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pointed, namely :—President: Mr. W. J. Churchill (re-elected). Vice-President: Mr. 
R. C. Turton (re-elected). Committee: Messrs. Mucklow (re-elected), Churchill (re¬ 
elected), Turton (re-elected), Homer, Pattison, and Sharpies (re-elected); who afterwards 
added to their number Messrs. Howes and Bliss. Mr. Homer was appointed Hon. 
Secretary and Treasurer. 
The Chairman then stated that he felt great pleasure in alluding to the flourishing 
prospects of the Association ; and although he was sorry to perceive that many of the 
original members had left the town, he was glad to find that there were many new ones 
joining, and that, since the formation of the Society nearly two years ago, upwards of 
seventy-five names had been registered. Much useful information had been derived 
from the reading of papers on various subjects connected with pharmacy, and subsequent 
discussions; and numerous papers had been volunteered for the ensuing Session. He 
concluded by saying that the most notable feature of the Association was the fact, that 
several of the members had passed either the Preliminary, Modified, or Minor examina¬ 
tions of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
The following Wednesday was fixed for the first ordinary meeting, when the Presi¬ 
dent promised to read a paper on “ Disinfectants.” After appointing Mr. Sharpies to 
the chair for the ensuing evening, the meeting terminated. 
BRISTOL PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
A general meeting was held on November 12, 1869, at the Philosophical Institution ; 
Mr. Stoddart, President, in the chair. 
The Hon. Sec. announced that the systematic courses of lectures on chemistry and 
botany were now in full operation, and that the number of students attending them was 
forty-two. 
He also announced that the next general meeting of the Association would be held 
on the 10th of December, when a lecture would be delivered by W. Coomber, Esq., 
F.C.S., on “ Some of the Principles of Electricity, illustrated by Experiments drawn 
from Domestic Resources.” 
The President. Mr. Stoddart, then read the following address:— 
Gentlemen,—Before commencing the usual address of a president, suffer me to thank 
you most cordially for the confidence you have shown by placing me in that position; 
and I venture to ask a still further mark of your kindness by the continuance of your 
interest in, and giving your resolute support to. the work we inaugurate this evening, 
viz., the Bristol Pharmaceutical Association. To every right-thinking man, it is not 
the mere performance of a duty only, but a great pleasure to do all in his power to ad¬ 
vance the education of his younger brethren who are entrusted to his care, and who 
naturally look up to him for guidance and friendly assistance. The successful progress 
of our association greatly depends on your hearty co-operation and regularity of meeting 
and although sometimes it may be a little self-denial, yet do not hesitate. Our young 
friends will more readily judge of the sincerity of your opinions by the constancy of 
your attendance, and the enthusiasm shown in the support of an object so good and so 
eminently useful. “ Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla.” At 
the present day we are in a position so different from that taken at all former periods, 
that to stand still would he most apathetic and suicidal. We are, as it were, compelled 
to raise our mental status, and I look forward to the day when the medical man will not 
have cause to regard our calling with an eye of jealousy, but with a feeling of friend¬ 
ship look to us as auxiliaries to the success of his professional endeavours. I believe 
the time is fast approaching when the physician will more and more confine his attention 
to the study of therapeutics only, and rely on our more practical experience in pharmacy 
proper. By this means we should most certainly dispel the mists with which many of 
our remedial agents are now surrounded. Nor do I value the successful prosecution of 
our little society for only the mere knowledge acquired, but fondly hope and trust that 
it will form a bond of union and forge a link of good-fellowship such as we never felt 
before. We shall know and trust each other better, and by happy experience speak of 
a man as we find him. Do you ask for an example? If so, I would point to our annual 
Pharmaceutical Conference, which I would remark, en passant , is a thing of itself, sup- 
