EDINBURGH MEETING. 
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them into English, render a correct Translation of the Directions for Use, and detect 
Unusual Doses. 
Practical Dispensing. —To weigh, measure, and compound Medicines, write the 
Directions in suitable language, finish and properly direct each Package. 
Materia Medica and Quality of Specimens. —To recognize the Pharmacopoeia Che¬ 
micals in frequent demand, and specimens of Roots, Barks, Leaves, Fruits, Resins, 
and Gums in ordinary use; the following Plants, either in a fresh or dried state, or from 
plates:—Belladonna, Stramonium, Hyoscyamus, Conium, Aconitum, Digitalis, and 
Sabina; also to estimate the quality of each specimen submitted and its freedom from 
adulteration. 
Pharmacy. —To recognize the Preparations of the Pharmacopoeia which are not of a 
definite Chemical Nature, such as Extracts, Tinctures, and Powders, and give the pro¬ 
portions of the more active ingredients.* 
Candidates for the respective Examinations must give notice to the Registrar of 
their intention to present themselves, and pay the fees, at least ten days prior to the 
day of examination. Candidates for the Major, and Candidates for the Minor who 
have not passed the “ First or Preliminary Examinationare repaired, the former, 
for the written examinations, the latter, for the Said Preliminary Examination, to 
attend at 10 a.m. on the day preceding the meeting of the Board. If a Candidate 
fail to pass either of the Examinations, the fee will he returned, less one guinea, hut 
he will he admitted to a subsequent Examination, after an interval of three months , 
on giving the usual notice and payment of the full fee. 
EXAMINATION OR 
Fees. 
REGISTRATION FEES 
SOCIETY. 
AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE 
£. 
First or Preliminary (Registered as 
Apprentices or Students) .... 2 
Minor (Registered as Chemists and 
Druggists) .. . . S 
Or if not previously registered 5 
Major (Registered as Pharmaceuti¬ 
cal Chemists) .5 
Or if not previously registered . 10 10 
Annual Subscriptions on becoming connected 
with the Society. 
Eligible, on application to the Council,1 
to be elected Apprentices or Students I 
of the Society .I 
Eligible, on application to the Council, I 
to be elected Associates of the Society j 
Eligible, on application to the Council, 
to be elected Members of the Society 
Or a Life Member’s Commutation Fee 
of Twenty Guineas. 
£. s. d. 
0 10 6 
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MEETING AT EDINBURGH. 
A Meeting of the North British Branch of the Society was held in St. George’s Hall, 
on Thursday evening, May 27th, 
MR. AINSLIE, PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
There was a full attendance, and Dr. Gamgee read a paper entitled— 
ON THE ALKALOIDS CONTAINED IN THE WOOD OF THE BEBEERU 
OR GREENHEART-TREE (NECTANDRA RODUEI, Schomhurgk). 
BY DOUGLAS MACLAGAN, M.D., F.R.S.E., 
PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH; 
AND ARTHUR GAMGEE, M.D., F.R.S.E. 
In this paper the authors state the preliminary results of their examination of 
the bases contained in the wood of the greenheart-tree. When the wood is sub¬ 
jected to a process similar to that recommended in the British Pharmacopoeia 
* Candidates having passed the Modified Examination, cannot become Pharmaceutical 
Chemists unless they also pass the Preliminary, the Minor, and the Major Examinations. 
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