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The candidates were examined orally as regards errors, 
overdoses, unusual quantities, methods of dispensing, etc., in 
the six prescriptions in Question I, 
MATERIA MEDICA. 
Examiner T. B. Melhuish. 
1. Recognise Specimens before you ; give botanical name and natural 
order. 
2. Name B.P. plants of Nat. order Atropacece. 
1. Belladona: what parts are used; give preparations and 
doses? 
2. What active principle^does th drug contain? 
3. State its therapeutic uses. 
4. Name some narcotics of the B.P 
3. Camphor. What is it? Bot. Name and natural order. 
What is its action and dose ? Name preparations. 
4. LiObelia. Give Bot. name and natural order. 
What part of the plant is used ? 
What is the active principle ? 
Name preparations and doses. 
5. Spermaceti. What is it ? Name of animal producing it. 
How is it procured and what preparations is it used in? 
6. Cantharides. Give name and order. 
What part is used? Name preparations, doses, and uses. 
Candidates will be required to pass a practical examination in Materia 
Medica. 
The candidates had each an oral examination in Materia 
Medica, with recognition of specimens, botanical names, 
natural orders, characteristics of the true drug, adulterations 
and their characteristics, etc. 
PRESCRIPTIONS. 
Examiner T. B. Melhuish. 
1. Read and explain five autograph prescriptions. 
2. Transcribe in full the following, and give directions in English. 
Ac. Sulph. Arom., 3ijss 
Syrup. Aurant., Jj. 
Bee. Cinchon., ad $vii 
M. ft. Mist. Capt. part. sext. sec. q. q. hor ad suadat diminuen. 
State quantity of Ac. Sulph. Arom. in each dose. 
8. Transcribe in full — 
R- 
Liq. Morph. Mur. 
Sp. Chloroform. 
Glycerin., aa Jss 
M. ft. gutt. Sign. 5 i ex. aq. p.r.n., tussi. vel. dolor, urgent, sum. 
State quantity of Muriate of Morphia in each dose. 
4. Transcribe in full— 
3 ^- 
Hydr. Chlor., gr. 1-12 
P. Rhei. Co., gr. ^ 
Saccli. Lact., gr. ij 
M. ft. pulv. D. t. d. no xij. 
Sign. One powder three times a day in milk. 
Write the directions in Latin. 
5. Transcribe in full — 
Ext. Coloc. Co., 3i 
Calomelan., gr. vj 
Ext. Hyoscyam., gr. iv 
M. ft. pil. vj Sign. Let the patient take two immediately, 
and repeat the dose every three hours until the 
bowels shall have acted sufficiently-! 
Write the directions in Latin. 
6. Transcribe in full, using English weights — 
R— 
Iodoform., 3, 0 
Ungt. Cetac. 
Vaselin. alb. aa 15, 0 
Cumarin., 0, 3 
M. ft. Ungt. Sign, nocte maneque utend. 
One hundred marks were awarded for each paper, and fifty 
marks in each oral examination, it being compulsory for each 
candidate to obtain at least 50% in each paper and oral ex- 
amination. 
The following are the names of the successful candidates; — 
John Walter Cook. 
William Stephen Clifton. 
Percival Evens. 
William Schnockel. 
The usual monthly meeting of the Board did not take place, 
but a special meeting was held on January 17th, the following 
members being present, viz : — Messrs. Sadler, Bozon, Thorn- 
ton, Mayne, Abraham. Melhuish and M‘Carthy. The Presi- 
dent, Dr. M‘Kay, and Dr. M‘Laurin, were unable to he present, 
and the chair was occupied by Mr. Sadler. 
Election of Exaiiiner. 
The Secretary and Registrar, Mr Pinhey, annou'^'^^'d that 
the Board had been summoned specially in order to elect an 
Examiner in Materia Medica and Prescriptions, vice Mr. W. 
Larmer, resigned. 
