HULL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
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Mr. A. Paterson, on being called upon, delivered a highly interesting lecture on the 
“ Seven poisonous plants of the Modified Examination.” In course of his introduction, 
Mr. Paterson referred in eloquent terms to the study of botany, apart from other 
sciences, and gave a passing explanation of some of the terms used in botany ; after 
which he took up the seven poisonous plants in their alphabetical order, and pointed out 
their chief botanical characteristics, illustrating his remarks by exhibiting specimens of 
the different plants, which he had, with great difficulty, collected from various parts of 
the country, and explaining very minutely how they were distinguished from other 
plants of a similar construction. At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr. Paterson was 
awarded a very hearty vote of thanks for the amount of instruction received. 
In accordance with the notice given at last meeting, Mr. Paterson then proceeded to 
read the memorial which he proposed should be transmitted to the Council of the 
Pharmaceutical Society. 
The motion was seconded by Mr. J. M. Fairlie, and was unanimously agreed to. 
After a few verbal alterations had been made, the memorial read as follows:— 
“ Mechanics’ Institution, Bath Street, Glasgow, 
“24 th of March, 1870. 
“ To the Honourable Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 
17, Bloomsbury Square, London. 
“Gentlemen,—We, the Members of the Glasgow Chemists and Drupgists’ Associa¬ 
tion, while approving of the steps taken by you for the improvement and elevation of 
the drug trade by education, etc., deeply regret that you have so far overlooked the 
first principles of the Society, viz. the education of the individual, leaving him to 
manage his business according to his own discretion, and the peculiar circumstances of 
his trade and locality,—as to interfere in trade matters. 
“ That you mean to adopt measures contrary to those principles, is clearly expressed 
in the sentiment of the resolution regarding the ‘ Regulations as to the Keeping and 
Dispensing of Poisons,’ which is reported in the transactions of your Honourable Coun¬ 
cil, in the Pharmaceutical Journal of last January. 
“ We, therefore, humbly request your reconsideration and rejection of the above Re¬ 
gulations, one and all,—our opinion being, that if allowed to become law, they will be a 
source of annoyance and inconvenience to the dispenser, and will not, to any appreciable 
extent, add to the safety of the general public. 
“We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, 
“ Your most humble servants, 
“ Pro the Glasgow Chemists and Druggists’ Association, 
“ (Signed) John M'Millan, President, 
Archibald Paterson, Vice-President, 
James M. Fairlie, Secretary.” 
HULL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The usual Monthly Meeting of the above Association was held on the 7th instant, at 
the Cross Keys Hotel; the President, Mr. Baynes, in the chair. 
After the routine business had been gone through, the following resolutions were 
most unanimously adopted, and the Secretary was instructed to forward them to the 
Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society:— 
First. That whilst chemists generally would doubtless welcome and, as far as possible, 
adopt any suggestions tending to lessen the risk of accident, this meeting is of opinion 
it is practically impossible to lay down any rigid rule (applicable to all establishments 
alike) with respect to the keeping, selling, and dispensing of “poisons,” and that the 
enactment of such a law would seriously trammel and increase the responsibility of 
chemists and druggists, without leading to greater safety on the part of the public. 
Second. That the proposition to supersede the exercise of reasonable care and intelli¬ 
gence in the keeping, compounding, and administration or use of “ poisons ” by mere 
mechanical arrangements of angular bottles, etc., is open to grave objections. One result 
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