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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
My Lords, having given their best consideration to the subject, are of opinion that the 
“ preparation” of a poison in the Pharmacy Act, 1868, means a compound which, like 
the poison of which it is a preparation, is in itself deadly or dangerous, and that it does 
not mean a compound which is in itself perfectly harmless, although into its composi¬ 
tion may enter a poison, or the preparation of a poison, which taken alone would be 
dangerous or deadly. My Lords apprehend that questions of fact must be dealt with as 
they arise; for it is possible to take so much of a compound perfectly harmless if taken 
in reasonable quantities (e. g. carbonate of soda), as to destroy life, and it is possible that a 
particular paregoric lozenge might contain a deadly amount of poison ; but it seems to 
their Lordships that, for general purposes, and as matter of legal interpretation, these 
extreme and barely supposable cases may be disregarded, and that the Pharmaceutical 
Society may safely act upon the test given above. 
My Lords, however, are advised that it is not feasible to define the precise proportion 
of poison in any preparation which may bring it within the Act. 
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
John Simon. 
EXAMINATIONS IN LONDON. 
February 24 th, 1869. 
Present—Messrs. Bird, Carteighe, Davenport, Deane, Gale, Garle, Haselden, 
and Morson. 
Four candidates presented themselves for Examination; the following three 
passed, and were duly registered as 
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS. 
Abbott, James, Leeds. Baxter, George, Worksop. Roberts, John Lyddon, Leeds. 
February 26th, 1869. 
Present—Messrs. Bird, Carteighe, Cracknell, Darby, Davenport, Deane, Edwards, 
Evans, Gale, Garle, Haselden, and Southall. 
MODIFIED EXAMINATION. 
Forty-nine candidates presented themselves; the following thirty-three passed, and 
were duly registered as 
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Adams, Edmund Tapley, St. Mary Church. 
Ashburner, John Pearson, Ulverstone. 
Beer, James Henry Elias, London. 
Bennett, Joseph, Bristol. 
Bogle, Robert, Radcliffe. 
Brereton, Matthew Bayfield, Putney. 
Brook, Edward, Liverpool. 
Bullock, Frederick, Manchester. 
Crewdson, Matthew, Ulverstone. 
Crocker, George, Weston-super-Mare. 
Davies, John, Torquay. 
Eyre, Sidney, Sheffield. 
Giles, John James, Ashford. 
Halton, John, Radcliffe Bridge. 
Hughes, Richard David, Henley-on-Thames. 
James, Henry, Ross. 
Jones, John, St. John’s Wood. 
Lees, William, London. 
Maufield, Whitwell, Thirsk. 
Mawer, Edward, Newmarket. 
Norman, Henry, Folkestone. 
Nowell, Richard, Manchester. 
Robertson, Frederick Freer Leslie, London. 
Rowe, Philip Martin, Bath. 
Saunders, C. John Heath, Bromley, Kent. 
Scholes, James Spencer, Derby. 
Spurling, John, Scarborough. 
Stubbs, Thomas Shaw, Bristol. 
Tipper, Charles, Romford. 
Waight, William Frederick, Liverpool. 
Whitworth, Frank, Wishaw. 
Williams, John, Wrexham. 
Wood, Frederick, London. 
March 5 th, 1869. 
Present—Messrs. Bird, Cracknell, Darby, Davenport, Deane, Edwards, Gale, Garle, 
and Haselden. 
