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sarsaparilla and for analysing water, on wliicli lie was engaged at the time. While 
passing the students’ room, the visitors were suddenly greeted with three ringing 
cheers from the undergraduates present — a reception as gratifying as it was 
unexpected. Sir Henry Loch gracefully acknowledged the compliment, and the 
Chancellor presented Mr. Cecil Mead (the senior undergraduate present) to his 
Excellency. 
(j From our Special Correspondent.) 
Brisbane, 10th August. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
.A meeting of the members of the Pharmaceutical Society took place in Brisbane 
on Thursday evening, 29th July. There were present: — Mr. J. H. Fitzgibbon, 
vice-president, in the chair; Messrs. C. F. Yeo, L. C. Dunne, D. J. Clark, 
W. J. Costin, Ayscough, M‘Leon, Watson, and E. T. Staiger, F.L.S. Mr. H. 
E. Miller, from Goondiwindi, attended as a visitor. 
Considerable discussion took place on the subject of establishing a School 
of Pharmacy in Brisbane, this being a want that is severely felt by apprentices 
and assistants who are desirous of qualifying to pass the examinations of the 
Pharmacy Board. The meeting was unanimous in the opinion that early efforts 
should be made to secure this wished-for boon. 
With regard to the preliminary examination it was considered the standard 
required should be similar to that passed by boys in the Normal School or 
State Schools to secure a Grammar School scholarship. 
The important matter of securing a Poisons Act for Queensland was brought 
up, and it was decided that an effort should be made to secure, as early as 
possible, the passing of such an Act as is in force in Victoria. It is hoped 
that the measure will be introduced into the Legislative Council this session 
by the Hon. P. Macpherson. The administration of the Act could be relegated 
to the newly- appointed Pharmacy Board, so that there would be little or no 
expense to the colony. 
Dr. J. O’Sullivan, who for many years was in practice in South Brisbane, 
and latterly in Fortitude Yalley, died at his residence on Saturday, 31st July, 
from the effects of an overdose of morphia, which he had taken to procure sleep. 
Drs. Mullen and Byrne attended him during a short illness previously, and on 
his death gave a certificate; but the water police magistrate, Mr. Day, before 
whom an inquiry was held, ordered a post mortem examination. The contents of 
the stomach were forwarded to the Government analyst, Mr. Marr, for examina- 
tion. Dr. O’Sullivan leaves a wife and two children. 
A fatal case of poisoning occurred at the Roma Hospital on 8th July, 
when a patient named Dewar succumbed to a dose of common carbolic acid, 
administered by the wardsman — Henry Rowland — instead of a dose of black 
draught. All efforts to counteract the effects of the poison failed, and the 
unfortunate man died twelve hours after. Rowland stated that the carbolic acid 
was always kept in the lavatory, the black draught bottle being kept among the 
ordinary stock. The previous evening he had prepared deceased a dose to be 
taken on waking next morning. He found the carbolic acid bottle next morning 
where the draught bottle was usually placed, and gave the alarm. It appears 
that the bottles were similar in appearance, and were properly labelled, but the 
carbolic acid was not labelled poison; and it was stated in evidence that the 
bottle had been in use for nearly a year in the same state. At a subsequent 
