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out sufficient mastication, never permanently satisfied hunger. The knowledge 
acquired might remain in the memory sufficiently long to satisfy an examiner, 
but it afterwards escaped the student, and he could not sustain the position 
to which he formerly pretended. He earnestly urged them to avoid so great a 
mistake. 
The questions and awards were as follows :— 
1 . The solution given to you may contain any of the ordinary metallic salts used in 
medicine ; analyse it, and state the result. 
2. The accompanying “powder” is also a mixture of common metallic salts; examine 
it, and state the result. 
3. You are furnished with an organic mixture, which you may regard as a “ vomit” sus¬ 
pected to contain one of the following poisons:—mercury, arsenic, antimony, lead, 
copper, oxalic acid : which is present ? 
4. A specimen of “ urine” is supplied to you : is there any sugar or albumen in it? 
5. Determine the percentage of real acid (HCy) in the “ Hydrocyanic acid” placed in 
your hands. 
t>. You have a substance labelled “impure precipitated Sulphur;” what is the nature of 
the adulteration, and how much is present? 
Medal . Charles Umney. 
Certificate of Honour . Henry Anthony Peele. 
Certificate of Merit . John Bourdas. 
At the conclusion of the reports of the different classes, the Chairman pre¬ 
sented the medals and certificates to the successful candidates. In doing so, he 
highly complimented them upon their well-merited success, and hoped that the 
honours they had now so well earned would urge them to further exertions. He 
trusted that they would in their future careers be blessed with health and pro¬ 
sperity, and, by their exertions, do all they could to raise the status of the 
Pharmaceutical chemist. 
PEREIRA MEDAL. 
The Vice-President said he had great pleasure in handing the Pereira 
Medal to Mr. Carteighe, who had already appeared twice before them that 
evening as having honourably acquitted himself at the sessional examinations. 
He hoped it would not be the last meeting at which he would present himself, 
but that he would add to the honours he had already gained by contributing 
matter of interest and profit on future occasions. 
The questions for the written examination were as follows:— 
CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY. 
1 . Describe the production of essential oil of Almonds and essential oil of Mustard, ex¬ 
plaining the changes which occur, and the characters, chemical composition, and 
properties of the products. 
2. Describe the preparations of Antimony ordered in the London Pharmacopoeia, giving 
the processes for their production and explaining the decompositions that 
occur. 
BOTANY AND MATERIA MEDICA. 
1. Distinguish between Parenchyma, Prosenchyma, and Vascular Tissue, and mention 
the parts of the higher plants in which they are respectively found. 
2. What is the Seed ? Describe briefly its structure and mode of germination, and state 
the differences between the germination of Acotyledonous, Monocotyledonous, and 
Dicotyledonous plants. 
3 . Describe the two plants before you in English ; and state the Natural Orders to which 
they respectively belong. 
