THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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adder, I give you now an exact statement of the treatment he got until the 
doctor arrived. In about half a minute after being bitten, his mother tied a 
string above the bitten part, and gave him a third of a tea-cup of brandy with 
some water. I then scarified the bitten part, and applied warm water to 
induce bleeding ; I then put more ligatures higher up on the bitten limb, and 
every ten minutes or so gave him more brandy and eight drops of ammonia. 
In three hours he had drunk over half a bottle of brandy with the ammonia, 
and showed no signs of intoxication. In about an hour after he was bitten he 
got a trembling in the bitten limb, and about two hours and a half after 
being bitten he vomited, and soon after got very drowsy. About this time Mr. 
Clarke, of Arthur Point Telegraph Station, arrived, and assisted me greatly in 
keeping the boy awake. Mr. Clarke also brought a bottle of rum, which was 
required very much, as my supply of brandy was exhausted, and the child 
could not drink the ammonia without spirits of some sort, as the ammonia has 
a very nauseous taste. The doctor arrived in five hours and a half after the 
boy was bitten ; at this time we had great difficulty in keeping him awake ; 
he tried to lie down, but soon after the doctor had given him fifteen drops of the 
strongest ammonia every ten minutes, and cut out the size of a sixpence of the 
bitten part, the child got lively and walked of his own accord, and lost all 
signs of drowsiness/* 
Unfortunately, there is no probability of the Queensland Pharmacy Board 
being represented at the coming Conference to be held at Melbourne this year. 
Mr. Taylor, the president of the Queensland Board, is unable to spare the time, 
having just returned from a lengthened trip throughout the North. But for this, 
no doubt, he would have been pleased to represent this colony. 
There is not much business news to note, the most important item that I 
know of being the purchase by Mr. George Watkins of Mr. L. CarmichaeTs 
business in Queen-street. I have no doubt he will have your good wishes, 
and, through the journal, your good advice. 
Brisbane is just now glutted with chemists’ shops, there being no less than 
thirty within a radius of two miles, and among a population of 50,000 I hardly 
think they can all do, and, sooner or later, will not be surprised to see some 
shut. It is a pity more judgment is not used, and better advice given when 
opening shops. 
I much regret to hear that two leading medical men at Ipswich have gone 
into partnership and opened a retail chemist’s shop, under a competent manager. 
This naturally has given great dissatisfaction to the chemists, and it certainly 
seems not a little discouraging that they should be subjected to such competition. 
Another matter brought before my notice is that the wife of a doctor in South 
Brisbane dispenses her husband's prescriptions, and, as rumour has it, cares 
little whether the public knows or not. 
Chemists in Queensland seem to have a mania for changing their businesses. 
I notice that Mr. L. Carmichael, probably the longest-established chemist in 
Queensland, and for over twenty-five years in Queen-street, has at last " given 
it best,” and sold his business to Mr. W. J. Watkins, late dispenser to the 
Benevolent Asylum, Dimwich. 
Mr. Harrop, of Maryborough, has purchased the business lately owned by 
Mr. F. Letters, at Gympie, and I hear that Mr. A. Brown, lately assistant 
with Mr. Carmichael, leaves Brisbane to manage the concern. 
Mr. Butler, late of Bundaberg, and more recently of Kangaroo Point, has 
again removed to Edward-street, Brisbane. In this out-of-the-way street there 
must be a good business done, judging by the number of pharmacies, there being 
three within forty yards of one another. 
