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ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY MORPHIA. 
Sir 
Dk. James Arthur \Y ilsox, examined. 
Fdzroy Kei/y.j 891. Will you let me ask you whether, in your iudffment the 
^jj^t^crtr^sasfcniis sTXaxsss 
be more than it is at present There would Ka ™ V ! ] protection siiouid 
dents; but, answering generally yes 8bsoIu » e l ,rotect,on a 8 amst 
iectfli fut°ure ebStiVVi e “ 68 -Y f fit to Ie S islatc on ‘lie subject, so far as to sub- 
‘ , - , c lenusts and druggists to an examination before lie shall be oermitted 
asa chemist and druggist, to compound medicines ?-Yes peimitted, 
pencil 0 notes^ I do°n^ W: made one or two 
ficient for the purpose. 16 11101 examinatl01 b in one or two respects, quite suf- 
coi sideml'tlui'ilOiei'* U -' V ° llr v "' w kor the purpose,” for what purpose; you have 
compminding medicC, UtoTho^b^n^f KC ***** “ 
m ni?p 1 : J lata f- th ° 8e0ne0r tw0 Particulars ?—The only decided remark I should 
ZndJmttn undeV TT fTT a fa ^ of ^ examination in the “ 
No 2and No S of d! 11 ° f P re s? ri P> on > I would have introduced the clauses 
nm’tmiTdoses^”“ the Ma J or examination, i. *, “ Detect- 
the kno Jl°edge°o U f d^glerallf eXamination in the d<5tecti «“ <* ?-Ycs, in 
foi; the dm ’“ S “ 
caleukted°in r° J °* , Uli ? k ? more «'™ snffioient, too stringent, or 
n an oi g tTo e (ov ra ° . Interfe f? T th , the f^dom of trade, the liberty that every 
with " fer “ » » co-rirtJ 
pni' d ° " ot , think ;t , to ° stringent or too severe?-1 do not. 
you would cm. mltTlWe “J r f other . b ? ard or bod J of examiners in existence to whom 
and dru^:°T lfc t) 1 ® tas k of examimng persons as to their qualification for chemists 
^903 U ^ivfi S vnii C v^Vf Pharmaceutical Society ?-I am not aware of any board. 
904* Tin ' visited the premises ot the Pharmaceutical Society ?—Yes I have 
905 * Do vonTb^vV 16 gCDeraI ? atU1 ' e ° f the “-^ion P-Yesfl have ’ 
J J ou thmk ’ from jour observations, and founded on your experience tbev 
the miblic b-id 4 • "yg lsts 111 )ke kingdom P—Remarkably competent; more than 
surprised me 7 ® U ‘° 1 5hoidd «V- The development of the Society has 
ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY MORPHIA. 
E Pfoskms r E^ 8 coronpr B ^ on + Satu + r 1 da ^ February 3, at Fort Monckton, Gosport, before 
maHer^erneanTin th^DMb^r 00 *!! 1 ^^ 16 John Spooner, aged thirty-three, pay- 
deceased itaxmeared that e FoyM Artillery. From the evidence of the wife of the 
had obtained from tb ■ hoc •+. 1 P[ evi01 ^ s to kls death he took some medicine which he 
i- + ,, *, ospital. About four o’clock in the mornino he cot out of bed 
ht a candle, and took a dose of the medicine, observing at the timeYhat ft did not taste 