On the motion of Mr. Thornton, seconded by Mr, M‘Carthy, 
Mr. Melhuish was elected to fill the vacancy. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH 
WALES. 
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Council was held on 
Jan. 4, the ifoilowing gentlemen being present : — Mr Sadler, 
President, in the Chair, Messrs. Bozon, Mayne, M‘Carthy, 
Melhuish, and the secretary, Mr. Pinhey, 
New Councillor. 
The President announced that he had appointed Mr. 
Edward Thornton to fill the vacany in the Council caused by 
the resignation of Mr. Larmer, such appointment to be until 
the next general meeting in June next. A discussion there- 
upon took place regarding the method of filling extraordinary 
vacancies in the Council, certain of the members expressing 
the opinion that all such vacancies should be filled by the 
vote of the Council generally, or at any rate that all the members 
should be consulted ; it being at the same time explained that 
againstMr. Thornton personally no objection whateverwas felt, 
but that it was desirable to place this matter on a better basis. 
On the other hand, it was contended that the bye-laws of the 
Society distinctly imposed the duty of filling extraordinary 
vacancies upon the President, and that he, and he alone, had 
the power to make such appointments. This view, however, 
was demurred to, and the discussion terminated without any 
definite or decisive settlement of the question at issue. 
Upon taking his seat Mr. Thornton briefly returned his 
thanks for the honour conferred upon him. 
Concerning Appointment of Examiner. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were then read, but 
before being confirmed Mr. Bozon announced that, with the 
consent of Mr. Mayne, he desired to withdraw the resolution 
moved by him, and seconded by Mr. Mayne, appointing Mr. 
Melhuish examiner in materia medica and prescriptions in the 
room of Mr. Larmer, resigned. Mr. Bozon went on to ex- 
plain that on -enquiry into the matter he had come to the 
conclusion that the Board of Pharmacy was the proper body 
to make the appointment, the examinations being strictly and 
in reality Board of Pharmacy examinations, and not the 
Pharmaceutical Society’s examinations. This view of the 
matter was supported by Mr. Mayne, and a long discussion 
took place as to whether or not the Council had acted iiltra 
vireh- in making the appointment. A considerable amount of 
doubt existing it was finally decided that the appointment had 
better be made jointly by the Pharmaceutical Society and the 
Board of Pharmacy, Mr. Melhuish thereupon tendering his 
resignation as the best way out of the difficulty. 
The Official Organ. 
The Secretary then read the new agreement with the i^ro- 
prietors of The Chemiat and Dnififfint, London, and The 
Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, upon the latter journal 
becoming the official organ of the Society. The terms being 
considered very favourable to the Society, it was unanimously 
decided to ratify the agreement, which was accordingly done. 
The at^plication of the Editor of the Australasian Journal 
of Pharmacy to be furnished with reports of meetings of the 
Council, &c., was objected to, upon the ground that the 
Society having an official organ no necessity could be shown 
for supplying reports, &c., to another journal ; the more es- 
pecially as all the members of the Society received copies of 
The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, whereas only three 
or four members were likely to see the Australian Journal of 
Pharmacy. A proposal to furnish the latter journal with re- 
ports on, the first of each month was not agreed to, and ulti- 
mately the matter was postponed. 
The School of Pharmacy. 
The following report of Mr. Edwin Quayle, F.C.S., the 
Society’s lecturer and director of the laboratory, of the work 
done during the term Sept. 30th to Dec. 31st, 1886, was read 
by the Secretary : — 
“To the President and Council op the Pharmaceutical 
Society of N.S.W. 
“ Gentlemen, — I have the honour to repqrt that during the 
past three months I have delivered a course of 13 lectures, 
fully illustrated by experiments, &c., upon the Chemistry of 
the Non-Metals, and that upon the whole I have reason to 
be satisfied with the number and progress of the students 
attending the course. Twenty-one students entered for the 
course, and the average attendance was fifteen at each lecture, 
exclusive of many not regularly enrolled. Fourteen students 
became entitled to certificates of attendance, having attended 
