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land, explaining the nature and extent of the accommodation which the buildings 
intended for dispensaries should be capable of affording, and the general arrangements 
adopted in order to ensure the due management and supervision of those establishments. 
“ I am also directed to request that the Board may be furnished as early as practicable 
with any suggestions or remarks with respect to the plan above described which the 
guardians may be desirous of making, in order that the Board before deciding upon any 
course of action may be in possession of the views of the guardians upon this subject. 
“ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
“ G. Sclater Booth, Secretary. 
“ The Clerk to the Guardians of the Parish of St. Pancras , 
“ Vestry Hall , St. Pancras , N. W.” 
THE CAUSE OF THE LUMINOSITY OF FLAME. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
Sir,—A very striking illustration of the theory propounded by Dr. Frankland 
on the above subject was witnessed by me on the night of September 3rd. On 
Tuesday night, September 3, 1867, our town was visited by a most severe 
thunderstorm, which commenced about seven o’clock, p.m., and continued until 
twelve. The lightning was remarkably vivid and continuous, flash following 
flash in rapid succession. I have frequently observed thunderstorms before, 
but I never remember seeing the luminous principle so fully developed. The 
atmosphere was very dense at the time, and the temperature high and exceed¬ 
ingly oppressive. This is certainly a confirmation of Dr. Frankland’s theory, 
as there can be no doubt but that, in consequence of the high temperature and 
unusual density of the atmosphere, the luminosity was considerably increased. 
I am, yours truly, 
J. Adams. 
Loughborough, September 17, 1867. 
PHAEMACEUTICAL EEFOEM. 
TO THE EDITORS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
Dear Sirs,—Far abler pens than mine have already handled the*subject; the 
only excuse I have for troubling you is the deep interest I take in the advance¬ 
ment of pharmacy, and the prospects and position of all who really study its 
promotion as a professional calling. 
According to the now-proposed plan of registration in the Pharmacy Bill, it 
would be many years before the Major Examination became compulsory ; and, 
in the meantime, there would be such a confusion of terms between Member of 
the Pharmaceutical Society and Pharmaceutical Chemist that the public would 
be at a loss to discover the difference, and the title Pharmaceutical Chemist 
would be of little value. 
Rather than proceed with such a Bill, had we not far better continue as a 
voluntary Society, or, at least, take the votes of all Members and Associates on 
the matter, as a London meeting does not fairly represent the wishes of all ? 
If all chemists in business, and assistants above twenty-one years of age, were 
“ licensed under the Pharmacy Act,” (instead of being Members of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society,) and exempt from serving on juries,—still continuing the exami¬ 
nation for men in business for them, and making the Major compulsory on all 
others from the passing of this Act,—-surely it would be as much to their inter¬ 
est as ours to support such a Bill. Such a course would hasten very much the 
