THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
SECOND SERIES. 
MOL. VII.—No. IV.—OCTOBER 1st, 1865. 
THE BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
We present our readers this month with a Double Number of the Journal, in 
order that full justice may be given to the meeting of the British Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Conference held last month at Birmingham. From the Report furnished 
to us by the Secretaries, we learn that about seventy members and visitors were 
present at the different sittings, which extended through the working portions 
of four days. Among those who attended we notice the names of some of the 
Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and of many old and 
distinguished students of the School of Pharmacy, who are now scattered over 
the country, and by their labours in the cause of Pharmacy and in the pro¬ 
motion of Pharmaceutical Science are reflecting honour on their alma mater and 
on the profession to which they belong. 
At the First Sitting of the Conference, the Secretary read the Annual Report, 
by which it appears that the number of members has more than doubled during 
the second year of its existence. No less than one hundred and six mem¬ 
bers were enrolled at the present meeting, so that the total number now exceeds 
three hundred. This increase in the number of members cannot but be regarded 
as most gratifying, and must fully answer the expectations of its founders. With 
such an addition to the ranks of the Conference we can only express a wish that 
the next meeting, which it is proposed to hold at Nottingham, in September, 
1866, at the time of the meeting of the British Association, will be even better at¬ 
tended than the one at Birmingham, for one of the great advantages we anti¬ 
cipate from such annual gatherings is the promotion of a friendly reunion and 
social intercourse among pharmaceutists and chemists. 
The reading of the Report was followed by the Address of the President, 
which we have given in full, because, like everything that emanates from 
Mr. Deane, it demands and will well repay a careful perusal. Well might 
Mr. Iloldsworth, of Birmingham, after proposing “ that the best thanks of this 
Conference are due and be now presented to the President, Mr. Henry Deane, 
for his interesting and valuable inaugural address, as well as for his uniform in¬ 
terest in the progress of Pharmacy and efficiency of the Drug trade in this coun¬ 
try,” say “ that he had listened to the address with inexpressible pleasure, and 
had been struck with its manly, hearty, and honest tone.” 
The address was followed by the reading of papers which constituted the 
principal business of the Conference. We have not had sufficient time to 
read these communications thoroughly, but the number, importance, variety, 
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