18 
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 
Materia Medica. —To recognize specimens of roots, barks, leaves, fruits, resins, gums, 
animal substances, etc., used in medicine; give the botanical and zoological names of 
the plants, etc., yielding them, and the Natural Families to which they belong ; name 
the countries and sources from which they are obtained, and the officinal preparations 
into which they enter, and judge the quality and freedom from adulteration or other¬ 
wise of the specimens. 
Botany. —To recognize the more important indigenous medicinal plants. To possess 
a general knowledge of the elementary structure of plants, and the structure and dis¬ 
tinctive characters of roots, stems, leaves, and their parts. To name and describe the 
various parts of the flower. 
Chemistry. —To recognize the acids, oxides, salts, and other definite chemical bodies 
of the Pharmacopoeia; to describe the processes by which they are produced, the compo¬ 
sition of such as are compound, and explain the decompositions that occur in their 
production and admixture, by written equations or diagrams. 
Major Examination. 
(For Registration as Pharmaceutical Chemists under the Pharmacy Act, 1852.)* 
Candidates for this Examination must have passed the “ Minor ” Examination at 
Ixast three months previously. 
Prescriptions and Posology. —The candidate is required to render in good Latin, pre¬ 
scriptions written in English, to detect errors, and discover unusual doses. 
Practical Dispensing. —The candidate is expected to possess a knowledge of the 
strength of the simple solutions used in medicine, and of the best excipients and methods 
of manipulation, for forming emulsions with oils, resins, balsams, and other substances, 
and for giving a good pilular condition to substances which are administered in that form; 
also to explain the changes which sometimes occur in prescribed medicines. 
Pharmacy. —To describe the process by which any preparation of the Pharmacopoeia, 
not having a definite chemical composition, is made, to explain the nature of maceration, 
percolation, sublimation, etc., and to be acquainted with published improved pharma¬ 
ceutical processes. 
Materia Medica. —The examination extends to the qualities of Drugs, the means of 
estimating these qualities, and of distinguishing the genuine from spurious. It com¬ 
prises a knowledge of the active proximate constituents of important drugs, and of the 
methods of obtaining these in a separate state and testing their purity. 
Botany. —This examination comprises an intimate acquaintance with the parts of the 
flower, fruit, and seed; the functions of the different organs of plants; a knowledge of 
the general principles of classification, and of the Linnaean and De Candolle’s systems ; a 
written diagnosis of the following Natural Orders:—Ranunculace®, Papaverace®, Cruci¬ 
fer®, Malvaceae, Leguminos®, Rosace®, Cucurbitace®, Umbellifer®, Composit®, Gen- 
tianace®,Convolvulace®, Solanace®, Atropace®, Labiat®, Scrophulariace®, Polygonace®, 
Euphorbiace®, Orchidace®, Iridace®, Liliace®, Melanthace®, Graminace®; and the re¬ 
ference to their respective Orders of such specimens as may be shown to him. 
Chemistry. —The examination comprehends the laws of chemical combination, the 
nature and properties of the chemical elements and their compounds, especially those 
used in medicine or applied generally in the arts, explaining the different combinations 
and decompositions, by written equations or diagrams. The determination practically, by 
means of tests, of the constituents of salts, the detection of impurities in medicinal 
chemicals, and the volumetric estimation of the strength of Pharmacopoeia preparations. 
The Candidate will be required to name the antidotes to be administered in cases of 
emergency, for the more ordinarily occurring poisons, and give a method for detecting 
the presence of them after death in the different parts of the body. 
An elementary knowledge of the properties of Light, Heat, Electricity, and Magne¬ 
tism is also required. 
MODIFIED EXAMINATION FOR ASSISTANTS UNDER THE PHARMACY 
ACT, 18G8, AS APPROVED BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL. 
(For Registration as “ Chemists and Druggists.” Registration Fee, One Guinea .) 
Prescriptions. —Candidates will be required to read Autograph Prescriptions, translate 
* Exempt from service on all Juries and Inquests under Jury Act, 1862. 
