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THE CHEMIST AND DBUGGIST. 
March, 1882. 
gress, “ Whatever may be the literary and scientific 
studies required from doctors of medicine, the French 
pharmacists are disposed to accept and even to claim 
them, in order that they may find themselves in an 
equivalent position from asocial point of view.” Some of 
our antipodean pharmacists are doubtless like the cele- 
brated pococurantist of old — “they care for none of these 
things.” But, as Mr. Johnson told his hearers the other 
night at the annual meeting — “ Why, very soon the chil- 
dren in the State-schools will put to shame some of our 
apprentices ; they will know more of chemistry than the 
‘chemist!’” Again, the same gentleman said — “When 
we began our examinations, after the passing of the 
Pharmacy Act, we found them (the apprentices who came 
up under the ‘ modified’) very ignorant — deplorably igno- 
rant.” But nous avons change tout cela. At the last 
examination some of the candidates who had been attend- 
ing lectures, at the School of Pharmacy are reported 
by the examiners to have displayed a very great advance 
upon the condition of things formerly manifested. 
It is to be hoped that there will be no retrogression 
under somewhat changed conditions, as far as the teach- 
ing staff is concerned, at the School of Pharmacy. We 
look upon this question as supremely important. We 
consider that the highest ideal of education ought to be 
kept before the mind’s eye both of teacher and pupil, for 
depend upon it mere effort to pass examinations will not 
suffice in the future. The students must “ know,” to 
use Huxley’s words. And in the present day we think, 
with Professor Attfield, the model pharmacist — that is, 
the pharmacist who acts but for the public weel and his 
own welfare, the man who fears neither the permanent 
influence of “ stores,” nor any other form of mere trade 
competition, is the man who can say — “ I guarantee every 
preparation on my shelves to be trustworthy, either 
because my professional skill in analysis has enabled me 
to thoroughly test it, or because it has been made under 
my own personal supervision from materials which my 
professional knowledge of botany and chemistry has 
enabled me to prove to be thoroughly reliable.” This is 
the right tone to speak in, and “unhasting and unresting” 
must we strive to keep up the standard of pharmaceutical 
education and examination in this colony. We have taken 
the lead in this hemisphere, and others will look to us 
and follow us. At least such is our inerradicable faith, 
notwithstanding many discouragements, we believe that 
pharmacy will have a brilliant future, and the phar- 
macist will, if he is what he ought to be, furnish the 
class from which, as in France has been the case, are drawn 
the leading men of science. Did not Scheele, Liebig, and 
Dumas, and many other eminent chemists, begin life as 
pharmacists] But, above all, we must strive to bring about 
‘ ‘ such an improvement of the condition and position of 
the pharmacist that pharmacy will be the better fitted to 
be the handmaid of medicine and the trustworthy servant 
of the public.” 
me JEcmth. 
An attempt has been made to obtain for the chemists and 
their assistants in Sandhurst some of the privileges of the 
early-closing system, but the attempt has failed. 
The foundation-stone of the new free dispensary to be 
erected in Church-street, Richmond, was laid on the 21st ult. 
by Mr. Geo. Coppin, one of the founders of the original insti- 
tution. There was a large public attendance. 
Letters patent were granted by the Solicitor-General on the 
13th March to Mr. J. VV. Raymond, of Melbourne, sheep- 
farmer, for his process of and apparatus for phosphorising oats 
and other grain. 
The Camper down Chronicle writes : — “ Carrot streated with 
arsenic, it would appear, are the most effectual and certain 
specific yet found for the destruction of rabbits. The prepa- 
ration is being used with greater success than any other means 
yet resorted to. Every method suggested or recommended for 
the extermination of rabbits has been used, and none has been 
found to surpass this in efficacy. The proportion is 1 lb. of 
arsenic to 30 lbs. of carrots.” 
The South Australian Government being desirous of estab- 
lishing an animal vaccine depot, Mr. Graham Mitchell, 
F.R.C.V.S., recently proceeded to Adelaide to assist Mr. Chal- 
win, M.R.C.V.S., the Government veterinary surgeon, in 
carrying out the details of the scheme. Dr. Gosse, the presi- 
dent of the Adelaide Board of Health, and Dr. Paterson, 
the colonial surgeon, having acknowledged the value of the 
assistance rendered by Mr. Mitchell, the Chief Secretary of 
South Australia, on behalf of the Government, forwarded to 
that gentleman a substantial acknowledgment in recognition 
of his services. 
New Insolvent. — Stephen Cox, manufacturing chemist, 
West Geelong. Causes of insolvency : Withdrawal of co- 
partner’s capital at chemical works, Footscray, and refusal of 
a certain firm to carry out agreement entered into relating to 
chemical works at Footscray. Liabilities, £665 12s. 6d. ; 
assets, £96 10s.; deficiency, £569 2s. 6d. 
Boohs, d'C., Received — Australian 'Veterinary Journal , March ; 
Australian Medical Gazette , March ; Australian Medical 
Journal , February; European Mail, January ; Pharmaceutical 
Journal; Annual Report School of Mines, Ballarat; Pros- 
pectus of the Belgian Export Company ; Messrs. H. B. Slee- 
man and Co.’s Prices Current ; American Journal of Phar- 
macy, January and February ; New York Druggists' Circular, 
February ; New Remedies, February ; Therapeutic Gazette, 
January. 
Mr. a’Beckett has been re-elected honorary attending medical 
officer of the Melbourne Hospital for Sick Children, and Dr. 
Snowball has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Dr. Wigg. 
We are glad to report that Mr. A. Felton has now quite re- 
covered from his late railway accident. 
We are informed that Mr. H. P. Beach, of Chapel-street, 
Prahran, has relinquished business, which has been purchased 
by Mr. C. Harrison, a new arrival in the colony. 
The new session at the School of Pharmacy commenced on 
the 6th inst. 
A deputation from the Pharmaceutical Society is to wait on 
the Minister of Lands on the 22nd inst., to make another 
effort to obtain a site for a school and laboratory. 
At the examination for the certificate of the School of 
Pharmacy, held on the 6th March, the board of examiners 
complimented one of the candidates — Mr. Wm. Lowe — on the 
very satisfactory examination passed by him, and expressed 
themselves as satisfied that Mr. Lowe would one day occupy a 
position in the foremost rank of pharmacy in this colony. Mr. 
Lowe obtains the gold medal given by the Pharmaceutical 
Society of Victoria. 
