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July, 1882. THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. 
INDEX TO LITERARY CONTENTS. 
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The Month 21 
Meetings — Pharmacy Board of Victoria 22 
Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria . . 22 
Sydney Pharmaceutical Society 23 
The Microscopical Society 25 
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Remarks on Australian Acacias 25 
Legal and Magisterial— The Recent Prose- 
cutions 26 
Prosecution under the Sale and Use of 
Poisons Act 26 
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Pharmacy Board Examinations 27 
Correspondence 28 
Reminiscences of a Pharmacist 28 
Watch Oil 28 
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BIRTH. 
Hughes.— On the 16th June, at 61 Elizabeth- street North, the wife of 
Albert E. Hughes, pharmacist— a daughter. 
Jones.— O n the 13th July, at Bay-street, Sandrige, the wife of Walter 
Jones, Chemist, of a daughter. 
DEATHS. 
Angior. — On the 19th June, at High-street, Northcote, William Frederick, 
youngest son of Samuel and Sarah Jane Angior, aged 2 years and 
2 months. 
Aumont.— On the 27 th June, at 92 Wellington-street, Colling wood, Louis 
Philippe Aumont, pharmaceutical chemist, aged 37. 
^Clte itlonth. 
In Mr. E. L. Marks’s paper on “Vegetable Cells,” that 
appeared in our issue of June, some typographical and clerical 
errors crept in ; but as they are almost self-corrective, our 
readers have doubtless been at once able to remedy the over- 
sight. 
A private letter received by the executive secretary to the 
Bordeaux Wine Commission in this colony states that all the 
wines shipped here arrived in first-class condition. Owing to 
the casks being plastered at the ends the bulk wines landed 
undeteriorated, while some of the wines from other colonies 
not so treated reached Bordeaux in an inferior state. 
A fire broke out at Ipswich, Queensland, early on Saturday 
morning, 1st July, destroying the premises of Smith Bros., 
drapers ; Melvin, confectioner ; Finch, greengrocer ; and Von 
Lossberg, chemist. The fire originated in Lossberg’s shop, it 
is supposed by a dog, accidentally shut in, breaking a bottle 
and causing the exposure to the air of an inflammable 
chemical. Von Lossberg’s stock was insured in the National 
and New Zealand offices for £500. 
The dean of the Faculty of Medicine (Dr. Halford), with 
Mr. L. L. Smith and Dr. Le Fevre and the medical students 
of the University, visited the Model Farm, and carefully in- 
spected the whole process of animal vaccination. Mr. Graham 
Mitchell showed the students a calf which had been vaccinated 
during the previous week, pointing out how the lymph was 
taken and preserved on points, tubes, and glasses. A fresh 
calf was then vaccinated, and the lymph transferred to the 
arms of thirty-three persons, including seventeen students. 
The analytical chemist appointed by the Government to ex- 
amine any doubtful teas which might be imported has re- 
ported to the Commissioner of Trade and Customs that he has 
examined nine hundred cases submitted to him from the 
cargoes of the steamers “ Killarney” and “ Douglas.” These 
cases were intercepted by the experts, on the ground that they 
were of a very low and doubtful character; but the analytical 
chemist, after an examination, has come to the decision that 
they are genuine teas, and may be passed into the colony for 
consumption. He reports, also, that he is now engaged in ex- 
amining and testing some low-class teas which arrived in 
other vessels than the two mentioned. 
Two young men, named Joseph Langley and George Byder, 
were committed at the sittings of the Central Criminal Court 
in May last, before his Honour Mr. Justice Williams, on a 
charge of conspiracy to defraud. The two defendants had 
victimised a number of persons in the suburbs by representing 
that Langley was a medical man, and by selling to their 
patients some medicines which it was said would cure all 
manner of diseases. At the trial Mr. Justice Williams, -who 
presided, reserved a case for the opinion of the full court 
as to whether there was any evidence of conspiracy. This 
special case was heard in the Supreme Court, but no counsel 
appearing on behalf of the defendants, and the court, 
without calling on the Crown prosecutor, decided that there 
was evidence of a conspiracy, and therefore affirmed the con- 
viction. Langley had been sentenced to seven weeks’ impri- 
sonment, and Byder to three weeks’ imprisonment, which 
punishment they will now have to undergo. 
On the 29th June Mr. Bosisto asked the Commissioner of 
Bailways whether the chief medical officer has yet reported to 
him on the subject of colour-blindness in railway signalmen ; 
and, also, whether he will adopt (as other countries are doing) 
the complete “tests of sights,” as resolved upon and recom- 
mended by the late International Medical Congress, for 
stokers, drivers, and others connected with railway signalling. 
Mr. Bent, in reply, said that reports had been obtained from the 
chief medical officer and Mr. Budall, who attended the recent 
International Medical Congress. When the men on the Hobson’s 
Bay lines were medically inspected by Mr. Bent’s directions, 
it was found that the usual percentage suffered from colour- 
blindness, and they had been removed to positions where an 
ability to distinguish colours correctly was not required. The 
recommendations of the chief medical officer are to be acted 
upon in the application of tests. 
The death of Mr, L. P. Aumont, of Collingwood, is 
announced. 
Messrs. Felton, Grimwade and Co. have forwarded a dona- 
tion of £100 in aid of the Working Men’s College. 
