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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
Layng, Robert Crichton, Belfast. 
Livingstone, John, Edinburgh. 
McKinnell, Thomas Maxwell, Edinburgh. 
Poyser, Robert, Manchester. 
Spence, John Ross, Aberdeen. 
Steckles, Thomas Brand, Newcastle. 
Thom, James, Aberdeen. 
The following passed the Preliminary Examination, and were registered as 
APPRENTICES 
Blanshard, John Raimes, Edinburgh. 
Capel, Jeremiah D. Van, Newcastle. 
Eingland, William, Thornhill. 
OR STUDENTS. 
Mackay, James Bunyan Lillie, Edinburgh. 
Robinson, George Carr, Edinburgh. 
Scott, Walter, Elgin. 
PHARMACEUTICAL MEETING. 
October 6th , 1869. 
The Inaugural Meeting of the session 1869-1870 was held on Wednesday 
evening, October 6th, when the rooms of the Society were well filled by ladies 
aud gentlemen desirous of witnessing the distribution of prizes to the successful 
students of the past session, and of hearing an inaugural address by Mr. Deane 
to those about to renew or commence their pharmaceutical studies. 
The chair was occupied by H. Sugden Evans, Esq., President of the Society, 
who, in opening the proceedings, said :— 
My first duty this evening is to offer to the ladies who grace our open¬ 
ing meeting by their presence a most hearty welcome. It has been the 
custom on these occasions for your President at once to call upon the Pro¬ 
fessors to report on the competition for the sessional prizes, but, if I slightly 
infringe this custom to-night, I must crave your indulgence, it never be¬ 
fore having fallen to the lot of one who has passed through the whole cur¬ 
riculum of study provided by the Society to open a session, as it is my proud 
duty as your President to do this evening. Precisely twenty-one years 
ago, and almost on the very spot I now occupy, I commenced my pharma¬ 
ceutical studies, under the able guidance of my esteemed friend Dr. Red¬ 
wood, and the late Drs. Pereira and A. T. Thomson ; with feelings of 
intense satisfaction and reverence I recall the time when I imbibed from 
them my first taste for scientific knowledge. The latter have gone from 
amongst us, yet live revered in the memories of their pupils. I cannot ex¬ 
press the advantages I feel I derived from the lessons then learned, the 
example then set, the interest then evoked, and without which the drudgery 
of the simple business of pharmacy must have been unendurable. Nor am I 
singular in this matter, for a short time since I met one who was almost a 
contemporary with myself in the school, one of our earlier prizemen, but 
who, seeking his fortunes on a more lofty platform, and having already ob¬ 
tained the fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, could nevertheless 
thus heartily express himself:—“ I glory in the fact that I studied at 
Bloomsbury Square, for I consider I was there made a man. The know¬ 
ledge imparted was so thorough that it put me in the first ranks at the 
London University, and, having taken the Society’s prize, I had a locus at 
once.” This is a very gratifying testimony to the thoroughness of the edu¬ 
cation imparted in our school; but we should be much better pleased to see 
our prizemen seeking to elevate our own profession, which can ill spare their 
talent, rather than gracing another—already rich in native talent. It is 
to be hoped the prizemen addressed this evening will feel themselves identi¬ 
fied with British pharmacy, they have given us an earnest of what they can 
