THE AUSTRALASIAN 
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No. 10.] 
OCTOBER, 1886. 
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA.— ITS BIRTH 
AND PROGRESS. 
No. III. 
Oub last instalment brought us down to the date of the first annual meeting. 
At a meeting of the council, held shortly afterwards, Mr. Bosisto was elected 
.president; Mr. George Lewis, vice-president; Mr. Croad, treasurer; and the 
following committees were appointed, viz. : — Lecture Committee, Messrs. Croad 
and Wragge; Journal Committee, the president and Mr. Johnson; Publishing 
Committee, Messrs. Kruse and Williams ; Room Committee, the treasurer and 
Mr. O'Connor. Mr. Lewis, the secretary, having sent in his resignation, Mr. 
Kruse volunteered to give his gratuitous services in that capacity, and was 
appointed. 
Thus constituted, the council earnestly directed its efforts towards furthering 
the interests of the society, and, as illustrating the sanguine hopes which were 
entertained of its permanent establishment and future usefulness, the following 
extract from a leader in the Journal of 1st April, 1858, may here prove of 
interest. Referring to the progress of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
Britain, the writer proceeds : — “ To say that the infant society of an infant 
colony will progress as rapidly would be hazarding too much; but, if an 
analogy may be drawn between it and kindred institutions here, it has every- 
thing to hope for. And though its field of operations must continue for some 
time necessarily limited, it has no old prejudices to break down, no old school 
to wear out. Its members are young, active, energetic, full of hope and enterprise, 
and, so far as we have had an opportunity of judging, liberal and free. It is, then, 
without anxiety the council resumes its duties this year, confident of the steady sup- 
port due to its claims; and when the question of legislative application is brought 
before it, it will, doubtless, be entertained, and receive consideration in such 
a free, liberal, and enlightened spirit as is worthy of and may be expected 
from the representatives of the pharmaceutical chemists of Victoria." Alas ! 
could the writer But we are anticipating our story, and forbear. 
Few who have made Australia their adopted country have achieved a more 
distinguished position or a wider celebrity in the scientific world than Baron F. 
Von. Mueller, and it is pleasant to find the name of this veteran scientist 
recorded in the minutes of the society as that of the first-elected honorary 
member, the next names being those of Dr. Eades— now, alas! gone over to 
the great majority — and Mr. W. 8. Gibbons, who is still among us, honoured 
and, we trust, prosperous. 
A later entry affords pleasant proof of the interest that was being created 
in the society outside of pharmaceutical circles. It records the adoption of a 
resolution, moved by Mr. Wragge, and seconded by Mr. Croad, “that literary 
and scientific men may be elected by the council as subscribing members 
