
which would drain from the body, 71b. The heart of such a man should beat 
75 times a minute, and he should breathe 15 times a minute. In 24 hours he 
would vitiate 1750 cubic feet of pure air to the extent of 1 per cent. A man, 
therefore, of the weight mentioned should have 800 cubic feet of well ventilated 
space. He would throw off by the skin 18oz. of water, 300 grains of solid 
matter, and 400 grains of carbonic acid every 24 hours ; and his total loss 
during that period jvould be 61b. of water, and a little more than 21b of other 
matter. 
