October 22,18700 THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 22, 1870. 
PHARMACY IN IRELAND. 
It is generally supposed that there will he an at¬ 
tempt to assimilate the law of Pharmacy in Ireland 
to the recent enactments in England and Scotland. 
It is probable that Sir Dominic Corrigan, M.D., the 
new member for Dublin, will take an active part in 
this contemplated Bill. Although the object will be 
to create a body of qualified pharmacists, as in the 
English Bill, still, in tliis case it will in some degree 
be a process of levelling down, not of levelling up. 
The draft will probably be the Bill of the Apothe¬ 
caries’ Hall, modified to meet some objections, and 
separated from the “ Poisons Bill,” which, as our 
readers are no doubt aware, has already become law.* 
The draft of the Pharmacy Bill in its original form 
was, as we stated at the tune, fair, and would, with 
some few alterations in committee, have met the 
requirements of the time. 
We shall look forward with some interest to the 
future prospects of pharmacy in the Sister Isle. 
From the fact that every compounder in Ireland has 
become a licensed medical practitioner, pharmacy, 
as an art, may be said to be almost extinct in that 
.country. 
THE POSTAL REGULATIONS. 
We have received several complaints that the 
■Journal is now sent out uncut and unstitched. This 
has been done in order to comply with the regula¬ 
tions laid down by the Post-Office authorities in 
.reference to the transmission of periodical publica¬ 
tions for one halfpenny postage. The fact that 
some readers of the Journal object to the new ar¬ 
rangement will be submitted to the consideration of 
ilie Council at its next meeting. 
THE SALE OF LAUDANUM, 
It would appear from the police cases reported 
this week as well as last week that some of our 
magistrates are not acquainted with the Sale of 
Poisons Act. Under its provisions it is competent 
for registered druggists to sell any quantity of lau¬ 
danum under certain conditions. Moreover, we be¬ 
lieve druggists are generally careful in the exer¬ 
cise of their discretion as to the sale of poisons. 
Therefore the remarks of the magistrates in both 
these cases, implying censure of the druggists who 
.sold the laudanum, were uncalled for so far as the 
facts are made known. 
* u Poison Bill for Ireland,” vide Pharmaceutical Jour¬ 
nal, Yol. XI. p. 746. 
It will be seen from the report, at p. 334, that a 
correction has to be made in the statement that the 
message received from the American Pharmaceutical 
Association was an answer to the message sent by 
the Conference meeting at Liverpool.* Both mes¬ 
sages were sent spoiitaneousl} r and almost at the 
same moment. 
We understand that Mr. Wanklyn is a candidate 
for the chair of Chemistry connected with the medi¬ 
cal school of Bartholomew’s Hospital. Considering 
this gentleman’s reputation at home and abroad, as 
well as the importance of this chair, and the fact 
that so few of our chemists, who hold high position, 
are active cultivators of their science, we venture to 
think that Mr. Wanklyn’s appointment would be a 
step well calculated to make good the great loss tliis 
school has suffered in the death of Dr. Matthiessex, 
and for that reason we wish him all success. 
Ax interesting letter from Mr. Erxest Hart has 
appeared in the British Medical Journal, contain¬ 
ing an account of his recent visit to the seat of war 
in company with Mr. Berkeley Hill. These 
gentlemen took with them private stores furnished 
by Mr. Hills (Bell and Co.), Messrs. Savory and 
Moore, Mr, Blaise (Savigny and Co.), Mr. Edwin 
Arnold and Mr. Vox Glehn. Mr. Hart was 
authorized to expend a certain amount of money on 
account of the French Committee, and Colonel 
Lindsay, on behalf of the British Society, placed at 
his disposal a store of assorted surgical instruments, 
together with a letter authorizing the Society’s 
agents, in case of necessity, to furnish what stores 
they could spare from their depots. They arrived 
immediately after the battle of Sedan, and Mr. Hart 
speaks highly of the arrangements made for the re¬ 
ception of the wounded by the Belgian authorities. 
®wnsactians of % flprairattcal Sotiffg. 
EXAMINATION IN LONDON. 
October lith, 1870. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin, Bird, Carteigho, Cracknell, 
Davenport, Deane, Edwards, Gale, Garle, Haselden and 
Ince. 
MODIFIED EXAMINATION. 
Forty-five Candidates presented themselves for Exa¬ 
mination ; the following thirty passed, and were duly 
registered as 
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Allsop, George William.Birmingham.] 
Booth, Edwin .Southport. 
Clark, John .Sheffield. 
Evans, Gomer .London. 
Farrer, Robert S.. Brighton, 
Fewster, William Long wood.. Liverpool. 
Forster, William Day.Godaiming. ! 
* See No. 15, p. 297. 
