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lation” was affirmed, and hopes expressed that such a happy consummation 
might be brought about ; while the resolution relating to the rapidly-increasing 
sale of proprietary medicines evoked an energetic protest, on the part of the 
president, against the objectionable practice of physicians prescribing foreign 
proprietary preparations which can easily be made by any qualified pharmacist. 
During this discussion, Mr. Hill, who is one of the committee appointed 
to investigate and report upon the desirability or otherwise of a Pharmacy 
Act, and the working of such Acts elsewhere, gave some insight into the 
opinions he has already formed, although the time for the presentation of the 
report has not yet arrived. 
Mr. Hill remarked that the more he investigated the matter, the more he 
was convinced that a Pharmacy Act should be obtained as soon as possible. 
He spoke in very favourable terms of the Act in force in Victoria, and, during 
the course of his remarks, gave a short account of the rise of the British 
Pharmaceutical Society, and the object for which it was founded. 
The intimation from Mr. Hill of his intention to give a paper on these 
subjects shortly was received with approval. 
Mr. Scammell thanked the members present for the honour that had been 
conferred upon him, and expressed his desire to render good service to the 
society. The meeting then terminated. 
It is improbable that a second delegate from South Australia will attend 
the Melbourne Conference. 
Vaccination, which has hitherto been less rigidly enforced in this colony 
than it should, is now to be especially looked after, and no exemptions will be 
allowed unless a medical certificate of unfitness for the operation be obtained. 
At a meeting of the University Council held on 24th September the following 
matters of medical interest occurred A letter was received from the secretary 
of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, forwarding the following resolutions 
passed by the committee of management both of that college and the Royal 
College of Physicians — “That it be recommended to the two colleges that 
certificates of having attended courses of lectures on anatomy, physiology, and 
chemistry, delivered in the medical school of the University of Adelaide, South 
Australia, be recognised.'* The secretary also added, “ I am to remark that in 
the foregoing recommendation no mention is made of botany, as that subject is 
now excluded both from the curriculum of professional education and from the 
subjects of examination of the examining board.” It was resolved that the letter 
be acknowledged by the Chancellor with thanks. 
The question of excluding botany from the subjects of the medical course 
was referred to the medical faculty, and the editors of the regulations were 
authorised to act on the resolution of the faculty of medicine in regard to botany. 
The medical faculty were also requested to report at the adjourned meeting 
as to what steps were necessary to be taken for the appointment of lecturers in 
the medical school. The following circular has been issued by Dr. Poulton, 
who is hon. secretary to the congress committee appointed by the South Aus- 
tralian branch of the British Medical Association. The circular is dated 9th 
September : — “ The South Australian branch of the British Medical Associa- 
tion proposes to inaugurate during the month of September, 1887, a short series 
of special meetings for the discussion of subjects relating to public medicine, 
hygiene, medicine and surgery. The congress will not extend over more than 
one week. In the month of September the International Jubilee Exhibition 
to be held in Adelaide will be fully established, and the season is, perhaps, 
the most favourable for visiting South Australia. It is anticipated that the run 
by rail from Melbourne will occupy 17 hours, and that special facilities for travel. 
