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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [November 16,1872.. 
LADY PHARMACISTS. 
Tiie action of the Council of the Pharmaceutical 
Society in removing the barrier that prevented ladies 
attending the Professors’ lectures lias been freely 
commented on by the public press and generally 
approved. The following paragraphs, from an arti¬ 
cle in The Queen, is a fair specimen of the tone of 
the whole:— 
“ The dispensing of medicines is an occupation in 
which many women are engaged. In country places 
frequently, and not seldom in towns, the wives or 
daughters of medical men, or of professional druggists, 
have been taught to prepare the medicines in general 
use, and have acted as very efficient assistants to their 
relations. In fact, in some cases, the.business of dis¬ 
pensing medicine has been chiefly carried on by the 
women of the family. 
“ Recently the dispensing of drugs at St. Mary’s Dis¬ 
pensary (now the New Hospital for Women) has been 
entirely in the hands of properly trained women; and, 
indeed, the dispensary has been used as a kind of school, 
in which other women have been taught the art of dis¬ 
pensing. 
“ The compounding of drugs requires no very labo¬ 
rious exertion. It necessitates careful attention, accu¬ 
racy, neatness, and method, and the knowledge required 
is not beyond the reach of women who will apply them¬ 
selves duly to the necessary studies. In fact, the ex¬ 
aminations, such as that of the London University, 
which women now pass, involve attainments of a much 
more varied kind than those required to become a qualified 
dispensing druggist.” 
BETT’S SUITS’ DEFENCE FUND. 
At a recent meeting of the Chester Chemists’ 
Association, it Avas unanimously resolved— 
“ That a subscription be raised amongst the members of 
this association, in behalf of the Bett’s Suits’ Defence 
Fund, and that the amount thus obtained be forwarded 
in the name of the society to the Hon. Treasurer of the 
Fund.” 
In accordance with this resolution the sum of 
.£2. 15s. has been transmitted to Mr. L. Nf.wbery, 
aa t 1io, it is to be regretted, still reports a considerable 
deficit. 
The commencement of the various courses at the 
Paris School of Pharmacy took place on Monday ? 
November 4. The programme is as follows:— 
General Chemistry, hi. Bussy, Professor, assisted 
by M. Riche, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Satur¬ 
day, at 3.30 p.m. ; Pharmacy, M. Chevallier, Pro¬ 
fessor, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 1 p.m. ; 
Zoology, M. Milne Edwards, Professor, Tuesday, 
Thursday and Saturday, at 10 a.m. ; Natural His¬ 
tory of Drugs, M. Planchon, Professor, Monday, 
Tuesday and Friday, at 3.30 p.m.; Physics, M. 
Buignet, Professor, Monday, Wednesday and Fri¬ 
day, at 1.30 p.m. ; Practical Class, M. Personne, 
Director of Practical Chemistry and Pharmacy, 
daily, from noon till 4 p.m. 
JOHN B0HLER. 
In the Obituary column, at p. 394, will be found 
a short memoir of one who, twenty years ago, Avas 
Avell known to many chemists and druggists as a 
collector of herbs and pharmaceutical plants. It 
Avill no doubt be read with interest, and those 
especially avIio knew him Avill regret that his career 
should liaA r e been closed under such apparently 
unfortunate circumstances. 
rotoxial tensattimts. 
OLDHAM CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
On Wednesday, October 6th, a lecture upon the. 
Natural History of Chalk AA'as delivered under the- 
auspices of the Oldham Chemists’ Association, by Mr. 
J. Neild, at the Church Institute. The lecture was 
illustrated by several diagrams showing the structure of 
;he various animals that had contributed to the forma- 
don of the chalk. A vote of thanks to Mr. Nield brought 
;he proceedings to a close. 
HULL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The annual meeting of the above society was held 
at the Cross Iveys Hotel on Thursday evening, October 
29th. Mr. Atkinson Pickering, the president, occupied 
,he chair. The report was read by the secretary, Mr. 
O. B. Bell, and on the motion of the President, seconded 
by the vice-president, Mr. A. Smith, was adopted. Pro¬ 
vincial pharmaceutical education was a leading topic of' 
discussion, and the success with which the lectures on 
chemistry and materia medica, etc., promised to be at¬ 
tended, was a source of great gratification to the mem¬ 
bers present. A universal feeling of satisfaction was 
expressed at the unprecedented attendance at the sum¬ 
mer course of lectures on botany, held at the Hull Bo¬ 
tanic Garden. 
A ballot for the election of officers for the ensuing 
year was taken, with the following result:—President, 
Mr. Anthony Smith ; vice-president, Mr. Francis Earle ; 
secretary and treasurer, Mr. Charles B. Bell; committee,. 
Messrs. Pickering, Myers, Preston and Hammond. 
Votes of thanks to the officers for their services during 
the past year were most heartily accorded. 
NORWICH CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
On Friday, November 1st, a lecture on Toxicology was> 
given by Mr. Philip H. Mason, at the Association Rooms. 
After reviewing the general history of poisons, in the 
popular acceptation of the term, as well as in the me¬ 
dico-legal sense, the lecturer divided them into two prin¬ 
cipal classes, irritant and neurotic, and, reserving the 
latter class with its sub-divisions for a future lecture, 
proceeded to discuss the following inorganic poisons, 
and the methods for detecting them in organic mixtures 
and in different parts of the animal economy:—Arsenic,, 
antimony, mercury, the mineral acids, alkalies, the salts 
of lead, zinc, barium, copper, potassium, bichromate, etc. 
etc. Oxalic and prussic acids were also glanced at. 
The lecture was illustrated by numerous experiments. 
MANCHESTER CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The last ordinary meeting of the above was held at 
the Lecture-room, 37, Blackfriars Street, on Monday 
evening, November 4th, the president, Mr. Lane, in the 
chair. 
An instructive paper was read by Mr. Saunders, on 
Arsenic and Antimony with their Sources and Modes of 
Separation. The various tests were also shown, includ¬ 
ing Marsh’s and Reinsch’s; also Fleitmann’s test for 
arsenic in the presence of antimony, with other conclu¬ 
sive tests shown by actual experiment. Afterwards a 
vote of thanks was awarded to the reader for his very 
useful and interesting essay. A paper on Volumetric 
Analysis has been kindly promised by Mr. Siebold for 
Monday evening, November 18th. 
