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shoulder ? think of it as a relation they don’t care to own. Why haven’t we one or two 
hundred here instead of some thirty or forty ? Excuses are vain. Apathy is the only 
answer I can find, and the cause of this ? Apathy. There are within our circuit a few 
individuals by no means indifferent to the advancement of pharmacy, and yet some of 
these do not come amongst us. Why ? Perhaps they think us too slow ; to such we 
would say, come and help our speed ; help us in the good work we have in hand, in the 
fraternizing influence we are endeavouring to spread ; help us in the advancement of 
our profession, for Onward is our motto and Upward our aim. 
Mr. Horton gave as his experience that closing at an earlier hour did no injury to 
a chemist, and that eight o’clock was as late as the shop should be kept open. 
Mr. Sharp said that there were masters who injured the mental and moral tone of 
apprentices by acts of dishonesty, such as replacement of one medicine by another, adul¬ 
teration, etc. He deprecated the practice of pharmaceutists in their advertisements 
speaking of their products as equal or superior to those of another man, as being in the 
worst taste. Advertising secret medicines he denounced warmly as demoralizing and 
little better than murder. He considered that German and French chemists were su¬ 
perior in education to those of our country, and advocated compulsory examination. 
The President in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Symes said that although the 
attendance at the meeting was not such as he would desire, yet the Association had 
done a great work in creating a fraternal spirit among the chemists in the town which 
was unknown before its establishment. 
Mr. Redford seconded the vote, which was unanimously carried, and after a few re¬ 
marks in reply from Mr. Symes, the meeting closed. 
LEEDS CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Third Meeting of the session was held at the Philosophical Hall, on the evening 
of December 18, 1867, the President, Mr. Reynolds, in the chair. 
The paper of the evening was kindly given by Dr. James Braithwaite, one of the 
editors of Braithwaite’s ‘Retrospect of Medicine,’ the subject being “The Principles of 
Rational Therapeutics.” The paper included notices of a large number of the newly 
introduced remedies, and the intentions of the physician in prescribing particular drugs 
were described. 
A vote of thanks to the author of the paper was moved by Mr. Brown, seconded by 
Mr. Atkinson, and cordially carried. 
The Fourth Meeting of the session was held on January 8, 1868, the President in the 
chair. 
The following donations of books to the Library were announced by the Honorary 
Secretary, Mr. Ye wdall, viz.:—Three volumes of Knapp’s ‘Technology,’ from Mr. 
Huggon, and Quekett ‘ On the Microscope,’ from the President. 
Mr. J. Chapman Wilson, F.C.S., Lecturer on Chemistry at the Leeds School of Medi¬ 
cine, read the paper of the evening upon “ Chemical Nomenclature and Notation.” 
Mr. Wilson commenced by saying that when he promised to read a paper on nomen¬ 
clature and notation before the Society, his intention was to be merely the exponent, 
and, if possible, elucidator of the various and conflicting systems of chemical language, 
which have been either proposed or adopted during the last few years, with a view to 
meet the ever increasing requirements of the science. But a little consideration con¬ 
vinced him that such a course would be neither to the advantage of the members of the 
society, nor to his own satisfaction. He feared that, at the best, he should only succeed 
in leading them into a maze, where he might lose both them and himself, and, therefore, 
he should content himself with making a few general remarks, and then proceed to 
give them an account of such recent changes in chemical nomenclature as were most 
strongly recommended by their utility, and which had been most generally received, 
special reference being made to the notation of the British Pharmacopoeia of 1867. 
Some one had said, that with no other material than the ballads of any period, he 
should be able to write its history ; and he thought that if chemical nomenclature might 
