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LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Fourteenth General Meeting, held at the Royal Institution, April 2Sth, 1870; the 
President, Mr. J. Abraham, in the chair. 
The Secretary announced donations to the library of—‘ The Proceedings of the 
American Pharmaceutical Association,’ ‘ Orme on Heat,’ ‘ New York Druggists’ Cir¬ 
cular ? 4 Proceedings of the Liverpool Architectural Society, 4 Proceedings of the Li\er— 
pool Historic Society.’ 
The thanks of the meeting were voted to the donors. 
The discussion on the proposed regulations for the storing and dispensing of poisons 
was resumed by the President first reading the regulations, and offering a few expla¬ 
natory remarks. 
Mr. Fingland approved of the rules as being a good suggestion, but he thought it 
undesirable to make them compulsory. > 
Mr Berber said that he had a great objection to putting “ poison on bottles on the 
shelves It had been proposed to use “Part 1 ” and “ Part 2 ” instead, and he thought 
that it would be much better to do so. Compulsory regulations were objectionable, as 
they would sooner or later entail inspection. 
Dr. Syme said that several Poison Bills had been opposed by the Pharmaceutical 
Society but as it was impossible otherwise to obtain a Pharmacy Act, they consented 
to add i poison schedule. Now, however, they were siding with the Government, and 
actually addins to the list of poisons. No sooner was this done than it is proposed to 
fetter chemists in the prosecution of their business. He decidedly objected to be com¬ 
pelled to adopt any particular method, and thought that the country members did not 
get fair consideration at the hands of the Society, which was forgetting its mission,— 
the promotion of pharmaceutical education,—and imposing burdens which no one 
tlr!*T h o nger thought Government justified in asking for regulations, as for some 
years there would still be ignorant and careless chemists. He believed that the labels 
partly covered with sand-paper were the best protection for bottles, etc., containing 
poisonous substances, and they are'not expensive. . ,. , , , 
Mr Shaw said that at all the meetings-of chemists where these regulations had been 
discussed, their compulsory application had been condemned ; and he could not under¬ 
stand why the Pharmaceutical Society should move in the matter in the absence of any 
popular demand for such restrictions. He read opinions of Mr. Bell, Mr. Ince, and the 
President in opposition to similar propositions. 
The President said that the Pharmacy Act contemplated regulations, and that a 
pressure was being put upon the Society to make them use their powers. He iac 
opposed the addition to the poison schedule, especially with ^ 0 
but he thought that the regulations were good m themselves, and that, if they im¬ 
posed a responsibility on the chemist, they also would relieve him to a great extent if, 
in case of accident, he could show that he had observed them. 
Mr. Shaw then proposed the following.resolutions: , ,, , ,, 
<‘I. That in the opinion of this meeting it is not desirable, for the present, that the 
proposed regulations should have the force of law. , 
rT That this meeting approves generally of the proposed regulations. 
« ni That it should be left to each individual chemist to adopt what portion of them 
(with any additional one) he may consider necessary in the conducting of h.s own 
bU Mr? A.”h. Mason moved that the words “ for the present ” should be omitted from 
th Mr r KEPFOED 0 seconded the amendment, which was carried with one dissentient 
The amended resolution, “That in the opinion of this meeting it is not desirable that 
the proposed regulations should have the force of law, was then carried. 
Severn/ members' spoke in opposition to the second resolution, on the ground that to 
express approval of the regulations would afford an argument tor their being made com¬ 
pulsory. . ,. , 
iVs S H l AwTn SS, and the Secretary was instructed to 
