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THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. 
November, 1882. 
inventions. For a thing to be regarded as scientific by 
this standard, exact knowledge of it, whereby any one else 
can manufacture the same thing, must be published. No 
‘‘specialty” can mark a progress in the pharmaceutic art 
unless this demand is complied with ; no “ specialty” that 
does not come up to this requirement can be admitted ; 
and we do not think that we overstate when we say that 
any “improvement in the art of pharmacy presenting 
special therapeutic advantages, the product of professional 
skill and practical sense of the pharmacist,” is acceptable 
to both the medical and pharmaceutical professions, and if 
its claims to merit are proved, there can be no reason for 
not admitting it. But proprietary “specialties,” the 
names of which are claimed as trade-marks, and the art of 
the manufacture of which can be nowhere found in 
literature, cannot be admitted from the very nature of the 
case. To admit them would be to ruin scientific nomen- 
clature, seriously injure medical literature, and encourage 
a system that weighs down all progress in the science of 
pharmacy like the old man of the sea. If pharmacy is to 
be a science, it must conform to the demands of science ; 
if those who practise the art wish it to be known as a pro- 
fession, they must be professional. Secrecy is not science, 
and the hiding of knowledge for trade purposes is not pro- 
fessional. A pharmacist’s standing in his profession is in 
exact proportion to his record as a scientific man. The 
question is, what has he done to advance knowledge in 
pharmacy and to benefit his profession ? It is required of 
him to publish full knowledge of all the improvements and 
discoveries he may make in the art for the benefit of his 
science, and receive compensation therefor in the demand 
thus created for medicine manufactured by a member of 
the profession of so much “ professional skill and practical 
sense.” Not until this ideal is realised can pharmacy be 
regarded either as a science or a profession . — Therapeutic 
Gazette. 
OLlic Jftonth. 
The following are the arrangements for the quarterly exami- 
nations to be held in December next. Modified, 4th; school 
certificate, 5th ; preliminary, 7th ; practical pharmacy, 8th. 
The Pharmaceutical Register of Victoria for 1883 is now in 
course of preparation, and we are requested to notify that, in 
accordance with the thirteenth section of the Pharmacy Act, a 
number of names of those persons who have neglected to 
comply with that section will be omitted. 
The triennial election of the members of the Pharmacy 
Board of Victoria will be held early in the month of February, 
the board retiring by effluxion of time in January, 1883. The 
returning officer notifies in another column the date of 
nomination. All the retiring members are eligible for re- 
election. 
The annual dinner of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria 
will be held at Clement’s Cafd on Wednesday, the 13th 
December next. Arrangements are being made by the com- 
mittee to make it a success, and it is expected that the 
attendance will be far larger than on any previous occasion. 
A number of gentlemen from other colonies are likely to be 
present. Cards can be obtained from any member of the 
council, or at the office, 100 Collins-street. 
Mr. J. Bosisto, M.L.A., who proposes spending a fortnight 
in South Australia, left for Adelaide on the 15th inst. Mr. 
Bosisto may be reckoned amongst the pioneers of South Aus- 
tralia, as he landed there over thirty-four years ago, and prior to 
bis arrival in Victoria he carried on business as a chemist there. 
Mr. Bosisto while in the neighbouring colony will visit the 
principal olive and forest plantations, with the view of making 
himself acquainted with the systems of cultivation adopted. 
Olive planting has been attended with great success in South 
Australia, and Mr. Bosisto has always advocated the establish- 
ment of a similar industry in Victoria, certain districts being 
admirably adapted for that purpose. 
Mr. James Greenwood, M.A., died at his residence, Pad- 
dington, Sydney, on the 7th November, from an overdose of 
chlorodyne. The deceased gentleman was forty-nine years of 
age, and a native of Nottingham. He came to the colony as 
minister of the Baptist Church, Bathurst-street, and remained 
in that position until the time when the Public School League 
was formed in Sydney, and an agitation for “free, secular, 
and compulsory education” was carried on throughout the 
country. Mr. Greenwood was the soul of the league, and 
owing to the prominent position he occupied on the education 
question he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1877 as 
one of the members for East Sydney. For a considerable time 
he was a contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald and Echo. 
The deceased gentleman leaves a widow and several children. 
We are requested to state that the following names will be 
omitted from the Pharmaceutical Register for 1883 for non- 
compliance with the thirteenth section of the Pharmacy Act:— 
VV P. Green, Queenscliff ; Paul Bohrdt, Islington-street, Col- 
ling wood ; William Fraser, Rochester ; John Dolphin, East 
Brunswick ; W. S. Siddall, Footscray ; Richard Zoepfel, 20 
Islington-street, Collingwood ; James C. Nicholson, George- 
street, Fitzroy ; F. H. Newth, Rockhampton, Queensland ; 
James F. Donaldson, Footscray; J. B. Barker, Best-street, 
North Fitzroy ; William Craig, Ballarat; Andrew Chadwick, 
Campbell- parade, Richmond ; Charles Finch, 190 Wellington- 
street, Collingwood ; John T. Osmond, Sydney, New South 
Wales; C. V. L. Florance, Willunga, South Australia; Jane 
Veal, Johnston-street, Collingwood ; J. IL W. Stevens, South 
Yarra ; George C. Powell, Footscray. 
Messrs. Rocke, Tompsitt and Co. are the successful tenderers 
for the supply of drugs to the Melbourne Hospital for the year 
1883. 
Messrs. Simpson and Davenport have purchased the business 
of Mr. John Ross, 63 Collins-street. Mr. Ross goes to Sale, 
Gippsland. 
Mr. T. M. Wilkinson, of Dunedin, N.Z., is in Melbourne, on 
his way to England ; he leaves in the ship “ Melbourne,” early 
this month. J 
The will of the late Mr. Henry J. Long, of Bourke-street, 
Melbourne, was proved on the 2nd November ; the property 
was sworn at £1803. 
From Messrs. Parke, Davis and Co., Detroit, Mich., we have 
received a number of their publications, which will receive due 
notice in a future issue. 
The resignation of Mr. John Ross as a member of the 
council of the Pharmaceutical . Society was received and 
accepted at the last meeting of the council. 
Messrs. Felton, Grim wade and Co. have just issued the first 
number of a new price-list, which is by far the best and most 
complete list of the sort that has ever been issued in the 
colonies. The typographical portion has been done by Messrs. 
Mason, Firth and M‘Cutcheon, on whom it reflects great 
credit. 
Ihe firm of Main and Geyer, who for a number of years 
have carried on business at 9 Hurdlay-street, Adelaide, have 
dissolved by mutual consent, and Mr. W. James Main has been 
taken into partnership. The business is now carried on at the 
new premises, 56 King William-street, and the style of the 
firm in future will be Main and Son. Mr. W. J. Main having 
been in the business for the last thirteen years warrants an 
assurance of the success of the new firm. 
