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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
THE DENTAL REGISTRATION ACT. 
The committee who met the representatives of the Odontological Society in 
reference to the proposed Dental Act reported that, after carefully considering 
the various clauses, they were satisfied that the bill protected the legitimate 
rights of pharmacists to practice dentistry in conjunction with pharmacy. 
THE LATE MR. W. RAWLE. 
On the motion of Mr. C. It. Blackett, seconded by Mr. Xingsland, it was 
unanimously resolved that a letter of condolence be forwarded to the family of 
the deceased gentleman, and that a record be placed on the minutes of the 
Council in recognition and appreciation of his past services to the society. 
DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF 
AUSTRALASIA. 
Chondodendron tomentosum ; Benzoin — large specimen of the gum-resin 
recovered from ancient wreck of a Dutch East Indiaman, from Mr. H. Francis, 
Bourke-street, Melbourne. 
Cortex Rhamnus Purshiana ; Cortex Rhamnus Frangula, from Mr. T. Hunts- 
man, Nicholson-street, Fitzroy. 
Two brass suction pipes for rapid filtering, from Professor A. Mica-Smith, 
Ballarat. 
THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria was held in 
the Society’s Hall, Albert- street, on Wednesday evening, the 4th August. There 
was a large attendance of members, the president (Dr. Jamieson) occupying the 
chair. Several pamphlets and reports were presented to the society through the 
Medical Board and the Central Board of Health. Dr. Joyce and Dr. Nutting 
were elected members of the society. Dr. Balls-Headley read a paper on a 
series of gynoecological cases, some of them extremely rare. Dr. J. P. Ryan 
read notes of a very peculiar case of injury to the spine. Considerable discus- 
sion followed both papers. The scale of fees adopted by the society in 1877 
was revised, amended, and ordered to be printed for circulation. 
THE ODONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The monthly meeting of the Odontological Society was held on Thursday, 5th 
August; Mr. Cumming (president) being in the chair. Messrs. L. A. Carter, D.D.S., 
and F. E. Holloway were proposed for membership. The president reported that 
the sub-committee appointed had met a committee of the Pharmaceutical Society, 
and that they had expressed approval of the provisions of the Dental Bill as 
affecting pharmacists. A paper was read by Mr. Gr. Thomson, L.D.S., on 
“ Fractures.” 
In a paper communicated to the Academia Libre de Medicina of Lima, 
Peru, Dr. Alfredo Bignon says that therapeutically good cocaine [the alkaloid] 
should be white, nearly inodorous, completely insoluble in 3 parts of alcohol, in 
2 parts of ether, in choloroform, in carbon bisulphide, and in 20 parts of 
benzin. 
The French Senate offers a prize of from 25,000 francs to 50,000 francs to 
any chemist who shall discover the best practical method for making researches 
with the view of ascertaining the toxic principles and impurities contained in 
“vinic alcohol.” 
