May 17, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
909 
registration, of trade marks lias been adopted in 
various parts of Europe, in America, and several 
British colonies, with the best results, a remedy for 
such infringement has often been refused abroad in 
consequence of the absence of reciprocity to foreign 
manufacturers, from the English law not providing a 
means for registration of foreign marks here. 
It appears, therefore, that the Bill now before Par¬ 
liament is one calculated to be of great benefit to all 
classes of traders as well as to the public generally, 
and for these reasons the measure has our most cor¬ 
dial wishes for its success. 
WOMEN’S RIGHTS. 
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Although some who claim to have a. just estimate 
of the prevailing tendency of opinion believe there is 
no reason to expect the result of the demand for a 
pharmaceutical franchise for women will be much 
other than that lately experienced in St. Stephen’s, it 
is not to be supposed that the defeat of those who 
contended for the electoral privileges of women will 
at all lessen the vigour of the assault that is now 
about to be made in the same cause within the 
British Parliament of Pharmacy. Apropos of the 
coming discussion of the question as to the admission 
of women into the ranks of the Society—some of our 
readers will regard with interest the extracted remarks 
from the Blackburn Times. (See page 906.) 
Though we do not endorse either the statements or 
the opinions of our contemporary, we cordially sympa¬ 
thize with the supposed victims of ultra vigorous 
womenkind, and, as regards the latter part of the 
extract, we are instinctively reminded of a verse in 
the ‘ Nugse Canorae Medicce,’ where the Poet Laureate 
of the Edinburgh New Town Dispensary predicts— 
“ An’ when the leddies git degrees, 
Depen’ upon’t there’s nocht ’ll please 
Till they hae got oor chairs an’ fees, 
An ’ there’s an en’ o’ you and me. 
For a’ that ken the woman craiter 
Maun own it is her foremost faitur 
To tak’ to lecturin’ by natur’; 
An ’ hoo she’ll do’t ye sune’ 11 see.” 
THE CHICAGO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND 
PROFESSOR ATTFIELD. 
The pleasure which all English pharmacists ex¬ 
perienced in the successful result of the effort to 
show sympathy with the pharmacists of Chicago, 
while suffering from the effects of their almost un¬ 
paralleled disaster, was to a great extent owing to 
the energy of Professor Attfield. This activity on 
their behalf was speedily recognized by the members 
of the College, and their appreciation was shown by 
a request from a few of them to Professor Attfield 
that he would sit for a portrait for presentation by 
them in the name of their fellow members to the 
College. In complying with this request, Professor 
Attfield stipulated that the cost of the picture 
should not exceed twenty-five guineas. The picture 
has now been finished and shipped to its destination. 
It is an admirable likeness, and represents the Pro¬ 
fessor sitting by a table, on which are placed some 
books, and in his hand some papers relating to the 
Chicago College Fund. It has been painted by Mr. 
E. N. Downard, a rising artist, several of whose 
pictures have been exhibited in the Royal Academy. 
A tablet, having the following words on it, is 
attached to the frame :— 
“ Professor Attfield, F.C.S., Professor of Practical 
Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 
A portrait painted for a few members of the Chicago Col¬ 
lege of Pharmacy and presented by them to this College in 
recognition of the generosity of British Pharmacists and 
the special efforts of Professor Attfield in largely aiding 
to raise the College from its ashes after the great fire of 
1871.—E. N. Downard.” 
A replica by the artist may be seen for a short time 
in the Museum at 17, Bloomsbury Square. 
THE CONVERSAZIONE. 
In order to prevent inconvenience to the visitors 
to the Conversazione on Wednesday evening next, 
we are requested to say that the officials at the South 
Kensington Museum will not be able to take charge 
of hats on that occasion. Programmes of the music 
will be provided, and should be obtained by each 
visitor upon entering the museum. 
The appointment of Professor Redwood as Public 
Analyst, under the provisions of the Adulteration 
Act, for the Parish of Clerkenwell and the Districts 
of St. Giles’s and Holborn has been confirmed by the 
Local Government Board. 
Professor Bentley will commence the Third 
Part of his course comprising Practical Demonstra¬ 
tions on Plants and Systematic Botany, at the Royal 
Botanic Society’s Gardens, Regent s Park, on Friday 
morning, May 23rd, at 8 o’clock. Cards of admission 
may be obtained from Mr. Bremridge, 17, Blooms¬ 
bury Square. 4 
We are informed that the control and analysis for¬ 
merly exercised by the late Baron Liebig and his 
delegate, Professor Max von Pettenkofer, in con¬ 
nection with the “ Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company, 
Limited,” will in future be carried out by the latter 
gentleman in conjunction with Hermann von Liebig, 
son of Baron Liebig, who has been accustomed to act 
as special assistant to his father. 
Notice. —In order to include a report of the ap¬ 
proaching anniversary proceedings of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society in the number of this Journal for next 
week, its publication will be delayed until Saturday. 
