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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
PHARMACY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS. 
Lhe Ron. secretary reported the result of the interview on this subject 
with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. J. Williams, and Professor 
Masson. A report of the meeting will be found elsewhere. 
THE INTERCOLONIAL PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
There was a considerable amount of correspondence in reference to the 
Conference, which was dealt with. There was also a large general correspondence 
to dispose of, which, with financial business, brought the meeting to a close. 
THE SOUTH SUBURBAN CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
A meeting of the South Suburban Chemists’ Association was held at 
Thorns Royal George Hotel on 7th December. Present: — Mr. Witt (chair), 
Messrs. Bennett, Cockram, Webb, Corinaldi, Dalton, Hicks, Stevens, Niemann, 
Chamberlin. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. Correspondence 
read and accepted. The hon. secrerary was directed to write to Mr. H. 
Shillinglaw, thanking him for the telegram re the decision in the Equitable 
Store case, and congratulating him on the result. The election of officers then 
took place, Mr. Witt being elected president and Mr. Dalton vice-president. 
The offices of hon. secretary and treasurer were combined, for which Mr. Chamberlin 
was elected, and Messrs. Webb and Cockram for auditors. The meeting was 
then adjourned. 
THE TEACHING OF PRACTICAL PHARMACY TO MEDICAL 
STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. 
The dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Melbourne University (Professor 
Allen), Dr. Williams, and Professor Masson received in the Board-room of the 
Melbourne Hospital on Friday, the 10th December, a deputation from the 
Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia, consisting of Messrs. C. R. Blackett, 
T. Huntsman, and H. Shillinglaw. Professor Jackson, the director of the College 
of Pharmacy, was also present. 
Professor Allen said he understood the object of the meeting was to confer 
as to the necessity of some alteration in the mode of teaching pharmacy to medical 
students. The Faculty of Medicine were satisfied that the present system was 
unsatisfactory, and they would be glad to hear what proposal the Pharmaceutical 
Society desired to submit. 
Mr. Blackett said the object of the deputation was to urge on the Faculty 
of Medicine the desirableness of making pharmacy a subject in the medical 
course, and which could only be taught at some institution approved by the 
Faculty. In order to bring this about it would be necessary to rescind the 
present regulation recognising the certificate of any private person and recognise 
only public institutions. Mr. Blackett also pointed out that for the last two 
years a class for the teaching of pharmacy had been established at the College 
of Pharmacy, but had not been largely attended. 
Mr. Huntsman concurred in the remarks of Mr. Blackett, and suggested 
that it would be desirable that the students should be required to pass an 
examination. At the conclusion of the course, at present it was only necessary 
that a certificate of attendance should be produced. 
Professor Allen said the Faculty of Medicine were agreed as to the advan- 
tages to be gained by the atten dance of medical students at the College of 
Pharmacy, and were prepared to recommend that no private certificate should 
be accepted. In reference to the absence of an examination he thought this 
