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TRANSACTIONS 
or 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. September 2nd , 18C3, 
Present—Messrs. Bucklee, Hanbury, Meggeson, Morson, Sandford, Standring, and 
Waugh,— 
Mr. Henry Constable Roberts, 254, High Street, Southwark, was elected a Member. 
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 
The Board of Examiners in London. 
The regular days of meeting for conducting the examinations are the third Wednes¬ 
day in every month throughout the year, excepting August and September, at 11 a.m. 
The Board of Examiners in Edinburgh. 
The Board meets at such times as suit the amount of business to be transacted. Notice 
is given in the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal ’ when such meetings are to take place. 
Classical or Preliminary Examination.* 
Candidates for registration as Apprentices or Students in Pharmacy are examined in 
the following subjects :— 
Latin,—translation of a passage from the first book of Csesar’s Commentaries, ‘De 
Bello Gallico.’ 
Latin Grammar. 
English Grammar and Composition. 
The first four rules of arithmetic, simple and compound, vulgar fractions, and 
decimals. 
No candidate shall be admitted to this examination until he has completed his fifteenth 
year. 
Candidates residing at a distance of more than ten miles from London (or if in Scot¬ 
land, at that distance from Edinburgh), may, on applying to the Secretary, and enclosing 
the specified fee and certificate of age, be supplied with a printed form of certificate, to 
enable them to be examined by any qualified person approved by the Board, but net 
being the teacher of the candidate. 
The certificate of examination, duly signed by the Examiner, and delivered to the 
Secretary, will, if approved by the Board, entitle the candidate to be placed on the 
register. 
Minor Examination. 
Candidates are examined in the following subjects:— 
Prescriptions. —The candidate is required to read without abbreviation autograph pre¬ 
scriptions ; to translate them into English ; and to render a literal as well as an appro¬ 
priate translation of the directions for use. 
Practical Dispensing.— To weigh, measure, and compound medicines in the most ap¬ 
proved manner; to write the directions in concise language as well as in a neat and 
distinct hand, and correctly translate the prescription; finally, to finish and properly" 
direct each package. The candidate will be required to spread plasters with dexterity 
and neatness. 
Pharmacy. —To recognize the several preparations of the Pharmacopoeia which are not 
* The Middle Class Examination of Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham, and the Examina¬ 
tion of the College of Preceptors, including Latin as one of the subjects, are accepted on 
behalf of Registered Apprentices or Students in Pharmacy, in lieu of the examination by 
the Board of Examiners in Bloomsburv Square. 
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