THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
SECOND SERIES. 
VOL. XI.—No. XIII.—JUNE 15, 1870. 
NEW SERIES OE THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
A new series of this Journal will be commenced next month, when it will 
appear in a new form,, and as a weekly publication. Originally established by 
Jacob Bell as an organ of communication especially devoted to the interests of 
the Pharmaceutical Society, which was founded at the same time, it has hitherto 
appeared at intervals of a month throughout the last twenty-nine years, form¬ 
ing in that period two series. 
The commencement of the second series, in 1859, was marked by two im¬ 
portant events,—the death of the former editor and proprietor of the work, who 
was also the founder and great benefactor of the Pharmaceutical Society, and 
the transference by him of the property in this Journal to the Society in whose 
interest it had ever been conducted, and for whose benefit it was then freely 
assigned as a munificent gift. 
The commencement of the third series will also be marked by important 
changes, especially in the size and general appearance of the Journal, and the 
frequency of its publication. It will consist of twenty pages of a much larger 
size than heretofore, will be printed with new type, and issued weekly. It 
will thus afford the means of conveying a greatly increased quantity as well as 
a greater variety of matter, in providing which many new contributors will be 
engaged. The first number of the new series will ajDpear on the 2nd of July. 
AN AGE OE PROGRESS. 
The recent election of our Council may, we fear, tend to detract from that 
estimation of the wisdom of our provincial friends with which they have been 
usually credited. The details respecting this particular institution seem to be 
imperfectly understood, and we offer therefore some explanations. 
“ Council ” is not a translated word, but an abbreviated, adapted anglicism 
for consilium. An assembly of persons met together in consultation, or to give 
advice. It is not a discussion hall, nor a spot where the art of elocution may 
be cultivated. It is not a vestry, nor a Young Man’s Mutual Improvement 
Association. Our own Council aims at working out, and protecting the interests 
of the Pharmaceutical Society, which are grave; and it is independent of trick 
sensationalism influenced or suggested by the outer world. 
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