THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
SECOND SERIES. 
VOL. X.—No. XII.—JUNE, 1869. 
THE NEW ERA IN PHARMACY. 
Several events, of more than ordinary interest to our readers, have occurred 
in the past month. The anniversary meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society, 
and the Conversazione which preceded it, were held as usual, and were more 
than usually well attended. This may perhaps be ascribed to the altered cir¬ 
cumstances under which they took place on this the first occasion on which the 
members of the Society have been thus called together since the passing of the 
Act of last year. Not oidy has the Society been considerably enlarged by the 
accession of members in accordance with the original constitution, but new 
elements have been introduced under the provisions of the Pharmacy Act of 
1868, and new powers have also been conferred upon it. The proceedings of 
the Anniversary Meeting, the first of a new era, were looked forward to with 
much interest, as also was the result of the election of the new Council. It is 
very gratifying to find that although a larger number of members met to discuss 
the affairs of the Society than has perhaps ever met on a similar occasion before, 
yet perfect harmony prevailed, and all seemed to be satisfied with the way in 
which the proceedings passed off. The confidence of the enlarged constituency 
in those who have for many years conducted the affairs of the Society, may be in¬ 
ferred from the fact that only one new member has been introduced into the 
Council for the ensuing year, notwithstanding the desire expressed to infuse 
new blood. It will be observed that the number of votes recorded was con¬ 
siderably greater than usual. 
The resolution which was passed, to the effect, “That, as a result of the 
Pharmacy Act of 1868, it is desirable that the minutes and votes of future 
meetings of the Council be published monthly,” affords some evidence of the 
popular element which the new Act has ingrafted in the constitution of the 
Society. 
After the Anniversary Meeting, the presentation of the testimonial to the 
President, Mr. Sandford, in acknowledgment of his great exertions, and valu¬ 
able services, in the interests of pharmacy, and especially in promoting the 
passing of the Pharmacy Act of last year, contributed to increase the enthu¬ 
siasm and good feeling manifested by the company who crowded the rooms in 
Bloomsbury Square throughout the morning and afternoon of Wednesday, the 
19th of May, and afterwards adjourned to the Freemasons’ Tavern, in Great 
Queen Street, where an excellent dinner was given in commemoration of the 
auspicious events of the day. 
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