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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[April 26 , 1873 . 
APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE ADULTERATION ACT. 
We learn from the Lancet that Dr. A. Hill has 
been appointed Public Analyst for Warwickshire ; 
Dr. Stevenson, Professor of Chemistry at Guy’s 
Hospital, and Dr. Sutton, have been appointed for 
the Snoreditch District ; and Dr. E. B. Truman, 
Analyst to the Borough of Nottingham, has been 
also appointed Public Analyst to the County of 
Nottingham. 
NOTTONIA GRANDIFLORA AS A REMEDY IN 
HYDROPHOBIA. 
At a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, the subject of the application in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Bombay of Nottonia grandijiora as a 
remedy in hydrophobia was brought forward, and a 
reference made to the statements of Major Wheeler 
in the Times not long since, to the effect that six 
men under his charge having been bitten, an infusion 
of the stem of the plant was administered to five who 
recovered, the sixth who refused to take it having 
died. To Dr. A. Gibson is due the credit of having 
introduced the properties of this plant to notice in 
India. It is a succulent belonging to the Compositse, 
and is found ' in dry rocky places in the Madras 
Peninsula. The following notes on the administra¬ 
tion and its effects is from the Pharmacopoeia of 
India. u About four ounces of the freshly gathered 
stems, infused in a pint of cold water for a night, 
yield in the morning, when subjected to pressure, a 
quantity of viscid greenish juice, which, being mixed 
with the water, is taken at a draught. In the 
evening, a further quantity of the juice, made up 
into boluses with flour, is taken. These medicines 
are directed to be repeated for three successive days. 
From official documents placed at the disposal of the 
Editor by Dr. Gibson, it appears that the remedy has 
been tried in numerous cases, but as at the time of 
the infliction of the wound, caustic was applied 
locally in the majority of cases, it is difficult to 
determine how far the Nottonia operated, if at all, as 
a prophylactic. Further trials may solve the question.’’ 
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
We are requested to state that the list of persons 
who were successful in passing the Preliminary Exa¬ 
mination on the 7th instant will be published in the 
Journal of next week. 
PROPOSED REVISION OF THE FRENCH 
FHARMACY LAWS. 
A Committee of the French National Assembly 
having been appointed to consider the state of the 
laws relating to the exercise of medicine and phar¬ 
macy has reported in favour of their revision. The 
National Assembly, however, in a recent sitting 
decided not to act on the proposition of the Com¬ 
mission. 
twiOTtions of lj){ llararratfM iotuu 
EXAMINATIONS IN LONDON. 
April 1 Qth, 1 7th, and 18 th, 1873. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin, Barnes, Carteigke, Cracknell, 
Davenport, Edwards, Gale, Ince, Linford, Martindale, 
and Southall. 
Dr. Greenhow was present on the 18th, on behalf of 
the Privy Council. 
MAJOR, EXAMINATION. 
Eleven candidates were examined. Four failed. The 
following seven passed, and were declared duly qualified 
to be registered as “ Pharmaceutical Chemists 
*Watmore, James .Wokingham. 
* Adams, Frank .... .Brighton. 
Roberts, William Henry.Bath. 
Stansby, Charles John.Derby. 
David, John ...Newport, Mon. 
Lincoln, John Thomas.King's Lynn. 
Crisp, Frederick Arthur .Clapham. 
MINOR EXAMINATION. 
Sixty-nine candidates were examined. Thirty-one failed. 
The following thirty-eight passed, and were declared duly 
qualified to be registered as “Chemists and Druggists _ 
r Feaver, John.;.Truro. 
Fox, Charles Edward. .London. 
Bolton, Felix Palmer .Dover. 
* Wallis, Owen.Hastings. 
Baines, Arthur .Alsager. 
Luke, Tom. .Penryn. 
Branson, Frederick Woodward ...Northampton. 
Keeble, Sam Henry .Leeds. 
Southerst, MErshall .Haslingden. 
Laverack, William Henry .Bradford. 
| (Davis, Benjamin .Leamington. 
w (Thompson, Thomas .Knaresborough. 
Peach, Richard "Walter .Biflinghay. 
Smith, James W illiam.Cambridge. 
Neale, William.Woodbridge. 
Balkwill, Joseph .Kingsbridge. 
Hargrave, Spencer .Manchester. 
leebay, John..Preston. 
Waring, Albert Wynne .Bedford. 
Pickard, Henry.Barnstaple. 
Herbert, Samuel .Bristol. 
Brewitt, Alfred.Spalding. 
Bolt, Richard Tanton .Tavistock. 
McCormick, Frank Henry .Cheltenham. 
1 (Hopkinson, Stephen.London. 
w ( Lucas, Joseph Michael Mark.Gravesend. 
■a C Hulme, George.Longton. 
c* j James, John .Hereford. 
w Lord, John Edward.Rawtenstall. 
Hutchinson, George.South Shields. 
Clifford, Thomas Andrews .Chelsea. 
Ransom, Thomas .Spalding. 
Sherriff, George.South Norwood. 
Richardson, Thomas Plowman ...Blackburn. 
Holroyd, Arthur .Hull. 
Bateman, Fred. Augustus Newton.Great Yarmouth. 
Robinson, James Hedley.North Shields. 
Cowley, Henry Williamson.Nottingham. 
The above names arfe arranged in order of merit. 
* Passed with Honours. 
