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PRESCRIPTIONS FOR EXAMINATION. 
BY JOSEPH INCE. 
It may be in the recollection of some, that at the last Evening Meeting, I was 
allowed to* bring before your notice the subject of Prescriptions for Examina¬ 
tion. Should there be any present now who were absent then, let me repeat 
that which I was anxious to explain—that I do not come before the members of 
the Society either as critic, innovator, or reformer. Circumstances alter modes 
of action. Our Library and Laboratory are thronged with students, and can¬ 
didates for examination, Modified, Preliminary, Minor and Major, overtask the 
physical capabilities of the Examiners. Knowing this, a few pharmacists in 
London, joined by others in the country, raised between them about 500 recipes, 
in order to meet the difficulty. 
It became obvious that personal influence had reached its limit, and that it 
was useless thus to undertake the scheme of providing for the Pharmaceutical 
Society a collection of Autograph Formulae which should stand alone. 
By the advice of Professor Redwood an explanatory notice was inserted in 
our Journal—and the matter having three times been brought before the Board 
of Examiners, twice by myself, and subsequently a third time by Mr. George 
Edwards of Dartford, was submitted to a public meeting. The results, most 
gratefully acknowledged and beyond anticipation are given in alphabetical 
order. 
I. Professor Attfield. Foreign illustrations of the Metric-Decimal System. 
We have already, and hope to have more, advanced students in chemistry, and 
it is most desirable that they should have the opportunity of comparing theo¬ 
retical studies with practical experience. This collection will not pass into 
general circulation, it is of too great value. Under proper supervision it will 
be accessible to all. 
II. Mr. Baines. Connected with the firm of Messrs. Meggeson. 
III. Baildon, H. C., Edinburgh. A most admirable collection. 
It has been suggested that it was not possible to obtain autograph formulae of 
extreme doses. Mr. Baildon sends the following original prescription :— 
y,o Vin. Ipecacuanhse 5ij 
Tinct. Camphor® Co. $ij 
Morphise Hydrochlor. 5 ij 
Syrup. Scillse ^iss 
Aq. Menth. Pip. ad £vj. 
Sig. A tablespoonful three times a day. 
Therefore 10 grains of Hydrochlorate of Morphia would have been taken for 
the dose. Obviously a mistake in nomenclature—the Solution was intended. 
Another Pharmacist sends the following :— 
Assafcetidae gr. xij 
Strychnine, gr. j. 
M. In pilul. vj divide. One to be taken every four hours. To be silvered. 
IV. Barnitt, J., Leamington. Various. 
V. Messrs. Bell and Co., Oxford Street. 
VI. Messrs. Bell and Co., Oxford Street. 
VII. Messrs. Beil and Co., Oxford Street. 
VIII. Messrs. Bell and Co., Oxford Street. 
The address is repeated, lest some different establishment might seem indi¬ 
cated. When a firm does things in this splendid manner, it is out of our power 
to return thanks in the way we should think fit. 
IX. Mr. Bourdas, Belgravia. This is the gentleman who began with giving 
me 113 formulae. 
