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Mr. Harrison, dentist, stated that he did not think it advisable to administer it to 
consumptive patients, but it was on record that it had been administered without the 
slightest accident to 300,000 patients, many of whom suffered from epilepsy and disease 
of the heart. 
The usual vote of thanks brought the proceedings to a close. 
SUNDERLAND CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual General Meeting of the above Society was held in the Athenaeum on 
Monday, April 4 ; W. Thompson, Esq., President, in the chair. 
The Report of the Council for the next year was read by the Secretary, and the 
Financial Report by the Treasurer. After both had been moved and adopted, the fol¬ 
lowing gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year :— 
President. —William Thompson, Esq. (Mayor). 
Treasurer. —R. Robinson. 
Secretary. —J. J. Nicholson. 
Council. —Messrs. J. Harrison, Bird, Sharp, H. Thompson, Lord, Laurens, Nasbet, 
Dalby, Sidgwick. 
Report of the Council. 
“ The Council, in presenting this their first annual report to the Members and Asso¬ 
ciates of the Society, beg to congratulate them on its present promising position and 
fair prospect of future success. 
“The Society now consists of thirty-six Members and twenty-three Associates, and 
for these latter, a class for instruction in elementary chemistry has been formed, under 
the superintendence of Mr. Curry, Professor of Chemistry at the Grange School. This 
class is well attended, and the progress of the students very satisfactory. 
“The present session was opened in October, 18G9, by an inaugural address from Mr. 
Brady, F.C.S.; and since then, at the monthly meetings of the Society, lectures have 
been delivered by the following gentlemen :— 
In November, by Mr. J. J. Nicholson, on ‘ Structural Botany.’ 
In December, by Mr. J. Harrison, on ‘ Elementary Chemistry.’ 
In February, by A. S. Donkin, Esq., M.D., Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence 
to the University of Durham, on ‘ Poisons, and their Action on the Human 
Body.’ 
In March, by Mr. D. B. Sharp, on ‘ Materia Medica.’ 
“ The Council have also exercised a general supervision over the interests of the trade, 
and will feel themselves bound at all times to continue this for the advancement of the 
general welfare. 
“ The Council have great pleasure in announcing that they have succeeded in engaging 
two rooms, at No. 60, Fawcett Street, where it is purposed to establish a library, lecture 
and reading-room, and to transact generally the business of this Association. 
“ In conclusion, the Council beg to tender their sincere thanks to both Members and 
Associates for the hearty manner in which they have been supported in the discharge 
of their duties, and trust that this Society, by the exertions of all, may still further ex¬ 
tend in numbers and usefulness, 
“(Signed) Wm. Thompson, Fresident, 
R. Robinson, Treasurer , 
W. Dobinson, \ 
R. E. Dalby, 
W. Bird, > Council. 
D. B. Sharp, 
J. Harrison, / 
J. J. Nicholson, Secretary.” 
